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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03
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No man fails who dies trying.
On the elevated situations of for
tune, the great calamities of life chiefly
fall
1t Is far better to educate persons
to keep out Of sin than to convert them
out.
The dead elephant Alice was dis
sected at Hartford and 800 pennies
found in her stomach. It is believed
she had started . monument fund.-
Opsahe Bee.
Presence of mind is all well enough
in some cases, but when man finds
himself in danger of freezing to death
he shouldn't try to keep too COOL
Epoch
I'm goin' to leave, num- ''What
Tor? am sure / have done all the
work myself, in order to keep girl"
well. mum. Their works not done to
suit mer' Puck.
Milton was asked If he intended to
instruct his daughters in the different
languages-to which he replied, mo.
sir. one tongue is sufficient for
"o'' u oa'e" 0sc"oa'o'
" .: are cornerstone c'ca'"'os
trouble, but after all. what would we
..'0" 10 :. We naun 'soneoouy " whom
VIC o w a'.1lDu'e a.. our 'aul.s
Hno"le,ge wn,cn LANE 700 La
Laid M in strong vaults:
Iweddsd. and find she has millions
" fauiss- -. p,,.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03

Smiles win supersede many frowns, and
many discomforfs viii be unknown, when
tirely supersede, as they Bid fair to do, the
largo and less efficient pill Of our forefath-
ers. Every day they gain new laureIsi |
Most popular when most ills aboundi
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03

Haphaznrd Mcdlcations
First with one cathartic, ther with another,
never giving any fair trial, Is no way tc
cure constipation. In it's chronic form it ID
obstinate, but it Is at first relieved and then
positively eradicated by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, - final consequence. This prop
aration also subjugates and prevents inter
mittent and bilious remittent fever, rheu-
matism and dyspepsia, and builds up Z
broken-down physique.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03

Il b 1atural that SKYE terrier shouI1
bark ct the moon Buvzisgtos Ftw Prs
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03

II anlicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaa
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists cell It *
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03

IL bird In the hand b worth two In the
bush. Z mole on the face worth two IN
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03

II d the ambition OF all Prusaians to max
their maxkR Boston Post
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03

AMoxa the people Of to-day, there are few
Prichiy Ash Bark and Berries, Is 8 house.
hold remedy. Teas and drinks have been
made Of them for centuries, and in hun
dreds Of families have formed tho sole re-
lance in rheumatic and kidney diseases.
Prick1y Ash Bitters now take the place Of
the old system and IL more beneficial in al
troubles Of this nature
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03

OLD point l.es b Old Point Comfort to .
woman
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03

To NAE . bad bar gain some ons must
sell bad whisky.-E r PteeyusG
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-03-03
Pains and Aches

In various parts OF Ne body. moro particularly In
he back shouldefs, and joints. are the rnwsloous
indioasaons thas rheumasim has gained foothold.
and you ere ~in for II" for longer or shortes
period Rheunstism IL caused By laetic acid IN The
blood. and = CURED By Hoods DarsaparillA. vhieh
nsutra1isss the acidity. and eradicAss ever h
purity from the blood
"Ihavs besn sunsslng with Thsumat3sm nearly
two ysars. and ussd several ddersnt kinda Of medt
cine. but never found relief until used Hoods
eassapazllla''-G. \ xUosL1Y, Nlnsvsh. Droome
County.M-Y-
-Ihavs taksn Hoods sazsaporflls 1oe dyspepsla
end tonie alsssssivs with the nose uens0elal ~
si1es hAvs also ussd II for rheumaflnn wifh eood
sGeeA Ifsgnrd II - ons Of ths ven bess family
mediclnes, snd would not WILLINGLY - vifhout ~
"A = Cunnx. Providenee. III
Hoods SarsaparlIIa
so y IN srsss,s>u. a ssx sor&. Prepared only
syc.L HOOD : CO. Apothseaz1su. Lowell. No..
TOO Doses One Dollar
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
what They Did when Young.

