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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26
ODD ,NcENulTlEs.

AN Atlanta, Ga, man has applied clock.
work to the running of sewing machine.
A FRENCH engineer has recently invented
an improved key, which simplifies and
renders lasting the tuning Of stringed in
struments-
A NEW YORKER has invented cash sys-
TEN which admits of no mistakes. If you
hand o clerk a five dollar bill 1t will be ut
terry impossible to make him believe it was
o ten.
A MACHINE by which the interest on am
sum, from ten thousand dollars to one dol
lar, from ten years to one day, at any rate
per cent, may be determined in thirty SEQ
onds. by simply turning knob, has been
patented recently.
AN ingenious inventor has devised new
screw-half nail and half screw; two blows
of the hammer, two turns of the screw
driver, and it is in Its holding power in
white pine is sand TO be 332 pounds, against
29s pounds, the holding power Of the pres
ent screw.
A KANSAS CIrr carpenter has invented
a new chamfering instrument, by the aid Of
which he claims to cut corner to the de
sired angle at one stroke. There is no re
petition of the planning process, the ma
chine being passed only once over the cor
DER TO be chamfered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26
NEED OF GROOMING.

Tho Only Way I'm Which n Horse Can BE
Kept In Good Condition.
No man can groom horse intelli-
gently unless he has correct idea OF
the purposes of grooming and the
characteristics of the skin. We have
seen people dig into the skin OF horse
with a sharp curry-comb as II they
were smoothing down a stone, and the
pitiable cringing Of the animal has no
effect in getting the fact into the mind
that the horse was being hurt. The
skin is to be reached, for one OF the
chief purposes of the operation is to
cleanse the skin-remove the dirt and
collections that have gathered on it.
In one sense. when the skin is covered
with dirt and the dried excretions that
have come through the pores. 1t is like
a head covered with dandruff, and
those who have had an experience OF
that kind know how much discomfort
there is in it. The pores Of the skin
become clogged, and they can not.
while in this condition. fully perform
their functions. Their importance is
so we'll understood that some have even
gone so far as to recommend the
Turkish bath for the horse, and we
honestly believe that it would often
prove valuable.
The skin is, therefore, to be distinctly
and effectively reached by the curry
comb, that it may do all it can do in
removing from the surface whatever
NAV irritate the skin or clog the ores.
The pores can not be fully cleandd by
the curry comb, but they can bel par
TALLY cleansed by it. But whilesit is
necessary to scratch" the skin, il
must be gently done. The horse should
never be made to cringe under thS pro-
cess of grooming. OF late years comb:
have been manufactured that do moi
harm the skin, and some of them arr
valuable. 1t need not be said that farm
horses are often neglected in this re
spect. Frequently it is the result o
the hurry in our work. But suppos'
the trotting horse should be thus neg
lected. II it could be with IMMUNITY
certainly the owner would not go Il
the expense that he incurs for havin,
the animal thoroughly groomed. 1t
the only way that the trotting hors
can be kept in good condition But tn
work horse has the same sort OF organ
ism that the trotting horse has. an
what is good for one is good for tn
other. The truth is that If we pal
more attention to grooming we coul
feed less. and our horses would be muc
less liable to disease Time spent !
performing these ''little things" on th
farm is usually we'll spent Wsstes
Rsrsl,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26
Eruption Of the Skin Cured.
BRocKvILLk, Ontario. CANADA,
no~aruh or 2 1874

BRoCKvILLK, ONTARIO, CANADA,
December 2 1885.
have used BRANDRETn's PILLS for the
past fifteen years, and think them the best
cathartic and anti-bilious remedy known.
For some FIVE years suffered with an
eruption Of the skin that gave me great
pain and annoyance. tried different blood
remedies, but, although gaining strength,
the itching was unrelieved. finally con-
cluded to take thorough course Of BRAND
nErH's PILLS. / took six each night for
four nights, then five, four. three, two, less
ening each time by one, and then for one
month took one every night, with the hap
py result that now my skin is perfectly
clear and has been so ever since.
ED. VENNEY.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26
FARM AND FlREsIDE.

