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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-17
The English Circulating Libraries.

The Saturday Rtrie1c says that no one in
England huN ) new books because Nude
takes 1000 or 1900 copies or a popular work
and let's them out during the period Of an all-
thor's success. In point If fact Nude often
takes far larger number. This enterprlsing
librarian began his work in dngy street IN
Bloom sbury near the British Museum about
forty years ago, and gradually crept up into
prominence rising contemporaneously with
the great neWsmen. w. III. Smith X Co, and
the extension of the railroad system, and
some eighteen years ago he erected vast
warehouse commensurate with his trade. Liz
carts, carrying to subscribers their food for
the mind, scour the town just as 90 those OF
the grocer and baker carrying food for the
6ody, and every country nelghborhnod has It's
book club, which gets a box from Nude once
week By q high grade of subscription
you can Immediately securea copy OF a work,
and If 1t is not lin. they get it aud send 1t to
you In the course OF few hou :. Nudes
most serious competitors are W. H. Smith Il
Co, whose railroad book stalls throughout
Eng land and Ireland enable them to give
great facilities for constant exchange OF
books. There are several large circulating
libraries in the west end OF London, but they
are very small potatoes as compared with
Nude and Smith.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-17

during this evening with bismarck that the
drinking men hat met with were tippefs
In comparison to this great man. Bismarck
had invited no gtIest for that evening save
myself," continued the officer. After few
moments epent in pleasant chat Rismarck
called the servant. and ordered him to bring
ID brandy and slaaaee. The glaeses we're OF
the smallest siza, the same st1a as the aiasa
| We call a pony. | saw there was no water or
eugar brought, aud when bismarck poured
two gIaaaaa full III the brandy Jaw Ut was
white 90 ! concluded that II was milder
drink than the French cngnac. and Thought II
he could drink II clearI would not be outdnne
I took n zip uf II, and newer In my lie did
experience euch spnsatien. II wac the moat
fiery etutf that | ever taatnd. ! sasped and
stranaled little. but se'in9 bismarck toes
hla Of AZ 81 much water made "a little fuss
as possible BY GLOW, careful eipa | managed
9, drink the plaaaful. but declined TO take any
more Well | stayed during the evening,
probably until ~ OF O'Clock. Bismarck con
tinued tossing of the brandy. one glase after
auuther. and when left not drop remained
In the pint bottle which had been brought In
| full at the beginning Of tho evening. He ca
nacity for drinking must he something won
| derful. for with the exception of hia face get
| ting very red, no one would have suspected
| that he had been drinking ut all. His oonver-
cation was az clear, and HE manner az quiet
| az Mt the beginning If the evening.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-17

In the oourae Of an address delivered before
the Young Mems Church Guild IN lndianape-
liz, on the fifth instant, Gov. Hendricks ts re-
ported az having said
Il know that the qualities that belong TO
men are not the result Of growth but they
are impressed with Divine power. 80 !
choose to believe that doctrine. and not to be
lieve the new notions, and the reaaon be-
liaya a thing Ia because II IL az revealed. And
think | may say that when we have to ex-
ercse faith we have got to tfust to some
thing. And what do you chooee to trust tof
In THE land. where faith alone helps us. faith
becomes the evidence Of things not .eeen.
upon what do YOU ohooee to laanp Did YOU
ever atop to consider the remarkable force OF
that expression. "the evidence OF things not
faeenP" What is the evidence Of things not
aaen7 II II that authority, addressed to our
Judgments. that we muat recognize and obey
II il revelation. rhooae to adopt the
opInion and faith that there Ia One above ue
all who made THE world by His power. who
Impressed upon the world and all the crea-
turee OF IL the qualities OF a supreme wiadnm
aud that by Him and through Him all things
exist and without Him nothing exists at all
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-17