Senator Vance was hotel clerk. Secre-
tary Bayaid was a clerk il New York.
Judge Kelley. father Of The House, was
jewelsr. Tom Reed, of Maine, was ay-
master in the navy. Leland Stanford was
country lawyer in Wiscoi sin. Senator
Dawes school teacl er and country editor.
Senator Morrill,, Of Vermont, kept country
grocery store. Senator Stewart, of Nevada,
mined with pick and shovel in Californ' a.
Senator Cullom was famous as corn
husker in early days in Illinois. nator
Sawyer "bought his time" when seventeen
years old and ran a sawmill Justice Brad
ley taught district ichool every winter
from Lis sixteenth to twenty-first year.
President Cleveland compiled the "Ameri-
can Herd Book" and received $50 for his
service. Samuel j. Randall, whom nobody
supposes to have had war record, was a
private in company of cavalry. Senator
Sabin, with his trousers tucked in bis boots,
used to stand on the streets Of Springfield
Mass, all day to sell cord. wood that he had
chopped and hauled twelve miles,
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
The Tariff Issue.

If the meie discussion of the tariff ques-
tion SO disturbs every artery OF trade, it is
pertinent to inquire, what would be the re-
suit of the abrogation of the tariff
There is no Disgusting the fact that the
discussion of the Mills bill in Congress un-
settled and disturbed every department of
business by the distrust with which it en-
clouded the future, and to-day the outlook
is quite dscouraging to the wage-worker.
The tariff problem is the one Issue confront
ing our people, and its solution is vitality
more important then the accident of either
Democratic or Republican ascendancy.
The effect upon our material prosperity of
opening our markets to the world is a most
serious question and needs approaching with
the utmost consideration.
That America during the last quarter of
century has been the most progressive and
most favored land of all nations, cannot be
gainsaid, and that the protection that she
has given to her industrial establishments is
the in main responsible for this prosperous
and happy condition of affairs, goes without
questioning.
Mr.. Mills, in support of the Mills Bill,
stated that in Ireland potatoes could be
bought for twenty-five cents per bushel, but
he forgot to add that wages were so low in
Ireland that the people could not get the
twenty-five cents-yes, Ias'a matter sof fact,
potatoes do sell for twenty-five cents per
bushel, yet actual starvation stares Ireland
in the face every day of the year.
Mr.. Mills, as reported:ip the Congressional
Record, also made, in support Of his bill,
the following statement: 'Free raw materials
| make low cost of product" but he should
also have added low cost of product makes
low wages, and low wages will pauperize
commonwealth.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
Still Bad.

Daily Republican.
AND STILL the Brandywine water remains
unfit for use, and we are almost tempted to
believe that it will never be any better. For
over month we have been compelled to put
up with this filthy stuff, which we have every
reason to believe has been, and still is, the
cause of so much sickness, and so many
deaths among children in this city, but with
the exception of cleaning some of the filth
out of the basin the Water Commissioners
have not made the slightest attempt to
remedy the evil, and the matter is scarcely
thought worthy of notice at their meetings.
The fact Of the matter seems to be that
these men are forgetful of the purpose for
which the commission was created, and
come to the conclusion that they own the
city and everything pertaining to it. The
have become the sold Man of the Sea" on
the body polite, and sucn being the case it
seems useless to ask thsm to try the driven
we'll system adopted by the authorities of
other cities, where they are blessed with
progressive ideas. The ouly remedy the
people have in this matter is with the Legis-
lature, and it is hoped that they will avail
themselves Of it at the coming session.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
IRWIN MAuoN.
The Eclectic.

ThU contents of the August number of the
Eclectic Magazine now before us are marked
by many excellent and attractive papers on
variety Of subjects Prof. Seeley, one of
the leading Euglsh historians, leads with
an article entitled "The Eighty-eigths, full
in English history, a subject specially sug-
gested by the tercentenary of the Destruc-
tion of the Spanish Armada. The we'll
known poet, Louis Morris, is represented by
a stirring ballad on the same interesting
theme Algernon Charles Swinburne con-
tributes paper on Mr.. Whristler's Art
Theories, written with his usual eloquent
facility. The discussion of the Sunday
Question by the Bishop of Ripon, upholds
the strictly religious view, yet with great
temperance and fairness OF statement. DR..
Aubrey's ''Secisl Problems in America is a
thoughtful and able paper, which all Ameri-
cans will find stimulating and suggestive,
even where they fail to agree with the writer
One of the choicest articles racently pub
lished in magazine literature is that by Pioi,
rIbeln tus On tue suUJeCI IlpM " olOM
Great Men, and its direct application to
the United States specially heightens its
interests for cur reaGers. lu Christina
Bremner's study entitled "Womau in the
Labor Market" the Iead1r will find M Ich tc
furnish fool for reflection. Mr.. Meredith
TOWNSEND gives his reasons for believing
that England's hold on India is much more
fragile than is generally supposed, and
marshals formidable array Of facts.
very pleasant and instructive sketch is thai
on Pasteur, by Mrs. Priestley; and another
entertaining paper is that by Herman Meri
vale on Dickens and Tbackeray under th,
titlo "About Two Great Novelis's." Othe
notable contributions are by William Morri
| ('The Revival of Architccture') and l.!
Mrs. L. Lynn Linton ("French Politica
Womcn'') ]. A. Farrer, one of the mo
entertaining writer's for the English period
cal press, writes about Schopenhauer, tn
German ressmist and philosopher. II
poem entitled silva" (Mors Jauua VHR) is
striking piece of verse pregnant with tn
greatest of all problems, and an )ther strik
ing poem is that by Michael Field On Ma
thew Arnold, "Fhe Rest Of the ImmOrtalS.
The Gold Mines of Phrygia" is te'lin
short story, aud there are several exceller
minor articles worthy of attention.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28

