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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-04-16
This detection left me practically

This detection left me practically
without a party, and sought to supply
the deficiency by an alliance with the
Southern Democracy. l outlined
magnificent and dazzling scheme of in
ternal improvements to be carried out
in the South at the general expense,
and blew, with all the breath that was
in me. the trump of resurrection over
the tomb OF the old Wing party. But
nobody would trust Fraud. and but
one solitary Wing emerged at my blast,
in the person Of Alexander II.
Stephens. Having lost my own party it
was evident to them that nv abilityto
execute was less than my inclination to
promise, and they prudently declined q
coalition which on my side was based
OH nothing more substantial than the
few offices which had not already been
distributed.
Under these circumstances it will be
seen that the total failure of my fraudu-
lent Administration was foregone con-
clusion, and l long since discovered
that [ must content myself with draw
ing the salary of the Presidency in adj
vance and boarding what could be saved
lIOIu ~ ny lteiu VSOnCliy anu q cOA OfsA
affectation of temperance. This, with q
scrupulous provision for few personal
friends, such as my family ply stefan
and my son Webb, at the public ex-
pense, has been my only solace under
the sad humiliations of these later
months of my residence IN the
White House. Conscious that all
parties, and even men of no party,
looked forward with a grateful sense of
relief to the period Of my final de-
parture for Ohio. have felt that some
explanation was due to myself and to
the public of the difficulties which in
evitably environ fraudulent President.
Had l been honestly elected. could,
no doubt, have done much for the ref
ormation of the public abuses pointed
out with such emphasis by Mr.. Tilden.
and mildly alluded to by Mr.. Carl
Schurz in nv own letter of acceptance.
But was the slave of my own poiiti-
cal creators; the paralysis of the origi-
nal fraud pervaded my entire Admins
tration.
If, in what is here written, my coun-
trsman shall find anything to extenuate
my failings, or anything to soften the
Judgment which must follow me into
history. the object of this, my farewell
address to the swindled people OF the
United States. will have been accom-
plished. RUTHERFORD b. HAYES.
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MORNING GLORIEs.

There are passion flowers for plucking, with
the nails and thorny cross.
There are pansies golden-hearted, there are
asphodels and gorse,
Aud the roses drop and beckon, sweet as sun
shine after rain,
But the early morning glories, can they bloom
for us again?
We have sought for wealth and honor, we nave
piled our trophies high,
Dust and ashes. gems and laurels, but we pass
unheeding by.
All along the weary highway and upon the
wind-swept shore,
We are seeking morning glories; will they
bloom for us no moreY
O, above the gracious hilltops and beyond the
Moons red glare
Where the River smiles its welcome In the
quiet evening air,
On the brows OF loved and sainted, in the
music of their strain,
Dye purple morning glories; ye shall bloom
for us again.
Care Il. Tro,cbridgs, in the Ctristidn Union.
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Give the Boys q Chance.

The average boy is a gregarious ami
NAL. He abhors solitude and delights
in the company of his fellows, though
he may receive from them nothing but
kicks, hard knocks and personal abuse.
Still the spirit within him leads him to
seek this congenial society upon every
possible occasion, and to enjoy it he
braves parental anger, hunger, cold
and darkness. just why this is SO is
one of those mysteries which the light
of science has failed to illumine.
The wise parent should take advant-
age of this natural desire for companion
ship, and SO regulate boyish intercourse
as to satisfy this innate desire, keeping
the manner and extent under complete
control. 1t is useless to say that my
children have been taught to obey
without question The heart of man
is deceitful and desperately wicked. and
we do not think boy-nature differs from
man nature, except in intensity of de-
sire and determination. The love of
companionship is harmless. because it
is natural, and any endeavor to unduly
circumscribe or suppress this desire will
surely result in defeat and modification.
Many parents attempt to isolate their
children from the society of others, hop
ing thereby to wean the youthful
mind from the frivolities Of adol-
escence and make them prema-
turely staid and sober as they
are themselves. Such course may
seem to be successful, but some fine
morning the father awakens to the fact
that he has lost boy. The spirit of
rebellion within the lad has caused him
to forsake home and kindred to mix
with the stirring hustle Of the world, to
carve for himself fortune and fame.
If parents would sometimes remem-
Der that they were once young; if they
would look backwards through the mists
of past years and recall their own long
ings and suppressed desires, they would
better understand and appreciate the
feelings of their children, and would
endeavor. on every possible occasion,
to crafty their desires for the compan-
ionship Of those of their own age; there
would be no grumbling or scolding, no
cuffs and rebuffs. If there should be &C.
casional outbursts of boy-nature that
make the welkin ring, and drown, for
the moment, all other sounds. Do not,
we entreat, attempt to restrain or re-
strict. Let nature have full vent. 1t
may not be amiss to aid and encourage
by your own example.
Something of this kind must be done,
or the boys will be stealing down the
back stairs, and out at the side door at
unreasonable hours and for questionable
purposes. II they are denied these in
nocent pleasures they will lind ways and
means of gratifying their desires. and in
the enjoyment of stolen sweets they lose
the sweetness Of innocence. -Piantcr's
Journal.
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How She Stopped the Train.

