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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-08-20
Ven1nonf's Great Chemist.

7 find analysis that the Royal Baking Powder advertised
should be administered we'll THIS with the fact that
bread baked with indicates that the
less medicated bread for public health
Dr. Prices Baking not contain Ammonia but
scientific combination of W wholesome materials
CHARLES S. BOYNTON. NJ D..
Analytical and Consulting Chemist.
Brandon, Vermont June O. 1884
The Royal Baking Powder Co evade this Ammo
by their tricks crying Lime Dr. Prices Cream Baking
Powder does contain The public the Royal Co.
to defend the use Of the disgusting drug Ammonia
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-08-20
Bulwer Lytton's Bridge.
Where it Touches the Shore and the Great
Cnlnmns in Midatraam-

what a beautiful bridge between old age and
childhood is religion. How intuitively the child
begins with prayer and worship on entering life,
and how intnitvely, on quitting life, the old man
turns back to prayer and worship, putting himself
again side by eide with the infant remarks Sir
E. Bull wer Lytton, in his '.StraDge Story"
Yes, but between Its distant abutments the
bridge of life has many high and awful arches,
through which the wild waters dash and roar In
wrath aud desolation. Prayer and worship alone
do not sustain these. Natures solid rocks must
lie mistaken beneath, and human art aud skill
must rear and solidify the structure overhead.
Gods will best exemplifed in the laws he has
made for the creatures whom he has placed under
their control. Neither the child's trustful .sOur
Father = nor the old man Forget not in the
midst of mine infrmities,' will alter this by the
weight Of single grain.
Science and art irst-then faith and prayer--is
the order of Heaven itself. Divinity heals through
its agents, and those agents the discoveries Of
man, not the vague announcements Of prophets or
seers. Is life q burden to you? Does time drag?
Is your power to cope with life problem and
duties Weakened You are not we'll. Your blood
Is sluggish and tainted, perhaps; or some import
ant organ is torpid or overw0rked, this fact may
have taken the form of dyspepsia, rheumatism,
govt, malaria, pains in the stomach, chronic head.
ache, or any Of . dozen other ills. PARKER'S
TONIC will invigorate you, as fresh air inyigo-
rates those who have been shnt up in damp, fetid
cells It Is powerful, pure, del icjona scientific
the key4tOne Of the central arch ofthe bridge OF
Nam u
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-08-20

Xxi AIN r edition Of his life Published
Augusta, his home. Largest,
handsomest, cheapest, BEST.
by the renowned historian and biOgrapher, Col:
conwell, whose life OF Garfield, published by us,
outsold the twenty others by 10000. Outsells ev-
cry book ever published in this world; many agents
are selling fifty daily. Agents are making for
tunes All new beginners successful; grand
Ghanee for them. "a. so made by a lady agent the
nrst day. Terms most liberal. Particulars Free
Better send rs cents for postage ETC., free out
Mt now reads, including large prospectus book,
and save valuable time.
ALLEN Co., Augusta, Maine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-23
Didn't Mention Steers.

I A toll-gate was recently established
on road leading to Little Rock, and
an old negro who came along with an
OK team was much astonished when in
formed that he must pay.
"Well, Of dis doan cap de climax"
said he. "Ain' satisfied wild chargin'
folks fur ridin' on de train an steam
boat, but wanstcr charge him fur ridin'
in his own wagin."
"That is the law of the corporation,
old man."
..Whut's de cooperation got ter do
wild my wagin?"
s'Got nothing TODD with your wagon,
but they have right to make you pay
for riding over their road
ssAin' dis er free country"
Eyes, but this is not free road"
"But de roads in de country. Whut
does yer law say yer may charge"
s'For one horse five cents, for horse
and buggy ten cents, aud fortwo horses
and wagon twenty cents"
ssWall, desc heah amt bosses, ease
dat's steers. De law don't say nuthin'
bout dem. Whoa-har. come ERE. and
to the great astonishment OF the gate
keeper, tho old fellow drove away
tArkassaw graressr,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-23

