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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-17

CHICAGO, Oct l5.-The Times special
from Camp Sheridan. vie Camp Robin
son, gives an account Of an important
council at Camp Sheridan. Thirteen
Of the principal chiefs of Red Clouds
band Of Sioux met Col. Thornburgh
and Major Carlton, and the pipe of
peace was passed around and good
feeling prevailed. Red Cloud said he
was getting old and tired of war, and
assured Thornburgh that he would ar
rest and deliver fugitive savages if they
should enter his camp. LIE said that if
the Indians now fleeing from the army
had reen properly treated by their
agents there would be no trouble.
The continued loyalty of the Sioux was
vouched for. and the council was
brought to an end.
NANTUCKET, Oct. 10 Saturdays
storm was the severest that has occur
red on the island since the memorable
gale of 1S41. Charles Killen, mate,
was taken from the wreck OF the schr.
Eta A. Stempson, after having been
lashed to the rigging IS hours.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Oct. Alt
is established that the total number of
citizens killed near the state line by
the Cheynns Indians who crossed the
u. P. r. r. track Oh the 4th, was 43-
% on the 6apps. Is on the Beaver on
Prairie creek and FIVE near the Repub
lican river.
LONDON, Oct. ia dispatch from
Simla says the latest rumor Is that an
immediate advance through the Khy-.
Der pass is probable. The rumor sp-
pears to rest on no particular authority.
The Khyberes report Afghans in the
pass suffering from severe fever. The
viceroy's native emissary writes from
Cabul. under date of the 9Th inst. that
he has received permission to leave and
would bring the smeer's answer.
A Berlin dispatch states that a. Te.
hataldga, which the Russians continue
to hold. does not belong to the line
which the London cabinet considers
necessary for the defence of Constanti-
nople, the British feet will not return
to the neighborhcod of the Bosphorus.
II appears definitely settled that DR..
Dalk will remain in Office a. minister
OF ecclesiatical affairs.
LONDON, Oct. l5-A Constantinople
dispatch says that the completion OF
the defensive lines Of Coustautinople
has been authorized.
Some tribes near Bagdad rsvolted and
captured the town of Damam. The
Turkish authorities autographed. ur-
gently calling for reiuforcements.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-17

w ANTED.
A SITUATION BY A WOMAN EITHER AS
~ Housekeeper. or would do cooking in a small
family.
Apply at this Office. cct14. din
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-17

LONDON. Oct. IA Paris CORES
poudent 10 informed that Russia and
the Porte have arrived ct an under.
standing for the joint occupation of the
Rhodops district.
VIENNA. Oct. l5-A dispatch ssys
that new complications have arisen. II
u reported that Montenegro and Rpu.
mania refuse to restore their Turkish
prisoners until they receive their allotted
territory and monetery compensation.
respectively.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-17

s@ Boca Beer in pints and quarts.
for sale by
CRAWFORD L HARRINGTON. Agents,
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-17

T WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
l. Debts contracted by the crew Of the ship Yo-
semitic while laying in the port Of Seattle.
]. A. SAUNDERS,
Master Of Ship Yosemite.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-17

FRESH OYSTERS served ct tho Mai
son Doree from this date.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-17

OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, AT VICTORIA
Persons visiting Victoria should not
fail to stop at the Occidental Hotel. 1t
is the first hotel from the steamboat
landing; is fire-proof; has good accom-.
mediation for families. and as good
meals IS any house in the city, at only
81 90 per day.
WIN. JENSEN,
Wharf street, Victoria, r. C.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-17

MASON D0RxE RESTAURANT, Front
street. next to the Arcade" Second
to none. Open day and night.
CIV furnished rooms up stairs for trav-
cling guests.
D. H. WEBSTER, Proprietor.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-17

Sic SEMPER SALERATUs. -Notwith-
standing the excitement about the ad.
mission of our Territory into the Union,
the celebrated AIR GUN at the Centen-
NAL Saloon still hits the bulls eye every
time. Dennis Kearney to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28
The NatchitOches Trouble.

