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The Washington critic., 1885-06-04
STEAMBOATS,,

DAILY LINE TO NORFOLK AND FORTRESS
~ Monroe. Steamers George Leary and
Excelsior, commencing May 9, 1885.
one OF these popular steamers viii leave
Seventh.str, ct wharf DAILY, except SUNDAY,
at 80 p. M. For particulars inquire at Com
pany's OH e, 7th 81. wharf. Telephone No.
746.3. W. p WEIGH, General Agent.
Y OW FARES
FORlTRESs MONROE AND NORFOLK.
FIRST-CLASS FARE, 81; HOUND TRIP, tI26.
Steamer JANE MoSELEY Monday, Wednes-
day and Saturday ut $3.50 D. M.
Hixth.street wharf Telephone call, "a.
POTOMAC RIVER Steamer
III ,oAiPsON Monday, Wednesday and Friday at
Ia M nol3
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
THE CONNECTING LINK.

Description OF the Do<os, Who Arc First
Cousins to Our Cousins, the Apes.
Strange stories are told of the Dokos,
who live among the moist warm bam-
boo woods to the south of Kaffa and
Susa, in Africa Only four feet high,
OF a dark olive color, savage and naked,
they have neither houses nor temples,
neither fire nor human food. They
live only on nuts, mice and serpents,
diversified by few roots and fruits.
They let their nails grow long, like
talons, the better to dig for ants, and
the more easy to tear in pieces their
favorite snakes. They do not marry,
but live indiscriminate lives of animals,
multiplying very rapidly, and with
very little maternal instinct. The
mother nurses the child only for a
short time, accustoming it to eat ants
and serpents as soon as possible, and
when it can help itself it wanders away
where it will, and the mother thinks
no more about it. The Dokos used to
be invaluable as slaves, and they were
taken in large numbers.
The siave-hunters used to hold up
bright-colored clothes as soon as they
came to the moist, warm bamboo
woods, where these human monkeys
still live, and the poor Dokos could not
resist the attractions offered by such
superior people. They crowded round
them and were taken in thousands. In
slavery they were docile, attached,
obedient, with few wants and excel
lent health. These queer people have
only one fault--a love for ants, mice
and serpants. and habit of speaking
to Yer with their heads on the ground
and their heels in the air. Yer is their
idea of superior power to whom they
talk in this comical nature when they
are dispirited or angry, or tired of ants
and snakes and longing for unknown
food. The Dokos seem to come near
est of all people yet discovered to that
terrible cousin to humanity, the ape
Dublin Irish Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
FARM AND FIRESiDE.

Young pigs always sell for good
prices, and return a larger profit in
proportion to cost than hogs.
On pleasant days the cellar win
dows should be opened. Fruit keeps
better if given fresh air and if main
taned at q low temperature; the ventila-
ton improves the healthfulness of the
house also.-N. e. Farmer.
Good flavoring for sauce is made
by putting half an ounce of watercress
seed into>One quart of vinegar. The
seed should be crushed before putting it
in, and it will then be soon ready for
use. Celery vinegar is made in the
same way.-N. y. Post.
Coffee Rolls: Take one quart of
bread dough and mix with it one-half
cup of sugar, one-quarter of a cup of
butter, two cups of dried currants;
make into small rolls, dip into melted
butter, place in tins, let rise and bake.
The Household.
The cutting of seed to single eyes
is best adapted to drill planting. When
potatoes are put in hills three feet apart
each way, the tops do not cover the
ground sufficiently unless large
amount of seed is put in. The kind
that grow in heap around the stem in
the hill will bear planting every fifteen
inches in drills three feet apart.-M. Y.
Herald.
Dissolve one pound of copperas in
two gallons of water and add it to one
gill OF sulphuric acid, then add one
ounce of phosphate of soda and the
same quantity Of common salt. Pour a
tablespoonful of this mixture in quart
of drinking water, and you will give
the fowls a splendid and cheap tonic.
1t invigorates and wards off disease
Troy Times.
Brown Bread: To one-half tea
cupful of molasses put one-half tea
spoonful salaratus, warming and stir
ring together until they foam, then add
one pint sweet milk, a little salt and
Graham flour, reserving one-quarter OF
the -four, through which mix thorough.
ly two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
mix about as stiff as Graham gems
Bake one hour and a half in slow
oven. Much depends on the baking
to be baked as soon as mixed.-ToiedC
Blade.
-Parsnip balls are excellent for an
entree. Parboil six large parsnips, and
let them get quite cold, then peel them
and CRATE them, beat two eggs until
very light, and mix with the grated pars-
nip, adding enough flour to give them
conference to the mixture; flour youl
hands and make small fiat balls. Have
hot lard in a shallow kettle, and drop
the balls gently into it; fry them unit
they are well Drowned on both sides
Send to the table very hot.-Erchange.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
Horses Without Shoes.

