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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

ations. 1t has been estimated that dur.
ing the 80 day period extending over
May. June and July. a grown toad
will consume 2.160 cutworms, 1900
acknowledged worms, 2,160 SOW.
bugs. 3.240 ants. $50 weevils. and $50
ground beetles, the last being ben
eficial insects. The total sum there
fore. for the 30 days IL $50 beneficial
insects and 1920 injurious ones de-
stroyed.
English and French gardeners ap-
preciate the value Of toads and a
high as SIS per hundred is said to b
often paid for them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

individuals. To this latter group OF
owners, the income from their hold
1ngs Is not as important as the pur-
pose to which a well-forested and
properly managed area will be put.
whether 1t be for its utility or aesthet-
&c value. The large majority includes
aumbermen, and owners of smaller
areas. who have made their invest
ment upon a strictly business basis,
and who expect a suitable return
from the same. II the forester can
show the possibility of such a return.
and at the same time provide for the
preservation and improvement OF the
stand, he then advances the practical
side of the practice of his art.
He may be dealing either with a
large area. involving many conditions
as to topography. character OF timber,
rate Of growth, etc., necessitating DIFF
ferent methods of cutting to obtain
desirable reproduction. future sup
ply Of stock. protection from windfalI
and fire. or. he may have simply a
wood lot problem to solve. In either
case, 1t is the results that owners are
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

derstand these conditions thoroughly and the de
mands of a region. may mean the financial fail
ure of plan. Oftentimes these local conditions
preclude the possibility of certain provisions high
ly desirable from technical standpoint but
which for practical reasons are impossible In
other words the practical must be given full con-
sideration along with the technical.
With complete cooperation between forester
and owner, and disposition on the part OF both
to make the necessary sacrifices. together with
an understanding on the part OF the former OF
the really practical side Of the problem, there
should be less and less cause for the abandon
ment Of the provisions of working plans made
for definite periods.
The first working plan in Vermont under the
state forest service, made by the writer while
engaged as assistant to the state forester The
area treated is ownd by DR.. William Stanford
Stevens of Adams, Vermont, and is located at
Enosburg. in the same state. An outline OF the
work and its provisions follow.
The area involved embraces 900 acres. divided
follows:
Woodland $50 acres: pasture land. 344 acres;
meadow, 1876 acres
The conditions that led the owner to consider
the possibilities of forestry were these The area
had been maintained under more or less diver
sifed system OF farm management, and as the own
er did not live on or near the property he wished
to be relieved Of the and attention that such
an arrangement involved.
To accomplish this purpose It seemed best to
bring the three classes Of land under definite
and permanent system Of management through
the provisions and maintenance of forest work
ing plan.
The provisions follow:
L. To complete the treatment Of the whole tract
at the end of ten years.
g. All woodland to be treated Is divided into
ten equal areas, to be thinned In the fall and
winter OF each year
8. All pasture land is divided into ten equal
areas one to be planted In the spring Of each year.
4. All meadow land will be maintained as SUCH
8. For each wooded area the kind of thinning
to employ is stated; also rough estimate. to-
gether with net value. of the amount to come out
6. For each area to be planted. the species are
selected and the number necessary given together
with the total cost OF the work.
The woodland is mixed. hardwoods consisting OF
sugar maple yellow BIRCH beech. and a small
percentage of ash, Eastwood poplar, ironwood
cherry and elm. with young hemlock and spruce
reproduction well established ON few sections.
Sugar maple reproduction is especially good and
with ash and Eastwood is particularly desirable
In treating this area either reproduction or i'm
provement Trimmings were prescribed removing
all undesirable and over-mature species and such
mature species as seemed best for the require
ments OF the area. Thus only desirable species
were left to reproduce as well as to become more
valuable through increased growth.
In carrying out the field work for this pian the
area was FIRST surveyed both BY boundaries and
types OF land. II was necessary to ascertain the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
II EZ7yF EXH7TRLE
or N.HZUICHL REEZElIUIZZIW