According to q recently published state
mant Augusta. Ga, is In decidedly prosper
Qua conditions and may be regarded "a an ey-
ample OF what a Southern city may become
with its reasonable advantages turned to good
account w its citizens lts reputation Ivy a
recent directory census Is 2f.Ooa. which daes
not include the 5000 "a 1000 eoula In tho ali
Joining villages. The January dividends de-
plared by the three factories. five banks,
two railroads and other institutions ~
the city amount to large eum and
ahuv that Augusta ia . money az well az
4 manufacturing centre Ia the South. Tho
Graniteville cotton factory declared quar-
teriy dividend Of per cent on its capital on
5000 600, the Augusta Manufacturing Com
pauy declares a quarterly dividend III per
cent on its capital Of SRn1o00 the Langley
Misunderstanding Company declares semt-an-
nual dividend Of 4 per cent on 100000. The
hauka declare semi annual dividends ot to
~ per cent, aud the Acknowledgement annual
ut> tienia af AMI y, per cent. The city paid
out $:AS hSN interest. and SlS6 600 principal on
lis debt. and the Eaa company. street ralt-
road companies and other aecnrttiaa held In
the city paid II II estimated. $ina,pN0.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-17
rHE PUBLIC WORKS OF FRANCE.
The Great Public Enterprises that NJ de
Tr,yeinet Had Under Way,

p.pIu Dec. gM de Freycinet, before
leaving the Department ~ Pnhile works, haa
drawn up report ot the progress VI ths
rrhpme on improvements ne wac empNNpd
IN carving out The expenditure 1T Will IN.
...,i,.n ia eatimatea wilt not fall much short
AZ n nan 600 geo france. OF THE. railways viii
shan,h n 5OU 600 900 francs, rivers ana canals
GOO 200 900 trance, and ri To hM, oo, oao francs
The remainder. a sum ~ 'UN.HhnWu francs 81
s,fn 600 np0 france H. likely to he expended ON
fha m,r,hpsn of railways which the original
urantepa have been either una'tin u tn'eh on
Ia work La May last Zoo 600 aO0 francs ~ lhls
num were already employed Ia the huslte
and completion oi the lines at ten auch oon-
nanies The execution OF the acheme 10 10 eA-
bend over a period Of twelve yeata, terminal,
ing in 1890. when France will have augmented
her length uf rRilwass ~ aeheTai ih1elpa'
now amounting IA AZ no0 kilometres. by lsuoo
kilometres. Some 10000 klometrps 81 cahata
and rivers will have been added To the In
tnrnai nayinabla wave and the porte almost
entirely transformed Az yet only email
mart of the work haa been done. the invee,i-
oationa eurveye and plans not Yet heihs
ready. About 1000 additional engineers have
been engaged. and next summer the Geheme
fairly cutters on Ito phaap Of execution. IN
1879 the fret year Of the programme.
only los n0uO 900 francs were eSrahheu,
THE year the cum will he l99 ooo,
600 francs, next year certainly 3oe,uuu,Wn
france, In 1881 4noO0nn0o francs. TIL I'D
1881 the programme will he fully launeheut
and thencefotth the annual outlay Will
amount to about 500, ooooN trance ~; e.
Frpycinet mentions that there Ia more anu AT
n,oat an important wolk Rtill 20 be- done ae
regards irrigation, drainage, furnishing the
towns With drinking water, etc, and that two
bills will he submitted next session as an
earnest of comtna improvements ~ thia CT
rpctiop. He concludes by indicating the Fact-
flo cunQuests and progress af civilization con-
tamplated In Africa, where three missions are
leaving different points If Algeria - report
on the feasibility OF a railway through the
Sahara, thus connecting With France the val
ieys OF the Niger and Congo
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-17

The most eminent liars Of Rnno collected n
few days ago. and tho result Is rs below
Beck said that ho had soon 1t SO cold In Ohio
that IL froza the babies IN tho cradle. Tom
II ymrra said he had seen II In Thomas Canon
freele tho mercury, aud said you could go
within ak feet Of trtthermometor without
running It up five or six degrees with the heat
Of the body. 80 he couldn't tell how cold II
WAS Ben Bacon said n cold snap came along
when he lived NJ Green Bay and frNza the
waves standing right lip on end and tho ali
fun of spray, and Finley Cook said II was 80
cold the winter he lived in Minnesota that
when he threw u basin Of water ont Of tn,
door IL turned into little balls or leo before II
struck the ground.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-17
A Trick rnat was promptly rrumpea.

