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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-02-13
q SMART YOUTH.


How Young man MauekeO 60 GstSOnsh
Prosperous Business.
Three months ago . young man of
twenty-five and his mother landed in
Detroit from an Eastern State with less
than twenty dollars in money. He had
been promised work. but reached here
to be disappointed. The household
goods were here, and the couple hadn't
enough money to 60 away on. 1t was.
therefore. decided to rent rooms and re-
main and search for work. The young
man made every effort. but was unsuc.
cessful. His money was nearly gone
and house rent was coming due again.
when. one evening as he passed ur
Grand River Avenue, he heard one lady
say to another. as they stood in front o.
. bakery:
..Dear me! but wish could get hol6
of some old-fashioned doughnuts such
Is mother used to make"
1--we said that every day for the last
ten years." replied the other.
The young man followed them home
and made note of street and number.
He then laid out all his money in lard
and flour and carried the goods home
and said to his mother:
The people of Detroit want old.
fashioned doughnuts. You shall make
them and will sell them from house
to house. l will start out with the first
batch tomorrow morning."
AThe doughnuts-four dozen of them
were ready by seven O'Clock, and in
half an hour he had sold them and was
back. Next day he sold twelve dozen,
and the next thirty. He had struck a
good thing and he had sense enough to
manage it. He started out to take
orders from house to house, and the
result was astonishing. Two girls had
to be hired to assist the mother. and he
had to hire two boys to help deliver.
He now fills orders for three hundred
dozen doughhuts daily. and the women
have divided up the time so that one is
constantly at work turning out the
goods. Flour is purchased by the bar.
rel and lard by the hundred pounds.
and the business finds new customers
every day.
There is lesson in this for the hun.
dreds of young men who roam about a
city declaring that there is nothing to
do and no way open for them to make
living. They may not all turn dough
nut makers and peddlers. but there are
other. fields to be worked, and. il well
worked, must give permanent occupa-
ton and fair profit. Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-02-13

Colonel Witherspoon. Of Austin. is .
very close man. Not long since he lost
his pocket-book containing large sum
of money. It was found by poor. old,
but honest negro. who asked:
'.Is dis heah de portmapia yer lost?''
why, yes. I'm thousand times
obliged to you
Thank you. boss. You is welcome.
And Il ever You lose your pocket book.
and should happen to find it III give
it back to You; and it shan't cost you .
cent unless you want to reward me for
my honesty. TEXAS Siftin1s.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-02-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The Macon Telegraph claims that
Georgia chartered. built and conducted
the first female college in the world
A lady was once asked why she
came so early to church. because,
said she, 1T is part of my religion,
never to disturb the religion OF others.
Learning is not education. Hall
If all the fools in the world are "edu.
Gated" Learning gives the means OF
acquiring that which. correctly useo'
enlightens the mind.-N 4. lHaepe"o-
ent.
An ORIGINAL form of revenge in
church Quarrel was that adopted re-
Gently bv a disaffected member OF a
BAPTIST church on Staten Island. VINO
procured an augur and bored . hole IN
the baptstry, thus rendering It a
..broken cistern which would not holo
water. IN. Y Times.
The daughters of President Bascom
of Wisconsin University. OF Or. Cyrus
Hamlin. late President OF MiddlepurY
College, Vermont. and OF DR.. Lyman
Abbott editor of the Christian Union,
have all gone to the Hampton eva }
school to teach the colored people and
Indians.
The Jewish Mission which has been
faithfully carried on for four years past
in New York City. has borne fruit in .
Hebrew Christian Church. over which
the Rev. Jacob Freshman has just been
ordained pastor The church Il
evangelical but undenominational. Its
new edifice, the first for such purposes
ever erected on this side of the Allan.
tic. was dedicated recently.-M r
Tribune.
I'm preaching . charity sermon;
Rev. Sydney Smith frequently repeated
the assertion that OF all nations.
Englishmen were most distinguished
for generosity and the love OF theii
species. The collection happened to be
inferior to his expectations and he said
that he had evidently made a great
mistake. for that his expression should
have been that they were distinguished
for the love of their specie.
AT the late Mortified (Mass-) con-
vention. over which ID. L. Moody pre-.
sided. an appeal was issued in which
great council of evangelical be- evers is
recommended to consider the wonder
workings of Gods providence and grace
in mission fields. and how fields now
unoccupied may be insured from furth
er neglect and TO arrange and adjust
the work so as to prevent needless
waste and fiction among workmcD."
In the eight principal Southern
States Virginia to Louisiana = the
Methodists and the Baptists together
have very nearly monopoly of church
membership. In Alabama and Missis-
sipp the members of these two scots
constitute IS per cent. of the total
church-membership; in Georgia, "a per
cent; in Florida. 80; in South Carolina,
81; in Louisiana, 80; in North Carolina,
Sc; in Virginia. ST. hristian Union.
How speedily the gospel can ele-
vate those who. though born in the
midst of paganism. have been in early
life separated from its influences! Here
is q sentence written by . girl Of
eighteen, whose parents. at the time OF
her birth, had probably never heard of
Christian preacher: II WISH" she
says, ito be diligent in study. high in
virtue, and deep in faith, bearing the
Christian charity and meekness as my
ornaments and striving ever to labor as
faithful maid servant for his honor
and glory. "-1fissionGry Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-02-13
PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