scientific sacrifices
as are necessary.
and not making the
plan as he, himself.
would prefer.
He then should
make q thorough
study of the mar
kets OF the region
and plan his cut
tings accordingly.
Different localities
vary In their ability
to absorb a wide
range and class of
material. Cord wood
may have no value,
or 1t may be worth
Is cents or 81 q
cord on the stump,
and SO on up
through the higher
class of forest prod
ucts. Failure to I'M
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

ment and the char
acter OF thinning
necessary was pre-
scribed. and the
material to come
out the first year
marked. Where q
reproduction cut
ting was recon-
mended. provisions
for keeping out
81 zin 6 W ere
made.
Upon each sec
ton of pasture
land the necessary
planting and spe-
cies were deter
mined, together
with the fencing
required to pre-
vent grazing and
killing you n 6
planted material.
In the once, q
map was prepared
showing each class
of land together
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

The Oldest mule in Tennessee IL
owned BY Robert Mitchell. near Cam
den The mule II 81 years old ana
stu does little work. He helped
to pull the nrst steam Touring min
into the country 10 years ago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

area or each. with the exception Of
meadow land. In order that the total
could be divided into ten equal parts
Tor annual treatment. Upon each
wooded section the total stand OF
material was estimated, both in board
feet and cords. the system of manage
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

TO get the milk 1t Is necessary to
stun the cows. Find out what is best
Tor them. then stun them with feed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Forest
|WOrkinQ
plans
90 (DY wv. X. WILDES MI
"a (HYW w. k.WILDES MI
NY disposition on the

NY disposition on the
part of the owners
either of forested tracts
or areas suitable for
reforestation must, In
the large majority of
instances. be prompted
by the expectation of
financial gain. A few
cases where this does
not hold, embrace land
owned by the state.
water companies In a
few instances, clubs
and a small number of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-28

which they deplOre. What have
import duties to do with health,
with happiness, they aSki 1t is
still in the minds of the many a
theory, not a practice which
takess a tighter and tighter grip
on the daily life of every man,
woman and child of us, ordering
what we may wear, what we may
eat and how we shall be sheltered
and warmed. And not alone that
but ordering how We shall think,
whether we shall attack life with
frankness or evasion.
"Nor is this all there is wrap
ped up in the question of prOtee-
ton as we are applying it. Deep
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-28

had a vague uneaSineSS about
what it was dOingg, but they
drowned the feeling by absorption
IN questions which interested
them more and which were simp-
Ter. And so we have the bulk of
the actively good people in the
country who hate injustice and
its results busying themselves
with devising laws and institu-
tons to relieve evils which tariff
and kindred abuses have caused.
Part of this indifference is, no
doubt, due to the fact that few
people have realized that the tar
tiff is intimately connected with
the conditions of our daily life,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-28
The Tariff a Moral Question.

. In the May American Maya
zine Ida NJ. Tarbell writes on
,,'The Stand-Pat Intellect" re-
ferring chiefly to the present pro-
tective tariff as an illustration
Of the position of that kind of in
etellect Following, is an extract /:
almost everywhl re the tariff
question has long been regarded
as a Obre. People have not want
ed TO hear about it and they
owO,lds not think about it. They
escaped by declaring themselves
prOtectiOnists or free traders or
'fankly saying they didn't know
and didn't care. They may have
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-28
How to Build a School House.

State Superintendent Fairchild
has issued a bulletin, the title of
which is "SchOOl Buildings, and
School Grounds and Their I'M
provement." The object of the
bulletin is to assist those districts
who find it necessary to. build
new school houses. 1t contains
a lot Of valuable information, and
should be in the hands of every
school district. We understand
that copies may be secured from
the county superintendent, or by
writing to the state superintend-
Ient.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-28
The Kansas Colleges Adopt a
Standard. Gee

