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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-08


E9LAxGER TN tue Southern States
the name Of Baron Erlauger has
familiar sound. aSys the Atlanta Con-
stitution. The Baron's Immense rnil.
wy system ramifes the ntire S"nib.
md it ia well known thai biz wealth
reaches fsbaloas figure. Erlanger.
although hs has lived in Paris all his
life, il half n Sonsherner. He mar
RED Mrs Shsld~ll. the daughter Il
H N. John Sliddell. of Louisiana
The grea: capitalist 10 = yonthin'
lookirg man. and unlike some money
kiut Q. he in for d IL roc ETY.. literature
ard art. He gives the bsss dinner.
IN Paris. His table aupplies average
$50 day, spd without keeping .
yacht or indnlging 10 any extrava
/ cances he spends $4,000 y year
(, His iouse ia q marvel of artistis
ieauty. H,s drawing room ir 1--we
y b, .wer If 6owsrs. pl.afs and shrnh
cry. and his gallery Of painting
.ost milli"ns If france. Intellect
,slly the Baron il 4 gisrt. He rnn'
DOZEN bshls. ovrrI.n r. his invest
nrnis in hat dozen rountriss. arf
vet has time ior The opera. fnv ~ ri >
Employment and private charity Al
{ g. tber this Psrisian Midas is !
WONDER Ex
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-08
Mi.sIis.a Female College.
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-08

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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-01-02
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Ell. N a wide runEH oi dtrase mat mos a"
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merits Toy nc'Hl trai mas hrpelle" NJ.
dpuht, 70 i to-day tue dl'roverers OF 'h'l
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.ul blessed by all ~ beneiactots. mes"
mft.Os are compO inltd from hop', on,hn,
m,f. mar drike aud dandelinn and o,h't
oHl''t bet and most valuable medicines
in iau world, Nnd contain all 'he best NnI
most curative properties OF all other med
icIurs, being the greatest blood purifier
kidney and liver regulator, and lie AMI
A,nilu restoring agent on earth. No ai'
,a.,. or M Hcn th can possibly lorg exit
where these hittrri are u'ed, so varied
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81 ry give new lie and 1ig"r To the
god ,nI lutirm 10 al Uhnse employ
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urinary O,gars, OF VINO require Nh apt"-
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.up.
y matter what your le, ngI or symp-
tou- uir. Nhtt ihe disease or Alu en- -
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-01-02

d ustou doesn't sreu to- be greatN
alarmed at Galveston prospects 10.
I.rl Nu.r..
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-01-02
LUMBER DEALERS


p.,l.r i'm luub,r SHINGLES doors.
,,.t an, l,l,nL, 'arI l.i,jcr,' L,ud.
,sr. wi,dnn ge.a roixed r,iut.
Inn, and 'nr.npl AIR. Couptnn
rhr uInrrrr mu,bcr dealer in Me
Gregur, huviug established his Nnrl
in August 49,. His stock OF ) r. o0o
and upwards - pr"hhn'} wee I'l HeH'
IN the town aud coInpr!7rs every mus
IN ih lumber nue. no'h dressed ana
rough, he adjunct I" hl7 hN''h's'
OF builders hardware, "ihlo" sIR,''
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yI,hr .inrs, and attend. to thu w,ut.-
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mt avoid. he possibility orcrror.
AN-LEK
lunh"r dealer, krrp' ~ well r,7pl r.
"a stock ~ 'nh'"r' """'-' '''',
hnnls, ready my pam = ""' wa"
window ass H' Nh'" WV -, a"'
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stock "' J''ooo "Il Oh ."'''''
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dealer. In Lumbar. shiug',-. dlur..
sash, b,iud., palut,. oils, E-ass .uI
general haildrr,' h,rdwaru. Carr, q
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-01-02

N.Au sfgprNut, lstAitsr't stSiuaeA lat
-. It. rns- 1-4 ths most positive et yf s+Iueu
fr.u4 ,u'urut pnysiglaya, aHd has lltE Ecu
...I 10 foremost rtHk spOny atAYdaFl p''pflr-
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-01-02
without Medicine.

