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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30
PROCEEDINGS Of the 4th Congress
si0nal Nominating Con-
YentiOn.

The Congressional convention q,
the 4th district met in Alexandria
on Monday, August 18th. The
convention was called to order Nv
Col: J. NJ. Hollingsworth, of Caddo
chairman of the 4th Congress;onal
executive committee. BE called
Mr.. Howard Stringfellow, of Red
River, to the chair, as temporary
chairman. A. p. Williams, of Aler,
andria, was chosen as temporarv
secretary. and j. H. Gilliland. az
Caddo, assistant secretary.
On taking the chair, MI. String
fellow made few, we'll chosen
remarks, and returned thanks for
the high honor shown him.
On motion of J.. NJ. HoIlinos-
worth q committee of nineteen. one
from each parish and seven at large
was chosen on credentials.
The convention then took q recess |
OF one hour, in order to give the |
committee time to report
The committee reported throupb !
their chairman, r. T. Vincent
which was unanimously adopted.
MIR: J. NJ. Hollingsworth moved
that the temporary organization be
made permanent There was obiec-
ton to this which resulted in two
gentlemen being placed in nomina-
ton for permanent chairman. Viz.
Howard Strihgfellow, nominated | /
BY J. n. Hollingsworth, and Geo ,
A. Kelly, of VIM, nominated bv
A. NJ. Hewitt, of DeSoto. The vote !
vas taken by parishes resulting in j
vote of 81 1-6 to SO Sc in favor Of
Howard Stringfellow. &
For permanent secretaries Mes- I
ers. A. r. Williams, j. II. Gill 3
and, p. III. Mccormick and II. III
'iossat were chosen.
On motion of w. +. Blackman a
on platform and reeolu- Il
ons. composed of one from each al
arish, and five at large was chosen D,
} follows: E
At iarge-W. +. Blackman, JAS +,
Wise. ": c. Vance, II. VI. o. al
N, r. i. Vincent. Fror the dif- Ct
rent parishes H. L. Brian. John
rankin. J. I. 8. Thomas, 81 G. se
dom, n. e. Swafford, D. G. Scar B,
rough, A: 7. Hatcher, w. HIP.
ise, J. J. Stewart, w. B. BopQs G1
n. Sewer, VIM Polk, Jr. D.
a recess OF the convention Was II
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30
Catholic Institutions Uphe3A.
Editor Collar Chronicle:

NssstW COgGT Chronicle:
think you must begin to be .y;cb
tired OF religious discussions. but I WI
you would permit me only d little snaoe
not Tor discussion, but TO trv Ia tnrv
the thoughts Of any of your readers tin,
believe what Crusty says Of the pr;esfs
and the religious orders of the Oaths n
church into Q more charitable chaDnej
for their fellow men. ''
did not know there was a neraon IN
the State that would entertain Tor m In
slant such thoughts as Old Cruetv ~.
presses in black and white. He certainlv
has given himself very annronr;ef.
name: Crusty, musty, rusty: how niceIv
tney Jlnglel But that il not exactlv =,
the point II any one, with q crnst not
TOO lmpenetrable, would when thew meha
. visit to our beautiful Crescent Ctv'
take the pains to visit the different inst,
tutions, about dozen, conducted by the
nisters OF Charity, they would prove for
themselves that their lives ara verv AZ.
ierent from Crustys statements: and VET
tney 90 not live or act differently in that
city from the great number of Cathol;c
religious orders scattered THROUGH th;s
and the Old World. Let them comnare
the lives of the inmates of the hoi,ees
Of i'll repute with those of the S;eters ~
Charity or Of Mercy. Do those inmatea
ever endanger their lives on the feld Of |
battle, or are they ever seen ministerin0
o the sick and dying, lesseninQ. Il thew |
an, their bodily sufferings, and cheerin9 |
poor souls that are soon to meet tbeir
;reator with thoughts of Christs mercvf |
Vow, II those miscrable 0utcasts of aoci-
ty and these ministcring angels OF God
ave their condolences laden with The
anne dreadful sin, why are their lives 60 |
i1erent2 Pages could be written OF the
inference, but surely facts, 30 plain TO
ny one with mind not encased IA too
ard "crust," do not need to have Zine.
precious to most OF US, wasted in fhe
ndeavor to prove them.
don't think there il q Catholic that
ono not admit there are some priced :
"a sisters that have broken their solemn !
'ws to God. but every reasoning person :
BOWS such cases are few and far ~
'een. ! am proud Of the dignity Of 2
Q Catholic priesthood, and the purity Of :,
Q nsters and doubly proud that / am =
A CATHOLIC
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4
Our Congressional Platform.
; Elsewhere we publish q com.
b munication from our Greenback
friend, G. H. Harvill, Esq, who il
: nightly pleased over the idea that
the Democrats of the 4th Congress
sional district are in line with the
old Greenback fallacy of an unlimi-
ted or rag" currency. Our friend
is entirely off his base, as is usual
whenever he essays to to talk
Finance" He refers to our as
sertion in March, 1883, that only
"about one man in fifty for every
voter In the United States" was
numbered among the Greenback
believers in an unlimited supply of
rag baby" currency, intimates
with broad humor that lots of peo-
pie are getting their eyes open on |
this subject, and the number Of
visionary Greenbackers are becom-
ing greatly augmented of late. He
IS simply mistaken as to what the
Democrats believe and propose to
accomplish, and shows how badly
ne is at sea when he is not able to
reconcile the second and fourth
resolutions in the platform he
criticises. Mr.. Harvilps idea is :
that the government can fix, estab-
lish, and regulate the value of cur :
rency, whether gold, silver or pa
per, and that it should therefore ! !
make lots of money so everybody '
could have plenty! The Democratic : :
dea is that silver and gold are a real 4
'alue, fixed and recognized by all y
ne nations of the earth, and that :
III currency and mediums of ex-
hange shall be based thereon, and
hat silver shall not be demonetized
nd gold unduly inflated, thus un- Ii
ettling values and giving specula- OF
'rs and bankers an unfair adyan- &C
.ge in supplying necessary me- ch
Iums of exchange. This idea is ex
early and explicitly set forth in NJ
lose planks of the platform that II
le gentleman finds it SO difficult 81
comprehend. The issue of legal 90 90.
nder treasury notes in place of ma Ca
'nal bank notes is a plain PROPOSE !.
IN, and the gentleman seems to Eel
lderstand it, why should he stun t tSl
3 over the simple proposition {
ntained in the demand for the wo
V and unlimited coinage of silver, fro
q the payment of the national wa,
bt in gold and silver, whether -
q payment is to be made In GER cor
Gates based upon and redeem I
Q in these precious metals, or by thel
actual metals themselves? VIM
The silver bill now in force virtu- AZ =
puts this question OH its merits. mad
the wonderful impetus given ton
'ur industrial, agricultural and gent
camille interests argues we'll for s1on
wisdom and permanent success. hv 4
are glad, however, that Mr.. n. A. &
8 so much in our platform to A. n
mend, and hope to have his was
co-onarat;or =, q vol
'o'a anu How
S i'o measures before the Fo
lie. Now that we have smooth sers.
over the two knots that he land,
Is he finds, we desire to call Boss
ltlon to very faulty place we cor ~
'lne exists in the ninth plank. tions
I'VE 70 the sub-treasury or paris
house plan. as fol
Q introduction of this endorse At A.
OF the farmers pet scheme is Ssn =
y q concession, sort of PAN fereni
g to popular clamor, as it Frank
and is really insincere bun Odom
9, as is shown by the codicil nGrou
led, demanding 'legislatiop J : n ~
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3. explanation Of his course in Con
Z gress reviewed the sub-treasury
Dill thoroughly, saying it was I'M.
] ] constitutional and impraticable d
/ Its present form.
. Judge Halls remarks were short
> and to the point He also touched
on the sub-treasury bill. He, like
M; blanchard, was loudly cheered.
4 On motion, at $50 p. M, the con-
: ventlon adjourned sine die.
a Greenbacker Tickled.
1a,s'r csver CAro~'e's'
j l am glad to see that the con-
ventlon Tor the 4th Congressional
district had the good Judgement to
nominate Hon: N. G. Blanchard for
reelection to Congress. Mr.. Blan-
chard has made q faithful, efficient
ana Jealous member, and it would
nave been suicidal to have sup
planted him at this time.
heartily lndorse most Of the
resolutions OF the platform adop-
eeu Inc second, third, fifth, sixth,
seventh: eighth and the free coin
age part OF the fourth resolutions
are good, and are oxacfIv what fho
The morning call., 1890-07-06