Thirty-five or forty, representa-
tives of the accredited colleges Of
Kansas attended the meeting in
the office of State Superintend-'
ent E. T. Fairchild, Yesterday
The meeting was called by Super
lntendent Fairchild, and his idea
was to get. the schools together
upon a standard. for all. The
matter was thoroughly tlreshed
out, and hereafter the accredited
colleges Of the state, thirteen in
number, will have a cQpmOn
standard, and graduates from eall
of them will be eligible 20 teach
ers' life certificates. go :.
The heads Of the institutions
were extended a special invita-
ton to attend the meeting, but
many others took advantage of
the opportunity and came to To-
peka. The meeting lasted all az
tenoon, and various college men a
made short talks. State Superin-
tendent E. T. Fairchild presided
over the meeting.
The thirteen schools to whose
heads the invitations were extend
ed and which were represented
Yesterday either by the heads or.
others, were: F.
State university, State Agricul-
tural college, State Normal school
Friends university, Paramount col
lege, Washburn college, Ottawa
university, Campbell college,
Cooper college, Midland college,
College Of Emporia, Southwest
ern college.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-28

er than the wrongs it is doing
the poor, deeper than its warping
of the intellect, is the question of
the morals which underlie its OPP
eratiOns. Simmered- down to its
final sense the tariff question as
It stands in this country today is
a question of national morals"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-28
Genius at Work
Eccentricities of Famous Men the
Result of 0ne-Sided Develop
ment. q

Genius is always eccentric: !This
Is because to be genius a MATS
brain must be abhOrmally develop
ed in one direction and resultant
/ " dwarfed in oters.'
Thus a genius is lOp-brairad.
The result of this one sided
ness of develOpmene Is neceSSari-
~ a concentration that shuts out
the broad views of life and its
phenomena. The narrowest peo-
pie in the world are'apt to be !.
those to whom is accredited. the
greatness of genius; they CLIMB ,
high in one direction. but they
do not study the adjacent heights.
But your man of genius is new
er cOlOrless;d he is apt, on the
contrary. to be person Of strong
passions and small weaknesses,
for it is temperament-that won.
derful blending of the mental and
the physical attributeS-w which +.
gives him his intensity of vison
and his long reach for results ar
tainable or unattainable. On the
life of almost every mental giant
there lies the blot of some weak
ness, some dissipation. some SEN
sual appetite. And the reason Of
this is the unequal development
of the brain which, while accOmp-'
fishing scientific, literary or ar
tistc marvelS, is so poorly at
tuned to discipline that it is a
prey too small temptations 1T is
the normally developed man who
is apt to be the moral Gibraltar.
That is why the world forgiveS
the genius so many shortcomings .
Of this nature; it knows that, be-
ing lOp Drained, he. can not Of
fer the same resistance to- the
demons of temptation.
A geniuS is also a man of fads;
he gets one idea into his head
and nothing OvercOmes it. Thus
Eugene Sue could not write un-
less he wore white gloves deli
cately scented with Il certain per-
fume; ROSSeau could do nothing
of an inSpiratiOnal nature out of
the sunshine; Byron could neyer
write unlSSe he. was hungry; Bal
zac built his plots through the.
fumes of strong coffee, and Hay
den, the great composer, could do
nothing with harmony unless Ne
wore a certain finger ring; tho
gift of an emperor. i
To the ordinary business smans
these eccentricities seem laugha--
bic and inexplicable. but to the
man who has made the human
brain and its development his
study they are without mystery.
and without the elements of the
ridiculous. The genius is the iu-
SpiratOn, the pathfinder. With
out him the world would indeed
be flat, stale and. Improbable;
but it is the normally developed
man who follows in his wake and
builds where he indicates and
reaches the stars by'climbing on
his shOulders.-AIemphiS CONNER
cial-Appeal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-28

Don't miss the Free AerOblane
flights, a geninue Curtis-Farnum
Biplane makes daily flights from
the show grounds, rain or Shine.
not a lifeleSs model but a real
air ship. Sails through the cloud,
daily to be. seen only with Kit
CarsOn's Buffalo Ranch Wild
West here, Saturday May 9th.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-28