IIVVFVEF FEIW 7 Z ~ -
When Sol Smith Russell was laat In De-
trot he Thought ~ play q trick on the brush
hoy in a barber shop ny of ring the lad a so
hill after the hronul had done its work. The
boy received the money with tho uanal
thanked. and placed the bill IN his vest
pocket,
What did give your' asked Sol after .
little time,
"rwenty dollars. aah.' was tho eompaoent
answer.
"And was that too much2'
"Wall, sah, when You handed mo dat bill |
aposed you would hc In for an extra brush
long ds Afternoon and wanted to save maxim
change In case you gwna 10 leave town dia
mawpin I'll get do bill busted up an hand
over your sheer
II cost Sol half dollar to got hls bill back.
and there liz one gallery god ia this city who
Will never applaud him again.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-17
Nerve.

1t IL great thing to have what is called
nerre and nothing contributes more to the
power Of physical control thus named than
Warmers Safe Nervine. 1t also relieves all
kinds Of pain and cures headache and neural
Iyin
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-17
Bismarck as q Drinker.
New York MALL

A prominent officer who returned from
Europe recently tells OF an evening be spent
with Bismarck. Il thought" said the officer.
fithat / had seen hard drinkers, but found
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

In the Virginia Gazette and Week
~ Advertiser. published in Richmond,
of date of September 3. 1889, ap-
pears the following announcement in
reversed rules, indicating the deep
est sort Of grief:
"Lordl now lettest thou thy SER
want depart in peace. On Tuesday
afternoon. at her seat. near Fred
ricksbnrg, departed this life, in a
very advanced age, Mrs. Washing
ton, the mother Of our beloved Presi-
dent This venerable lady lived to
experience the exquisite and singu-
lar felicity of seeing her illustrious
son and pupil raised to the highest
honors which grateful people could
bestow upon the darling object Of
their confidence and their affection.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

by Mathew Nugent, representing ii
patrons and IS children, granted a
school for two months, with privilege
OF third month if funds are re-
ceived, After examination, at the
request of petitioners, James Edgar
Dunn was appointed teacher. From
precinct 2. Auld's. two petitions were
presented. one for school at Anld's,
MIR. NJ. e. Tedlie teacher. the other
for school at Grange House, con-
sideration of which was passed for
want of funds. Also one presented
by j. p. Lincecum, for school at
Little Greek, Rev. Mr.. Leggett teach
er, deferred for same reason.
Ward 5-Petition from precinct l,
Bertrand Prairie. representing Z pa
irons and II children, asking for
school and that C. r. Nugent be ap-
pointed teacher. granted school for
one month, at $25 per month, with
privilege of two months if funds are
received.
Ward 6-Petition from precinct 4,
Lemoin's, representing 10 patrons
and 43 children. asking for a school
and the appointment of Mrs. l.. V.
Wilson as teacher, granted for three
months at $50 per month.
Ward IA petition signed by "a
patrons, citizens of Montgomery, was
presented by @. G Dunn, asking for
public school. and the appointment
of Mrs. Raglan as assistant teacher.
A two months school was granted,
with e35 per month for such princi-
pal as the trustees may select, and
Mrs Raglan appointed assistant at
$25 per month, if funds ara received
school to continue three months.
The trrasurer's quarterly report
was presented and referred to COM
mittee consisting of ]. p Lincecum
and B. F Brian, who. after examina-
ton, reported it correct. Report
adopted and committee discharged.
The treasurer also reported the
amount of funds to the credit of
each ward mp to date, aud available
for school purposes, as follows:
Ward Clash with treasurer. =. .sl7s 40
Two white schools Colfax, No 1.
Rhorer's, No. 2, and two colored
schools, Central. No. 4, and Mt
Zion, No. Observation-Disclosures. 100 90
Leaving deficit of .---- $40 so
Ward Clash with treasurer sis g
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17
ATTENTION, CITIZENS |

