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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21
FARM AND FlREslDE.

1t is said that the best of all fodder
for sheep is good clover hay.
Milk, either fresh or sour, butter
milk, skinned milk, mixed with meal,
or in any other form, is just the thing
for fowls. 1t will pay better to give
waste milk to fowls than to pigs.-Chi.
cage Tribune.
Ginger Pudding: One cup sweet
milk, one-quarter cup butter, two eggs.
two large spoonfuls of ginger, two of
sugar, one of saleratus, two of cream Of
tartar; flour enough to thicken; steam
two hours and half.-B0st0a GLOBE.
Any ailing fowl should be at once
removed from the flock to comfortable,
quiet quarters and specially treated with
medicines and food. A fowl is worth
saving, but is often neglected and left to
get well or die. -Prairie Farmer.
When grain is cheap the farmer
should strive doubly hard to dispose of
it in the shape of pork, beef, poultry or
the products of the dairy and hen
house. Even if it does not get full
market rates for grain SO fed he viii be
the gamer in the end.-Erchange.
Cookies: Two cups of sugar, one cup
OF butter, three eggs, not quite a table,
spoonful of soda, dissolved into two
tablespoonfuls of water: nutmeg to taste,
and flour enough to roll out soft. Cut
into cakes and bake in a moderately hot
oven.-Ihe Household.
To make invisible ink, take linseed
oil, one part; water of ammonia, twenty
parts; pure water, one hundred parts.
Mix thoroughly and shake well before
using. To make the writing appear,
dip the paper in water. The characters
fade as the paper dries Chicago
Journal.
"A white ash tree with tall. straight
body, free from limbs, makes very
valuable timber. 1t is an excellent
| flooring for kitchens and Mushrooms
which are not carpeted, as it does not
absorb water as the softer woods do
The lower cut of the log should be sawn
up into whiffietrees, wagon poles and
other woodwork where lightness with
strength is desirable.-N. T. Herald.
Golden Sauce: Four ounces oil
| butter, seven ounces of powdered sugar
one gill of wine, two gills of cream
half nutmeg, the yelks of six eggs
scald the cream in two-quart BASH
over boiling water; beat the butter
sugar and eggs together; add the nut
| meg, pour the hot cream over them
then pour all in the basin over the boil
ing water, add the wine and stir until j
thickens. Budget.
1
| DIR. Lawes thinks that the loss O
nitric acid by being washed out of thu
soil is greater in wet than in dry seasons
Dry seasons, therefore, are favorabl,
for the production of large crops o
wheat. He further says that whel
farmyard dung is employed to grow
wheat considerably larger amount o
nitrogen must be applied to produce
given increase in the crop, as much o
the nitrogen contained in the dung j
not in an active form.-Rural Ne,
| Yorker.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21
NEW USE FOR FROGS.
Their Skins to be Used for Grating on
the Human Flesh.


the Human Flesh.
A new use for the frog has been dis
covered. A medical correspondent of
the Lancet says that, finding the treat
ment of graduating wounds by skin
grating is in country practice liable to
fall into disuse through the unwilling
ness Of patients to part with the little
bit of skin necessary, he has lately been
induced to try experiments with other
substances as substitute for human
gratis. AS the outcome of these expe-
riments he finds that bits of skin from a
decapitated frog make gratis which
admirably answer all purposes, forming
a source of supply always at hand in
the country, except during the winter
months, and being easily applied on
account of their uniformity in thickness,
and necessitating no pain to suffering
humanity. The skin of single frog
yields gratis for an enormous extent Of
surface, and preserves its vitality so long
that, if the patient is at distance, the
portion of skin required can be carried
by the surgeon in his pocket for an hour
or more without injury, provided it is
wrapped in gutta-percha or other water
proof tissue to pyevent drying. The
frog is so extensively used for expert
mental purposes by surgical savants that
the appropriation of its skin for the
convenience of human beings whose
own skins require renewal is not a pro-
ceeding to which it can reasonably
object, more especially as it is decapi-
tated before being thus utilized. The
public, however, would be interested to
hear little more about these frog-grafts
before adopting them generally. Does
the skin of the frog when grated retain
its peculiarities? The point is of some
importance, as the appearance of a
person in speckled frog-skin would
hardly be prepossessing. May not frog
grating also lead to an increase OF
toadyism?- Mall Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21
SLAVE SELLING IN rANeIER. \
Tranic In Human Beings Carried on Openly
In the African City--A Pretty Slave
Girls Fate.