IT, :I.-x
=, rse nth .Sa h;rhw.v y sISs.n ,~ was
before Il w.s svar thn,:,h. 80 ,vLs
Postofy;ce nansrtment pss-,; ,,as -.
Free Press 's'0''
80
,...s az a ~ ' oeo cry ~ 1onG9n proper
u uHSso , ~n1'ooovou an acre Eal'oIs ana
- i.nS s.;,I y hnsi,I .ne P1rcnase
.. ,AnJ wiz naluiy HISS 'n's goiden OPP
p'y
-Lacked the courage
And Sestiy x toc = b se
q thSuy6t "a pop thef
Butt oidn's nsye the q, 49,
To la.r s.s..-,ss - s.s.p" oJse'e
-..o,,, w n.5P pr p. ~ IN excnange
, ,s;tS n.Tsr '1 Tss;s snS !s.s % wrapped
;mnrorement an The ia ~. s, - gu
Observation-Disclosures the small how =
the.famiIv With = st;cl -''A Wy '"
-
..c..ts"as..ss 9R1 W linen. rhyme win
80, uep. - 49,. ~; .ce:sesny; 70 De
S JS.o' ;te W. gs - ooes: now
uoes ''' WY '1,s WY o4 course;
DEBT.
Now, do please. try to give us hard
one next time.-PHck-
Tho Mansfield correspondent of the
Willimantic CRr0,sicle says: civilian
E. Fenner lost . COW lately by eating
too many apples" It is to be expected
that Mr.. Fenner, under the circum.
stances. win give up eating apples, or.
If he persists In eating them, viii give
up keeping . cow.-Nev London
Conn D0h.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-02-13
When Dynamite May be Used.

That" remarked Alexander, as he
watched the explosion OF one of his
royal residences in Moscow, ..that re-
minds me of statue of Minerva.
And why, your Majesty" deteren-
tally inquired the Lord First Groom of
the Buckwheat-cakes.
well, you see it is bust of Pallss.
The court wore full mourning for q
week,-7he Rgmbler.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-02-13
PARTISAN CHILDREN.
How They Disport Themselves ON Pretty
Public Lawns.

=
Public Lawns.
The garden Of the Tuilleries says
Philip Gilbert Hamerton, is the earthly
paradise of Partisan childhood; and for
any person of mature years who takes
pleasure in watching the ways of chill
dren. a quiet seat there is an excellent
post of observation. The extreme
quickness and mobility of the French
nature. and especially of the Partisan
nature, are never better seen than in
the children OF the Tuilleries. The
wonder is that children can play so
freely and happily when they are so
fashionably dressed: the explanation
must be. that as they are always dressed
in that manner when out of doors. they
live in a state of unconsc BUSINESS of
fine clothes, which would be impossible
in the country. The dressing of chill
dren is carried too far in all French
towns; it seems as if they were little
dolls for miliners to try expensive ex-
periments upon. Any person who takes
an interest in such matters has only to
go and listen to band on a sunny
afternoon, when he will see a number
of over-dressed little beings disporting
themselves prettily enough. Figaro.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-02-13
ABOUT PEANUTS.


