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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31
A Chinese Restaurant.

Iou have never dined, reader, at a
Chinese restaurant. You enter and
perch upon stool near large square
table. The next moment the attendant
has put down in front of you a teapot
filled with fresh. boiling tea, a teacup
one-th;rd the size used by Americans.
two ebony chop sticks, porcelain
spoon, a tiny liqueur-bowl, and saucer
filled with chocolate fluid called e.yu.
This is hybrid between salt and dilute
Worcestershire sauce. The first course
is cold roast chicken. served with
picked perfume6 turnip. The flesh is
tender. snow white and free from sauce.
1t is cut into small pieces. but these are
arranged so as to preserve the outline
Of the fowl You seize piece with
your chop-sticks. dip in the sauce, and
then eat it in solemn silence. The next
course is fresh fish, steamed. boiled. OF
fried whole and covered with a dark
and very aromatic sauce. With it is
served a bowl heaped to Overlooking
with rice. 1t is cooked as only the Chi
nese can-each grain soft and tender
and distinct from its fellows. Next APP
pears bowl Of chicken soup, on whose
surface floats q few thin slices of some
green vegetables. Then follow roast
duck with picked carrot, chow chop.
sue Ga ragout of chicken liver. lean
pork. bamboo-tip, celery, bean-shoots
and onions). dried fish, steamed chopped
pork. macaroni and chicken. and dainty
dumplings filed with spiced hashed
meats. With the foods are served tiny
pitchers of liqueurs. One is brown
rice arrack, the second q date brandy.
and the third an orange gin. All the
dishes are well cooked and served, and
are a novelty to the most blase gour-
met. The made dishes especially are
new and strange. Won Ch.n Foo. in
Chicago NesUs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31
FARM AND FIRESlOE

If the hands are stained there is
nothing that will remove the stain so
well as lemon. Cut lemon in halves
and apply the cut surface as if it were
s"ap.-Erchange.
If, upon weaving a calf or other
young animal. it is so far separated
from the dam that one can not be
heard by the other, from one to three
days will suffice to render them quiet
Prairie Farmer.
Layer Cake: Four eggs. one cup of
white sugar, butter the size of walnut,
one and half cups of flour, one large
teaspoon of baking powder. six table
spoonfuls of water; favor to taste; bake
in moderate oven.-The Household.
"A farmer is mentioned in the late
discussion of New England farmers,
reported in the Massachusetts Plough
man, who for two years planted seed
from the seed-end and stem-end of the
potato separately. Both years the seed
end gave him a crop from twelve to
fourteen days earlier than from the
stem END.
MILAN cakes are nice for tea. Half
q pound of sifted flour, quarter of q
pound of butter. six ounces of sugar.
two tablespoonful of thick, sour cream
and one egg. Mix paste of these in
gradients, roll it out and cut it in dia-
mond-shaped pieces; glaze with egg and
bake in hot oven; when cold place a
bit of jam or jelly in the center Of each
and serve.-N. y Commercial Adrcr-
tiser.
-Gapes are produced by parasite
In the windpipe of the fowl. 1t may be
removed by thrusting feather into the
windpipe, twistingit around and quickly
Withdrawing. II is said that continuing
fowl in box and filling the air in it
with lime dust will sometimes cause the
fowl tolcough or sneeze up the intruder.
No preventive is known, but an occa-
sional dose of turpentine is. recon
mended.- Troy Times.
-Deft-fngered maidens may make q
pretty fan to suit each toilet. Take a
round or oval fan Of pasteboard and
cover it with tulle in folds and have a
full putting of the tulle about the edge.
On the side on which the folds are
fastened arrange mass OF loops OF
narrow satin or velvet ribbon and place
three or four velvet butterflies as if
lowering among the loops. The handle
is wound about with the ribbon and
loops and ends depend from the point of
union with the fan Harper's Bazar.
For coffee stains try putting thick
glycerine on the wrong side and wash
=. "a al IL
raspberry stains weak ammonia and
water is the best. Stains of fruit on
good table lien can be removed without
injury by using the following with care:
Pour boiling water on chloride of lime.
in proportion of one gallon to quarter
of a pound, bottle it. cork it well, and
in using be careful not to stir it. Lay
the stain in this for moment. then APP
ply white vinegar and boil the table
lnen.-Phitadetphia Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31
AMeRIcANlzep CHINESE.


