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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06
The Most Beautiful Snake Story OF the
Season.

Mr.. II. T. Poole, well-known rs one
of Polk County's trustworthy citizens,
has boy near the age of three years,
that has been unusually backward
about learning to talk, but has acquired
the art of endeavoring to be understood
by means of signs. such as pointing his
finger at such objects as happen to gain
his attention. About two weeks ago,
while a lady friend was calling upon Mrs.
Poole, the child's peculiar actions led
his mother to believe that something
unusual had been receiving his atten-
ton, and as soon as her company had
disappeared she was led TO make an in
vestigation. Following the child in the
yard and to the corner OF the house,
she watched the little one stoop low
and crawl under the floor, where its
attention was soon seemingly drawn TO
some object well back in the corner of
the brick underpinning.
Led now by deep curiosity, the
mother herself crawled beneath the
floor sufficiently to acquaint herself
with the situation, and the sight that
met her gaze almost froze her blood.
In perfect coil. as though prepared to
combat some formidable foe, with head
erect, lay huge serpent. with the little
child rubbing its hands gently over its
body. The serpent, as though appraised
of the child's ignorance of fear and in
tending no harm. would gently move
its head aside when the hand of the
child passed rear it. Mrs. Poole. as
quick as possible. after realizing the
awful situation, drew the child away
and directed some negro women to
drag the serpent out and kill it. With
hoe they soon brought it out, but it
quickly began to show light, once jump
ing its full length at those seeking to
Stay it. 1t was dispatched, however,
and proved to be of that dangerous
specimen known as the hig HAND moe
casin. 1t was more than half as large
as a mans wrist, and measured nearly
three feet in length.
1t is supposed the child had been
fondling the snake for some while, and
Who. possessing a knowledge of the
reptiles dangerous character. will at
tempt an answer to the query: Why
was he spared the poisonous fangs?-
CeddrUiile (Gd.) Advertiser.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06
Keep Dwellings Dry.

A warm, dry atmosphere is not I'M
wholesome, but when cloudy or rainy
weather brings sultry air which damp
ems everything around us, the atmos-
phere may be loaded with the germs of
disease, and fire is needed to destroy
them. The walls. the ceilings and floors
of apartments should never be allowed
to become damp. Sometimes when the
warmth of the air is oppressive. fire is
more necessary to protect us than in
the cold winter, and the rooms of a
dwelling should never be left without
the means of warming and drying
Investigations have shown that many
of the most fatal diseases are caused by
the germs of vegetable life. and that a
humid atmosphere is more favorable
for their propagation. 1t is, therefore,
neglecting TO avail ourselves of the
great discoveries of the age, and failing
to protect ourselves from scourges
which so fearfully afflict families, when
we ignore the dangers which surround
us. Apartments exposed to the full
action of the sun may be less comfort
able in hot weather than those from
which the suns rays are excluded. but
they are more wholesome. and when
contagious diseases prevail in closely
built cities it is found that inmates oil
houses on that side of the street ex.
posed to the sun are less liable to be
attacked, while the greatest number oil
sick are always found where there is
the least exposure to the great disin-
fector-the sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06
Harvesting Wheat.

1t Is now very generally believed that
an early wheat harvest adds to quantity,
quality and safety of the crop. As soon
,ls the wheat grain has passed from the
milky to the doughty state is the accept.
ed time. If cut before the grain has
passed its milky state it will shrivel and
lose its weight If allowed to become
overripe the grains grow rough and
harsh, and the bran is so thick aud
brittle that even under the best milling
processes large proportion of the flour
will be carried off with the bran. Cut
in the dough state; the bran, being thin
and elastic, is readily separated from
the -four. Loss by Smelling and bad
weather is also overcome by early har-
vesting. Cutting while the grain is soft
is also one of the surest modes to avoid
destruction by rust. The exact time at
which wheat and other small grains
can be cut with the greatest
profit may be ascertained by opening
heads in different portions of the field
and examining the kernels carefully.
The straw near the ground will also
suggest the time of cutting by its yellow
hue.
Wheat cut in its dough state should
not be dried too quickly. 1t can be
bound and stacked at once, or, if there
is only small quantity, drawn to the
barn. Many farmers put it in small
shocks, especially when there are weeds
with the grain and it has been cut early.
When stacked the wind and sun will not
dry up all the juices in the plant
enough of these will be slowly concen-
trated in the seed to accomplish the
maturity of the grain to perfection,
whereas if by rapid ripening in the sur
the kernels are shriveled more bran Is
formed in proportion to the -four.
Farmers in this section continue to
practice threshing from the shock and
hauling their grain direct to market
While this plan has its advantages, il
certainly is not advisable in many local
tiles, or in some seasons in any locality
When the wheat has been bleached oul
by hot suns and repeated rains it should
! 90 into the stack and undergo a sweat
Not q few cultivators refuse to thresh
their wheat, no matter how dry the
grain when stacked, until the sweating
process has been undergone. During
this process the straw and grain become
damp and heats evolved. The process
over, both straw and grain are dry, and
| the latter has been improved in color
and made plumper with the nutritivs
matter absorbed from the stalk.-N. Y,
World.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06
The City Of Zoan.

