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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-07-20
SHOT THE WRONG MAN.

How . Cultured Cowboy Respected the
Last Wish Of His Victim.
Brauder Matthews tells good story
OF the ethical influence OF the East ON
the wild and, woolly West. A young
Bostonian. reared beneath the brow of
Beacon Hill and educated at Harvard.
went to Texas and turned cowboy. He
rapidly caught the spirit of the coun-
try and as rapidly shook of the out
ward semblances of tenderfooted East
ern habits. Rough-bearded. leather
clad. sombrero as wide as the widest
42-caliber Colts on his hips. he was
wild as the widest. Yet within his
bosom still burned the flame of Boston
culture and refinement.
One day he was riding with F.
stranger across the prairie. TURNING
his head suddenly Che was sliphtlr
ahead) he saw his companion make =
suspicious motion toward his hin
pocket Without hesitation he drew
his revolver and shot him. Tbo
stranger dropped like log. The cow
boy dismounted and looked at the Ma.
Of his victim.
Il wonder II he was really going 70
shoot mel" he soliloquized. am see ;,
Turning the body, over he discov-
cred mask OF whisky protruding from
the pocket
Poor fellowT said he, in a tona :,
regret I've made mistake. I've
Killed an innocent man, and a gentle
man at that. He wasn't going to shoot
me; ne was going to invite me to have
. drink. Well" he sighed. drav;ne
his sleeve across his mouth, .stha last
wishes OF the deceased shall ba -
spected. "-Washington Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-07-20
soTTLE-NosED WHALES.



Capture Of One Of These Rare Cstscsans
on Atlantic City, N. J.
One of the late valuable acquisitions
of the National Museum at Washing
ton is a bottle-nosed porpoise, or whale.
1t was recently caught at Atlantic City,,
N. j., by the United States life-saving
crew. The animal had stranded itself
in shallow water.
The whale is not what would be
called a monster in size. 1t is 122 feet
in length and weighs about 1,6OO to
1900 pounds. 1t is a full-grown female,
belonging to species that does not at
tain great size. The males grow some
times to length Of Is feet. The whale
is considered great prize by natural
lists on account of the rarity of animals
of this kind. Prof. True said that this
was the sixteenth of its kind captured
in the North Atlantic. These whales are
cosmopolitan in character and occur in
other seas. but this is believed to be
the first one ever seen by naturalists.
Such whales have been caught by fisher
men, and their skulls and portions OF
their skeletons have been saved. There
is skull of one at Harvard. which was
captured in 1867. The best known rela-
tive of the botttle-nose is the sperm
whale. The head of the whale is small
and terminates in long slender jaws,
forming a proboscis from which its
popular name of bottlc-nose is derived.
The males are marked by two teeth
that stick up out of the lower jaw. one
on either side. Sometimes these teeth
curve around or lap over the upper
jaw in such manner as to make 1t
doubtful whether the animal could
open its mouth. The bottle-nose feeds,
it is supposed. mainly on cutie fish. 1t
has breathing hole on top Of its head
and pair Of small eyes located well
down on the side. The color of the
whale as it appeared to-day was black,
with a light grayish shade on the belly.
The color Of the whale when in its
natural element is dark gray, but the
color changes rapidly, after the animal
is brought ashore.
The whale was photographed soon
after it was brought to the museum
grounds. Several views were taken
from window above the spot where
the cetacean lay. Arrangements are in
progress for taking a cast Of the crea-
ture With view to having an exact re-
production of it in size and other re-
epects made in papier mache. For this
purpose the tail was cut of, as this
part will be cast separately. A plaster
mold will be taken from one side of the
animal, and then it will be turned over
and similar mold taken from the
other side. Separate casts will also be
made of the head with the mouth open.
so as to show the structure of the jaws.
When this is done the carcass will go
to the osteologist- The flesh will be
stripped from the bones, which will be
placed in the macerating watts. In the
course of months they will issue forth
glisteuing white, be rearticulated by
the PSYCHOLOGIST. and mounted as per-
feet skeleton in the department Of
mammals.-Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-07-20
THE ART OF DINING.

