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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15
A Beautiful Sentiment.

In Augustin Days great play OF
s'Under the gaslight" Laura Court
land utters these beautiful senti-
ments
"Let the woman you look upon be
wise or vain, beautiful or homely,
rich or poor, she really has but one
thing she can really give or refuse
her heart. Her beauty, her wit, her
accomplishments, she may sell to you
but her love is the treasure with
out money and without price. She
only asks in return that when you
look upon her your eyes shall speak
a mute devotion that when you ad-
dress her your voice shall be gentle,
loving and kind; that you shall not
despise her because she can not
understand, all at once, your vlgor-
GUS thoughts and ambitious plans
for when misfortune and evil have
defeated your greatest purposes, bel
love remains to console you. Yor
look upon the trees for strength aud
grandeur; do not despise the flowers
because their fragrance is all the.
have to give. Remember. love is al
a woman can give-but it is the onl.
earthly thing which God permits u
to carry beyond the grave.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15
Greeley i'm His Den.

One day q stranger came into the
office. looking angry, and inquired LOT
Greeley. / pointed him to the little
dem where Greeley was scratching
away for dear life, and he made for 1t.
As he went in / beard him say, "fou
Old hypocrite" Greeley did not
look mn or even pause, but kept driv-
ING his pen madly on, his nose WITHIN
q Couple of inches of the paper anc DIS
lips whispering the words ra ai'e aa,, sus
pen, as was his wont; INC s..a"s;o "
continued, calling Greeleys aI1en.ion
to an article that had offended nm
and denouncing him a. viiiian,
coward aud . liar, with an oatn ooou
every other word, meantime threaten
ing TO ssknock his head on" Ureele.
didn't stop for moment but ,aOOe'
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Jackson (aIississippil Comet.l

jackson mississippi, Comet.]
At the conclusion of Major Henry's |
speech Judge Alcorn was called on by
the Club for an address. Of course
the Club knew that he was Repub-
lican. but at the same time they re-
cognized him as a gentleman and
man of sense and courtesy. At first
he declined to respond; but the Club
renewed their call, and made it 80 en-
phatic that he could not well refuse
He rose to his feet and spoke sub
stantially as follows:
ut would be discourteous, gentle
men to refuse to recognize your re-.
heated calls. am not insenslble to
a compliment, and believe this call IS
intended for me. But 1 am surprised
at it. l cannot understand what
Democratic Club could reasonably
expect to get out of me that could
further their interests or minister 10
their wishes; being as am now, and
have been since 1867, a pronounced
Republican-never having denied the
faith. never having f1ickered in my
steadfast adhesion to sound con-
seryative Republican doctrine. This
being my political status, | do not
, clearly understand how l can De e4'
nected to take stock in the canvass
as it is represented in this country TO-
day. AS Republican | see no place
for me to come in either In the Dem
ocratic party proper or the sore-head
!, ed G-eenback or Independent Demo
cratic party improper. | have no us
: for either. And my advice to you
q colored men if you are Republicans
is to stand aloof and see the salvatio
of the Lord. Next year we propos
; to organize the grand old Republica
party of Mississippi, and to strip froI
n It the obnoxious elements whlc
b made it SO odious to so many MI
sissippians in 1875, and then marc
,e to victory. Wait till that good tin
comes, and don't fritter away yo'
IS strength and get mixed in all sorts
entaneling alliances with Democrat
J. scrubs in a wild lust for office.
~ As for the Greenback party co
ne slider it fiddle faddle- reformator
Observation-Disclosures concern, wltho
ur principles, sense. or any hope OF pc
er. In this State it simply amour
~ to a few of the 'lost arts" OF the L
mocracy, little worse (if anything e
ist be worse) than unadulterated L
mocracy. If / was compelled
choose between true Democracy 9
ia soaptailism would take the artl
es. straight. And l have the best
it thority for this decision. The Ser
ng ture saith, "He that cometh to
ng sheepfold by any other way than =
i've of the door, is thief and roDot
oil The Greenbackers and lndepende
I've claim to be Democrats, as l und
stand certainly they are not hep
md licans) but they are trying to get
!. to the sheepfold Of the Democz
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15
Dentistry.

