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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-08
A SONG TO THE WORLD.

A song to the worid-the beautiful world
In spite OF its clouds and its cares.
Its trials and pains, its shames and its stains
Its cruel deceits, and its snares.
With all its sad faults, It's the best world we
have
IT'S the only one given to man
So let US accept Il, with thanks, as 1t Is,
And enjoy IL as long as we can
Then away with the cynic who cavils at life
And wishes his days at an end!
Never yield to despair, but patiently bear
Such mishaps as man can not mend.
What miner who works the auriferous earth,
Its glittering store to unfold,
Would be sour in mood, il the yield had was
good,
Because he found dross with the goldf
Then while you are working the vast mine oil
life,
Be humble, content and resigned
Never worry nor fret; take the best you can gel
And whistle the worst down the wind.
Then away with the cynic, etc.
We were put hero to struggle-'twas Heavens
decree
Each man has his mission to fill
Aisfortunes may fret US, temptations beset US
But We are Gods children still.
When Ill fortune meets us and enmity greets Us,
We should then on ourselves most rely
~ bAosSs tOA ~ soACSs WASu sA&O WIN SAA "
breaks
More courage to live than to die.
Then away with the cynic. etc.
IT'S glorious world. II we look st it right,
And we should rejoice TO be in it.
There are birds in each grove, there are sweet
hearts to love,
And success, II we struggle to win IT,
30 let us determine that, happen what may,
We will stay with the weeds and the flowers,
And the friends and the foes, and the joys and
the woes,
Which make up this great world Of ours
Then away with the cynic, etc.
What folly to look on the dark side OF life,
While the world is refulgent with light
Creep out Of the shade, and stand up undis-
mayed.
In the raiment Of reason bedighti
There Is room for US all on this wide spreading
earth,
So. with Charity's banner unfurled,
Let us join In one cry, while old Time hurries by,
''Three cheers for this beautiful world"
Then away with the cynic, etc.
Francis s. smith, in N. Y. Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-08

A pretty and becoming medication
Of that old prime favorite the English
walking-hat has appeared, less narrow
on Ne beim front. and not rolled so
closely to the crown on the sides,
making It more than ever becoming to
slender-iaced women. to whom the
shape, like the French turban, 10 al
ways boon. The new felt bonnets
are beautifully soft and fine. and dyed
In al the autumn shades. both dark,
pale and neutral. to match street cos
TUNES. Some are in princess shape.
others with small coronets. or In the
nat style Of the new English capote,
which reveals all Of the waved or
Aufly uaass Of hair over the forehesd.
Some Of the crowns. low at the back.
are pinched into q few soft folds. thus
taking away the plain, straight look
usual to these shapes. Fancy figured.
mottled, heather-mixed and checked
1elts-ar shown. to Be worn with tailor
Duite Qf similar nattsru. IN. Y. Post
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-08
UNIQUE COMPARISONS.
The Number Of Vibrations Made by . Wate
In the Course Of Year.

The Number Of Vibrations Made by . watch
in the Course Of Year.
The balance wheel OF quick train
watch makes I've excursions (vibra-
tions) every second. 800 per minute,
$50, 900 per hour. .432. 900 per day. which
givesus the enormous sum of 157, $50, 40
per year. Each vibration of the balance
OF q properly constructed watch
consists Of II revolutions. II bicycle
with q 60-inch wheel was propelled at
this rate the rider would cover mile
In 53} seconds, nearly 81 miles per
hour. moro than 1,604 miles per day,
or $50, 1851 miles per year.
Now, pause moment and think what
condition your wheel would be In II
you attempted to ride it $50, 716} miles
without occasional repairs or even
fresh oil! Yet this Is precisely what is
expected Of . watch. 1t is to be hoped
that wheelmeu will have moro respect
for their watches after reading this.
The smallest screw in watch has
220 threads to the inch aud Is so minute
that the threads are not visible to the
naked eye. Indeed. one can hardly
be distinguished from speck Of dirt,
except by using powerful magnify
ing glass.
II We convert our 60-inch wheel into
these tiny screws, of which 1t takes
25S, 40 TO weigh pound. we shall
havs 1898. 200 screws, worth about
$50, 900. Let wheelmen not. complain
Of the cost Of machines hereafter.
But the above Is mere tribe when
compared TO what the value would be
II made up into hsir-springs, which.
whom Of the best quality, are worth.
when fitted to watches, e29. AGA per
pound. In this case your wheel would
become worth the snug little sum OF
$1.S65. 220, and Il the wire used to
make these springs was drawn out into
one continuous piece 1t would take .
pretty good rider to travel from end to
end in day. for the distance would
be 116 miles. -Wheelman' Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-08
A STREAK OF BLACK.
fnvArIahIe Bule BY which TO Detect q,
Presence of African Blood.

