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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-11-27
AFTER HARVEST.

The land Is fair in the August light and the
shadows lie in swoon,
The corn stands up in its bladed might in the
golden afternoon;
While the dreamy haze of the summers smile
the peaceful valley fills,
I fold my hands and rest awhile on the slope
OF the leaning hills.
The stubble fields OF rusty brown are asleep in
the waning sun,
For the rpened grain Is gathered In, and the
harvest work Is done;
So here I rest in the days decline amid its
golden gleam,
While the boys are gone for holiday and
trouting down the stream.
The royal summer is waning low and the har-
vest-work is done,
The bountiful Father be praised again for
fruitful treasures won;
Forgetful of trust in Thee, o God, our hearts
have shuddered in pam,
While q vision Of loss has held our gaze amid
the floods Of rain;
For the harvests' hope was wellnigh gone,
I and our eyes could naught behold
Except the mildew, rust and blight on the bill.
.s lows OF waving gold;
But the rain Is done-the harvest won, and
fear Is only dream
The merry shout OF my manly boys comes up
from the valley stream.
God bless the boysi can SEQ them now where
the fringing willows show
The white of their leaves in the golden ali
above the waters now;
And the stream runs on IN hazy light through q
drowsy atmosphere,
While tread again my boyhood paths and the
olden voices heart
The nectar of childhood's guileless years from
its crystal cupI drain,
And the stream flows on its tireless way till the
picture fades again:
The COWS are at the pasture bars when ]
wake from my idle dream,
And the boys are back for milking time with
trout from the meadow stream.
B. F. Leggett. in Springfield (MasS.) Re-
publican.
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SIxTY-DOuLAR STAMPS.

Used on SeOand- Glass Matter, and the
Public Never Sees Thorn.
'How Is the postage on second-class mat
ter pald?" is question often asked at the
Boston post-office, says the Herald, of that
city The rate of postage is l cent pound,
but as observation teaches that second class
matter is not stamped, the query is natu-
rally raised as to how the postage on this
class of matter is treated. The public never
sees the stamps used for the payment Of
second-class postage, except as curiosity
in the collection of phiatelist. Unlike all
other kinds of postage stamps, they never
reach the public through the post-oflce.
They are not so rare, however, among col
lectors as to bring very high premiums.
The smaller denominations are in good de-
mand, and are sold for sums considerably
in advance of their face value, but the
higher denominations can not be disposed
Of at par.
1t is customary for a publisher whose
journal or periodical is entered as second
class matter to keep on deposit at the post
office sum sufficient to cover the immedl-
ate expense of mailing. If he mails 1,00C
pounds of matter, he is given receipt for
that amount, and on the stub from which
the receipt is torn is placed 80 in postage
stamps. The form of stub and receipt book
used is uniform throughout the country
and at the end of each quarter all the stubs
are forwarded to Washington. The Cancelled
stamps on the stubs represeP the revenue
received on second-class matter for the par
ticular quarter which they cover. 1t is not
required that publisher shall keep de
posit at the post-office, but experience
teaches that it is the wisest plan to follow
Newspaper and periodical postage stamps
are the most numerous and run the highes,
in denomination of any species of postage
stamps issued by the Government The
lowest denomination is one cent and the
highest eco.
The full list is as follown: 1, Q, 4, 6, 8, 10
IL, "a, 80, IS, 60, 72, "a and 96 in cents; in
dollars, e1.92 50, Sc, So, SO, $24, $50, as and
eco. OF this class of stamps there was used
at the Boston postofflce for the last fiscal
year SOL ,40l.73, representing 1O,14O, Ia
pounds of second-class matter mailed. The
prevailing colors Of these stamps are shades
of red and green-the Post-Ofice Depart
ment seems very partial to green-varying
according to denomination, and each bear.
ing in its center the figure Of beautiful
and scantily-attired female.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-11-27
CHURCHES.

