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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-12-25

Aun;on depot go feet long 70
cost $40. 900, is being constructor -
'Leavenworths
"A network Of railroads is to %
bu;lt to connect the Black Sea with sno
Persian Gulf.
Government laborers now ges
over-nay for all time they work over
sioht hours a day. - Washington fos''
The St. Paul Railroad Company
has let q contract for canti,eso.
bridge at Kansas City, 1880 feel long
to cost 81 100000 So
According to recent experiments:
vater Of maximum density cvaporated
with sream at atmospheric pressure
u4.7 lbs. per square incli) occupies
i GA times its former bulky T.
Post. 3 90
SARATOGA has woman bill-poster,
who handles the broad sheets and the
broad paste brush with the SIKH OF au
expert She is the widow OF a io.Inel
bill-poster and continues his business
with energy.--Troy Times.
Sunday work may seem to De gam.
but in the end it will not be, for IN inc
order of nature the day is assigned 10
rest. and II it be not so used privilege
is lost, and compensation Will not %
found. Chicago Standard.
The Southern cotton mills have IN
creased in number in six years rom
f6l to 80, and in production from
SIG, 3S7, 1913 to $50, 726. 250, OF % per
cent They have weathered sever
storms, resulting from u TOO raPiu
growth, have secured new markets. anu
are now exporting goods.
The cotton and wooden mills OF
Eastern Connecticut are about the only
industries in the State in which opera
tiyes are required to labor more tnau
ten hours day, and in quite NUMBER
of these the ten-hour system mas pccn
adopted during the past few montns.-
Hartford Post.
The Industrial World (Chicagoo
says that the Importance OF the coat
fields of New Zealand becomes more
evident as they are opened, for they
appear to be very extensive. Inc San
Francisco mail steamers use this coal
1t contains 90. 20 per cent. comoustlole
matter, A. 20 per cent water, ana z.zo
per cent. ash.
A new French decoration has been
created. Industrial Medals OF Honor
are to be conferred on those deserving
work people who, have served over
thirty years in the same mandatory
or comm ere al establishm mt on French
soil. The IN .dals are made in geld
silver and bronze, and bear on one SIDE
the efiigy OF the Republic and on the
other the inscription, Honor ana
Labor" with the recipients name.
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SCENES IN IRELAND.

A Country Where the Stars and Stripes
Are Oftener Seen Than the Union Jack. /,
The country scenes all over Ireland
are far different from those of Ameri-
ca. The people have a strong brogue,
and though those of the cities dress the
same as we do, out in the country dis
tricts you find some of the quaint knee
breechcs peasants whom you see in the
old Irish prints. In the cities, at the
railroad stations and in the hotels there
is a great display of brass buttons and
gaudy liveries. The railroad men all
wear bright colors, and the portersl
have caps with scarlet bands about
them, while their usual suit is of yell
low velveteen. The guards or the
conductors of the trains are dressed in
blue and many buttons, and the gov
eminent officials connected with the
post-office mail service have striking
uniform. / met one of them at a sta
ton between the lakes of Killarney
and Dublin. He was a mail-dispatcher,
changing the mails ut the depot to u
number of trains. examining the seals
of the mail bags, and being responsible
for them during their stay at this sta
ton. He had been seventeen years in
the service, and had three gold bands
on his coat, each of which indicated
five years term of good behavior, and
each of which gave him twenty-five
cents week extra pay. e
The British soldiers are another set
of uniformed men whom you will find
everywhere in Ireland. They wear
guady red uniforms and tine cavalry
gallop through the streets of the cities
amid the scowls and curses of the Irish.
South and Central Ireland has no love
for England. The American flag is
oftener seen than the union jack, or
the flag of Great Britain, and in tho
many professions 1 have seen have
yet to see one British flag. while / find
the stars and stripes everywhere.
In the professions in Dublin bidding
good-by to Lord Aberdeen, there were
over one hundred American flags car
ried. and not one single British one.
/ heard curses against England
frequently. and the Irish / met outside
of Belfast and the north made no bones
of expressing their sentiments. Eng
land now keeps an army in Ireland as
large as that of the whole United States.
1t numbers, 1 am told, about thirty
thousand. Glasgow Cor. Cleveland { o. J
Leader
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Willy INDIANS.
The Astonishing Readiness With Which
They Adopted Captain Boggs' Trick.

