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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27
Tommy Coulter's New Nose.

Crowds of visitors are calling daily at
Bellevue Hospital to see Thomas Coul-
ter, the patient who is now the possess
or of nose which was but recently his
middle finger. About three weeks ago
the plaster of Paris bandage was re-
moved from his face, and careful ex-
animation showed that the finger had
grown fast to the site of the former
nose. DIR. Sabine decided at once to
sever the hand from the two joints
which were thereafter to serve as a nose.
Tommy was rendered partially uncon-
scious by the use of an@sthetics, and
the amputation was performed without
much trouble. During the two months
in which the finger had been growing
to the face the blood had retreated from
the hand and arm because of its peculiar
position, leaving them as white as snow.
Shortly after the operation, the tube
through which Tommy breathed was re-
moved from its position in the larnyx.
The patient is at present in peculiar
position. In order to have a shapely
nasal organ the second joint of the am
putated finger was crooked SO that the
oiooW III iho oiic up VI thO uoSO. AH0
end of the finger was stitched to the up
per lip in neat manner. The next
step in the process was to remove pieces
of skin from the cheeks and forehead
and allow them to grow on the lacerated
snd stitched portions of the new nose.
The consequence is that there are no
nostrils at present, and Tommy breathes
through his mouth and ears. In order
to avoid this inconvenient mode of inhal-
ing and exhaling an operation is shortly
to be performed with view to provid-
ing the new organ with nostrils. Coul-
ter's articulation is good, but his voice
sounds as though he were speaking
through rams horn. The surgeons in
charge of the case are confident that
they viii be able to remove this impede
ment very easily. The wonderful pa
tience which Tommy displayed during
his trying ordeal enabled them to oper-
ate with more success than in ordinary
cases. 1t is proposed to remove all
scars form his face by the process of
skin grafting.-Nev York Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27
A Horse story.

Pantlind, who used to keep the o.
BY House, tells good story On -
in connection with the purchase q
horse. He was going from Csxqo1
California, and resolved to buy > ~
and light wagon, and travel IN thnf =
because other people generally tan
on the railway, and Pantiind g.
like to do things as other people 81
was offered q horse at q reasonass
ure--ssa horse that Hank Monk g
drive,n the owner said. Pant. n1
up Monk and asked him what kind q
horse it was. 1" That hoss, !" said ~
in a drawing way-ssthat there boz
always my favorite -" Pantllr
in q hurry. He didn't wait for 2!
particulars, but rushed OF and -
THAT hoss'' at once. He hitcheQ
up and started off-that y, %
to start off, and put IN :
deal of time trying. The
was balky to the last degree.
found hin, - said Pantlinds (" heN
going down HILL" The bland sI1
the hotel keeper was replaced
cry frown when he found Hank
and reproached him for recomn
the horse. 81 didn't recommene
Pant. wouldn't recommend %.
nothin' 'cept to feed crows"
hang it, didn't you say that be ~,
favorite horsep' &" Why, no, l g.
and you didn't wait TO hear
wanted ter say no how. ixss
ter say that that boss was my - ~
safety-brake in goin' down bill VI
coach. You see. when / get Y; \ "a
matiz in my off leg 1 cant hsne1
brake; so Doc Benton he sllus pm
there boss on wheel, and he's -
LASTING, ALFRED lazy that he hsn(
all the way down hill, and no.
coach better'n ] can. ] was ~.
sorry when / heerd Doc had solo
-Viroihia (NeU. Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27
Three Women in Court.

