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Dishwashing Her Life Away.

| The quiet fidelity with which a wom-
an will dishwash her life away for her
husband and children is a marvel of
endurance. Here is the servitude of
woman heaViest-no sooner is her work
done than it requires to. be. done again.
Men take jobs, work on them, finish
them, and they are. over for good and
all, The prospect of ending them and
drawing pay for the labor is alluring,
but NO such alldrements are held out
for the wife. She washes Monday after
Monday the same garments until there
is nothing more of them to wash; then
they are replaced By others OF, new ma
terlal just ike them, and the rubbing
and wringing goes on forever. SHE
mends the stockings With tireless fidel-l
lty, the same holes meeting her gaze
week after week, forif there i daThed
place in sock She invariably puts his
irrepressible toe through it. Every
morning the rooms arefput in orJlef.
only to be in the widest. disorder Ag.
the time night falls. There are no Jobs.
each one different, no terms. no pay
day The same socks the same wash
ing, the, same room every time. There
is LOO .ltLle BRIGHTNESS IN the lives of
women in the country They have too
little help in their. domestic occupations.
The nurse in a house where there
is a baby to care for ought to be set
down,as one of the, regular expenses,
as much as the potatoes for the family.
A fnother's health, both Of body and
mind mind, is worth more than additional
acres of land or finer live stock. The
heart shouldnet bealIowed TO grow old.
Life should not hRveelest its charm, the
heart its spirit and the body its elastic
ity at forty years. And yet how many
women are faded and wan, and shat
tered in mind and health. long before
they are forty, All the Joy of life is not
IN youth morning. If we so win il,
we can to the last stlmoment ofglifc be at
least negatively happy, 17EFebaisge,, ,f.,
u
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Manufactured Spices.


Wooden nutmegs are things of the
past, young man. said an east side
grocer to the reporter. ''They. have
been superseded. p"
''What has taken their places?''. .
t'Just step around the counter here
and I'll show you. Do you see that
box of spices? They look very nice,
don't they? just smell 'em. They
smell strong, don't they? Now taste
'em; they taste good, too, as spices do.
Well, young man, what do you think
of emp
"From all appearances, should say
that they were fair lot of spices
That is just where your judgment
falls short. They are not spices at all. -"
"What are they, then?''
''Just ground cocoanut shells. flavor
ed with spice extracts The difference
in color comes from burning the shells.
Why do [ keep 'em? Because people
want 'em. OF course they are a fraud
from beginning to end. But they are
cheap, and people want cheap spices,
just as they want everything else cheap.
Large quantities are manufactured,
and shipped all over the country. They
are sold as genuine spices, but any
grocer with particle of sense knows
from the prices that they cannot be the
real article. You see, they look, taste,
and smell fully as well as the Simon
Pure, but put 'em in food and you will
soon see the difference. They do not
flavor. A drop of Glove extract will
smell stronger than twenty pounds Of
cloves, but l think the twenty pounds
would flavor more hot runs, don't YOU?
"You have no idea of the ingenuity
that is used in getting up these and
other limitations. The best chemical
knowledge is employed. What do you
think of stamping out whole peppers
and cloves? It is done. though. Young
man, the general grocery trade is ex.
tending. With glucose for sugar,
.oleomargarine for butter, cheese in.
nocent of milk, and cocoanut shell
spices, it is becoming big business.
IN r Sun. -
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7PbNGENf PlRASsRkPHslI 9