The Astonishing Readiness With Which
They Adopted Captain BogEs' Trick.
Captain Boggs, a Virginian who
held captains license on the Mississ-
ippi river before he was of age, and
who for fourteen years had the con-
tract to supply the military posts in
Utah. Colorado, New Mexico and .Ari.
IONA with fuel, tells the following story:
II was down in the Ute reservation
in Colorado. and had strolled down to
the shores of small lake, while my
mules and teamsters were eating din.
ner, when / came across party OF
about Il dozen Indians. They were
armed with rifles, aud were shooting
at asnag which stuck out of the water
about two hundred yards distant The
stakes for which they were shooting
were composed of a quarter of a dollar
from each man. l stood watching
them for some time, and then decided
to enter the competition. Each man
had three shots, and the man who hit
the snag the most times won the pot.
The misses were told by the splash in
the water; the hits by the absence OF
the splash.
AFTER some parley with the redskins
/ got them to allow me to enter the
match. though they compelled me to
depzsit half dollar. while they put in
but quarter Il had Henry repeater
with me that. fortunately for my pur-
pose, was then unloaded. I was ac-
counted one of the best shots in that
country, but knew that the Indians
were not by any means slow slipped
three cartridges into my rifle. and as ]
did so l broke the ball off, thus leaving
blank cartridge. OF course no splash
followed any of my shots, and the
indians thought / had hit the snag
every time. l won that pot, but the
next time i Intentionally lost by not
breaking the balls of and by taking
indifferent aim.
Il then broke all the balls off until L
hal won eighteen dollars. Then the
Indians. who began to look at me with
suspicion or awe. refused to shoot any
more. invited them up to the st re
and spent the money on nick-knacks.
which divided among them. then
took them back to the lake and showed
them the trick They were very much
surprised. bat took it in good part.
.On returning that way few days
after found the same indians on thu
lake shore shooting big match with
n neighboring tribe. whom they were
rapidly cleaning out of every thing. l
learned that they had skinned every
Indian in The country that they cousd
get too, shoot against them said
nothing, but mused on the readiness of
the savage to Adopt the white mans
tricks ~ Boston Traveller.
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JONATHAN sTuRoEss.


His Arrival In New York ard His Me citing
with Robert Lenox.
The following story is told of Jona-
than Sturgess and Robert Lenox.
Jonathan. rustic lad from Cape Cod,
arrived on a vessel in New York on
Saturday night, stranger and penni-
less. On Sunday morning he looked
around for church. He found the
old Wall street house of worship near
Broadway. He stood on the step while
the gay throng passed in. The grand
eur of the place appalled, him.
Robert Lenox, prominent member
of the church. was always Interested
in young men,. He saw the rustic lad
and went up and spoke to him.
s.Are you stranger in the cityp'
Eyes. sir; / arrived last night"
$50 you came at once to the house
of God? Would you like seat?"
Il would"
The bashful lad was ushered into Mr..
Lenox's own pew. The next morning
The sought out a dealer in sail-cloth.
He wanted credit for little canvas.
ibid l not see you in Mr.. Lenox's
pew Yesterday" said the merchant.
II don't know whose pew sat in,
but kind gentleman gave me seat. +"
swell. lad, that was Mr.. Lenox. and
it is no common honor to be asked to
sit in his pew. 1 will trust any boy
with goods who has had that honor
conferred upon him."
To the day Of his death Mr.. Sturgess
said that his success dated from that
Sunday. - Youths Companion.
--ssrhc poet is born, sir, said maj.
haughtily, as he received roll of man
uscript from the editor with shake of
the head. 20, is he?" replied the
editor, with pleasant smile. ''Well,
when he gets cd enough to write some
thing tell him to come and see me.'-
PiAsburgh Penny Press
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PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

