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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-05

These drawings occur monthly Sundays
eNceptedl under provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly OF Kentucky, i~ncorporat,
ing the Newport Printing and Newspaper
Co, approved April q. 1873.
ps-THlS Is A SPECIAL ACT, AND HAS
V BEEN REPEALED,
The United States Circuit Court on March
Slss rendered the following decisions:
ld-TUAT THE COMMONWEALTH
DISIRIB UTION COMPANY rs LEGAL.
2Rd-IIS ORA UINGS ARE FAIR.
n. B.-Thc company has now on hand a
large reserve find. Read the list OF prizes
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-05

ZEN VHE EAST q IhE WESTI
Dsnsrg Cars for esting 2urposs. only. One o.hs,
sxIooN where you can enjoy your sHsvanSss
HssniScsns Iron Sridses span the Mississippi
Inc Inc s .nd sesa :s.ssi re ss Az sao! RU,aa. !. Council council b Yia M
nsetions6 sing msds In Union pepots:M.~ ~
gHRHtst s SSiHExc4Tf4 HhHh6JaHf LINE 4RM *
AZ dIisxoo with ali aiversine line. fo- the
.ztEEoLsyoop, with tho L. 8. AMI g. and P,
zsMxsaiSaToH H.1ours. with p, c. & st
AsLzs.LL. With O. Gent. !. 4.
a heeE isIxsp. l.ish .:HiIwsnlee 8 Rock
u ri wisS The Davenport Division
MWEsrLnlnIy, With theB. c, IRA N.R.R
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81 Lxfse. and :. "a. I'd.
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Aiek.& Neh md csn. b. q. PR Rda.
a 1n4ynNwonzH, with Kan fao, and Kan.
xSlkzssszs crrr, with all imes for tho West
!. sAE:.ssAse rEoEIA, nEs MoIsEs.
49, 2sek lsaAad 8sates" arc sold By
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r. ST John.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24

The man who travels on the railroad
and sits down by the side of lone females
while laboring under the impression
that he recognizes q likeness in their
faces to his wife's .aunt's cousin, met his
match or one of the roads in this vicin-
ity lately. He sat down in the half Of
q seat the other half of which was oc-
cupied by . pleasant-faced young lady.
His first question was:
pardon me, Miss, but Is your name
James? have cousin Of that name,
whom you greatly resemble"
mo, sir" was the reply. my name
Is not James. But, pardon me, is your
name Zinc or CopperP
Zinc or Copper No. ma am. =
said the astonished man. "What lead
you to suppose l had such names"
Excuse me-" was the quiet reply,
"but I thought certain you must be
first cousin to brass foundry"
The man fell over two seats and
kicked q bird cage half way down the
car in his haste to get into the smoker
while the young lady smiled gentle
smile behind her handkerchief. 1t wa
. proof of the old adage that . witty
answer turneth away bores.-0H ca!'
Derrick.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24

Solomon said. many centuries ago:
"Eyen a child Is known by his doings.
whether his work be pure and whether
it be right"
When see . little boy slow to 60 to
school, and glad of every excuse to neg.
lect his books, think it is . sign that
he will be Ounce.
When see boy in haste to spend
every penny as soon rs he gets it. l
think it is sign that he will be aspend-
thrift.
When sec . boy boarding up his
pennies, and unwilling to part with
them for any good purpose. think 1t
is sign that he will be miser.
When see boy or girl looking our
for .snumber one" and disliking TO
share good things with others. ] think
it is sign thai the child will grow up .
selfish person.
When see boys and girls often quar-.
reling, think it is sign that they viii
be violent and hateful men and women.
When SEQ q child obedient to his
parents, I think it is sign OF great fu.
ture blessing from Almighty God
Kind Words.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24

The question Of the future Of Canada
is largely question of population.
Canada Is not at present In position
to assume the risks and burdens Of in
dependence, nor il the necessity Of such
. change greatly felt. When Canada
has . population Of twelve or fifteen
millions Of people. If the necessity
arose, it might then be IN . position to
spend such sums on defense as might
give it . reasonable hope Of maintain
ing its position Is an independent State:
ii 1t could count on still having thrown
around 1t the egis Of the parent coun-
try. the problem Of the means OF de-
tense would be more easily solved.
Until. however. Canada reaches such q
position that it could not easily BE-
stricken down by any power. 1t would
be madness to assume the burdens ol
independence.-Se Johns Ts!egrcph
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24
PUNGRNT PARAGRAPHS.