The Delaware Grangers are enjoy
ing themselves hugely at Rehoboth.
The trains down on Tuesday were
fairly loaded with them. There were,
first of all, the Lecturer of the Ma
tional Grange, Mortimer Whitehead,
of Washington, D. c.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Rex and daughter, of Norristown, Pa;
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams, and Mr.. and
Mrs. CJvcrly, of New Jersey. Then
Of home people we're Mr.. and Mrs.
John @. Higgins, of Delaware City;
Henry Thompson and the Rev. 7. r..
Mcdowell, of Wilmington; Joseph
Derrickson, Stanton; Samuel Lindsey
and Miss Lindsey, of Newark; Della
ware Clark, of Glasgow; D. W. and
]. G. Corbit, of Odessa; Thomas F.
Dilworth, wife and daughters, of Port
Penn; G. G. Brown, Mrs. Brown,
daughter and son, II. w. Lyndall,
Prof. G. l.. Penny, of Wyoming; VIM.
Hutchinson and wife, of Kenton; A
c. Caldwell and wife, John Heyd and
wife, G.. W. Killen and wife, and NJ
G. Grennell, of FELTON,; Mrs. M. G
Jacobs, of Bridgeville; Mr.. and Mrs
j. j. Rosa, of Milford, with friend
Mrs. Colleston-from Chicago; Geo
A. Jones, Georgetown; Mrs. r. S
Johnston, Stockley; W. B. Records
Mrs. w. T. Records, Mrs. Phebe j
Riggin, Mrs. J. H. Adams and Mis-
S. Taylor, from Laarel.
The meeting Tuesday evening il
the parlor of the Bright House was
decided success. John Heyd presid
ed. J. c. Higgins, Lecturer of tn
State Grange, made an admirable ad
dress of welcome. DR.. George Pur
ington, director of the Delawar
Agricultural Experimental Station
read fine paper on ''Science in Agri
culture and Horticulture" He mad
an excellent impression and after
wards expressed his interest in tn
precepts and principles of the Grange
Speaking of the station he said hi
object was to lay good foundation i
judiciously expending the first annui
appropriation and then organize fc
active work and issue regular bull'
tins. He hoped to become completed
organized by the first of September
Farm and Home.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
The Bible.

No fragment of any army ever survived
so many battles as the Bible; no citadel ever
withstood so many sieges; no rocks were
ever battered by SO many hurricanes, and SO
swept by storms. Aud yet it stands. It
has seen the rise and fall of Daniels four
empires. Assyria bequeaths few mutilated
figures to the riches Of our natural museum.
Media and Persia, like Babylon which they
conquered, have been weighed in the balance
and found wanting. Greece family survives
in her historic fame; and iron Rome of the
Caesars has long ceased to boast. And yet
the book that foretells all this survives.
While nations, kings, philosophers, systems,
institutions, have died away, the Bible en-
cages now mems deepest thoughts; is ex-
amined by the keenest intellects; stands
revered by the highest tribunals; is more
read, silted, IN ,re debated, more devoutly
loved ard vehemently assailed, more de-
Tended and more denied, more iudustriously
translated and freely given to the world,
more honored aud more abused than any
other book the world ever saw. IL survives
all changes, itself unchanged; it moves all
minds, yet it is moved by none; 1t sees all
things decay, itself incorruptable; it sees
myriads of other books engulfed in the
stream of time, yet it is borne along till the
mystic angel shall plant his foot upon the
sea and swear by Him that lveth forever
and ever, that timo shall be no longer.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
PRICE TWO CENTS.