A day or two ago a lady on Central
Railroad train. after depositing numer-
Gus bundles in the rack overhead the
seat, hung her umbrella upon the cord
connecting with the air brakes. A news.
boy passing through the car noticed the
suspended bingham and politely in
formed the innocent owner that she
must remove it. g What's that string
for if it amt to hang things on?" in
quired the old lady, as she dropped the
umbrella in the seat. The boy an.
swered in all earnestness: " It's to call
q waiter when you're hungry" and
passed on. Some time after there was
vigorous pulling of the air-brake cord
and the train came to . standstill. The
conductor rushed up to the old lady and
in tone Of amazement exclaimed,
% What's - matterp' /" Bring me q
plate OF pork and BEANS" drawled out
the ancient female with the umbrella,
not in the least aware that she had
stopped the train. An explanation fol-
lowed and the joking newsboy did not
venture forth from the baggage car
during the remainder of the trip. Al
bany Journal.
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-Esthetic Love in 4 Cottage. N

-Esthetic Love in = Cottage. Miss
Bilderbogie Gage uncertainty: Yes,
dearest Toconda, ] am to marry young
Peter Pilcox. We shall be very. very
poor. Indeed, how we sre going to
live 1 cannot tell" Mrs. Cimabue
Brown: 20 my beautiful Mariana, how
noble of you both! Never mind how.
but where arc you going to liver' Miss
Bilderbogie: 20! in dear old Kensing-
ton. suppose everything Is 90 cheap
there, you know. Peacock feathers
only penny apiece. London Punch
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-Tis beauty that doth Oft make women
proud;
IT'S virtue that doth make them most adj
inircd; -
'TIs modesty that makes them seem d.
vine. -l-6hakepears.
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"A New York clergyman. in q lee
ture on Modern Courtship," told his
audience that '.young ladies and gen.
tlemen should be entirely frank in their
courtship-they should describe to each
other their weak points," Many of the
young people of his audience concluded
to take his advice, and the result is that
twenty-five engagements have been
broken off between the young men and
women of his congregation.
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seem to be enjoying the fruits. 1t is
needless to pursue the narrative. 1t is
enough to say that, except one GAIA
nave, who was paid in cash, they were
all = visiting statesmen, Returning
Board knaves. forgers, thieves. secret
negotiators and counsel before the
Electoral Commission--pensioned upon
your treasury. The last of these nomi-
nations, that of the notorious STANLEY
Matthews, for Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, is even now pending in
the Senate.
But there was q still more grievous
humiliation to be endured. When
realized my defeat on the day after the
election, declared truly that the sharp
est pang then felt arose from appre-
hension concerning the fate of the COL
ored Republicans in the contested
Southern States. now learned that in
order to secure the completion of the
fraudulent count, my friends had pledg-
ed me to abandon those colored Repub-
licans, and to hand over those States to
the Democrats, who claimed them, on
precisely the same grounds as Mr..
Tilden might have claimed the Presi-
dency. Ihad no resource but to COM
ply. This step, however, was only less
fatal to me than would have been re-
fusal. 1t lost mel win not say the re-
spect. for to that had no claim--but
the support Of the nearest Republicans,
who declared that if was elected, SO
were Packard and Chamberlain 1t was
soon plain that they, too, regarded me
Is fraud In q new sense.
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(<sA
Rabbits are making their way again
In Victoria, Australia. One district is
reported to be completely overrun, and
the farmers who are open to their dep
relations have to make common cause
to keep them down. This they do, un-
fortunately, with very little success, for
the rabbits breed conveniently in the
low, impossible scrub and then come
out to feed on the farmers' crops in the
neighborhood. The scrub, however,
belongs to the Government, which is
now called upon to put down this nuis-
ance. Enthusiasts in naturalization
ought to be careful what tricks they
play in the matter of transportation.
That philosopher who originally brought
the rabbit into Australia will need no
monument. A. -
"A discovery of much archaeological
interest has recently been made in the
Algerian Sahara. N. larry. who has
been carrying on work in connection
with the proposed Trans-Sahara Rail-
way, having noticed mound of sand
in the neighborhood of Wargia, had the
sand dug up and discovered the top Of
spherical dome. This naturally aroused
his interest, and getting his Arabs to
dig still deeper, he found underneath
the dome square tower. then plat
form of masonry and finally acomplete
mosque. Continuing the excavations,
NJ larry soon unearthed seven houses
in perfect preservation and came upon
subterranean waterc0urse. At tho
last news nine houses had been disin-
TERED and N. larry was getting addi-
tional assistance to clear out the pre-
cious watercourse, which he describes
as sufficient to irrigate small forest of
palms. II IL well known that the Sa-
hara was at one time much more popu-
lous than it 10 now, and its trade much
more extensive, but no one seems to
have supposed that cities had been bur-
led under It's sands 30 recently as since
the introduction Of Mohammedanism.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23
Collie.