At O0{0D4
Prssencs of African Blood.
Captain O. c. Terry has an almost
exhaustIess fund of quaint or unusual
stories. incidents or information at his
command. Most Of his stock he has
gathered in his own varied experiences
and observations. Let him lean back
in comfortable arm chair and get his
thoughts turned toward "reminiscences
and he is sure to interest his auditors.
He was born and grew to manhood in
Tennessee, when the institution of
slavery was in its prime. He grew up
to believe 1t wrong. his mother instill-
ing the belief into his mind from in
fancy.
but l saw enough Of slavery myself
to set me against it, said the Captain
few days ago. In speaking of this
period Of his career. "In several in
stances saw slave children sold whose
veins contained 80 much Of their mas
ter's blood that their skins were with
out tinge of the African color except
in the invariable stripe down the spinal
column. Such things as that we're 20
plainly and horribly wrong that /
needed no teaching in order to know
it. Between selling human beings Who
were partly white and those entirely
black, 4 some way oouldn't find any
line where the wrong ended and the
right began.
sWhat do mean by the stripe down
the spinal column Why. / supposed
you knew the presence Of African blood
in any person. NO matter how slight
the proportion, can be Instantly de-
tected BY . dark line along the spine.
Even IN octoroon, with complexion
and features purely caucasian, invaria-
bly, has this line Of dark. Il il q never
failing proof Of mixed blood. The mark
IL not always black. but Il considers
bly, darker than the rest Of the surface
Of the body.
Since you didn't know that PER-
hape yen don't know that = colored
child & - birth = = light ooaored =
. white one. You Wculdn't notice anv
diherence in The color as al. IN three
or four hours after birth the Slkin BE-
gins to turn dark, and in short time
becomes - black q the child b de-
tined 70 b durins it. lifes ~ Indianap-
oils News
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-08
PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

Figures can't lie. but lies figure
quite extensively in almost all statis-
teal articles. Boston Transcript
"A new play is entitled: Tho
Headless Man" Another opportunity.
perhaps. for brainless actors. Chicago
Herald.
Pupils at the school of politics
learn the arts of paving the way to
Office and the drainage OF the public
treasury.--N. o. Picayuue.
Wife (who never lets her husband
forget that she is doing the housework)
my poor hands have been working
ever since I've been married" Hus-
band-.I know your poor tongue has,"
Epoch.
Tommy" said mother to her
seven-year-old boy. '.you must not in
terrupt me when I'm talking with
ladies. You must wait till we stop,
and then you can talk" but you
never STOP" retorted the boy.
Ibid you take me for fool when
you married me?" cried an angry hus-
band, in the thick of domestic quar-
rel; to which the wife meekly re-
sponded: mo. James. / did not; but
then you always said / was no judge Of
character. IN. Y. Ledger.
Said physician. Good health
demands that the mouth be kept closed
while asleep" We have known in
stances where q mans health would
have been materially improved If he
had kept his mouth closed shut while
awake. Burlington Free Press.
-Enamored swain-"ror you darl-
ing, 1 wad lay me doom and dee.'"
Practical maiden-"rhat sort of thing
Is clear out OF date. Willie. What a
girl wants nowadays is man who will
get up and hustle for her. "-Terre
Haute Express.
Down to hard facts.--Testy old
gent-"Huh! Do you think you can
support my daughter in the style to
which she has been accustomed"
Young suitor-.Well, no; but can
support her in the style to which her
mother was accustomed good many
years after she married you" Old
gent (subdued) Take her. my son,
and be happy. Y. Weekly.
-Baldheaded and very homely old
gentleman to photographer = '.Drat
such pictures. Can't you make me
look any better than that after five sit
tings?" Photographer Thoroughly
exasperated) IL think can, sir, il
you will allow me to take the back of
your head. 1t hasn't SO much express
sion as the other side, but it's blamed
sight prettier. Burlington Free
Press.
--Snagsby, in his Office ito trim look
ing book-agent)-"We don't want any
OF your blarsted literature here. Git
outr' Agent thought you might
want copy Of How to be Happy.
Though Married" Snagsby-'.Hold!
TIL stibscribe for my wife. She's been
wanting that book these ten years."--
brakes Marazine-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-08
BINGO'S AIR CASTLE.
The Story Of the Romance Tha'
the Twins Discovered.