How the Celestials on tho Pacific Coast
are Adopting American Habits and In.
stitutions.
The Tapes have been raising tapage
1t was through the application of the
Tapes to the Supreme Court that the
Chinese public school was opened in
San Francisco. The Tapes are Ameri-
canized Chinese. and how Americanized
the following story will show: John
Tape is an expressman. drives one wag-
on and owns another. wears his hair cut
short and goes to Sunday-school. In
taking goods to the mission he met
Mary, servant, who wore her hair in
butterfly chignon, painted flowers and
did embroidery. John and Mary courted
and were married. John built a neat
little house out in the western addition.
where in due time appeared two little
Tapes-Mamie and John. 1t was an
American family in custom, costume
and speech, and the mission folk used
to take visitors out to the Tapes, and ex-
hibt them as examples of how very
Caucasian the Monaghan might be
made. A little while ago. however, John
came to the mission in very unpleas-
ant frame of mind. Something was the
matter with Mary. He could not for the
life of him tell what it was. but Mary was
not herself. She was neglectful and list
less, but would give no explanation of
her behavior. Would some of the ladies
90 up and find out what was the matter?
Nothing would plea se the ladies better,
and the very next morning they paid a
visit to the Tape residence. There was
plenty of evidence in Mrs. Tapes man
ner that Johns complaint was well
grounded.
What's the matter, Maryp" asked
one OF the visitors; has John been
doing anythingp"
mo; Johns all right" said Mary.
"Haye the children been misbe.
having?"
mo; the children are all right" =
swell, what is the matter, then?'
another man," said Mary. plainly.
Without any more pressing Mary con
fessed that she had fallen in love with
the Chinese interpreter of the Sacra-
mento Courts, and that she did not care
any longer for her husband. Attempts
to impress her with the Nervousness of
this domestic offence were fruitless. and
the ladies left much cast down. When
John came home that evening Mary
told him the terrible news with as little
circunlocution. and added that she in
tended to pack up and leave the next
day. Arguments and entreaties were
fruitless, and. sure enough, next day
Mary placed her children with mutual
friend and left. Something-John said
it was God, but it was probably Oriental
cunning-told John to be at the Market
Street depot that afternoon. Soon after
his arrival Union Street car brought
Mary and bundle on the scene. John
hid behind a pillar and saw his wife
joined by the Sacramento interpreter.
With howl he rushed out, and, Selling
the interpreters pigtail with one hand,
swung him round and with the other
hand planted such terrible blow be.
tween his rivals eyes that he fell like a
log. Mary looked at the fallen. inter-
prefer, then at Johns terrific right
hand, took his arm and quietly walked
home with him.-San francisco Call
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31

It is said that q iady's standing in socie-
ty can easily be determined by her dress
at the breakfast-table; an expensive,
snowy costume indicating that the wearer
has not yet learned the proprieties. But
no one need be afraid Of being called
"shoddy" IL her loneliness is as apparent
by daylight as at the hops. Perfect beau
ty is never the attendant of disease; above
all, Of those diseases peculiar to women,
and which find ready cure in DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription" Price reduced
to one dollar. By druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31
THOMAS JEFFERSON.



A Bit of History.
He was not President of the United
States then. although he afterward at
tanned unto that honor He was little
boy. and rather inclined to be good,
obedient and bright He loved his
mother and even maintained sincere
respect for his father. One evening he
was bout an hour or longer off time
getting home from school, and the
eager maternal eye fell upon his shirt
and at once OWNED the cause of his
detention. The other eager maternal
eye. for she had a little pair of them,
saw the same thing a
Thomas, said his mother, "why
are you so lateP''
Lost my Biography, an had to go'n
did you find itr'
30, Tommy, you left it at home this
morning; itshas been here all day. y a7.
''Yes'm, that's what remembered 1
done withyit-n 80 e-z -
"Tommyr'E y - ~ p s8 -
..Yess MAJ .ssits sies - s-sea a.
"You have been in swimming
mo, ma ami very stoutly.as - Il
Tommy! Mother knows"
"No, psa.amr' with the airsof a boy
whose position is unassailable. Frs77t
Tommy, you have been swimming
in the river; / can telEby your shirt. I"
mike, boss!v shouted the boy. tri-
umphantly:s ssyou can't plav no turned
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31
sEAsoNAeLE SUGGESTIONS.
A Chapter on Prudence in Conduct and
Temperance In Diet.