The Small Party Of SIX or Eight Persons
the Truest Enjoyment.
Think of me with envy" Thackeray
said to an English friend in Paris who
had called to take him to dinner
party at which both were expected.
Sir Joseph told me that. SO far from
being ready, he found Thackeray had
sent an excuse based on q very slight
cold, and had settled himself to COM
plete comfort. In loose morning
clothes, with his feet to the fire, he
was established in deep armchair,
with a small table beside him; on it a
shaded lamp. with roasted pheasant,
claret aud fruit. and by way of COM
pany new French novel This made
the entertainment he had bid his friend
remember with envy" when he found
himself imprisoned for two hours next
an unknown person, possibly dull
one. II thought nothing was lacking
to my comfort, but to see you in even
ing rig and know I've escaped from
what's ahead OF you makes me settle
down to complete enjoyment Of my
book and my bird. just say you called
for me. but found me covering over
the fire."
Thackeray's well-known dislike to
formal dinners is shared by many, who,
like himself, are a fashion Of the time
and liable to be invited because they
are fashion, not for the real charm of
the man, which can never come out
naturally in that sort of company.
No way of meeting in society is more
thoroughly agreeable and refreshing
than the small dinner where congenial
people meet where the six or eight
chosen persons at table can talk freely
together and the different minds give
freshness to each topic, and where gay
nonsense has its underlying knowledge
and bias of character. Such dining as
this is the fine towering of civilization.
and it is best found in the great centers
where the easy play Of minds together
has been growth. But all favoring
conditions are nothing without tact,
that faculty combining all faculties
into harmonious and instant percep-
ton and execution. This is vital to
social success. and, as the Scriptures
say of charity. ''all else is naught
without it." Il is as much q lovely gift
of nature as the artists eye or the
musicians ear. an enviable, charming
gift which training and use can de-
velop, but not give.
Constantly one sees people puz-
xled because they are not the social
success they believed inevitably due
their position or wealth. or unhagging
efforts to do the right thing in the
fineqt way. They can not see Why
''some little house round the corner"
succeeds whore they fail. and gathers
the important and charming people
whose verdict makes the law of fashion
q law unwritten but irresistible 7.
Mail and Express.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-07-20
A BOYS WISE CONCLUSION.

She wuz old maid, Aunt Sue was,
She never had any little boys
xr girls. like most Of women does.
Iguess she didn't Ike the noise
And bother at baby brings,
And 20 God didn't send her none,
But let 'em stay and wear their wing
bet they have sight of funl
I've got baby brother there,
And he's got wings, and. If I'm good,
Tn goin' to die and have . pair
Some time, cause mamma said would.
When Aunt Sue was girl ma said.
She had beau, like Sister Bess.
Hewent to the war and come back dead,
And that's all at saved her. guess,
Cause 1.-The hadn't lost his life,
He would come back after her;
And she'd . had to be his wife
Z, And 70 with him jist ere,y,oherei
"a think she'd been awful glad
Because he didn't come, but died,
But std OF that 1t made her sad,
And mamma said she went and cried.
And mamma said, . long. long while
After her beau wuz dead. Aunt Sue
Just moped around and wouldn't smile,
Until they thought that she'd die, too,
But std Of dyin' she KEEP on.
And turned out to be old maid;
Sist cause the other beau was gone,
She wouldn't have no more, she said.
pity Aunt Sue; but can't
Help be glad at her beau died,
Cause wouldn't have . old maid aunt
II she'd been that fellows bride.
like Aunt Sue; her ginger cakes
Are better'n what we have at home;
Ihey's sweeter'n them my mamma makes,
And she mos always brings me some.
And she's got lots of books and cats,
And little dog, and she don't care
How much play with them, and that's
Why like to go down there.
Old maids are nice. When I'm man,
II don't live single life.
But marry some one, it's my plan
To have old maid for my wife.
ANDREW J. Skriggins, in Commercial Ga
zette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-07-20

"You seem to be very much inter-
ested in art SIR" said a young painter
to portly gentleman who had spent
some time at an art exhibition.
Eyes sir, am. / t3lke a lively in-
terest in pictures, lively interest.
You are perhaps painter your
seif?'
mo. am patent medicine manu-
facturer Merchant Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-07-20

you are late this afternoon" said
the music teacher to his banged and
powdered young lady pupil. "Yes,"
said the damsel, swishing down on the
music stool. Ma was so busy with
her household duties that had to wait
nearly half an hour for her to sew up a
rip in one OF my kid gloves. Morris
town Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-07-20

Handel used to console his friends
when. previous to the curtain being
drawn up. they lamented that the house
was so empty, by saying, Never mind
de music will sound de better"
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-09-07
Mrs. Hayes Harmless Stimulant.

