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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mans face is like circus bill, as
the sweet picture it presents is no indi-
cation of the show going on in the heart.
- Whitehall Times.
The Romans could never have been
the noble characters they were if they
had worn trousers that bagged at the
knee.-N. o. Hcayune.
Every man is fond of striking the
nail on the head, but when it happens
to be his finger nail, his enthusiasm be-
comes wild and incoherent. -SprinQfeid
NesCs.
If his hair is singed, and his eye
brows have disappeared, and his linen
duster has holes burnt all over it. he's
from st. Louis, The weather did it,
Louisville C0urier-uj0urnai.
Idaho doesn't attract immigration
much Trees are SO scarce there that
it is sometimes necessary to go forty
miles to find place to lynch a man.
It's overwhelmingly inconvenient. -Bos-
ton Post.
The noble red men who sell Indian
curiosities at Niagara Falls may be seen
every day perusing the news from Ire
land IN the daily papers. Although far
from home they feel a deep interest in
their distracted and c0erced country
Norrist0Un Herald.
AN exchange speaks of "a new
fashion in gait for girls We care not
what others may think, but give us the
old style of gate where we can comfort
ably stand and lean ON our elbow when
she escorts us to the fence to bid us
good night. No change for us, please.
Boston Globe.
The old question, " What is lover"
is again being agitated. Let's see. Love
is what you don't get when you marry
for money. Sometimes you don't get
the money either, and then you find
yourself in warm fix. But to return
to the subject. Love is what you find
when you least expect it, always goes
where it is sent and never comes when
you watch for it. --Net0 HaUcn Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27

$50 much," i do not suppose the sum
was intrinsically great, perhaps not
more than shilling or two; but it was
out of all proportion to what he had
paid for the others. The Indian refused.
More and more money was promised,
and displayed before his eyes in glitter
ing piles. Rum, knives, shawls and all
sorts of commodities were thrown in,
but without avail. If the pale-face
wants this bit of stone so much, he
might be supposed to argue within his
untutored mind" it must be of some
great power or value perhaps an anu
let or charm of supernatural virtue.
SuperstitiOus and obstinate, like all
his race, he would not part with
it on any terms; but fastened to
conceal it about him again, and hurried
on shore. The merchant was frantic;
such an opportunity was not to be al
lowed to slip without making some eff
fort. He paid the fine-no inconsider-
able sum-for OBTAINING the steamer in
port another day, and roamed all over
the neighborhood. searching high and
low for the Indian. No glimpse of him,
however, could he get, nor any tidings
of his whereabouts. At last, on the
following morning, when he had given
up the quest in despair, and the vessel
was again about to proceed on her way,
the innocent savage made his appear
ance on board once more, and expressed
his willingness to sell the diamond.
But in the interval that had elapsed, he
seemed to have discovered. from some
unknown source of information, its ac-
tual worth, and he now asked for it a
sum which would be fair equivalent
for gem of that size. Nor would he
take less. nor allow the stone to pass
from his hands until he had received
the money. The bargain was made;
the eold-laden Indian padded back to
his native wilds, and the steamer, after
getting under way, soon left his canoe
a mere speck ON the waves
After settling certain transactions on
paper relative to his note of hand, which
had just been cashed from the ship s
chest, the happy purchaser sped to his
cabin, locked himself in, sat down to
gloat over his newly acquired treasure,
and-report says-fainted. Paste! A
good imitation, certainly, but to his
pract'ced eye, unmistakable paste. He
had been misled by the genuineness of
the small stones, and his eagerness to
secure the large one for comparatively
nothing. and utter absence of grounds
for suspicion, had caused him to disre-
gard the little opportunity he had for
examining it. The whole thing was a
a most ingenious plot. devised by some
Yankee swindlers, who, with the mo
BILE red man. as their ally, had been
waiting for him ever since he arrived
in Brazil; batting their hook with few
real sprats, they landed a whale. When
l told the story to some diamond deal
ers in London afterwards, they refused
to believe that SO experienced man
could be deceived by sham. The
story leaked out in quite another
quarter, however, in "a short time. 1t
was not the excellence of the paste that
had imposed on him, but the artful mis-
direction of the attention. = Chambers
Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27

