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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29
ADVICE TO BATHERs.
A Few Suggestions Concerning When and
How to Battle.

A Few suggestions Concerning When and
How to Battle.
Bathers should enter the water
swiftly, not allowing the lower limbs to
become chilled, thus driving the blood
to the head. Most of our boys plunge
into the water head foremost; but this
is not necessary. To submerge the
body up to the neck is enough. After
this the body resumes an even tem-
perature, and when this course is FOL
lowed injurious results are rare.
The common belief that it is neces-
sary to wet the head upon entering the
water is based upon the assumption
that otherwise too much blood is i'm
PEELED upward. This is not true If the
rest of the body is quickly immersed.
Ladies can not be expected to soak
their hair every time they battle, nor
is it necessary that they should do So
A common error is that of remaining
| in the water too long. Blue lips, shiv-
ering limbs and subsequent headaches
should be sufficient warning. A naI
after bathing is advised by physicians
Sea bathing induces drowsiness, and
has the effect of a sedative and nerve
tonic; hence dip in the salt watel
Just before retiring for the night gen.
orally insures sound sleep. When the
water is colder than usual postpone thu
bath. Because some robust people Cal
battle in and out of season. and stay II
longer than others, should not induc
sensible people to initiate them. Eli
teen minutes is quite long enough t
remain in the water under ordinar
circumstances, and for delicate person
even that short space of time may b
injurious. Too violent exercise in tn
water should be avoided. The extrem
fatigue which follows is in itself sun
Gent evidence that it is injurious. DR.
Bailes. IN Peoples Health Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29
Destruction of Forests.

General James L. Brisbane has just
published a book on Trees and Tree
Planting" He gives an interesting ac-
count of the variety of trees to be found
in the virgin forests of the United States
and the ranges of soil in which they
will flourish best. But what is OF most
importance are the facts he furnishes
of the annual destruction of our forest
trees. Coming eastward, after four
years tour of army service on the tree
less plains of the West, the contrasts OF
forest growth and the rapid disappear
ance of densely-wooded tracts during
his soiourn on the frontier induced him
To gather statistics on the subject and
print them as warning OF the conse.
ouences that must speedily ensue. Com
putting the enormous quantity OF timber
cut for building purposes, for railroad
ties and for the fencing in of farms, the
statistics that he gives shows that "eve
nv year we strip 100000 acres O
trees and plant less than LOCO. 600 acres
to replace them. The end" he says
.is so plain even fool may read it ~
he runs And the work goes on. Int
greater part of the Northern pine l
gone. and the hemlock is fast disappear
ing. Resort is now had to the Southern
pine forests. heretofore scarcely touches
by the woodlands axe land the hardwoo
forests of the North Carolina mountains
This incessant slaughter is not oni
changing our climate, but is drying u
the sources Of our navigable rivers
Baltimore sam
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29
They Never Fail.
NO. q FULTON MARKET, NEW YORK CrrY, l
January "a 1884

No. FULTON MARKET. NEW YORK emil
January 70 1884,
Ihave been using BRANDRETH's Pills for
the last ten years. They are wonderful
medicine. There is nothing equal to them
as Blood Purifiers and Liver Regulators.
But / wish to state how remarkably they
cure rheumatism, and how easily; was
affected by rheumatism Of the legs. Ny
business Wholesale fish dealer) naturally
leads me to damp places. Twas so bad !
could not walk, and at night suffered fear.
fully; tried Balsams, Sarsaparillas and
all kinds of tinctures, but they did me no
good and / was afraid Of being cripple.
finally commenced using BRANDRErHe
Pills. / took two every night Tor ten
nights, then / began to improve con-
tinued taking them for forty days and go'
entirely well. Now, whenever sick, take
BRAxDRErn's PILLS. They never fail
]. N. HARRIS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29
FARM AND FiREslDE.