The Democrats of the parish of Grant
are requested to hold Mas Meetings in
their respective wards, on or before the
2lst day of August next, for the purpose
of electing their three members Of the
Par sh Executive COMMITTEES. The mem
bers Of the old committee, or some friend,
viii please post up rotices in their warls
The newly elected members are request
ed 10 meet in the town of Coliax ON the
2sth day of August and organize for the
ensning campaign.
The Democrats II Grant pa'i Ii are also
requested to meet in general Mass Meeting
in tie town OF Cofax on saturday, The
2Sth day Of August, 1897. 1t is desired
that some important matters be affeatled
t. GU that day. Del gates to Congressional
convention aopripicd ct Sc Ssh to
.ha 8 - I FL, ana .ssilicatien meet
ing w. L. RICHARDSON.
ChairmaA De&a. -. Commit 80.
Collar, La, July 16, 1850.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

The majority of those who are en-
titled to exercise the right of suffrage
il Louisiana are unable to read and
write. What that majority is in the
State cannot be arrived ut approx
mately, owing to the failure of the
parishes OF Assumption, Bossier,
Grant, Madison and Pointe Coupee
to make returns for the year 1879.
It cannot be less than 5000. Ut
course more than so per cent of the
vote that goes to make up this igno-
rant majority is composed Ut email
cipated fleedmen. However, we have
among us 10000 cross making white
voters, wLo have never been slaves
and who have no such excuse for
their ignorance. The supposed ex-
PLANTATION that they are mostly to be
found in the ranks of the foreign
voters, is not borne out by the facts.
On the contrary, the statistics show
that they are natives of Louisiana
For instance, in the parishes Of st.
Landry, Lafourche and Vermillion,
where 3674 of these ignorant white
voters are to be found, there are only
300 voters of foreign birth. In the
city Of New Orleans, where lO,4O5
of the 14,328 foreign voters in the
State make their residence, there are
only BIG illiterate white suffragans,
while in fourteen rural parishes, hav-
ing an aggregate white vote OF 81
SAT, where there are few or no for
eigners, nearly 40 per cent OF that
vote is ilIiterate. Between 10 and 20
per cent of the whole white vote of
the State must be placed in this cat
egory Letter to N. 0. Picayune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

The specious and obviously unfair
deduction Of Mr.. Bradford, that be-
cause town has not.been built up at
Colfax in ten years, one cannot be
built up on the river front, is quite
in keeping with all the other errors
be has advanced from time TO time
There is scarcely man in the parish
that does not know that the reason
for this is that no one can get land
to build on at Colfax, and that there
are plenty ready to build here il q
lot could be secured. Mr. B. viii
please bear in mind that We do not
advocate any point as yet, but simply
hold that some point on the river is
preferable for . parish seat, and that
at present and in the future it will be
most beneficial to the whole people.
Having little space at present we de-
fer further comment, and as the hills
have had due consideration We look
for reply to Tho last 'center shot
from the mud valley
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17
ASSESSORS NOTICE.

The taxpayers Of Grant parish are
hereby notified that will be at the fol-
lowing places for the pul pose of making
the Assessment, and taking list of the
school children between the ages of six
and twenty-ons years. All parties iutsv-
ted in having their property properly
listed will please taxe warming and be ia
attendance when visit their respective
va DIS. as follows:
Montgomery, July Goth and 2ist.
Iutt, July I'D.
Fredieu's. July 9th.
Colfax- July 18th and 3bth
Parties having maps or pots showing
the situation of their lands aie requested
to bring them with them IN tae day Of
meeting me at the various pleciicts
THOMAS HICKMAN.
jc26 ASS ssor Parish If Grant, La
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17
CoLrAx, Saturday, July 8, 1880.

CoLFAx, Saturday, July 3, 1850.
The members of the new School
Board were present from all the
wards bat one w. g. Deal, ward l !;
N. ID. Young. ward 2; b. F. Brian,
ward 3; j. p. Lincecum. ward 4; p.
H Smith, ward 6; G. G Dunn, ward
T. The board organized by elscting
G. 9. Dunn president, and w. G..
Deal secretary. Petitions from the
wards were carefully considered in
regular orders
No petitions from ward /. The
schools in progress will exhaust all
the funds in treasury for the ward.
Ward "A petition was presented
from Prospect precinct, representing
II patrons and 38 children, asking a
school, and that s. l.. Brownlee be
appointed teacher It's claims were
presented by N. ID. Young and B. F.
Brian. One month was granted, at
$50 per month, with privilege of a
second month. il funds are received.
Ward petition from Mill Greek
precinct. presented by b F. Brian.
representing / patrons and Sc chill
dren. Laid on the table for want Of
fund, but agreed that they we're en-.
titled to next school in said ward
when funds are received Mr.. Brian
also presented the claim OF the pre-
cinet near him. on the east side Of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

