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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-05-04
WHAT THOU DoEsT. DO WELL

II thou hast but one song to sing,
A little song, may be.
o, sing II then the best thou canst
All blithe and earnestly.
Think not IL Is not worth thy while
To let thy voice be heard;
some weary one may hear thy song
With joy for every word.
II thou hast but task TO DO,
Perchance little one,
o, slight il not because It's small
But let IL Be well done.
II may be one will see thy work,
And, reading thy desire,
SAY: HE who doeth small things well
Il worthy, come up higher"
II thou hast but one hour to spend,
Don't think It matters naught
How IL be spent, but spend II well,
And give tiny earnest thought
To ia demands, for time alone
The story e'er can tell
OF wasted time, 30 count thy hours
And spend thy moments well.
Who doeth small things well win prove
To higher trusts most true;
Therefore be sure thou doest wen
Whate'er thou hast TO do.
And II thou hast . task 20 do,
Or just . tale to tell,
Remember, II tits worth thy time.
It's worth thy doing well.
Annie Wall. in Farm and Fireside.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-05-04
THE TosAcco HABIT.

Well-Known United States Senators who
Are Addicted to 1t.
Senator Coke. of Texas, has conceded
to taste what he never would to style.
He smokes cigarettes. Lest somebody
might say he was cultivating fashions
BILE habits he enjoys cigarettes only in
the privacy of his own room.
Senator Eustis smokes cigarettes al
most exclusively. They are of the finest
Turkish tobacco, and each cigarette is
provided with holder. They are ex-
pensive. but those Senator Coke affects
are the plainest and cheapest of Ameri-
can make-fve cents box.
Senator Kenna has his cigars made
In West Virginia of select quality of
the natural leaf. He prefers them to
imported cigars.
Senator MCPHERSON chews cigars in
preference to tobacco. He takes a
cigar from his pocket, bites off COM
Portable chew. and replaces the re-
mainder for future chewing. He does
not chew any other kind Of tobacco.
Senator German chews in delicate
and sparing manner. He prefers the
natural tobacco without favoring or
sweetening, and pinches of for chew
q small piece not larger than a vest
button.
Senator Edmunds chews strong tobac-
co. and Is rarely ever without supply
I'M his mouth; as matter of fact he
does not chew 1t. but simply keeps it
securely resting in his mouth.
| Senator Daniel keeps an unliehted
cigar in his mouth almost continually.
He never lights it, but chews vigorous
~ on the end, and when he is busy
writing small stream of amber-colored
saliva steals down from each side of
his mouth. In his seat on the flour he
munches at his unlighted cigar.
Senator Vance chews as be docs
every thing. with earnest vieor. H.
likes the plain North Carolina leaf best
but can chew any thing called tobacco
Senator Hampton takes his Tobacco
In the shape of snsfY, or rather he lets
It dry thoroughly, pulverizes it with
his fingers, and then snuffs It.
When Senator Cockrell gets his a..
into pair Of carpet slippers and nut,
on his working coat he takes down On,
OF those cob pipes. Of which hundreI,,
Of thousands are turned out nv MI
souri, factory, and looks the intans'
; satisfaction he feels. The Senate
} would not exchange his cob pine AN,
Charlton County leaf for the A.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-05-04
A REMARKABLE MAN.
How . Georgian Quilt Drinking, Smoking,
Chewing and CYrsins.

How . Georgian Quit Drlnktngs SmokinBs
Chewing and CYrsins.
Citizen Gam, of Athens, Ca, the
head of one of the leading firms there,
recently gave reportera brief history
of life remarkable in some repects.
..Forty years ago this last Christmas"
said Mr.. Gam, II got on a spree. l
decided it should be my last and it
was. But didn't quit drinking. One
day in the June following l went into
barroom. 1 didn't have but $15 to
my name. called for a drink, gave a
boy who was tending the bar s. gold
piece to get five cents out OF it, and he
accused me of wanting to beat him out
of a drink, but finally changed the
money. My horse was standing about
twenty steps from the door, and be-
tween the barroom and the horse
made a resolve to never drink another
drop. got on the horse, came on by
where my sweetheart lived, stole her,
came on toward Athens, married her
at q small church near Princeton,
spent my remaining $15 for some
| clothes for her, for the old folks would
not let her have any thing. and com
menced life without any thing. We
both went to work with the intention
to have some of this worlds goods
and every Christmas found us with
more and more. ! chewed tobacco
twenty years, and one morning laid
piece on the mantel with the determiu
alton to quit, and for over thirty year.
have never tasted the stuff. ! neve
bought cigar in my life, and neve
played a game of cards in my life
Twelve years ago ! quit cursing.
was most profane, and one night m,
wife told me that / ought to quit il
II told her not to say another wor'
about it, and from that day to this al
oath has never passed my lips. IN
Z. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-05-04
AN INTERESTING RELIC.