THE stem logic of events has again
and again most emphatically Impress
ed upon the minds of all thinking
farmers the necessity of cooperation
in buying and selling, and in many of
the branches of the business of farm
ing. Never more has this been seen
and felt than this season in relation to
marketing the peach crop. 1t isnot a
question of combination to fix price
for the fruit without regard to supply
and demand, but it is question of so
distributing the fruit that it can be all
consumed by human mouths, and not
be cast into the rivers and the sea, as
it sometimes has been in years past.
The two agencies which are working
to secure this end are the Delaware
Fruit Exchange and the Bureau of
Information and Distribution. The
former seeks to bring buyers here SO
that they may ship the fruit direct to
their own markets; and the latter
seeks to evenly distribute according to
the demand, in all the markets that
can be reached, all of the fruit that
cannot be sold or consumed at home.
1t is plainly the duty of every peach
grower to support both of these Or
CARNATIONS, selling all he can at home
and shipping the balance according to
the information furnished by the dis
tributor of the Bureau. Should this
be done remunerative prices will be
received. If not, it will hardlyIbe
possible to prevent gluts, disorganized
markets and much loss of fruit. There
may be obstacles in the way of sue
cessfully operating these agencies,
but there are none that the united
body of fruit growers cannot easily
overcome.-Farm and Home.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28

The Hazel Dell Agricultural Society
and Mechanical Institute held a meet
ing at the Board of Trade rooms Sat-
urday afternoon. The charter of the
Peninsula Agricultural and Pomologi-
cal Association has been transferred
to the new society," George G. Lob
dell presided, and 7. d. Brown acted
as secretary. Among the other stock
holders present were: Lewis W.Stid-
ham, William II. Foulk, Edward Ha-
man, j. X. Baylis, Patrick Plunkett,
Harry Joshua Connor The perma-
nent officers we're elected as follows;
George g. Lobdell, president; I. D.
Brown, secretary; board of managers
G. G. Lobdell, 7. D. Brown, DIR. J. C
Mccoy, j. W. Mccoy, w. Y. Warner
Edward Haman, Francis n. Buck, B
Duncan, Henry c. Mahaffy, H. S
Christy, Thomas S. Robinson, Ferri
Giles, Thomas Mitchell, James Gas
person, J. J. Peirce, James McComf
F. B. Cotton, William DUPONT, NJ. +
Hayden.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
LEGAL.
Recent Legal Decision of Interest 10
Architects, Contractors, Etc.
ing.

Recent Legal Decision of Interest 10
Architects, Contractors, Etc.
III an action for damages for negligence
in the erection of a wall, whereby it fell and
injured plaintiffs building, where the de-
feuse was that the contri ctors al d not the
def ndant, who was the owner of the wall,
wee liable, it was proper 10 instruct the
jury that if the negligence which caused the
injury was not in the workmanship or ma
terials to be furnished by the contractors,
but in the plans and specifications, then the
owner was liable.
1t was the duty of the owner TO use all
reasonable care and caution in providing
plans and specification to tt e end that the
erection, when made in accordance with
them would not be dangerous to the adjoin.
ing property.
Where in snch case the plans and speci6.
cations are sufficient to secure safe con
structiou, and the work is insufficiently
done by independent contractors, then The
owner is not liable, but tie injured part.
must look to the contractors = Lancaster
VS.. Conn. Nut. Ins. Co. Sup Ct. of Mis-
souri,.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
IMPURE WATER.

Nine ChiIdren Dead from Diphtheria.
DEcKERTowN, N. j., July 6.-Yesterday
the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jere-
miah Layton, of this place, died OF diph-
liberia. This was the ninth child they have
lost by this disease within the last three
weeks. The disease is very fatal here, only
one person attacked having recovered. In
each case the patient has died of heart fail.
urs after convalescing. 1t is now thought
that it is caused by drinking impure water,
which is drawn from deep well near the
outbuildings. The well has been closed and
a sample of the water sent to New York fol
analysis.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
Membranous Group and Diphthcria:
Are they Identical.