An election, like circus, is gener-
ally carried on under canvass.
ell Courier.
Every man has his forte, II he only
knew how to hold it.-Nsw York Com
nsercial Advertiser.
Ambitious man: sis there any
fixed rule for writing poetry" There
is! Don't!-Bostoss Post.
"A pleasantly attributed to M.
Theirs: "When / was very young 1
was so little-so ittle-that / needed 3
pole to knock down the strawberries"
lie Figaro.
The average life of circus actor is
forty years. The average life OF q cir
Gus Joke is $50 years. The latter is
ssworked almost to death" every year,
too.-Nor-istoso Herald.
-Conjurors astonish an audience by
taking rolls of ribbon from their
mouths, but then it is common thing
to see a carpenter take hammer and
| nails out of his chest. Boston CONNER
cial Bulletin.
The Herdic coaches display sign
which says .'Full'' when they are load
ed. The drinking man knows less than
a coach. He is full before he finds it
out, and always wants to take little
more aboard. o. Picayune.
Plumbers have resolved to maintain
their old prices during the coming win
ter. As heretofore their services will
be valued at fifteen dollars q minute,
while an ounce of lead pipe will be
worth its weight in gold.-PhiIadelphid
Chronicle.
Talk about gossip. How could the
world dispense with itp A party oil
men on the backyard fence. and par
eel of women around the tea table,
would fall to sleep from mate stupidity
| II there was no such thing as gossip
New Havcn Register.
"A correspondent asks: "Is the
watermelon fruit or vegetableg'
That depends on how you acquire pos
session Of the melon. IT you buyit OF
the street it is q mere vegetable, but i
YOU have to crawl on your stomach
about half q mile through high weeds OF
q moonlight night to steal it, while th'
old granger who owns it is asleep, thel
lit is q rich and luscious tropical fruit
Your question is unseasonable.-Teza
SJtings.
First boy" What ais YEP" Sec
ond boy" Naw-nawthing." '' Ye
there is! You've been bawlingr' IN
/ h-hain't." sWhat is it, thenP'' ''Naw
) nawthing. only yesterday gave tina
Jones boy a licking, and this mornin
his father bought him goat. All tn
! bows are over there, and the goat
! bunting all the boys and all the boy
|. and goats are bunting each other, an
I'm left out in the c-cold cause I licke
, the boy who runs the animals. "-Detro
Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24

my thus formed are OF sno glc"'0
value.
Young people, also, by judicious sug-
0esfions and instruction, may be IN
dmccd to earn money enough to Pur-
chase their own books. papers. play
thinps. ETC., and the pleasure OF earn
inc an object is almost equal TO the
endowment of it. when it Is purchased
Self-reliance adds both to the hapPi..
ness and moral strength of youth and
little efforts often produce large TO-
suits. -, -
Frankindale. Pa, was given ten grams
of corn to be planted and cultsvatea
during the summer. the proceeds Oh
the harvest to be used for the benent
of the school. The girls were each 10
raise . chicken. In the fall the grain
and poultry were sold at auction. Inc
proceeds of the sale amounted 10
$40. q. which was laid out in subscrip-
tions for papers for the children's win
ter reading. These children enjoyed
the reading Of their paper much moro
than If it had been provided for them
by their teachers or parents. without
any efforts Of their own, and the exam
ple of this school is suggestive to all
Every family have little and loose ex-
penses, entirely useless, and sometimes
worse than that. Their accumulation
would soon amount, il saved. 70 vir.
tual pecuniary independence. 1t will
nav in many ways to hoard away the
eleanings in the fields of evil customs
and bad appetite. and the habit would
soon become most laudable pleasure. =
GOLDEN DauS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24
,gor Roans 8tsdt4s.
MEETING OF THE BIRDS.