1--WE met by chants" as the lovers
said in the choir! JfL zdo tai sli0naiH IL
b Strange that black. man should
be called colored man, when black Is
not color, but the absence II c6lor.5'tffa
Z -7tsNow IS theItime to bubsGrihesfhha
said the crossroads editer. .as he. led his
NFealthy bride to the marriage registef. 'iA
and showed pen into her frefnblingIq
hand. -Nesus. .s--
The man 9Yl1e thinks thatlhis boy
can hoe in the garden while circus
Procession is passing is always the map
who has front seat when Che perform
kanHe begins.--Detrott Free EbgsSo Iao4 III
Il ma. mar, may boast that .his, fore,.v
fathers came over in the Mayfower, vet
I if Ae1canlt keep his family q In icbrsadaq
every ,monthin the year his. gauntinQ .its II
all in yain.-N Y. .AdUertisesrr. '''~
LAT a reception the other eqaeghYH pdf
one of the ladies present, wore aoo
black velvet dress, ON which were sixty
solid gold buttons down Che froh t..ds
EsEyelybody knew they were solid Ibeeauseay
she said so.-N. 7. Hail.
/ "A noted physician says # IS danger 40
ous to kiss any one who is fastfnsEsd
Young man, never let your girl go by a.,
restaurant hungry, on the way home
from theater, if you have the means tpiu
satisfy her natural longing for, some
thing good to t.--Picdstti5e. i''0 e'a'3'ai
IA gentleman not long since, Id one nr
of his rides in Southern Hlinois,;sought,
to make himself interesting to good
looking motherof sweet baby oce1pv.ifi
ing the next seat in the, car After duly.
praising the baby he remarked to the
mother: '.He's real Sucker, Estfp-a1g
pose mo, sir, said the lady, blush. =
ing, 1--WE had to raise him on the bot. -
tie. 7 The gentleman resumed hisreatk
ing and has not Dragged on any strange. 4,
babies since Chicago Herald
Why he made the mistakes. He b.
came home late 1.-THE other night, and hiSol
wife woke up and found him with a
burning match trying 10 light the coIdpn1
water tap over the marble basin, in his 4
dressing-room. James," she said,
that is not the gas-Burnern ui'I IknoW5a
it now, my love, hereplied, unsteadilg; T.,
''fact is, I've been over-worked, and
that's the reasen made the mistaken =
Eyes, you look as If you had been htLsqs
ing a good deal. she quietly answered
as she returned to her pillow. Chicago
1ribRse-
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,aG2~*S ~ W
Established July I, 1859.
VOLUME XXI.
THE TWO SOWERS.
Death came to the earth. by his side was
Spring, u sS&t - NJ s@

Death came to the earth. by his side wa.
Spring, u sSss s#E .#
They came from Gods own bowers.
And the earth was full of their wandering.
{. Y For they both were sowing flowers.
II SOW" said Spring, by the stream and the
And the village children know
The gay glad time of my own sweet prime,
And where my blossoms grow.
'There is not spot in the quiet wood
But hath heard the sound of my feet,
And the violetS come from their Solitude
g When my tears hath made them sweet"
II SOW said Death, where the hamlet
stands
SOW in the churchyard drear;
dropih the grave with gentle hands,
= my flowers from year to year.
'eThe young and the old go into their rest,
To the sleep that waits them below;
But clasp the children unto my breast,
And kiss them before go."
81 SOW" said Spring, "but my flowers decay
When the year turns weak and old,
When the breath of the bleak winds wears
them away,
And they wither and droop in the mould
"But they come again when the young earth
The new blood leap in her veins,
When the fountain of wonderful life unseals,
And the earth is alive with the rains.''
II SOW, said Death; "but my flowers unseen
Pass away from the land of men,
Nor signs nor tears through the long sad years
Ever bring back their bloom again.
"But know they are wondrous bright and
fair %
In the fields of their high abode:
Your flowers are the flowers that child may
wear
But mine are the blossoms of God.''
Death came to the earth, by his side was
Spring;
The tws cHIne from Gods own bowers;
tlne sowed in night and the other in light,
Vet they both were sowing ffowers
Alexander anderson, in Good Words.
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Shirts and Breeghcs.

ifaFta t5zE 4sqe ss y ~ y "A
General Sherman recently had some
shirts made at a furnishing store iii
Washington, and the. cutter a few weeks
later met the General with a friend
walking down the avenue. The Gem
eral remembered the face, but could not
locate him, and the cutter greeted him
with
Good morning, Genetal. How are
you to-dayan 1. u i. os..-., 4.
The General stopped, shook hands,
and the cutter, perceiving that the Cen
eral mind needed refreshing, said
qaietly: ''
''.Made your shirtss7 tfd
20, beg pardon, : said the. General
quickly, and turning to the gentleman
with whom he was walking, he said.
''Ah, Colonel -, allow me to intro
duce you to my friend, Major Schurz!'
-Boston Journal
One of the earliest of our American
anecdotes is toldof the first Presidential
reception given by Washington. An
individual stepped up to him and
grasped the hand of the Father of his
Country. Sir said Washington.
''your face is familiar to me. II made
your ibreeches, was the reply. Turn
ing to his wife, with ineffabIe dignity.
the President said: MADAME, permit
me to make You acquainted with Major
Breeches. The Journals story IS
neither new nor original. = Boston frog-
eler. -~z.
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no trouble with him since. He is
obedient at home, studious here and
some day will make mark in the
world. "-Gor. PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-14