The best selling pork is generally
that grown in eight months, and this.
too, is the pork made at the least cost.
The digestive systems OF cow and
horse are quite dissimilar, and the
bulky food should be given the cow
The Farmer.
I'm reference to the contamination
of wells by soakage or filtering through
the earth-the well draws toward the
bottom, not the top.
Good food and warm stables will
run the COW machine well through the
winter. Lack of fuel will stop it mighty
quick. -Fdrm Journal.
After buttering the tin for boiled
pudding, dust it with powdered bread
crumbs; baking pans can be treated
with -four in the same way and the
cake will never stick.
Most farmers greatly underesti-
mate the value of coat of paint on
their farm implements. These tools are
n great item OF expense and ought to
be taken good care Of Exposure to
the weather is more destructive to
them than the wear they get.
-Spiced Veal: Three pounds veal
chopped fine, two eggs. small lump
butter, three rolled soda crackers,
two or three teaspoonfuls OF salt, one
teaspoonful pepper. half teaspoonful
cloves, two or three tablespoonfuls
f~kn hol xn
be eaten cold.
More diseases among fowls than
many imagine are directly due to the
presence of lice, which, by sapping
the vitality of the fowl, and by caus-
ing irritation and uneasiness, render
the system easily susceptible to the
germs OF disease. Good health Is the
best preventive of disease, and good
health Is largely dependent upon Free
dom from vermin.
TO Freshen Goldfish Quickly: Pick
1t up quite fine. wash it, and then scald
it in three waters, draining 1t on
through colander, SO that the parti-
Giles of salt will not be left in the dish
0kdCkeTti SuOul0 10 tdiu WAtA WIG On ~
upward, in colander, when 1t IL
freshened. A little thought about such
things does wonders.
Parsley may be had all winter. and
at the same time make handsome or
nament for the kitchen. Make a boz
to fit the window sill, and about six
inches wide. Take up good roots from
the garden and cut back the old leaves
but do not injure the central bud OF
growing point; shorten the roots to
convenient length. and plant quit
closely in the box. The new growth
will soon start and produce hand
some mass of verdure. -Amcrtcdn A9
ricuiturist.
Nowadays there are many sugges
tions in the papers as to saving seeds
but this is not always advisable. ID
not attempt to save your own seeds IN
less you have used every precautio
necessary to prevent cross-fertilizatior
says practical gardener. Plants ofte
mix without the knowledge OF tn
grower. A melon may be fertilized b
pumpkin; and the fruit of this seaso
may be apparently genuine, yet tn
seeds of such, if used next season. ma
cause failure of the crop or else destro
the quality.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

o offered by the publishers of THE YourH's
COMPANION for the best short stories. There
are three prizes Of 81, 900 each, three OF $50
zach and three of $50 each. Noother paper
pays SO literally to obtain the very best mat
ter for its subscribers. The publishers viii
send circular on receipt Of q stamp, giving
the conditions of this offer. The COMPANION
has Two Million Readers week. Every
family should take it. Any new subscriber
who sends el.75 now, will receive 1t free to
january /, 1889, and full years subscrip.
ton from that date. Address YoUTH's
COMPANION, - Temple Place, Boston, Mass
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

FouI poisons that accumulate in the blood
and rot the machinery of the system, are
eradicated and expelled by using Prickly
Ash Bitters, medicine that VIII not irri-
tate the stomach or bowels. 1t acts In a
gentle manner on these delicate organs,
and restores health in every case.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

PHYSICIAN, heal thyselfr' is an injunc-
ton promulgated centuries ago. and now
some Of the older practitioners are pretty
well hceled The Idea.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

Il is pleasant to know that the prandial re-
past will be followed by no penitential pangs.
The dyspeptic, to regain digestion and exile
forever the manifold symptoms that assaii
him, should begin early and persist IN =
course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Then
will he find peace vainly sought before.
BiIiousness, constipation, kidney ailments
and debility are remedied by the Bitters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

EXPLOSIONS of Coughing are stopped BY
Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

WHEN the political caldron boils, tn
ecum quite naturally rises to the top
Boston Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

