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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08
A PATIENT BEooAR.
Ills Imperturbable Good-Nature Under
Trying circumstances.

Ills Imperturbable Good-Nature Under
Trying Circumstances.
The other day while the weather was
intensely cold, man knocked at the
door of stately residence, and when .
woman came, the man asked:
'.will you give me apiece of breadP"
II will not
'.Will you give me piece of meat,
tbenP"
NO"
piece of pie?'
NO
..Potato?"
Nothing"
..May come around to the dining
room and look at you while you are
eating?
mo"
..Well, may / sit down in the yard
and look at the houseP"
No" -
..Will you please grant me the privi-
lege of leaving this house?"
81 will
Thank YOU. am stranger in
this country and it does me good to
meet with accommodating people.
Saw, it really would make no difference
with you if were never to come back,
would it?''
1T would not"
well, goodbye"
About a half hour later he returned.
II had thought that would never re-
turn" said he. ''but somehow l was
drawn back. Will you allow me to
come in and warm MYSELF"
mo"
..You really don care how cold am,
do you"
II certainly do not"
"Ah. / like to meet frank people.
feel growing attachment for this house
and its surroundings. Say, does tall.
slim man live here?"
Eyes. he's my husband
That what 1 thought. Pretty good
fellow, isn't hep
.sOf course, he u.s.
That's what 1 thought. He is not
in the house, is hep"
No, he has stepped out somewhere. '
That's what I thought Are you
still unprepared to give me piece OF
breadp'
Eyes"
..Well, I must leave you again. Idc
not think that shall come back again
By the way, / must tell You that car
not help but think of the slim man.
..Why?"
"Weil, because / saw him just before
held my first conversation with you
saw him fall into the cistern, and
reckon he's pretty well tagged out b,
this time. Good day" - Ark0ssau
2rarsier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

With the view of putting our
brother paragraphers on their guard 50
that they may 0e careful in exsnlining
their change when sriA4king purchases
Of, stocks, bonds. etc., we would say
that counterfeit one thousand-dollar
bills are in circulation-Bostoa Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

One of the new Congressman from
New York State, when asked at the
capitol the other day to vote for bill.
astounded the man who was election
eering for the measure with the novel
answer: Il shall take pleasure in ask
ing the opinion of my legal adviser at
Albany rs to the bill, and will act upon
what he says. ~ Y. Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08
.rHr plays the thing,

sTzn plays the thing,
Wherein III reach the conscience Of the king"
And equally true is it that DIR. Pierce's
pheasant Purgative Pellets (the original
Little Liver Pills. are the most eRectual
means that can be used to reach the seat of
disease, cleansing the bowels and system,
and assisting nature in her recuperativs
work. BY druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

ION, give me affection. I'll sigh for
naught more sings q poetess, addressing
her love. That girl doesn't seem TO know
that this is the time of the year when the
festive buckwheat cake is on deck.-Roeh-
efer Posf-E Express.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

IT makes q man feel as mad as Q cross
eyed dromedary To come across Ills las1
Fs1 kis~ HToid. " - =
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

IRIS noticeable fact that the gas compa
mics never complain OF light business
City Blizzard.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

TIE evil consequences Of smoking are u
Illustrated by Mt. Vesuvius, which constant
~ suffers from eruptions.-N Y. Ezasinsv
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

NEVER despise q friend because he hap
pens to havegrown rich. Go to him, TAX
him aside, tell him gently of his faults and
ask him to lend you i've dollars-N f.H~
aid.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

The best cough medicine Is Piso's Cur
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25<
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

THE sFavorite Prescription" Of DR.. Piercs
cures "female weakness" and kindred at
fections. By druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

JUMBo's widow, Alice, is coming 10 thi
country. Her trunk will be admitted fire
Of duty Phiisdelphia Cau.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

IF bank officials seem to be going IL pretty
fast, depositors have it in their power =
draw q check on them.-N. Y Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

THE farmers favorits vsst-HarvssG-
-Ageaf's Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

PREFEaRED creditors-Those who win moi
dun.-Tne HANDLER.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

wBAr il a button!-A small event that h
always coming on.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

sTLL mske . good point Of this" - ~
editor said when he sharpened bis pencil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

lnafilicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaa'
Th5mpson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. &c
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

TIE world moves. It probably finds II
cheaper to move than pay rent-Bosfo'
Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

FlRxMKS, as well as other people, like q
talk of their old flames.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

PENNSYLVANIA allows man 10 marry biz
mother-in-law, but he doesn't.-LonisvaL
Courier-yoayuai.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

WHEN the follicies are not destroyed
Halls Hair Remover restores hair to bald
heads.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