The blustry Wind had called them all;
The birds arrived, the large, the smat.
The owl, Of course, was chosen Juo8os
. He stared around, but didn't budgc'
The robins, jays and mcadow-larks
Got up to make q fow remarks;
They said the time had come to CO.
kIied leaves and gold fiew to and fro'
Inc sparrows then grew spiteful quite.
They thought 1t much too soon Tor nignt'
But blucbirds l0uged for biuer skies.
And wrens thought this was very wise-
Tho Olaekbirds said their time was up:
The berries gone, where should they SUPP
The catbirds said they quite agreed.
Twas time the warning they should heeo'
The owl this question put: Say sAy,
Those who intend away to fiyi"
All but the sparrOws vote TO go: :.
These cheep . most decided NOR
"'Tis carried" said the owl: .'adieur'
The birds cry: Now for skles OF blue.
"Goi" chirped the sparrows, why this russ
Our home is good enough for usr'
George Cooper, IN Our Little Ones.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Father Hyacinthe has decided to
postpone his visit to America until next
February.
I'm England the Congregationalists
are endeavOring to make $3.50 the mimi
mum salary Of . minister.
Miss Louise s. Baker. a college,
bred woman, breaches for the Congre-
gational Church in Nantucket, Mass.
She does not administer the commun-
ion.
There is congregation Of colored
Catholics in Marion County, Kentucky,
with 179 communicates. Recently q
Jubilee mission was held for them, at
which all but FIVE are said to have at
tended.
-Findlay, Ohio, has been condition
ally selected as the site of the college
to be organized under the control OF the
general eldership of the Church Of God
In North America-better known as the
Winebrennarian
The ministers of the California
town Of Los Angeles have signed an
agreement that they willin no case per-
form the marriage ceremony for di-
vorced persons, except the divorce be
obtained ON Scriptural grounds, and
then for the innocent party only"
"A Methodist camp ground is to be
purchased, consisting OF 900 acres oil
land, on the top Of the Allegheny
Mountains. midway between Deer Park
and Oakland, Maryland. 1t is to be q
National ground, similar to Ocean
Grove and Asbury Park and Chautau-
qua. The ground is 5000 feet above
tide.
The way to keep Sunday-schoo
teachers meeting alive is to make it
live meeting. Begin promptly. whether
few or many teachers are present
Close promptly, however interesting
the lesson. Keep within an hour. Be
gin with prayer. Break in the middle
with q prayer or hymn occasionally
Study the lesson spiritually. not tech
nically or professionally. Remember
what the Bible is profitable for: Doc
trine, reproof. correction and instruc
ton in righteousness and use it accord
ingly. Give your teachers the ear
throw away the husk, and they will
come again. So says one Sabbath
school Superintendent, an old subscrib
or of the Christian Union. He has triet
It and speaks out of three years OF ex
perience.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24

The elderly couple were sitting BY
the table reading by the drop light, the
reflection of which just served to bring
out the silver sheen that had gathered
on their heads with the passing years.
Dropping her eye glasses for q moment,
she said somewhat suddenly: "You are
quite sure that George win like his situ-
alton, are you not?'
fought to like it. Absolutely moth
ing to do, and quite good salary at
tached." replied the old gentleman.
20. that Il 80 nice. George always
did nothing in such . genteel manner.
I'm sure he'll succeed" And she COM
placently rocked in her chair As she
thought Of the good results Of her ten
der bringing up of the youth.-Nek
Hducn Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24
Moved BY = Tale Of Misfortune.

