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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-09
A BUSINESS SERMON.

"seest thou a man diligent in his businesss
ne shall stand before kings; he shall not stand
before mean men."-FTouerbs rrii: %.
Ny hearers, if any young man in this
congregation thinketh that by taking
thought and getting mp early in the
morning and going to bed with the
fowls of the hennery and working hard
all day, he has dead sure thing on the
Presidency, he is counting without the
Chicago Convention. The text does
not mean that. The young man, by
giving diligent heed unto his ways and
keeping his hands clean, by always
earning his breakfast before he eats it,
and wearing old clothes until he can
pay for new ones. and loving his neigh
Dor as his neighbor loves himself, and
never running for train or jumping
for ferryboat, may indeed never be
President. Better than that, he may
never want to be President. He may
never be worth million dollars, but
he may be rich in the measureless
wealth of contentment with thousand
year. He may not reach the soaring
flight of the eagle that fans the sun
with its broad and sweeping wing, but
nc may kCCP uiS ctiiIcu QD 10 d
state of thrilling activity on the plane
of the tuneful hornet. He may not 90
to Congress. he may not even attain
into the glory of the Legislature, but
if he be dIligent in his business he may
sometimes sit at the table with kings
ay, in the happier moments, with aces
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
"Diligent in his business 1t is the
man who is diligent in his own business
to whom this exalted position is prom
ised. There are people, dearly be
loved, who are diligent in everybody
else business. and have therefore M
time to attend to their own. They d.
not stand before Kings; they more fire.
quently stand before the police Judge
Their diligence is not commendable
A workman is known by his chips; so
alas, is the faro banker. Do you be dill
renf in your own business and be con
tent with its rewards. You may no
walk 80 many miles in six days as Fitz
gerald, but yon can sleep . great dea
more 10 that time; and If You do no
/. 1T 50 much money for it neither d
You get 20 many blisters. On your littl
sslsfy ct the suependey counter 20
can aotclean up sQo, oooon Wkl e1ee
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-09

Tn 1876 Tilden and Hendricks were
elected by conceded popular majority
of 1863, ISL, and by an equitable Eiector-
Al majority of twenty-five. Through an
infamous conspiracy OF hepuphcan
leaders, sustained by the Grant ADMIN
istration. the Electoral votes OF FLORIDA
and Louisiana and one of the votes OF
Oregon were fraudulently given to the
Republican candidate Hayes, who thus
secured nominal majority of one, and
was declared elected. The scandalous
illegality of that decision is not to-day
disputed by any honest Republican /.
In 1880, during the greater part OF
the Presidential campaign. scarcely any
BODY doubted that the election of Han-
cock was assured. By desperate Ell
fort, however, involving the pledge OF
place and patronage by the Republican
nominee, a corruption fund OF several
million dollars was raised among MILL
ionairc capitalists and spectators.
Cabinet positions, diplomatic appoint
ments. and even a United States SUI
preme Court Judgeship were bar cred
| for cash, and the same consideration
| evoked promise of immunity Tor the
Star-rouie thieves. With the "soap
thus provided Dorsey was enabled te
debauch Indiana in October, and still
had left surplus adequate to colonizt
New York in November. The Demo
cratic vote for Hancock in this city tlz3,
O15) was phenomenally large, but IL
potency was Offset by brigades OF i'm
ported Republican adherents who wer'
protected and encouraged by the FED
eral Electoral machinery. It is ever
affirmed that Mr.. John l. Davenport
himself supplied the census proof-siip
and the Board of Health transcripts o.
which SO many hired devotees OF tn
grand old party were enabled to vot
upon the names of dead or absent cit
ZenS.
If frauds of this sort are to be toier
ated and encouraged, we had bette
abandon the pretense of being . sell
governed people. Having been SO lon
in power, and having twice perpetuate
its rule by means of criminal practices
the Repub lean party will not this yea
: consent to retire without q despesS
struggle. Hence the Democracy mus
, be vigilantly prepared to encounter an
overcome the tactics resorted to in lS7
and 1884.
: Thirty States viii probably aiiig
r them elves as follows 1T the comm
7 Presidential election:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-09
Republican Complaints.