The old fashioned rail fences are the
Joy of the searcher for the picturesque.
for they often form the protecting
framework of . hedgerow unexcclled in
variety or beauty OF coloring. Five
leaved ivy, bitter sweet, wild grape
vines, sumac and blackberry and elder
bushes are its most common constitu-
ents; several of them unrivaled in au-
tumnal foliage. To him who will reap,
all seasons yield harvest and all locafi-
ties. What better ground for a botan-
ist than roadside ditch bounded by a
rail fence?' There, through all the
summer days, loiter travellers that are
neither biped or quadruped. though we
suspect they have shrewdly made use
of both feet and wings. Else, how
came they-thesc herbs and weeds from
over seas2 Here, too, grow buttercups,
the children's gold; ferns, perhaps, and
meadow daisies, and many shy Indian
beauty. Year by year more join the
route. coming from woodland and far
pastures to brighten the dusty wayside.
From midsummer on their numbers in
crease as though to make the most of
the weather. Stately files Of golden
rod stand, rank upon rank, along the
fences; over the pastures is spread the
Tyrian magnifcence OF iron weed, the
delicate blue of vervain; and white and
purple asters fill every nook. Spar
rows and chipmunks haunt these tan
giles, and many rare and delicate plants
lind " cloisters COOL behind a curtain
of foliage and waving grasses. We
have found fringed orchis in fence
corner and blue-eyed grass by the way
side. Would you hunt luck, there four
leaved clover grow9-C Cleveland Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27
SLUMBER SONG.

In the winged cradle of sleep lay
My darling gently down;
Kissed and closed are his eyes of gray,
Under his curls bright crown.
, Where, OH where, win he fly and float,
In the winged cradle of sleep?
Whom will he meet in the worlds remote,
While he slumbcrs soft and deepg
Warm and sweet as white blush-rose,
His small hand lies in nine,
But can not follow him where he goes,
And he gives no word nor sign.
Keep him safe, ye Heavenly powers,
In dream-land vast and dim!
Let no III, through the nights long hours,
Come nigh to trouble him.
Give him back. when the dawn shall break,
With his matchless baby charms,
With his love and his beauty all awake,
Into my happy armsl
-Cclia Thaater, In So. Nicholas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27

About twenty years ago little JIM
my McGinniss lived with his brother
in-law, Henry Gordon, of the Board of
Works, Detroit, and ran away with
James A. Bailey, famous circus man,
who adopted him. He took Bailey's
name, and, at his death, succeeded to
his business. On Monday last he sought
ont his relatives, appeared at the show
with them, and entertained them roy
ally in the evening. But small boys
need not imagine that adopting mana-
gers grow on every circus.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27

f. "A Washington paper says that Unit
ed States Senators draw their salaries
just as regularly and with as much
: gfeediDess as any other hired hand
in Washington.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27

-Hartselle. in the northern part O.
Alabama, is the healthiest town in the
Union. 1t is eight years old, and has
no graveyard,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27

One firm at Rotterdam says it is
sending to America 1000 Hollanders
every week.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27

The Marquis of Lorne, il rumor Is
to be believed, is not likely to hold his
position longer than his term of Office.
which expires in December of next year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27

An English scientist considers worry
and overwork to De the most important
causes of debility. The men, he says,
who first enticed women and children
into an industrial career, and they who
have in later times devised the scheme
of competitive examination, have done
more to enfeeble the British than can
e-counterbalanced BY the most perfect
systems of drainage and ventilation,
with the highest personal cleanliness
superadded. t--s
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27

The chances now seem to be that
the enemies of the Democratic party in
Virginia will be irrevocably divided.
As it was love of spoils and lust OF
power which originated division of the
Democrats on the Readjuster basis. the
faction which sloughed will coalesce
with nobody except when there is a
prospect of gratifying its greed. This
seeing, the Republicans of that State,
whose existence has about the same
object are disposed to "kick" at the
proposition to turn over the patronage
and plumber train to Malone and his
sergeants. A courageous fight now
made by the Democracy for the honor
and good government Of the State must
win and place the party on q vantage
ground so enviable as to give the old
State something of the prestige of other
and better days. Hayviabnrg pa.
Patriot
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-27