The First strong-Box Used by the State
Of Illinois.
There is to be seen in the vault OF
the State Treasury at the Capitol.
most interesting memento of early
State history. being the original
..stroug-box" used by the treasur er
during the years Of the existence OF
Illinois as q Territory and for year
or 80 after its admission as State. 1t
consists OF q plain cherry box of twelve
by eighteen inches and about eight
inches deep. divided into four compare
ments. in which the funds of the Terri
tory and Of the infant State were do
posted during the period mentioned.
The relic has been in the possession OF
the family OF the Hon. John Thomas.
for q considerable period Territorial
Treasurer before the admission OF Illi-
nois as a State and afterward the first
State Treasurer, and has just been pre-
sented to the State through State
Treasurer Becker. accompanied by the
following letter from James H. Thomas
of the Bellevi.le Advocate, who Is q
grandson Of the first State Treasurer;
.BELLEvnLE, III, Jan. 90. : Hon. Charles
Becker, State Treasurer, SprSs7feld. M.-DEAR
SIR: BY to-morrow's express I send you Z
small chest that should from its historical $3.50
citation be now the property of the State Of
/ Illinois; and you being the State Treasurer, and
from this the home county of the hrst treasurer,
! II Ii most meet and proper, believe, TO oRer II
, to the State at your hands.
.sThis chest was the treasure-box Of the Ter
ritory Of Illinois from 1919 until Illinois was ad-
mittod into the Union. and then It filled the
same purpose for the new State for about one
| year. Your early predecessor, the Hon. join
| Thomas, was, rs you are well aware, the Ter
ritorial Treasurer by appointment and Wal
! afterwsrd elected - the nrst State Treasurer
ana he used this chest as the deposit ory for tn
public moneys while in his hands during tn
time he was in once. Tho genuineness Of thi
relic il well authenticated by evidences tina
have been in the possession OF the writer
family for seventy years,
ut il . plain. old-fashioned, modest littl
box, quite in keeping with its day, and no doub
smple enough for the demands upon II then .
receptacle for the States money. com
payson OF e with the State treasure vaults Of tc
day will show (ia ono wsy) the wonderfu
growth in wealth and importance Of the CON
mouwealth in time within the memory Z
mony yet living.
III ron win permit me. win ask Of you tn
service Of presenting It to the State. hopin
| II win be acceptable a. . "reminiscences Of earl
times in the sreAsurer's once and prove I
some interest among the memorials In u
State house. should II bo placcd there. n
main, with high regard, your friend and fellow
townsman- JAMES a. THoAAA
This modest box presents. by cor
trast with the vault in which it
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-05-04