Coming upon their own private
trains Of double length ears, Kit
CarSOn's Buffalo Ranch Wild
West is well equipped to give
us the very best show and from
all accounts will certainly do so
Saturday May 9th.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-04-28

Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. .Y6unkin
visited with W. E: Yoankin, and
family at Nickerson Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
Dividing His Thoughts

'"rhere can be no doubt of that" re- piled Dupin's friend unwittingly, not at first observing how the remark had chimed in with his own medtations. Then he caught himself and looked at Dujin in astonishment
 How did you know what I was think ing abSut?" he cried. Really, this passes my comprehension. How did you know that I was thinking off, he paused to see if Dupin would fill In the name.
 "Os Chantilly," said Dupin with a chucltle. "Why do you pause? You were thinking that his diminutive figure un- fitted him for tragedy"
 "I was-but how did you know it?"
 Now neither of the men had spoken for half an hour until Dupin told his companion what he was thinking about.
 "Chantilly' as he called himself was former cobbler of the rue St. Denis, who had gone on the stage and attempt ed the role of Xerxes in Crebilions' trag- edy of that name and made a failure Of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
"Nothing Extraordinary"

For heavens sake,'' cried Dupin' s friend, tell me by what method-if, in deed, there is any method in such an unoanny performance-how you knew ] was thinking of Chantilly?"
 Dupin chuckled again and said: Nothing extraordinary about it at all It was simply the fruiterer who ran against you as we entered that street.
 Now, what in the name of common sense had fruiterer to do with Chan lilly and XerXes?"
 Tt is very simple-no legerdemain at all; I will explain. Why, I can even tell you 'the larger links in your chain of thought They run backward in this way-Chantilly, Orion, Epicurus, stere- otomy, the street stones, the fruiterer."
 The friend traced this process of thought backward and found that Dupin was right. But how did Dupin know.
 This occupation of tracing back q train Of thought is often full of inter- est, and he who for the first time at- tempt it is astonished by the appar- entity illimitable distance and the inco- herence between the starting point and the goal. Dupin's friend was more than ever puzzled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
Beginning With. the Basket

70, we'll" said Dupin, do not seem astonished; 1t is very simple. We had been talking of horses, if I remember right, just before leaving the rue C. This was the last subject we discussed
 "As we passed into this street a fruiterer, bearing upon his head large basket, brushed quickly past us and thrust you upon pile of paving stones collected at a spot where the causeway way undergoing repairs.
 "You stepped upon one of the paving stone and slipped, slightly strainins your ankle. You appeared vexed and sulky, muttered a few words, and looked at the pile. Then we proceeded In silence.
 You kept your eyes on the ground glancing with petulant expression al the holes and ruts in the pavement-so that I saw you were still thinking of the stones--until we reached the little alley called. Lamentine, which has been paved, by way of experiment, with the overlapping and riveted blocks.
 Here your countenance lighted ur and I heard you mutter the word 'stereotomy,' term very affectedly ap- piled to this new system of paving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
The Hand of the Stranger

well, you will perceive that this draw ing gives the idea of a fixed and firm hold. Attempt now to place all your
 fingers at the same time in the respective impressions as you see them"
 His friend made the attempt in vain the hand which had strangled Mile. LES panaye was larger than any human hand, apparently
 Then, taking up a book on natural his- tory, Dupin read an extract from Guvier's
 description of the orangoutang of the
 East Indian islands. The friend ex-
 claimed at once:
 "The description of the digits exactly accords with this drawing-and this tuft
 of tawny hair-I see what you mean. But I cannot comprehend. Besides. there were two voices." a But you win remember the character of the second voice; 1t spoke In no known tongue, it did not syllableize-it was the chattering of an animal" Then Dupin handed to his friend a news paper, one devoted to the shipping inter- ests and much purchased by sailors. In it he pointed to an advertisement. It was the one he had left at the news- | paper office as he returned from viewing | the scene of the murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
Looking at the Show of Life