With a view of removing the cause
give first a dose of physic. composed OF
an ounce each of alOes and carbonate OF
soda, dissolved in n pint of hot water.
and add to this solution an ounce OF
tincture of ginger. Apply brisk friction
to the TANKS and the abdomen by means
of straw wisps, and repeat this at short
intervals. Lead the horse beside
another in a gentle trot, ten minutes at
a time, every half hour, but not in a
gallon. II no other stimulant is at
hand. give every half hour. three
ounces Of whisky in a pint of water;
otherwise give half an ounce each of
fluid extract of belladonna and aromatic
spirits of ammonia and an n of
laudanum. in q pint of cold water. Give
as often bloOd-warm injections OF soap
suds, one to two quarts at a time. In
ease there should be much f1atulency
or bloating. give besides the above
three drains of aqua ammonia in a pint
of cold water, every half hour. besides
abdominal friction, injections, AID
walking exercise. When the symptoms
lessen in severity give every hour, until
oil symptoms have disappeared. dose
of half an ounce each of sweet spirits of
inter, tincture of gentian, and tincture
or ginger in a pint of water. After IN
attack of collie the horse should not he
used for work that day or the following
twenty-four hours, and he should be fed
lightly on easily-digested food. Feeding
the horse continually awholc winter on
dry food. is wrong. On such feeding q
horse should have q bran mash at least
twice a week. and salt should be con-
stantly placed within easy reach
National Lite Stock journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23
HONE. Farm AND GARDEN.
An acre contains 800 square
.arIa

