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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-07


On. s. B.HAR41sAx 4 Co., Cciumbux
0hio.-I keep the largest stock Of medi-
cines Of any store in Lewis county. with
the exception OF drug store at Vance
burg. our county seat, and am selling
great deal OF your PERuSA and MANA
LIN It's giving the best satisfaction Of
any medicine that ever handled. In one
case the constable for the precinct, has
been very sick and low spirited for long
time. For several years he has tried al
the doctors here, and we have SONS good
ones, and they did him no good. Alter
much percussion sold him two bottles
Of PxlUxA AMI MANALrN. lie took half
Of ths medicine. could see Z great
change in him, and now ne IL - sound Z
man apparently - there il in this vicinity.
and he says he y entirely we'll. He u
Z number one man and Il highly re-
spected He u satisiisd that Jour iuedi.
cine saved his life, after all the doctors and
I'll medicines had failed. Beng unac-
quainted with you, I re'er you to John
ShiIlito & Co, Altor, Packard & Co,
and ether business houses Of Cincinnati.
RI. GILLESPIE, p. n.
Messsss Adamooa & Shiplcy, Of
Wayncsburx Pa, write: Please send 10
some Ills 81 Lie" Immediately. We
are having big run on your medicine,
PERrnA. Instead Of dying out, Ike most
medicines, in course Of time, It SCENE 70
be growing In favor. We sell lots Of Il.
Please send the books eoon.s
Messrs. Wirthorn & Urban, o. ALE.
gheny City, Pa, write = Having large
sale for your PgRuNA and MAnALIS, We
have also many ealls for your book, Ills
Of Life" Please send ~ Z supply Of them,
German end EngJith, and obiigc.'
s. Wolf & Son, Wilmot, o, write |:
@Gentlcmen: We handle your goods, and
they give good satisfaction"
4 A. G. Sellard>, Creeuup, XIV, says !:
"Gentlemen / am handling your medi-
cines. and having good trade on them"
]. c. SaundeFA Mirtinsburg, w Va,
writes: ~Centlesnen: Your PERuxA
cells fast and gives go0d satisfaction here.
We cell mOre PaRvNA than any other
preparation We bandle.~
w. Bauer, ST. Marys, Pa writes :
my son b still improving in health.
Your PeRUNA j. Just the thing for him. >
H. L. Day & Co. New Vienna, Ohio.
write: 8. B. HARrMAu & Co. Column
bus, io.-Centlesuen Your pEsUNA
sells - well - any medicine with ~
Quite number hare told " that PEGuNA
i The best thing thsy ever ussd. :
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-07
Mansfield Female College.
1S84-8j.

The Fall Term begins September 10th,
sc4. Tae best teachers thar cah ~ found
ars en- plo. cd Ia the Literary, Music snd
ar departments Terms - reasonsbls -
can 10 n.asie. For further infDruatiou ~
oklm AansGul6 Il
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-07

Gen. u. s. Grants health Is growing
worse daily. He Is suffering from
cancer Of tho tongue, brought ON by
excessive smoking, and his symphonic
are pronounced extremely dangerous
iucurable and fatal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-07

Any one wishing to secure a good
house to take boar.lsrs IN colfax should
ell 1t she postofaos far psrticalaxs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-07
Unknown Owners.