Girls Fate.
Sunday, learned. was the day on
which these human chattels We're gen.
orally disposed of; so on the first SUM-
day after my arrival at Tangier / went
for walk, and presently found myself
in the crowded little market just
ahead of my conductor was tall, tur-
banded Arab, with fine face and long
gray beard. whom recognized as one
of the auctioneers who patrol the High
Street of Tangier carrying pieces of
calico, horse trappings, knives, or other
articles on their arms, and crying the
price at which they are offered to the
public He was moving stolidly along
through the crowd of market people,
who were all too busy to spare so much
as a glance at him. My guide pointed
to him. ''Voilar' he cried. ''But
where is the slave?" / demanded.
''Voila, monsieur, voilar' he repeated.
pointing again to the auctioneer, and
then saw walking YEARLY behind him,
pausing when he paused, moving on
when he advanced, looking with eyes of
pathetic apathy upan the busy throng
around her, a girl, child of fourteen
years or Whereabouts, with uncovered
face, clad in single scanty garment of
white cotton. She was black, but not
uncomely, and she had evidently been
carefully prepared in the bath for the
ordeal of the morning. There she
stood, alone in the crowd, friendless,
detected, travel-worn, hardly to be dis
tinguished in outward appearance
from the other girls around her.
and yet deprived of the first of
all the rights which our human
nature claims for itself-a slave with
out even the commonest of the privil-
eyes of humanity. The little girl looked
up with dull curiosity visible on her
features when she observed my Eu-
ropean dress. Then she looked away
with the same sad face of hopeless de-
lection. i asked her price. 1875,
(f7), was the answer. Seven pounds as
the price for this little bit of humanity
She had been brought from Soudan.
The auctioneer told me she had been
captured there by slave dealer, who
carried her to Mogador and passed her
on to another dealer, by whom she had
been taken to Tangier. She was a pa
gan, absolutely ignorant, but she was
healthy, she was active, she was good
looking, she was-but no, ny pen re
fuses to chronicle the list OF variou:
qualities as they were glbly enumerated
by the salesman. He might have beer
talking of horse or a sheep; nay. he
would hardly have talked so coarsely
of either of those animals as he did o
this fellow-creature of mine. Presently
he turned away disappointed, finding
| that no bid was forthcoming from me
l followed him at little distance along
the narrow, winding street. The CIR
was ever treading closely in his foot
steps. Suddenly woman beckonet
him to door. He entered it, still fol
lowed by the girl, and when, a few min
utes afterward, he emerged, he wa
alone. Through my conductor learned
that he had sold the girl to the woman
| for f8.-Leeds Mercury.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21
A Phenomenal Family.

please, main, give me a penny"
said one of the numerous infantile beg
gars who hound the streets between the
avenue and X and Twelfth and Fifteenth
Streets to lady yesterday afternoon.
The appeal was not an unusual one, and
although the applicant was very small
and not uncommonly dirty the lady APP
pealed to was passing her by without
notice She was not to be discouraged
or put off by such treatment, however.
She persisted in her plea. '.Please give
me penny. My mother hasn't had a
mouthful to eat for three days. and she's
got sixty-eight children. W
The last part of this statement was
sufficiently striking to demand attention,
and the lady stopped.
what did you say, child? she asked
in some surprise.
The appeal was repeated through two
handsful of dirty fingers, winding up as
before with, ''She's got sixty-eight chill
dren."
you must mean six or eight, guess,
don't you," said the lady.
mo, she's got sixty-eight, and she
hasn't had mouthful," etc.
She got penny.-Nationas Repub-
~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