A sharp game was. some time ago.
played upon . cashier of one OF the
leading banks in this city. the facts OF
which have but recently come to light
One morning in early spring. with the
full influence of budding and blossom
ing nature upon him. the cashier had
taken his seat behind his desk, when no
was approached by an attorney-at-law.
whose countenance was sorrowful and
warned the experienced eye of the
financier of an early application for .
loan. He thereupon hardened isheart
and made mp his mind to say no. Aft
er greeting him in detected and sub
dued manner. the attorney began to
make known his business. With tears
in his eyes the lawyer told him that the
death Of . near relative, involving
heavy expense, and failure OF remit
tances, as well IS poOr-payin2 clients.
had reduced him to the necessity ut
taking step which only dire ill-fortune
could reconcile him to. He wished .
loan Of S4OO for . few days only. and
he would offer IS security Q box OF
family plate and sundry heirlooms
which had been handed down from
generation to generation. He produced
. receipt signed by the Secretary of
the Safe Deposit Company, showing
payment OF storage fees for nearly .
year in advance on box containing
plate Of the value of $4,000. The
lawyer said to the cashier IS he
wiped his fearful eyes, ~ put very
low value on this. for am too poor to
pay high storage rates. never
thought that would come to this, but
must It IL Of no use. I'll pay the
loan In ten days, though I am driven to
sell my wife's diamonds" The cashier
pitied the high bred sorrow and feltfor
the scion Of noble house In misfor-
tune, and then. thinking OF the box Of
family plate, concluded to make the
loan. The key Of the box was handed
over to him and The borrower. with
many profuse expressions OF gratitude,
walked out with the money in his
pocket. The note was placed In the
drawer and forgotten. A few months
elapsed and the bank changed its OIL
GERS, and the incoming manager,
among other assets, discovered the
note with the family plate collateral.
He ct once sent for the box. and, OPEN
ing it disco<ored that it, valuable con-
tents consisted Of eighteen volumes OF
the Patent Ofiice reports, about twenty
old newspapers, . plated caster and
cake basket, al OF which would sell for
about four dollars. The revelation
created much profanity on the part OF
the new management and good joke
at the expense Of the cashier, who had
boov, ~, ,,jno1v dnna fop ~ cnuraa n
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24

Any W w SSsss@As
Queen Ranavalomanjka, of NADIA
gascar, has always been . strong tenn
perance woman and rigid advocate of
prohibitory laws. In Imerina, her CEN
trail province, . new prohibitory law
has iust been promulgated, which, II
she shall be able to enforce it, ought to
result in the strictest sobriety. Under
penalty of q fine of ten oxen and ten
dollars, it prohibits the manufacture
and sale OF intoxicating beverages. and
Furnishes with lighter penalties those
found drunk or carrying the liquor.
whoever may have sent them. II one
convicted be unable to pay the fine, he
must suffer imprisonment, one day be-
ing regarded as equivalent to q six
pence Of the fine.
An Italian law court has Just had to
decide q case of great interest to fowls.
The Duca di Lave3lo and his brother,
the Marchese di San Marco, had pat.
ented an instrument called the ''me
chanical suffer-" for feeding and fat
tening fowls against their will. The
Italian Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals prosecuted the two
noblemen before the tribunal Of Naples
and they were sentenced to q fine. thu
Judge remarking that he thought !
was certainly cruel to make fowls ed
when they were not hungry and to fat
ten them grossly for the mere delecta
ton of epicures' palates.. But the Duk'
and Marquiss appealed against this de
cision, and the Judges Of the higher
court. while regretting that they had Z
give up whole day to what they de
scribed a. . trivial question, felt bound
to reverse the finding of the loweI
court They decided, in fact, that Il
fatten fowls with mechanical suffer i
] not cFueh
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-24

-Ex-President Enoch Pond. Of the
Bangor (Me.) theological Seminary. il
ninety I've years old. and says he has NOT
had headache in sixty-six years,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04

The Brennan (Texas) Banner fur
nishes the public with its ideas of
what an officer should be-: "Winc.
ing is bad thing in horses or off,
GERS. A public officer ought always
to be a strong, able-bodied man, a
man whom a punch makes no i'm.
preston on; his feelings should be
as sound as his body, and his official
conduct should be such that his acts
will stand criticism without his vino.
ing. The officer who discharges his
duty impartially and without fear or
favor has a conscience that is as
clear as the ring of a buzzard dollar,
and he never winces.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04
The Spread Of Crime.

1t is an undeniable fact, and one
that does not speak well for the
American people, that crime is fear.
fully on the increase 10 our country.
Every exchange contains horrible
events, prominent among which are
murder and robbery. In a Republic
like ours there should be no excuse
for this state of things. AS peo-
pie we are the source of all power
and we have at our command the
remedy for all the social evils that
aff1ict US.
There must be some overwhelm-
ing and ruling cause for the criminal
mania that now seems to rule with a
wide sway. We think we can un-
ravel the cause to a great extent.
All must admit that much of the
crime now being enacted, comes
from q proper want of appreciation
and just regard for our laws. Be-
sides there is too much leniency in
the execution of statutes. The
criminal looks with some degree of.
confidence to our system of trial by
jury, and Is prompted to the execu-
ton of crime by the hope of escape
from punishment. What we need
is, the more prompt and speedy en-.
forcement of the criminal law. If
crime is to be checked, there must
be a united sentiment in favor of
merited punishment.
We have special cause for congrat-
ulation that in North Louisiana we
have less lawlessness than in most
sections, butstill We view with alarm
q tendency to increase which bodies
no good. 1t is be hoped that our
section may escape the general
mania that seems to pervade the
country generally. At any rate all
good citizens should labor to secure
an end so desirable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04