There was jury trial in Justice Alley
the other day, in which nearly dozen
people living in the Western suburbs
were mixed up as plaintiffs defendants
and witnesses. 1t appeared that Mrs.
Blank had borrowed wash-tub of Mrs.
Brown, and while in possession of the
borrower a COW knocked the bottom
out. After a neighborhood quarrel,
suit was brought to recover the amount.
Mrs. Blank thereupon put in az an Off
set that she had nursed the plaintiff for
three days and received no pay.
"Nurse me!' echoed the defendant,
"why she did nothing while she was
there but hog down custard pie and tat
tie about the neighbors."
"Custard pie! And who lent you the
sugar, and eggs, and lard to make it,"
shrieked the other.
His Honor put his foot down and
patched up temporary truce, and the
plaintiff took the stand to testify about
lending the tub and what it was worth.
She established the value at seventy
five cents, and here the defendant boiled
over and exclaimed:
"Seventy-five cents! Why, both ears
and the top hoop were off! 1t was the
only tub she had had since her marriage,
and that was ten years agoi"
Sand I've had to lend it to you every
Tuesday all that time!" retorted the
plaintiff.
His Honor secured silence in the
court, and the defendant took the
stand, and said that her services as nurse
were worth at least two dollars.
What allied the plaintiff ?" asked the
lawyer. q - 2
"Well, 1 don't know as / ought to
say that her husband struck her with
-
"Don't you dare say that!n inter-
rupted the plaintiff; "you know that
fell down the cellar stairs! If my hus-
bond hit me on the head with meat
platter, as yours did, l II"
81 objectl" exclaimed both lawyers
in chorus.
$50 do wei" added both femalesin a
breath.
His Honor pounded the desk until ev-
cry thing ratified, and then a witness
was put on the stand 10 testify that she
saw the tub when it was lent, and again
when it was damaged. She had scarcely
got started when the defendant, whose
witness she was, called out:
You are not swearing as you agreed
to!n
"Ah! ha! l make note of that!''
ahuckled one of the lawyers.
&C. Your Honor. l object" added the
other.
"And wouldn't believe the witness
under oath!' put in the defendant.
"Who wants you to!" squeaked the
witness. eff 1 couldn't come into
court with any thing better than calico
dress and ten-cent lace collar
wouldn't hold my nose so highln III
"This Is too much-ten times toe
much, and l want this courtroom
cleared right out!" said his Honor, and
he turned the crowd into the alley
Detroit Free Press.
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Probably there has not been time
within the past twenty years that some
one in this city was not at work endeav.
oring to solve the impossible problem OF
ssperpetual motion =" Sometimesas many
as two or three have been simultaneous
ly racking their brains in this direction.
Ii we suppose that Chicago Is fair
sample of the rest of the civilized world
in this particular, we must conclude
that many scores Of men arc always
wasting their energies upon this scientific
absurdity.
The revolution of a wheel under the
action of magnets fixed near its cir
cumference il d type ~ one class Of in
yentioss: which stS failures because
magnets lose their power, and even
change their condition under the pro.
posed circumstances. The idea that
the desired motion can be obtained by
the pressure of dead weight was en-
tertained In good faith q few years ago,
though self evidently absurd. BY far the
greatest number of Inventions however,
Seek to obtain "power /" by catisin9
weights to descend with a greater
"leverage than that by which they
are raised. In some of the machines
which the writer has examined, the ap-
| paratus is complicated so much as
to make it difficult to detect the
error; but it is there always.
Balls descending at the circumference
of a wheel and rising near the hub ;
weights falling down an inclined plane
and lifted perpendicularly or the re.
verse mercury transferred up and
down iii d similar way, etc., are the
staples. of thought about perpetual
motion.n All may be proved TO be
fallscions by any one who has mastered
the first principles of the science Of
mechanics. ava
The "inventor once committed to
the idea seldom gives it up, except
when life ends. He builds &c machine y
rudely, and thinks that its failure to
work is solely owing to the fact that it
is not well constructed. He tries to
induce editors to commend the principle
and men with money to help him to
develop it. His failure in both directions
only drives him back more completely
upon himself, and he broods over the
matter all the more intensely and
doggedly as he believes that he is an
unappreciated, abused man. Argument
with him is of no value. The person
who disagrees with him is simply
prejudiced or blind, and is denounced
as refusing to aid in developing the
greatest discovery ever vouchsafed t.
mortals.
1t would be absurd to suppose thatwe
know all the forces of nature, or the
best modes of using those at presen
harnessed to the service Of man. 1t il
not improbable that our investigator
will yet find out means of obtaining
"power" at cost which viii be in
significantly small as compared will
that now necessary. But they win never
get something out of nothing, nor sue
coed in obtaining an effect which i
greater than its producing cause. Henc'
the perpetual motion is impossible, be
cause it can never be realized so losf
as the above-named conditions exist
just as we can multiply nothing intt
any finite number we please without OBJ
tanning result greater than zero, 81
may we experiment to the end of tim,
and be no nearer than now to the crea
ton of power.-Chicago Tribune.
-.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27

WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Of ~
Oregon, astounded his bride y r.
her that he did not believe thai :
band ought to have any seer
his wife, and therefore be wou'd
to her that he had murdered
men. He assured her that =
kill her and himself II she reve,
matter. The love that she ne
for him thereupon changed 70 o.
and she soon told the story. r.
morning the couple were fc9ne
Franklin having carried out ny
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27
Science and Industry.