DAPTIST.-Preacning each sunday at II a.
DIN. and at z 80 p. m, ut the courthouse. sun
day school at 10 o'clock, a IN. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each week. Rev. w. A.
Cain, Pastor. Residence on Cor. Lincoln Ave.
and Cherry Streets.
OHRISTIAN.-Preach every Sunday at
~ II o'clock, Il. m, and $50 p. m, by Elder
David Nation. Prayer meeting every we'd
nesday night. Sunday school at 10 o'clock n. m.
every Sunday.
METHODIST Observation-Disclosures every
IN4 Sunday at / 90 a. III. and Z 80 p. IN. Sun
day school every Sunday ut 10 a. m. Prayer
meetin1 every Wednesday evening at 1880.
Strangers invited. X. SANDERsON, Pastor.
DRESBYTERIAN.-Se every sunday at
I IL a. IN. and 80 p. IN. Sunday School at
10 n. m. j B. NORTH, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services on End
Sunday OF every month at Sherlock's hall, at
1000 a. m REV. BITTER Pastor.
GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-Hold reg
Vt ular services at Mngona, Barber county,
the second and fourth Sundays in each month.
At Forrest school house on the second Sunday
Cedar Creek school house on the third sunday.
BY Elders Shamberger. Smith and Neher.
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when Girls should Be silent.

Would welLbred girl, possessed of any
feeling whatever. possessed of the slightest
sensIbility or sense, divulge the fact that
she had been proposed to by a man. and
that she had refused himl / have asked
this question of several girls, and also of
several married women, and while their
answers were varying am confident, from
what know of their characters, that the
well-bred girl Of honor and sensibility
would never, upon the weighuest pretext,
disclose what had passed between herself
and man upon SO delicate subject. The
unsuccessful suitor Is q man who receives
very little sympathy, and usually there Il
none more deserving Of it than be.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-11-27
Talk and Business.

Iterations are commonly loss of time; but
there is no such gain Of time as TO iterate
often the state Of the question; for it
chaseth away many frivolous speech as 1t
Is coming forth. Long and curious speeches
are as fit for dispatch as robe or mantle
with a long train is for race. Prefaces and
passages and excusations. and other speeches
Of reference to the person, are great wastes
Of time; and, though they seem to proceed
of modesty, they are bravery. Yet beware
of being too material when there is any i'm
pediment or obstruction In mems wills; for
preoccupation of mind ever requireth pref
ace of speech, like a fermentation to make
hc,, ant aafa
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-11-27
CURIOUS EPITAPHs.
Odd and Humorous Inscriptions Dis
rt,nrot,.Vorda

Odd and Humorous Inscriptions Disoov-
cred in Church-Yards.
When Benjamin Franklin was young
printer he wrote the following epitaph on
himself:
Here lies the body of
Benjamin Franklin, Printer,
N.ike the covers of an old book,
Its contents torn out,
And stript Of its lettering and gildinE)
Lies food for worms;
Yet the work itself shall not be lost,
For it will [as he believed appear once more
In a new
And more beautiful edition,
Corrected and amended
~
The Author.
In the burial ground Of Abbey Church at
Conway, North Wales, the following memo
rial has been erected to one Nicholas Hooker:
Hero lyeth the bodie of Mich. Hooker, who
was the one and fortieth childe Of his father
and mother, and the father of seven and thirty
by one wife. He dyed March Goth, 1887. Hic
Jacet
In the churchyard at Pewsey, Wiltshire,
Eng, Lady O'Looney's pedigree is given
after this style:
Here lies the body of Lady OLooney, great
niece of Burke, commonly called the sublime.
She was bland, passionate and deeply relig'
ious; Also she painted In water colors and sent
first cousin to Lady Jones, and Of such is the
Kingdom of Heaven.
Elihue Yale, the founder of Yale College,
is buried at Wrexham, Wales, under q
tombstone bearing this inscription:
Born in America, in Europe bred,
In Afric travelled Id in Asia wed,
Where long he lived and thrived, in London,
dead.
Much good, some i'll, he did; 80 hopes all
even,
That his soul through mercy has gone TO
Heaven.
| You that survive and read this tale, take care
For this most certain exit to prepare.
| Where, blest in peace, the actions of the just
| Smell sweet and blossom In the silent dust.
Richard Lalor Shell, the Irish orator and
| joint advocate with Daniel O'Connell before
Parliament, who died in 1851, has the fol-
lowing remarkable epitaph on his monu-
ment at Waterford:
| Here lie L There's an end to my woes;
And my spirit at length at dise is,
| With the tip of my nose and the end OF my
toes,
Turned up 'gainst the roots OF the daisies.
A Liverpool lady, who died, was thus
kindly relinquished to the Lord by her Low.
| ing husband:
She once was mine,
But now, Oh, Lord,
/ her to Thee resign,
And remain your obedient, humble servant
ROBERT KEMP
1t is said to be an actual fact that the fol
lowing is Inscribed on headstone at Ok
ford, n. H:
To all my friends bid adieu,
more sudden death you never knew;
AS was leading the old mare to drink,
She kicked and killed me Quicker'n wink,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-11-27
IA aasa for srmnathr.