1t may do very well for those who
are inexperienced in the use of horses
to talk of abandoning the process Of
shoeing, but it will not convince those
who are accustomed to draw heavy
loads with this animal that they can be
safely employed without the necessary
foot protection. Even admitting that
during the summer season, when the
soil is soft, horse could be used with
out shoes, to suppose that it could be
safely used when the ground is roughly
frozen and covered with ice is simply
absurd. And the absurdity is increased
in those portions of the country where
the surface is hilly. Take for instance
portions of New England. with hills
rising at an angle of forty-five degrees,
and with seasons of ice as they some
times occur, it would be utterly impossi-
BILE for horse to travel with even no
load without shoes having sharp caulks.
If Nature did provide feet, it did not
provide for the hauling of heavy loads.
--GeymantoWn telegraph.
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MUTTON AS FOOD.
Good Mutton More the Result of Feeding
than Breed.

Good Mutton More the Result of Feeding
than Breed.
In the production of good mutton
much more depends upon feeding than
upon the breed. The flesh of well-fed
sheep, of every variety, from the Me-
rino to the Downs, is palatable and de-
licious. The reason that Merino mutton
is not better is because of age, bad feed
ing and i'll treatment generally. A
prominent agricultural editor who has
for years said that Merino mutton was
not fit to eat, was recently presented
with two quarters of pure Merino
which were served upon his table and
received the following comments:
Never, anywhere, or Of any breed.
have we tasted mutton more sweet or
tender, and we have eaten the best of
Southdown. thousands of times, upon
its native heath. The mutton was from
four-year-old pure Merino eve, weigh
ing III pounds, and dressing sixty-five
pounds. She was entirely free from
wrinkles and would have sheared eight
cen pounds at the spring shearing. A
sample of her wool was one of the best
we ever saw, showing both length and
quality, and an even texture through
out. No mutton equals chop from a
fat, well-fed young sheep"
do not insist that Merino mutton is
as good as that from the strictly mutton
breeds, but do contend that any sheep
will make good and profitable mutton,
if properly fed and cared for, an item
which will go long way in piecing out
the short profits of wool-growing. None
of the objections urged against the use
of pork can be brought against that Of
mutton. 1t has never been known to
impart disease to its consumers. Tri-
chime, tape worm and scrofula are pro-
duced by eating other meats. The
sheep abhors mire. and will taste moth
ing that is not clean and clearly served.
1t is wholly herbaceous, and very neat
in its habits. Mutton is as wholesome
as any meat, and may be variously pre-
pared for the table. For steady diet it
is superior to pork and costs no more.
/ have reference to mutton, for in nv
estimation, only those sheep which are
fat and healthy are muttons. Old, de-
crepid, broken-mouthed, foot-diseased
animals, such as fill the general mar
ket, are not fit for food, and do much
to prejudice people against mutton.
The majority of farmers do not kill a
sheep once year, because custom has
made the American people great pork
and beef-eaters.-C0r BORNE Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
A Rushed Road.

The Western reporter who set out
to interview a Northern Pacific Rail-
road official, found him in high state
of Indignation.
"Some of those Eastern papers," he
said. ''seem to take delight in lying
about us''
Exactly, sir,rI have noticed that
myself"
Now here is one claiming that we
have lately discharged two hundred
employees on account of lack of bust
ness. Why, sir, instead of that we
have had to put four hundred extra
men at work.
ION account of the rush?"
"Well, yes-rush of snow which has
buried most of our line six feet deep
but it shows business and enterprise
just the same"-WdU Street NeUs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
s1.Oo for so Gents.