Where They Are Raised and How They
Are Prepared for Market.
NEARLY all the peanuts that are
brought to this market come from Vir-
ginia," sad . dealer. IA good many
are grown in Tennessee, too; but. the
central point of the peanut raising busi-
ness. which is one of the greatest indus
tries of the State. though of very recent
growth, is at Norfolk. Va. In old times
fifteen years ago-all the peanuts
were imported from Africa. The
African peanut was small and round,
the she'll containing usually but . single
kernel. The American peanut is SIM
ply the African nut modified by the CON-
ditions Of the soil in this country. The
best peanuts are hand-picked; others
are threshed out like grain. In Nor
folk there are several factories whore
peanuts are prepared for the market.
They are first thoroughly cleaned and
then sorted. The bad ones are picked
out by young girls. who stand on either
side Of wide revolving belt on which
the nuts are thrown. Afterward they
are packed in bags and shipped to the
market. Peanuts have become arecoe-
nized article of commerce, and are
quoted every day on Change like corn
or wheat They sell, wholesale, ct
from three-snd-a-hah to five cents per
pound. Best hand-picked fetch about
five cents usually. Spanish peanuts,
an imported article. sell for . higher
price. frequently a. much - twenty
cents pound. Peanuts are largely
used to make alleged olive oil. Not
more than q fourth part of the olive oil
sold in this country is real; generally
il is made either Of peanuts or cotton
seed The only way to distinguish
peanut from olive oil Il to pour nitric
acid into it. The peanut or cotton-sesd
oil viii char, but the real olive oil will
not Most of the peanuts grown in
Africa nowadays ere sent to Marseilles
and expressed for oil. The latter Is
sold Is low grade of ."-Boston
Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-02-13

The steamer Oregon. on voy-
age from Portland. Ore. to San Fran
cisco. encountered an immense whale.
and struck it with such force that the
big vessel shook from stem to stern. In
some unaccountable way the monster 3
head then became wedged in between
the rod of the rudder and the vessel.
and in that way the whale was carried
along with the steamer for several
hours San Francisco Chronicle.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-05-08

Uroductien of the Territory al New
Mexico, and the prospect il that
that production will BE- treLlcd i'll
ISSG.
Tie valuation OF the c, unity in
1855. was 5000, coo, AN increase
Of 200 per cent. in s years. San
.;iguel County, containing the
important city Of Las Vegas, and
more than -four times the populn-
ton OF our county,) was the only
lone which exceeded Lincoln in
wealth last year. Total taxation
for all purposes is but $50 per
800. County finances are -four
ishing, and the small debts Of pat
wears are being rapidly pail FROM
the surplus OF the present.
The heat is not great in Sdn
Incr, nnr is the cold excessive oi
long continued in Winter.
Onr people are refined, cull''at
ed. open, hospitable, and since
Nuonc c ming to cast ms lot vs.
MS need lear tie lack Of society, l.-
asnncn Il. it il as accpptlbie $50
pleasing s nuv that he lett hch'ad
strangers are welcome, NOR" t'an
welcome. if they rome 10 f't''r
unluug us.
The county has an efficient Put
lie S.Lrnl system. upiIHrVd y, E,
CuGuiy Superintendent, and
Directors ~ tt'tnv I've scii"0l ".'
t%ri.ts Trw.rLS 81 twenty "u..
cicnt schools wcr" IN operation ia
1850. and tie number lb goat
ar in 1856. Puzzle sentiment ~
yors liberal expenditure -! pub .
muney for educational pdrp'sn'
and private ibpraii;v "tn le >c'i~
nron to make good my dtti"i.h
cirs.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-05-08