MRS. HARRIET CUMMINGS, of Cincinnati,
o., writes: Early last winter my daugh-
ter was attacked with a severe cold, which
settled on her lungs. We tried several medi-
cines, but she continued to get worse, and
finally raised large amounts of blood. We
called q physician, but he failed to do her
any good. A friend. who had been cured by
DR.. WIN. HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS,
advised me to give it a trial, and she began
to improve, and by the use Of three bottles
was entirely cured"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21
RtDicULiN0 AN INVENTOR.
How Some Old English Gentlemen Poked
Fun at George Stephenson and
His Locomotive.


His Locomotive.
An inventor must run the gauntlet of
criticism and ridicule before he gains
for his invention the confidence of the
public. 1t is annoying to the inventor,
but it is beneficial to the community,
for it secures the survival of the fittest.
George Stephenson used to speak
with indignation of how the "Parlia-
ment men" badgered and baffled him
with their book-learning, when he pro-
posed to build a railroad from Liverpool
to Manchester.
The smoke from the engine, said
these book-learned men, will kill all the
birds, and the sparks will set fire to
fields and houses. The passengers will
be made sea-sick; the noise will Brighten
away the game, and thousands of
coachmen and inn-keepers will be
thrown out of employment.
The fast mail coaches were driven at
the rate of IN miles an hour. When
Stephenson asserted that his steam
coaches would attain to a much more
rapid rate of speed, he was laughed at
and hooted rs a cracked-brained enthu-
siast.
"You must not claim speed of over
fifteen miles an hour" said the nervous
counsel of the promoters of the railroad
to Stephenson, Just as he was about to
appear before Parliamentary commit
tee.
A member of the committee, opposed
to the proposed railroad, thought he
could make the supplemented engineer
assert an absurdity that would kill the
project.
''Well, Mr.. Stephenson, he asked,
perhaps you could 60 seventeen miles
an hour?"
yes"
perhaps twenty miles an hour?"
Certainly"
twenty-five. dare say. You do not
think it impossible?"
Not ut all impossible"
Dangerous, thought"
Certainly not"
Nov tell me, Mr.. Stephenson, will
you say that you can go thirty miles an
bour?'
'Certainly."
| The fish was hooked to an absurdity.
so every member of the committee
| thought; and they all leaned back in
their chairs and roared with laughter.
Their sons now ride sixty miles in sixty
minutes Youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21
Loss of Flesh and Strength,

W tn poor appetite, and perhaps slight
cough in morning, or on first lying down
at night, should be looked to in time. Per-
sons afflicted with consumption are pro-
verbally unconscious of their real state.
Most cases commence with disordered liver
leading to bad digestion and imperfect as
sanitation Of food-hence the emaciation
or wasting of the flesh. 1t is a form OF
scrofulous disease, and il durable by the
use of that greatest of all blood cleansing,
anti-bilious and invigorating compounds
known as DIR. Pierce's "Golden Medical
Discovery"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

Adam Staunton, an old prospector,
has found in Story County, Nevada.
touchstones which are claimed to equal
the famous Lydian stone of Asia Minor.
These touchstones bring from ten to
twenty dollars each in San Francisco.
and are used by dealers in gold bullion
to test the fineness of the metal before
purchasing.-Denr Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

The VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO Vol
3AIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men fyoung or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital.
ity and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu-
matism, neuralgia ,paraly sis, and many 9TH
or diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as 80 days. trial is allowed. Write
them at cnce for illustrated pamphlet, free.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