BE WISE AND HAPPY.-If you
will stop all your extravagant and
wrong notions in doctoring yourself
and families with expensive doctors
or humbug cure-alls, that do harm
always, and use only natures simple
remedies for all your ailments-you
will be wise well and happy, and
save great expense. The greatest
remedy for this, the great, wise and
good will tell you, is Hop Bitters-
rely on it, Presz.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04


The New Orleans States is in a
complaining mood, and says:
"a sense of the imperfections of
the Constitution of 1879 is growing
in every section of the State, and we
feel sure that before many months
there will be so determined a de-
mand for a convention that it will be
irresistible. The Alexandria Dem.
ocrst in an able article on the present
judiciary system says:
The Constitutional Convention of
1879 did many absurd things and
did some things which brought it's
name into reproach, but it did no
more foolish and silly thing than in
providing for us such a bunglesome
and useless Judiciary system. With
the Constitution of 1852, to which
the people were anxious to return,
before them as a guide, they must
needs try experiments. Their expe.
riment has now had a fair trial and
if we mistake not the people will de-
mand a return to the old land.
marks.'n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04

The constituents of many of the
cunning tricksters who manage to
"worm" themselves into Office, too
frequently find out that cupidity is
not wisdom; that demagogury is not
patriotism, and that stcheekn and
brains are too different commodities.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04

Fort Fisher, 81 miles from Viii.
mington, by the Cape Fear river,
was named in honor of Col. Fisher,
of the 9th North Carolina Regiment
that fought SO CALAMITY at the first
battle of Manassas, where he met
his death whilst leading Ills regi-
ment in q charge upon q battery
He was the father of the distinguish.
ed author "Christian Reidn-Miss
Fannie Fisher.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04

Sometime in the future, the char
acter Of Jefferson Davis will be seen
in its true light and it win shine
with histosic luster long after his
detractors shall pave passed into
oblivion. The ex-Presideat of the
Confederacy is one Of the graadess
man Of the present age.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04

This is the right sort of talk from
Mr.. j. Edwin Speer to the Ohio
Democrats in convention assembled:
"The Democracy of Ohio are once
more gathered together to pay their
annual VOWS. We are making anoth-
er circle in the years of the oak
We have met to add one more leaf
to the perennial laurel. We are as
sembled to thank God and take
courage like Paul at the three tay.
ems. We have not finished the
course, but we have fought the good
fight and We have kept the faith.-
Though years in the wilderness, the
true Democracy, like the children of
Israel, finds water in the rocks and
mamma on the ground. In its exalted
mission to lift the lowly Democracy
in defeat it is a conqueror. When
Socrates, the sublime, barefooted
Democrat, proclaimed the doctrine
that the king was no greater than
his subject, Athens gave him hem.
lock, but the doctrine lived"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04

Journalism has been officially
recognized as a profession the
Secretary OF the Treasury having
decided that newspaper men may
bring back from foreign countries
books for professional use without
the payment Of duties.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04

DR.. Hoge, an able and popular
divine Of Richmond, Va, has arous-
cd the wrath Of some of the political
knaves of Virginia, for saying
/" that which is morally wrong can
never be politically right" Never.
theless, DR.. Hoge tells q solemn truth,
which, some day, win be properly
appreciated by the people.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-04

+ have in active operation Steam Furniture
y Factory, and will sell Goods Of Home
Make to dealers and consumers at saving on
former prices OF from 10 to 40 per cent.
warrant Better Goods than those now general
" sold, mostly made in the North and shipped
here at high rates of freight
In addition to HONE MADE GooDs, i keep
constantly on hand full stock of fine Furni-
ture Of latest styles and designs. Also, Glazed
Shades, Mattresses, Childrens' Carriages, sc.
at lowest market prices.
VIM. ENDERS.