Mrs. Hayes always declared that a
perfectly adequate substitute for liquor
when needed as a stimulant could be
found in hot milk, and after any cold
or wetting she gave this in place of the
wine or whisky which others would
have considered necessary. This is,
by the way, a custom of Mrs. Cleve-
lands also, who discovered, after many
long and wearisome receptions she
was obliged to go through, standing
for hours on her feet and shaking
hands with hundreds of people, that
nothing would restore her so quickly
as cup full of boiling milk brought
to her by her maid, and which she
drank in little sips as hot as it possibly
could be taken. The Washington girls
caught the idea from her. and finding
how quickly it helped them after a
hard day of calls and social duties,
they began to substitute it for the va
rious malt preparations they had been
in the habit of taking, or the hot wine
and water which their maids usually
administered when they came in too
tired out to dress for their next en-
gagement. Fremont News.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-09-07
GLOVER FOR POULTRY.
A Hint for Those Who Like to Get Plent
of Eggs in Winter.

A Hint for Those Who Like to Get Plenty
of Eggs in Winter.
A stitch in time saves nine, as the
old saying goes, and l take this maxim
to show how you may have eggs in
plenty next winter. If we do not look
ahead for those things now, we're apt
to get left at the time when eggs are
most needful. l shall not ask you to
do impossibilities, but tell you how to
do these things right at home without
any extra expense Take good cider
barrel, remove the head without
breaking it all to pieces, so that you
can use it to put back again. then pack
your barrel down tight with the sec
ond crop clover hay, the younger and
tenderer the better. When l say
pack it down tight I mean it must be
rammed and jammed down as though
you had grudge against it. When
your barrel is full, put on your lid and
on top of the lid place a stone, good
sized one that takes two men to lift
You can prepare as many barrels as
you think you will need, but I'll war
rant that before the next spring comes
around, you II wish you had dozen.
Your barrel will cost you about dol
lar, and it will be well expended.
To use it, take your barrel apart,
leaving the cheese of clover standing
in dry place, and when you want to
use it take a long, sharp knife and
shave it off in as snort lengths as you
can. Feed it to your hens for a noon
day meal, emitting grain. 1t isn't
necessary to go into details and tell
why all this trouble is taken; suffice it
to say that clover is an egg-food.
Every farmer knows that when pOul-
try have access to a clover-patch they
always give an abundance of eggs.
Fowls like bulky food, and strict
] corn diet is too fattening, although
they must have fair portion of it in
! winter. For summer food, [ think
| boiled oats and wheat screenings SUI
perior to any. Why boil your oatsp
! asks some one. Well, this is not actu-
ally necessary; the idea is to soften
! them, as fowls will eat them clean and
they do not stick in the crop. An easy
but not shiftless way is to pour ket
lie of boiling water over bucketful OF
| oats, aud cover them over with some
thing W keep the steam in. Do this
half I'm nour or more before you wish
70 use them. Orange County Farmer.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-09-07
QUEEN VICTORIA'S FARM.
A Splendid Dairy Establishment I'm the
Renaissance Style.

A Splendid Dairy Establishment In the
Renaissance Style.
The Shaw farm, so called because it
was at one time held, before the es-
tate was purchased by the crown, by a
Frenchman, NJ de Shave, was more
lately an appanage of Frogmore, and
was occupied by the Princess Augusta,
but on her death, in 1910, the Prince
Consort took it in hand, continuing as
the tenant till his death, in 1868, since
which time it has been in the occupa-
ton of Her Majesty. Here we find the
splendid farm buildings which form
one of its chief characteristics. The
cost of the buildings erected by the
Prince must have been enormous, and,
with those on the home farm, must
money. They are adapted for the
breeding of stock. and at the present
time there are upwards of two hundred
head of stock on the place, besides a
large number of sheep and pigs. The
principal herds are those of short
horns and Jerseys, but there are also
a number of Herefords and Devons
The object is not merely ornamental,
for the practical production of beef
and dairy produce is ever kept
in view. Considerable success has
been achieved in the production oil
fat stock, and the prizes won at lead
ing Christmas shows have proved that
the system of feeding is thoroughly
understood by those in charge of the
farm. The operators are and have
been closely watched by members Of
the royal family, and the residence Of
Mr.. TAFT, the manager, who succeeded
to this position on the death of his
father i'll 1882, there is suite of apart
ments devoted to the use of He1
Majesty, from which she can privately
90 through the entire range of build
ings.
1t is the dairy farm, near which il
the magnificent range of poultry
houses, where, in days gone by, mem.
bers of the family were want to WALL
in the morning, and. in the comfortable
room which forms the center of the
block partake of new-laid eggs, tina
will attract chiefly the attention of Wis
itors. The magnificent dairy wal
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-09-07
ADVICE TO GIRLS.
Learn to BE Housekeepers by Taking
Good Care of Your Own Things.