S%s'>nnr". lrr mlIiliH'lN
On the P,nasco, }niloSo, Bon,
-, Uonlo. Seven Rivers, BlacN
River. and Pccos, there are dhr nm
es, of Agricultural land, flhc
tqrns have been opened on All.
t',os streams. ana upon them ma
b,,u prl need IA exceptional qn''
ity anil quantity every farm pro
A5at v';ch cnn b. raised mt such
a. a.. yrton Tie experience OF
IN, lt,, Gas. Fritz demonstrated
t.at L;G-.}l rornN VII nr'dnce'
&, e1aplm.co al the Northern
irr',s The agricultural interest i,
al,,,l> ;uo,rtrn.. AMI growing
uine@ we're first discovered in
the comfy in 1860. No'hing was
dove in thu way of mining unt,I
1879 Because of lack ot capital
and distance from COMMUNICATION
III. ~ ming industry langulShcd nm
III 1884 Vow the product ~ No
cal and White Oaks districts, is ~
important part Of the total gol'
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-05-08
DISTILLTNG

I'M nor wpch!ng paoplp Sor6 10 cent
HHI ppostIEe an we will nlit you free.
lllllI royal, val lnS,c ~ nple box Of good,
that will put you Ia the wa Of mi
Ing more money In "A few DAYS Than you urC
thought ppSoibleat any bu s'uess. Cnpitai ~,
required. fAu can 'j-a az home and work {:
spare ii ne 'Glv. or all lr ;imn. An Of hot
seVof, OF al a zoe, ran , 3 successful. Encnut,
to 81 easily earned every evening. That al
whO want work ~ test the business, "
make this unparalleled ofcr tn all who ar
not wnil sq'ish"l wo VIII s'n1 - to ~.
for the trouble # ~w"it'nrur. Full" N t!,rllrI
directions. etc. sent free For'"~es will ~
n dcly those who give their = h r. time 3
{ re- work. Greet acc - shsoli cay sure. \,
MT iriIr. Start now. Address STIN,ON 4
Co.. Portland Milne.
New-York tribune., 1886-06-10
THE DEBORAH NURSERY TO BE CLOSED

Much annoyance has been felt at the Sanitary
Bureau on OF the typhus fever epidemic In the
Deborah Nursery. at No. 103 East Broadway. Twenty
seven children and adult. who found suffering
from the been removed from the Institution
to North Brother Island Although children. rule
do die from the fever. they can easily spread tho
and the disease 10 likely to prove fatal in
adult cases The children In the nursery of Hebrew
BIRTH and most OF them have relatves In the wdcd
tenement house quarter OF the Bowery. Seventy
children at the nursery have not exhibited synp-
toms OF yet. IL decided yesterday to take
them to North Brother Island, and place them In q
separate pavilion. They will be taken TO the foot OF
East 81 Xrenth-s to-day. two street having been
chartered for their journey in the city. and the Health
Department steamboat will convey them to the island
The cost OF their main Will be paid by the nur
sery managers Probably the children will be kept
the pretty little island for month more. aud they
will have a good time there when their com panions
the fever pavilion havo recovered and all
OF contagion over. tho children Will he sent back to
the
New-York tribune., 1886-06-10
ADVANTAGES OF WOOLLEN CLOTHING.

The sanitary system of dressing in woollen
goods which has been put into practical shape by the
manufacture OF all the goods required win be shown at
private exhibition at Nos s2I and s29 Broadway on
June l6 The system Is the result OF the study and
periments of Dr. Gustav Jaeger of Stuttgart who main
that wool canePs hair goods AFFORD the body tho
greatest protection from cold heat and dampness with
the least obstruction to the body's exhastions Dr.
Jaeger II the action OF the skin be mper
feet fat and accumulate in the tissues the func
tional powers OF wbioh impaired. and the flesh,
which should be elastic and firm. becomes habby and
soft and open to tho attack Of disease He rejects,
therefore. all nen cotton silk for clothing and bed
ding and substitutes wool. Its effect II consistently
worn in clothing and used III bedding. Is said to be to
harden and toughen the muscles OF tho body. Tho
Sanitary Woollen System Company has been organized
under Dr. Jaegers direction and control aud has long
been dsposng OF these gools ia London The opening
of tho establishment here Wednesday will be tho
Introduction OF the systc. All articles worn by either
sex arc inade and bedding and bcd.clothing 10 ex-
lihited.
New-York tribune., 1886-06-10
PROVIDING FOR NEW PATROLMEN