A Chapter on Prudence in Conduct and
Temperance In Diet.
The extreme heat of the season, with
the increased number of deaths, suggest
great prudence in conduct and temper
ance in diet. A large proportion of the
fatal results traceable to thermal causes
might easily be prevented by a little.
care. Of course the few who can afford
to crafty their desires by fleeing to
some cool and quiet retreat. and then
have the good judgment to be temper
ate in their habits, are the furthest re-
moved from all seasonable dangers. but
to the many this is impossible. The
less fortunate ones can comply with
well established hygienic principles.
Cleanliness is of the first Importance
and it applies not only to the person,
but also to the premises. The body
should be sponged once a day, and
twice is better, with water not cold;
clothing next to the person should be
frequently changed; the bedroom and
linen should be thoroughly ventilated
and aired after use. The common
practice of shutting up the sleeping
room all day in order to keep it dark
should be avoided; the clothing should
be aired throughout the day. and the
couch not made up for use until even
ing. Keep no fresh meat or decayed
vegetation anywhere about the premises.
Whitewash the cellar and be careful to
avoid keeping remnants of food about
to decay and mould.
Equal in importance to cleanliness is
the supply of pure air. Let every room
in the house from cellar to garnet be
abundantly ventilated during some
portion of each day. Flies and hot air
are preferable to dark, stuffy apart
ment, which is thus converted into q
disease breeding nest. Hot air naturally
rises. and, if the upper rooms are kept
closed throughout the day, they will be
found charged with the foul air that has
been generated in the living rooms.
Take the utmost care of the sewers.
i&Temperance should be observed, both
in eating and drinking. Where the
appetite or the vocation demand, it is
better to eat more frequently. rather
than overload the stomach at long in
tervals. Unripe fruit and vegetables are
poisonous, and are especially injurious
in hot weather. Meats and vegetables
should be thoroughly cooked before eat
ing, and all should be fresh when
cooked. Intemperance in the usually
regarded harmless summer drinks and
compounds is followed by as serious re-
suits as over-indulgence in alcoholic
beverages. Eat and drink seasonable,
ripe. well cooked food and light fluids
in small quantities and at more frequent
intervals.
Do not attempt any over-exertion OF
excitement of body or mind. Start in
time to meet every engagement without
hurrving. Whether in the harvest field
at the work bench. in the counting
room or study. or enjoying the leisure
and comforts that wealth afford. be
careful to observe these precautions.
There are none SO poor or unfortunate
that they may not have them. and mono
so rich that they can safely neglect
them These hints are useful at every
season, but they are essential now and
will be during the succeeding six weeks.
-fhiiadeiphia Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31

DIR. j. r. Irwin says that one of
the best and most pleasant things that
can be used to relieve toothache is
chewing cinnamon bark. 1t destoys
the sensibility OF the nerves and sus-
pend; the pain Immediately, if the
bark is of good quality.-N Y. Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31

"TIME works wonders" said a young
man of twenty. seven when he returned
home and found his elder sister only
eighteen. Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31
ABOVE all other earthly fills.

ABOVE all other earthly fills.
1 hate the big, old fashioned pills;
By slow degrees they downward wend,
And often pause, or upward tend;
With such discomfort are they fraught,
Their good effects amount to naught.
Now, DIR. Pierce prepares pill
That just exactly fills the bill
A Pellet, rather, that is all
A Pleasant Purgative and small;
Just try them as you feel their need,
You'll ind that speak truth, indeed
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31
THE ELECTRIC AURoPHoNE.