The fertilizer business is growing
every year in Georgia. 1t is estimated
that 10000 tons viii be sold this year.
A lot of turkeys sent from Canada
to England realized good profit to the
shipper, who bought at $l.25 and sold
there for $500 and 81 each.
--California's exports for 1879 in
Guided 100000 gallons of wine, $780,
600, 600 worth of wheat, and $26, 200,-
600 of gold and silver. 1t was the most
prosperous year the State has ever had.
An effort is being made to build q
rolling-mill in Des Moincs, Iowa. The
Register learns that company has al
ready been formed and considerable
stock subscribed.
EARLY amber sugar-cane will be
largely planted in Fayette County, Tex
as, this year. A sugar factory is being
established at Lagrange, with capacity
of so tons of cane per day.
"A Mr.. Way, of Rochester, n Y,
has done thriving business for several
years in drying potatoes, using the
evaporators employed in preparing dried
fruit. 1t is asserted that four-fifths
of the potato is water; and the remain
ing or nutritive fifth, when dried, will
weigh but eight or ten pounds to the
bushel.
in Anderson, Franklin, Woodford,
Jessamine, Scott, Fayette and Harrison
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27

SEE that my graves kept
he warbled under the window 9 {. r
ones domicile one pleasant q
week. "I'll tend to the grave 9 ri "a
young man, shouted her enIs
ternal ancestor, as he pokea
musket out of second-story
No more concert that evening
Bl0de 81
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27

1t is freely stated in court circles in
England that the betrothal will shortly
be announced Of the Duke Of Genoa,
nephew Of King Humbert, TO the Prin-
cess Beatrice, the Queens unmarried
daughter. The health Of King Humbert
is sAid TO be in, . very Unsatisfactory
condition. n. ~ I,s.lsA = -.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27

The red spider may De - {
from plants BY the simple Pr0'I I
cutting off the infected le. "a s.ijs 4
once attacked soon decays anu ., ~
Int then the animals rem
another. BY carefully puI..rs -
amputatiou plants will Deco' &.
ably healthy. -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27

LooKrNG-GLAss fringe Y ons !
fashionable frummeries TINS -
Is a fringe made Of beads ana
with quicksilver. Miss ScnAs
the Philadelphia beauty, hss
silk dress covered win '
Worth made it, Miss >. wo'e
Jenkins wrote it up.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27

Counties, Kentucky, the bulk of the
celebrated Bourbon whisky is made. In
these counties there are about $50 dis
tilleries, averaging about 1000 barrels
per annum. The barrels average forty
two gallons. These distilleries therefore
produce about 6,500,0O0 gallons OF
whisky year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27

AN enterprising Yankee = n ~
Honolulu directory, snorhaut
time the houses are to % n
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27

ON who Is contenfed with what he
has done, viii never become famous for
what he will do.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27

FIFTEEN wildcats have been killed this
season by Winters (Cal.) lad.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27