Unknown Lands, 1891 acres, tract
lot 3 t and 5 ", fronting ON
Red river, bounded west by $ X
WiIiiams, east BY A w Bell, north
by Chri>ty ................... 3 20
Uuknown Lands. 90 acres, u hf Of
~ Or sec "a tSnr5 w......... I -
Unknown Lands, 100 acres. Q hi Of
Q hf sec ~ 3 nr4w... - g &c
Unknown Lands, " acres, ne Or Of
ne or acc 80 u : W ... I 70
unknown Lands. ~ acres, - Or Of
10 or acc - 6 mr. 2w......... l 20
unknown Lands, ~ acres, sw qr If
se q sec u 6 nr2 w....... 20
unknown Lands, ~ acres Q hf Of ne
Or OF NV or soc I 6 u e...... 81
Unknown Lands, l % acres, No Or Of
Ge or sec rs ard sw q of re qr aud
ne or Of sw or sec 23 all NIT
lW-.......- 1890. ~
Unknown Lands. l60 acres, sw ar Of
sec ~ 9nr $780,. ......--- So
Unknown Lands. 30 acres, n hf Of
sw or sec "a { B mr. S w... l "a
Unknown Lands, $50 acres. ne Or Of
% Or aud W or Of ae Or aud NV Or
Of Ne or sec ~ and NV Or VI NV
see 20 8 n e........... 66
Unknown Lands. 37l7 acres. v hf Of
sc ~ AMI o hf Of sec ~ and . NJ
Of rec IL aud NV Or aud hf Of
sw Or sec IL. and v hf Of ~ Or
Of sec Ia, and " BIT sec 70 and hf
Of sec ~ and " hf s~c IL, and sw
Or aud s If OF nv Or rec y. and "
hf aud ne Or sec Is. and hf and
whf OF ne Or, and ne or Of ne Or
sec I'D, and I. hf ste 80. ali in town.
ship north range west. 50 ~
Unknown Lands 40 acres, n hf of
ne Or sec 81 { 9nr e.... rs
Unknown Lands, POO acres, W hf of
ne Or and Q hf of NV or and sw or
OF NV Or SEQ Is { n r4w...... 20
On said day will aell such portions OF
said properly ~ each debtor will point ont.
and in case the debtor will not point out
sufficient property. l will At once, and with
ont further delay. sell the least quantity OF
said property of anv debtor which any
bidder will buy. for the amount of taxes,
interest aud costs due by said deltOr. The
sale will be without spprsisemcnt, for cash
in legal tender money Of the United states,
and the property sold shall 10 redeemable
at any time for the space of ono year, by
paying the price given with twenty per
cent aud Gusts ard penalties added
fl4-td Sheriff and Tax Collector.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-07
! State Tax Sales
ENJOYABLE PROPERTY,
The State Of Louisiana vs.. Delinquent
Tax Debtors, Parish of Grant.

EHKRIYy's OYFrcE, CoLHAx, La, I
February 9. A. d. 1885. :
By virtue of the authority vested in me
by tho Constitution and laws Of the State
If Louisiana. 1 will sell at the principal
front door of the Court House in the town
OF Colfax, within the hours prescribed by
law for judicial sales, on
SATURDAY, MARCH II, 1895,
the following movable property, TO enforce
the payment vi taxes due thereon ~ per
assessment Of the year 1851:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-07

4 DQt1c terd ak cents for postage. and
a ] uj< & receive free costly box OF goods
W viii .eip all, Oh either sex, to more mon-
~ ng.t away tn anything else IN this world !.
rorlunes await the workers absolutely sure. Al
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27
ESTRAY.

TAKEN up by Charles NJ. Flower,
at the Flowerton plantation, near
Alexandria, La, on Monday, the
22d day of Sune, A. d. 1885, AN
IRON GRAY PONY MARE,
about 10 hands high, seven years
old, branded on the left shoulder
AT joined, and on the left Shout
der with an indistinct Spanish one.
and appraised by W. P. Flower
and j. O'Conner to be worth TWEEN
ty.five dollars in cash. The owner
is hereby notified to como forward,
prove property and pay the neces-
sary chargas, or she will be sold
according to law, in sixty days
from this 9th day of June, 1855.
w. w. WH1Tr1NGToN, JR.,
Justice Peace, Alexandria Ward,
Rapides Parish, La.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27
JOB Printing neatly executed
at this office.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
For July

Contains two articles which will
attract considerable attention. The
leading one, "England's Last Strug'
gle With Russia" in which the
Crimean war and the causes that
led to it are described by Il. F.
Galwey; the other article is on
"Victor Hugo" Both are profuse-
ly illustrated and intensely reada-
BILE. Marc +. Vallette contributes
a careful study of the "Early Life
Of Mary Stuart" which is accom-
panied by ten illustrations. Anne
rican subjects in this number are,
''The Grain Commerce Of New
York;" by Oscar W. Riggs, with
seven illustrations; "The Aztec
Eagle, ana when IL was found,
and other Mexican topics, by Mrs.
Emily Pierce; and "Our Northern
Lakes and Mountains" by James
B. Townsend, with eleven illustra-
tons. There are many shorter az
ticles and poems, several interest
ing stories, including the new Sc
rial, "Of Two Evils" by Prof.
Clarence NJ. Boutelle. Published
by Mrs. Frank Leslie, SO, SIS and
81 Park Place, New York City,
at IS cents per number, or $500 a
year, postpaid.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27
VERY REMARKABLE ESCAPE