Controller LOew, at the meeting of the Board
OF Estimate Yesterday introduced resolution author
Zng tho issue OF bonds from time to time to for
the for local improvements made before Janu-
airy 1888 He had received the opinion OF the Cor
poraton Counsel on this subject ana this the only
way the funds could be obtained. This was adopted
Psce Voorhis asked for appropriation
$4,000 provide for appointing 300 add iitona
patromen between now and December 81. and $40 900
for patrol for the department Controller Loew
said had received opinion from tho Corpora
tiOn Counsel that money could be appropriated for
patrol wagons this year. The Controller moved that
Coema offered mendment tnat only 100 patrol
be provided for This lost and then the orig
inal motion CARRIED.
EIJudge Rowland advocated the bin now before the
Governor directing the Board to appropriate certain
amounts for free circulating libraries. The Board Is op
posed to mandatory legislation and cannot make
ccpIion in this case.
New-York tribune., 1886-06-10

John H.COuraD, of No. 25IWest Forty -eightb-
st. complained III the Yorkvlo Police Court yesterday
that Mcheal A. Mesgher had obtained $3.50 from him
frauduently COursu said he the prisoner OH a car
and received invitation to call No. 23l Broadway
where Mesgher said his brother was managing q real
estate business. Couran called. and finally made
ARRANGEMENTS to take half interest in tho
business for $500. leaving $3.50 cash.
He to receive from SlS to $25 week. lie SAYS he
waited three weeks for settlement without seeiuR
much bnsiness done AMI then wanted his salary, but
only notes we're offered him. Ere erick 3. Mamie ey
IN court aud said he nai called In sixth ave- near
One in answer advertise.
mcnt ON April % and was Induced to deposit 800 for
third interest In All employ agency aferward
$500 more for quarter interest ia summer
rectory scheme. Neither seemed satisfactory and Ia
took 200 shares in company which do a paving
business In revising manuscript for unknown authors
Meagher he says. was the prime factor those
schemes Nanley thus far had only noies to show for
hfs outlay The prisoner held 10 $500 on Courana
compaint. :"
New-York tribune., 1886-06-10

APPROVING THE OLEOMA RGARINE TAX BILL
The Board of Trade and transportation yes
r' + :s S'foo h' M9 r.sS
how important tho canals arc to tho Interests OF tne
eta,e they being "he 6uwark Of protection, asans!
Inuing nigaardly policy in regard to their mane.
nance In May tho canals brought to New.York
Su:he: Of grain NOR than were received az io
bushels
y D. Thurber road . resolution advocating tho pass.
age OF the Oleomargarine Tax bill Mr.. Thurber mas
boan credited with having large interest 10 tho manu-
facture OF oleomargarine hence his resolution was
suTprs to that 9Sa sosts SsSs to
inadequate on account OF the Interstate OF
the trade many pSr s 81 the Snors % nns
1t In the nterest alike OF producers consumers and non
dealers that It should become law Hs said there
mate food product and be honestly sold that moro
than two years ago he became convinced to the con-
trary and refused to deal in It. He asd reason 10 20
licve that nnetenths OF the product sold upon mis-
representation.
George b. Douglass opposed the resolution with con-
siderable warmth and broadly suggested dishonest mo-
tves on the part Of some OF Ills opponents He said he
not an oeomargarine man. had interest In its
manufacture but was ast0undod to hear such resolu
tons presented to tho Board Tho action OF the mer
chants In favor Of tho bill selnshness personfed
debachng Of public minds for the sake OF the pockets
minds Of people as far az the coast OF Maiuo.
Mr. Douglass was interrupted by Mr.. Callahan OF
Callahan Kemp VINO assured MIN that not one pounu
in hundred OF oleomargarlne was sold as such. Mr.
Seymour seconded the resolutions because they were
"aimed against the most gigantic fraud that ever was;
eng iged In It's manufacture have bsen the most
gigantic swindlers existed and tho Board has
always arrayed itaelf against fraud" Tho resolutions
The COMMITTEES on National Bankrupt Law reported
that outstanding has not seen fit, IN Its
WISDOM TO grant relief to the commercial interests OF
would be advisable to continue efforts to such
law. The recommendation was approved
New-York tribune., 1886-06-10
SHIPPING .NEW.S.