When Abe Lincoln, President of the
United States, issued a proclamation
cmancipating the slaves, it seems to
have given the Republican party bill
of sale TO the negro vote Until very
recent Period the Republicans have had
a fee simple title to them. and but few
of the negro voters seem to have dared
assert their political independence.
However unreasonable it may appear to
suspect that the negroes will go on vot-
ing blindly as directed by the Repub-
lican party for all time to come through
mere sentimental fact that gratitude
requires they should make themselves
political vassals. it seems to be the pre-.
vailing idea among Republicans.
The spirit of unrest among the ne
groes on political questions shows how
affairs are drifting. They have grown
tired of being mere voting cattle, and
the only thing to satisfy them seems to
be some acknowledgements that they are
part of the Republican party. Every
Republican leader knows that it would
not do to give the negroes a fair share
of the Offices. and it will never be
done. They attempted. however, to
allay the disquiet by clecting a few
negroes from the South as delegates to
the Chicago Convention, but this has
added fuel to the flames. The negro
is not satisfied with such empty honors.
He has so often been told that he il
just as good as white man. that he
begins to want to see the Republicans
act upon that political principle. Alas,
he will never see it!
That there is room for complaint on
the treatment they have received from
the Republican party, is very true. but
they have no one to blame but them
selves. They fare much better in the
South than they do in the North. The
census of 1880 shows that in the ten
Northern States named, there are male
negroes over the age of twenty-one, x
follows:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-23
The Reason Why.