Mrs. Mary A. Daley, of Tunk-
honnock, Pa, was afflicted for six
years with Asthma and Bronchitis,
during which time the best physi-
clans could give no relief. Her life
was despaired Of, until in last Octo-
Der she procured a bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery, when i'm
mediate reliof was felt, and by con-
tinuing its use for a short time she
was completely cured, gaining in
flesh so pounds in few months.
Free trial bottles Of this certain
cure of all Throat and Lung dis
eases can be had at J. Geiger's Ea-
gle Drug Store.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27

education, one of the principal fac
tors of civilization, could be found.
And it is entirely useless to at
tempt to build up a good school
system in our Parish until oux peo-
pie wake up to sense of their
great responsibility in this matter,
and their lamentable failure, so far
to act up to it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27

wy are not fond of the mystic
rious or the horrible, says an ex-
change, but the Maxwell-PIeller
case in St. Louis is too weird in its
character to be overlooked. The
latest phase is that the insurance
company in which Preller's life was
insured for $4,000 declines to pay
the amount, alleging that the body
found in the trunk is not Preller's,
but a corpse bought elsewhere to
be palmed off on the insurance COM
pany. This seems to be borne out
by the fact that Maxwell, while
with Preller in Boston, endeavored
to purchase a body. The smiling
remark OF Maxwell when arrested /:
at will all be cleared up at the
right timc," seems to point in the
same direction"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27

LIST. Thou shalt have no other
place to trade but at the old and
we'll known cheap cash store of
JOSEPH LEVIN.
I'd. Thou shalt buy of JOSEPH
LEVIN, as he sells cheaper than
any other house, and will give you
better bargains.
Sd. Thou shalt not seek in vain
for good and cheap goods of the
best quality, for they can be found
with JOSEPH LEVIN.
4th: Thou shalt bear in mind that
upon six days of the week thou
mayest make thy purchases of TO-
SEPH LEVIN, and on the seventh
day thou canst glorify over the
cheap goods thou hast bought, and
rest from thy labor, to the envy Of
thy neighbors.
9th. Thou shat honor thy father
and thy mother by buying thy clio
thing, boots, shoes and hats, and
furnishing goods of JOSEPH LIE
WIN, and thereby save money for
myself and them, and live happy
in the land Of thy people.
9th. Thy shalt not commit the
crime of purchasing thy handmade
New Orleans shoes at any other
place, but go straightway to 10.
SEPH LEVIN, the cheapest deal
er in the land.
7rh. Thou shalt not seek at any
other house for the cheapest and
best assortment of goods in his line,
for thou shalt seek in vain. TO-
SEPH LEVIN is the only man
who can SUIT you.
6tb. Thy shalt not steal Hats
and Caps, for the low prices at.
which JOSEPH LEVIN sells all
these sort of goods, makes it sin
and renders it wholly unnecessary.
9th. Thou shalt not bear false
witness, but honestly acknowledge
that thou canst buy all articles usu-
ally found in first-class store
cheaper Of JOSEPH LEVIN, and
get more and better goods for your
money than at any other place in
the city.
10th. Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbors clothes, nor the way they
tit him, but take counsel of the iud.
ges of those good things, and call
at once on JOSEPH LEVIN, on
Front Street, where all these goods
can be obtained and warranted very
much cheaper and better than else
where, and "don't you forget itw
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27

The city house which Mr.. J.
G. Flood is building in San Fran
cisco will be very expensive struc-
ture, like those of Gov. Stanford
and the Crockers. Ono room will
be done in ivory and gold. The
cost is fabulous. At one time Mr..
Flood would not hear Of having it
done, but the architect finally pre-
vailed, and he will be allowed to
carry out the original plans. He
has furnished complete drawings
enc might say paintings-of every
room, just as it will appear when
finished-some two years from now.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27

The construction of the Ship
Canal across the Isthmus of Pana
ma was certainly a daring, mafnifi-
cent thing. But the fact that in
that sickly climate, while at work
in that marvellous enterprise, so
many brave and noble fellows lost
their lives, is a pathetic, tragic
thing. But it is a happy fact that
death there now, will be rarely
seen. Panama Druggists sell
Smiths Bile Beans. Price two bits
per bottle at L. B. Baynard's Drug
Store.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27

The Chicago Public Library,
now eleven years old, contains
1l1,62l volumes, and has the larg-
est number of readers of any libra
~ in the country except that Of
Boston.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27

For everything needed in the
house furnishing line, call on Mil
Ter, Brady & Co., who will sell you
these goods at astonishingly low
figures. You will be we'll repaid
for your visit.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27
w. O. DANIMON,
Sole Ags. Tor White Bronze Monuments
Head and Foot Markers, Horizon
tai Tablets, Etc.