An r contains $500 square
yards.
-Dncd-Apple Fruit Cake. Extra
Two cups Of dried apples. soaked over
night; in the morning chop and stew m
two cups Of molasses one hour. When
coll. add oae-half cup Of butter. three
eggs, tcaspoonfuI ii soda; cloves.
mace. cinnamon. etc. TO taste; one cup
of raisins and -four sufficient To make
rs stiff rs pound cake
Dutch Rolls-Sift three qnsrts Of
-four; break three eggs into a pint Of
cold milk. in which put n taspo0nful
of yeast, and stir it up; cut up two
ounces butter and work IL in your -four;
mix the milk. eggs and yeast with the
-four and knead thoroughly. Make
into rolls, butter the pan. and stand By
the stove TO rise. BAKE in = quick
oven.
Apple Cusiard Pie.-Scald the
milk and LET il cool. Crate sow> sweet
apples. Take ,~wo-third, of \ ,upfrl
81 powdered sugar. four well beaten
eggs. one cupful of milk. one-iourth OF
4 nutmeg. Line an earthen pie-dish
with a rich crust. and let il bake. Then
ill with the cussard and let il bake for
half an hour. To be eaten cold
Hard Gingerbread. Eight cups Of
-four. four Guns Of sugar. two cups OF
butter. two cups II milk, teaspoon'ul
Of soda, ginger. Mix butter and sugar
together; add the milk with soda dis
solved in il; then ginger Ia taste. some
like il very hot: then the -four. Roll Il
very thin on tin baking sheets, aud
bake quickly. This is very nice. and
keeps well.
One of the first and most important
things To do in the spring. is clean out
the cellar. Remove all decaying mat
ter, dirt. rubbish or rottirg boards.
boxes or barrels. They all breed =
deadly malaria. which Uses through all
OF the rooms If the house and poisOns
the blood of all Of the household.
Sprinkle quick lime, chloride of lime
or coppcras. etc, a. disinfectants.
The application of blue vitriol Is 3
positive cure for warts of any size, by
simply making an incision in the wart
and inserting a portion III the form of
powder, we cannot coincide in or recon-
mend. Ii will not only fail a. a sure
cure, but will cause considerable local
irritation and protracted pain to the
animal. and NAV result in tumefactlon
and induration of surrounding tissues.
-.Nationai Lire Stock JoUrnGL.
A well-laid stone drain is equally
as good, is not better. than a tile drain.
The stone is impcrishable, and il well
laid will not be displaced and may last
for centuries. Some tiles may have
defects which NAV not be perceived,
and If one fails the whole drain fails.
In laying u stone dram. the stones
should be packed very closely a. the
side Of the ditch, So that the water can
not work behind them. and the bottom
stones. laid in two rows, are covered
with Hat pieces and the points broken.
II a foot of small stones is then laid on
the top and the earth packed well on
these. there is no reason why the drain
should not be permanent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23
Why Raise Sheep!

Because it will pay. That is to say:
A farm Of a given size can be stocked
with sheep for less money than will be
required If cattle, horses or hogs are
employed. Sheep will come nearer
utilizing everything that grows on the
farm than either or all the above
named animals. Less labor will be
required for getting feed and stock to-
gether. The returns will come in
sooner Except with hogs) and oftener
than from any other farm stock. Less
money is required for fencing and
shelter when these are supplied; and
less labor is involved in herding. whore
outside pasture is accessible and pre-
ferred. Add to these the further tact
that q handsome income on the invest
menr can be had without the sale OF the
animals themselves, and one has the
reasons why every farmer NOT excep-
tionally situated should have q flock Of
sheep suited to his surroundIng&-
National Lirs- Stock Journal
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23
The Spade i'm Gardening.

If a person has only \ small garden
enclosed by a fence, rs is generally the
case in cities and villages, a team and
a pillow should never be brought into it.
The reasons for excluding them are
many. In the first place, the horses
are likely to do considerable damage
to the shrubbery, bushes and vines. A
pillow does not work to good advantage
on a small plat of ground surrounded
by a fence. 1t cannot turn all the soil,
and hat which is turned is left in bad
shape, ridges alternating with dead
burrows. Even under the best circum-
stances, rs when very long burrows can
be turned. the plow is not the equal of
the spade in preparing land for root
crops, which comprise the bulk of the
things raised in a small garden. When
one has less than n half acre of land to
till. he should prepare the soil in the
best name possible.
For preparing small plats of land for
! crops, there is no implement equal to
the spade. With it the soil may be
loOsened to a greater or less depth Mt
will. With a spade the manure that
was thrown on the surface may be blu.
ried out of sight and put in a position
where it will not only decompOse
quickly. but be of the greatest use to
the plants it is intended to benefit.
With the spade for turning the soil.
there will be neither ridges nor de-
pressions like those caused by the
plow. If there arc natural depress;ons
10 he filled up and small elevations to
be leveled down, this work may be ac-
complished with very little trouble
while the operation Of spading is 60
ing on. For preparing bills for squash
Is, cucumberS and melons; for digging
about the roots of trees. vines and
bushes, and for properly mixing the
different portions of the soil. there is no
implement equal to the spade.
For gardening purposes it is not best
to have all the soil prepared for plant
inc at one time, though this course is
desirable when 3 plat of ground is to
be sown with grain or planted with n
crop throughout. The period forplant-
ing a garden in which a large variety
of vegetables are to be raised extends
through six or eight weeks, and there
is economy of time in planting seeds
IN freshly prepared soil. II land has
been plowed q month before it Is
planted, it will be quite hard. while the
chances are that the surface will be
covered with weeds. To get the soil
in a suitable condition to plant will call
for as much time and labor 8 would
required to prepare it had /. never been
plowed. The spade in the hands of 80
expert is not a difficult implement u
handle. and every gardener who expects
to reach the highest success should be-
come an expert in the use of the spade.
-Ezctange.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23