"A new material for walls has lately
been invented, and if it stands the test
of time the advantages it seems to have
over sand and plaster will doubtless
secure it popularity. 1t is known as
ssoapstone finish, and appears to be
mainly composed of steatite. The
merits claimed for it are that it makes
a smooth, fine covering for ceilings and
polish; that its natural tint is pearl
gray, more agreeable to the eye than
cold white; that it presents the best sur
face for painting either in oil or water
color; that it will not crack or chip,
and that nails can be driven into ii
without damage. Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21
HOW to Save Money.

and we might also say-time and pain as
and ladies generally. The great necessity
existing always to have a perfectly safe
remedy convenient for the relief and
prompt cure of the ailments peculiar to
woman-functional irregularity, constant
pains, and all the symptoms attendant
upon uterine Observation-Disclosures us to rec
ommend strongly and unqualifiedly DIR.
Pierce's "Favorite escription'-woman's
best friend. IL will save money.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

A CONNECTICUT woman sent feather
cushion to cover q chair at Princeton Col
lege. She is the same woman who went
into a crockery store to buy plate for the
front door OF her son-in-law's new house.
-BurliagtOn Free I're&c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

Mr.. l. CARPENTER, 463 Fourth avenue,
New York, after running gauntlet Of
eight years. rheumatism, used st. Jacobs
Oil, the great pain reliever, by which he
was entirely cured and has had no return
of his complaint.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

Parsons and magistrates arewarned
BY blacksmith residing at Shandaken,
N. Y. against marrying his fourteen
vear-Old daughter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

PIXIES ToorHAcHE DROPS cure In minute, sc
Gienn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. ESQ
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns q Bunions
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

A SLIGHT COLD, if neglected, often at
tacks the lungs. Browns BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs give sure and immediate relief.
Sold only In 6O1es. Price, % cents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

A LEADING question-Dispute as to who
goes first.-BOstOn Post
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

CLOUDS come high, but we must have
them.-Merchaat Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

Why is the bow of boat like sulphuric
acid? Because it cuts water.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

MANY imitators, but no equal, has DR.
SIage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21
The San Francisco Post rises and

The San Francisco Post rises and
remarks: The scientists are always
knocking out the poets, some how.
Professor Swinhurds has just discovered
that the lark, so far from being the typ
ical early bird. is the very latest to rise
in the morning. and that the crow and
the. quail are real early birds detailed to
start the Kitchen fire and take the early
worm. These are on deck before any
thing except the owls, who do not de-
serve any credit however, as they stay
up all night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

" AFFLICTED with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Ihompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell It &c
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

BEFORE the wedding-Woo coed and won
Five years after-Wooden one.-Ner forI
Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

WHEN is q baseball bat like society
girl? When it strives to make hit a.
eyery ball,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

A DOUBTFUL state-Wondering whether
she will accept him or not.-Chtcdgo
Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

WHEN is book like lovers FAREWELL
When it is finished with a clasp.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21

The Vermont Legislature bill to al
low women paying taxes the right to
vote was defeated.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-03-21
DOcToRING DISEASED MINDS.

A Woman Who Believes That Experts ON
Insanity Are Themselves Insane.
A reporter on Passyunk Avenue was
attracted by this placard hung upon .
very dirty door-post:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-28
CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSIONS.

How to neutralize the colored vote in the
Southern States where the colored comprise the
majority still perplexes the Southern leaders.
1t has been accomplished. but how it can be
continued is the live question of the day
[Marysville Appeal
GENERALLY speaking, honesty ard virtue.
twin attributes of goodness, maintain their
ascendancy throughout successive generations
in communities that lay claim to possession of
the higher civilization. Wrong and injustice
deceit and corruption, may triumph for an
hour. a day, month or year, but then over
throw by the nobler constituted forces which
oppose them is as certain as death. San Jose
Times-Mercury.
THE English people are apparently by no
means convinced that Gladstone has been the
dishonest fool his political rivals would have it
believed. More than that, they are probably
not yet ready to give carte blanche TO Lord
Salisbury" as Mr.. Goschen once put it. In sll
this trying time the attitude ofthe Conservatives
has been only obstructive and destructive.
They have criticised every step of the Govern
ment they have often supplemented criticism
with abuse. But what have they better to Offer ?
-[St Louis Globe Democrat
THE attention of the anti-Chinese Democrats
is called to the positions taken by great
Democratic reformer of the times. Vice
President-elect Hendricks attended a Chinese
banquet in indianapolis on the 10th inst, and
sat down to feast with about 300 persons, includ-
ing Chinamen-[Stockton Independent.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-28