- Also all kinds of Marble Mon
uments, Head and Foot Stones,
Slabs, and every description of
Cemetery work. No extra charge
for Inscriptions; Freight prepaid.
ALEXANDRIA, LA.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27

MILLER, Brady & Co. have
the largest and most complete as
sortment of hardware; cutlery and
agricultural implements ever Offer
ed for sale in Rapides Parish, and
are selling these goods cheaper than
ever before known. Don't send
your orders abroad, but make your
purchases at home.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27
School Examinations.

male Department of the Public
Schools of Alexandria were held on
Wednesday and Thursday morn
ings as published in our last issue.
We did not attend personally thro'
unavoidable obstacles, but the pro-
ceedings have been faithfully re-
ported to us.
Mrs. Grayson's examination came
off on Wednesday in strict privacy
and seclusion. Not a single audi
tor present Not one member of
the School Board, not one parent
of the children was there. Poor
little orphans tits pity they have
no one to take any interest in their
educational progress. We were in
formed by the teacher that some Of
the children did remarkably we'll
in reading and geography.
Mrs. Garfield held her oxamina-
ton on Thursday morning before a
select audience of eleven ladies'
Not gentleman was present, and
the members of the Board, in par
ticular, were again conspicuous by
their absence. The scholars, not
withstanding this discouraging state
of things, were pronounced by the
few PRESENT to have acquitted them
selves brilliantly. The 2nd class,
children of 10 and IL years, read
and spelled through the Sixth read
er, compiled from the best authors
in the English language, and spell
led through old Webstel's much
reviled but extensively used speller,
went through a strict examination
in Geography on the board, and
worked through every rule of Com
mon and Decimal fractions, and as
far as simple interest, with scarcely
blunder. Among those who par
ticularly distinguished themselves
in Arithmetic were little Misses
Hettie We'll anb Cellie Hess. 1t
was quite pleasure to see the Wig
or. rapidity and correctness Of their
performance on the board.
The first class were carried thro'
an exhaustive examination in AS
tronomy, Physical Geography, His
tory, Grammar, Natural Philosophy
and Arithmetic. Their compost
tons and copy books were submit
ted to the audience, and received
general approval. Where all did
so we'll it would be invidious to
make distinction, but we were in
formed that in Arithmetic Misses
Ellen O'Shee and Judith Cruik-
shank particularly distinguished
themselves, and that the compost
tons Of Misses Augusta Warshauer
and Elizc Baynard were much ad-
mired.
Considering the great Interrupt
ton to the course of study, which
the frequent closing of the Public
Schools necessitates, and the conse-
quent very irregular attendance,
Mrs Canfeld's examination reAec-
ted great credit on both teacher and
scholars. They deserve the more
commentator because they have
to struggle against, not only the
difficulties naturally and inevitably
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27
Bucklen's Arnica salve.

The best Salve in the world fol
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price
rs cents per box. For sale at the
Eagle Drug Store, Jacob Geiger,
proprietor.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-27
Henry L. Biossat, Business Manager

GEN. G.. w. P. Gusts Lee has
resigned the Presidency of Wash
ington and Lee University on &C.
count eff i'll health.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-08-13
Prevention is Better than Cure.

Nine-tenths OF the miseries suffer
ed by the domestic animals ure pre-.
ventablr. Horses suffer from the
mistakes IL their owners. The feet
suffer most from disease, the eyes
next, the lungs after the eyes: and
the feeding produces most OF the in
tepnpl disorders. Bad shoeing caus-
es almost every prevalent lameness
even spavins and ringboncs are due
to bad shoeing. aud the use Of calks,
which throw the foot out OF Il proper
level, and cause straining OF the
joints and ligaments. The cutting
away OF the frog exposes the tender
interior Of tho foot to bruises, and
causes disease. Foul stables with
pungsnt ol0rs. which cause the har-
ness to rot, and destroy the varnish
upon carriages. may well be expect
Ell to injure the eyes and the lungs
and air passages: and over feeding
or irregulap feeding and Watering,
produce indigestion and collie, and
encourage the multiplication ..
worms. It is Of far greater impor-
sapee to avoid all these causes Of
trouble, than TO seek remedies for
m.-(American Agriculturist for
August.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-08-13