The american, of Philadelphia, which
is Republican in its sentiments, is OF the
opinion that Mr.. Arthur's Administers
ton has done very little to commend
the Republican party to the confidence
of the people. 1t says that with the ex-
ception OF Mr.. Gresham, Mr.. Lincoln
and Mr.. Teller there is not an officer in
the Cabinet who has not been either .
cipher or a burden on the party. 1t is
questionable whether Teller is entitled
TO the benefit of this exception, but it
is certain that what is charged against
Mr.. Arthur's Cabinet is substantially
correct.
The administration of the Depart
ment of Justice the american regards
as particularly disgraceful 1t more
over laments the fact that it burdens
the record with scandals up to the very
eve of . Presidential campaign. The
failure to convict the Star-route onend'
ers was discreditable enough, being At
tended with circumstances which lefl
| but little doubt that convictions wers
| not desired, but the complete break
down of the prosecution. of Kellogg
points directly TO intentional de ay II
the proceedings until the crimina
shorld be enab ed by lapse OF time II
plead the statute of limitation in bar o
punishment.
The delinquencies Of the Depart
ment of Justice can not stand ex
animation without being found con
nected with circumstances extending
away back to previous disreputani
4
Star-route thieves were men who haa
for years been serviceable to the part.
in those devious ways which had .
often contributed to its success. The
gave it the advantage Of the abundan
resources of their knayery in many
campaign. To punish them for dishon
est conduct which enabled the furnish
ing of s'soap" for the carrying OF ele<
tons would have been ungrateful an
inconsistent. -Hnryisbvrg pa Fasvso
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-09

Just about this time the dismal wall
of the dissatisfied political darkey, who
has not been getting his share OF the
Federal patronage, Is heard in the land.
The weary colored laborer who has
toiled until he has become sunburnt in
the Republican vineyard, and has done
most OF the hard voting, has, BY some
strange oversight. been overlooked IA
the distribution of Offices. 1t frequently
happened, during the war, that where
battle was raging. there were not
trees enough to protect the officers.
That is pretty much the way is is in
the political campaign. There are not
officesenoughfor the white Republicans.
hence the complaint of the colored
voters that they are not in comfortable
positions are highly unreasonable and
most outrageously ungrateful. The
colored voters have to grin and bear it.;
but when the time for conventions ar
rive, they lift up their voices, and say
they want their share Of offices; and II
they do not get them, they. the coiored
voters, are liable to fall = prey to the
enemy when the time to vote comes
It is self-evident fact that tho Re-
publican party, in dividing out the
foaves and fishes, does not treat the
colored voter fairly. He is not treated
as if he belonged properly to the fam.
| ilv at all, but more as il he were q
black sheep. There may be Niger
| in the wood-pile. but there is none in
The C.h;net When Il comes to sharina
she e roI;t;csi he'd the colored brother 4
Left Left ant n the cold REGARDLESS of III,
iovness AZ the tempcrsture. He i
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-09

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What good does u ever 90 Sostrain
rointF we never coulu see snas ~
was made any the ciearer W 80 oolns'
-cseGs.'c Lsy"s' - xt.rarr
s. lrss ciasS ~ s.;.o,, ..pss-;trn
wnst Is sne w sUul u T hssr;.v,,, .sj}ts
'CorIecI WA olI ~ VI
strawoerr,es ~ Sno' " : ~"
Ho'n .,.n y p"a."r man docs not ..v g,
no -yS Ia
know on wn'cn S,ae my preaa y s Du..
tered. ne ssys' .I~ cu ~ ,; Wo HI NV
on whicn sue ny s."n y, lLo - ''v
margarlnea. -o0m pa: yo" ~
girt n1nou Iioo' siA Ao0s ss'o
two inches Tall; was marrleo ~ Vtsgon
last week. nGr is.n1' must nevc
wanted : son-ln-law DAILY 20 g,ve sucn
nign Price ior on0' Dosso" ..''eS
-fogg says ne doesn't Deiieve II
pays IN the emo 70 &c. your Ianoloru %
make extensive lePalrs; I.'',nS new
WOOD into an ORG ou,'9'ng - nAo R~s
ing new ciotn lnVo o.u lament .ue
RENTS maoe worse -ooSso" 1'osScIsPs'
1t IL said that when the Queen nxes
her roysl gaze ON the Marquis OF Lorne
and says: John Switzerland Colqu-
no>~s- II -.
what she has 20 say without making
any excuses.-Ne'0 forS ordp"sc.
"A lady reader writes to say that
she has been losing her hair recently.
and wants to know what she shall do to
prevent it. Either keep your bureau
drawer locked. or else discharge the
hired girl and get another OF . COM
plexion differing from yours. = Rocktdnd
Courier.
Miss Pert TO young Oneoftheboys.
who had been indulging . tribe and had
q somewhat vehement" breath: ibid
you ever stand near . passing trsina'
20, yes, lots Of times" well. didn't
It take your breath awayP' mot al
all, my dear Miss Pert. ]" swell, what
| will, then?" Young Oneoftheboys felt
his breath taken away by the question
| and sloped at once.-Boston Times.
| Farm Notes: Rest and freedom
1 from annoyance are essential to ami
mails that are being fattened for mar.
\ ket. Farmers should never allude ID
family cares while feeding the pigs,
Nice fresh eggs, to be offered in next
Il xintsr's market, ought 70 BE- lined now
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-09

