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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-06
The Little Folks Column.
A True Story About Mice.

L am sure tnaC all my lttle rea-
ders are ready for q story about
mice, for children always like those
bright little fellows with their
smooth gray fur, their bright eyes
shining like diamond beads, and
their curious ears always listening
for the sound of the footstep of an
enemy.
Once there was dear little boy
who lay very.ill of scarlet fever; to
be sure he was rich little boy,
his home was very beautiful one,
and in his sick room was every
comfort and nice thing that could
be thought of, while loving moth
er and sister constantly cared for
him. But all these luxuries could
not atone for his sufferings, and
little Will would gladly have
changed places with the little bare
foot boy who tended the cows in
his fathers lot, and who lived in a
very plain house.
Now VIII was very patient lit
tie fellow, and tried hard not to
complain of his aching head, or Of
the disagreeable medicine which
caused his poor mouth to smart so
dreadfully, but after Il few days
the burning fever seemed to gain
a stronger hold upon him and he
became delirious. Night and day
he talked; and night and day he
saw strange sights which no one
else could see.
Strange to say, he constantly
fancied that he saw white mice,
with their little pink eyes, running
across the floor, or, worse yet,
creeping over his bed; and every
few moments he would jump ur
and saying, "There he is !" would
make a vigorous grab at the bed
clothes, and then would cry be-
cause he could not catch the mouse
which he thought was there.
But one night as his sister sat b.
his side, he quickly touched her
arm and whispered, laughing at
the same time, See those pretty
little mice drinking my lemonade;"
at first his sister did not look, sup
posing it to be a fancy of his, but
when viii again begged her just
to look once. she turned around,
and what do you think she saw?
On the mantel-piece stood
goblet half filled with lemonade,
perched on the side of the glass,
hanging toits rim with his hind
feet, was a Wee, gray mouse; but
funnier still, there was another
mouse standing on the mantel,
and holding the tail of the first
monse in his teeth, lest he should
fall into the glass and meet the aw-
full death of being drowned in the
lemonade. And then, as VIII and
his sister silently watched theru,
the old mouse pulled down the
little fellow, thinking he had had
enough, and he himself climbed
up the glass, hung on the edge aud
drank his fill, while the little wee
mouse carefully held his tail be-
tween his teeth, just as the older
one had done for him.
But it was so funny that Will
could not help laughing, and
half-suppressed giggle from him
made the mousy start and jump
down from the glass as nimbly as
a sailor, and HE away home, taking
his little son with him.
could tell you many funny
things about these little animals,
but will not tell you what did a
few weeks ago, when, on lifting a
box down from high shelf and
taking off the cover, a gray mouse
lay asleep in one corner of it, for
You boys would all say, Gust like
a girl Helen Heath.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-06

The boy who is always late at
the breakfast table, late at school,
and never does anything at the
right time, stands poor chance to
be prompt man. The boy who
neglects his duties, be they ever SO
small, and then excuses himself by
saying, 80, l forgot, i didn't think !"
will never be reliable man.
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WILL PROSECUTE BEFORE THE
General Land Office, Oihce of Indian Af-
fairs, Department of the Interior, the
Court of Claims, and United States Su-
preme Court, Claims of all kinds arising
under laws governing the disposal of
Public Land, or the adjustment of
French, Spanish and Mexican Grants, or
other Private Land Claims. Special at
tention given to cases involving Title to
Grant Lands and Mining Claims. Land
Warrants and Land Scrip bought. Cash
paid for Soldiers Additional Homestead
Rights. Send stamp for circular of in
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
VICKSBURG WEEKLY HERALD, FRIDAY, LAY "a, 1878.