There is no such animal as skunk in
Japan, nor is there such word in their
vocabulary. The meanest thing Jap can
say about his fellow-man when mad all the
way through is to call him a silver fox An
American couldn't live in that country un-
Ter such state of affairs.
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Rarhar County Ofncers.
medicine Lodge omcers.
sOCIETIES.

SUC1E116o'
A. r. & A. NJ, Delta Lodge NO. -
~ Regular communications, hrst anH
~ third Saturday evenings III SsOn
w month. G. r. FREEMAN, W.
Lw. STOUT, Secretary.
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. 63, r. A. NJ, meets
in Masonic Hall every "a ana 4tn Ihurso"S'
Visiting brethren cordially invited III
r. sANDERsoN. secy.
n n q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No; 81.
" 6u D. Regular Communications, first
and third Monday evenings in each month.
Mrs. EVA l.. MERRELL, W. M
DIR. II. YANT, Sec.
DBLPHIA LODGE, No. 40, K OF p, meets on
Monday evening Of ea ch week at the N. 2I ,I J., ~
hall. Visiting knights in good standing INV
ted to attend l.. NJ. AXLINB. Z. Z.
II. A. BR0wN. X. of II. s.
10. o. F., Pioneer Lodge
,&EBSS% No. l79.-Regular meetings
~ -, every Tuesday even.ng.V
NZW itingbrethrening good stand
ing cordially invited.
RI. TALIAFERRO, N. q.
ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. 62, /. o. q.
Meets first and third Friday OF each mOnIn
l.. K. HUBBARD. II. p. JoHM DOLLAR. =. T.
s. Il. ALLEN, \. W. w. L. hoOSE' p
NAOMI No. 81, REBECCA DEGREE. 1. o. O. +.
Meets the I'd and 4th Wed: nights, eaon month' ~ ~
B.M. BYERLEY, secy.
n X D ELDRED POST, No. 174, meets
", a. N the last Saturday in each month
ot the court house in Medicine Lodge, at r. NJ.
All comrades cordially invited.
LOREN EDWARDS, Post COmmander'
JOHN MCCOY, Adjutant.
4 o. u W. Ss;E Hs$; q LS@sa $@s e e S$a' %
J. W. SINGER, Recorder.
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a Al. & A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. T.,
~ Regular communications, hrst anH
" ~ third Saturday evenings IN eacn
M month. G. r. FREEMAN, w. NJ
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-11-27
Wedding Anniversaries.

The wedding anniversaries are named Is
follows: First year, cotton wedding; sec
ond, paper; third, leather; fifth, wooden;
seventh, wooden; tenth, tin; twelfth, silk
and fine linen; fifteenth, crystal; twentieth,
china; twenty-ffth, silver; thirtieth. pearl;
fortieth, ruby; fftieth, golden; seventy
dfth. diamond.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31

An entertainment given by the people
OF Colfax for the benefit OF the Methodist
Episcopal church, has been prepared
with especial care, for Wednesday even
ing, Sept. II, 1889. No pains have been
spared to make it an instructive and
enjoyable occasion. A lecture by Rev.
J. M. p. Hiclerson. LII d.. will be one
of the features of the occasion.
Music, vocal and instrumental. charades
and several celebrated tableau scenes
will complete the order Of the evening.
These tableau scenes, rendered under the
influence of colored lights, will be e.
pecially interesting. During an inter-
mission Of 20 minutes ice cream and
other refreshments will be served. The
doors will be open at p. m. Come all
and participate in the pleasures of the
occasion. Admission, twenty-five cents
children under II, fifteen cents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31
North Carolina Southern Interstate hmm
gr ton Association.

North Carolina Southern Interstate Immi.
gr ton Association.
RALEIGH. N. c.. August IA, 1882
Editor Collar Chronicle
There will be grand reunion of native
North Carolinians now resident in other
States at the State Capital, Raleigh, Oc-
tober 14-19, at the Southern Industrial
Display and Annual State Fair. The
lowest possible rates have been furnished
by the railways, and there will be no
obstacle in the way of those who wish to
revisit the old scenes and renew the
tender associations of past years. At the
State Fair thousands of our people will
be assembled and it will be the opportu-
nifty OF lifetime to zee the greatest num-
Der Of friends. Excursions will run from
Raleigh to all parts of the State. We
want the 6,2O2 North Carolinians now
living in the great State of Louisiana to
revisit the old North State. Remember
your opportunity, October 1919. and
write the secretary and treasurer for
particulars. p. M. WILSON,
Secretary and Treasurer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31
Visiting Statesmen.