We have heard very exaggerated
reports from Natchitoches, in re-
gard to a serious conflict having
occurred there between the whites
and blacks last Saturday, 2lst in
slant, but from all we can gather
up to the hour of going to press,
there was no one killed. The
blacks are said to have attempted
to interrupt the Democratic Con-
vention, and were repulsed by the
whites. Several shots were fired,
and a negro man was wounded.
No further disturbance is appre-
hended.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28
APPLYING THE PARTY LASH.

On all hands we hear of the col
ored people being formed into
"clubs," for the purpose of stregth-
ening the Republican party by
thorough organization. They are
called on to subscribe their names
and take an obligation to support
the men endorsed by the Republi-
can party. They have what they
call the "Mother Club" with vari-
GUS branch organizations, and are
using all diligence 10 whip every
black man into line. 1t is said they
find some stubborn cases among
the colored people, who say they
are free men and propose to do just
as they please, and they are not
going to be tied up and forced to
vote at the beck and call of any
set of men.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28
A SQUARE FIGHT.

Some persons seem to imagine
that the Democracy of this parish
are weak because an effort has been
made to secure colored voters.
They are very much mistaken. The
Democrats of Grant parish have a
hundred and fifty majority, and
they can and ,ciH carry the Novem-
Der election by that number. in a
fair and square election, which they
intend to have. We know the Re-
publicans are in great glee over the
small number of whites that have
registered thus far, but we venture
the assertion that they will sing a
different tune in three weeks more.
The Democrats recognize the fact
that there is work to be done, and
they are going to do it; and euery
Democrat in the parish ,oiA be regis
tered, and he aoiU uote ,c7ien The time
comes. We propose to show the
RAIDS just how bad we can beat
them. Our talking to the blacks
has been out of pure sympathy,
for we did not want to see them
bamboozled and led by the nose at
the will of rascally tricksters. If
they wish to vote for honesty and
reform by voting the Democratic
ticket, well and good, if not, it is
all the same. We have a majority
and are going to beat the indie
pendent-National-R Radical Republi-
can party. We want none of the
Natchitoches business here. Every
thing is to he fair and square. If
there is any row about the election
the Republicans will raise it. But
they can count on the Democrats
being fully able to meet and pun
ish any attack upon them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28
ALL THE SAME THING.

The claim that we have made
that the Independents were but
another name for Republicans was
fully substantiated last Saturday
evening at the ''tea-party" held at
Tom Johnson's, when our "Inde-
pendent" friend and fellow citizen,
Brother Dan Fletcher was endorsed
by Republican meeting, and Sc
lected as delegate to represent
Republican "club" at a Republican
Senatorial Convention to be held
at Sulphur Springs. Then, to make
the matter more conclusive, one of
the oracles of the ''club" and
shining light and leader of his race,
Hardy Kearson, put the idea i'll so
many words, and said they were
known to the colored people as
Republicans, and would be sup
ported as such. They assumed the
name of Independent" to secure
votes from the Democrats. The
negroes approved the words of
Kearson, and accepted his state
ment as well known and recog-
,,.,ol fook
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28

Brother Dan has favored us will,
a communication, but we leave it
over on account of more important
matter. We agreed to publish his
affidavit this week, and would have
done SO. had he not seen fit to tack
on to it an effusion of his own.
However, he shall have . hearing
next week.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28

with face all suffused with bushes,
indicative of the great embarrass-
ment it was to q modest man like
him to be forced to speak a favor
able word for himslef.
The CHRONICLE man was called
on, and, with his usual assurance
and cheek proceeded to give his
views. He was a Democrat. The
Democrats were pledged to re-
trenchment and reform. He claimed
that the Republican party had rob-
bed the State in every conceivable
shape. They stole $4,000 school
fund, the proceeds of the sale of
sixteen sections of land, and that
the money that was to have been
used to educate the children of the
State, white and black, was used
for political purposes and to line
the pockets of Radical politicians.
He said their tax collectors robbed
the State of millions of dollars, and
read the following table, as the
showing made by Grant parish for
the past seven years, saying it was
sample of the other fifty eight
parishes in this State
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28
DOUBTFUL USE OF QUARANTINE.