IT is the Anglomaniac who thinks ths
American perfumes are not worth cent
Lowell Citizen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

BUTTON parties" are becoming popular
in the West. We don't know whence they
derive the name, unless it is because they
are always sure to come oR.-Phaddetphsd
Coil
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

TALK about women being tightly Look
at bank -Burlisgtoa Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

PIXIES TooTHACHE DROPS curein minute, .
Gienn's Sulphur Soap heals and beautines- -
GERHAS Corn REMOVER kilh Corus Bunion
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08
Any Small Boy with = Site

Any Small Boy with Stick.
can kill tiger-if the tiger happens to b
found when only q little cub. So consump-
ton, that deadliest and most feared of dis
eases, in this country, can assuredly be con-
quered and destroyed il DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery" be employed early.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

FoR all ailments originating in disorder
of the stomach and liver, take Ayers Pills
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

AN ods-ous thing-A post.-Csiyor~ss
AarTick.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-08

THE grocer puts sand in his sugar, thinn
ing he may thereby put rocks in his pockse
~ Y. Ledger.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
WHOLE NUMBER 1896.
roads or other corporations. be recsmcd and
q nd fae hain sd. f..-t tho x.a1ax.t1.

roads or other corporations. be reclsimed and
opened for hoincrtc ads for the people.
eKLAHoaa.
While all cattle leases In Oklahoma AMI the
Indian Territory generally. have been decided
illegal, the cattle syndicates tde1pite fei1t TO
drive them outl -til practically own and govern
the Indian Territory, while honest settlers are
expelled by the army. We demand i reversal
Of this sn-American and inhuman policy.
.oRroEATE NoS0PoIlE-
The great corporate monopolies which contro,
money, transportation and public intelligence
should be brought to a sense OF Justice, by the
adoption OF laws which will prohibit cxtortion-
ate rates for the use Of money and prevent over
charges by railroads and telegraph lines, seeur-
ing equal rights and privileges to all.
HESsErIs eAsAL SCHEME AND Go,EHsArST RAIL-
We do not favor appropriations to build ca
nal between the Mississippi river ard Chicago.
which would be closed nearly half the year and
too slow for use the other half, and demand in
stead that the money be appropriated to build d
double-track steel railroad and telegraph line
from Omaha TO tide water on the Atlantic coast,
and that the defaultiDg subsidized Pacific rail-
roads be taken BY foreclosure, thus providing q
trans-contincntal route Of incalculablc value.
TAX INCOMES.
We demand graduated income tax.
sQtAL EiGHTs.
Physical characteristics, like color OF the skin.
sex. locality OF birth, can have no connection
whatever with questions Of human rights. among
civilized people.
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
We demand the abolition Of the railroad COM
mission.
TEMPERANCE.
We are in favor OF the use OF all practical me ana
Tor the suppression Of intempcrancc.
BAyoNET RULE AND RUIN.
The barbarons use Or bayonets to excl
Auditor Brown from office, and the enormous
expense to which the state has been pat to trv
him, were not the reenlt so much OF iriegulari-
ties N the part OF Auditor Brown as Of the de-
termination of the Republican bosses not to toll
crate man who fearlessly exposed rotton cor
porations, as was his duty under the Law.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
Boiled Down.

BARLEY Campbell continues to grow
worse at Bloomingdale. He now faiis 70
recognize his intimate friends. There is q
strong resemblance between his case and
that of John Mccullough, and it is more
than probable that his death will be just as
sudden. Hon. Hiram Harlow, prominent
citizen Of Vermont, died Of Bright's dis
ease, aged seventy six. Hehnd been super
intendent Of the state prison eighteen years,
had served seven Terms in the Vermont
house and two terms in the senate, and had
been q selectman OF his town for twenty
two years. An unusual compliment was
paid solicitor General jerks by the senate
In confirming him without reference to .
committee. aud tho vote upon his confirma-
tion was unanimous. The President has
approved the legislative bill. India has
a greater acreage Of wheat than the Uni
ted States The United ST ates flagship Ten
nessee was baily injured by premature
explosion of . torpedo. Only the prompt
est action prevented her from sinking. 1t
is reported from Massachusetts, that an
oleomargarine syndicate is taking steps to
defeat congressman who voted to tax imi-
tation butter. Chicago has fire-boat for
service along its waters. ltcost e35 900 and
was launched Thursday with elaborate
ceremonies.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
CDkGREss
Monday, July &c.