Learn to BE Housekeepers by Taking
Good Care of Your Own things.
Begin with your own possessions,
girls. Reform your upper bureau
drawer; relieve your closet-pegs of
their accumulation of garments out of
use month or two ago. Institute a
clear and careful order in the midst of
which you can daily move, and learn to
keep it so that it will be part of your
toilet to dress your room and its ar
rangements while you dress yourself,
leaving the draperies you take off as
lightly and artistically hung, or as
delicately folded and placed, as the
skirts you loop carefully to wear or
the ribbon and lace you put with a
soft neatness about you throat. Cher
ish your instincts of taste and fitness
in every little thing you have about
you. This will not make you ''fussY;"
it is the other thing that does that
the not knowing, except by fidgety ex-
pertinent, what is harmony and the in
tangible grace of relation.
Take upon yourself gradually-for
the sake of getting them in hand in
like manner, if for no other need-all
the cares that belong to your own
small territory of home. Have your
little wash-c cloths and your sponges for
bits of cleaning; your furniture brush,
and your leather-duster, and your
light little broom, and your whisk and
pan; your bottle of sweet oil and
spirits of turpentine and piece of fan
mel, to preserve the polish or restore
the gloss where dark wood grows dim
or gets spotted. Find out by follow
ing your surely-growing sense of thor
oughness and niceness, the best and
readiest ways of keeping all fresh
about you. Invent your own proc
esses; they will come to you. When
you make yourself wholly mistress of
what you can learn and do in your own
apartment, so that it is easier and
more natural for you to do it than to
let it alone, then you have learned to
keep whole house so far as its clean
ly ordering is concerned. st Nicholas.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-09-07
Tho Beauty Of Kindness.

What a beautiful quality is kindnessl
How it soothes the carewornl How it
cheers us when we are sad and despond-
emil 1t costs very little to administer it,
and yet it carries with it heaven OF sweet
ness Life at best possesses large share
of bitterness, and has 80 much need for
kindly wordE and kindly sympathy and
kindly assistance. Many sad heart on
every hand is almost breaking for want Of
some loving one to share its burden. And
these aching hearts do not comprise the
few of earth, but the many; in reality, they
include nearly all of mankind The secret
balm of healing sfor all these wounded
hearts is simply that loving kindness which
is the result of living for others, each one
forgetting self and sharing the heart-ills Of
others Oh! let US become dead to self and
live for one another; then we have heaven
here. Bear ye one another's burdens and
SO fulfill the law."-Home.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-09-07
Confidence Begot of Success.

So confident are the manufacturers of that
world-famed remedy, DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, that it will do all that
they represent, in the cure of liver, blood
and lung diseases, that, after witnessing its
thousands of cures for many years past,
they now feel warranted in selling it (as
they are doing, through druggists) under a
positive guarantee of its giving satisfaction
in every case, or money paid for it will be
refunded. No medicine of ordinary merit
could be sold under such severe conditions
with profit to it's proprietors, and no other
medicine for the diseases for which it is
recommended was ever before sold under a
guarantee of cure or no pay. IN all blood
taints and impurities of whatever name or
nature, it is most positive in its curative eff
fects. Pimples, blotches, eruptions and all
skin and scalp diseases are radically cured
by this wonderful medicine. Scrofulous
diseases may affect the glands, causing
swellings or tumors; the bones, causing
''fever-sores, - ''white swellings" or chip
Joint disease; - or the tissues of the lungs,
causing pulmonary consumption. No mat
ter in which one of its myriad forms it crops
out, or manlfests itself, Golden Medical
Discovery will cureitit used persever;ngly
and in time.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-09-07
The yanderbilt system of railways.


Few persons have any conception Of the
above title, and very few even among the
railway fraternity are aware of how fully
this vast syster. occupies the field in which
it is located; but If you will take map and
trace out, first, the New York Central q
Hudson River; second, the Boston &
Albany; third, the Lake Shore & Mich
igan Southern; fourth, the Michigan
Central; fifth, the Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Chicago & st. Louis formerly the
''Bee Line5 and big Four") railroads,
you will be impressed with the wonderful
foresight of the men who designed and ex-
ecuted the plan to operate under uniform
policy, and practically common control, a
system of railways that should furnish unsur-
passed transportation facilities to the great
commercial empire outlined above, and
trip over this grand aggregation will
convince the most skeptical that the VAN
derbilt System of Railways, of which
the New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad is the main stem, traverses
the very heart of the business por-
ton of this continent, touching, either di-
rectly or through its immediate connec-
tions, all tt9important commercial centers
of the country, and offering to health, pleas
ure and business travel facilities that are
not equalled by any similar institution IN
the world.
An edition of one hundred thousand copies
of very neat little pamphlet bearing the
title at the head of this article has just been
issued by the American Bank Note Com
pany of New York, which contains much
interesting information concerning this
great system.