"A man recently died in San Fran.
cisco from over indulgence in mince pie.
Beware, OF the deadly pies'n cakes
~ = GraDBto
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Alleged dynamite was found in
Dublin bottle which was marked Cure
for gout. oneapplication of that kind
Of remedy will generally do tbs busi-
pess, Detroit Fres Press,
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Xii Perkins says that liar who lies
to make his fellow-man happy is bene-
factor; but the liar who lies to make the
world miserable could trade seats with
The devil and cheat him.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

All the Alexandria papers have
given very. incomplete account Of
the killing of Thomas Compton in
that town. From the various versions
related to us We take the circumstan-
ces to be about these DR.. Cocker
rifle, after exchanging several shots,
had been shot down, when his son
came mp. and. seeing from the situa-
ton that Mr.. Compton was the one
who had shot him. he presented his
pistol close to his head and fred,
killing Compton instantly. The gen.
orally accepted theory seems to be
that young Cockerille win hardly b.
dealt with by law to auy considerable
extent for his impetuous and some.
what rash but natural act.
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first fifty names were placed in an envelcp
and sealed aud endorsed ON the same, "Ju-
rors drawn for the first week of the March
term of the District Court" and the list
thirty names drawn were also placed in a
separate envelop by the jury commission
ers and marked, Jurors for the second
week of the March term of the District
Court" aud said envelopes were then placed
in the jury box, the jury box then sealed,
locked and placed. in the custody Of s. b.
Shackelfsrd, Clerk of the District Court
for use at the next term of the court. The
said S. b. Shaekelford, Clerk District
Court, did then and there In our presence
keep process verbal of all the acts d one
by said commissioners in said drawing.
which we hereby certify 10 be correct, by
our signature, this 4th DAY of January. A.
d 1883. H. MCKNIGHT,
Jury .Commiss'rs JAS. B. WILMUT.
s. B. SHACKELFORD, Clerk
and Ex-ofiicio Jury Commissioner.
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Thos. L. Leckie, Esq, of Big Creek

Thos. L. Leckie. ESQ.,, of Big Creek.
has taken the. CHRONICLE from his
postofice regularly since October s.
1879. Last Saturday he came into
this Office and made the ridiculous
claim that he owed nothing, because
he sent us word three years ago to
stop his paper. but said he was will
ling to pay part in compromise. We
informed him we had no recollection
OF his message, that it was small ex.
pense and little trouble TO have sent
Us q postal card. that We had made
the mistake Of supposing he would
pay ~ honest debt, that We could
force him to pay by law. but that we
would be pleased to make him q
present Of his receipt. He accepted
the prefer and pocketed bis receipt
without . blush 1t his meanness.
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Mothers |! Mothers / +! Mothers n!

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with the excruciating pain of cut
ting teeth If SO, go at once and get a
bottle of MRS. VERSIONS SooTHINe SYRUP.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
acknowledgement upon it; there is no
mistake about it. There is not mother
ON earth who has ever used it, who will
not tell you at once that it will regulate
the bowels, and give rest to the mother
and relieve the health of the child, opera
ting like magic. 1t is perfectly safe to use
in all cases, and pleasant to the taste, aud
is the prescription of one of the oldest and
best female physicians and nnrses in the
United States. Sold everywhere at 2s
cents bottle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