corpus, releasing the prisoner, and de.
claring the Infamous Act No, 8, Of 1874,
unconstitutional, null aud void. There
is no appeal, and Judge HOuston's de-
cisiOn ls final.
Thus this act, which has 60 long been
g disgrace to our State, and which has
been TO tho Lottery Company what the
locks Of Sampson we're to him, lie life
and strength, has been rendered
nugatory. Recorder Miltenberger
several days ago, with q cour'
sgeous determination to protect
the personal rights of his fell
low-citizsns, refused to execute this
statute. But Recorder Smith, Of the
First District, persisted in the criminal
purpose Of protecting the fraudulently
obtained franchises Of the Lottery
Company at the expense Of the per.
sonal liberty of citizens Of the State, and
il was be who consigned to imprison'
ment under Act No. 8, the man Judge
Houston has released.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

New YoRK, May 2S.-rhe Annual
Convention of the American Board Of
Israelites was held last night, W. B.
Hackenberg, Of Philadelphia, presiding.
The Executive Committee reported the
condition Of the Jews IN and around
the seat Of the Russo-T Turkish war was
such 81 to compel them to fly to other
and more hospitable places. In Bulga-
ria especially the Jews were subjected
to the grossest outrages. The Commit.
tee reported that the Alliance Israelite
Universelle had done noble work to al-
leviate distress, and the jews In Amer.
lea had contributed over $1,000 toward
the work. After some discussion, the
following resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, That the Executive Com
mittee be requested to continue their
efforts 10 secure the adhesion Of Eastern
congregations to the Union Of Amer
lean Israelites, in order 10 obtain the
necessary number Of members to con.
summate the plan Of Union between the
East and West. Also, that a delega.
ton be sent 10 the next Convention Of
the Union, TO express the sentiments
of the Board 10 favor Of the plans Of
the Joint Committee 10 such changes Of
by.laws'a s may be deemed necessary"
The following officers were then
elected; President, Meyer 5. Isaacs
Vice. Presidents, Samuel Wolf aud w.
B. Hsckenburg; Treasurer, Ezskiah
Cohen Secretary, A. L. Sanger.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
h Nights Of Labor

ALARMING .'9oGREss OF Communism IN
PENNsYLvASIA-MIL TARY COMPANIES
HELD IN READINESS.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer,
PHILADELPHIA, May 26.-Specials TO
the Times from various parts Of the
State indicate great u%neasiness as to
the purposes Of the labor agitators and
Communists, especially il the West
and In the mining regions. One regi-
ment and several companies are under
stood 10 be under emergency orders,
Greensburg is named as a rendezvous
for Western troops.
A Tamaq1a dispatch says the
Knights Of Labor are diligently ex-
tending their rsmifcations in Schuyl.
kill, Carbon and Northumberland
counties. Shamokin has been made
the headquarters in the latter, and the
organization L. ",e lie largely of miners,
numbering ne,f four hundred. Young
Kline, of Pr ton, with o. T. Little, OF
New York, yne Of Drury's agents have
been in that section all the week, and
their lingering is noticeable in the
county ticket formed at Sunbury on
Thursday.
In Carbon county the stronghold is
Summit Hill, where the knights carry
every able. bodied workingman on the
rolls. The Mahoning Valley and
Mauch Chunk are alive with them,
Lan,ford has been captured entire by
p,vIn anil Calihan. who established \
body al Coaldale three weeks ago. The
Knights a, Lausford meet twice week.
" al the new Miller's Hall, the old
Mollie Mcguire headquarters, and
now take in well on 10 four hundred
men. Flourishing bodies are located
at Pottsville, Tamsqus, Delano, st
Clair, Fremont, Minersville, Mahanol
City, 4 bland and Donaldson. Al
this in two weeks time.
The new Order develops remarkably
strength, and progresses with q swift
ness which Is fast causing panic anon
both old party leaders, as the design
and intents are all political. Ills learn
ed that the Knights are acting on th
old Know Nothing principle, similar I
the famous onslaught Of 1857, when th
tickets of both parties we're merciles'
" cut into. County Conventions {
the Nationals this Fall will be largel
governed by the purpose OF the neV
/ element, and the result in Schuylkil
promises a heavy cutting in both RI
3 publican and Democratic ranks.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
ACT 10 Prevent Further Retirement Of Legal
Tenders.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The Com.
Of the House ordered passed
without amendment House bill for re-
tirement Of the legal tender. The fol.
is the text Of the bill to forbid
forther retirement Of United States
legal tender notes:
HBs II enacted, That from aud after
the passage OF this Act il shall not be
lawful for the Secretary ofthe Treasury
or any other officers under him 10 can
eel or retire any more United States
legal tender notes, and when any Of
said notes may be redeemed or be 70.
ceived into the Treasury from any
source whatever, and shall belong to
the United States, they shall not be re.
tired, cancelled or destroyed, but they
shall he re.issued aud put out again,
and kept In circulation, provided moth
ing herein shall prohibit the cancellS-
lion and destruction Of mutilated notes
and issue Of other notes Of like de-
nomination in their stead, as now pro.
vided by law. All Acts and parts OF
AeCts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed"
II now goes to the President for hi'
signature.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
Peaceful Aspect Of Affairs Around cOn'
S~tahllaspIe.