TAHE number Of people who find the
SHSN wearing OF Grape or Of any outward
S1SS badge of unhappiness repugnant to
their feelings increases yearly. The Wild
ow's weeds call the attention of every cas-
ual observer at time when least of all she
wishes stranger to read her story in her
attire or peer for sight of the pale face
under her veil. Not that she could or
should wear scarlet poppy bonnet, but the
regalia of heavy mourning makes uniform
by which she becomes marked figure. 1t
is not long since | knew of a woman's lay
ing aside her sable garb after wearing 1t for
two OF three months only. simply because
she felt the sacred privacy of her grief In
tolerably invaded by the consciousness
of her clothes. She preferred to go up anu
down and about her business in quleL
sober colored frocks which did no violence
to her feelings and yet drew no eyes.
In spite of this smoldering protest against
when the reins of fashion in this depart
ment were held more closely or the. lash
more mercilessly applied. This morning L
was asking a dressmaker how she con-
trives to put a family into black between
death and funeral. ION, she sald, the
dresses are run together, with baSting
threads mostly, and afterward they are re-
turned to me to be stitched properly"
''And how can a woman who has just
suffered bereavement stand to be fittedY
Indeed, ask myself that question often,
but it seems as If people were more particu-
lar at such times. They notice ana find fault
with every little thing"
Respectful comment is almost impossible.
One afternoon recently / found a friend
remodeling simple dress of black yelling
81 could make this SO pretty" she said re-
gretfully, with her head on one side, IF
nnly I pnull nae rihbnnSO
'rhen why don't you?" l asked heed
lessly.
'Oh, but you know" she answered in a
shocked nndertone, ''that wouldn't be
mourning"
The morning call., 1890-07-06

1t is in half mourning that woman, il
she has any, usually displays her eccen-
tricities, though it was while she was still
wearing the deepest and jettiest of black
that wealthy lady, we'll known in New
YORK society, caused many eyes TO bend
themselves on her by walking up the church
aisle one morning holding by either hand
child dressed in purest white, to contrast
with her sable robe. Black and white, as
is well known, offers endless opportunities
for startling combinations, but black with
out assistance can have the mourning prin-
ciple pretty we'll eliminated If treated on
Frenchy plan like certain dress OF black
China crepe which New York widow is
now wearing This frock is black China
crepe and is trained. IL has a low bodice
and sleeves of lace, with cascades of jet.
1t is draped in fNnt with cascades of jet,
and is worn with a black feather head dress.
For elderly ladies who do not care for
sensational arrangements L may be per-
mitted to describe rich dress lately seen
which is we'll adapted for light mourning.
The fabric is black silk, figured NTH hare
bells in two shades of violet. 1t is com
bined with plain black in the making.
Mourning for young girls should be of
the simplest always, and not too heavy. 1t
Injuries the health and spirits, and one has
no right to keep them under a cloud. For
toddling children mourning dress is nothing
short Of heathenish.
The mourning gloves are undreSsed kids,
but these seldom wear well, and dressed
kids are frequently substituted. A hand
kerchief with simple black monogram is
better than the bordered varieties, while as
for the woman who sends black-bordered
paper and envelores through the mail, she
ought to be stopped by an Injunction. To
wear black corsets and lingerie is Overstep-
ping the mark altogether. and suggests
luxury of grief that is as far removed from
genuine affiictiOn as possible. One is not
called on to believe in heartbreak when
woman finds her fearful eyes relieved if
they rest on mourning draperies in her
boudoir. 1t lessons ones respect for a
woman If she finds black sheets contribut-
ing to her peace of mind. ELLEN OSBORN.
Ion,n-jObf
The morning call., 1890-07-06

awaiting the order to march. The drill
lasts till $40 o'clock, and is very thorough
and trying. Then he has fifteen minutes
respite. In this time he must change his
uniform and prepare for dress parade. The
dress parade lasts thirty-ive minutes on an
average. At its close the cadet is double
quicked from the ground
IL takes five minutes to remove his dog,
get into his fatigue suit and repair to the
company battle-ground, preparatory to
marching to supper This meal lasts half
an hour. After it is over the cadet has an
other half hour release from quarters. 1t
may be used for recreation, but if wise-and
in ninety-nine cases out of hundred tue
cadet is wise-he repairs att once to bis
quarters and begins work on the lessons for
the next day. He has three hours and
quarter before taps" Two hours OF this
he puts in on his engineering. The re-
naming hour he gives to ordnance and gun
merry.
At taps he leaves his table, lights dark
lantern and inspeets the quarters of the ca,
diets in lower classes III his subdivision. 1t
is his business to see that they are in bed
and not violating any of the rules OF the
academy. After these inspections he tramps
to the guard-house and reports the result to
the officer in charge. Upon coming back
to his room he rolls down the mattress upon
his iron bedstead and uses the time left be-
fore 10 80 o'clock in continuing his studies.
This time is granted as compensation for
acting as subdivision inspector
The morning call., 1890-07-06