hailOs l. 0On eiihlh Il ~ " VA OO0l
but I'll stay here in the boat and listen
to the music while you 60 up and
dancer'
Ii the officer did not feel sold at that
moment, no man ever did. The best of
it was, the audacious robber had not
one penny of his booty with him, and
was much too wary to trust the post.
Both he and his wife-who joined him
soon afterwarls-were obliged to work
for their bread until the arrival of their
governess--who had never been sus-
pected of complicity-with the whole
sum. But how he discovered his adj
versary was never known.
A well-known London diamond mer-
chant went out to Brazil to buy precious
stones, seeking them, naturally, not in
big cities, but at the smaller places
along the coast. The local steamer to
which he had transshipped was one
day about to leave some out -of-the-way
port-Maceio, think-when an Indian
came on board selling skins; he5lso
displayed some little shining pebbles,
which he did not seem to set much store
by. The merchant-reputed to be one
Of the best judges of stone in England
saw at q glance that they were small
diamonds, and carelessly offered few
reis apiece for them, which the Indian
gladly took; then, appearing to have
thus discovered new branch of COM
MERGE, he produced an immense one
attached to string around his neck
one so large and valuable, that the
dealer, in his eagerness to obtain it. was
thrown of his guard, and offered so
much for it that the dusky possessor' 8
suspicious were excited, When ! say
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30
n WARTIME

The maiden st the lattice
Stands at the set Of sun:
The soldiers march full gaily.
B.. Her eyes are but for one.
He drains the cup she brings him.
His bearded lips are wet
"a kiss, sweetheart" he murmurs.
"No Now says Colinstts.
Out from her green.leaved lattice
She leans and looks below,
A farther. even farther.
Away the soldiers 90.
His last few words reproachful
Are In her sad ears yet.
"Tarewell. may Be forsvsrl"
All me !" siyhs colinstts.
The cruel war 10 over.
Once more with her 10 be.
"You'vs learned to love sinos last ~ met.
He says. but naught says she;
"You'li we'd the happy somebody.
And me you'll quite forget
Would were be. my dariiugr'
"You aro!" cries Colinetts.
-Aasriess Qssen.
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NOTHING SHORT OF

unmisssksbls benefits conferred upon tens o.
Thousands Of sufferers could orisinsts and
msintyn the reputation which AYsat eAnst.
PAULA snjoys. t u Q compound OF the pest
vegetable altsrstivss, WIN tne iooia.s ot fy. ",
rsmsdies for ecrvfulous. mercurta, " ood
disorosrs. uni'oruly sueosssful and certain in
IL rsmsdisl sf1sctl, 70 produces rapid and COM
n,sts oures OF scroiula. torvs. Butb. Humors.
R,mpiss. z, uptiops Skin Disseses. AID al dis.
orders sristng nom tnpurity u me oi 90. y
ostsn eures LIVER oomplaints. Female Weak
r.ss.s ard Irregulsritiss. and u potent 70.
nsvsr Of vitality. Fur purifying the blood II
80 no "A Al, Il tones NJ the system. restores
snd nrsssryss the hsalth. and impsrts vtxor
md ensrry. For forty yests n has been 70
nsSicins vi for The sufsFins sick. anywhere. I
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30
ANNUAL MEEflNo.

NvroH OF TRI ALPHA ooSroLIpAryu
~ nininE ooa pap. Esn frsneisre: n3
the .sesthol hrs Of the .oove .smsd conreny
VIII Ss held on MONDAY. jtNI so,h. it'd
hifd Monday in Jnnsj. q one o'clock ,. y. g
ihss dsy. q the once Of the o mnsnJ. oo0
NO. -, Nsvada b. CT. No. % kop,eon ~
street San. Frsnciseo. csl,iorn's: Tsn' ~, ~
'Ass, T,,sS Sss''si I u, 4 LIAM Willis. s.s....z:
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The Danger Of Administering Ether.
Reno Gasstts.

INV oussass
An elderly female Of grim visags and
lank proportions entered the once Of .
veil known dentist to have q tooth
pulled. and insisted on taking chloro-
form, although the dentist said IL vsa
not necessary. "Oh. yss." she said.
"I'm bound TO have 1t. All I'm afraid
OF 10 that you'll play some Of them Oak.
land tricks on me- The alarmed
dentist sent for the nearest clergyman.
and In his presence the ether was admin
istered and the tooth extracted. On re-
covering consciousness the lady looked
ct them very suspiciously. and said: ~
believe you tvo have been up to some
mischief" Ths clergyman besan to
wish that he had stayed away. He suo-
ossd-d at length In allsyins her sppre
tensions. and the lady went away paei-
Ard. but evidently with shads Of disap.
pointmsnt.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30

such a you must al feel Within yourselves
that gratifying reminder that - public
servants you have performed the duties
incumbent upon you and have proved
yourselves deserving the oon6dsnos OF The
people Of Gold Hill. L. T. Fox.
Prssident Of the Board Of Trustsss.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30
SILVER HOUSE,
nAIN STREET.
sILvIR oiTY, NEVADA
Board ana Lodging 81 per Month.
Ne chissss Kmpseysd - Wsosa
Cocks.
-, ,1a uv~vvrrn
Tows or CON HnL.
County Of s.o.:y; % ,.,s q, ,:.s g Of ssvs1A