SENATE-The House bill directing the
Commissioner of Labor to make investiga-
tions as to convict labor passed. Mr..
Hoar reported fortification appropriation
bill and the house Dill TO increase the
committee on naval affairs. The deficiency
appropriation was taken up and an item
inserted to pay Edwin B. Smith $1,000 for
services rendered the government in the
Guiteau case: On motion OF Mr.. Dawes,
an item Of $4,000 was inserted for the
Chippewa Indians In Minnesota on account
Of damages to their lands by overflow
caused by government Jams. On being re-
ported to the Senate all amendments were
accepted and the bill passed. At the
evening session fifty private pension bills
widow OF Gen. Durbin Ward Of Ohio.
Several public buildings bills passed, in
cluding one fixing el60,OC as the limit OF
cost for the government building 1t
Lacrosse, Wis.
House. "A further conference was or
dered on legislative executive and judicial
appropriation bill. The Senate bill forfeit.
ing lands granted to to the Northern Pacific
X r., was taken up. Mr.. Henly explained
the difference between House and Senate
bills to be that while the Senate bill for
feited the grant from Wallula Junction to
Portland, the House bill included also the
forfeiture of tie grant from Bismarck to
the Pacific ocean. The House bill forfeited
81, ,OO0 OOO acres more than the Senate bill.
MIR. Van Eaton supported the Senate bill
aud Mr.. Voorhees, favored the House bill.
Mr. Price approved the House bill and Mr..
Oates argued against the passage OF the
Senate bill. Mr. Gillfllan, Mimi, submit
ted legal argument in opposition to the
House bill, which he said was based upon q
mischievous and misleading misconstruc-
ton of the granting act. which was
tho speech Of the day. Mr.. Payson began
a review of the case when the House ad-
| journed. 1t is thought that il any bill can
be passed this session it will be the SEN ate
| bill.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
Eastern Budget.

The Senate will not confirm the appoint
ment OF MIR. Mathews, the Albany colored
man, for register Of deeds for the District
Of Columbia. VIM. Henry Clifford has
beel nominated for Congress by the Demo-
Gratis in opposition to Mr.. Reed; this is the
only close district in Maine, though the
chances are slightly in favor or Reed. Mem
bers Of Congress arc getting new light on
the surplus resolution, aud il it passes it
will be by combination of Eastern Repui,-
licans and Southern Democrats against the
western men Of both parties. The New
Hampshire Republican State Convention
will be held Sept. H. Prince Fushimi, of
Japan, and the members Of his suite were
formally presented to the President July
3 by the secretary OF state. The Senate
committee on publ. lands ordered favor
able report on the House bill to Declare q
forfeiture Of lands granted to the New Or
leans. Baton Rouge & Vicksburg (the back
bone) Railway Company. A. B. Hender-
son, OF Lake Providence. La., has been de-
barred from practice as an attorney be-
fore the Interior department or any Of its
bureaus.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

The assessment Of real estate and inn
provements at San Francisco this year
aggregates tl75,56l,35a. Cincinnatians
are making elaborate preparations for the
celebration OF the city's centennial in
1888. Tho sugar crop Of San Domingo is
small and OF poor quality, but the tobacco
crop is large and OF q superior kind. Ex-
Minister John A. Bingham, now living At
Cadiz Ohio, will probably be elected to
congress again. There is shortage in
cotton Of from Is to a5 per cent IN states
east of the Mississippi river. Thirty pub
lie building bills have been passed by con-
gress, and there are sixty yet on the
calendar. Eight members of congress
have died during the preSen: session.
Fires in California mountains are reported
from almost every quarter. Rain has
June 25. The Missouri river is SO low that
navigation is impracticable beyond
Kansas City. The price Of bar-siiver
declined one cent in New York, being
quoted at 90 cents an ounce. At New
York, July 20, there were eighteen prostra-
lions by heat, four fatsl. rs;Sas Secretary sCyy
" atch Hin, =. |. He is still very feeble.
Judge David Johnson died Tuesday at
jackson, Mich. Gold commands d
premium of over IL per cent. in Buenos
Ayres. Frank Bergh has been arrested in
Cleveland for alleged connection with the
Kuoch tragedy in Detroit, in which four
persons were murdered aud then burned.
The Postal Telegraph Company has been
completely reorganized by foreclosure and
sale. Mr.. Macay is the principal stock
holder and the new company will push its
lines toward the Pacific. A favorable
report was made to the Senate. OF The
House bill providing that manufactured
| tobacco, snuff, and cigars may be re-
moved for export to q foreign country
without payment Of tax under prescribed
regulations.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

Mathews Of Albany for register of deeds
District Of Columbia was rejected.
HoCsE-By the vote Of log to l35 nays the
House refused To agree to the Conference
report on the river and harbor and insisted
on its disagreemsnts to the Senate amend
ments, and the bill is regarded dead for the
session, il being overlooked blythe Henne-
pin canal matter and other prospects.
The bill pr ohibiting aliens from acquiring
real estate in the territories except for rail.
road purposes passed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
Domestic Summary.

