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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-09
MANS WHITE WORLD.

At our window on the hill,
Sometimes talking, sometimes STILL
Sat my little girl and /,
Looking on the wintry sky;
While the breath Of frosty air
Swung the naples brown and bare,
And across the valley rolled
All the moonlight's wealth of golds
Touching with a wondrous glow
Hill and valley clad in snow.
Winters two and summers three,
Wise a baby could not be,
So she whispered there that night:
What makes all the world so whittier
Of the moonljghfs and the cold
And the SNOWY world told:
Now the world seems white to you.
Little Nan with heart so true,
And the rays of wonder throw
Only glory on the snow.
Yet, beyond those mountains tall
Long black shadows eastward fall,
When my darling lies asleep
Ger the world those shadows creep.
Soon enough the gold is lost
In the shadow and the frost.
But your fathers arms divide
Warmth within from cold outside.
Long we can not linger still
At our window on the hill;
For your baby footsteps go
Soon enough across the snow.
BY what trouble, at what cost,
Shall your own white world be lost?
Trouble comes-oh, come il will
In some valley'sieep and chill;
BY what mountain, in what spot
It shall meet you, know not;
BY what shadows overcast
Shall the glory go at last
When the shadows eastward fall:-
Father, father" you may call;
When the bitter tears shall rain
You may call and call in vain.
In your trouble. il hear,
] shall come and help you, dear;
Though my lips be silent-though
Underneath the cruel snow;
Though in vain you call to me
Where your straying feet may be;
Yet your Father watches still
At His window, on His hill;
Warmth within from cold outside
Shall His love indeed provide.
N. Y. Observer
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-09
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Women are the hardest conun-
drums ever given to man, and yet man
never seems to be willing to give theih
up.-M Y. Ledger.
1t is supposed that out of eighty per
cent. who remembered the poor, about
eight per cent. gave something to them.
--Boston Transcript.
The craze for stuffed owls has
broken out again. The owl sets good
example, and every family should have
one. 1t keeps its eyes open and its
mouth shut Chicago Journal.
Heart disease takes>a man worth
$4,000, 000,' are the head lines in a
Buffalo paper. We never have heard a
woman called that before; but itisu't an
inappropriate name. when you stop to
think about it.-Puck.
-"Yes, my boy" said an old min
lister to his son, who was going out to
do battle with the world; 'be as wise as
a serpent and as harmless as dove;
but if you forget any part of this ad-
vice do not forget that part about being
as wise as serpent. "-Boston Courier.
THE man that 1 marry" said
Clara, must be handsome, rich, brave,
clever and good-tempered." '.But how
will you discover that he possesses all
those qualities?" IL can see for myself
if he is handsome and can easily ascer-
tain if he is rich. l don't so much mind
about the others. "-PHfsadelphia Record.
-sWhat name does your husband
call YOU by?" said a bride to friend
who had been married several years;
''does he call you ducky or lovy? NV
darling calls me ducky." '.Does he?
Mine used to call me popsey-wopsey,
but he doesn't use that term now"
'What does he call you, thenP' HE
calls me, Say, thereT IN y. Sun.
How much for candyp" said
little boy. six sticks for five cents, ehe
Now, lem me see; six sticks for5 cents,
five for cents, four for cents, three
for cents. two for cent, and one for
nothing. I'll take one stick, mister"
He got. it, but the dealer is still in q
state of bewilderment, and can't SEQ
how that can be.-Montreal (Canada)
Witness.
IL used to think Edmund an
angel" sighed Madeleine. ''Matri-
mony, however, opens ones eyes, and
find him perfect bear" 20, how de-
lightfulr' exclaimed Sylvia, clasping
her hands and looking unutterable
things. 'DelightfulP" echoed Made
leine, in amazement. "Yes, delightful!
Tell me. dear, isn't bear one of those
awful animals which hug one to deatha
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-09

When we reached the Jordan dis
covered that / had travelled all these
thousand miles to view as foul stream
as courses its way through any country
on earth. No wonder Captain Naaman
Indignantly refused at first to dip seven
times in such a river. Indeed, we
would scarcely apply the term river to
. stream eight feet wide and less than
ten feet deep, with current like a mill
race. Moreover. the mosquitoes were
so pestiferous that 10 dip in the Jordan,
as some sentimental travellers insist
upon doing, would be to invite condi-
ton of body resembling scarlet fever
Eastern Letter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-09