~
Why will people persist in asking
over and over again that stupid ques-
ton, whats in a name?" Why, let
ters, of course.
3 Charleston certainly keeps a stiff
upper lip. but what it is particularly
anxious to do is to keep stiff upper
crust. Chicago Tribune.
Scene in hotel twenty-five years
hence. Guest to porter--"Canyo u tell
me what time it is?'' Porter-..Yes,
sir. It's hah-past twelve. That'll cost
you fifty cents, please. Merchant
Traveller.
FEATHER, haze We ever read that
poem ca'ed Strike the Tyre gentlyp'"
mo; I've neither read nor seen it, but
think whoever wrote it wad haze been
nearer the mark If he had said, Gle
him guild SCUM thrashing.' - Prairie
Farmer. s
There are many temptations to
profanity besetting the unwary, and
particularly those OF hasty temper. do
you ever swear, young man?" mo,
sir, / DON'T" was the reply. I'm a
proof. reader. It's the other fellows
that do the swearing. IN. Y Mail.
Wise Matron-s.Ycs, my son, L
earnestly hope you and Miss Blank
will make match of it; / like her
exceedingly" Her son-..But Miss
Blank is such giggler." 20, she will
get over that after she's married. ~
Omaha World.
Young Woman-s.Mr. Algernon,
can you tell me the name of that Bull
garian Prince who has lately had SO
much troubler' Dude--'.Er--let me
think" Young Woman--''O pray. don't
let me put you to SO much trouble. -
I'd BIS
If the plural of goose is geese, the
plural of moose should be meese-but
every hunter who ever camped in the
woods Of Maine knows that it ISN'T.
Moose hasn't any plural. A fellow
thinks himself lucky il he sees one
Cambridge Chronicle.
The reason the cranks are crowd
ing the Niagara Falls In such lively
way Is because OF the statement that
the falls will entirely disappear at the
end of twenty-two centuries. They
want to getin their exploits before it il
too late. . Detroit Free Press.
AMard-"Ma what hind ~ /. h,o.
som i o;n-blossomo r. =. nI p's
daisy?''. Materfam;lis. ..Whsf IN. IN
question:! But why. doyou ask, Maad?''
today that pa had the largest oi5 h, ls5
som in the ward. md Il 4 Sa;sy =:
4 me Judoe. =, : 'sy. 3
sRao,ev-..vv az rs E
sonby?;f Ponsonbv.. Got 'S a'i hss s sP,,
- ny ha.i Ton uot PAD cold
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Drains from sarn-yards.

1t is difficult keeping a drain that
leads from the barn-yard in good rum
ming condition. The filtration of ma
nure water through the coil in time
sattiratcs it SO that its fertilizing prop
critics escape into the drain. This in
volvesaserious loss, and, almost equally
rs bad, the manure water coming in
contact with air in the drain induces
the, formation Of, fungus growths on its
sides. These extend very rapidly whom
once formed, and are exceedingly Diff
cult to get rid OF. "A tide, once affected,
If taken out and cleaned, soon fills
again, even if left in another place.
The soil through which the soakings of
the barn-yard enters the drain should,
be removed once n year and fresh soil
put in its place. 1t will pay to do this
for its manurial value, besides saving
the drain,-N. !, Igaepeadess,
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CHANNEL ISLANDS.


The Thousand Years OF Interesting His
-. tory Possessed by Them.
The Channel Islands were originally
part of the dukedom of Normandy.
The son of Rollo, the first Duke, gained
possession of them in A. D. 932. Then.
as ever afterward. the existing laws
and customs of the islands were not in
terfered with to any large extent As
the islands thus came under the egls
of the Norman Dukes, previous to the
invasion of England by William, the
inhabitants still boast that their con-
nection with the realm commenced
with their taking part in the conquest
of the Saxons. King John is said to
have granted charter confirming to
the islands their long enjoyed rights
of self-government. A writer in
the Quarterly Revicw for July, 1885,
however, asserts that there is no
foundation for this statement, and that,
on the other hand. it is more probable
the constitutional and administrative
arrangements of the islands have pre-
vailed-to adopt the Quarterly ReUiet0' s
incontestable statement time
of which no memory exists" Feudal-
ism seems never to have weighed
heavily on the shoulders of the island
community. ..From about 4S1 to 1872
A. D. the old Aryan system of the
Western Franks subsisted in force, and
when the feudal system spread to the
islands it was grated upon the older
stock in the forms of reciprocal service
and protection, doing what was re-
quired by the times, yet bringing little
or no organic change" Philip Angus
tus is believed to have endeavored to
wrest Jersey from the King of England
on the reversion of Normandy to him
self He failed. and it was not till 1888
that Guernsey was occupied by France.
Six years later the invaders were ex-
PEELED by Jean de la Marche du Bias.
In 1928 the islands successfully re-
sisted the attacks of the great Bertrand
du Guesclin. They were, however,
nearly lost to this country during
the wars of the Roses. Margaret OF
Anjou offered to cede them to the King
of France if he would assist her hus-
band, Henry VI The Count of Maui
evrier was dispatched to help the I'M
lucky Lancastrian Prince, and Mont
Orgueil was handed over TO body OF
French troops led by an agent of Maui.
evrier's. But if the French imagined
that the islanders would submit to be-
ing thus bartered away they made a
grave mistake. Philip de Carteret re-
fused to give up chat portion of Jersey
of which ne was Seigneur, and when
Edward ~. came to the throne Vice
Admiral Sir Richard Harleston was
sent to De Carteret's aid, and in 146s
the French were compelled to evacuate
the island. Henry VII. took the is,
land levies out Of the power of the
Seigneurs and transformed them into a
public militia. During the great re-
bellion Jersey sided with Charles l.
and Guernsey with the Parliamcn
tarians. the former being eventual,
beaten by portion Of Cromwell's flees
-BeigrGria.
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A BAND OF BLUEBIRDS.