a oomuarison Of the American and the -
glIsh Pulplts.
Comparing the pulpit OF the two No
tious intellectually, we need not iest
the verdict, although England has
multitude Of grand preachers, while
the Scotch and Irish pulpits enjoy .
worldwide renown. A well-known
English Clergyman has lately asserted
that s.there can be no doubt that the
pulpit of the United States Is more ably
filed, taking it all in all, than Is the
pulpit OF the United Kingdom" We
may we'll doubt so generous an asser'
ton, for many of the British clergy
who visit here easily convince us how
much we gain by studying their
methods. Their familiarity with the
ipsissina verba of the Bible Is amazing;
and the chief charm and strength OF
their preaching is that, basing 1t so en-
tirely upon Holy Writ. they yet adorn
the exposition of the text with such .
wealth Of illustration and with 80 much
earnestness and sound Judgment as to
lead captive both heart and head In
the listener. This seems to be the ex-
PLANTATION Of the fact that so many pull
pits in New York and in other seaboard
cities are occupied by British clergy
men. We must find In them some
thing which we miss in most OF our
own clergy. The fact is not so dis
creditable to US as it appears upon the
surface. 1t certainly bears witness 70
the absence here of certain provin-
cial narrowness which refuses to vel
come truth or power unless dressed IL
q native garb. And we must not for
get that these clergy referred to are
picked men, who would be successful
anywhere and in almost any PROBES
sion, for there are hundreds OF British
clergy in America filing obscure pull
pits and utterly unknown. And again
such able men come to US from liant
where, as already shown, the tempta
tions for clever young men to ente
business life are not as great as here
and where Cat least in the Church o
England) many gifted clergymen wit
do not happen to command infiuenc'
or patronage are free to look elsewher
for appreciation and usefulness Ou
parishes welcome such men, and the
are wise to do 80. They come also. a
refreshing and stimulating influence
our American clergy. Nor have W
any reason to doubt, from their owl
confession. that they are conscious
receiving as well as giving in their In
tercourse with our pastors. And W
have reason to feel satisfaction at heal
ing the testimony lately offered by on
! of the most eminent among them. VIII
!, said on public platform: II honestl
declare that never met with con
pany of ministers like the clergy of q
Q denominations in New York, especial
i for this. that they have no jealousi'
and no rivalries among them. The
stand shoulder to shoulder for Il
Q truth on all occasions, have confiden'
in each other. rejoice in brother
o prosperity, and are ever ready to stal
Q round each other in trouble. Arc
l. deacon Mackay-Smith. in Harper
q Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-05-04


ror- rsoattves were recently taken
:, cannon hall that occupied oniy
:. third of a second In passing given
space. I'D elastic
limit Of certain classes OF iron ino' 49,
during rest after stress oeyonu ~
elastic limit. As.r.
-Experiments carried on at As'ra-
r.r .how that the culture OF the si.S
worm could be carried on as lar norm
as the mouth Of the Volga. "a.
Prof. Riley. the entomologls'' nc
discovered an insect which preys upon
hoots and shoes. 1t can be Destroyer
NV a vapor of bisulphide OF carbon
-..Sperrylite." new discovery Is
..,d ~ he the first mineral yet found
containing platinum as an important
constituent other than the natural o.
lows with various metals OF the platinum
group. r+h the
r,anet Mars is about S6.0O0.0Oo miles
away. a distance (which is" says fro'-
Young. in Popular Science news,
..about $50 times that OF the moon anu
a century's journey for a 'ce'es'lai
limited running forty miles an no'''
without stops" ma
Brick is, as ever, the favorite puiiu-
inc material. A trade paper says:
..There il no material that can be useo
for construction equal to brick. Every
brick bears its own weight. Dr,cAs
have already passed the merry oroea,
before they are used in buildings anu
are tempered"
i I'm the new method for obtaining
gas for balloons the hydrogen Is go'ecn
nv heating slaked lime and powdered
zinc. to be inclosed in the cartridges
for safe transportation; by heating tnis
; cartridge in an apparatus provided Tor
t, the purpose, hydrogen gas is obtained
in sufficient quantities to initiate an or
binary military balloon In three nours'
: A Swedish scientist claims to nave
discovered the secret Of artificially pet
rifying wood, by which means he be-
lieves edifces may be built OF wooa
} and converted into stone. At present
, the cost is about $500 per cubic inch.
: 40 that the discovery does not promise
? an immediate revolution in building.
. Thomas A. Edison says he is now
D experimenting on an invention where
9 by electricity would be produced direct
, from coal, dispensing with boilers, en-
1 rines, dynamos. etc. Besides, he said.
: this would use nearly the entire heat
Q of coal, instead of only about five per
: cent, as done by the present system OF
Q burning.
o "A still body Of water at temporal
y ture of from IS degrees to 80 de-
l. grees, which is about the ordinary
i summer temperature, will evaporate
y about three-eights of an inch in a
% hours if there be no wind. With the
y wind blowing at 20 miles an hour the
Re evaporation will be about an inch
% The amount will vary considerably
g with the variations in moisture OF the
ID air.
b. The application Of electricity t.
q the production of brilliant effects Of
the dramatic and operate stage OPEN
q new era In scenic representation
The sun, moon and stars, clouds, hail
"a rain and snow, sandstorms OF the des
ert, flower gardens, 6re-fies and al
Of most everything involving color, ligh
q or shade, are represented with veri
ly similitude which has never before bee
al squalled.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-05-04
SECURE GOOD SEEDS.