"A correspondent who has passed
some years in Russia states that in the
village of velkotti, in the st. Peters
burg government, an old woman is liv-
ing who has Just attained her one hum
bred and thirtieth birthday! The old
lady is in the enjoyment of good health,
but complains of her deafness. Her
hair is stilllong and plentiful, consider
ing her age. She has outlived three
husbands, and has had family Of nine
teen children, all Of whom are now
dead, the last one to die being q
daughter Of ninety-three. She lives
with one Of her greatgrandchildren. q
man Of flfty.--Chicago Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-09

"A sponge five feet seven inches in
circumference and weighing six and q
half pounds, is on exhibition at Water
town, N. Y. 1t will hold twenty-four
gallons Of water, and is valued at
twenty-five dollars The sponge came
from the Bahama Islands. Rochester
ExDrees. -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-09

OF the gospel VINO could preach Jne
boots of Mr.. Beecher; who were more
original, more eloquent, possessing a
keener faculty of observation and q
happier vein of humor and more fertile
and felicitous in illustration. And they
resembled MIR. Beecher, too. their
friends told me- And so they did.
could see that for myself. They wore
soft felt hats and long hair. And in
some instances learned that Mr..
Beecher resembled and copied the vii.
lage pastor. / have met many, very
many eloquent lecturers. without audi.
ences, who could teach John b. Cough
the rudimen.s of temperance lecturing
and there they were, pegging away q
everybody's shoes, or selling dry goods
groceries and hardware in a. country
store, while Cough, the shallow pre-
tender, usurped their rightful places
on the rostrum. People have showH
me women who could sing more divine
ly than Patti, and know plenty Of liner
who can walk right away from Fitz
gerald.
| ABUNDANT, BUT HARD TO FIND.
Now, / believe in. hidden pearls
have no doubt the deep unfathomet
caves of ocean are so full of them tina
their feet stick out of the dormer win
dows. / think some of them are rare
and finer and purer than any that hay
graced the diadem of an Empress nj
to the date Of this writing. Down il
the gloomy caverus of the earth. Their
are diamonds. firmly believe. tia
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-09
This division leaves us with the sub
Joined list of doubtful States:

Total. 1919; ). us
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-09-06
Wealthy C0iored Citizens.

The San Francisco Vindicator,
recently started in this city in the
interest of the colored population, has
published n list of the more wealthy
colored residents of this State. There
are fifty names mentioned and the
estates run from few thousand up to
half a million. The wealihiest men.
toned are d. P. Logan, james Logan
and William Robinson, of Woodland,
who own together property worth
100000. Mrs. NJ. Carpenter. OF this
city, has property worth $500 600,
besides a bank account of $4,000
Basil Campbell, of Woodland, has an
estate valued at 100000. Mrs. Pleas
ance, a conspicuous character of the
Sharon trial, owns eight houses in this
city, large ranch in San Pedro,
100000 in United States bonds and a
handsome bank account. Danial
Scales, real estate speculator and
broker, has 100000 worth of real
estate and n bank account of $4,000
John I. Calender, the ship-rigger, has
100000, and Munroe Taylor, who
orr sinated the system of lunch stands
at the ferries. has accumulated $50,000.
San Francisco Cat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-09-06
GEORGE w. BABCOCK AND {
NOVACONICH, Defendants.