A Washington writer has discovered
change in the political aspect favor
able to the Democratic party. While
there has been no recent doubt that the
issue of the coming canvass will be
favorable to the Democrats, the change
which is noticeable to all may be at
tributed to the recent business disturb
ances. The Republicans are invoking
the aid of business men, representing to
them that the interests of business are
dependent on their success in the cleo
tions, yet such transactions as have re-
Gently convulsed the business centers
are directly traceable to the business
methods developed under Republican
administration.
Recommendation and advice in
regard to the elections from class
which has manifested such an inclina-
ton to run into excuses of speculation
and stock gambling, however zealously
they may endeavor to boom the Re-
publican cause, will have rather the eff
feet to repel than to enlist popular favor
in behalf of the Republican ticket of
whatever material it may be composed.
The people have learned that unsound
business principles are Aurtured by a
corrupt political policy.
1t is recognized that the business
methods which led to the recent dis
graceful failures have come into vogue
since Republican administrations have
directed the policy of the Government.
They have become to be regarded by
the people as the offspring of the loose
and dishonest political habits of the
dominant party. The knowledge of
this fact will powerfully aid the Demo-
cratic cause in the present contest The
people see so little TO induce them to
aid in promoting the interest of class
which has made its millions by monop-
oily and speculations that have been en-
Outraged by the Republican party; that
when the typical business men Of the
period. the spectators, monopolists and
stock jobbers rally to the support of the
party under which they have fiourished
and fattened, the popular impulse is to
take the other side. This is q reason
why Democratic prospects are improv-
ing every day, in addition to deter
mination on the part of the people that
the war taxes and the tariff for surplus
and plumber must go. = Harrisburg
Pal Patriot
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Tho British Church Missionary So-
ciety's income was at the birth OF the
Queen $150,000, at her accession
S445, 900, and is now 81, 100000.
The brute idea of education is to
break the child's viii instead OF edu-
eating it. When he is put in possession
of his will, half the problem OF edu'
cation is Standardization.
The recent Methodist Conference
in Philadelphia has enacted that minis
tiers of all colored churches in Della
ware and Iowa aud other Northern
States shall be permitted to join the
conference in which they are gcograph-
ically situated.
The English Wesleyan Missionary
Society, whose anniversary has recently
been held, reported an income OF
$3.50. 900, S91. circuits, 165 chapels, lou
missionaries and assistants, 7l,9S4
church members, and 1855 Sunday
School pupils.
The twenty-ninth annual session OF
the Southern Baptist Convention met
in Baltimore recently. Reports showed
that la missionaries labored at 33S
churches and stations. The Sunday
Schools number AS teachers and 4, 100
pupils. The money expended was about
$4,000. The increase in laborers was
fifty per cent.
The total annual school income per
year as reported for all States and Ter
ritories, is SSS, Jap, 08S; the total expen-
diture, $85, iii, 442. Total estimated
real value of sites, buildings. and all
other school property for thirty-ono
States and eight Territories is $780,
143, 452. = Educational Journal.
This is the report made by pastor
of the membership of his church:
Two-thirds of the members of my
church are honorary members. They
don't come to prayer meetings.; they
don't attend Sabbath School; they don't
add to the life of the church; they are
passengers on the Gospel ship; they
bear no burdens; add no strength;
their names are on our books; they are
honorary members.-Baptis, Weekly.
The reflex influence of foreign mis-
sion work was aptly illustrated by q
returned missionary at the late ami
yersary of the Wesleyan Society in
London. cat Colombo he met one
of their native ministers named Ma
thanaels, who was in the habit of COM
ing down to the harbor on Sundays
and preaching to the sailors. One day
he heard one Of them say to q mate:
ssWell, say, Jack, this beats nue. alto
gether. thought people in England
sent out men to preach to the blacks,
but here's black preaching to u.s."
There is a temperance revival at the
Zulu mission, South Africa, which is
being followed by an increased rclig-
ious interest At series of meetings
held for week at Maritzburg, nearly
900 pledges to total abstinence were
secured. These were English people,
most of whom would not be called in
temperate drinkers. A missionary 1T
that station adds: ssBut for 900 Eng
lish people to Sign a total abstinence
pledge in town of 10, 900 or $4,000 N
habitants, is significant and very en-
couraging. "-Detroit Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Most married women think bach
elors ought to be taxed. Most bachelors
who go into society at all are taxed
pretty heavily.-N T. Graphic.
"A female thief disguised as man
was detected yesterday. A policeman
noticed that she passed saloon with
out looking in, and then stood for half
an hour in front of an ice cream sign.
Philadelphia Call.
-ssIch bin krank," said Jones who
uses little German very badly, to his
better half, who doesn't understand the
language at all. ITO be sure" she re-
turned, "you've been one ever since I
knew you" M
"A base ball umpire was mobbed in
Philadelphia a few days ago. 1t will
soon be so that every time a game of
base ball is played the Governor will
have to call out the troops to protect
the umpire. Our leading industries
must be encouraged and protected
Chicago Times.
Little Brother (whose sister is
playing cards with a gentleman) -"Mr.
Smiler, does Mamie play cards well?'
Mr.. Smiler-''Yes; very well, indeed"
L. B.-'sThen you had better look out,
tor mamma saidif she played her cards
well she would catch you. "-RbiIadei-
phia Call
"A recent scientific theory is to the
effect that it is possible under certain
conditions to hear color. We are very
glad to know this, because when we arc
walking around at night when it is
dark, and we have new clothes on, it
will be gratifying to hear the green
paint that has just been put on our en-
slayer's front stoop.--Puck.
AN Indian on being asked what he
was doing now, answered: swell, I
hunt some, fish some, and preach
some" where do you preachP" up
on the creek bottom Glow much do
they give youP'' "'Bout fifty dollars
year." That's mighty poor pay,
isn't ltP'' '.Well. but it's mighty poor
preach"
81 never tip waiter,r said Bass;
prefer to keep him in expectancy as
long as possible. He is all the moro
attentive, because he does not know
how generous am" ssBut won't he
get discouraged after whilep'' asked
Brown. POSSIBLY" replied Bass, ''but
that's all he will ever get. SO, you see,
I'm no loser. "-Boston Transcript.
Dear Hubby: Please send by
money-ord fifty dollars. / want to
get dress. Genevieve. p. ST. had
almost forgot to send my love. Your
little wiley. g. Dear Geneyieve: /
send you my undying, best love. Your
husband. Charles. p. ST. had
almost forgot to say that can't send
the fifty dollars. With kiss. Charles.
Chicago Tri6une.
About six o'clock Wednesday even.
ing two dogs were leisurely trotting
over the Wilmington Il Northern Rail-
road bridge when shifting engine
came laundering across. The larger
dog succeeded in getting Off the bridge.
but the smaller one ran along on the
plank ahead Of the engine until ID
reached the draw where the plank ends,
where, after jumping over one or two
of the ties and finding the engine was
close On ii, lay down flat and let the
engine pass over. The dog then got up
and parsusd it. way TO the other side
.~es(sgkQp Rspssb Aens
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-23
an EMPTY NEST.