An Aid and Permanent Benefit to the
Hearing.
The mild electrical treatment of the au-
rophone has cured many of deafness whom
nothing else could lenefit. Send name
aud address, with stamp. to Electric Au-
r phone Company. No. APO N. Third ST..
st. Louis. No., for circular and explana :
ton. 81.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31

IT is not hard for man to mind his own
business, but it 10 the monotony which he
can't stand.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31

TIE Hartford Journal says there is poe
try IN vegetables. This is tough news for
vegetarians.-Bu6alo Express.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31

WHEN two girls meet they kiss. When
two men meet they don't. This shows
plainly who want kissing the most.-Chi-
cago Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31

"THIs is my golden wedding" remarked
an impecunious man when he married q
woman worth $4,000
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31

PIXIES TOorHACHE Drops cure In minute s25c
Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. &c.
GERMAN Corn REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-31

THE "old rsliable"-Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-04
SCIENCE md THE SEA-SERPENT


Mr.. Proctor has come to the rescue OF the
sea-serpcnt, which, like the poor abuses of the
time, has long wanted countenance. In this rs
in many other matters, science appears to be
following tho usual course of human nature in
respect to questions OF extraordinary phe-
nomeDa: that il to say, II first ridiculcd, then
denied, presently doubted, and now seems on
the point Of accepting. At first the sca-serpent
was rejected rs "A myth, because sailors only
vouched for him. 1t is true that many things
such, for instance, as the discovery of new or
unknown islands or continents, have been
accepted on the word of sailors. But no
scientist had ever seen a sea-scrpent. md
therefore he was declared impossible. The
statement of the captain and officers Of II. NJ.
Docdalus, nearly generation ago, regarding n
creature of tho kind referred to was very
hard to pooh-pooh away. for here the
observers were probably as competent
a. most scientists Of their time. But
then science was in semi-barbarOus condition
and years subsequently the dcvl-ish was
rcpudiated rs Obstinately as tho sea-sorpent
Now every schoolboy knows that there are
creatures of the octopus genus with arms thirty
or forty feet long, and as thick as a mans Leg
upsetting good-sized boat or making meal
OIL sailor or fisherman. As to the sea serpent
the possibility of him has been growing steadily
for years.
There is no reason why creatures like tho
plesiosaurus should not still exist. The depths
of the ocean and the unexporcd regions may
well have sheltered some OF those early species
whose land contemporaries have long since
passed away, for they were not exposed to the
same vicissitudcs. Nor Is it necessary to con.
fine the survival to the plesosauri, for there Is
as much evidence for the existence Of enormous
marine snakes-posslbly huge c0nger ees--as
there Is for the creatures with the broad turtle
body and tho long serpent neck and head. But
Il Is encouraging to observe that scientific men
arc becoming much moro cautious than
formerly In assigning bounds to nature, and In
declaring that this OF that which Is declared to
exist, cannot possibly do SO. Discovery should
teach modesty and hesitation il anything, and
true science will doubtless tend more and more
to that position of suspended Judgment In
which the criterion of acceptance for novel facts
Is purely and simply d sufllcicncy of evidence,
and from which the influence OF lpreconccptions
not based on any correlation Of known truths
is vigorously excluded.
Mr.. Proctor has reached this condition as
regards the sea-serpent. He recognizes the
truth that there is no scientific reason why such
q creature should not exist He recognizes the
fact that there Is much good evidence on behalf
of the actual existence of such creature. We
congratulate Mr.. Proctor and the sea.serpent
New-York tribune., 1885-01-04
THE NEW-ORLEANS EXPOSITION