A WINK is as good as written prescrip
tion to a knowing soda water clerk.-Hots
Mail
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

Two HEADS are bette. than one-esreci-
ally II they are cabbages and man has q
large family to provide for.-Detroa Fra
Press
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

THERE wasn't much profit In stocks when
they were employed as instruments Of pun
ishment.-SiftinOs
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

THE pugilist while notnecessarily maj
Of mental culture is usually man OF striK
ing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

The best way to make light Of q trouble.
some note is to get pos session OF 1t and
burn it.-Wcstern Plo,cmdM
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

AERoSAurs are generally "well up Il
ballo> ms, unless they are sick.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

TIE man who is wild on the subject OF
yachting is an ultra-marine Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

CouGHs AND COLDS. Those who are suffer
ing from Coughs. Colds, Sore Throat. ETC.,
should try BRowS's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs.
Sod Onlu IN boIee.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

TIE girl with the sloe-blac eye see'
ouick enough.-N O. PicdvsInS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
rhompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it.25c
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

Wars in q namel Too many ''eye-open-
Ors' will make . man 'blind drunk
Norrist0,Cn Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

Why Is the practice Of praising children
like opiumi Because it's laudanum-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

A TEN dollar bill is not like unto man
for it can pay debts just as well after IL
broken. Western Plotcmdn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

The book reviewer, unlike other literary
men, can do his best work when In criS
ical condition
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

THERE may be objections to the chin
ney-sweeper's calling, but 1t sooss tnos
who follow it-Bost0n Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

PAINTERS ought to know more about tn
signs of the times than any body else.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

The girl who takes her engagement ring
to the jeweler to find out how much 1t cost
will never make satisfactory wife. espe-
cially if the young man finds 1t QUIZ
Spmsrrills Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

Ir a man has brass he can get along
with q very moderate supply OF tin
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

KsowLEDGE of our duties 10 the most
useful part of philosophy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

LIVESTOCK SHIPPERS AND FEEDERS
Read ad. OF c. c. Daily q Co. other column.
The board Of cducation-the school
masters shingla
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

A NOD fellow-The policeman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

COMING through the Rye-the brewers
wealth - Tins.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-26

A CREW seldom on water-a corkscrew.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-27
The Romance of Rather phelps.

GRANT. Neb., June 26.-TSpecial to THE
BEE. .l-Louis Phelps, in his elghty-frst
year and long since widower. IS the object
of all Grant eyes The story goes that some
practical joker wrote letter 10 THE OMAHA
BEE, advertising for wife. and signed
Uncle PHELPS name to it. Phelps had sew
cral times expressed himself as in the mat
rimonial market. The advertisement
brought TN answer from Il blushlng maiden
of perhaps fifty summers, who intmatcd
that she was willing to sacrifice herself pro-
vided the suitor met her ideal of manhood.
She and Uncle Phelps corresponded, ex-
changed photographs, and it was finally
agreed, on account of her youth and the
old mans mtirmity, that she should
come to Grant, the old man pay
ing her expenses. If they were satisfied with
one another, they would make IA tie of it..
Accordingly the lady put in an appearance
at Grant Sunday morning, Uncle Phelps
was at the depot and the embrace he gave
the lady made a shout go up from the throats
OF the bystanders, much to tho discontinue
of the lady. They spent the day together,
and in the evening the lady returned east.
She and Uncle Phelps could not agree.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-27
st. Catharlnc's Commencement.

