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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25
Organized to Subsidize.

We have seen that Speaker Keifer
made no mistake in the makeup of the
Committees of the House. They have
been constructed throughout on per-
fectiy logical plan and with a. view to the
accomplishment of certain specific ends.
1t will be interesting to the people to
observe their harmonious operation as
the session progresses. The Committee
of Ways and Means is so constituted that
there will be no serious effort to reduce
the enormous surplus in the Treasury
and thereby remove portion of the bur-
dens of the taxpayers. The Committee
of Appropriations is so constituted that
there will be little obstruction in the way
of a most generous expenditure. 1t is
probable that the taxes on matches and
bank checks will be removed, but there
will be no serious diminution of the
Treasury surplus.
The Committee of Commerce is formed
on the same generous system. Page,
of California, the Chairman, is well
chosen, and he is supported by ma
jority who will favor the most liberal
appropriations for rivers and harbors,
and all sorts of subsidies for the sake
of restoring the languishing commerce
of the country. In such a commit
tee the magnificent projects of John
Roach will receive a most hearty
Welcome. For long time the patriotic
soul of John Roach has been deeply
gyieved because the starry flag of his
country floats over so small number
Of ocean steamships. In order that this
National humiliation and reproach may
no longer exist Mr.. Roach is willing, in
consideration of liberal subsidy from
Congress out of taxes wrung from the
people, to establish lines of steamships
so that the American flag may no long
er be stranger in the great commercial
ports of the world. 1t is very true that
the English and French are doing the
carrying trade at much less cost than
this magnificent plan of subsidy would
involve.
1t has been suggested over and over
again that the restrictive provisions of
the ancient Navigation laws be re-
pealed; that the privilege be afforded
American citizens to buy ships where
they pleased, and that the heavy duties
upon materials that are used in ship
building be reduced. If American ship
building could not be made prosperous
by these methods, at least the removal
of restrictions upon purchase would
enable the stars and stripes to float
over more ships than at present. But
such experiments for promoting the
carrying trade of the country would not
require enormous expenditures of pub
lie money, nor would they afford any
subsidy to John Roach, which is the
main consideration, Capitalists who
would float the flag must not be per-
mitted to buy ships where they can be
bought the cheapest, for that would be
in violation of the prevailing economic
idea that there can be no commercial q
industrial prosperity in this country un-
less the people are heavily taxed for it
Hence an such suggestions may as vel
be dismissed at once. 1t is plain enough
that the Committees of this Congress:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25
PCNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

1t takes bold man to roll his own
ideas into the world.
An old lady wants to know what Is
meant by "mean time" Our watch
keeps it.-N Y. Ecening Post.
Why is the money you are in the
habit of giving to the poor like a new
born babe ? Because its precious little.
The latest aesthetic slang the ladies
use when reproving their admiring gen.
tlemen friends is, % You flatter too aw-
fully perfectly much.'
1t has got so now that the daily
paper is gradually usurping the place Of
the sewing circle as a dissemination of
news.-LO,UeU Citizen.
What is the difference between an
old tramp and feather bed ? There is
a material difference. One is hard up
and the other is soft down. NorristoWn
Herald.
"A book-keeper for a Philadelphia
plumber rendered bill for $40 instead
of 81. 10, and the debtor came in and said
he would take his solemn affidavy that
the work wasn't worth cent over $50.
i" Colonel, /" said man who wanted
to make out genealogical tree, Col
onel, how can / become thoroughly ac-
quainted with my family history P"
Simply by running for Congress" an
swered the Colonel.
When mans hair stands on end.
an ordinary person says his hair stands;
but you can't get doctor to talk it in
that way. The doctor calls it horripila-
ton. This makes the hair stick up worse
than ever, but it gives the family conf
dence in the doctor.
While an Idaho girl was sitting I'M
der tree waiting for her lover grizzly
bear came along, and. approaching from
behind, began to hug her. But she
thought it was Tom, and she leaned back
and enjoyed it heartily, and murmured
Tighter" and it broke the bear all up,
and he went away and hid in the forest
for three days to get over his shame.
"A young nobleman in frightful
railway accident missed his valet. One
of the guards came up to him and said:
my Lord, We have found your servant,
but he is cut in two. - 80 Aw, is hep
said the, Young tnsx1, with q Dundreary
drayel, but,with 4 trace sf anxiety de-
P.Ssy~ "" uAS oSRS@SSo, wiz yOu "
good enoughsto see in which half he has
got the key Of my carpet bag pa
-WhenA Farmer Bulge read that a
bull painted By Rosa Bonhe6r sold for
$1,000, he remarked to bis wife that he
didn't see how coat Of paint could so
greatly enhance the value Of the animal,
but Il Rosa wouldn't charge more than
ten dollars he would get her to paint his
bullin The spring. And his economical
wife replied that she thought he might
paint it himself and save his ten dollars
The indications are now that the bull
will be painted. sa
How beautiful is the exhibition of
humanity in the young. A little boy
found a poor ha1f-frozen wasp in the
garnet and placed it upon chair before
the parlor fire to thaw out. When sister
Mary's beau called that evening he
glanced at the chair and seating himself
in it, murmured: "Ah, bless her heart,
how thoughtful she is of my COMFORT
Two minutes later there was as much
noise and racket in the parlor as if it had
been turned into . den of demonssi The
wasp had thawed out; that is why Mary
isn't'married yet
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25
The fact that kaleidoscopes are more