which the great elephant grazed over the
old beach, ultimately meeting its death.
Over this tons Of pebbles and gravel were
heaped, possibly by local drift. but In all
probability by the washings Of some arroyo
bed. How long this means in years Is diff
cult to determine. The cenoZoic time
which includes the quarternary and that of
man-has been estimated as representing
100000 years; so the elephant may have
died. il he dated from the early pliocene,
nearly 1000 900 years ago, but In all proba-
bility it dates from more recent time.
The size of the fusks shows 1t to have
been an enormous creature, and 1t Will be
of interest to compare 1t with some OF the
large specimens known. General de Lima
brought two tusks from Mozambique, which
were almost straight. Ono weighed $50
pounds and the other 10 pounds less. An
other tusk, feet long, 2 feet inches in
circumference at the base, weighed 200
pounds; so that tusk Of the fossil ele-
plant must have weighed at least $50
pounds. Kolokner records tusk sold at
Amsterdam some years ago, that weighed
$50 pounds, and one is described by Harten-
fels of IA feet in length.
The mammoth. the nearest ally OF our
subject, was huge elephant weighing per-
baps three times as much as the Indian ele-
plant of to-day. A northern form, 1t was
protected by thick coat of reddish hair
and wool. Over 10000 of these monsters
have been taken in historic times, mostly
from the shores Of Siberia and the New ST.
berian Islands, which we're evidently IA
nous grazing place for them. A number of
specimens have been preserved by the ice
so perfectly that when the body was wealth
cred out it was devoured by bears and
The morning call., 1890-07-06
IN MEMORIAN.

lIines dedicated TO the memory of former pupil
Of the Wi er, and later on fe Low in the
drowned few days after taking clerical orders,l
In days gone by knew gentle student.
His brow clear his lustrous eye was brown
He reverb IN the sports of happy boyhood
His face was seldom shadow'd by a frown.
His youth with all the Joy of nature blended
The matin music of the dawning day,
The noontme glow, the peace when day was ended,
The hush OF twilight as 1t waned away.
He carord with the birds at early morning.
The glowing midday fll'd him with delight;
His soul exulted in the matches splendor
That marks the Wonderland OF starry night.
But when his youth developed into manhood
wondrous change wrought in his young life.
He from the outer world himself seQuester'd
Renouncing all its pleasures, all its strife
What time the lark poured forth its merry piplngs,
In bhthesome greeting to the bushng morn,
This earnest Christian knelt in humble worship,
new heroic spirit in him born.
What time the gorgeous noOntlde spread the land
scape
With golden glory over land and sea,
His mind with sacred solemn thought expanded,
He unused upon the glory yet to be.
And when the fading twilight brought the evening
With all the tender radiance of the sky,
His spirit hush'd in deepest meditation.
He bent in fervent prayr TO the Most High
Dsdaining earthly joy. he sought the fountain,
AS one who, wandering by streamlets bank
Should leave the fow'ry vale and climb the noun
tain.
Nor rest till from its limpd source he drank
As one who, firing of the thundrous warfare
OF wild waves beating on rock bound shore,
Departs aud 10 Serener heights betakes him.
Where calm and peace succeed the angry roar.
just so this young ascetic, tired of earth-life.
With all its turmoil all its wicked ways,
ForsoOk the world and chose the higher pathway,
o0ey'd the Master and PROCLAIMED his praise
So he enlisted In that mighty army
Whose serried ranks outstretch'd upon the plain,
Prepare to scale the citadel OF heaven,
And rout the foes that lurK IN folly's train.
Mayhap the recruit did at the outset
Anticipate march replete with pain,
Ere he set foot upon the distant summit,
Ere the proud palm OF victry he should gain.
nd yet it otherwise fell out, for straghtway,
outspeeding others, he attained the goal
As, rendering his life unto his Maker,
He to him also yielded up his soul.
And now that glowing skies bring fair midsummer,
The time of his dep srture, we give thanks
For alt the bright example set his comrades,
While yet he stood soldier in the ranks.
San Francisco, July, 1890. AUSTIN X. REID.
The morning call., 1890-07-06