II. famous santi-treating law Of
Nevada is already the deadest Of what
are known as dead letters" among
laws. II was one Of the many imprac-
ticable statutes devised by would-be re-
formers unacquainted with the world
% it is. There was furry Of fun after
the bill became law. Men devised
al sorts Of plans for defeating ito ends.
and it was . nine-days' wonder. Then
it became to the drinking world .
nuisance. The man who had gravely
given his friends the price Of drink
each, and then marched into 8 saloon
with them where each paid for what he
consumed, ceased to continue the farce,
and invited them boldly up to the
bar Is before the law existed. Il Is an
nounccd in ore Of the Pacific Slope
newspapers that there is not enough
money in the Public Treasury to prose-
cute all the yiolAtors Of the statute, and
each one is afraid to inform lest he, too,
should be prosecuted. And SO ends
another attempt to enforce what u
practically . sumptnary law and ono
devised without regard to other than
the arb trary, abstract view Of some re-
former. The real reformers are those
who seek to modify whore they cannot
abolish an evil.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-08-13
Birds are Invaluable to the fru

Birds are invaluable to the fruit
grower. We always make them well
come. They begin their days work
in the morning when daylight ap-
pears, and ut nll hours OF the day
they are busy catching those worms
and insects that destroy our fruits.
We are not only benefited by their
labors, but also delighted with their
songs as they checrfully search for
our enemies all the day long. True,
they eat our cherries, Tut it was our
fault that we did not plant more,
that :lere should be enough for US
and u few for the birds. Our kind
treatment makes them gentle and
tame. They make their nests all
around us and rear their young, re-
lurning to us each year in increas-
ing numbers. We have no tent cater
pillars, for the blackbirds have de-
stroycd their nests and eaten the In
mates long ago. Ten years ago, be-
fore we had the charge Of the ORCH
ards, the tent caterpillars had COM
plete possession; the blackbirds were
shot and driven aWaY, for pulling up
corn, at the time they were making
their nests. Now the corn is coal
tarrcd, and Is not disturbed by birds,
and they fill our orchards. So far
this year, we have only found sim
gle brood of caterpillars, or rather
the remains, for the worms were ia.
ken before VIC found tho nest. All
kinds OF birds IRE welcome, Even
the despised English sparrow is
keeping the canker worm in check.
1.-THE Farm and Garden.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-08-13

Dakota sod will produce good corn
the first year 1t Is broken. II the
corn Is planted with common hand
sod planter between the burrows, and
planted IN season. it is as profitable
crop to raise rs corn on old ground
:s it saves labor in cultiyatshK. Pota.
toes make GA Excellent growth on
sod with DO cultivation, plowino
them In by dropping them in every
third furr0w, near the edge. From
100 to It's bushels per acre have been
raised, planted in this way. Flax
also is good sod crop, where the
object Is to subduc the sod as much
ar possible In one season. II O
pulverizer Is used and the ground is
thoroughly prepared, fax will yield
from ten to fifteen puShels per acre
but GsAat care should be used In the
selection OF seeds, as there Is apt to
be- 4 great variety Of weed seed
among the fax, that 1t is almost i'm.
possible to remove. Flax may be
sown rs late as the Goth OF June, bu,
earlier will be better on account OI
dry weather. All kinds OF root crops
will do we'll on sod, II the pulverizel
is used. Turnins should he sown ii
May or June. Rutabuqas may b,
sown as late as July, and will pro
duce q good crop, For stock tn,
Mangolwurzel Is very profitabl,
root crop, and can be raised as cas-
lily as rutabagas. and is an enormous
yieldcr.-[Western World.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-08-13

The idea that the commercial
nations Of Europe and also this
country are intent Oh a mon0-gold
standard is terrifying. Throwing
onc-half Of the foundation for spe-
Gle payments into merchandise
will result more disastronsly than
sinking it to the bottom Of the
ocean, for If in merchandise al
augmented amount Of mono-gold
dollars will he required to carry
that much Of extra commodity.
Throwing silver out Of the cate
CORY Of money surely leads to
doubling. and, in panic, to trch-
ling, the purchasing power Of gold.
1t leads to suspension of specie
payments, for there is not gold
enough to 90 around. Before sns-
pending, the banks will make Il
desperate rush to call in loans.
Disaster will Iefall tho debtor
class, and the creditor class will
find that II large percentage Of
their wealth has taken to itself
wings:-John Thompson, Prc~i-
dent Of the Chase National Bank
n. J, City.