The nrorress of the New Orleans Exposition
is being checked, and its future jeopardized' by
untoward occurrences, which, or so it seems to
outsiders. might and ought to have been pre-
vented. The strike of the street-car drivers Is
SAID to have been led up to by bad faith on the
part of the car companies Whatever the
cause the demonstration could not nave oeeh
made at q more unfortunate time. Then the
railroad companies refuse to lay track to the
Exposition, and finally the extraordinary
prOpostion is advanced that the ex-
hibitors shall undertake this necessary
work. 1t might have been Thought
that the railroad men at least would have had
hard sense enough to realize that their own IN
terest lay in helping to make the exhibition
success Yet it looks as if they could not per-
ceive how its failure must react npon their bhsi-
ness, and they seem to be as destitute OF Dusi-
ness Judgment as are the car companies. III Is
indeed said that the latter are controlled Dy TO-
cal politicians who also boss " the municipal
government, and who are at this moment per-
haps trying to convince the country III New
Orleans is as badly governed as any Northern
city has ever been.
The people of NewOrleans do not appear to
concern themselves greatly over the many OBJ
stacles which are rising in the way of the sue
cess of their great exhibition. We hear OF
indignation privately expressed. but nothing or
any concerted action to shame or force the
recreant officials into the line OF duty.
Meanwhile the patience and good
temper of the visitors are being sorely
tried, and poor Colonel Burke is being driven
nearly distracted. The arrangements for the
exhibition are moreover unaccountably delayed.
the exhibitors are slower than usual in getting
ready. and it is becoming evident that unless
more public spirit and energy are displayed
very soon, this enterprise, which has cost so
much money, time and labor, will fail IN ac-
complishing its object. Now, the South could
have done without the Exposition. but having
committed itself to it. anything short OF success
will be a sad disaster to the interests OF that
region. The New-Orleans people ought TO
realize this. The railroad people ought TO
realize it; and the car companies ought to DO
made to realize it.
An exhibition which is at once incomplete
and inaccessible is a sorry spectacle, and unless
this state of things is quickly put an end TO-
the tide of travel will turn away from New
Orleans, and all the splendid hopes built upon
the display will be dissIpated. 1t to be hoped
that no more time will be lost, but that some
body will solve the problem OF making 1t posi-
BILE to get to and from the exhibition.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-04
PERSONAL,

Apropos OF Bismarck's next anniversary tbe 49, K
teth his birth and the nftctb OF his entry Into ool,
life. which falls April his first public position v
that OF assistant Judge Of the City Court OF Berlin -
that place he was rather irritable and impusiya a..
day. taking down the deposition OF particularly era.
perating and impcrtinent fellow. his patience ou,s.
gave way he jumped up and In voice Of thunder -,
claimed Sir behave YOURSELF or shall put you osn
OF the ROOM No had he said the words than a.
Judge e1 him on the sn.Yd
putting out IL my affair" Herr Won Bismarck went a.
with his task for while. foamng inwardy. upul anotH
er saucy rcjonder of the cpt brought him to his fses
again with the classical threat SIR II you don't h.
have yourself Instantly shall have you put out By As
Herr stadtgertchtsrath =
Mr.. Matthew Arnold celebrated on Christmas eve hs
sixty second birthday anniversary.
Count Polokon paid 100000 for the Basilcwski eol
lection Of Limoges furniture. etc., and then gavsit
to the Car as a New-fears pres ~
Lord Garmoyle, travelling In the far East. saw an A.
count In The Hongkong Telegraph which rather misrep
sentod his little affair with Miss Finney and wrot
to that paper-spe. ling the name Hongkonk By The
way-inden anty declaring that he had 'nevsr known
been introduced presented TO- or wished 70 know,
ballet girl"
The Rev Dr. Moses Colt Tyler viii deliver four lccturs
on The Pampbleteers and satirists OF til Americss
Revolution before the professors and stude ITS Of th
General Theological Seminary. In IT. Peters fIsil Twes
tieth.-t near NinIL-ave on January g. y, IL and L.
The general public Is invited to attend
Brother watterson devoted three and half editorial
columns of Tuesdays Courier Journal to an exprcssoa
Of bs esteem for Brother Randall with incidental refer
encc to one old Joe Brown " Of Georgia
The ceremony Of investing Archbishop Ryan, Of Phia-
aepha with the palium will take place next sunday
morning
The Parsians are about 20 erect a monument to tina
glory OF j. J. Rousseau in the Rue Nouvcie Heioiss
AZ the same time" says The Whitehall Rerfer they
reentlessly devote TO destruction the famous Hotel
Jean-Jacaues Rousseau called from the fact that
Rousseau stopped in II in I7il when was the Hotel Dc
ST. Quentin II Is pity that building which has 70
many associations with the literary history OF France
should 90 the way OF all buildings 80 soon It's haunted
he other memories than those OF the scft0rturins
sophlst which ought would think. 70 make II almost
sacred in tho eyes Of Frenchmen Within is walls
eorres sand wrote her first novel within its walls jules
sandean met for the first time. within IT, walls too
very different writer from either Georges sand or Julss
~andsau Gusiave Planche. whom DE Nuss't dsked 20
much wrote his first critical essay IL seems ruthless 70
disturb the shades Of this interesting little company 0;
literary ghosts.