DIR. HANCOCK. who has located in KAN
p;des parish, La, has made arrangements
to visit this place, Montgomery ana cane
river, up as far as NatchitOches' monthly.
We are glad to have reliable Den''Ss
amones. US, and bespeak for him q hoer@
share of business. The Doctor bring"
with him many letters OF commentator
from the highest sources, Ex-Gov Hen
bricks of Indiana, Ex-Gov. J. Q. Brown OF
Tennessee, Judge Denny, Attorney Zen
eral of Indiana, and j. B. Glover, State
Treasurer of Indiana. We have seen some
of his work and think it will compare
well with work done in New Orleans OK
any other place. Samples Of his Skin
can be seen in Colfax.
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by q strange door, and expect Re-
publicaps to aid them. / for one
will not do it, and my advice to you,
colored men, when you come to vote
in the absence of a Republican ticket
and Republican candidates, is to vote
for men, not for either party. Single
out the best man, without reference
to the ticket he is running on, and
vote for him.
Imet an old colored friend the
other day, and he told me about
very bad dream he had the night
before. Il dreamed" he said chat
| l died and went.to hell" Ibid you
| find any Republicans there" !
asked. "Oh no, sir nary Republi-
can" "Did you find any Democrats
there ?" Eyes. sar, found a few OF
dem" "Did you see any Greenoack,
ers and Independents" "Oh. Lord
bless your SOUL hell ,cas fall Of them
"What we're the Greenbackers do
ing ?" "Well, sar, de flames dey wal
a lappin' themselves out in every di
rection, and every Greenbacker h'
had Niger holdia' HAN up 'tDeen has
self an de flames" l have no u.s.
for the Democratic party, and l .hav
a decided disgust for the side issue
! developed by the Mississippi Green
, hackers and Independents. Whe
! we have Republican ticket in tn
! field as we will have next year, the
: there will be an object aud purpos
for me to accomplish by maxim
stump speeches, but | beg to be O.
cused on the present occasion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15
Zach Chandler is Dead.

Senator Zachariah Chandler, OF
Michigan, was found dead in his bed,
at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago,
on the morning of Nov. l. Senator
Chandler undoubtly had many re-
deeming traits as a private cltlzen'
but as a public man and politician he
was most bitter enemy to the South.
The Shreveport Standard gives him
a "send off in the following style:
The death of Zach Chandler is
heavy blow to the crowd OF stalwart
Radicals who are already laying their
plans to steal the next Presidential
seat, as they stole the last one under
his advice and manipulation. We
do not mean to say that there are not
MANY others at the North who are
corrupt enough to do the deed, and
that the scheme will fall through
only because he will not be present to
"coach" it. There are q plenty OF
them on the bench of the Supreme
Court of the United States, as wit
ness the 8 to Z Commission which
gave the finishing touch to the last
outrage. There are a plenty OF
them in either house of Congress, al
witness the debates aud votes thai
preceded the appointment OF the
Commission. There are plenty o
them among leading Northern Radi
cal politicians of every class, as wit
, ness the work of the visiting states
men" in Louisiana and Florida
> They lie all around in the highways
: the byways and the hedges IN ever
r hamlet of the Northern States. III
4 scheme can be set on foot eve
: though old Zach may not be on hane
9 But it would be difficult to exactly n
u his place in fixing up the business
K It would be difficult to find just To
/ same proportion of meanness, maiie
>. pity and boldness, intensified by a
It unlimited amount of imbibed whisk
IT concentrated in any other single II
r. dividual. Nor did it make any diffe
s, epce with him who should derive
re benefit from his Vaccinations. +
Or would do the same amount OF dir
IN work. whether it should end in Il
ID elevation of a Hayes, Blaine
RS Grant to the Presidential seat.
ey would do it simply because CORFU
III ton was so thoroughly gangrened
ly him that this kind of work was 81
us ond nature to him. Hence the gre
loss to stalwart Radicalism to-d'
Hence the mourning throughout
Radical world to-day. And If we
not sympathise with them in tn
] sore bereavement we are set down
.rs uureconstructed rebels, and the gh
he of old Zach's bloody shirt tail
waved over us to give US an intln
ew ton of what the solid North intel
ON to do with the new rebellion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