-Ready-made plot for a novel: A
young man on Commonwealth Avenue,
who had married his mothers servant
girl in moment of infatuation, paid
her richly to emigrate forever. Soon
after he betrothed himself to beauti-
full Cambridge girl. Her sister, becom-
ing melancholy insane. was put in the
same asylum with an aunt of the young
man, who told her of the former mar
riage. Thus the story got to the Cam
bridge girl, who was taken suddenly
sick and recalled the marriage invita-
tions.-Boston Courier. .
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-09

Until lately it was the general be-
lief that chewing the splinters of tree
struck by lightning would cure the
toothache, and that such spIinters
would not burn whom thrown into the
fire. Chicago Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-09

Connecticut has Law, passed in
1869. which is without parallel in the
statutes of any other state, being an act
to protect wild, as well as cultivated,
plants from pillage. This law makes it
an offense punishable by a fine not ex.
ceeding 500, or imprisonment not ex.
ceeding three months, or both, will
fully to cut, break, or destroy or remove
from the land of another person, cram
berries, creeping fern, crops. shrubs,
fruit or other vegetable productions,
without the consent of the owner
Hartford Conrdnk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-09

About forty million pennies were
coined last year and circulated through
out the country.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-09

nope tomorrow 10 put THIS into suitable
FORM"
The last lines were hardly legible. sThc
date shows" Charlie said gently, shat it
was written the very night upon which he
was taken i'll. am very glad; my father
will be very glad"
"Dear brother" murmured Aunt Nora,
weeping with bowed head. "How thank
full am that never even thought Of going
to law about the will. This is worth the
property a thousand times over-this, and
cousin Alfred's noble generosity"
We sat long silent. At last Aunt Nora
said: ut truly seems more like fiction
than sober reality-an estate given away,
will found and a will made in a single
night"
Eyes; before lay down to rest made
my will, my dear. l named few per-
sonal bequests and charities that 1 can
mature later, but you, Charlie, are my sole
heir. Hush. "-with appraised finger
''there are conditions. 1 stipulate that-if
you can stand SO much of an old woman's
society, you begin at once to make this
your bome-you can easily drive to and
from the Office. And another thing
don't speak yet-if you should ever happen
to marry, should like to have your wife
come, too-that is, If approved your
choice"
"WiIl you come,s Hazel?" Charlie said
and stretched out his hand towards me.
] slipped mine into Aunt Nora's, and
said: of Aunt Nora wants me-"
Then Charlie walked around the table
and kissed me, and that is bow we were en-
gagged. We have been engaged all day,
and it seems ages of happiness. Charlie
says j accepted Aunt Nora, and say Of
course, because it was she who made the
avowal. But il our love-making WASN'T
orthodox our loveis. kno,c that Charlie
is the most splendid fellow in the world,
and am so glad that his father takes after
him.
When the June roses bloom, am to go
to the homestead to live with--Aunt Nora.
IN. Y. E1dnsiaer. .,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-09


neglected, she laments, in schools nova.
! days.
All the time, as far as the game went, ]
] seemed tongue tied, again and again COM
| ing to the point just too late, when knew
! the poem like a, be. l did manage to speak
| up when they gave
THAT which we call a rose
BY any other name would smell as sweet. "
Several said shakespeare" but said
"Jullette," and so l won As Charlie
handed me bunch of delicious blushinp
roses, he said in an undertone-quite ig-
noring our passage at arms-"This is
hardly fair, Hazel-roses where there are
enough already" and he looked at me so
that felt my cheeks turn from pink to
purple.
Enough is enough then:n l said, hate
fully, and waved the flowers away. THAT
deep pink quarrels with my red dress,D
SAID to my next neighbor by way of ex-
PLANTATION.
Charlie coolly laid the roses aside. and
before came up stairs, / went into the
parlor and got them-and now they fill the
room with the smell of summer.
Chariie staid after the others went awav,
and left him talking with Aunt Nora in
the sitting-roo That's why missed nv
usual after the bali" gossip with her. /
didn't even say goodnight to Charlie.
am vexed that l seemed so stupid In the
game. Papa thought I'd outshine them ali.
did manage to get this BIT of aspen that
hangs limp and forlorn from my button
hole. | could not easily miss on Tenny-
sons FAREWELL"
And here thine aspens SILVER.
And here by these shall hum the bee
Forever and forever.
All the time Charlie was handing the
sprig to me he was complimenting Gussie
Flint ON her lap-full Of trophies.
Some one said that poem was too sad to
choose from, but Miss Howe said bit of
aspen was too rare to be neglected. Then
Charlie said they might have taken the
aspen in
Uncertain, coy, and hard to.please."
knew he meant it for me. One didn't
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-17
MORNING. JUNE IT, 1885.
fish has never been met with in other wa