Action brought in the District Court of the
Third Judicial District of the State of Nevada,
in and for the County of Esmeraida' ana the
complaint led in said County Of Esmeralda,
in the office of the Clerk Of said District Court.
The State OF Nevada sends greeting 10
George ". Babcock and {. Noyacoyich, de-
PENDANTS.
You are hereby required to appear in an
action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court of the
Third judicial District Of the state of Nevada,
in and for the County Of Esmeralda, and TO
answer the complaint filed therein, within ten
days exclusive of the day of service after the
service on you of this summons, If served
within this county: or, If served ont OF this
county. but in this district within twenty
days: otherwise, within forty days; or jadg-
ment by default Will be taken against you.
according to the prayer of said complaint.
The said action Is brought to recover the
Judgment and decree of this Court declaring
to be illegal, void aud of no binding force that
certain contract dat d September d, 1SS3.
alleged to have been entered into between the
Board of County Commissioners of said Es-
meralda County and said George W. Bubcock
in the matter Of constructing the Courthouse
and Jail for said county at. Hawthorne and
thai the demands claimed 10 be due said Bah
cock Hereunder against said county be de-
clared to be Illegal charges and not entitled
to be paid out of the County Treasury OF said
county, etc, and to obtain an order of this
Court commanding said George W. Babcock
anu uii ptisbHS tiuiulllis Wy W
him to require them to return said warrants,
to wit Number .524, for 1913; number /, 525,
for $3.50; number l.526, for $50; numb
1.521, for S495; number ,52S. for S275; mum Der
$50 for 1900: number $50, for Siaj, to the
County Auditor of said county to be by him
Cancelled. and the County Treasurer of said
Esmeralda County be perpctually restrained
by an order of this Court from paying said
warrants or either of them on the grounds
that said warrants are not for demand or
demands legally chargeable against .aid
county, and that they were frandulently. I'M
lawfully and wrongfully obtained, etc, etc;
that snid Novacovich claims TO be the owner
etc, of said warrants, all ofwhich fully appears
in the complaint on file in this action, to
which you are hereby referred.
And you are hereby notified that if you fail
to appear and answer said complaint, as
above required, said plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief therein demanded
Given under my hand and the seal of the
District Court of the Third Judicial District
of the State of Nevada in and for the County
of Esmrralda. this fifth day Of May. in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-four.
49,. j. W. BLEAkLEY.
Court Cle.k.
/ Seal By THO. s. DAvENP0RT-
1919 Deputy Clerk.
ID. j. LEWIS.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-09-06
Destruction Of Green ba cks.

"What becomes of all the green
backs and bank notes after they have
served their few years OF usefulness?"
is a frequent inquiry. A bank note
has life just the same as all other
things useful. What an interesting
story The travels of greenback from
the moment it leaves the press until it
returns to the maceraing machine
would makel The average life of
bank note is about three years, per.
haps little longer. After serving its
purpose as currency il is metamor.
phosed into rabbits, birds and other
figures. The process of the destruction
of the notes is an interesting one. The
readers will often see in the daily
paragraph something like this:
National bank notes received for
redemption to day, i've hundred thous.
and dollars" The nexl day these notes
are carried to the bureau of engraving
and printing and placed in "a machine
containing lar. e knives, which chop
the notes INTO fragments. The opera
ton is conducted under HE supervision
of thee officers of the Treasury De.
partment, especially detailed for the
business No one is allowed to be
present at this daily maceration Of the
notes except the officials and the men
who run The machine. They are com.
PEELED TO remain In the room until
each separate note is destroyed. They
must account, in detail, aflerward To
the Redemption Bureau for each note !;
and should one become lost or mislaid,
and afterward find its way into circu-
lalion, the result would be the imme-
date discharge of the three men who
daily have in their custody from
$500,000 10 $2,000,000 or $3,000,000
worth of notes and bonds. The shreds
are reduced to a pulp, and then by
patented process the mass is nodded
into figures OF birds and animals. and
sold rs mementos to visitors. Oft
times 1t Will happen that one lillle
object will he composed of what was
once 500, 900 worth of money.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-09-06
K & n n 5
ASTHMA CURE