DOnaldSOnVllle, q town on the
Mississippi river some twenty miles
nearer New Orleans than Plaque
mine, has not quarantined, nor has
it had any yellow fever, yet Plaq-
uemine quarantined and did have
the fever. Memphis, Baton Rouge.
Grenada and other places quaran-
tined without effect. Many places
that are in close proximity to New
Orleans have not quarantined, yet
have immunity from the disease.
Eminent physicians hold that filth
is the cause of the spread of the
fever. That New Orleans, Grena-
da and Memphis were filthy at the
inception of yellow fever is proven
by the accounts we have received
from those places. 1t is. demon
strated that many cases have oc-
Cured, in different cities, which
resulted fatally to single individ-
ual, and yet the disease was not
communicated TO others. Now, the
question arises, cannot the desired
end be reached in some other way
than by quarantine to prevent the
spread of yellow fever? We are of
the opinion that unnecessary in
convenience and alarm, and much
useless expenditure of money can
be saved by compliance with well
known hygenic laws. In palmer
language. the money should he ap-
piled to cleaning up" This will
give all needed immunity from a
disease that has no larger death
rate than any other under given
conditions. and whose only terror
is that it is sure to attack those
who live in communities that are
not as particular about slops and
garbage as they should be. AS at
present practiced, the quarantine
interrupts commerce, the mails are
stopped and things go irregular
generally. Ample opportunity is
given to rob the mails, and by the
"fumigating" process many articles
are ruined. All this tends to ore
ate excitement and alarm when
there is no cause for it.
Twenty years ago the writer Of
this article had the yellow fever in
Alexandria. Does any one recol-
lect whether the people of that
town were as badly scared then as
they are at the present time {? Or
was it considered necessary then
to quarantine an entire river on
account of the fever?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28
MUSICAL IRsTRuntIE

STRINGS, BOWS, BRIDGE
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28

Look out for the registrar He
will be on hand at the following
times and places:
Ward Z. Montgomery, Oct Z.
Ward 6, Fredieu's, Oct. 9.
Ward 1, Colfax, Oct. 10.
Ward 2, Mrs. Taylor's, Oct. IL.
Ward 3, Robt. Satcher's, Oct. Ia.
Ward 4, Liberty Chapel, Oct. Is.
Ward 5, Union Precinct, Oct. l6.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28

How do the RAIDS like the result
of the elections in Vermont, Maine
and Arkansas !?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28

Don't fail to register.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-03-21
Good Time 20 Plan, Trees.

II there is such thing the barbarism o
civiliz alton, it is most strikingly exhibited in
the destruction of forests. The following fact.
may serve one of the many illustrations
"When Tunis was a Roman province, the
country supported population of 10000, 900.
The number of inhabitants does not now exceed
1,5O0, 900, and it is doubtful whether a much
larger population could find subsistence there
at the present day. Lieutenant Colonel X. l.
Playfair the British Consul General in Algeria
attributes this changed condition of Tuns to
the extensive destruction of forests which has
taken place since ancient times. Vast plains,
now covered with arid sand, were formerly
clothed with timber. Even only q century ago
as appears from the narrative of the celebrated
Scottish traveller, James Rruce. there were many
extensive tracts of woodland in Tunis where
there is not now a single tree Since the forests
have been removed, the fertile mould which once
gave the country its agricultural prosperity has
been largely buried under the sands of the des-
ert."
The Prairie Farmer says: 1t is related of one
of the ancient gods, that he offended Ceres by
cutting down and devastating her groves In
return, the goddess afflicted him with an insatia.
BILE hunger, to appease which he devoured him.
self. The real moral here may probably be thus
stated: Forests being an absolute necessity to
. country, and as large areas are required to be
kept covered with forests or their equivalent, to
reach the best results in tillage, they may not
be ruthlessly destroyed; for, the country with
out trees is continually feeding upon itself and
at length becomes a desert.
Humboldt it was, We believe, who said man
first destroyed and then builds up. 1t is quite
true. First of all the forests are cut down. In
timbered countries the forests are SO ruth essly
destroyed that timber becomes the most costly
product they have to buy.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-03-21