LONDON, May 2S.-AffaIrs at Con.
stanlinople begin to look less danger
Gus. The advance Of Russian cavalry
TO PeriDjo, which the Turks under
stood as an attempt to selge Perinjo,
with q view Of commanding the road TO
Kanak, wac dIsavowed by Gen. Todle'
ben. Gen. SkobeloG, who ordered the
occupation of PerinjO, is declared to
have exceed his authority and commit
ted an indiscretion. The Russians
have Withdrawn from Perinjo. Gee.
Todleben is said TO be exceedingly
careful to prevent anything Of this mo-
ment which would cause suspicion or
create irritation. The withdrawal
from Perinjo, and news from European
Capitals have 90 relieved the previous
tension that little fear is now enter
tanned Of accidental collision. Both
Russian and Turkish officers are In:
dulging In pleasure excursions, and
work on Notifications hes been greatly
relaxed.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

Charles z. Wright, Editor Of the Herald:
DEAR SRA few days 1iBce you
wrote aud published an editorial iu the
HERALD rejecting upon the conduct Of
Governor Stone for granting . pardon
10 AloDZo Mitchell. From your stand
point, aud from your knowledge Of the
facts, you doubtless felt authorized in
80 doing. / regret very much that you
did not see the petition which was pre-.
sented 10 the Governor, and the list Of
petitioners before you wrote your arti-
Gle. II you had, | am satisfied Il would
have been written in an entirely differ.
ent spirit. know how anxious you
are TO secure peace aud order in this
community, and / also know that this
laudable zeal, sometimes, and especial
ly 10 this case, leads you into error.
The petitioners 10 MitchelPs ap.
plication did not complain Of
the verdict rendered against him,
or the sentence OF the Court,
in the face of the facts az they were
given to the Court. But they went be-.
hind all this, and remembered that on
the 7th Of December the man who was
slain was an active leader in the move.
ment against Vicksburg, imperiling the
lives and the property Of the citizens;
that be was a violent, turbulent man (;
and that on the other hand Mitchell Is
a peAceable and pacific man, and that
during the s'me trouble, instead OF
seeking TO override law, and pour a
food of semi-b .rbarians into our town
TO slaughter orr women and children,
be sided with the white people, and
gave them all The aid in his power,
even risking his own life in this en-
deavor and that out Of the part which
he took on that occasion came the diff
Guilty in which he felt compelled Ia
take the life OF this ~desperado. The
signers to this petition said thai
bis Ch-n.e was against the State
aud they thought that hia greai
and important service in the
interest Of law and order, and in pro.
lection OF the lives aud property OF thu
citizens Of this county at the risk OF hi
own life, ought 10 excuse this ofTenst
OF his. Aud for this reason they urged
tho Governor 10 pardon Mitchell. AnL
l think that 90 far from being censur
able by any mar Of Warren county foI
this act, Governor Stone ought TO b,
highly commended.
The white women and children 0
this county owe a debt Of gratitude Il
Mitchell which can never be repaid
And II thOy knew all the facts as
know them, and as they were repre-
seuted 10 Governor Stone, they wOulu
one and all have joined in the applica
ton for his pardon.
This petition was presented TO Coy
Stone aud earnestly urged, at the in
stance of the petitioners, by Capt. W
F. Fitzgerald and Judge Brien, with
out fee or hope Of reward.
RespectM ", W. X. SPEARS.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
AustFla's AttItuds.