PORT .....wEDNEsDAY. JUNEs 1885
ARRIVED.
st,nmer Critic (Br), Lo,d Leith May 22 Mldssborongh
2 Dundee &C. with mdse and Simpson spence
a Young Arrived at the Bar At am.
steamer Bohemia Ger. karowa, Hamburg May 26 with
mdse and passengers to Kunhard Co. Arrived the
steamer waeslaud (Begl. Ucberweg, Antwerp May 90
with and passenger to Peter Wright sons. Arrived
st the Bar at 100 p
steamer Euclid IBr Pym Buenos April 25 Rosario
NAV Monevdeo l3. Rio Janero 49, Bahia "a with
and Busk Jcvops Arrived the Bar 80
ProsresO ~ Havana davs with mdsc passcu
Alex andre & sons. Arrived at the Bar at a IN.
Steamer COma. BOger. Galveston June .. Key West I
days with mdse and passengers TO Z III Mallory q Co
folk with mdse and Dlsscngersto Old Dominion IS Co
ship Mary stone J0ssoyn CeDu lU6 days with sugar
and hemp order; vessel o. ID GrODt & Peck.
Bark Cape ace tBr Hart Leth 80 days. with coal TO Per
kiDs & CO. vessel TO B0wrng Archibald.
Frederick of st john b. Roberts, Bahia - dsys
with sugar Havemeyers Elder; Soamme Bros
Rachel Couey 0f Boston, Wyman. Kingston Is DAYS
with sugar to order. vessel to Miller Hougnton i:
Schr Frank l. tBr Cleveland II John, Y Is, days. with
lumber order, vessel TO A Honey
sUNsEr-wind at sandy HOOK light. sw clondy. At CiV
leland hight. SN. raining.
Arrived Yesterday
Steamer BrooklynCity tDr FIT swansea 10 davs with
steamer span. Aldecocea Cienfurgos Aatan
with to order; Chas sumner &
co. Arrived at the Bar at .. 20
Seamsr Eaith Golden tBrl. Bennett Port Maria days
ship NyGhau of Yarmouth. Nsl Butler. Manila Feb -
with mdse 10 B0yd Hinclen.
BARK Emile tSwedl. Fahiander. Hamburg 4l davs with
salt and empty barrels order vessel 10 Benham Boye
New-York tribune., 1886-06-10
DANGEROUS PLAYTHIyGS.

Inmates of the rear tenement house No. 159
Greene-st. startled at yesterday by asound
like the report OF pistol followed by screams OF chill
dron In the yard. Little Joseph Rubne the OF an
Italian washerwoman who moved into the house a few
days ago, had found cartridge of kind In the yard
and had been amusing himself and his baby sister by
pounding with 1t the hagstones. Suddenly the cart
ridge exploded and tore off three nngers OF his left
hand. His skin dotted In several places by small
punctures. ike those made by pin, and his sister had
received like INJURIES The boy removed to st. VIM
cents Hospital No fragments OF the cartridge could be
found aud the police believed that it had contained
small quantity OF dynamite.
While playing with pstol at his home, No 665 East
Fity-egbth-st, yesterday morning, James McDonough
age nine shot his left forenger nearly tearing 1t from
hand. He to tho Ninety Street Hospital
to have the wound dressed.