Any reader of this paper who viii send
30 one-cent stamps to the AMERICAN RURAL
HOME, Rochester, N. Y, before March 1st,
1885, will receive that handsome paper,
postage free, until January LIST, 1886. The
RURAL is large eight-page, forty column
WEEKLY paper, now in its fifteenth year,
and the cheapest farm journal in the world.
The price is one dollar year in advance,
but the above offer in postage stamps will
be accepted if sent in before March 1st,
1885. Send for sample copy, and see what
a bargain is offered. This advertisement
will not appear again, SO do not neglect
present opportunity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
Eight cents a pound is the price

Eight cents pound is the price OF
choice cuts of horse flesh in some OF
the markets of France and Germany.
Untitled for service, horses find their
way to the meat markets of these cit
les. Large quantities are made into
sausages, it being also an accepted
statement that donkeys are made into
sausages in Bologna, Italy. 1t is said
that about thirty horses week are
slaughtered and sold for food in the
city of Strasburg alone.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

"YEs; shall break the engagement"
she said, folding her arms and looking de-
faint; " it is really too much trouble to
converse with him; he's as deaf as a post,
and talks like he had a mouthful of mush.
Besides, the way he hawks and splits is
disgusting" "Don't break the engage
ment for that; tell him to take DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. 1t will cure him COM
pletely." swell, I'll tell him. do hate
to break it of, for in all other respects he's
quite too charming" OF course it cured
L;s cararrh.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
Delays Are Dangerous"

II you are pale, emaciated, have hack
ing cough, with night-sweats, splitting of
blood and shortness of breath, you have
no time to lose. Do not hesitate too long
till you are past cure; for, taken in its
early stages, consumption can be cured by
Discovery" as thousands can testify. By
druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

A MAN in York County, Pa, recently had
his wife arrested for pouring gallon OF
molasses on his head. If that's the kind OF
a woman his wife is, it is to be presumed
that he does not want any mo'lasses Of
that sort-Phtiddelphia Call.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

IRAscIBLE Old Party: Conductor, why
didn't you wake me up when asked you'll
/ am miles beyond my station" Con-
ductor: 81 did try, and all could get out
of you was: 'All right, Maria. Get the
children their breakfast, and I'll be down
in q minute"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The Sexton Mt. Yer.
non Place Church, Mr.. l.. Edwards, says:
Suffered night and day; severe cough;
pains in chest. Used Red Star Cough Cure;
entire relief.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

You can buy live Polar bear for 81 600.
Cheap enough. We'd rather buy one fol
s., 900 any time than catch one for fifteen
cents. That's what keeps us so awfully
poor all the time-our measureless extrav-
agance.-Burdette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

A SORE THROAT OR Cough, if suffered to
progress, often results in an incurable
throat or lung trouble. "Bro,oa's Bronchial
Iroches" give instant relief. rs cts. a Dor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

"a prominent physician of Pittsburgh said
TO lady patient who was complaining of her
continued iii-health, and Of his inability to
cure her, jokingly said: Try Hop Bitters.
THE lady took it in earnest and used the Bit
tiers, from which she obtained permanent
health. She now laughed at the doctor for
his Joke but he is not so well pleased with II,
'as it cost him q good patient.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

as it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up and
at work, and cured by so simple Iemedy~
&c assure you it is true that he is entire
" cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters,
and only ten days ago his doctors gave him
up and said he must die, from Kidney and
Liver troubler'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
Or. euyso!rs Yellow Dock and sarsapariIa

:. Guyso!rs Yellow Dock and SarsaparilI'
The long cold winter freez-
es up the smaller streams. and
filth accumulates around every
home. The welcome spring
freshet opens up the clogged
brooklets and washes away the
debris, leaving all the hills and
valleys and brooks and streams
clean, sweet and clear.
In like manner the human
organization needs renovating
and cleaning as spring time APP
proaches. Greasy foods, a want
of exercise, over-eating, poor
digestion, ETC., has clogged the
machinery of life. The pores
need to be opened, the passages
cleaned, the functions of the
body strengthened, etc., in order
that good health may be main
tanned. To this end no RENE
DIV is so good and effective az
DIR. GUYsoTr's YELLOW Dock
AND SARsAPARILLA, remedy
widely Endorsed by physicians
who have examined into its
composition and become cog
infant of its many virtues. 1t
is a positive cure for WEAKNESS
and DEBILITY, and all diseases
arising from a state of blood
impurity, such as SORES, ACHES.
PIMPLEs, STIFF AND LAME JOINTS,
sCROFULA, RHEUMATISM, etc.
a@r Insist on your druggist
getting this remedy for you
Take no substitute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

BEARS are not found in a stock-yard as
a verdant correspondent supposes. They
are generally bruin trouble outside.--Chi-
cdgO Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

An agricultural paper contains an article
entitled "How to Preserve Sleeps Pelts. y
The recipe may be the best known, but we
shouldn't think a sheep-pelt preserved
would be very pleasant eating. Preserved
ounces, peaches, and plums are good
enough for us.-NorristO,cn Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
Fees Of Doctors.