In consequence of the import
ance of the compaign now wagine
in the third Congressional district
Louisiana is again honored by 8
delegation of Republican states.
men, who come here in the hope Of
building up the waning fortunes Of
Minor under the terrific inroads
OF Andrew Prices personal popu-
larity. These gentlemen are vel.
coined by the Times-Democrat, in
a lengthy and sensible editorial,
telling them that they will not only
find our mild climate a surprise,
but the temper and temperature OF
our politics will be found altogeth-
er milder than has been pictured
to them by unprincipled partisan
journals. They are invited to ex-
plain to the 100000 people in the
third district that theory of pro-
lection that takes millions of dol
lars from the toilers in the sugar
district and transfers the money to
the pockets of the northern manu-
facturers of sugar machinery and
agricultural implements. They are
invited to witness the canvass, and
also the election and counting of
votes, and to load themselves up
with facts, and not malicious, dis
torted reports. An overwhelming
Democratic victory in the district
is an assured fact; and if these dis
tinguished visitors be fair-minded
and honorable they will return
to their homes sadder and wiser
men. If they be malignant parti-
sans they can load themselves up
with false reports to fire off in a
weary sectional warfare during the
Congress.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31
Physicians Confess.

All honest, conscientious physicians
who give b. b. b. botanic Blood
Balm) trial, frankly admit its supe-
riority over ALL other blood medicines.
DIR. w. j. Adair, Rockmart, Ca. writes:
81 regard B. B. b. as one Of the best
blood medicines" DR.. A. H. Roscoe.
Nashville, Tenn, writes: sAll reports
of b. b. B. are favorable, and its speedy
action is truly wonderful DIR. j. w.
Rhodes, Charlottesville, Ga, writes :
81 confess b. b. b. is the best aud
quickest medicine for rheumatism l
have over tried.' DIR. S. J. Farmer.
Charlottesville, Ca. writes: 81 cheer
fully recommend b. b. b. as a fine
tonic Alternative. Its use cured an ex-
crescence of the neck after other RENE
dies effected no perceptible good. -
DR.. c. H. Montgomery, jacksonville,
Ala, writes; my neither insisted on
my getting b. B. j. for her rheumatism,
as her case stnbboruly resisted tho
usual remedies. She experienced inn
mediate relief and her improvement
has been truly wonderful A promi-
nent physician who wishes his name
not given, says: "A patient Of mine
whose case Of eitiary syplliIis was
surely killing him, and which no treat
uleut seemed to check, was entirely
cured with about twelve bottles Of b.
B. B. He was fairly made up of skin
aud bones and terrible nlcers.s
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31

There is no reason why cotton
mills should not be erected in the
South to run exclusively on print
cloths, to be sold to the great print
works of the North and East.
These works buy where it is their
interest to do SO, and if mills in
the South can supply them with
cloths at a cheaper price than they
can be bought from the cloth man.
ufacturers of the East, the South
ern mills will get the business. The
Southern mills have captured the
market for sheetings and similar
cotton goods. There is no reason
why they should not do the same
with cloths for calicoes and goods of
that character. Meridian News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31

This remedy is becoming AZ well
known and 80 popular as to need M
speciai mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same sOug II
praise. A purer medicine d0se not
exist aud it is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed. Electric Bifters will
cure all diseases of the liver and kid
neys, will remove pimples, boils, salt
rheum and other affections caused oy
impure blood. will drive malaria
from the system and prevent as we'll
as cure all malariaI fevers. For cure
of headache, constipation and indi-
gestiOn try Electric Bitters. Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-
funded. Price SOC and 81 per bottle
at C. C. Nash's store. S
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31

The sbove eighty names were written on
separate pieces Of paper and by the jury
commissioners. togstIser with the clerk.
the first tifty names we're placed in an en-
velope and sesAled and snslorssd on the
same, "Jurors drawn for the first week Of
the September term Of the District t,Ourt )"
and the last thirty names drawn were also
placed in . separate envelope by the jury
commissioners and marked, ~Jur0n drawn
for the second week uf the deptembsr tom
Of the District Court aud raid envelopes
were then sealed aud placsd in the jury bog,
the bOx sealed. lockcsi and then placed in
the custody Of 3. B. Shackelford. clerk OF
the District Ccurt, Tor use Il the next tenn
II the Court The said =. B Shaokelford,
clerk Of the District Court, did then and
there IN orr presence kecp process verbal,
Ut all t.ae acts done By ssid commassionegs
in said drawing, which va certify tn be- cor-
rect by Onr signatures. this the ed day Of
July, A. d. 1859. L. H. TEAL,
L. d. r. LOTION,
r. T. LAYS5ARD,
Jury Commissioner.
tSEAI..J 3. b. SHACKELFORD.
Clerk and Ex-06lcio Jury Csmmis~ioner.
Parrish Of Grant. La.
Filled July ~. 1882.
8. b SHACKELFORD. CI>rk.
B. sslAcKELroRn. els.h.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31