IAN Il IL 4tl "A W. AO4I
Cures Asthma. Bronchitis. Throat and Lung
Affections, Coughs, Colds, .Quinsy. Sore
Throat. lIoarseness, Soreness in the Chest or
Lungs Weakness in the Back, Pains in the
Back, Bowels, Sides, collie. Group. Pneu-
monia, Measles. Whooping Cough and Indi-
gestion. 1t heals the entire system. As
pleasant to the taste as ice cream.
HAWTHORNE, June o., 1884.
One bottle of Kerr's Asthma Cure cured me
OF diarrhea Of six weeks standing.
JAMES MERYGoLp.
VIRGINIA Cry, MAY ,, 1854.
Four bottles of kerf's As hma Cure cured
my two children Of dirhtheria and myself of
the worst sore throat, hoarseness and cold
that | ever had Mrs. JANE BLowEY.
VIRGINIA CITY, May IL. 1894.
Six bottles Of kers Asthma Cure cured
my four children of dipthera, when all the
doctors in Virginia could do them no good.
john Il. FRBUscH.
Greenfield Mason VALLEY, June 10.
Four bottles of Herr's Asthma Cure cured
me Of pains in the stomach of six years
standing. Mrs. JAMES EBwAY.
RENO, April, 26, 1884.
DR.. Kerr's Asthma Cure cured my daughtef
of pneumonia. We use il for coughs and
colds and have always found 1t very effective.
NRs. THERESA Young.
RENO, April %, 1884.
! have been cured Of hoagseness of three
Kerrs Asthma Care, when | thought had lost
my voice entirely. Mrs. MABIA Cook. p
Fourteen bottles of kerr's Asthma Cure
cured me of asthma Of four years standing
Mrs. A. Neyunda No. 1919 Folsom street. San
Francisco. Four bottles of Eerr's Asthma
Cure cured me of pneumonia mrs. Annie
Cunco, 300 and 5i1 Broadway. Eighteen bot
ties of kerr's Asthma Cure cured me of hem.
orrhage of the lungs WIN. Blodgett collector
for California Steam Navigation Co. Tive
bottles of kerr's Asthma Cure cured me of
terrible cough of sixteen months standing
j. w. crawford, whafiinger at FOLSOM strees
wharf. Rcdington d Co. say that kerrs
Asthma Cure sell. readily on its own merits,
more so than any remedy they ever handled
for coughs, colds, throat and lung affections,
and gives universal satisfaction The Reno
Gazette says it is impossible 10 speak favor
ably enough of kerr's Asthma Cure.
AGENTS.
Knapp s. Laws, Hawthorne; f. n. Langley,
CoryVile: j. A. Bonham. Dayton; Davis II
Son, Sutro; Smith IL Morris. Empire City;
j. q. kaulmann, Greenfield; VIM. George
Co, Grass Valley; W. B. Van Orden, Grass
Valley; A. Lademan, Nevada City; Leyison
Bros. Rocklin; W. j. Branstetter, Re seville;
J. A. Hoagland. Clipper Gap; D: B. Iowner'
ar. smell, You Bet; Boca Mill Co, Boca;
Towle Bros, Towle's Station California
Iron and steel Co., Hotaling: Truckoe
Lumber Co., Truckee; Summit Ice Co,
Prosser Creek: A. NJ. Wicks, Bronco; Os-
barn Il Shoemaker. Reno; W. A. Perkins,
VIRGINIA City. Price. so and 10 Gents
All letters addtessed to j. =. KERR, =. o.
Box 1870 San Francisco, will be promptly at
tended to.
Redington & Co. San Francisco, wholesale
agents. 529 aud 81 Market street
Sold by all druggists and dealers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-09-06
Still Retained HIS Reason.

A gentleman sent II copy of Brown.
ing's first acknowledged work, Para
celsius" TO Tom Hood, who was then
confined to bis bed 10y illness, thinking
that it might "amuse The patient"
The story is told that Hood took up
the volume, and having perused II for
few minutes, handed it to his wife.
Read, my dear, read, he exclaimed
with wild look IN his eyes.
Mrs Hood soon appeared to be alb
sorhed in Pharaceisps."
Wells" asked Hood; anxionsly,
after Il pause, "well?"
why" replied Mrs. Hood, |
can't make out word of it,"
A sigh of relief burst from her hus.
band.
THANK God" he cried. "then |
have not lost my reason"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-09-06
Making "a New Nose.

Professor Sabine,a college physician
and surgeon, the leading skin grating
surgeon of the world, has dismissed as
cured from Bellevue Hospital. New
York, Thomas Colt, scrofulous
patient. Three months ago the disease
ate away all of Colts nose, completely
destroying the bone and leaving only
portions of the nostrils. DR.. Sabine
cut away the diseased portions and
grated upon the face the middle fin.
ger of the patients left hand. making u
new nose. The operation was success.
fnl, the patient gaining nose and
losing Two joints of one finger, Medi.
cal men pronounce DR.. oa'ine's fea,
the most wonderful in the records of
skin grating surgery.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-09-06
A WONDERFUL THING.

" So, John, you re done with the college,
And you're back TO the farm once more,
With your head as full or larninG
As gnarly apple OF core.
Its cost heap to Iarp you all
To cipher and figure and speak,
And it's different work a-hocing corn
From digging In Latin and Greek.
So. is 1t law. or Is 1t pills
You choose for your oecupatlons
Or, better still come, settle down,
And accept ID. D. station"
well dad, have thought Of the law,
But they say it's all overdoDe
As for pills. why everyone knows
It's the hardest work under the sun.
A parsons robe would never fit
On man that's built like me;
For how would 1t look on the best short-stop
That plays in the b. Is. c.:
So ] am enga ed at Two thousand year,
And signed the. papers, too,
To stand behind the bat and catch
For the club from Kalamazoo
1.-TWO thousand q year," The old man stares;
Ii makes his head to sing,
And he just has sense to muttnr aloud:
Edicaiion's a wonderful thng!"
Puck.