While looking through the window at a tree
in blossoms drcst,
l saw among the branches an old and empty
nest
I remembered when saw it, how in by-gone
spring
Four tiny blackbirds lived in it beneath their
mothers wing.
Once more the blossoms. pink and white,
adorn the little prong
That holds the nest: but where is that fond
mother and her song?
Where are tho tiny birdlings that ventured
DER the rim
OF that serene and coy nest, to hop along the
limb?
Where--
Where
Where
o, where
know there is an idol hero that might ton
dollars bring,
But rs can not quite sec my way clearly
myself any other congenital idiot who
wants to undertake the job may ap-
propriate the
Whole Internal thing.
N Y Sim
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-23

A curled mustache is the latest freak
Of fashion. New York BARRIERS produce
. beautiful curl for twenty-five cents, =
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-23

White stockings ore coming IN
ashton again for childton.-N y Ash
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-23
Foreign Encfs and Gossln.

Truth, OF London, hears that the Queen
has issued a command that when the Pri' &c
and Princess Of Wales dine out in London
the number OF guests invited TO meet them
is not TO exceed fourteen.
1t is estimated that the English nation
spends about Sl3,100 a year on phO,Ogrd-
ply. Of which sum $4,000 goes for photo.
graphing the inmates OF iails in all parts Of
the three Kingdoms, $500 Is used up in
the Photographic department at WOOlwch
Arsenal and q balance OF about $1,000 is
spent on photographs OF art objects.
The reports of suicides in the Austrian
army still show an increase. The total for
the period 1SG9-lS7S is 1886, or an average
OF 253 per annum. The average in 1877
was 307: in 1873, 3l4. The lowest point
was touched in 1873, being 1871. Mutla-
ton and attempts at suicide are generally
found among subOrdinaies: but in 1873
there were % higher officers and 90 officers
Of lower rank in this class. As far as the
motives can be ascertained, fear OF punish-
ment, monetary troubles. dissatisfaction
with the soldiers life, and mortified ambi-
ton appear TO be the most common. Death
was generally inflicted by revolver.
The value Of the personal estate left by
the late Sir Michael Costa was estimated at
the proving OF the will to be $4,000. 1t
is said that the testator bequeaths the sill
yer testimonial presented to himat Birming-
ham on the occasion OF the production
Of his oratorio OF eli" the silver testi-
monial presented him at the Handel fest
val Of 1859, the two gold snuf-bOXes pre-
eented by tie Prince of Wales and the
Duke Of Wellington, the three conductor
latons presented to him by the opera cho-
rus. the Glasgow Choral Society, and the
Emperor Nicholas Of Russia, and a bronze
bust OF himself, to the trustees OF the
British Museum, to be placed together in a
case in some conspicuous part Of the build
ing. The original manuscript scores OF hi'
musical compositions are to be placed in
the library OF the museum.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-23

The fact OF the death OF Frank Calvert
at the Walnut-Street House, Cincinnati,
was made public Monday night. Deceased
was the divorced husband OF the present
wife Of Ex-Governor Sprague, Of Rhode
Island. Heart-disease was the cause OF
death.
A San Antonio, Texas, telegram saws :
The authorities Of Bandero, Blanco. and
Boerne, aided by United States marshal,
are securing the country for a band Of road
agents who on Saturday stopped a stage
and Boerne hack, robbing the passengers
OF $3.50 in money, gold watches and chains,
and other iewelry. The stage was then al
lowed to proceed, and after having tray-
eIed short distance was stopped again by
the thieves and the mails taken.
John Weldon, the convict In the New
Jersey State prison who has been trying to
starve himself TO death, took food voluntarily
Monday morning, for the first time In five
weeks. All the nourishment he has had
during this time was milk administered by a
stomach-pump ON four dlfieren. OCCASIONS
Food has been placed In his cell daily for
five weeks, but always refused. Monday
morning little bread and milk was taken
by Weldon OF his own accord. He says he
win stop starving. His fast does not seem
10 have injured him, as be weighs l46
pounds to-day. His mind Is very weak.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-23
Miss TIshburn's Disappearance.