The evil consequences liable to result from ex-
posure to the burning sun are only too well I'M.
derstood, but it is not generally known that
in many parts of the world, notably in India,
there is a strong and very general prejudice
against sleeping in full moonshine, as it is sup
posed to produce ''moOn-stroke." Aa old Indian
resident has recently been devoting his attention
to the subject, and comes to the conclusion that
any i'll effects arising from sleep in the moon
light are not due to any direct influence of the
moon itself. His explanation of the origin OF
this prevalent belief in the baleful qualities OF
the Goddess of Night is very rational, and may
be summarized thus: A clear sky admits of rap
id radiation, and any person exposed to such
radiation is sure to bc chilled by rapid loss of
heat. There is reason to believe, that under
the circumstances paralysis of one side of the
face is liable to occur from chill, as one side OF
the face is more exposed to rapid Tradition, and
consequent loss of heat. This chill is more like
ly to occur when the sky is perfectly clear and
in full moon. The whole matter thus becomes
clear on this explanation. Prolonged exposure
to cold is amOst certain to produce headache,
neuralgia, or even paralysis, owing to the retar-
daton of the circulation and these or similar in
Juries have been attributed to the moon, when
the proxmate canse may really have been the
chill, which will always be the greatest on the
very clear nights.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-03-21
Nseful aud Curious.
The Con.,rucslon Of Household Cl.sern..

The Construction Of Household Clsterns.
A Charleston, s. c., correspondent of the Jour
nal Of Chemistry acknowledges the necessity OF
extreme care in keeping impurities out of the
cistern, il We do not wish to clean it often. He
assumes that the cistern is completely covered
and that the imam hole for getting into it for
cleaning or repairs, is kept carefully closed. He
gives the following description of the manner
in which cisterns are built in Charleston, and it
is well worth printing, for the benefit of our
readers:
SIN Charleston we are almost entirely depend
ent upon our cisterns for drinking purposes,
more than three-fourths of the population being
supplied with water in that way. Great care is
therefore taken in the construction of our reser-
voirs. They are built of brick, laid in cement,
(no lime) and plastered inside and outside with
the same. Within there, is double partition,
from floor to ceiling of brick laid in cement, and
the space within this double wall (say six inches
in widthl is filed with fresh water gravel. This
wall is built in one of the corners of the cstern
in semicircle, and tho pipe for the pump insert
ed in the Enclosed space. The water is filtered
through this wall, and is as pure as crystal. A
little charcoal is sometimes thrown into the els
tern. You will see that by allowing the roof
and cutters to be thoroughly washed by the rain
before letting water into the cistern, you will
sufficiently large, only the fall and winter rains
should be taken in. The impurities that float
in the air during spring and summer are thus
prevented from getting in. This is not always
done, although it is desirable
A few years since, my house took fire, and to
save it, my cistern was emptied. l then had it
carefully cleansed, but l could not drink the
W later for three months after. This has been SO
often proved to be the case that you must par
don me if adhere to my experience, in spite OF
chemistry, although it is not my intention to
undervalue science.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-03-21
Candied Honey.

The .imeriean Bee Journal gives the following
recipe for preventing honey from becoming can
died: The candying of honey is caused by the
over-saturation of sugar; by this expression, We
mean too little water, and too much sugar. All
the scientific research and learned discussion on
this subject that has ever come under our obser-
walton, have failed to develop more simple or
rational reason than this, and the same can he
said regarding tine remedy. You first reduce the
body to thin limpid state by adding sufficient
water. 1t is only necessary to warm the honey
to thoroughly incorporate it with the water it
need not be boiled. This makes the body SO
thin that is necessarily impossible for it to can
dy. Buyers object to it in this watered state
and in order to retain its body without renewing
its liability to CONCEAL, some have been adding
sufficient quantity of that non-crystallizable
substance, known as glucose Honey thus "pro-
cessed" will not thicken, but it is certainly not
pure. 1t is claimed, and We have no doubt it is
true, that by the aid of this processing" thous
ands of pounds of comb honey, nice in ITSELF but
stored in such awkward and unsghtly surplus
receptacles, furnished by lazy aud improvident
ee-keepers, have been sold, that would other
wise have proved a drug. This is an excuse
though onlya poor one, for such "doctoring' pro.
cess.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-03-21