The fact that kaleidoscopes are more
than mere toys will be surprise to many
people. But they are sold here in New
York by opticians at a high price and
made with expensive lenses. These ex-
pensive ones are used in all sorts of in
dustrial drawing and designing. Archi-
tects sometimes take designs from them
for architectural ornaments, and carpet
designers also employ them. The center
pieces made Of plaster-of-Pa for cell
ings are 50 designed. But the greatest
use of the kaleidoscope is said to be in
the manufacture of round stained glass
windows. Christian Union. -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25

are organized in behalf of extensive
schemes of Treasury subsidy, which
have for their fundamental principle
the taxation of the many for the benefit
of the -Hirrisburg Patriot.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25

AT a meeting of the Boston Natural
History Society, Mr.. S. w. Garman gave
IN account of a wren found in the ssBad
Lands" OF Dakota, which protects its
nest against hawks and owls by barri-
cades Of stones,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25

-Canadian-born residents of Boston
have formed an association to work for
the annexation of Canada to the United
States:
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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-20
They are Coming.

The Brick Church pike will soon
be placed under contract. A
meeting of subscribers is called for
Saturday week to elect directors
and determine the line of action.
The Bradshaw pike bitches only
upon defect in the charter which
can be easily amended. The pro-
iectors announce themselves ready
to commence work as soon as this
can be done.
The Vale Mills pike is now be-
ing chartered and it is said they
will begin to build it right away
and arrange the charter details here
after. E
We are informed automatically
that company is being formed, or
has already been formed, perhaps,
to build the Anthony Hill pike.
1t is agitation that has done this
much. Let us all over the county
continue to agitate. 1t is urged by
some of the incorporators that work
is cheaper now than it will be again
soon in Giles county and that the
bulk of the work ought to be done
this summer and fall.
We want a pike out by Young
and on to Diana, and another to
CampbellsEille, and another to
Bethel, and from Pisgah to Mill
vile.
Let us not cease to agitate. See
how your candidates for magistrate
talk. Nothing was ever accom-.
plished without some one tried, and
whenever the effort is universal, al
hands round, pull all together, i'm.
possibilities fade away like chat
before the wind.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-20
BATES BOOM.
Tha Giles Democracy Called to Meet
il Mass
And Celebrate the Victory they Intend to
Achieve this Fall.

BY direction of the chairmen OF
the two democratic committees, now
one and inseparable, and in obedi-
ence to the expressed wishes of nu-
merous persons, we announce a
Mass Meeting of Democrats TO take
place in Pulaski next Monday, July
"A, at the courthouse. 1t has been
given out that democracy is to be
made to suffer another defeat, and
now the people are requested to as
semble in full numbers and by
their presence and enthusiasm dis
prove this cruel boast, and to hear
the news from other sections where
the reunion Of democracy has been
received as glad tidings of great joy
and the people are shouting back
their approval of Bate and united
democracy with universal accord
and an enthusiasm that presageS an
old-time, sweeping, gulley-washing
democratic victory.
Spare one day for democracy, and
let the hills and valleys of Giles
send up their people with one ac-
cord to ratify and give strength
to the action of their convention,
and to show a solid front to our
enemy, republicanism, and to show
to our brethren elsewhere how small
the Bolt is in Giles, and that Giles
democrats are real democrats.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-20
Wala Mills Pike

The charter for the Vale Mills
pike has been prepared and the
company is ready now to go to
work, we learn. If the county
court convenes in extra term to
grant the right of way to the Brad
shaw pike under an amended char
ter, it will also act upon the Vale
Mills route. The company will Sc
cure the appreciation of the magis-
trates individually, if the court
doesn't convene, and go to work,
and then take necessary steps at the
October term. we have not learned
all the incorporators, but under
stand it will be under the active
management of Mr.. Sowell and Mr..
Jno. G. Smithson. We learn also
that company is being formed to
build the Anthony Hill route.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-20
Who Are to be Magistrates?