that at least,
II goodness led him not, yet WEAKNESS
might some day toss the longing and
restless being to its Makers breast. /
could not for my life have told, when
he had concluded, what denomination
of Christians the minister belonged to !;
nor did it really seem to me to be a
matter of any consequence.
We waited after service to make ac-
quaintance with this surprising pastor,
who proved to be very frank and
agreeable young man, literally edu-
Gated, who respected both his calling
and himself, and who had also keen
eye for the absurd and homogeneous, no
less than the picturesque. He was able
to tell us a great deal about New
Sharon and its people; and it appeared
to amuse him not little that my idle
psychology had in several cases so near
ly grazed the truth regarding the cer-
tain types of individuality that 1 picked
out in his congregation; my Iago was a
specially accurate surmise, he had rea-
son, he said, to know, but he doubted if
my Desdemona would ever be smoth-
cred. While he made no pretense of
excusing the common profligacy of the
population that nightly possessed Grand
Avenue, he must yet admit, he OBJ
served, that in his study of these rude
characters, he had come upon some
unfailing and distinctive traits which
should be weighed to their credit. They
were uniformly faithful where du Y was
q deciding cause; their obligations of
friendship were never broken or evaded !;
their promises were rs plighted oaths,
which they redeemed at any cost; they
hated shams and every form of hypoc-
risy; they scorned to take mean, I'M
derhaud advantage, even of mortal
enemy; and the sight of misfortune or
suffering made children of them in pity
and gentleness and practical charity.
For himself, personally, he had never
been insulted or interfered with, nor
heard of his work being openly scoffed
at, and we would be astonished, he af-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-02-04
Godcy's Lady'> Book for Feb
IHFN