The routine of the life they lived Tn this place would have jutified anypooy in getting out a commission or lunacy upon them.
 They admitted no visitors-thelr se- clusion was complete. The American had carefully concealed from his for mer associates his new place or resi- dence. and Dupin, since he had lost ms once extensive fortune, had ceased to know or be known by Paris society. Che of Dupins whims was to De en- amored of Night for nights own sake.
 And to this "bizarrerie.' as to all or the other of Dupins whims, his friend gave himself up with perfect abandon.
 When morning dawned they closed all the shutters of the house and, seated in a room lighted only two tapers which' highly perfumed gave out ghostly glare. the two cranks busted their souls with dreams, speculation, read ing. writing, conversation until real night came again.
 Then. in the darkness they would sally forth arm in arm continuing, maybe, the topic of conversation or the day; perhaps silent, but always looking on with interest at the passing show Of city life and, amid Its wild lights and shadows, gathering that infinity or mental excitement which such observa- ton can afford.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
A CL
 IN A PAGE

''The Murders in the Rue Morgue," may . fairly be called the first great detective story ever published. And who shall say that it does not remain the greatest 10 this day? Gaboriau and Conan Doyle nave never reached in their detective stores the fine analysis and intellectaulity wnicn Poe put into "The Murders in the hue Morgue."
 The machinery" of Conan Doyles oe- tective stories so closely resembles 'haI of Poe's story that it would be iole to say that 1t is merely coincidence. Wno ule . Sherlock Holmes and Dr. watson one Dupin and his friend translated into has- lishmen?
 To his morbid-and, 1t would seem at times, half-crazed-mind which reveieo m the eruesome and the horrible, Poe gave fun sway in .The Murders In the Hue Moreue"-and he certainly succeeded Tn producing something calculated to give one the "shivers." Is this plemisn 10 the story or not--the horror or IL? Ditler- ent people will take different views, put nowhere has Poe shown such marVeious genius for picturing forth the grizzly phamtoms which dweIt in the inferno or his imagination.
 As to the philosophical dlsauisltion which precedes the story itself, 1t shows Poe at his very best in that line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
Simple When It Is Told

Tt was clear therefore, that you would not fail to combine the two ideas of Orion and Chantilly. That you did com bine them I saw by the smile that passed over, your lips.
 You thought of the poor cobbler's im- notation. You had been stopping in your gai. before, but now dress yourself up to your full height: was sure you were thinking of Chantilly's diminutive figure and just there interrupted your medi- tations.
 There you are-the whole thing is most simple-nothng wonderful about Il at all--just close and intelligent observa- tions and logical reasoning.
 This seemed very siInple-to hear Dupin tell it--but to his friend the matter was apparent simplicity. That the human mind should be capable of such marvel ous analytic power was more impressive thar if there had been something "oc- cult in Dupin's system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
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firmation in the late nebular cos mogony
 q felt that you would cast up your eyes to the great nebula in Orion-and you did so. l was convinced that I was correctly following your mental pro- cesses..
 Tn tirade upon Chantilly In yester- days Musee a satirist made some dis graceful allusion to the change of name which the cobbler engineered upon as suming the busllin and quoted Latin line about which we have often con versed: 'Pertidit antiquum litera prima sonum.
 T had told you that this was in ref erence to Orion-formerly written Urion-and from certain pungencies connected with this explanation l knew that you had not forgotten 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
A Puzzle to All Paris

It was not long after this that Dupin- possibly merely to show his powers to his friend-perhaps for the real enjoy ment which he took in their exercise put his analytical mind to work upon great murder mystery, which wos agitat- ing and puzzling all Porls-especially the police. It really diddd seem unsolvable- and therefore Dupin. attacked 1t with the more avidity.
 In an old house in the rue Morgue, in the. Quartier St. Koch, lived an old woman, LEspanaye, and her daughter, Mile Camille LEspanaye They lived alone, without servants, on the. fourth floor-the rest of the house being un- tenanted.
 At 3 o'clock one morning the inhabi- tants of the quarter were aroused from their sleep by a succession of terrific shrieks. coming from the apartments oi Mme. L'Espanaye. -..