CURE FOR DIABETEs.-EDITOR OF THE TINES
In 1868, my husband was taken with the diabe-
ties he was so bad that had two doctors. He
got worse for three weeks; the doctors then gave
him up, and said he could not live. The last ight
he was SO bad that he drank thirty gallons of
cold water, and it passed through him cold His
kidneys were swelled SO that we could see them
very plainly on his back. / will now tell you
what l did. and 1t cured him, and he is big,
hearty man to-day. Take hops, and make one
quart of strong tea, and give it every time he
wants to drink, till it is gone then make anoth-
er quart, not SO strong, and give the same way,
and every two hours rub the back and kidneys
thsroughly with l. l.. Strahn's Nerve and Bone
Liniment After the first twenty four hours, use
the Imminent twice day, and drink the tea for
two weeks, every night, that is, after the person
begins to get better. The doctors told ME that
the above saved my husbands life. We used TO
live in Tiffin, Ohio; we now live in Newton, Jas
per County, Iowa.-LUCINDA ELMs.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-03-21
i Vote Ave!

1t is told concerning Senator Garrett Davis,
that when one day he was mapping in his chair,
his next neighbOr pOked him and said: "Wake
mp, Senator, your name has been called" Half
asleep, the kentuckian rose and asked the Vice
President, who was in the chair, what the vote
was on. The Vice President gave him the name
of the bill, which was for the benefit of Kansas
railroad. "Ah" exclaimed Davis, now wide
awake, "but want to know, before vote, the
amount of stealage in this bill!" Whereupon a
Senator who was engineering the bill, portly
man, whose clear conscience irradiated his conn
tenance, rose and said in meek tones "If the
Senator from Kentucky will permit me, will
state that have thoroughly examined this bill +,
and assure bin that if it contains any Oppor-
tunity for stealing, cannot find it," "All ri ght
Mr.. President responded Davis, in his shrillest
tone; 'If the Senator cannot find any stealage
in the bill, am sure there can be none there.
| vote aye,r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-03-21

ACCIDENTS TO CHILDREN-It is a common oc
currence for children to get beans, grains of corn
or other foreign substances up their noses. The
following is simple remedy, and is well worth
remembering: Order the child to open its mouth
apply yOur mouth to it, and blow rather hard
The offending substance will be expelled from
the nOstril.
1t would naturally be supposed that person
who had once witnessed the success of this ex-
pedien: would never forget it !; and yet know
mother, of excellent memory on general subjects
who, after seeing bean thus expelled from the
nose of her own child, failed to recall the expe-
dent when similar occasion presented, four oil
five years afterward. Hence the necessity of re-
publishing the same scrap of valuable informa-
tion from time to time.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-03-21

To EXTERMINATE RATs.-The Canada Fdrmet
is responsible this recipe:
Four years ago my barn was regularly infested
with rats they became numerous that had
great fears of all my grain being destroyed by
them after it was housed but having two acres
Of wild peppermint that grew in field of wheat,
after the wheat was harvested, the mint was cut
and bound with it, it drove the rats from my
premises. have not been troubled with them
since, nor am at present, while my neighbors
have any quantity of them. feel confident that
any person who is troubled with these pests
could easily get rid of them by gathering a good
supply of mint and placing it around the wall or
base of their barns
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-03-21

To SUGAR OR CRYsTALlZE POP CORN-Put in to
an iron kettle one tablespoonful of butter, three
tablespooufuls of water, and one teacupful of
white sugar; boil until ready to candy; then
throw in three quarts of corn, nicely popped
stir brskly until the candy is evenly distributed
over the corn set the kettle from the fire, and
stir until it is cooled little, and GU have each
grain separate and crystalized with the sugar !;
care should be taken not to have too hot fire,
lest You search the corn when crystalizing. Nuts
of any kind prepared in this way are very deli
cious.