Comes full o. interest and beauty. The
best ~Darley~ picture yet given. is the
exquisite one illustrating a scene IN
"Evanceline. Every department j full
o! attractive matter for The fair readers
whose bright eyes grow brighter, as each
month they welcome this most popular
periodical. IL seems 10 be the deter
minaiion OF tie publishers 70 keep ever
ahead OF all competitors, and they Ger
tainly succeed in this object. ChriStsn
Ried CONTINUES her new novel, "ROslyn's
Fortune In . most attractive number
u pages. Never was more brilliant
story offered 70 the public, II one may
Judge by the sparkling yivaeity OF the
openinG chapters. The bewitching
heroine Is in strong contrast TO the Gen
tie Belle Who won our favor last year,
but il would Be hard 20 say which type
OF girlhood j the most fascinating. The
Rosebud Garden Ct Girls follows
the Fortunes OF Delphine, the bright
little widow. whose love story is de-
ve.oPed in several interesting pages.
Every page OF literary matter Is Of the
highest kind, ard the February number
viii be warmly welcomed by all appre-
ciaiive readers. We will furnish Godey's
Lady's Book and the ARGUS at the low
price OF S2.s5 per anuum. Apply at our
Office.
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sentatives, He gave very favor
able account Of the condition and
treatment Of the colOrei people of
North Carolina, bat in regard 70
their industrial and political status
be testified that although there was
at one time some bull-dozing in the
counties bordering on South Caro-
lima. there never has been any Pc
liticAl prosecutions in the counties
affected by the present exodus. and
is none now in sny part Of North
Carolina Nothing was more CON
mon election DAYS than 70 see s
white landlord and colored tenants
coming 70 town in the same buggy
and voting different tickets White
mechanics in North Carolina had
no prsjudices against working with
eolored mechanics, and no discrim-
ina,ion Was made against the col
orei people in the courts or on
juries.
Witness, in response TO inferno
cations IS 20 the cause OF the exc
dus from this State, said il was the
result Of the efforts Of ssi;Ators
going about the country, and not 8
spontaneous emigration. The less
industrious class Of colored men
what might be termed the floating
popula,ion-were duped by repre-
sentations that they would set
$3.50 per day in Indians and new
suit Of clothes, together with gov
eminent sid Of some sort IS they
passed through Washington, and
they were similarity deceived by
false representations contained in
circulars purporting TO be issued
by railroad companies in Kansas
and elsewhere. In the course OF
his testimony he expressed the
opinion that the intelligent negro
Of the South has more 10 fear from
white Republicans in the South
than from Democrats He ex-
plsinei this on the ground that the
white Republicans want all the Of
fees. and If the colored men claim
= division they combine against the
negro. In this way, be said, he
had been counted out from his
election as s Congressman, because
be had opposed a white Republi-
cans candidacy for the nomination
IS Sheriff.
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RICHARDS BROS,
Dealers in
General Hardware.
Stores d. Iinlcare,
Also, Manufacturers Of
Tin Copper, and Sheet Iron
JOHNSON BLOCK, WATER ST.
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default has been made in the conditions Of
certain mortgage. bearing date the 18th day OF
March, A. d. ISL, made and executed BY james
NcGhce and David McGarey, Of Jefferson county,
Pa, 20 James Campbell, President. in trust for
the Discount and Deposit Bank, Of Clarion, Pa,
and reoorsed in the Office Of the Re<ister Of
Dses1s for Alpena county, state Of Michigan, in
hher q mortgages, on Psges 5's, 80 aud SSl,
on the q day OF June, A. ID. 1877. and the amount
claimed % be due Al the cate Of this notice is the
sun Of Ell .zS-s for principal and interest, and
no proceedings At Law or in equity have been in
s.itutsd 20 recover the same. OF any part thereof
No,ioe i hereby given that by virtue OF the pow
er q sale IN said mortgage contained. will sell
on Saturday. the FIRST day May, A. ID.
$50, 2; two O'Clock IN the afternoon OF said
day. % tie highest biider, AZ the front entrance
on Ws;sr street 20 the Circuit Court Room,
in Johnsuu's brick block. in the city Of Alpeaa,
county q AlpenA- being the entrance between
Johnson's and MEson's blocks. that being the
buildinz vhersin the Circuit Court for the county
Of AlTr.z i held, the premises described in said
noTtg1Ee. 20 vii: The undivided one-haH Of
osrtAin pisoes or p4roeis Of land lying and being
ei a. TIE se q ~ TIE " O. " :.
the ufswi the vest p q 4. and the
sc a e Z. q section l. the cas-; Of e =.
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fNeu-y-1i1e - r1E1h- q rsr-s frs 81 cas- e
- ma the-e-of ~ sAAll - Dens~-arT % s.sisty
The s-nc-rf due a. he tr-e q tkis noEia. t,s II
ter.x- a-i costs a5ore3 ~ law
JAMES CAMPBELL
. II trzs. Sc the n1.oou.; A.i DsT.ossf b1-k Q.
Cara, Pa
Nr-szEs&
TrExE-L1 4 NtDcxkL7.
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fact. To ask those questions, they
say, If the facts were not IS stated,
would have been "sn abuse Of the
power Of the Executive There
fore they are compelled to accept
those facts as existent. This is in
genious and almost as convenient
as the assumption method. II the
Judges cared for consistency, it
might be open TO criticism. 1t
might be said that, having unsn-
imously given their opinion that
Governor 6arcelon did "abnse the
power Of the Executive, : and hav-
ing refused 10 secept his alleged
facts, they cannot with any face
compel others TO accept them or to
take it for granted that Governor
will not abuse the executive power.
But as we have alresiy suggested,
the Maine Judges do not seem TO
trouble themselves 70 be consistent.
What they want is 10 sustain the
Republican party.
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A bil o. some iuportaoce 70
lunberr=u Of the west hGs been
introduced BY Mr.. Dunoel Some
Of the navigAble rivers Of the vest
have been injured by deposits OF
savdus. and vastAse from lumber
factories These deposits have 50
filed up the channels IS to render
futile the governments effects to
deepen them, and seriously TO i'm
pair the navigability of the streams.
The government has spent large
sum. Of money in improving the
navigation of these rivers, but the
deposits make the channels worse
than they were before this money
vas expended. Mr.. Dunnelfs bill
forbids mill owners depositing in
any Of the nsvigable waters OF
the United States any sawdust,
slabs, or wsstage. and fixing as a
penalty fine of from $500 to s, 200,
and in default of payment, i'm
prisonment for not more than SIX
months Provision is also made
for the institution Of civil suits in
the name Of the United States
against those who disObey this pro
hibition, and il violation OF the
statute be admitted or proved the
damages in al cases are to be $500,
and such further sum as the court
may sdjudge- Conviction and pun
ishnent under 8 prosecution for the
misdeneanor is not TO be pleaded
O. Q defence to . civil suit for dam
ages
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The Colored Exodus.

Some very interesting facts are
being developed by the Senate
committee on exodus, az Washing
ton; for instance. the following:
O'Hars leoiored). testified that
be held Office 10 Halifax county for
. number cf years rs Chairman Of
the Board Of County Commission
ers, Chairman Of the Board Of Ed
ucation and County Examiners.
He has also been . member Of the
North Carolina Legislature. and Of
the Constitutional Convention He
Vas ose Of the Presidential cleo
tors on the Republican ticket in
1876. and Il nov contesting . seat
il The Netional House a Repre-