Mr.. Grenville Chester gives an inter-
esting account of the present state of
the site of the great and splendid City
of Zoan, in Egypt, which is referred to
in the Scriptures only five times. Very
little of the royal capital in antiquity is
perpetuated in the modern name San.
Nothing of the olden glory of the place,
however, survives in the little collec-
ton, scarcely worthy to be called vii
lage. of squalid mud novels. standing in
q presidential situation on the banks OF
the canal, once the Tanitic branch Of
the Nile, about ten miles from its juno
ton with Lake Menzaleh. Yet looking
westward the huge mounds which con-
tain the Temple appear, where most of
its treasures lay, and the pride of the
people. Between the two the space is
strewn with immense stones that once
formed the pylons of this great temple.
From the summit of the mounds its
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06
GAINESVILLE tGa.)News.i


For the past twelve months have been
suffering with infiammatory rheumatism,
often being confined to bed for several days.
j tried several physicians, but they failed to
relieve me. About seven weeks ago friend
who had suffered with the same disease, rec
commended me to try ST. Jacobs Oil. / al
once procured half dozen bottles, which
have used, and find that am improving all
the time. 1t relieves me at once when am
suffering terrible pain, and prevents me
from spending many sleepless nights. take
great pleasure in recommending it to those
who are suffering with rheumatism and
similar complaints, as the best remedy thai
can be had. Nothing has done me 90 much
good, and a. 1t only costs fifty cents bottle
Ill can try It.
IN kryYxrpru Ei;fo,. &C Me- -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06
I'D. ALEXANDER. Editor "Nss."

A tree-peddler at Leon, Monroe
County, Wis. got farmer Joel Everett's
name on piece Of blank paper as ga
reference. When the man who bought
the promissory note came 10 collect it
he couldn't, as the farmers daughter
had written the name at the request of
her father; therefore it wasn't his sigma
ture.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

The top of the tower from which
Grand Rapids, Mich, is to be expert.
mentally Illuminated with the electric
light is two hundred and two feet above
the level of Canal Street. 1t is thought
that five of these tower lights win serve
to illuminate the entire city.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

"A block of ice melted in Charles
Bartine's ice chest, at Connersyille, was
found to contain frog weighing quar-
ter of pound and in good health.
How it lived through four or five months
frozen in solid block of ice is conun-
drum for naturalists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

A certain amount of opposition is q
great help to q man. Kites rise against,
and not with, the wind. No man ever
worked his passage anywhere in dead
calm. Let no man wax pale, therefore,
because of opposition.-John Neil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

The most powerful being on earth
is man; the most beautiful is woman.
The graces unite in her; in him the
forces. He loves her as the embodi-
ment of all the virtues; she worships
him as the incarnation of omnipotence.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

One of the most popular medicines now
before the American public, is Hop Bitters.
You see 1t everywhere. People take it with
good effect. 1t builds them up. 1t Is not
as pleasant to the taste as some other Bitters
as 1t Is not a whisky drink. 1t is more like
the old fashioned bone set tea that has done
q world Of good. II you don't feel Just
right, fry Hop Bitters.-Nuada Neaos
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

Never hold any one by the button
or the hand in order to be heard out
for if people are unwilling to hear you,
You had better hold your tongue than
hold them.-Chesterfeld.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

The witness said that the laundry
man. very much rufiied. collared the
boy and gave him cuff, because he
caught him in the act of stocking him.
self with the contents of the drawers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

KIDNEY-WoRT Is remedy which removes
foul humors from the blood, and creates
healthy action in every organ. Torpid kid
neys and liver lead to gravel, diabetes, con-
stipation, piles and rheumatism. Kidney
Wort is the surest and safest remedy TO use
-Rockv 4olpstain Aeps.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

THE Norristown Herald defines . city beer
garden as-Two trees, . Ike flower bed,
seventeen benches and six walters. In .
majority OF cases trees and flower beds are
dispensed with.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes. use DR.. Isaat
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sellit 25c
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

WOULD not be without Redding's Russia
salye, Is the verdict Of all who use It.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

A SUNDAY-scHooL picnic manager ex-
planned that he did not make the lemonade
sour because the children had milk for
breakfast, and he was afraid TO make them
eiek
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

-Inkstands cut out of cal and pol
ished are novelty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06

The word piety occurs but once in
the Bible
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-15
MINOR DISPATCHES.