w ithOut hedlcluc
N-..n.i.. Discovery tor supplying Na-u-t.
..l ft.n' Human system. ~ ctrr.N
a Mngurt'-ua I al Eei r., Us'vr
.,i.r- o Healing the sick.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24
THE WHITE GROSS ARMY.
A New Religious Organization Headed by
General Miss Ellice Hopkins.
A. Oakley Hall, in Brooklyn Eagle.

a Oakley H&ll, IN Brooklyn Eagle.
Have you heard of the White Cross Army, OF
which Miss Elliee Thompson is the general, and
which is being recruited and abetted largely by
elergymen and laymen of all creeds! This is
the obligation administered in the public meet
ings to auditors who hold up their hands: Il
obligate myself TO treat all women with respect
to endeavor to protect them from wrong and
degradation; to put down all indecent language
and coarse jests; to maintain that the law OF
social purity is equally binding upon men and
women; to endeavCr to spread these principles
among my companions, and to protect my
younger companions especially IN promoting
them; and, finally, to use every possible
means to follow the command Keep thy
self pure" The Rev. Canon Wilkinson,
at a recent large meeting of the White
Cross Army the badge is a white eross), read
this pledge, and large numbers arose and took it
with the uplifted hand. Miss Hopkins, who is
comely maiden lady, don't you like that old ad-
jective!) then made most effective address on
the social, moral and religious aspects of the
work Of the army. She was eloquent and forci-
bic, and her appeals were made with the greatest
possible delcacy of language. Her principal
topic was the degradation of womanhOod in the
large towns She had ascertained that in London
alone We're 50, eco women, girls and children
alas, the children-engaged in the vile tratlc OF
themselves These were chiefly the daughters
of workmgmen. While respectable people
squeamishly turned away from the evil, what
was at first a degradation of ADULT women
was fast becoming an equal degradation
of children Only the last week she
had dealt with a seven-year-od girl who
was in public lock hospital "A sweet bios
som" said Miss Hopkins, who would have been
sacred IN such world of devils as Swedenborg
found" She claimed that England was in
danger Of becoming the disgraceful land of child
harlotry. There is no doubt Miss Hopkins is
right. No one can walk about London with his
eyes wide open without observing this. believe
the very worst features of child soul murder,
which were depicted thirty years ago in G. w.
M. Reynolds's (suppressedl work on mysteries
of the Court of St James," ditto of London, eX
list in a very magnihed form now. The social
impurity ofthe great English cities and indeed
of small towns, is something utterly incompre-
hensible to Americans-even those who have
mad occasion officially or Enthusiastically, to deal
teenth wards in New York city. Miss Hopkins
must succeed surely in marching her White
Cross Army into Parliament, where, alas, the
vices of titled law makers infest the statutes,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24
A aCoMPLEXIoNIST."
A Peculiar Trade and Popular Art-The
Skin Carefully Treated.

New York Mail and Express.
StroIling up town recently a reporter had his
attention attracted by the sign, 'Complexionist"
which was hanging over the door of an inoffens-
ivelooking dwelling house Wondering what
under the sun a complexionist might be, he wan
dered in to satisfy his curiosity. A French lady
of medium height and with charming converse
tional powers received him in a small room fitted
up in a style that might indicate at first sight
either drug store or a hair dresser's saloon.
"a compexionist, said the lady in answer to
the reporters Interrogation. us one who makes
a study of the human skin and takes charge of
the customers complexion
"But surely there are not many who
"Ohl yes: there are hundreds of the fair sex
who come here during the gay season to be made
up or to have the skin treated with delicate
washes to prevent the bad effects of gas heat
and late hours. But young ladies are not the
only ones treated; men-young and old-are
often found within these walls"
What is your usual mode of treatment"
'That depends on the complexion If it is
merely to be preserved, we advise little careful
dieting and bathing in elder-fower water. Not
% particle of fat must be taken, as it Injuries the
polish Of the skin. Here lisa prescription that will
clear the complexion in very short time: a
tablespoonful of sulphur taken every other
morning for week, then omitted for three
mornings and taken again. A mixture of pow
dered birthstone or diluted glycerine should be
rubbed on the face at night and washed off in the
morning with soap and water in which there Is
a little ammonia. Washing the face in spirits
of camphor, glycerine and ammonia is also very
good, and various other methods are resorted to
for this end"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24
Mr.. Hayes as a Poultice.