fish has never been met with in other wa ters.
 The Boston Globe has published full and interesting history of the boot and shoe in- dustry of Massachusetts. Its growth has been great. In 1886 there were made in the State of Massachusetts, in round numbers, 16,000, 900 pairs of boots and shoes; in 1S44, 20,000,000; in 1854, 45,000,000; in 1864, 51,OOO,00O; in 1874, 59, 900, 900; in 1880, 7S,- 900, 900, and in 1884, (estimated) over 10O,- 900, ,000. The value of this vast product is estimated at $12O, ,OO0,0 900; and good authori- ty even places it at $15O,000,000. Such is the sum gathered in by the boot and shoe manufacturers and merchants of Massachu- setts every year. In the great production Lynn ranks first, with an annual business of nearly $30,000,O0O Haverhill stands sec- ond, with more than $1O,OOO,O00. Brockton occupies the third place with s7,000, 900. Number four on the list is Marlboro, which does business of s5 1000, ,O0O. Worcester comes next with over $4, 900, ,0OO; then Wey- mouth; then Natick, while Boston stands eighth in the matter of production. New England furnishes more than two-thirds of the total product of the country, and Massa- chusetts the bulk of the New England pro
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-17
Rheumatism

It Ss n,s established foct that Hoods Sar- saparilla has proven an invaluable remedy in many severe cases of rheumatism, effect ing remarkable cures by its powerful action in correcting the acidity of the blood, which is the cause of the disease, and purifying and enriehing the vital fluid.
 It Ss certaiaaly .Jair to assume that what Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for others 1t will do for you. Therefore, you suffer the pains and aches of rheumatism, give this potent remedy fair trial
 A Positive Cure.
 "I was troubled very much with rheuma- tism in my hips, ankles, and wrists. I. could hardly walk, and was confined to my he'd a good deal of the time. Being rec commended to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, I took four bottles and am perfectly well. I cheerfully recommend Hoods SarsapariIla as one of the best blood purifiers in the world" W. F. WooD, Bloomington, III.
 For Twenty Years
 Ihave been afflicted with rheumatism. Before 1883 found no relief, but grew worse. then began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it did me more good than all the other medicine ever had" H. T. BALcoM, Shirley. Mass.
 ''I suffered from what the doctors called muscular rheumatism. took Hoods -Sar- saparilla and am entirely cured" J. V. A. PRoUDFooT, letter carrier, Chicago, Ill.
 We shall be glad to sends free or chargei to all who may desire, a book containing many additional statements of cures by 4-r
 Hoods SarsaparilIa Sold by all druggists, $1; six for $t- Made oniy by c. I. HOOD. & O.. Lowell, Mass
 so0 0osea One Dollar.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-17
WHOLESOME,