VAAE1ASHINGTON, June 80, 1890
4AFe9 Scores of boys in every State have
eA N4N their eyes turned toward West
Point. There is a glamOr about the acad-
envy attractive TO all bright youths. Every
boy at some time or other has the military
fever. 1t is shown in building snow forts
and snow-balling contests at school,
Thousands of boys get this fever by read
ing the exploits of Alexander, Hannibal,
Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the
Great, Napoleon and other great command
ers. In studying the careers OF Scott,
Zachary Taylor Grant, Lee, Sherman,
Sheridan and other great American SOL
diers their minds are turned toward West
Point. Their blood is at fever heat once a
wear when the examinations are held. All
are anxious to become cadets, but few
know how difficult it is 10 secure an ap-
pointment.
Each member Of the House of Repre-
sentatives has one every four years, and
oftener il the cadet from his district fails
TO pass the yearly examinations. The
President keeps ten cadets at the academy
all the time. This gives him from two to
five appointments each year. Less than
half the cadets who enter the academy
really graduate. The others fall by the
wayside. either physically or intellectually.
A boy must have rare mental ana physical
stamina to take the course at West Point
Few realize how much brain and Drawn is
required to get diploma.
The morning call., 1890-07-06

new teeth forming behind. There was
every indication that where the skeleton
lay was once, say several thousand years
ago, pool with quicksand bottom. The
great beast had roamed down there to
drink, was caught in the sand and met its
death in its treacherous depths. Near
Newburg, n. Y, the bones Of half dozen
mammoths were found where once had been
a morass in positions indicating that they
had persisted under similar circumstances.
The American elephant resembled the
mammoth to some extent in general appear
ance. without the shaggy hair which was
the characteristic feature OF the former. 1t
was Southern mammoth, and roamed the
country from Canada to Mississippi, its re-
mains having been found in many States,
but especially In Oregon, Texas and Cali
fornia. In viewing the skeleton of this
huge creature lying almost perfect in the
place where it originally fell, one can
The morning call., 1890-07-06

In one particular mourning has been
lightened materially within the last year
or two. Black is not now worn at the
throat unless preferred. White lisse and
mousseline de sole have established them
selves as in every way legitimate reliefs to
the somber garb of woe, and their soft and
dainty folds make a black-robed woman a
much more endurable object to herself and
for in minor way this too may be consid-
ered-to her friends. With some faces the
touch of white is more pathetic than all
black however. At any fashionable milli-
ner's you will find the variety of
mourning hats and bonnets and the
straining after effect in them quite as
marked as in gayer plumage. This does
not apply, of course, to the first bonnet
worn by the widow which carries the veil.
The veil. the doctors say, is most I'M
wholesome piece of drapery, and assuredly
it is wearis0me because so heavy. Its
length in fashionable circles is carefully
graduated according to whether 1t is worn
by widow or n mother who has lost
child. The tendency ut present is to SUBJ
stitute nuns yelling for Grape as its ma
terial, and for summer, certainly, the
change is commendable. A bonnet that is
to be yelled must have low, flat crown,
and in spite of the fact that few black
headed pins ana a fold here aud there are
all that is necessary. the arrangement of
veil to form becoming background for
the face Is good deal of an art and one to
which is giyen more and more attention,
only the best milllners In good establish
The morning call., 1890-07-06

that the "Elephas Americans" roamed the
hills and valleys of the Pacific Slope. Be-
tween Los Angeles and San Diego frag-
ments of a gigantic skeleton were discov-
cred, there being plenty to disclose that
the animal in life must have been one of
the largest ever known. The country Is
undulating where the bones were dug up,
and near by is a marsh. There was first
mass of water-washed stones and gravel fif-
teen feet deep, then ten feet of fine sand,
and under this the skull and two tusks were
found. The tusks were, at the largest part,
as big around as a child's body, and
stretched out in graceful curves sixteen
feet in length. One of the teeth weighed
five pounds. and had the parallel dentive
ridges peculiar to the elephant. The ele
plant has eight teeth at time, two on each
side of each jaw, twenty-four growing in
the course of regular lifetime. They
come first in the back part of the jaw, and
gradually move to the front as they are
ground away, being pushed forward by the