10 Nic1AEL 0'B1rH. sssocis . owpef n ~
irict, .tosSy county. stais OF NsvsAsi
You are he e6y notid that the a. dsrysree
has psrfurmsd ana aid ouf the annual ssseenl
OF vork for 1881 on tie above sim rqdirf9
b, ses. ay1t Revived STATUTES OF the
smoun,s 10 Thirty.thres ! ollsrs sod = Nsy'
ihrss ospts tSss sjl ls.s Eight po.lsrs 80 -
isnor perl rmsd. leaving balance dss inN
vu Of rseuiy Ave Doi's and Tstty'
thrss Cs. 10 (s7s 81, Ahd.n vi hin nins11
GAYS sftss this potios By publiostiou Sou AL =
IN s.id al in will b. fof,si.sd Q q ts~ous ~
property Of the subssribsr. undss ssid ssstiea
as,eusd), M. oILLHrT.
nSN p. D. addrpee, Gold Hill, hOv.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30
THE EVENING NEW :
our ADVERTISING AGENTS.

o.w. ORANR. Nos. 3is Pine and
10 Leldesdor6 ,treets Ban Franchises
OAQWIN q ALLEN. -: :: Carson Oisy
W. II. LAN(i. Hmpirs City
Q. n. JANIB0N. 3: :: Rsae
O. OHEN0WkTH. Winnsnuoos
]. b. BArxs.. I: :: : II Park Row
3. n. PErIHnotLL q Co.. (: ~ Park Ro.
Csc. p. RowxLL. = Co.. 10 Spruce Street
Tan PAPrn may b found on ale In Nsv
York n tho nswspsper agencies Of J. H.
Bates. Il Park Bow; 8. u. Psttsngill D
Co.. ~ Park Row. and Geo. p. Rovsll 4
Co.. 10 Spruce street.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30
HALi,. vseETAsLE sIoILIAN

H.ir Rsnswsr II . seisniihe combustion Of
some OF the most powerful restorative AGENTS
In ths vegetable kiugdom- Il restores gray
hsir "a its original color. Il makes the scalp
Shi,s and clean. Il cures dandrud and humors.
snd fslina out Of the hair. II furnishes the
rutritivs principle eY which the hs,r % nour'
ali snd aiossy, and 10 unsurpassed - hair
dr.saipa. Il u the most % 'nomioal prepsrs.
stnn sysr ofisrsd 10 the public. - its snycts
,Smsin long time mAktn9 oply IN oceadopal
snniiesflon necessary. IL 10 recommended and
"a by smlnsns medical msn. and odhcially
inlors.d By the ntses Assayer of naseaehasssts:
vfsh - fe6t q 1szy yssfs, both In this eoan.
- - a fuofn lan6A, onA q y no2 novn
"a - = = - uvi,ssa sssasdss 8 -
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30
ANNUAL MEETING.

0yr1os sILvsx HILL MINING CON.
~ ps.y. ssu fr.nsi.ec. ~; ~ ~ ~: - c, ",
siiyss Hui Hinips oonpsny .iIi B: hsla =
ths,s oSlos. Room 70, nevada Block. - Mont
= ,@sry str.et, san frsnct 60. Oh ou fUBos
bXY. Gsy Si. 1881 q the hour Of y o'clock =.
Trspcisr books viii eiess Friday. nay nh, .
u SysSsa os'SSi- VIZ pl.x. sssssssz.
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A lady. Who .sw dre steamer for the
hrst time. said with astouishmsnt: "But
I should like to know what those idio,s
70 and heat the water for. whom u has
70 be thrown on the hrs."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30
ST EVEN s M'S
r..... no.,a Beard
AMAlaAMATNa PAN.
SArss~-~-..-=..s=A
INTERNATIONAL ExnIsiriox.
Ynu,a.lpAis, ,srI
uwaRDRD yrRsr PRHMuH:
-sos A. n1s0D-
Grinding and Analsanatiss Isa.