LONDON, May 2S.-Austriau and
Hungarian delegations meet this even.
ing, when Count Andrassy will submit
q written explanation Of the Govern.
ment's motive for availing itself of
sixty millions credit. It is expected he
will state that Austria only prepares to
take defensive and preventive meas.
ures. The treaty Of San Steian0 CON.
tains several articles affecting Austria's
interests, and these, It is hoped, the
Congress will modify in q manner fa.
vorable to Austria. Nevertheless It is
necessary she should be prepared for
ell eventualilies.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
Spread Of the LeEdo Revolution in
Mexico,

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, May ga
special dispatch to the San Antonio
Herald says New Laredo is threatened
by elk hundred Lerdo revOlutiOnists.
Three American citizens, merchants,
are in confinement by Diaz officials for
not contributing to the defense Of the
town. Another dispatch says the rev.
o~lutioniSts are rising and arming in
vast numbers, and 9 general outbreak
is daily expected. Prominent Lerdo.
lists here are preparing to 60 to the
frontier.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

The Chinese question bids fair to
loom up in unmanageble proportions
10 the near future. Chinese merchants
of California are applying for citizen
ship 10 secure their rights, and instead
OF Mongolian immigration falling of,
under persecution, 1900 have been
landed at San Francisco in one week,
and contracts for 10000 are quoted to
supply the demand this Summer. Or.
ders arrive there daily from Eastern
and Southern Statep, also from the
islands Of the Pacific, San Francisco
being the en;repOt. China has excess
OF population OF at least fifty millions,
who are driven abroad TO conquer room
for existence. History proves how ir-
resisiible have such currents Of hungry
hordes been upon fat nations soft
ened b. luxury and failing in endur-
ance. The providentisl Issue Of the
Chinese iucursion is none the less prob.
able because it is not made sword in
hand. This raid is silent and insidious,
and our Government is blind if 1t gives
it no earnest forethought. Already
100000 able. bodied and hardy male
Celestials are in the United States
all capable of bearing arms and pos
sessed Of great wealth, which economic
habits make doubly available. Under
military leaders this force, fred by op'
preston, may make trouble, which
stitch in time may avert. We canno
elevate them 10 the American platform
in politics, nor can they be absorbed By
our social organizations. Like oil ant
water, there can be no congenial mix
ture. A Violen! solution of the EN-
barrassment may be quickly precipi
ta,ed by the alarming d~esiiiuiion o
our workingmen, clused by want 0
!, foresight among specnlaling associa
!, lions and BY q blind mania among 10
ventors 10 supplant the labor Of hand
. by steam.power. Congress ma
wisely consider the Pacific coast. Tn
distress in the Atlantic States, know
. 10 legislators, Is but half what tbs
t Mongol-ridlen country endures, an
! relief is further of By reason Of il
, creasing immigration from China an
=. Of decreasing employment.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
How 10 Live Two Hundred
Years.