The commencement exercises of this
academy will take place this afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
Glass Motto-"Virtue is the Safest
Shield ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Grand Polonaisc--Entrance. ........
Misses Creighton and Van Camp
Chorus" Wclcome". me"..................
Misses Elannery, Cosgravo,
Coleman, Sinnott, Swift
and Meadmbcr
Essay" Decision" Observation-Disclosures.
piano onort:,,ai Iin;, Miss Clara Riley
'A"o Nessrs. :. crcisnton n ~ Per.
kins, g. Van Camp, G. Creighton
Recltation-"Ihe Red jacket" .::.....
Vocal Trio.afhc Bird CaicherS ~
Misses Flanncry, Cosgrayc and
Instrumental Duet" The Witches
SIlgns Misses f,ta crcisbton and f,iara Riley
First NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Honors.
Gold Crosses and Laurels awarded 10
Misses Eta Creighton and Clara Riley
Books for First Honors OF Glasses,
Study, Attendance, Music, Paint
ChorusE"Iong i live ;'':i the Moments OF
Pleasure". Observation-Disclosures.
Misses Flannery, Cosgrave,
Sinnott, Coleman, Swift
and Mcadimbcr
Original o'atlon-''kui%S" Kiss i,i Lizzie Mckenzie
Piano Solo-"Oid Black Joe" ........
............... Miss Eta Creighton
RecltatiOn-"The Painter OF Seville"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Miss Eta Rigour
Vocal Quartette-" Hither Fairies
Trip. ........................
Misses Flannery, Cosgrave,
Sinnott, Coleman
Instrumental Quartette-"La Bula-
dinen .....................
Misses Creighton, Cosgrave,
Van Camp, Perkins
Essay-"Our Mites" s"..................
.........,,....,...M Miss Eta Creighton
Second Distribution ,,....... ,,....,...
Floral Crowns, Floral IIonors and
Ribbons, for Politeness and
Excellence.
Chorus-"When Shall We All Meet
Again"
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-27
A DULL AND LISTLESS GAME
Was That Played at the Ball Park
Yesterday Afternoon.
OMAHA TOOK 1T WITH EASE.
Umpire Clark Brutaliy Assaulted ut
SiouS City-The Bicycle Race
at the Coiiseum-Sport-
ing Notes,
Omaha q, Milwaukee 3.

Yesterday was the one hundredth ami
versary of Ezra Sutton's birthday, and he
commemorated the occasion by taking his
team of lumbcrmen out to the bali park and
going through the formulary of a game OF
ball with the Omahas. Ezra was plumcd
and belted for n sanguinary battle, but he
came back up town in the evening looking
as though he had passed through rigorous
winter.
In sooth, the game was one Of the ioggicst,
most listless and uninteresting of any played
on the home grounds this season.
Everybody was glad when 1t was over,
even the small boy who got in on ball over
the fence.
The Miiwaukecs were as chldlike and
bland.as a lot of country pumpkins going TO
Sunday school, while the Omahas went
about their work with no more spirit tnan u
lot of streot-car horses.
Two teams OF saddc-rocks would have
created more excitement.
Even Crooks never once opened his yawp,
and the grand stand gave forth no more
sound than the grave.
The first run was made in the tnir inning
- Willis was the lucky man.
He got mis- base on an error by big enflor-
escent-headed Morrissey, second on Clarl<e's
out, third on a neat steal, and home while
Lowe, Griffith, Morrissey and two or three
down between first aud second.
In the fourth Crooks added another 10 tho
total-making two.
.. He was sent to first on balls stole second
At the cost of n fractured wish bone, third on a
M passed ball and across the rubber on An
drews' sacrifice.
In the fifth two moro taies were made,
and all this in the midst of a silence so
thick that II could have been cut in chunks.
Daddy Clarke, Cooney and Cleveland made
successive singles and by clever base rum
ming the two first got home.
The lumbermen only succeeded In getting
one man on first until the sixth inning, when,
on a base on balls and three little, puny,
sickly singles they made two runs, and the
battery did this.
Lucky battery
The White Sox took couple of eggs, fried
on both sides, in theirs In the sixth and sew
enth, but in the eighth they made a run, and
in the ninth four more.
They could, however have made dozen,
but they had no earthly use for thGm.
Crooks made the tally in the eighth on II
hit, steal of second and third, and Il hit by
Walsh.
The ex captain plays just as good ball when
he's mao as he does when hos pleased.
In the NINTH after Clarkes out Cooney
copped out n three-sackcr, Cleveland aud
Count Strauss q single each, while Crooks
had couple of ribs STAYED in by the ball.
They all got home, Cooney on Growers hit,
and Grover and the Count on passed ball.
Crooks was driven home by Walsh, who
made -hagger.
In their half, the Milwaukees made their
third and last tally.
Hurley was the man.
Great Hurley.
He reached first on four bad balls. third on
the centenarian's two-Dagger, and homo on
loves single.
And that ended the agony.
Here is tie score:
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-27
Wichita Rntes Fixed.