THIS PAN n FAR suPEaIoR 10 4Lt
otns-s In several important psrtieuArt.
Ths Grinding hullsrs are rear The esptsn -
curing Is,s power. Ths pillow shaped gfpovee
raise The quicksilvsf with the pulp ngultg.
with lee powrf with. ut violepcs. and Ntte
better amslgs ustng e6sot. bssidss sdinttine .
larger ehsrss. This inslIp' q shared bous'p1
Of the mulisrplats op(lines .emcisntly fofse
the pulp dirsc y under the mnllsrs.
Iron WORKS, 3S1 TO 81 FIST .treet esn tysnp
cisco. apd si the Gates 3 eeovills Iron Workk
81 south Canal strs. {, Chieago. whore y GO .
sxaml' I'd and iurthsr particulars br lssrpsat
OF psrpons may apply 70 the lLveniof and Pns'
rptes O O. sTEvBSeoN. q the Doosles nils
bssn IN operation.
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"Have they found IN indictment sein
Bangs, the burRlsr?" "'rwant an IN
dis,msnt be don. It With; twas . jimmy.
They found that long ago."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30

The Inhabitants Of the Csnnibal
Islands have discovered triehina In an
Am. ricsn missionary. This 10 . sad
blow at ons Of the country's leading sx.
porta
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ossh" a. :s''' 'ssGSaE
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TowS BONDS oAxoxtxp.
Nos. i0s and 100. Issued August 18th.
1879 ; time, year due August 18th. 1850;
cancelled August 18th, 1880.
ouTsrAsptSo TOWN. 1oxDs.
No. 100, amount 5000. doe Nay let, 1851.
Nos. i0s and 100. amount Sio. 900, due An.
gust 18th, 1881.
Nos. ios and LOG. amount $4,000. due
November lot, 1851.
Amount Of bopds-. .S26. 900 90
Interest due On same 10 April
loth, lSSl. l................... e1o w
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ANNUAL REPORT

or The PrsssAsss ~ shs Dssrd d
Tsssssss sf shs Tsvs sf esid
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30

az Of colleges, for the making Of roads, for
the building Of bridges. for the improve
msnt Of ferries. for tho erection OF hos
pitsls, and for various other purposes
equally oommendable aud beneficial. All
these were clearly within the prohibition.
The prohibition was not aimed st the OBJ
iects for which lotteries had been author
lied, but at that particular mode OF accom-
plishing such objects. Il was founded on
she moral principle that evil should not b
done that good might follow, and upon the
more cogent practical reason that the evil
consequent on this pernioious kind Of
gambling greatly overbafsnced In thu
Aggregate any. good likely 70 result from
IL. The promotion OF the doe arts u M
doubtedly commendable object, but the
prohibition contains no exception In II.
favor on that ground. .
The intention Of the trainers OF the Con
stitution undoubtedly was 70 forbid The
future granting Of any such lotteries q
h,d Al any time prsviously been author
ised BY Law, and BY requiring the Legis
laturs 70 pass laws 70 prevent the sale 9
ali lottery tickets, 70 put an end TO ~
such distributions Of money or goods o.
lot or chance - had thsrstoi..J been for
bidden BY ststuts under the name o
private lottsriss." It,
The argument that the words "by thi
State" were inserted for the purpose Q
preventing the Legislature from ausnorts
Ing public lotteries - means OF rsisinl
revenue, and that the provision was no
intended 70 prevent the Legislsturs iron
authorizing private lotteries. 10 wholly un
tsnable. No authority has bssn produces
In its support and We are satisnsd ina
none can bs found.
In constituting this provision Of the oon
stitution the last sentence 10 - importan
a the 6rst.
II ths trainers Of the Constitution hs
intsnded by the uss Of the words: IN
lotssry shsil b authorised BY this etsts.
70 only limit ths lsgislstivs power % puh
| Ne lotteries, eondpstsd and managed soiel
b ~ ssass fer ths yaTpess .a ra's's
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-30

To the Tsxpsysrs and oItissns Of ths
Town Of Gold Hill, In socordsncs with
the rsquirsmsnu Of the Chsrtsr OF ths
Town Of Gold Hill. I herewith submit 9
report Of the financial situation Of said
town for the year ending April 10. 1881:
vyovrpru ypo,f ALL aoJlaxa.