-Bananas and Cream: Heap upon
glass dish eight or ten ice cold bananas,
sliced thin; sprinkle with powdered
sugar; pour over them a cupful OF
whipped cream, also ice cold, and serve
with light plain cake.-Good House.
keeping.
Honey or sugar should always be
given to the bees on the inside OF the
hive; to prevent robbing. A good
feeder is made by taking shallow
dish and placing within it plenty OF
little floats of wood to prevent the bees
from being drowned in the liquid
Prairie Farmer.
To clean a carpet that has been
taken up, first shake, then putting 1t ON
a line, beat with branch OF tree
with many twigs, trimmed smoothly
that it may not catch in the threads,
then, most important OF all, sweep
thoroughly on both sides, while it is
spread on the grass.
Shade trees that send out roots to
great distances. only to throw out
shoots and suckers, should be dug up.
| The aspen, though beautiful tree, is
vs. great nuisance as the Canada
thistle, and yet it is planted along the
roads every season. If permitted 1t
will completely overrun adjoining
fields; and is not easily exterminated.
"A cool cellar does not damp
cellar. The cellar should be well aired
every day, and also given good white
washing whenever it is necessary to do
so. Before storing any crops in the
cellar, every portion of the cellar should
be thoroughly cleaned, and if it have
cement floor it should even be well
scrubbed.
Mo kind of grain is so well adapted
to feeding young stock of any kind az
oats. Their large proportion OF husks
keeps them from cloying the stomach
even of stock that has too poor diges.
ton for thriving on corn. Pigs will
prefer the latter grain, if both are
given together, but the pig is not the
. best Judge of what is adapted to hi
needs. The oats should, however, bt
, at least full weight to give the best re
suit.
Rice cream is particularly good
: Boil a tablespoonful of rice in rathe
more than half pint of milk unit
. quite soft, turn it into mortar and
Q pound it so that no whole grains ar
t visible; put it in basin, whip hall
r pint of cream, sweeten and flavor wit
n vanilla, add one-quarter of an ounce
r isinglass dissolved in teacup of milk
beat up with the rice and pour into
!. mold. Some whipped cream slight
Il colored with cochineal and placed
v tiny heaps round it when turned out
r the mold. makes pretty dish.
Il Dairy farming furnishes constar
y source of income. 1t enriches the Ian
;. more rapidly than other branch OF an
% NAL husbandry. 1t may be carried
3 with small capital without danger
being smothered by larger estahlisl
IL ments. 1t is profitable on high-price
10 lands, where other cattle would n
j. more than make good rent. In shol
of dairy farming. like every other bran'
g. of agriculture, has advantages peculi
ID to itself which makes it in many plac
m and under many circumstances
ct sirable and remunerative employmer
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

A novel instrument was FLED the
other day at Springfield. Mo-, by
George Schmidt, in the shape Of q
deed adopting Maggie Brown, the
three-year-old daughterof Julia Brown.
In consideration of one dollar the
mother ag lees to relinquish all legal
rights and privileges over her child,
and the foster father agrees to properly
support and maintain her, to treat her
humanely, and properly feed clothe'
shelter and educate her.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

No MANS life, whether - to happiness
OF usefulness, ever consisted in "the
abundance Of the things which he pos
sesseth.n So Christ taught in the days Of
His flesh, and experience confirms the truth
of the teaching. To be at peace with God
add to do good in ones day and generation
is much better than merely to be RICH
NJ r independent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29
A Good Impulse.