DR.. Charles p. Hutchins of Boston, editor
of the Congregationalist, is reported to
have been fatally injured. Its said Aaron
A. Sargent has been selected by the Re
publican members OF the California legis-
lature, to succeed Senator Hearst. The
Para Rubber companys works at South
birmingham, Mass, have been shut down,
and !, 1000 hands are out Of employment.
Stockmen say more stock will be shipped
East from Idaho this season than during
any year in the history Of the territory.
An official investigation develops the fact
that many mills in New York employ
children who are under thirteen years Of
age. California is 20 miles long. Its greatest
width is $50 miles, and it contains 1S3, ,9el,
square miles, or l2S, ,947, $40 acres of land.
Judge O'Gorman of New York city refused
to issue naturalization papars to q man
who had not read the United States con
stitution. Up to June 20 this year there
have been ,aa56 cases of cholera in Japan,
with 1907 deaths. Sixty five thousand
head of sheep are being driven from Ore
gan to Nebraska. For the second time in
thirty-two years Sacramento has had .
thunder storm In July. New Orleans pa
pers print thirty columns Of forced tax
sales of real estate In that city.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
Removals from Once.

The President has transmitted to the SEN
ate, in compliance with resolution sui
mittel by Senator ingalls,, statements from
lating to the changes in classified service
during certain periods specified in the res
olntion. They make the following show
ing:
First-The number of clerks now EN-.
braced within the provisions Of the civil
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

service act removed from July 16, 1853, to
March T. 1854: Department Of state, none !:
treasury department., -; department of
tho interior, 2S; department. Of justice,
none; postoffice department., g; war de-
partment, 30; navy department, |. Mum.
period (not including those excepted from
examination by rule 10 Of the civil service
rues): Department Of state, A; treasury
department, 159; department. of the inter-
ior, 2O4; department Of justice. 5; postOs-
fiie department, IL: war department, 81;
Second Number Of clerks embraced
within tie provisions Of the civil service
act removed between March 4, 1885, and
June Is. 1886: Department of state, ?;
treasury department., 1911; department Of
the interior, 2l5; department of justice, l:
40: navy department, !. Number appoint
ed in the same period: Department of
state, 3; treasury department, 50; depart
ment of the interior, IL; department of
justice, 3; postoffice department, -; war
department, 50; nnvy department., 2.
TEird-Number OF chiefs OF division or
chief clerks removed or reduced between
July 10, 1853, and March 1, 1885: Depart
ment OF state, none; treasury depart
ment, L; department Of the interior, 1:
department Of justice, none; postOfiice
department., 2; war department., l; navy
department. i. ANuIuDeT Oi cuici ClSf No
appointed during that period: Depart
ment ofstate, 2; treasury department, II;
department of the interior, 4; department
Of justice, /; postoffice department. II /:
war department., 1; navy department., 2.
Fourth Number of chiefs Of division
and chief clerks removed or reduced from
March 4, 1885, to June 5, 1856: Department
Of state, /; treasury department, p;
department. Of tho interior, 8; department
Of justice, none; postoffice department., z;
war department., /; navy department., 2
Number Of chiefs Of division and chief
clerks appointed during the same pc 'iOd i:
Department OF state, 2; treasury depart
ment, So; department. Of the interior, u !;
department OF justice none; pOstofiice
department. s: war department, !; navy
department, 2.
Fifth-Number of appointments Of
officials within the scope Of the civil ser.
vice act between Jan. Is, 1888, the date ol
its passage, and July 15 1888, the day
when it went into effect: Department Of
state, 8; treasury department., So, depart
ment Of the interior, 25l; department. ol
justice, 4, postofiice department, A.; wal
department., ~; navy department., none.
In addition, the secretary Of the treas
ury gives q list Of the customs officials
affected by the civil service act, rules and
regulations. appointed from Jan. 10, 1883
to July IL 1881 They number rs follows
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
Notes Abroad,

The English war department has snc-
ceeded in making cannon which cost 81,
O00, 900, and uses $1,000 worth OF ammuni-
tion every time il is fired. The Aus rian
minister Ut war has issued m orsler for
bidding the presence Of newspaper corre-
spondents at the autumn military maneu-
rers In Galicia. More than two per cent OF
the privates in tie Russian army were
punished by court martial last year.
The Oldest and largest trec in the world il
said to stand near the foot of Mount Etna
/. is.l2 feet in circumference and is a chest
ant, Of course.