o, happy band Of bluebirds.
Brave prophets of the spr ng.
Amid the tall and tufted cane,
How blithesomely you singl
What message haunts your music
Mid autumn's dusky reign!
You tell us Nature stores her seed
To give them back in gran
Your throats are gleeful fountains
Through which q song tide flows:
Your voice greets me n the woods.
On every wind that blowsi
dream that Heaven invites you
To bid the Earth ''good-bye;"
For in your wings you oeem to hold
A portion of the sky!
o, happy band OF bluebirds.
You could not long remain
To fit across the fad ng fields
And glorify the grain
You leave mel0dious memories,
Whose sweetness thrills me through:
All, II my songs were such as yours,
They'd almost touch the blue!
-Wfliidm II. Hdyne. IN Harpcr's Magazine.
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On the door of tomb is the medal
lion likeness of a deceased husband. In
front the widow stands raising her
two-year-old child 10 enable it to kiss
the medallion of the father. BY the
side of the mother is another child
kneeling. A very pathetic design.
The most extraordinary work is a
family group cut out Of a gigantic
block Of marble, representing the life
size figure of dying father on his
death bed. On chair by the side of
the bed is one of his daughters. CON-
pletely overwhelmed with grief. Near
the foot of the bed is the grieving
mother being led and supported by Il
young man, her son. On the other
side of the bed are three other daugh-
tiers leaning over the bed watching the
expiring father. one of them leaning
close to the face evidently intending to
give parting kiss. Behind these
daughters another son is standing
mournfully gazing at his father. who
was evidently breathing his last.
These eight figures are all life
size and likenesses. This group
is the most magnificent work of
art / have ever seen. Moth
ing l have seen outside of Italy
can compare with it How such
an extraordinary work could have ex-
listed and not be more known to the
world than it is. can not understand.
1t must have cost more than 800, 200.
for the blocks of white marble out Of
which it is sculptured mug have
weighed somewhere from fifty to one
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Bulgaria is derived from volga;
Bulgsrians means the people tat came
from their se.tlemen. a,osg the yolgs
riyer.
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Farm Notes.

Large quantities Of condensed milk are now
sold in this country, and, strange to say, some
of it is imported from Switzerland.
The most successful farming the past few
years seems to have been done by men who had
little land and were able themselves, with their
families. to do the greater part of the work, with
the growing of small fruits on small scale gen
orally pays well.
The term 'deep blowing" indicates the greater
depth at which the plow is run with an ordinary
implement and team, varying with circum
stances, strength Of horses and hardness of the
soil. Farmers who commonly pillow only five or
six inches deep for corn would regard eight or
nine inches deep blowing for potatoes.
Most crops, excepting clover, derive their food
mainly from the first Aye or six inches in depth
OF the soih II wa cap keep the surface fertile
nothing more is needed. FplveriZing the sub
soil by the subsoil plow is ussful mainly to
enable it to hold more moisture and to open 1t SO
that roots may 60 down in search of 1t.
The average American farmer, says the Jour
nal of Agriculture. Is not frugal painstaking
farmer. He looks for present results and pres
emit profits far more than he does to the future
As consequence of this principle. which is al
most universal, though more prevalent In the
West and South than in the East, the practice of
farming is sort Of skinning game that conse-
quently takes from the soil without returning an
equivalent thereto. In many places the deteri-
grafton of the soil and diminished productive
ness are visible to most casual observer, but In
others, especially where the original soil was
strong, the change is 80 gradual as not to be
readily noticed.
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INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS.
Trade Above the Usual Summer Average, and
Collections Much Easier than Last Month.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 8.