The fees of doctors at $500 visit would
tax man for year, and in need of daily
visit, over 81, 600 fyear for medical attend
ance alone! And one single bottle Of Hop
Bitters taken in time would save the 1000
and all the years sickness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

PIKE's TooTHACHE DROPS cure In minute, 25c.
Gienn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. Csc.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

HUMAN nature abhors vacuum in tn
upper three quarters of the thermometer
Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

A YOUTH whose suit was rejected by q
pretty girl says he has discovered the au.
thor Of "the beautiful's no."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

IT is wonder that firemen ara not al
ways taking cold, because they SO FREE
quently get water in their hose.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

A CINCINNATI editor claims to have seen
. petrified girl. She probably discovered
that some rival belle had bonnet exactly
like hers.-Chicdgo Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

AN artist who went into the country for
the purpose of sketching bull found there
was danger of the bulbs catching him.
Boston Timer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

AN Illinois COW got drunk on distillery
grains and made an interesting display Of
corned beef.-Chicdgo Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

BEAU-"Why do you prefer wood
fret" Belle-"'Caus it pops !"-Judge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

A NEW magazine is called the Woman,
Age. 1t contains a good deal Of fiction.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
Thousands fastened to Their
Graves.

By relying on testimonials written In vivid
glowing language Of some miraculous cures
made by some largely pulled up doctor or
patent medicine has FASTENED thousands to
their graves; the readers having almost in
sane faith that the same miracle will be per-
formed on them, that these testimonials
mention, while the so-called medicine is all
the time fastening them to their graves.
Although we have
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

YES, son, we call that kind of O hat a
stove-pipe, because it scots our clothes
and makes such draft-on our pockets
Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

az None genuine without n bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile pois
onous stuff with SHop" or" Hops"i in their name
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23
Thousands Upon Thousands ~

of testimonials of the most wonderful cures.
voluntarily sent us, we do not publish them,
as they do not make the cures. 1t is our
medicine, Hop Bitters, that make the cures:
1t has never failed and never can. We VIII
give reference to any one for any disease
similar to their own if desired, or will refer
to any neighbor, as there is not a neighbor'
hood in the known world but can show It's
cures by Hop Bitters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

IT takes pretty smart phrenologist to
tell what is in barrel by examining its
head.-N Y. Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

WOULD it be just to say that all physi-
clans partially yet their living by pill-agei
The JUDGE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

ATTENTION is called to advertisement of
Hair Crimpers in this paper. Good thing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

CHARITY bawls-Those at foundling
asylum.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

JOSH BILLINGS says: 'The best medisin
kno for the rumatiz, is to thanl. the Lord
it amt the govt"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

"Woman and Her Diseases
Is the title of an interesting illustrated
treatise (96 pages) sent, postpaid, for
three letter stamps. Address Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Associaon, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

All ruminant hoofed beasts have
horns and cloven feet. If thehoofs are
even the horns are even; if odd, as in
the rhinoceros, the horns are odd, that
is, single or two placed one behind the
other. Creatures with feathers always
have beaks. Pigeons with short beaks
have small feet, apd those with long
beaks large feet. Long limbs of the
hound are associated with along head.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

The Supreme Court of Warren
County, Chief Justice Cooksey presid-
ing, has decided that lawful fence
NUT be "pig tight, horse high, and
bull strong" but that the provisions OF
the law in matters pertaining thereto
do not apply to birds gifted with the
power of navigating the air, especially
randers. Louisville Courier-Jonrndl.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-23

n MIN Treated and cured without the knife.
I.AMl.tk Book on treatment sent free Address
Ui1NU0lk L. POND, NJ. D., Aurora, Kane Ill
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1885-03-12
Wealth of Our Jewish Population.


The growth of the numbers and wealth
of our Jewish population has not at
tracted the attention it deserves. 1t is
known that some 100000 frequent the
synagogues, but there are many free
thinking Jews, and there must be at
least 100 ,OC0 among our population.
They ha. as a sect grown enormously
rich. The average wealth of the Jew is
four fold that of our citizens. They
are IN nopo ,izing the most lucrative oc-
cnpauons OF tue country They are
bankers, merchants, wholesale dealers.
They swarm at the exchanges, but
rarely make their appearance in any
productive employment
a Jewish farmer, mechanic or laborer
is as difficult to find as white black
bird. The signs of the business firms in
the commercial cities of the nation con-
tain the names of more Jews than any
other sect or nationality; indeed they
monopolize the wholesale trade Of several
important cities, The Jewish race is a
wonderful ono, but so far its amazing
prosperity in this country does not seem
to have excited any unusual attention.