~ Won Nerlect to Do So, Y on Need Not
Expect Profitable Crops. 4
It is folly to expect that the corn at
harvest will be better than the seed
that was put into the ground at the
planting. 1t is waste OF labor and
manure to expend them on poor seeds.
Farmers do not give this matter OF
seeds sufficient thought and study.
There are some seeds, if he will take
proper care, that the farmer can prop
erly raise himself, while others can be
better raised by the seedsmen. One OF
the most important differences between
the seeds raised by the skilled seed
grower and the ordinary farmer is
this: The former carefully 'rogues"
the crop. Suppose both are raising
dwarf peas of some kind for seed. Tho
farmer will take picking or two for
his table, 'just to try" thus removing
all the early seeds; the seed-grower
will allow none to be taken and he will
also .rogue" the crop, which means
that he will go along the rows and ii
there is plant disposed to run up and
be no longer dwarf that plant is pulled
up and thrown out as ''rogue." If a
plant shows difference in the color OF
the flowers, in the size, shape and
abundance of the crop, or presents any
other marked peculiarities that show
it to be different from the average OF
the crop, those plants are regarded as
rogues and treated as such. Ii his In
dian corn at harvest shows that it is
mixed-that some of the grains on an
ear are of the wrong color-the farmer
wonders how this can be, as he planted
but one kind of corn. He forgets that
his neighbor has field of different
corn from his and that the rail fence
will not prevent the wind from floating
or bar insects from bringing the stray
pollen which has caused the mixing
Do not think that selecting ears which
show no admixture will answer as wei
for seed. If crossing has taker
place, with results that you can see
, there will doubtless be a mixing il
} other respects, such as earliness, mum
Der of ears on a stock, or number o
rows to the ear. which may be equal.
important, but will only be manifeste'
, in next years crop. If you have
, select and favorable variety of cor
J which it is desired to keep pure, an
) there is danger that it may be nike
Q with pollen from a neighbor's field,
will be well to plant patch exclr
sively for seed in some locality as ia
as possible from the neighbours field
n If the planting of this corn for seed b
a delayed few days the corn will not
. s.in silk" until the other from whic
L danger is feared has shed all its pollel
a Money expended in securing a stoc
|. of pure seeds in place of those
d doubtful quality is well invested
though its wisdom may not be apparel
X until harvest. There are sever
o novelties offered each year which al
praised in glowing terms without i
10 tent to deceive. Do not decry the
u. because they are new; they may
I'd really desirable. Even cautious ma
. will try few-enough to yield see
= = for next years crop if desired.-Amsl
~ can Apriculturist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-13
DANCINH Gins nE INDIA

wns invited To II wedding feast at
Agra, writes Frnnk G.. Carpenter, and the
polite llindoo who so honorcd me told
me upon parting that my presence Ind
'gloricd the OCCASION" There were
live hundred IIindoos present, and the
entertainment consisted of Nnntch dime
ing and acting. The Nnuich girls, at
Tired IN gorgeous clothes, went through
the most surprising Of contortions 10 the
music Of two drums, which were PLAYED
with the hands, and IL curious IIindoo
fiddle. These Nnutch girls are the dane
ing girls OF India. They ARE remarkable
ior their plump, round figures, and for
the wonderful ease and grace which they
throw into announcements of their bodies.
a large part Of the dancing consists in
the movement Of the frame, without lift
ing The feet from the ground, and the
whole story of love is told by them in
gestures, which must be seen 10 be an
pfccIted. They are the same us the
dances Of the girls of Egypt and of the
Africnn negroes, and seem to be Il part of
Oriental life. They are paid high prices,
and some of the best dancing girls Of
India get ms high MS $25 II night. The
celebration which / attended was in a
tent built outside the house for the occa-
sion. a rich cnrpct covered the ground,
and the pickering lights shonc ovcrn col
lection of curious figures which would
make another fortune for Barnum. /
looked in vain for the bride, and whether
she was baby or not do not know.
The groom was not more than six. He
was bright little fellow, in red velvet
coat, and he brought me bunch of
flowers and some cardamom seeds, which
are given to the guests upon such occa-
,ions.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-13
COMMON SENSE AND MOURNING.