A COUGH, Cold OR SORE THROAT should
be stopped. Neglect frequently results in
AN IRcsrable Lung disease or Canssmption.
BRowN's BRoNcHrAL TkocHEs does not dis.
order the stomach like cough syrups and
balsams, but acts directly on the inflsmed
parts, allaying irritation, gives relief in
Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Catarrh. and
the Throat Troubles which Singers, and
Public Speakers are subject to. For thirty
years Browns Bronchial Troches have
been recommended by physicians, and have
always given perfect satisfaction. Having
been tested by wide and constant use fol
nearly an entire generation. they have 1T.
tanned well-merited rank among the few
staple remedies of the aQs. Sold q Is
cents box everywhere.
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IS CoFFrcIAL.
LIST OF JURORS
Drawn to Serve at the Term Of the District
Court to be Held on the 9th Day
Of March. A. D. 1889.
STATE OF LOUISIANA. I
PARISH OF GRANT.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF GRANT.
BE TT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED,
that we the undersigned Jury Commits
sioners of the parish of Grant, duly APP
pointed and qualified according to law,
met this day in the Clerks office. in the
court house, in said parish, to draw jury
to serve at the next term of District Court,
to be holden on Tuesday the 9th day Of
March. A. ID. 1888
The clerk of the court, 8. B. Shackelford,
then furnished the jury commissioners
with ii Of the jury who had served at
the last term Of the District Court, when
the Jury Commissioners with the assist
snce Of the Clerk Of the District Court and
Ex,oficio member of the jury commits
sioners. proceeded to open the general ve-
nire box, and after revising the same by
striking from the list and taking from the
box all those who had removed from the
parish, died, etc., then proceeded to re-
place like number of names in the gen.
eral venire box taken from the Registra-
ton books of said parish 90 rs to supple
ment the number of names taken from the
general venire box, to its original nu mber
three hundred, when Mr.. HI. Mcknight
drew from the general venire box in the
presence OF the undersigned commissioner
one ut time the following tifty names to
serve for the first week
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MIR B. F. Schroeder has purchased
a half interest in the Clarion, B. Me-
Farlin, Esq. being the seller.
The Baptist Messenger, published
at Arcadia, has been purchased by
Messrs. Head and Mason, both prac-
tical printers, the Rev. Lee retiring.
ThOs. Crawley, Esq, business man.
ager and editor of We The People,
has severed his connection with that
paper, and Mr.. II. s. Garfield takes
his place.
We wish these gentlemen success
in their journalistic venture.
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Mr. Maria @. Thompson W. A B. Thomp
son, her Hushsud-

In this case by reason of the Law and the
evidence being in favor Of the plaintiff,
Mrs. Maria c. Thompson, aud against the
defendent, A. B. Thompson, her husband,
it is ordered. sdjudeed and decreed that
the said plaintiff do hereby recover Of the
said defendent tho sum Of Nine Hundred
and Twenty Dollars. subject to credit of
Four Hundred aud Fifty Dollars. paid Nov.
2, 1882; and it is further ordered. adjudged
and decrced that the plaintiff legal mort
gage be recognized from the 10th day Of
December, A. d. 1882.
1t 10 further ordered, adjudged and de-
creed that the community Of acquets and
gains now aud heretofore existing between
them ~ man and wife be and the same il
hereby dissolved. and that the said plaintiff
Mrs. Maria O. Thompson, IL hereby per-
mitted and authorized 10 take charge of
and administer her own separate property
and affairs without the interference Of her
said husband. with legal interest from the
I'd day Of November, A. D. l5S2, and costs
of this suit.
This done, read and signed in open court
on the 25th day Of Nov. A. 2, 1882.
ARISTIDES BARBIN,
| Judge of the 18th judicial District Court,
Parish of Grant
District Court, Parish of Grant, La. 6led
November 18th, 1881.
s. b. SHACKELFORn, CleTk.
CLERKS OFFICE, PARISH OF I
GRANT, LOUISIANA
! hereby certify the shove and foregoing
to be true and correct copy Of the judg.
ment on file and Of record IN the Clerkl
0face in suit No. 228 entitled Mrs. Naris
C. Thompson W. A. b. Thompson, hsz
husband, District Court Parish Of Grant,
State of Isouisasla.
Given under my ofhcial hand and seal oil
said Court 1t Colfax, Parish Of Grant La.
ON this 18th day Of November, 1b83.
3. d. SHACKELFORD,
Clerk Of the l2th Judicisl District Court
PsEish Of Grant, Louisiana. ~
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Succession Of Giles Smith W. Vim. 8. Cal.
houn aud NJ II. Ada Calhoun.