Since the appearance of Brettoneau's q
paper, about 1881, the first real aud definite
knowledge of diphtheria had its beginning,
but the question Of this paper has not yet
been decided. After special clinical oppor-
trnites, DR.. Love took pronounced position
tion that membranous and diphtheria are
identical. Dermatelogists have given half
dozen different terms for eryslpelas yet,
as q matter of fact, we known, pathological
ly speaking, that they are all one and the
same disease, dependent on the same germs
and only varying in degree, action or man
ner or announcement. Iu fevers the same
disposition was manifested, when typhoid
fever, plus malaria as complication, per-
mitted the newly-ooined term, typho-malarial.
Whether the mem brane, as in the so-called
true Group, be fibrinous emulation, super
fetal and easily stripped from the surface,
leaving a smooth mucous surface only rob-
bed of its epithelium, while that of diph-
iberia is more Of coagulation, penetrating
or poured into the mucous tissues-s necrosis
as it were, in which the eschar can be re-
moved only with diffculty-is not important,
it being largely dependent upon the anatomi-
cal characteristics of the parts involved.
That the disease is due to special germ or
micro organism is admitted, and the recog-
milton of this pathological point in the treat
ment has made much more favorable
showing in the mortality reports. One fact
which is worthy of notice, and which is an
additional argument in favor of the identity
Of the two diseases, is that the classical
treatment for Group has for years been free
exhibition of the mild chloride of mercury,
coupled with stimulation, with view to its
deflbrinating effect. The secretory system
has thus been stimulated, aud the effect has
been to favor the moistening and exfoliation
of the exudation, and antagonize the dis
position to constitutional involvement.
Since the same plan of treatmen has been
applied to general diphtheria, the tendency
has been to the securing of similar result,
and the mortality reports present a more
| favorable showing. By the prompt reoogni-
tion Of the FIRST appearance of diphtheria,
, and the immediate Institution OF imperative
interference in the shape of free purging
with the mild chloride, local antiseptics,
rendering the infectious matter innocuous,
and the continuance of constitutional mea.
sures which are germicides and stmulatort
of glandular actlon-first on the list being
the bichlopide, benzoate of soda, and large
| quantities OF water-we can without doub,
claim accomp plshments that are tangible ant
| positive.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28
The Fastest Time on the Railroad

An examination of the official time tables
for June, made by the Railroad Engineering
journal, shows that the fastest trains now
scheduled are two on the Baltimore and
Ohio, which a G timed to run the forty miles
from Baltimore to Washington in forty five
minutes, without stops, making the rate of
speed fifty-three and three-tenth miles an
hour. No other traiu can be found which
makes over forty miles an hour, and the
nearest approach to 1t is train on the Penn
sylvania railroad, which runs from Jersey
City to Philadelphia. making one stop, at an
average speed of forty-eight and three
tenths miles an hour. On the opposition
Bound-line one train makes the distance
from Jersey City to Philadelphia at the rate
of 45.9 miles an hour, without allowance for
the four stops. The quickest train between
Philadelphia aid Baltimore runs at the rate
of fuIty-one aud six-tenths miles an hour.
The fastest long distauce run is that OF the
Chicago limited on the New York Central
and Hudson River road, which averages
forty.One and six-tenths miles an hour from
New York to Albany and forty and six
tenths miles from Albany to Buffalo. The
corresponding train on the Pennsylvania
road runs at the rate of thirty eight miles
an hour from Philadelphia to Pittsbnrg.
| The trains which are timed to run over
forty miles an hour are thus found to be
very few in number, and there are not many
which are called upon to make more than
thirty-fve or, indeed, over thirty miles fol
any considerable distance. 1t must be re
membered, however, that train whose av
ersge speed is forty miles an hour mus
make much faster time than that in parts o.
its run.
What is the slowest passenger train is no
easy to determine, but an express on
North Carolina line, whi III takes nine hour
to run 100 miles-an average of II mile
an hour--is very promising candidate fC
the honor.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-07-28

Madame Anderson NIeijerhelm, vice
president of the Worlds w. G. I. u,
writes of the temperance work in the
north of Europe as follows: "We have
been holding meetings in Stockholm
to interest ladies in temperance work.
The last meeting was held in a large
church and was presided over by
baron, member of the first chamber
of Parliament. Many other members
of Parliament and of the higher So
ciety circles were also present. 1t was
the first time in our country that a
lady gave the principal address at
such meeting. So we feel our cause
is gaining ground"