New ORLEANS, October 14-Chief of the
Aides Deneanx died soon after being shot
Hennessy is not believed to be dangerously
wounded.
OMAHA, NEB., October 14-The State
Democrotic convention last evening nomin-
ated w. FL. Munger for Supreme Court
judge, and Alexander Bear and J. Il. Brass
for regents of the university. 1t adopted a
platform claiming for free trade, honest
money and an economical administration
and against a high license liquor law
NEW HAVEN, Conn, October 14-The
defense in the Malley case rested this morn
ing, and court adjourned till Monday at 10
a. IN. The State will produce fifteen wit
nesses in the rebuttal
WILMINGTON, DEL, October 14.-All
election cases on trial in the United
States Court here were this morning con-
tinued until the I'd Tuesday in July on ac-
count of a scarcity of jurors. All cases of
this nature given the jury have SO far re-
suited in disagreement, with but one excep-
ton, which is still without jury.
CHICAGO, ILL, October 14.-Dispatches
from Clinton and Davenport, Iowa, report
an extensive rise in the Missouri River
Saw mills have been obliged to suspend op-
erations and there is danger of serious
freshet
HARR1sBURG, Pa, October 1.-THE
Commonwealth has entered suit in the
Dauphin County Court against the Standard
Oil Company for the recovery of ovel
$500, 900 alleged to be due in taxes and pen
alties. This indicates an early trial, the
Commonwealth cases having preference over
others.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-15
East Tennessee Conference.

Mr.. EDITOR: This body, composed main
ly of colored ministers of the NJ E. Church,
met in Clinton, Tenn, on the 18th of Oc-
tober, 1881, to hold its second annual ses-
sion, Bishop E. G. Andrews presiding. B.
N. johnson WAS reelected secretary, and on
his nomination, w. G. Graves was elected
assistant secretary, M. Williams recording
secretary, and A. j. Fletcher statistical Sec
retary.
The presiding elders were appointed a
committee to nominate the several commit.
tees. They, having anticipated this ap.
pointment at once presented their report,
which was adopted.
On motion of w. H. Rogers committee
on Mormonism was ordered. w. II.
Rogers, j. G. Tate and A. Lindsey were ap-
pointed on that committee.
A. J. Fletcher and w. Bluford were ap-
pointed committee on memoirs. Some
documents were read and properly referred.
The afternoon was devoted to committee
work, and the bishop and his cabinet held a
session. G..
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-15
WASHINGTON.
News From the National Capital
as Received Yesterday.

WAHsHINGToN, October 14.-Guit-
eau was arraigned in the Criminal
Court this morning to answer to the
indictment against him for the mur-
der of James A. Garfield, late Presi
dent of the United States. The
trial was set for November 7th, and
the question of jurisdiction to be
decided prior to October Both
The Senate, in executive session,
to day confirmed the nominations of
Walker Blaine, Third Assistant Sec
retary of State; Mark S. Brewer, of
Michigan, Consul General at Berlin
Winford S. Birdoin, Consul at
La Guayra; Benjamin P. Davis, of
Massachusetts,, Deputy 4th Auditor
of the Treasury Jacob H. Ella, of
New Hampshire, 9th Auditor of the
Treasury for the Post>office Depart
ment; 0. P. G, Clarke, of Rhode
Island, 1st Deputy Commissioner of
Pensions; Calvin B. Walker, Deputy
Commissioner of Pensions, and
Benjamin P. Cholfeld, Postmaster
at Aiken, S. G.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-15
Death of VIM. B. Young,

The sad intelligence reached Knoxville
yesterday evening, through telegram dated
at Fort Worth, Tex, from w. H. McCamp-
bell, Jr., to his brother, J. A. McCampbell,
of the death of W. B. Young, son of Hon
D. X. Young. He died of fever, and his
remains were dispatched from Fort Worth
to Knoxville, and will be taken to Clinton
for burial. Mr.. Young was graduate OF
the University of Tennessee, class of 1880,
and was well and favorably known in Knox
vile. He was bright young man, possess
ing talent of no ordinary degree and full of
promise. We knew him well and admired
him for his many excellent traits of char
acter. We hear of his untimely death with
unfeigned sorrow, and tender to his be-
reaved parents and friends our tenderess
sympathies.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-15
The Kentucky Central.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