Friday night, Nov. z, q party OF
young men from Colfax attended q
negro church festival" or collation.
at Mirabeau, some two miles below
here, on which occasion they acted
the part Of vulgar rowdies and inter-
rupted the negroes in their entertain
ment If they attend negro party
they should at least have the good
sense to behave themselves as be-
comes gentlemen, even if it comes a
little awkward to them, for every one
expects white men to show some
superiority to the poor. ignorant
blacks, and when they fail to do SO il
u "a sad mistake.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

This issue of the CHRONICLE begins
Volume 3. We have now been In
charge Of this paper for two years
and two weeks, and, in the entire
tune. embracing LOG Saturdays, we
have had the good fortune to issue
Tie CHRONICLE every Saturday but
one To those who have promptly
pad up for their paper we return
nanks for kindly patronage and viii
ayat all times to prove worthy OF
u On our hooks we have q few
aanes who have been there from the
'sft' and yet the parties have nc
aedls. To such we now give warn
ne that they must settle up or thell
rpes will be discontinued and meas
kaken In collect Our dues.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

Our young friend, A. 6. Hargis.
ave us all the slip one evening last
veek and went out to MIR. M. N.
SwsHord's in company with Judge
Raglan. We thought things looked
nspicious at the time, and now we
earn Mr.. Swafford has lost a daugh-
Ter and Mr.. Hargis gained wife.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

Some of our hill friends were mis-
informed as to the time Of Gov. Wiltz
and party arriving at Cclfax, and
came in to see and hear them last
Thursday. They will all be here
again next Wednesday, and one OF
them says he would come if it was
only to get a look at the silver
tongued orator "Ejon" Ellis.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

Prof. Tice got us this time, but ne
needn't count on getting folks in
these diggings to set up again soon
to see the stars fall. It's rather q
rough joke to gull fellow into sit
ting up until o'clock in the morn
ing, as we did Thursday night; and
the meteoric shower that we gazed
at "through glass darkly" did not
near repay the vigil-but perhaps it
was because we forgot to smoke the
glass in our great haste to make
scientific observations.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

The Lemars Sentinel is a Republic
can newspaper. but it is rather hard
on the 14th amendment brethren.
After discussing the exodus question
and considering the colored man in
all his bearings in politics, it says;
"Confound the niger. anyhow.
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his pen into the ink and wrote on un-
ruffied by the blasphemv. At last the
intruder exhausted his vocabulary,
and turned to leave the room, when
Greeley jumped up and squeaked out
to him: @Say, neighbor, don't CO.
STAY here and free your mind"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

Some ten day ago the negro church
sRsven Camp was destroyed by fire.
u PARTICULARS have been furnished
n but we are informed there is good
muud to believe it was the work OF
n incendiary, instigated by rivalry
nth another negro church.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

The young lady who SO kindly re-
us with beautiful boquet
mis- week has our heartfelt thanks.
Nav her lot in life be cast in a bower
Il roses, and the pink of her cheeks
row bright and brighter as her joys
md pleasures increase with the years.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15
"NIGGERS."

(Lemars (IOwa) Sentinel hePuohoan
The ridiculous fancy of-Niggers
for the word "colored" is one OF the
strangest phenomena of the times.
You may kick Niger from New
Orleans to ST. Paul and back If you!
only call him a "colored gentleman;
There is nothing on earth will rlle
Niger quicker or more effectualiy
than to call him niger.
The literary Niggers are the worst
of all.
We get several Niger newspapers
in exchange and the fellows talk
about
Colored papersl
The darkey editors are talking
about holding a convention Oh
Colored papers.
Just think of it
Colored papers
And we read about
Colored bands,
Colored Schools,
Colored votes, and all xmas OF
colored things,
Meaning at the same time Niger
papers, Niger bands, etc.
If Sambo, after getting his eye
teeth cut had insisted on calling him.
self a Negro, all right.
But he is nearly as much ashamed
or at least he gets as mad when calico
a Negro, as when dubbed Niger.
He must be colored or nothing
though the word is meaningless.
. Colors vary from that OF a frozer
pumpkin to that of brindle steer,
And a "colored individual may D.
8 any tint from q yaller dog to blacl
snake.
Negroes, Mulattoes, Quadroons an,
Octoroons are specific and well
v known names that mean something.
\ Niger as a generic name is shor
expressive and sociable :,
: There is an aroma OF hall-fellov
l. well-met and even tenderness III IL
y despised word,
d Niger, N
That is dissipated by the Flora Nj
Flimsey sffectation ''colored.
a How many, many millions Of us
lie our youth have been touched VII
ne the song
pt s.There was an old Niger. and MS MAJ
:. was Uncle Ned
I" and mourned over the good uncle
departure :.,.
ms lied in thousand songs that awak
in kindly and tender thoughts OF
RS darkey. mt.
ire The plaintive melodies dwell in 0
ears,
we And the Niger lives on their sy
ue pathetic strains.
,ut If we were black we would ms
tlv on being called a Niger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