for her flag. In all this Mr.. Gladstone
has been forced into policy of action that
has been of the crippled and limping
order, because it has been the policy that
came to him by inheritance, and of which
he could not dispossess himself. The man
has been right throughout, the minister
has been weak because he could not draw
strength from the people. If he goes
down, it will be because at the foot of the
hill of difficulty the English people would
not permit him to free himself of his bur-
den. The policy of Mr.. Gladstone as an
opponent of Disraeli on the Egyptian ques-
ton was a right policy; but Gladstone
as minister has been unable to carry it
into practice. Even his transcendent
genius and lofty craftsmanship have proved
unequal to the force of circumstances and
the inheritance left by the preceding
ministry. But if he is retired he will
leave record of deeds that history will
credit as being great factors in bringing
England closer to the forms of pure
democracy, and as having still further
diminished monarchical rule.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-28
STATE HONESTY.

During the present session OF the Legis-
lature the question has been squarely pre-
scented whether a State is bound by the
ordinary rules for honest action. In short,
Is there any justification possible for
party having the power, by reason of num-
bers, in a legislative body, refusing to pay
debts contracted, or discharge obligations
incurred in the name of the State by its
authorized agents, because that agency is of
an opposing political creed? If one Ad-
ADMINISTRATION of State comes to that Of an
other with large deficiency bills, shall they
for that reason be unpaid if in all other
respects they are honest debts? The mere
politician replies in the affirmative, on the
ground that his party should not be held
to responsibility for the maladministration
of It's predecessor. Therein he loses sight
of the fact that one in Office is there to do
right: not to administer the affairs of a
party, but OF the people in their State ca
pacity. II the obligation of the State be
IA honest one admittedly, there can be no
repudiation Of it except by the practice of
dishonesty. The partisan pure in his
private life would scorn with indigna-
ton any regulatory action in his own
affairs but too often he appears to believe
that as a partisan party ends will justify
any means he may employ, even at the
sacrifice Of moral obligations. For instance,
he will ask Is it fair that nay party,
because it is in power shall bear the odium
of heavy appropriations made necessary by
opposition trickerv, the refusal to supply
Stale institutions with sufficient means
and its failure to pursue economic courses?'
The answer Is obvious. 1t is fair for the
party in power to administer public affairs
honestly, wholly irrespective of the delin-
quencies and dishonesty of others. 1t can
afford to 90 before the people on a
record made up of such action. We are
told, " the people see only their tax bills
No matter, the creditors Of the State
are entitled 10 their due-io that there is
no answer possible to be made, except that
which justiies the doing of wrong to
individuals for the advancement of party
ends. No party that deserves the coun-
tenance OF the people can expect to retain
it by any such tactics as those referred to.
The Republican party, for instance of all
Others, should be equal to all emergencies.
II has been its boast that it did not fear to
do right no matter what the consequences.
Professor Amos has written of the science
OF politics in a volume of lasting virtue :;
but in none of its lines can word be found
in justification of such politics as have
been manifest in the matter under con-
sideration. On the contrary, the distin-
guished essayist says, treating of various
kinds of reputation and like devices to
serve party: 1t needs only to glance
around at the actual practice of some
States, otherwise enjoying a reputation for
Justice and public honesty, and at ;he Ian
guage occasionally used in the legislative
assemblies, and even in diplomatic corre-
.spondence with other States, to see that
slsae current line drawn between justice and