NAAANAAAAAA-1A
81 have" said one of the prowling per-
sons connected with this newspaper to MIR.
j. d. Ellison, general manager of the Ken
lucky Central Railroad, yesterday, "heard
the opinion expressed several times of late
that the immediate proposed extension of
the Kentucky Central was all blow that
there was no work being done in that direc-
ton, and none contemplated this year"
YES" replied the smiling G.. NJ, 81
know that some people harbor such an
opinion, but they don't know anything
about the matter"
"You are going ahead, then, are you I"
Yes sir; there are over eight hundred
men at work to-day on the extension from
Paris to Livingston, where we connect with
the Knoxville Branch of the Louisville and
Nashville road.
"And when do you expect to have it
completed 2"
By the 1st of next July"
AT Livingston you meet the Louisville
and Nashville and Knoxville extension?"
Yes; they are building from the present
terminus of their branch to Livingston, and
thence to the State line There they will be
met by the Knoxville and Ohio road, which
is building north from Careyviue to the
|
we will run over both of these roads to
Knoxville, where we connect with the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia system,
thus giving us the most direct route to and
from Cincinnati and the northwest to East
Tennessee, North and South Carolina,
Southern Virginia, Florida and portion of
Georgia.
In the regions named your system will
be a formidable rival of the Cincinnati
Southern, will you not?'
Yes, we will have the advantage of them
| in distance, connection, &c. They can beat
us to New Orleans and the extreme south.
| west, but In the southeast the Cole system
OF which we Will form an important part,
will have vastly the advantage"
This will be the shortest line from Gin
clnnatl to tidewater, will it not?"
No, not quite. The Chesapeake and
Ohio reaches tidewater at Richmond over
shorter line than this will be.n
Well, the Chesapeake and Ohio il
a part OF the Kentucky Central system
isn't it?"
"Oh, no. replied the G. NJ, "the Ken
lucky Central is part of the Chesapeake and
Ohio. We belong to them"
so by the completion of these linei
Clnnlnnah will have new outlets to the sea
board both east and south 2"
"Yes, sir"
And you expect to have your extension
| finished by the lst of July, 1882 2"
Yes; the contractors are under bond te
complete it by that time"
And will the Louisville and Nashville
people and the Knoxville and Ohio folk
get their share of the work done by tn,
same date?"
Yes; it is expected to have the who'll
system opened by that date"
| This will make an inroad on the income
of the Erlanger's system, will it not ?" aske,
our young man, who felt a little fearful
that the stock he took in the new compan
might not be worth 105 on the 1st of mex
July if this thing went on.
We'll, ye-es, should think so, quietl
and significantly replied the young manager
as he bade the scribe good day, and hurrie,
away to attend to his multitudinous duties.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-15
Reunion of Ex-Confederates.

RALEIGH, N. c., October 13.-At the re-
union of ex-Confederates of North Carolina
to-day resolutions were adopted as follows ::
While we are proud of the devotion ex-
hibited in the cause of the Confederacy, we
accept the result as the will of Divine Prov
idence, and will stand by the flag of the
Union with the same devotion with which
we sustained the colors of the lost cause.
Whereas, we are proud of our citizenship,
and it is meet and proper that we should
put ourselves on record as denouncing the
last assassination of the President therefore
Resolved, That we abhOr the crime of
the assassination under all circumstances
and when the object of the felon blow is
the President of the United States, we find
no words adequate to express our abhor-
renee and detestation of an act SO calami-
tious deed, so deplorable and the crime
so repugnant to every feeling of patriotism
and humanity
Resolved, That we tender our respectful
sympathy to Mrs. Garfield and family of the
deceased President in their sore afflietion.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-15
The Blair Letters.

RICHMOND, Va, October IA few
weeks ago two letters, purporting to
have been written by Frank S. Blair,
Read juster candidate for Attorney
General, were furnished to Hon.
Geo. D. Wise, member of Congress,
by ". L. Wilson. These letters,
which are known as the ''Blair let
ters, contained damaging senti-
ments, and were used in the present
campaign to show Blair's contempt
Tor the negroes, &c. Blair, from the
llrst, denied the authorship of the
letters. The Wing Readjuster organ
to day publishes letters from Wilson
coniessing that the letters were for
geries; that they were originally
written by some one in Salem, Va,
whose name he will divulge, and then
given to him; that subsequently,
while intoxicated, the letters were
extracted from his pocket and copied );
that he was then induced to take the
stand he did and saddle them upon
Blair In opposition to the FORE
going dispatch he publishes the
statement of several gentlemen
IN Fincast)e, to the effect that
II. Il. Riddleberger and other prom :
inent Readjusters, under instructions
of General Malone, obtained pos
session of Wilson in that place, made
him "beastly drunk, and then, under
the promise of $500 in cash and the
same amount in sixty days by draft
on VIM. Malone, induced him to
sign statement prepared by Rid
dleberger, to the effect that the LETT
ters were forgerles, supplemented by
an agreement that he (Wilson) should
go to Colorado and remain there
until Riddleberger was made ser-
geant-at- arms of the Senate, when he
would give Wilson some appointment
under him. This is the statement
made by Wilson subsequent to his
reported confession and interview
with Riddleberger and others,