The Marksville Bulletin has been
on the half-shell a couple of times
lately, on account of scarcity OF pa
per, but the last one comes to hand
all O. K. The Bulletin is good
oyster, and we appreciate it very
highly on the half-shell or otherwise
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

Coal OIL For BoTTs.-Coai oil Is
AN excellent remedy for bolts in horses.
Having heard of it, farmer tried 1t
on a horse that he had been doctoring
several hours, and which was gettang
worse all the time, and within nve
minutes after he administered the on
the horse was up and eating. Give
from half pint to pint.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

We expect to reverse the usual or
der Of arrangement in the columns
Of the CHRONICLE next week or the
week following, putting our edito-
rials on the first page and Local
Dots" on the last page. instead OF
using the second and third pages for
this purpose, as heretofore.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

uessrs. Baer & Mann, of Alexan-
lis, have an immense stock OF dry
,,ods. boots and shoes, groceries,
',a hardware, which are sold at New
orleans prices. Don't fail to call on
ssm when you go to Alexandria.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

The CoLFAx CHRONICLE has seen
this season potato weighing AZ los;
the Columbia Herald says Mr.. d, "A.
Blanks had one weighing u lbs. Inc
Claiborne Guardian has one weignin =
6llbs. Cannot some Of our subscribers
END ma a potato to beat this-we &c
not ike to be beat.-Catahoula News
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70. regret to learn of the death OF
/, rife OF our we'll known citizen,
h, Tx. Smith, who died at her
Lime in this parish last Wednesday,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-15

Election tickets, on any colored
L.rsr seven dollars a thousand. We
4 also prepared to do all kinds OF
[.nna;cn work on short notice.
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s,,.t;on tickets 81 per thousand.
!. naper used had to come by mail,
i !, our charges have to be increased.
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NOTICE.

The death Of our Mr.. T. d. Milling WI
canse 10 interruption in our bushes
which viii be continued as heretofore un1
January LIST, 1850:
All persons indebted to US are herot
notified that they will be required 20 ma
settlements as early as possible, as
affairs Of the partnership must 90 , ciosp1
In connection with the above desire
.av to The customers Of Milling d bc.to1
and to the public generally, after the riI
of January next, arrangomen',n ~ a..
.ssnd wbere I hope 70 receive the patrt
% @. w. BOLTON
PinevilIs, La. Sept. soth, 1879.
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Nor the rains of last week Red
!, rose about twelve inches and
| I fell four. At present it is on a
and still.
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uho is SO poor that he cannot pay
/, sor his home paper
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local DO t s.

$500 Jackson's Best Sweet Navy
VD' n30-1y
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Subscribe for the CHRONICLE, and
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,1;c;ol Advertisements must DC pd'd
g' '1,a.oc. or they 'ciH be discontinued
. 4, first insertion.
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SOLD At BOTTOM FIGURES

~ Positively not 70 be Unders0l|
in Grant Parrish. mnI1
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-16
sHREwD TACTICS OFTHE GREEN
hackers.