There is considerable stir among
voters as to who our next magis-
trates are to be and sOhGt they are
to be. 1t does not amount to an
organization, bur there have been
caucuses of voters and propositions
to organize tickets upon TURNPIKE
basis. All along the line there is a
universal, settled, determined turn
pike sentiment, and some are dis
posed to have the candidates sing q
clear note upon the question and to
pledge themselves specially to the
work and make that the prime OBJ
iect for which they seek the office.
The county court has no power to
build pixies, nor to make the people
build pixies, nor to force charters
upon anybody, nor to make charters,
nor to organize companies, but there
are many ways in which it could
encourage the building Of pixies, and
fthe matter was continually pressed
before the court there is no doubt
but that it would yield results in
some way. The people have been
asleep upon the subject. The
county court is the spokesman and
the guardian of the peoples interest
and it is its duty to take the lead
and to find means. If every district
in Giles county would see to 1t that
their magistrates are not only in
favor of pixies, but will use the
powers of their office to secure them
they would be built. Two or three
pixies are but a beginning. W.
need a whole system of FREE Pixies
and if we cannot get them, a hal
system of Toll Pixies. Do not bC
deceived when they tell you the
court has no powers in the matter
If they, the leaders of the people
will favor it and work for it, thel
the people will fall in, and the pike
will come. One thing we know: /
they promise and work and thel
fail. there is no harm done. If the,
do not work for it, it viii not b
done, and as it does no harm to try
let us have magistrates distinct
and unequivocally committed 81 j
We are not finding fault with I'll
present magistrates. 1t has nc
been made a question befor, .hen
We are speaking of the : one
r and they may be the Oh ones n
= elected for all we care, So That the
make this matter a Speciality. The
: can do us good in this. II they ca
: not, there is nothing lost in trying
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-20
ROCKY POINT.

Everything is lovely and the
goose hangs high. We are having
lots of rain and the crops are look
ing fine. Cotton has about re
covered of its backset. Farmers
are about through making their
crops and are now laying by-"in
the shade"
Col. Garrison has been in very
feeble health for some time, but is
now convalescing.
IS. A. Tub. } Gordon has field
of corn that takes the cake over
anything we have seen. He thinks
if it continues seasonable it will
make II barrels per acre.
Those energetic people Of Smyr-
ma have completed their magnificent
school house and are now ready tc
employ a teacher. -/J -
Misses Lille and Madeira Glaze
two of Elkton's charming bellies
have been lending their beamins
smiles to this vicinity. They were
visiting the families of S. A. Gordon
and Col. Garrison. Come again
ladies; such visitors always find
hearty welcome,
Our neighbor Nelson Smith
was married few days ago. Loni
may he live and happy may be hi
lot. BoUNCER.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-20
He Made a Mash.

Mr.. r. Clark Hansell, of the CIT
IzEN's corps, will not enter the pu-
gilistic ring this season. He had
his dumb bells made after the lat
est pattern and he was putting in
fifteen minutes every week or so in
vigorous training, until he acquired
such proficiency in swinging the
iron knobssabOut that you couldn't
come within fifteen feet of him. He
showed up splendid action, was up
headed, his coat healthy and glossy,
and his muscles began to bulge out
and hang down like jowls. He was
at it Monday morning and as the
ends clinked together before and be-
hind him they ratified like Egyp-
tan bombs on an iron-clad and the
floors shook until the tenants un-
derneath were frightened and the
window glass across the street were
tumbling out. The din added TO
his excitement and he commenced
to execute daring maneuvers and to
swing the terrible things aloft and
around and about with a whiZ, un-
til spectators were uncertain wheth-
err it was a fort blowing up or a
windmill running away. Finally he
essayed to perform the grandest
feat-to skin the cat over his little
finger and throw a back summer
sault between the bells just as they
came together, called by profession
ais ''the,grand left-handed hump fol
life," and he got safely through, all
except the third finger on his LETT
hand. 1t was mashed out like Q
palm-leaf fan and the nail went
whizzing out the window, while one
bell went through the roof and the
other through his foot. He danced
the racquet and atinitza mixed, be
sides cutting several pigeon wings
and nineteen steps of his favorit'
| Jig, and swung his finger around
like a marker waving his flag at s
prize drill, and said a few things
with his mouth, bowling like thu
Pittsburgh puddlers on a strike
When he subsidized we carried him
out on Irvine string and the doc
tor wrapped his palm-leaf finge
around lead pencil and tackled OF
a piece of tin for a nail in real lab
da-dah style. Sullivan need fee
no further alarm. Our man say:
! he'll retire from the muscle bust
ness if he turns to shoe strin!
/ for If
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-20
A Very Sad Death.