Henry Ward Reecher, at Arthur Meeting.
Do you not recollect what was SAID about Lin
coin before his election, after his election, and
during his first administration? Have you for
setten the cenvocation of Governors called to
say whether it was wise to nominate him for a
second election2 Was there ever q man cud-
geled more than that very man that now every
one goes down on his knees to reverence2 Jap
pause Let us have compassion upon the mem
DRY of johnson llaughterl, and that illustrious
man whose misforJunes excite the sympathy of
every honest breast-Grant; he did not escape
unscathed; and when Hayes took the presidential
chair laughter stop, gentlemen; stop while
and when Mr.. Hayes was elected President the
country had been scourged with the fires of war,
and as physician applies sweet oil and poul-
tices to the skin of sealde3 man, the nation
needed poultiee: and it had it. Laughter |
Gentlemen, see that you have not yet come to
sufficient appreciation of poultces to allay irri-
tation to take out the fever from sores and quiet
the patient and give him sleep; and the man
may not have had the most honorable function,
but let me tell you that when you come to study
the actual benefit to this country, little as you
may think of Mr.: Hayes, he did us good work;
and he did it by doing nothing Applause and
laughter. We slept [laughterl; he slept; he is
not dead; he is sleeping yet. Renewed laugh
ter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24
Plants Growing in the Dark.


Speaking of the exploits Of woodbines, sug-
gested by the paragraph in recent number of
of the Mail gentleman relates that a vine on
his premises once entered his house-frst gain
ing admittanee by ascending the wall, between
the clapboards and the laths-and then finding a
crack in the plastering, it pushed itself into one
of the rooms until several feet in length Its
ambition was encouraged by little training,
and grew to perfection until the season of 1.-The
scar and yellow leaf" checked its progress.
Another gentleman reports that he had q mas
turtian growing in a flower bed beside his house,
a branch of which disappeared in the opening of
q conductor. Finding it could not be easily
withdrawn, he was led to investigate further,
and discovered that it had grown the whole
length of the spout, and, issuing from the upper
end, was fiourishing in the caves trough. The
part hidden from the light in the conductor
rfvaled the best bleached celery i'll whiteness,
and the leaves were dwarfed in size and sepa-
rated by long intervals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24
The Mother City of Freemasonry.

The Masons of Philadelphia have at last been
enabled to make good their claim that theirs was
the mother city of Freemasonry in America
and thus set at rest the plea of Massachusetts
for the priority. The ledger book of St Johns
Lodge, kept by Benjamin Franklin, and giving
list of members from June a. 173l to June "a
1873, stiff vellum volume, all in Franklin's
own handwriting, is now in the library of the
Philadelphia Historical Society, having been
presented to it by George T. Ingham of Salem
n j.. who received it from a descendant of
David Hall, who was Franklins partner in the
printing business 1t is well preserved and
bears on its face its evidence rs an original rec
ord. 1t is the oldest Masonic lodge book by far
in America The oldest existing lodge record
book previously known in Pennsylvania dates
back only to 1867, and the oldest lodge record
book in Massachusetts, that of ST. Johns Lodge
Boston, compiled and written in l751-2 and
records events only from July, 1873, when Ma
sonry was established in Massachusetts, The
discovered record antedates it two years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24
HENRY CLAY's DAUGHTER.
The Mournful Story Told of a Little Sarcoph-
agus in an Old Grave-Y Yard in Ohio.