Acting under the shrewd suggestion
of Mr.. STEPHENS, the Greenbackers, the
silver and bullion men, got in some bills
on Monday in the form OF petitions,
which otherwise would have been OBJ
iected TO if offered in open House. The
members became petitioners for the
time being and proceeded to memoriaIize
the House on the subjects that would
ordinarily have been offered in the form
of bills. These will now 90 to the
Banking, Currency and Coinage commit
tees, which, under the amended rules,
have leave to report at any time.
STEPHENS plan OF prcfxing petition to
each bill and thus putting them in, was
a surprising stratagem to everybo iy but
himself, rs the right to do so had been
lost sight Of in the discussions on that
subject heretofore.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-16
Sc aled Proposals.
CLERKS OFFICE BoAEr % COMMISSIONER.
WmrErrNL Ts-u

CLERK : OFFICE BOARD % COMMISSIONERS, I
WHEEIING, April Is Tsp
Sealed Proposals viii b. received at this Office
until MAY IL, at l. o'clock noon. for the follow
Ing work on county ruads, &C..
Flint Division GrEgSyillc, Clinton and POtom-
&C mad 6iJ cubic yards ~ maCadamizlng.
River mad. irom Gl"nns run % Short creek
Second division, - cubic yaris IL bridge
masonry. second claSS, and 100 cubic yards earth
River mad. from city to Glcnu's run. First d.
vision, and below said run 10 cubic yards ma
CadomigiuE.
Valley Grove and Middle Wheeling Creek
nal. 100 cubic yards culver masonry and {, 90
cubic yards excavation.
Second division, Wheeling West Liberty and
Bethany turnpike near Brooke county line, 500
Cnhic yards 81 maCadamizing
West Union and Roueys Point roat. beyond
Middle Wheeling creek, 40 cubic yards q
maCadamiEiug.
Peninsula mad extension. through Fulton. .
cubic yards Culyert masonry; 500 cubic yards
filling. 50 cubic yauts sandstone TAviug hand
"a ke'i, and so cubic yEris Of mAcadamiEng
Meeting House Hill nuad. 80 cubic yards Of
Elm Grove mad tCaldwelTs runl. 5000 cubic
yaris excavation and @ cubic ysris culvert
masonry
MaCuaamiziug % consist Of the hest quality
hani lime stone. broken % a thrpc inch gauge
Bridge and culver masonry 20 be laid dry.
Filling vii BE- measured in excavation from
which 10 j. taken.
Bids must De by the cubic yard for macalA-
mixing, sandstone paving. earth. lose rock solid
rOCk and masonry.
The bid for excavation % cover all cost Of grub
bling and clearing
BID must be separate on each road or part Of
mad specified above.
The quantities above given are Approximate
and liable d change upon final locatl0Hs
The Board ol Commissioners r-eFVe the right
% reicCt any Or al bids
CHAS II. DElTERS, Clerk.
". G. SMITH. Engineer apia
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-16
wrenched and Racked

By the pangs Of rheumatism, the joints cventu-
ally become gricyously distorted, and some
times assume an almost grotesque .defOrmity,
To prevent such results by simple and agree
able means Is certainly the part OF wisdom.
tendency to rheumatic ailments may bc SudceSS-
fully Comhatted with Hostettor's SiomrCh Bit
terS, medicine with the prestige Of long and
successful career Of unbounded popularity. and
Of emphatic professional endorsement n
moves from the blood those intiammatory i'm.
pur,ties which patholOgists assign r. the cause
% rheumatism. and not only puriheS the life
current, but enriches It, promoting yigor 10y
fcrtilizing its source. Digestion, the action Of
the bowels and the secretion Of the bile are
aided by it, and it impels The kidneys and blad.
der To a regular and active performance Of their
functions II il besides a thoroughly reliable
remedy for, and means Of preventing, periodic
fpVers
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-16

An interesting question has arisen IN
connection with Gen. THOMAS Ewing :
gubernatorial candidacy before the com
ing Democratic State Convention oil
Ohio. Gen. Ewing is now a member OF
the House from the Tenth Ohio Dis
trict. district which is doubtful in its
political character at best, and under
certain circumstances is quite likely to
20 Republican. Ii Gen. EwING should
I've nominated and elected this fall, he
would have TO resign his Congressional
seat before the first of January next,
and a vacancy would thereby be created
which might very possibly be- filled with
a Republican, and thereby tie the dele
CATION in the House and withdraw the
State from the Democratic ranks when
operating under the unit rule.