A Wllkesbarre PA special says: On the
30th OF June Miss Lizzie FiShburn, leach
er at the Mount Pleasant schools, in Halle
ton township. went TO IIazlcton and pur-
chased railroad ticket to WilkeSbarre.
She arrived in this city the same day for
the purpose Of attending the examination
for permanent certificates, which was held
on The 10Th OF June. on that day she
appeared before the committee and plss-
ed very satisfactory examination. Since
then nothing has been seen or heard
OF her. When she left llaZletOn she
told her brother that she would
visit at Wilkesbarre for several days, and
then go to PhilipSburg. Centre county.
where she would spend the rest OF her va
cation. She also told he parents the same
thing. Miss Fishburn's parents waited
anxiously for her arrival, but week after
week passed and she did not come. About
a week ago they wrote to her brother Rob
ert, who lives at Mount Pleasant. asking
why she did not come home. ROber: had
thought ever since she lett llaZlgton that
she was at home. He az once wrote back
TO his parents saying that he had not seen
or heard Of his sister since the 3Oth OF June.
when she left llaZlcton TO come to Wilkes
barre.
Search was made for the missing girl at
once. Wilkcsbarre was thoroughly over
hauled by her brother. accompanied by
Chiei-of-Police Myers and detectives and
others. Dispatches have been sent to all
places where she would be likely to visit,
and descriptions OF her sent to police au'
thorities in all the towns throughout this
section OF the state, but Miss Fishburn' =
Whereabouts is still a mystery. The gin, 3
parents are nearly frantic with grief, and
are using every opportunity that presents
itself in endeayoring to find what has be-
cone OF her. II l. feared that she Is We
tim Of foul play.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-23

A well-dcsCryed honor has been conferred
on NJ. Cailletet. one OF the two physicists
who lquefied the last Of the gases. He has
leen nominated a "Mcmbre libre" by the
Academy Of Sciences, Paris, IN place OF
the late NJ. du Moncel.
To preserve wood from decay and render
il fairly fire-prooi, a solution OF lime. salt,
and wood ashes may be applied. Enough
Of lamp-black ycliow-ochre may be added
TO iu.part color il desired. For light fences
or small wooden structures it ought to do
very well.
New iron-wOrks will soon be opened at
Kobe. Japan. by native capitalist, who
has engaged several hundred men trained
at the Alabama Iron-W orks and elsewhere
in Toxic. II is also stated that rs the ron
Welded by the ore OF the Shimonida mine
has proved itself to be OF a very fine quality
IT will be employed hereafter for the armOr
Of japanese war-vesSels. according to in
structions issued by the Naval Department.
A German statistician says there are
1885 papcr-mills in the world, and that OF
the 1,004.000,000 pounds OF paper turned
out annually half is used for printing, Co.,
100000 pounds being required for newspa-
pers alone, the consumption OF which has
risen by 200.000,000 pounds i'm the last de-
cade. He alleges that on an average an
Engishman uses annually liz pounds Of
paper, an American 104, German s, Il
Frenchman =, an italian or an Austrian
q. Spaniard u, Russian Z, and Mex
lean 2.
An official report by Colonel Maiendc,
Colonel Ford, and Captain Cund'll, British
inspectors OF explosives, states that within
the past year the dynamite trade in Great
Britain had grown considerably, four new
factories for explosives having been
erected; that the number Of licensed stO-
rage magazines had increased from 800
to 800; and that the total number Of reg
istered premises for explosives in the
United Kingdom was 1886. During the
year 1854 there were 179 explosions, caus-
ing the death OF 80 and the injury OF 1903
persons.
Professor o. c. Marsh finds that the
skulls OF the pterodactyis OF the Middle
Chalk. West Kansas, differ from those OF
other known pterosaurla In the absence Of
teeth and of anterior nasal apertures dis
tinct from the antorbltal openings; In the
presence Of the elongated occipital crest,
and. lastly, on the whole jaws, which APP
pear TO have been covered with horny
sheath, as IN recent birds. All these creta-
ceous reptiles belong to the genus Pterano.
don. Some OF the species were Of enor-
nous size, with spread OF wings OF about
twenty-five feet.