A late organization of prominent
and responsible gentlemen assures
us that the Mount Zion College,
near Montgomery. La, is soon to
become q frst-class educational
institution Rev. J. M. P. Hick-
erson, u. D., L L. D., has been
elected president of the college
and faculty, with Rev. J. P. Patton
as vice president. Our well known
friend, s. c. Curry, Esq, is presi-
dent of the board of directors,
jas. M. Jones, Esq, is vice presi-
dent of the board, and Prof. w. L.
Ford is secretary of both board
and college faculty. The institu-
ton is to be under the management
and control of the Methodist Prot
estant church, but will be conducted
on liberal religious principles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31

The Louisiana State Fair and
Shreveport Exposition will present
its fourth annual exhibition at the
city of Shreveport, beginning Tues
day, the 9Th day of October, and
ending Monday, the 14th. Past ex-
perience enables the management
to enlarge the scope of usefulness
and attractiveness of the various
exhibits of our agricultural and
other products, and increase the
premium lists to the highest point
of liberslity. Better crops, fatter
and better cattle, larger and strong
er work animals, and encourage
ment in all industrial pursuits, is
the sure outcome of these annual
exhibits. Everybody should raise
something for competition, or send
something useful or attractive to
exhibit, and go to Shreveport du-
ring Fair week. An immense null
titude of attractions are engaged
by the management that viii prove
instructive as we'll as amusing.
Competitive prize and exhibition
drills of the crack military compa-
MES of the Southwest will be a
grand feature of the Exposition.
A special committee are now per-
fecting arrangements to entertain
them. Trotting, running and pa
cling races have an unusual number
of entries of the fastest horses.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31
Spring and Summer Goods !
A New Stock just Received by
j. TURNER


EumeV1uDes La,
who has recently returned from New Yora
Boston, Cincinnati and other cities, where
he purchased Large Stock of GOODS
suited to the wants Of his trade, which he
bought at reduced prices and is now offer.
ing at small margin of profit.
The public are invited to call and exam
Inc his large and we'll selected stock OF
DRY GOODS,
consisting of Dress Goods and Trimmings,
Fancy Goods, White Goods. adies' Cloaks
and Jackets Jersies. Hosiery. Shawls and
Hoods. BalmOrals, Jeans, Cassimeres and
Flsnnels, Linseys. Blankets, etc.
Mems and Boys Hats. and Ladies' Trim
med Hats.
large rtock of Boys and Mens's CLIO
THING. Special bargains are offered in
Boys and Mems JEANS Clothing. which
were bought at a sacrifice.
A fine assortment Of Boots and Shoes
Saddle'y, Crockery. Hardware, Groceries.
Plantation Supplies. TRUNKS. Valises,
Towers celebrated 'Fish Brandv of Slick
ers, and FURNITURE.
All Of which were selected in person
with great care. at low figures, and will
he sold at rock bottom prices.
Call and examine for yourselves.
Highest market price paid for Cotton,
Hides md Beeswax.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31

The CHRONICLE acknowledges
receipt of a complimentary ticket
admitting the editor to the Shreve-
port fair grounds during the Fair
and Exposition, from October 9th
to 18th, who, in common with many
others hereabouts, expects to be ON
hand to enjoy the good time in
store for all visitors.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rlleum,
Fever Sores, letter. Chapped Hands,
Chilblaius Germs, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price p cents per box. For sale by
c. G. Mash.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31

The Rapides camp meeting was
a grand success, and much good
was done that bids fair to be last
ing and far-reaching in its effects.
We regret our inability to have
attended, and especially regret that
none of our friends thought to
send us an account of the meeting
for publication.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31

The State Normal school at
Natchitoches will reopen on the
first of October, 1889, and close on
the last Wednesday of May, 1890.
Students are advised to enter at
the opening of the session, but
will be received at any time.