III one will observe when the cows
choose 10 lie down IN the yard ar pas
,urc. il will be seen that they choose the
bare ground, rather than the sd or bed
ding 81 straw. The same - n 81
sheep. We have taken this hint. and
furnished the constable with dry earth
bedding. Leaves aud straw arr poor
absorbents in comparison. In the pig
pens dry earth has ~ equal. In very
cold weather We add stTag % leaves.
bat until the weather II very co.d the
animals viii BE- more comfortable with
n bed Of fresh sOil, or If >oil changed
once y fortnight or week In the
chicken-house we have learned 10 gres;
value a. = dccdoTizeT. Our rcosts are
over n sloping door. on ~hich NE ocoa-
sionally scatter dry earth. The drop
pings roll down into \ pile If dry earth.
This is turned over with ! shovel a
week or o~f;cEsr, and We AZ say The
chicken-h house i. free from a.y offensive
odor, aud the bright combs and glossy
feathers tell "a the health II the fJwls.
Dry earth Is = 60 q preventive, too. 81
yermin on cattle, Pig and poultry IL
must be procured ~ 4 dry time, ard
stored under ,hei or IN the stables. |,
not only promotes n-atnc>> and health,
but saves the very elements uf n" una-
nures which make them most valuable,
and most Il which would eyaporatc Il
n absorbed b. the dry earth. We 30
o ike il n a bedding IN the horse
stables, bUt II should b- found ~ every
stable. u sprinkle the floors with n
soon a. the bedding i removed IA the
morning. When removed from the
stables, sites and coops, It should he
kept under coveI for spring ne, ur Tor
drilling with the wheat In the fall-cI1-
CInEatt tpHmtr-ydt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23

He was squirting tobacco juice all over the
sidewalk and TAPPING on sdry--Cols box vita
q bucs-horn handled knife, and tnAiiy lie
heAyed q deep sigh and said: NO, gentle
men, 10 Them ZOO old times has gone
forever. We shall never see no sich times
azin-" "Houfr asked ooe after q Ionx
pause WAL, IN lou o ways in the f1st
place folks don't use each Otker a. they once
did. leave It 90 yOu. strangeT. II they DOR
NO, air - vas the promGt reIls OF the man
who had stopped TO inquire his way 70 the
depot Thirty years ago. the nore toose-
co juice you 80, on . mans boots the more
he loved you, but II you squirt any more OF
the stuff N nv direction III make your hack
mop the Sidewalk, Old ~ you AreF-DsfnDs
FRI Trea
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23

"A young friend Of mine was cured ~ All
Unsuitable thirst for ligaor. which had 40
Frustrated him that he vas unable 10 do any
business. lie was entirely cured by the use
OF Hop Bitters. IL sIlsyed al! that burning
thirst; took away the appetite for liquor:
msde his nerves steaiv, and he has remained
a sober and steady man for more than two
years, and has no desire to return TO his cups
/ know Of a number of others thsi have been
cured Of drinking by it."-From 4 leading
K X Official. Chicago, IL.-Ts1so.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23

Upon beng spoken to concerning II Ja-
cobs Oh, our fellow townsman Mr.. Theodore
Wakelee, said / hal been suffering with
rheumatism, and obtained the greatest relief
from the use OF ~. Jacobs OIL. IL has also
been used In my family for some time. aud
has never been found to fail In grim. prompt
relief.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23

PEuSrEg MERfNEE vas very far from
good hooking, aud knew Il well In The
midst Of a fe;e, one summer day IN Paris,
he came accidentally u?pn two English
ladies' sho we're unable to Ind a cah. ~ he
was roliteiy helping them IN their embaF-
rsssment, he heard one Of the ladies' remark
in Eaglsh that he WAS zTn,able but dread
fully ugly. Merimee, Who spoke Engllsh
perfectls, turned round bri.klT. took his ha;
on, and said: Madame, 4 lady 80 besutL
fGl as you are ought q be more i~nd1IzenL"
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-23

To polish a horn, first scrape the
horn with q piece of glass, and rub the
smooth part with the finest emery-pa-
Der Then finish with silver polishing
powder and water, and finally polish
with bees-wax on a piece of wooden,
felt or buckskin.