If anybody wants 10 live q couple Of
centuries, ~ lethim never overfeed ;and
(2) let him never get drunk. AT least
those are the rules of health laid down
by Miguel Soils, . half.breed farmer In
the foothills Of the Sierra Mesila, New
Granada, who c~onfeases to being ITO
years old, but he is believed by his
~neighbors 10 be really much older. DR..
Lutz Hernandez, who has recently paid
him q visit, found him at work in his
orchard. His skin was the color Of
parchment, but he was robust and &C.
live ; his snoW.white hair was twisted
turban fashion round his head,
and his eyes were 90 bright that
the doctor felt quite uncomfortable
when they we're turned upon him.
Miguel said that the secret Of bis living
a century or two was very slmple-sim.
ply never getting drunk and never
overlooking. Il eat only once q day,
a big, hearty meal, which II often takes
me half an hour to get through with /;
but, you see 1t is not possible in half
an hour 10 eat more than you car digest
in the next twenty-four." He went on
to cay that be had not made up his mind
about meat, but did not cal much Of II.
He tasted on the first and middle Of
each month, eating nothing, but drink
ing all the water he could swallow,
He always let cooked food cool before
tasting It, and to this precsuliou
he attributed the fact that hil
teeth are as sound now as they were l0S
years ago. DR.. Hernandez was In
formed by some Of the Oldest inhabi
tants of the district that they we'll re
membered Miguel as q reputed centen
arian when they were boys; also tina
the name Of Miguel Soils, colOre'
farmer, appears in q list, still pre-
served, Of the contributors 10 the build
ing fund Of q Franciscan monasteF.
near San Sebastian, which was found
, ed 10 l7l2, aud that the present abbo
is positive II is the same man. Blu
, protracted as has been his sojurn Of
earth, be has not succeeded in winning
the respect OF his fellOw.beings. Th
Indians In the neighborhood firmly be
, lieve that he has sold his soul to III
devil,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
A Human Skeleton Inside Of a
Horse.
Virginia Ciiy Enterprise.

Virginia City Enterprise.
A miner in the Black Hills, writing
10 a friend in this city, tells Of a hor.
rible reminder Of the fearful snow
storms OF last Winter, and Of the perils
of those who were caught out and lost
their way on the plains. He says that
recently, while he and two Others were
crossing the country, they came upon
the skeleton Of a horse, within which
was the skeleton Of q man, with the
grinning skull looking out at them
from between the ribs Of the animal,
like q prisoner peeriDg through the
bars of bis cell. The two skeletons
told the whole story. The mar had
killed his horse, cut him open, and
crawled inside of him, thinking to thus
escape perishing Of cold, but the flesh
Of the animal iroze solid, and the mar
was as much Of q prisoner as II he haC
been shut in by walls of iron. Tit
wolves and carrion birds had stripped
the greater part of the flesh from boil
skeletons. The miner concludes hi
description by saying: at was a sigh
| shall never forget. | can see 1t nov
whenever | close my eyes,"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
lsaTmOHss.LetteF From the Fish
Commissioners,
UNITED sTATEs COMMISSION,
FISH AND FIsHMRLER, ,
WAsHIN0ToN. MaY q teen

FISH AND EI8HMALEA,
WASHINGTON, Nay %, 1881
Dear Sir: I Am duly In receipt Of
your letter Of the Goth of May. / am
much gratihed to learn OF the probable
willingness Of the MaroOners TO start q
halChing-house for California salmon
at or near VickSburg. Should my ap.
preparations be made as expected, l
will agree 10 meet part Of the expense,
for the sake Of having some expert
hatch out Q large supply Of salmon for
waters In adjacent districts.
/ have no doubt of being able 10 find
9 suitable person 10 take charge of the
establishment but l would prefer Q
little time for the selection. The person
would not need to proceed 10 HE des.
tination probably before August.
l think ] can promise you 250,00O
eggs for your own use, possibly more.
| will endeavor to arrange for half or
three.fourths Of q million. They will
probably arrive sometime 10 the first
or second week In October.
Please tell me exactly where your
spring is located aud It's present tenn,
perature. 1t will be desirable to havt
lie temperature taken at least once
week daily If possibly and reported
10 me. Yours truly,
SPENCER +. BAIRD, Com'r.
To $. W. BOSWELL, ESQ, VIcksburg.