INDIANAPOLIS, June g.
In bushes circles there is cheerful feeling
Reports from all parts of the State are of the
most encouraging character. The crop prospects
continue to improve, which. coupled with the
better tone to the grain markets, and the easy
money market, gives confidence and better
tone to business. In values there are few fuctua-
tions and where there are changes they are
upward in tendency. The wool market is
in strong position; receipts on the
increase In provisions there is better
movement; more especially is the dimand tor
hams increasing With large consumptive de-
mand, sugars are firmly held. Coffees are com
manding a good deal of attention, and
prices are firm. Last years stock Of
canned goods is we'll out of the market.
In produce circles there is good movement,
prices still range low but are better than last
week. Receipts of small fruits are not so large,
ana prices rule somewhat higher. The poultry
market is q little off; reports from the East are
not of the most favorable character Hard
ware men and leather dealers are experiencing a
good trade Hlde men are still complaining of
the dulness in their market For some months
past they have had hard shedding, and the fu-
ture of this market is not very promising The
banks are getting into good shape to furnish the
| money to move the new crops In comment
| ing on this matter, the New York press SAYS:
Time was. and not SO long since, either when
| the entire country was dependent on New York
| in all matters relating to the movements of
| money, and the West, especially, made stated
| drafts on the New York banks when it became
necessary to provide funds for moving the crops
| and again at the time for making annual settle
| ments. The traditions of sending currency to
the West for moving the crops are still adhered
| to by fossiliferous writer's on finance but, as
matter of fact, there is hardly trace left of any
! such movement in actual practice. The West
/ has haan finding her fnndg for rnnvinO tho
crops. and for ali other purposes. more and more
| independently these five years past"
GRAIN.
| A tameness has come over the local markets,
| and prices are barely steady ct the quotations
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The Jobblng Trade.
CANNED GOODS.

$1150l.4O. Peaches-Standard, 3pound, S1.75
az; 3pound seconds 81. 25 a go; 2-pound stand
ard. $1.2001.30. Corn-Revere. 81 To- McMurray,
$11O01.2O; Yarmouth. $1.3O. Miscellaneous
Blackberries 2pound, 80 095c: raspberries 2-pound
81. 1001.20; pineapple, standard, 2pound, $1.6O a
ESQ; seconds, 2pound, $1.25 01 35; cove oysters
1-pound, full weight. 90c0$1 light, SIS 065c: 3.
pound full, $1.7O01.8O; light, 9Oc0$I; string
beans 85095c; Lima beans, 80cO$1. 20; peas.
marrowfat 75cOl SO; small $2D225 HOLSTERS
$1.9502.1O; red cherries 90c0SI; gooseberries,
8509Oc; Strawberries, 81 10D1.25.
COAL AND COKE
Block 1915 y ton: Jackson, S3. so; Pittsburg.
49, rs 4Iton; Raymond City So rs ~ ton; Winifrede
1915 lston; Kanawha, SO. 70 " ton; Hooking So so
p ton: Island City, 1913 " ton; Highland $3.50 ~
ton; Piedmont and Blossburg. So " ton; Digger,
Reacock), lump, 1910 nut, 2.25 % ton; chestnut
and stove anthracite. $3.50 y ton; egg and CRATE
anthracite, Sc. 20 " ton; gas coke, Zoe ~ bu, or
So. so W load crushed coke 12c ~ bu or So ~ load
All soft coal nut size SOC y ton less than the above
prices on the same quality of lump coal.
DRUGS.
Alcohol, So. 1602.25; asafoetida. 25 03Oc; alum A
05c camphor, 28030c; cochnea 50O55c; chloro
form, Goa 65c copperas, brls $50 03. so; cream tar
tar pure, 40042c; indigo SOC Il licorce Calab gen
uine, 3O040c maenesia. carb. 2-oz., 25035c; NOR
phine. p. & W., ~ or, S2.5002.6 60; madder l2O
lac, oil. castor " gal, $1.5001 60; oil, bergamot
" 10. So O325 opium So so .65 quinine, p. e.
W., " or, 75080c balsam copaiba 50060c; soap
epson, 405o; sulphur -four, 406c; saltpeter. 80
zoe; turpentine. 3S042c; glycerino, 20022c; odide
potass., 1903 %; bromide potass 40045c; chlorate
potash 25c. borax. LIN 12c: cinchonidia 1SO22c.
0ILs-Linseed oil, raw, 39043c " gall boiled AZ
@44c; coal oil legal test 9is0 lac; bank. z9c best