The summer number of Ehrich's
Fashion Quarterly presents its .ead-
ers with magnificent chromo-litho-
graph picture, illustrative Of fashions
,or the season, and executed in the
finest style The special merit claim
ed for this picture is that it is an ex
act reproduction of actual costumes.
and not fancy picture whose origi-
uol existed only i'll the brain OF
Partisan artist or designer. A full
description of the costumes is given
in the pages Of the magazine.
Beside this. the Quarterly contains
the usual installment Of good things
for the ladies-illustrations and de-
scriptions Of suits for ladies, misses
and children, Of hair goods, tourist 8
articles, summer sports and pastimes,
and hundreds of other items in every
department of household economy.
In every case the prices are plainly
stated, SO that lady going on q
shopping expedition in any city of
the Union may know beforehand, not
only what things she ought to buy to
be in the fashion, but what prices she
should be charged for them.
A feature Of the Fashion Quarterly
is its system Of combination snbscrip-
tons, by which it is actually sent free
of charge. The publishers receive
subscriptions to all the prominent
monthly and weekly periodicals, al
regular rates. and, as premium on
each subscription SO sent, they send
their own magazine. ne year. free Of
charge, to any address desired.
Published by Enrich Brothers. 287
to 295 Eighth Avenne, New York, al
so cents per year, or l5c per copy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

Many win remember noticing an
Indian in Columbia the FIRST OF the
year. He came here from Harrison
burg, or thereabouts, on boat and
remained in town day or two in
toxicated. He then left for the coun-
try west of here. We are informed
by our worthy District Attorney, Geo.
Wear, who has Just returned from
WINFIELD, that on Sunday morning
last this Indian ard q man by the
name of Brady got on drunken
spree at Cars Mill, and commenced
attacking each other with their knives
They were separated twice, but the
Indians blood got hot, and nothing
but blood would satisfy him, and be
rushed 1t Brady and stabbed him to
the heart Before be could be cap
tured be had to be Knocked down
with scsntling and almost killed.
He was taken to WINFIELD and is
now confined in Jail there. Colnn-
biz Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

Two horses were stolen from Mr..
r. H. Endom, of Monroe, about the
10th Of June. One of them was sold
by the thieves to Mr.. Luckett, Of Rap
ides, the other was turned loose, the
rascsls doubtless, imagining them
selves closely pursued. The horse
was taken up and strayed by Mr.. s
ID. Cooper, of this parish. Mr.. En-
dom succeed in finding out where
his horses were, and is now on his
way home with them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

On her way down last Monday, as
the Danube arrived At Mirabeau. two
miles below Colfax, the cotton on
board was found to be on fire. By
throwing about q hundred bales over
board the fire was extinguished with
but slight damage. The boat lost
several hours picking up the cotton
that was tossed overheard.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

The assessment row making will
change this somewhat. The direct
ors select the precincts in rotation
andand give appropriations socord-
ing to the amounts due each ward
For instance. in ward 6 the Lenoine
school has not had. a teacher or school
in three years, the other precincts
have, therefore they are given $50
for three months: in the 7th ward
Montgomery is the only precinct that
bias had no appropriation for two
years; and so of other wards.
OF the 1898 as in the treasurer's
hands this year over $500 was bal
ance of the funds OF last year.
The scholastic wear began Oct. |,
1879, and will end Oct. l, 1880
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

A. l.. Grow. Esq. has been ap-
pointed aud commissioned by the
Governor as justice Of the peace for
ward L. in place Of Mr.. Sol. Kraft.
resigned. The appointment gives
general satisfaction. Mr.. Kraft has
removed to the southern portion of
the State to 90 into business.