Don't balk your good impulses, particular
" that one which incites you to abandon
fruitiess medication for dyspepsia, kidney
trouble, fever and ague and constipation,
and adopt instead Hostetters stomach Bit
ters' which supplements the important ere
dental Of q long and successful career, with
the commendation of the medical profession
Give It q systematic trial.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

THsRs IL NO power lilse that which shines
and burns with the very life of every man
who speaks the truth. Behind each word
and every symbol and idea is the heart
force Of him who uses it; and behind them
all 10 the soul Of God, giving both to the
word and the speaker something of its own
glorious energy.-N 7. Presbyterian
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

THOSE Nuisances, Rheumatism and the
Govt. are relieved by Glenn's sulphur soap
Hilrs Hair and Whisker Dye, Soc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

SOME discerning scientist has discovers
that an editor seldom refuses to pun
good cigar Lincoln Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

The average hotel clerk knows almost
every thing, but he can't tell why wom-
an will persist in asking what time the
I've o'clock train leaves.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

THE rhymester is seldom mathemati
clan and yet he is likely to deal somewha
in loggy-rythms.-Mercii Traveller
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

AN orator speaking in volapuk might
hold his audience spellbound. ~ O. Plea
Wtne.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

A BIRCH bark canoe and girl who Loves
to flirt are two Of the several things IN
this world that man can never safely
trust
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

THE fast young man is usually slow with
Wis creditors
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

THERE are two things that . woman win
always jump at-a conclusion and mouse
-t3uTljnoton Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

"TURN me bottom upwards, If you wan
to make the most of me-" as the figure
said to the accountant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

A yAcK-xSIFE is dangerous thing, but
3 not so fatal as q jack pot.-Ltc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

A LADY advertising for husband il
very particular to have it understood that
"none need apply who are under six feet"
That female is strongly in favor OF ny
msnl
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

Salons are VIGOROUSLY superstitious,
but that is not the reason they are mol
fond Of the cat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

Why is doctor like broken windlass
Because he can draw nothing from tn
well.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

"A YACHT can stand on tack without
swearing A man can't.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

In a commercial sense dollars make
pounds, but in the prize-ring pounds make
iollars-B nghanst0n Republican,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

SOME girls are maidens all forlorn, while
others are maidens all for lawn tennis
Piftsbur0b Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

A pocroR's report would properly come
mr. he head at the news - the weak.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

SoMR men are fiddlers and others are
performers ON the violin; the same sort Of
distinction is to be found at every turn in
Ife.-Merchdnt Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-29

ONCE in a while-the letter Q.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-20
When to Plant Celery.

Celery for general crop and for win
ter is usually planted after the first
crop of cabbages, peas and other early
vegetables come of, says a writer in
the Practical Farmer. If the early
crop is off soon enough to plant, then
the foliage of the growing crop is
thinned out between the rows and the
young celery plants at once set out.
Some regard the partial shade as ad-
vantageous to the young plants, the
early crop being ready for removal
long before the celery makes much
growth. Before setting the celery
plants it is we'll to strip off half the
foliage, otherwise i'll a very hot sun
the evaporation from the leaves is SO
much greater than the mutilated roots
can pump up to supply, that there is
danger of loss. If the leaf surface is
reduced no bad effects from trans
planting need follow.
Those who have a market for early
celery, or like it for home use out of
its ordinary season, may set the plants
ont as soon as large enough. Thus a
crop is sometimes ready for use by the
time the late planting is to be done.
August is soon enough for the latest
planting. Celery will not grow on dry
soil in very hot weather without arti-
fetal watering. 1t delights in cool
September and October to grow freely
in.-Er.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-20
ssOld Hickory"

The story Of how Gen. Andrew
jackson got the name of Old Hickory
s again going the rounds and will be
new to some. During the Greek war
he had a bad cold, and his soldiers
made for him "A shelter Of hickory bark.
The next morning a tipsy soldier, not
knowing who was under the bark,
kicked it over. AS the General, speech
less with rage, struggled out of the
ruins, the soldier yelled, "Hello, Old
Hickory! Come out of your bark and
take Il drink" When the soldiers
saw Jackson shaking the bark from
his uniform they gave three cheers for
cold Hickory" and the name stuck.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-20

Spelling.