Chillicothe Leader.
Just to the right of the entrance to a small,
illy-kept almost unused graveyard at Lebanon,
is a stained and moldy sarcophaguS, less than
three feet in height and six feet in length, in
closed by a rude fence of barbed wire, stretched
upon clumsy, unhewn posts. The yard bears
every evidence of neglect. The ground around
it is sunken, and the grass and briers Chamber up
the dingy stone tomb's side. and show DISPOSE
ton to cover it from view. The poor, neglected
grave is a stranger to the attention of love guided
hands, A cluster of sweet violets now lift their
bright faces from the grass near the head of the
tomb but they came there by chance. And yet
beneath those rough slabs of stone lie the re-
maths of a noble young girl, upon whom in life
wasI bestowed the extravagant love of one of
And rica's grandest minded men, There Henry
CLAN buried his daughter. 1t was just after Mr..
Clay had been selected as Secretary eff State.
Mr.. Clay and his daughter, said one who
knew the history of the episode, started for the
capital from Lexington, Ky, early in August.
Miss Clay was rather delicate physically, and
found travelling by coach a very distressing
affair. The hotel fare on the route did not agree
with her, and the various changes and discom-
forts she experienced brought malady that
became SO alarming when Lebanon was reached
that a stop was made here and medical aid sum
moned to attend the young lady at her hotel,
She grew worse instead of better and one night
after a delirious fight, followed by brief period
of consciousness she died in her fathers arms.
1t was impossible for Mr. Clay to return home
with the remains of his dead child, so it was de-
termined to bury her here temporarily. The in
tention was to remove her remains to Kentucky
and place them in the family burial place.
Mr.. Clay, sad-bearted and weighted down by
grief, completed his Journey to Washington.
His busy and not Intro. 5led life at the capital
as Premier of Adams's Cabinet is matter of
public history. In the third summer, l think,
this rough sarcophagas was erected by Mr. Clay,
who seemed to have determed not to disturb his
daughters rest The inscription upon the upper
tablet tells the sad story briefly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24
PIONEER DAYS.
Stories of Life and Times in Illinois Way
Back in 1910.
New York Graphic.

New York Graphic.
Ingersel is a brilliant talker, and off the plat
form "a eonversationalist be Is one of the most
charming. He was in happy mood few even
ings since and the range was wide But perhaps
the most attractive picture he drew with mas
vivid words was rapid sketch OF early limos
life id lS40 and on. Nobody was poor because
nobody was rich, remarked the orator and wit;
it took ten years sometimes for man to scrape
together the $500 required to pay the govern
ment price for land There was little or no
money and coffee, tea and sugar were nearly all
our Injuries We boys went balefooted by
choice, and the log cabins had great ch1nks and
earth floors as rule. Eggs could be bought fof
3 to cents per dozen, corn was often cents
per bushel, potatoes were high when three
bushels brought quarter We had towne con
stable and no eabooseS or mortgage-they came
in with railroads and all modern inventions. A
dozen quails or hauneh of venison could usually
be got for quarter, and ham sold for two cents
per pound The sehoolhouse was three miles
off. TIE farmers all hauled wood and the boys
chopped it in turn. We learned all the teacher
knew--it was not much, and spanked the girls
when grew old enough. Preaching was had
about once o month and that was often enough
| We all went There was no crime except the
! occasional stealing of horse. We never locked
a door, night OR day, and when our neighbors
had something we needed and had not, we Dor
rowed of their abundance, and were always wei
come. / remember the first serious crime that
ever occurred, continued the Colonel.
Two Swedes who had a little money
and lived alone were found muir
dered and their cabin robbed. People
went 100 miles to see the place. L started, but
turned back. We all had the ague, but nobody
seemed to die of it. 1t was a healty disease.
The only doctor was an old fellow named Ihomp.
son, a relative of the botanical man. he dosed
us with lobelia and red pepper, wrapped the pa
tent in wet sheet and sweat him if necessary
to razors edge. If you had cold or fever.
it was boneset or composition. Ugh it sets my
blood on edge to think of it. Still it was better
than the old Sangrado, who lived in the nearest
town and bled you to deaths door. That was
wonderful life and it bred men-as the war
showed There were few newspapers and not
many books; but how they were devoured Peo-
pie looked contented and were so. The men Of
work had no such grim discomfort and sRlen in
difference as 1 see everywhere on the faces of the
city workers nowadays. Institutions had some
land and fair occasions were more responsible"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24
Cassius Clay and Tom Marshall.