By virtue of and to satisfy writ Of feri
facias, issued and 10 me directed in the
above entitled and numbered shit, /
have seized and will offer for sale, At pub-
lie auction. to the highest bidder, in front
Of the court house door, 10 the town Of
Collar, La, within tho hoars prsacribed
by law, on
SATURDAY, January 90, a. d. 1882,
the following described property, seized ~
the property Of the Dcfcndent, to-wit
Lot No. /, in the town Of Colfax, with
out the improvements. bounded north by
s'Ar street, east by I'd street. south by "B"
street and west by LIST or Front strest.
said lot being 148 feet inches square ;
aud Lot No. 6, in tho town Of Colfhx, to-
gether with all the improvements thereon,
and all arpurtenances thereto belonging,
bounded north by ''Fr street, EAST By "a
street, south by ''i' street and west by lst
or Front street, being l48 feet inches
square aud being in Bnngharst's survey.
Terms Cash with benefit Of appraise-
mont. [dl6] Oh. TEAL, Sheriff.
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Engliih Female Bitters is intended fol-
young girls as<well ~ married ladies', who
have by some exposure become irregular,
pale aud feeble, with headache, leucor-
rhea, pain IN the side and back, falling Of
the womb, or female weakness, or excesses.
Its use Strengthens and tones the stomach.
iuvigorates the nerves imparts iron to the
blood, corrects irregular uterine action and
and removes unnatural distractions
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Whereas, Keziah Duncan has fled her
petition praying to be confirmed as natural
tutrix of the minor heirs of above dece-
dant, and Is such to take aud administer
the estate of above succession, notice is
hereby given that said prayer will be grant.
ed unless opposition be filed hereto within
ten days from the date hereof Jan. 18th,
1888. s. b. SHACKELFORD,
Clerk 18th Dist Court, Parish of Grant.
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The wife of Col. w. H. Jack, OF
Natchitoches, died in that town on
the 10Th day Of December 1882. aged
AZ years. Mrs. Jack was model
wife and christian woman. She was
the mother Of twelve children. We
extend our sympathy. to Col. Jack in
his bereavement.
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sCONSTABLE'S SALE.
Second Justice Court, Parish Of Grant.
State of Louisiana.-No 40.
E. J. Barrett VS.. Scipio Brown.

BY virtue of writ of a. ia. issued out
of the second Justice court in and for the
parish and State aforesaid, and to me d.
rected have seized and will offer for sale,
at the door of the Second Justice Of the
Peace in ward two, parish of Grant, be-
tween the hours prescribed by law for
judicial sales, on
SATURDAY, January 20, A. d 1883,
the following described property, seized a.
the property of the Defendants. to wit:
Is barrels of Corn more or less.
Is barrels of Cotton Seed more OF less.
$50 bundles of Fodder more or less.
Terms Of Sale-Cash with benefit of ap-
praisement. l.. H. HADNOT,
jest Constable Second Ward.
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Numbers of our subscribers have
paid up lately. but the figures on the
margin Of their papers have not been
changed. They will be corrected in
q few days
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

The Catahoula News man has had
twins. Let our home editors xpd our
friend Of the CHRoNIoLE look to their
laurels.-We The People.
That is hard on the Catahoula man.
We always thought the women folks
attended to that part of the "Home
Industry"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

On account of the bad weather last
Saturday the meeting to organize q
board of school trustees has been
postponed until Jan. goth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

The ordinary term" OF district
court for Grant parish meets Tues
day, Jan. 23d. Our readers are eau
toned not to confound it with the
Jury term" which is advertised for
the 6rst Tuesday in March.
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Congressman Blanchard has our
thanks for liberal supply of garden
seeds in. great variety from the Agri-
cultural Department.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

Monday evening at dusk enough
snow fell to make the ground perfect
ly white. 1t remained on the ground
about half hour.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

For tremulousness, wakefnlness,
dizziness. and lack Of energy. most
valuable remedy is Browns lron Bit
tiers,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13
Cotton quotatiounlnt close Of mar.
ket Wednesday, ~ 10Th:

Ladies aud all sufferers from nen-
ralgia, bysteria, aud kindred COM
plants, will fnd without rival
Browns Iron Bitters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

Are you disturbed with an overloaded
stomach Are you troubled with headache,
dizziness or constipation Does your
head swim? One dose of Bailey's Saline
Aperient will give you relief.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13
LOCAL DOT s.

We have no "sberiff" in Grant
parish. He rs addressed rs Captain
Charles H."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-13

Foamisg and sparkling Bailey's Saline
Aperient is the cheapest and most dilight-
full purgative in use. For dyspepsia and
habituaf constipation, it delights every
BODY