CHICAGO June 26-ISpecial Telegram to
TIE BEE. The Trans Missouri association
arranged the Wichita rates to-day in con-
formity with the decision of the Kansas COM
missioners. SAID chairman Finley: "De-
mands have already been made by other Kan
sas towns for a reduction in rates equivalent
to the ones we have just made for Wichita.
There is no telling where the matter will end.
1t may be that every town in Kansas will de-
mand the reduction" The members of the
association are all on the anxious seat, as a
Wholesale application of the Wichita basis
will mean large losses to every Kansas road.
The proceedings were enlivened in the after
noon by the proposal Of Il resolution to appro-
pirate Sl00,0OO to prove to the kansas rail
road commissioners that they were working
too hard. The meeting will not adjourn
until Saturday and may continue into next
week.
The executive board of the Interstate
Commerce Railway association made an i'm
portant decision to-day, when it sot the pre-
cedent for refusGls to allow competitor by a
"goatS-horn" route with n direct route. Th c
decision was made on the request of the St.
Joseph Il Grand Island road to meet the
grain rate of the Fremont Elkhorn IL Mis-
souri, Valley road from points in Nebraska to
St. Paul via st. Joseph. Coupled with its
rciushi' lue poaru gives the following au-
vices:
1T is the opinion of the board that rail
road companies should hesitate before max
ing reductions from reasonable rates, with q
view to securing traffic by crcutous routes,
when the effect of such "A policy is to disturb
the existing relations with regard to larger
and more valuable traffic derived at inter.
mediate points especially when the same
can be secured VIA functions reached on q
shorter haul without disastrous effect on its
n
other lines affected by such intermediate
points"
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-27
THEIR BUSINESS IS DOOMED.
Iowa Jobbers Being Driven From
the State by the Roads.
IMMEDIATE RELIEF DEMANDED.
River Land Settlers Deny That They
Have Given Up the Fight
Hawkeyo Crimes and
Casualties.
Moro Discrimin alton.

gram to THE Bee. The railway commission
was in receipt to-day OF lengthy complaints
from Burlington and Davenport shippers
and jobbers TO the effect that by the refusal
of the Chicago, Rock Island s. Pacific and the
Burlington Cedar Rapids Il Northern rail-
ways to maintain and enforce a joint distance
tariff they were being 80 greatly discrimi-
mated against that they were being slowly
but surely driven from business The fold
is being controlled by parties living outside
of the state. The merchants from other
cities similarly affected are taking their
travelling men from the road and will eventu-
ally be compelled to close their business
houses and move outside of the state. There
fore they ask the commission to fix "A day for
hearing of their complaint in order that n
through joint distance tariff may be estab
lished and enforced by the commission.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-27
THE pARNELL COMMISSION.
|. Sexton Declares Unshaken Confidence
tn, 0,,ly

Sexton Declares Unshaken Con nfiucnCc
in Sullivan.
LONDON, June 26.-Sexton, member of par
lament and lord mayor of Dublin, appeared
before the sParnell commission to-day He
admitted he had been asked to join the fenian
society, but positely refused to divulge the
name of the person who asked him. Attorney
General Webster, council for the Times,
pressed him hard and persistently to give
the name and became very sangry and excl
ted when he found he could not move the
witness. After IA passionate scene between
the counsel and the witness the former fin
ally abandoned the attempt to compel Sexton
to reply and began to question him in regard to
Alexander Sullivan. Sexton said he re-
garded Sullivan in the same favorable light
as he did when he eulogized him in speech
at "a land league meeting in Boston in 1854.
He declared he held Sullivan in high csti-
nation on account of the unseliish public
services he had rendered. Attorney General
Webster is credited with the intention to
claim before the commission the right to eX-
tort from Parnellite witnesses any infOrma-
ton which is not obtainable by the usual
methods. The Parnellites are determined to
resist any such effort, and if the attorney
general persists they will probably leave the
court with their counsel.