a movement has been started i'm Eng.
land TO put an end, if possible, to tn,
custom which demands that women shall
Inconvenience and iniurc themselves
physically by arruying themselves in
mourning whenever II member of then
family dies. Lady llarbcrton is tn,
leader III this crusade of common sense.
anu she has recently SGT forth very clear
~, in nm article in the IFoman's World,
WHY mourning costumes, as they are now
made, should bc abandoned by every sen.
sihic woman. Lady llarbcrion bases her
argument principally on plea for tho
hcnllh al women. She points out that
while the dress of Il woman is moi calcu.
lated ut its best 10 improve the physical
condition of the wcarcr, the dress of
widow possesses every bad and unhy.
g'cnic quality Of The ordinary female mp.
pnrcl intensified fourfold. IL is alwayt
made extra long and clingng, so that
proper exercise is out of the question. II
is usually very heavy, and is surmaunlcd
by II Spcrics Of hcaldrcss furnished with
one or two long strcamcrs hanging aim.
lcssly down behind, which are neither Mt
tractivc in themselves nor conductive 10
Inc comfort III the unfortunate wcnrcr
This hrnddrc'S. the peculiarly objcc
li"nahlr feature of which is the long
heavy veil which custom DEGREES thni
every widow shall wear is the worst
feature OF the mourning costume, both
from hygirnic point Of view and with
reference IN the liscomiorIs which arise
from il, especially in the warm season.
The heavy cinging hnck dress is cn,lur
able, unhealthy rs il is, because it
weight Falls on part of the body cnlcu.
lated to sustain it, The veil which iraill
behind the young widows head is II very
different affair II is constantly drag.
glng the head backward and downward.
and il worn long ut II time results newt.
ably III Il headache. -Nc,o iork Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-13
front nj the Mercy of Rnss

The Old time anglers who haunt the
shores of Black River, in New York.
along the upper part of its course have
occasion to note the peculiar actions of
the fish that inhnbit the stream, and they
have it pretty well settled in their own
minds that trout and black bass were not
made to live peaccably and harmonously
in the same waters. A few years ago there
WAS nothing 10 excite discussion among
the fisherman. They could Start out for
an Curly morning stroll and come back
before dinner with Il handsome string OF
trout. There were no other fish to take
the hook, and every foot of the stream
afforded good sport.
About fifteen years ago the Graves
brothers, OF Boonvilc, N. Y, secured
Il number of bass from the st.
Lawrence and transferred them alive TO
Black River. The stream seems TO have
been in every way satisfactory To the fish,
for they have multiplied ut Il great rate
and arc now exceedingly plentiful The
small colony planted fifteen years has
grown so big tia. it is now scattered
along the whole length of the stream.
just rs SOON rs bass began to get into
that part Of the Steam Inhabited by the
trout the anglers noticed TINT there was
trouble. The trout began to desert their
old hamts and bass took their place.
The two species of fish seemed to hive a
natural aversion of each other. Finally
us the bass became more numerous the
fish seemed to come to an agreement to
divide the stream. For two or three
years past the fish have stuck To this way
of living and their actions in this regard
form an interesting study.
= Let the angler fish the river down
from Forestport and he will find a stretch
OF riffs and deep pools where nothing
but trout can be taken. Immediately
following this will be II section of TIN.
stream which confirms nothing but bass,
and no one can cntcl, :. trout there. Tho
stretch Of Is-ss fishing will be followed
by another Of trout, and so they alternate
for 4 distance Of fifteen miles.
The general features of the river bed
are the same all the way, so that is not
the cause OF the division, ard the onlt
theory is that the fish have naturally
agreed to Disagree, and each specie scavs
OH its own grounds. According to the
old anglers, however, the trout are
getting the worst of it. They cannot
stand the companionship of black bass,
and it will not be long before the bass
will have the stream all to themselves.
-Nem York HeraM.