Mrs. OPHELlA NJ. GOLDSMITH
died at her fathers residence in Pu-
laski last Saturday morning at
600 o'clock of indigestion, after
several weeks of painful sickness,
aged about "a years. 1t seems to
us to have been the cruelest stroke
that death has made in our midst
In many q day. Sometimes it
comes in mercy to relieve the aged
after a well-spent life, or to snatch
the infant from threatening future,
or to arrest the pangs of the dis
eased and distressed and desolate,
but the dispensation comes now in
such mysterious garb that it stag
gers our faith to accept its wisdom.
Young, fresh, beautiful, hopeful
she dies almost at the theshold OF
life. There never lived woman
more loved and deserving of love
by friends and acquaintance and
relatives. A disposition absolutely
untainted with blemish, always
cheerful, affectionate, confding, ten
der and loving, rendered her es-
pecially lovable. Those nearest to
her never heard of her being in an
i'll humor or speaking harshly or
disparagingly of any one, and her
life was filled in with good deeds
and kind words and an exhibition
of afeetiQnate tenderness towards
all with whom she had to do. How
untimely, .then, was her taking off,
and how unfathomable the provi-
dence that decreed it. Her father
and mother are utterly undone and
heart-broken, and her dear little
daughters, just old enough to know
their irreparable loss, met at the
very threshold of life with the most
terrible and grievous calamity that
could have befallen them-when
they most needed the love and
training of mother. Our heart
bleeds for these motherless little
ones, and for the older hearts that
never knew before how grief could
be made a torture almost unbeara
BILE. They have solace. The
features that were so loving and
beautiful in life were wreathed
with a smile in death. She knew
it was near and she was so well
prepared that she almost coveted it,
and when the last moments came
she babe her dear ones adieu and
turned to face the monster and
overcame him peacefully and passed
over the river with 8 radiant smile
that clung to her features after the
last spark of life was extinct. How
beautiful she lay there in the icy
embrace of death, the cold clay
smilingingly bidding adieu to the
spirit that was caught up by the
angels of light. Her whole life was
epitomized in this last, beautiful
smile. God pity and love the help
less little ones and bring them safe
ly to Thyself, and bind up the bro
ken hearts now brought closer to
Thee in grief.
The funeral was conducted by
Rev. DR.. Wright at the Methodist
church Sunday morning at 8 o'clock
and the remains followed by a large
concourse of sorrowing friends to
their last resting place in the Pulas-
XII cemetery.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-20
Fnrmer. from un about DIANA and

Farmers from up about Diana and
Gas in town Monday report much
of the wheat from that section GO
ing toward Lewisburg because they
can haul so bushels in that direc-
ton and only % to Pulaski. We
adopt this statement for a whole
sermon-text, discourse, doxology
and Observation-Disclosures further
comment. What tale it tellsl
''Why stand We here idle all the day
longY' We could multiply in
stances by the hundred, each one a
ghastly demonstration of actual
money lost and opportunities neg
lected, and each cent that is lost to
Giles county is a piteous wall for
PIKESl
And yet We would not.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-20

Mr.. w. G. McGrcw returned to
his home near Bunker Hill last
Friday. He went to Nashville
April 90 TO have his head trephined
for an injury received on the rail
road several years ago. The bone
was pressing upon the brain and he
was having spasms and would have
died soon. Qrs, Eve, Grant and
Richardson performed the opera
ton successfully, though he barely
survived it. He was nursed by the
Y. NJ. C. A, and he desires to re-
turn his thanks specially to Messrs.
Rolls & Sanders for their kindness,
to the physicians for their skill and
careful treatment, to Rev. w. ID.
Cherry for his christian aid, and ia
Gen. VIM. 2. Bate for mis- generous
kindness. hGen. Bate paid his
lboard bill himself-before he was 9
kcandidate for governor. 1t shows
Ewhat kind of man he is. Mr.. Nc
Grew is not fully recovered yet
his head not having healed, but The
spasms have ceased and he is fast
recovering his strength.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-07-20
Ice Cream Supper.

The Women's Missionary Society
will give supper for the benefit of
the missionary cause at Mr.. Jas.
Buford's house, the residence of the
late Mr.. Albert Buford, near Olivet
Church. Ice cream, fruits and 9th
er refreshments will be served. The
supper will begin at 5 o'clock
and continue until the people get
ready to go home.
The public are invited and we
hope they will give them their
liberal patronage. W. NJ. S.