In 1S45 was mobbed in Lexington. Tom
Marshall led that mob. / made up my mind
that if ever an opportunity arose l would pay off
the score. Marshall and | went to the Mexican
war. l always kept myself ready for him, for 1
knew he was liable TO break out any moment.
The time came one evening My troops had
just camped. Marshall came clustering along
and said I had trespsssed on his camping ground.
Now was my opportunity, and took up the
quarrel. Marshall, / said, lone times as good
as another with gentlemen who carry swords.
Dismount and let's have old fight
out here!" We both had cavalry
swords but was then on foot Marshall said
it would not do to fight in front of our men; that
our two commands would get involved. do
you recollect MARSHALL" l said, ''when you
headed that mob against me at Lexington?
Then women and children as well as men were
involved; but that did not stop you" Marshall
rode away. Shortly afterward / saw him re
turning with his holsters on. Stepping into my
tent got a pair of dueling pistols. With one
in each hand l saluted Marshall and told him [
was prepared for him He rode away and
jumped into the river and tried to drown him
self so great was his modification He was
fished out With his grim humor, that even
then I could appreciate, he said '.At any rate
didn't say, Save me- Cassius, or l sink"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24
The Mormons in England.
Hall. in Brooklyn Eagle.

A
Passing No. % New road Commercial road,
Whitechapel THAT is east of the great Lon
don city with it's half million of day workers
and only 80, 900 seepersl saw some individuals
passing in who looked as if they were in need of
liver pads. Looking up again, l saw ON sign,
Rooms of the Latter Day Saints" "Mormons,
Turks. heathens, said seutentious policeman,
observing my gaze and fondly caressing q three
penny piece which gave him. Per Herculem,
how an East-side Bobby can grow garrulous
bound mouth. Having wot they calls a confer
ence-annual conference Women in therel'
said /. Not petticoat. Do you suppose they
take their wives and concabines into their bust
ness secrets? Not a take. Do you want to go inl7
politely declined, as l had sufficiently
studied the twin relic of barbaIism" across
the Atlantic. On due inquiry aseertained that
an apostle here did very good service for himself
and his church by picking upcredulous converts
who had some little money, and who were led to
believe that Salt Lake City such new Jeru
salem as the twenty first chapter of the Apoca-
lypse toward its middle describes. Mr.. Gladstone
in his famous correspondence with Secretary
Evarts, and all the local authorities profess to
be unable to cope with so formidable an adver-
sarv as this swindling Mormonism in London;
but, after having read the English statute as to
rogues and vagabonds ] propose myself, if an
pointed as an East-end magistrate to deal sum
MARTY and constitutionally with these Mormon
apostates. WHAT" said an English friend that
same evening, when l preached the matter, sat
tack Moimonisin here when & great government
which puts down civil war cannot put down
Mormonism in one of its colonies9" whereat
took port and sailed into one of silence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24
Overconfidenoe of Investors.

James W. Elwell, of j. W. Elwel Co.
Much has been said during the recent financial
excitement about the overconhdence of some
people having money to invest, bit have seen a
great deal of this remarkable element of charae
ter. l recall a case of a few years ago An ac
quaintance of mine came into my office abruptly
one day, and threw on my desk in front of me
package wrapped in an old newspaper, remark
ing as he hurriedly passed out: "Elwell, take
care of that for me till 1 come back" paid no
attention to it for some time, and then locked
it up in the safe My friend went away,
and as / heard nothing from him for
some time, more than that he had
gone to Europe, / opened this package and found
it contained 500, 900 in United States bonds, sew
eral of the coupons of which were due. l then
opened correspondence with some of his friends
to learn his whereabouts, and afterward com
municated with and begged him TO come and get
his property, as l did not want to be responsible
He finally called to see me, and after tearing the
coupons off to get some pocket money" handed
the bonds back to me- 1t was several months
after that before could get him to take them
away. This simply shows the weakness Of some
people in believing that everybody is as honest
as themselves, for he had not the least thing to
show that had these bonds,