Some one wants to know E'how to make hot bread wholesome" About the only an swer to this seems to be to wait until it gets cool.-Boston Post
 'I am coming, oh, my darling p sings a sweet western poetess. Oh, that's all right only you needn't let all the other fellows know Philadelphia Call.
 Thousands of Americans who never owned money enough to take them to Europe are not going over this year on account of the cholera scarer.-Boston Post.
 A news item says that ttsharks have ap- peared off the coast at Long Branch" This seems like 8 rather impolite way of amour eing that landlords have opened their hotels for the season.-Norristown Herald.
 ssLadies and gentlemen" said an Irish manager to an audience of three, 'sas there is nobody here I'll dismiss you all The per formance of this night will not be perform ed, but will be repeated tomorrow even ing''
 Elizabeth Cady Stanton declares that the Christian religion hasn't benefited woman to any considerable extent. It has given her place in which te display her millinery, however, and we dare Mrs. Stanton to deny it.-Boston Transcri pt.
 The young man who has so freely ex- pressed his regret and astonishmeHt that his engagement was announced in the Gazette brought us the written announcement him self and requested us to print it.-Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
 ''Yes, sir, said pompous Texas manu- facturer ''I consider myself benefactor of the human race. I feed 200 people in my factory" fYou dop replied a bystander, ''goodness and all the time I was under the impression that they fed you."-Texas Sift- ings.
 Mrs. Virsgo Smith looking up in sur prise from the newspaper): 'WeI, MT. Smith, here's piece of news about our friend, Mr. Jones. It seems that he has got a divorce from his wife. Did you know any thing about ita" MT. Smith (moodily) "No; and I don't see what good his being divorced is going to do me-"
 Gilhooly says he does not think it is right to bestow promiscuous charity. A few days ago beggar met him on Austin avenue and applied to him for pecuniary assistance. After considerable reflection Gilhooly re- sponded with reluctant quarter and an ex- pression of sympathy. ''Thank you, col how fellow feels who has no education and has to dead beat his way through the world. y Texas Siftings.
 Robert" remarked the wife of penuri- ous man, ssI am on my deathbed. I have tried to be a good and faithful wife, and have but one favor to ask of you before I die" ''What is that, Margaret?" You know I was born and reared in Cleveland. It was there I first met you and the happiest hours of our welded life were spent. You remember this, Robert?' "Yes," uneasi- 1y. ''My relatives are all buried there, and when I gone I wish to rest beside them. Will you grant me this one favor s'' 'sThere will be considerable expense attach ing to it" musingly 70 Robert I will never rest in my grave anywhere else p "Well, Maggie, I'll tell you what I'll do. I don't want to be mean about the thing. I'll bury you here first, and then if I notice any signs of restlessness on your part, I'll take you to Cleveland afterward. Missouri Republican.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-17
Wednesday, June I7, 1885.

THE NICARAGUA CANAL ROUTE. Engineer Menoca1 of the United States navy, who has just returned from Nicaragua where he and other engineers have been com pleting the old surveys of the proposed canal route across the isthmus, makes a report which will encourage those who believe that the United States ought to circumvent De Lesseps by making canal He finds that the actual excavation necessary will cover distance of only about forty eight miles. He divides the canal into four sections. The first, of eighteen miles from Greytown on the east coast to the hills, is over sandy plain where all the work can be done by dredging machines and with great rapidity. Then comes cut of thirteen miles to Ochoa on the San Juan river, which must go through a low range of hills and must be cut into hard rock. This will be slow and hard work, but the cutting, when done, will have the merit of being permanent and requiring no outlay for repairs. From Ochoa the route is through the navigable waters of the San Juan river and the great Lake Nicaragua for 12315 miles, for all which distance practically nothing is needed to insure sufficient draft for the largest vessels. From the shore of the lake to Brito, the Pacific coast terminus of the canal. it is seventeen and one-quarter miles and MT. Menocal says: t'The engineer ing work is not difficult"
 MT. Menocal has not made an accurate es- tinlate of the cost of the Nicaraguan canal, but he does not hesitate to declare that it will be much less than De Lesseps' scheme. Other advantages are the greater healthful- ness of the climate, the unfailing and efficient water supply furnished by the big lake, the absence of grave danger by freshet ard flood, and the greater accessibility of the canal to all shipping coming from the north. The port of Brito on the Pacific, MT. Memo cal states, is seven hundred miles north of Colon, the mouth of the Panama canal
 MT. Menocal does not give a very fiattering account of the condition and prospects of the Panama scheme He has examined the line of the Panama canal, and declares that not more than four per cent. of the actual excavation has been done. The cost has all ready reached $1OO, ,OOO, ,OOO, 'sand the diff eulties will increase as the work proceeds, owing to the fact that all the work now done has been accomplished with the aid of gray ity, and most of that which remains must be done by actual lifting, which is necessarily much slower and more costly"
 There are, we suppose, very few people in this country who are anxious enough to de- feat the French to contribute much money toward Nicaragua canal. But it is worth something to know that we can vanquish them if we choose to.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-17
COMMUNICATIONS.
Unsanitary Conditions.