1t is marvellous how many persons
there are who, reading every day writ
ing very often, do not know how to
spell q great number of very common
words. We never knew how wide
spread was this deficiency until we
came into the editors chair. We get
communications from all sorts Of peO-
ple-from college-bred men and wo-
men and from those who had
| other than "Old-field school" advanta-
ges, and the defect in spelling is found
in both classes. If we were to print
some communications as they are
written, we would call down upon our
head the fiercest tempest of indigna-
ton. 1t seems that people who read
much ought to learn how to spell by
the eye. Books and newspapers,
thanks to the proof reader with a die
tionary at his side, generally have
words spelled correctly and a little
practice of the eye in looking at the
spelling ought to give correctness.
Some excuse themselves on the ground
Of i%nattention. They know how, but
they are SO occupied with the thought
that the spelling is a minor considera-
ton. In answer to this it is sufficient
to say A thought worth putting on
paper is worthy of a becoming dress.
Others say: Spelling is a natural gift
and cannot be acquired by everybody"
A writer who has a dictionary al
learn to spell any word in the English
language. If a writer has no diction-
airy let him buy one before he writes
again. We are inclined to think that
a good deal of incorrect spelling is the
result of carelessness and carlessness
in anything is objectionable.
These thoughts have come from the
fact that we received the other day a
communication from a writer who, for
a large part of his life, has been a tea
cher, and who has been Il constant
contributor to the papers, and yet
in using the word 'laity' quite Il num-
Der of times. every time it was spelled
wrong. If We had published it as
written, the printer, proof reader and
editor would have been pronounced a
"'set of solemn blockheads." We are
not complaining, but simply setting
forth the very curious fact that many
popular writer's are deficient in Ortho-
graphy. Far be it from us to complain
of the defects of others. We have too
many of our own. Like Paul to the
Corinthians, We can sincerely say : 81
write not these things to shame you,
but as my beloved sons l warn you."-
n. 0. Christian -AdrOcate.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-20
Day and Night

During IN aeute attack Of BroochitaG, .
eeaseless tickling IN the throat, ard -
sxnausting, dry. hacking cough, a4iss
tho sufferer. Sleep u banished, and grsse
prostration follows. This disease = Also
attended with Hoarssness, and sometimes
Loss Of Voice. It 10 liable t. become
chronic, involve the lungs, and terminate
fatally. Ayers Cherry Psctoral Affords
speedy relief and cure in cases Of Bron-
chitis. 1t controls the disposition 70
cough, and induces refreshing sleep.
I have been a practicing physician for
twenty-four wears, and, for the past
twelve, have suffered from annual attacks
of Bronchitis. After ~exhausting all the
usual remedies
Without Relief,
! tried Ayers Cherry Pectoral. 1t helped
ME Immediately, and effected . speedy
cure.-G. Stoveall, NJ D., Carrollton, Miss.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral is decidedly the
best remedy, within my knowledge, for
chronic Bronchitis, and all lung diseases.
M. A.. Rust, NJ. D., South Paris, Me.
Twas attacked, last winter, with q severe
Cold, which, from exposure, grew worse
and finally settled on my Lungs. BY
night sweats l was reduced almost to .
skeleton. Ny Cough was incessant, and I
frequently spit blood. My physician told
me to give up business, or l would not
live n month. After taking various RENE.
dies without relief, 1 was finally
Cured BY Using
two bottles Of Ayers Cherry Pectoral. I
am now in perfect health, and able to
resume business. after having been pro-
nounced incurablc with Consumption
S. P. Henderson, S%aulsburgh, Penn.
For years l was in a decline. I had
weak lungs, and suffered from Bronchitis
aud Catarrh. Ayers Cherry Pectoral re-
stored me to health, and l have been for n
long time comparatively vigorous. In
case Of . sudden cold l always resort to
the Pectoral. and find speedy relief
Edward E. Curtis, Rutland, VT.
TIVE years ago 1 suffered from n severe
Bronchitis. The physician attending me
became fearful that the disease would ter
inmate in Pneumonia. After trying vari-
Gus medicines, without benefit, he finally
prescribed Ayers Cherry Pectoral. which
relieved me at once. / continued to take
this medicine a short time. and was cured.
Ernest Cotton, Logansport, Ind.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
Prepared by DR.. J. c. Aver & Co Lowell, Mass.
Sold by ali Drugsists. Price d; elk bottles, -
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-20
dne Gbibooaux Sentinel
SATURDAY, OCT; 20, 1883:
Retrospect.