UnSan1BaFy COhO1tEOnSs
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Our city will never be free from invitations to all sorts of epidemies to locate and make themselves at home until each householder sweeps before his or her own door. This oc- casional brushing up with disinfecting whiff now and then is of little account. In our immediate neighberhood (the most pleas ant part of the lower city) after 8 sultry night mist the air is fetid and heavy with foul exhalations. We expect whif once in a while from some fragrant fer tilizer as it is being unloaded from our water front, and also 8 breath from our mud flats when wind and tide combine to float this odoriferous tonic into our open windows Tenants may be as care taking as possible, neat as wax, but if 8 landlord growls and frets when he is respect fully requested to furnish modern con- veniences and even refuses to take advantage of the sewer connections, his rents are not worth taking. The root of this evil must be eradicated, and if you stand in our back door and glance over the back yards in this locai- ty the many causes of this morning effiuvia will be apparent. This communication is sent from suggestions from some of our neighbors, as well as from our own convic- tiOnS S. E R.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-17
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY ABOUT
 DR. R. c. FLOWERS R E M E D I E S!

Bridgeport, Conn., March, 1885. "Dr- Flowers Liver and Stomach Sanative can not be too highly recommended to those suffering from dyspepsia and kindred troubles. have used
 REV. SYLVESTER CLARK
 Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church 'Dr. Flowers Nerve Pills have been of great ben eft to me. They are simply in valuable "
 MRS. CHAS. P. WILMOT.
 Clinton Ave, Stamford, Conn.,. April, 1885. done more for my wife than all the doctors. Before commencing it's she suffered intensely from than she has been for yeas able to attend to her household duties, can enjoy her meals and sleep soundy; something that was for months beyond her power HERMAN HEloEh tDr. Flowers Liver Sanative is the best medicine for stomach troubles ever saw. It has cured me of case of long standing and gladly testify to it's merits.,' MRS. A. G. BETTS.
 Danbury, Conn, April 1885. q thoroughly recommend Dr. Flowers Nerve Pills. They just what every woman who has to have sedative and quieting effect on the nerv- ous system without leaving any unpleasant @ effect behind MRS. JANE HO4T.
 1O9 Pearl St. Hartford Conn., April 1885 liver complaint to use Dr. Flowers Sanative; I speak from personal knowledge of it's value It has
 Rrewsters, N. Y., April 1885. q have been troubled with torpid liver for years and have never found permanent relief until commenced using pr. Flowers Liver Sanatiye. am happy to be able to add my testimony to it's worth MhS F. C bAlLE1.
 12 Van Reipen Ave,
 Jersey City, N. J., April 1885. "Your Sanative is doing me great good; my ap- every eee1vs day. asss Miss IDA BUCKTNGHAM FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Sold by C. S Leete Co, as7 to sos State street. my25
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-17
Care eff Babies.

A good doctor once said, ''Give them plenty of milk, plenty of sleep, and plenty of flannel" But the cuticle, or scarf skin, is sometimes so delicate that flannel is very ir- ritating, and the o1d-fashioned method of making the little ones comfortable in linen shirts and cotton night-gowns is in most cases advisable. Whatever may be the thought of woman as a physician, certainly every girl who intends to marry ought to be acquainted with the wants of her own organ ism, and the delicate properties of food. For every woman after receiving the crown of Shakespeare, that 'since the birth of Cain, the first man-child, there never was such wondrous creature born" And she finds herself in the greatest distress if her baby sickens and dies for the want of nourishment. We have known mothers who starve their babies on arrowroot, and others who went to the opposite extreme and fed them on Mellin's food, till they looked like Berkshire pigs
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-17

Apple trees in Fairfield county are being badly stripped by the canker VOTES, The evil is great est in the northern towns of the county.
 The body of man forty years of age was found in the Housatonic river at Milford on Monday In Patrick Hayes.
 The trustees of the Middletown Methodist church have elected this committee to select plans for a new building: J. G. Baldwin, D. W. Northrop. s. T. Camp, George Harris, Dr. Burke Prof: Van Vleck Congregational church of the use of their church was accepted and until August the Methodists will quence of the burning of the Methodist church the Wesleyan University baccalaureate sermon by the North church. and the University sermon by Bishop Warren in the South The commencement exercises will be held in the North church