l see again the sudden feck
OF sunshine on her dusky hair,
Tho round young curves of throat and
neck,
The faded gown she used to yea
! feel her timid hand grow cold
Within my own, and hear again
Her shy, sweet whisper as Of old,
"No, not good-bye! auf weider-
sehenm
The gnarled, gray apple tree, astir
With little winds, let fall a rain
Of pinky bloom all over her,
Home stepping thro' the long green
lane.
The thrush pipes noisily, and see,
She pauses with a w1stful smile
To wave a last farewell to mt
Still lingering by the TRUSTING stile.
All, sweetheart, that was years ago,
And time soon taught us to be wise,
To laugh at loves poor painted show,
And look at life with clearer eyes.
l Joined long since the cynic crowd,
You in a palace over seas.
A silkcn beauty, pale and proud,
Have no such memories as these.
And yet, somehow, I'd like to be
A fool again, and just live thro'
The days when you believed in me
And /, poor lad, believed in you.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-20

Senator Gibson has been officially
notified of his selection as one of the
members of the Board of Trustees of
the Peabody Fund. This distinguish
ment has heretofore been conferred
upon the following prominent citizens
of Louisiana General Richard Taylor
and Judge Manning.-Lafayette Id
Vertiser.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-20
The Husbands Part.

There is no mother, carrying along
the burden of training the children,
who will not heartily endorse the fol-
lowing sentiments as set forth by a
writer in Good Cheer:
There is too much talked and written
about woman's duty to her home. No
woman can make a perfect home with
out the cheerful and earnest cO-Opera-
ton of her husband. Where one wife
fails in her part there are ten husbands
who are utterly careless and unmindful
of their own domestic responsibilities.
ready to surrender their own burdens
to the wife whose physical and mental
strength is ordinarily hardly adequate
to the demands made upon her. How
many fathers take upon themselves
the educational training of their chill
dren7 And yet how few mothers are
qualified, either by mental discipline
or habits of thought, for that work.
l know all the popular arguments
advanced on the other side, but they
do not alter the fact that in nine cases
out of ten it is the husbands intellect
which is sharpened and kept alive by
contact with other minds, by reading
and Pursuits which require a wide
mental outlook. As for the necessary
time there are few men who cannot
spare an hour from the days engross-
ing duties in which to study the bent
of their children's minds and give di-
rection to their studies. Think of John
Mill pausing in the midst of his most
arduous labor, the work which required
the closest application and %concentra-
ton of thought, to patiently solve for
his son Stuart the troublesome Greek
and Latin problems, and direct his
studies in history.
And is there anything Mrs. Fremont
has written so charming as those
e in which her father, burdened
with the cares and anxieties of public
life, gathered his children about his
study table to prepare the lesson for
their teachers under his supervision =?
know among my friends one fami-
~ in which the father has taken upon
himeelf the intellectual training of his
children from their very infancy. One
boy evinced strong journalistic ten
denotes, and he is studying for that
profession another manifested great
love for natural history, and his father
has given him every opportunity for
the study of the beasts, birds and
plants. He found his youngest boy
almost a baby-absorbed in the plates
of the Scientific American, and taking
the hint, helped him to familiarize him
self with machinery, i'll which study
the boy made marvellous progress. l
could multiply instances, but these are
sufficient to indicate that the gospel of
parental responsibility needs to he
preached to the stronger as we'll as the
weaker sex.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-20

Recorder Murphy was acquitted in
the impeachment trial by a vote II to
10. 1t required eighteen votes to con-
Wet, hence eve votes were wanting
to impeach him. Thus ends a long,
tedious and useless Investigation
Baton Rouge AdrOcatc.