ScENE.-The schoolroom at the house
Of MacTavish. Time-Five o'clock on
blazing July afternoon. Enter Tam
my and Joe. christened Thomasina
and Joseph. twins. aged nine years,
and youngest members Of the family Of
MacTavish. They promptly take up
their abode behind q screen, from
which underground they watch the
other inmates OF the room with looks
Of intensest curiosity, coupled with
derision.-
Seated In low rocking-chair lounges
the prettiest girl, bar one, in all Stony
shire. And before her stands, arms
akimbo and hair disheveled. young
man named Johnny, who considers the
aforesaid girl to be the prettiest, bar
none, in all the three Kingdoms.
10, Aliciaw he says, admiringly, as
she holds up her pretty hands to dis
play ring upon the third finger OF
her slim left hand. 10, Alicia!''
Johnny" she says. decisively. "if
you say %, Alicia again shall take
this ring of at once. Do you hear,
sir? / shall take it of at once; and,
and"
And then you will put it on again."
he remarks quietly. with an air OF as
surance that makes her laugh in spite
OF herself. For Alicia knows. and she
knows that Johnny knows, that of all
things in this wide world she, Alicia,
loves rings better than any thing else.
''You remind me-" she says. pres
emily, "of certain poet who wrote q
play in which came line:
"Oh, Sophonisba! Sophonisba, ohr"
on hearing which one of the audience
groaned:
"'oh Jimmy Thompsoni Jimmy Thompson,
''Whereupon there was an end Of he,
! suppose" says Johnny. totally un-
moved by the poets fate.
II do not know. He was not he
that ! have heard much about. Be-
sides, who cares about a dead poetp |
l." with a fascinating smile-"I pre-
fer a living-Johnnyr'
20. Alicia" in rapturous tone.
20. Aliciar' groaus the mockinp
echo from behind the screen, where
upon johnny. dashing around it,
catches both criminals by the hair and |
drags them forward, looking red and |
happy.
snow. imps! how long have you
been hiding there?" he asks, sternly,
- remembrances OF various tender and |
lilly speeches rise to his mind.
THAT is not your business, says Joe,
aggressively.
''Only a short time" murmurs Tam
my, ''but we have enjoyed its much"
Thank you so much for such .
pleasant afternoon" adds Joe, with q
grin. which for combined wickedness
md joy battles description.
Little wretches!'
Children" says Alicia, languidly,
go to bed Immediately"
The culprits exchange chances of
alarm and penitence-the penitence
hat arises from conviction that after
ne playing comes the paying. And
hen. with . sudden change Of front
hey assume pathetic and innocent ex-
'ressions. ~ OF kittens who wonder
vhy boys and dogs do not chase each
'ther instead Of chasing them.
Sister" says Tammy in beguiline
ones, do not send US TO bed and we
I'LL tell you all about the other couple"
what! Who?" Alicia is wide
wake.
TELL me all about it, Tammy. You
re . dear. good child. Tell me at
nce what you mean.'' Il
"Bineo, " cry fanny and Joe in one
rsatA 4
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-08
The hangman.s Stone.

There are numerous large powders
In different parts of England, which
have received the name of "HAng-
mans Stone' in consequence Of :
legend which attaches much the came
story to each. There were two fields
in the parish Of Foremark, Derbyshire,
called the great and the little hang
mans stone. from the powders which
they contained. In the former there
was stone FIVE or six feet high, with
an indention running across the top of
it. This peculiar mark was explained
by the tradition that once upon a time
a thief, having stolen sheep, placed
his booty on the top Of the stone while
he rested, but it slipped on and
strangled the man with . rope which
tied the sheep to his back, the inden-
tation being made by the friction OF
the rope passing back and forth In the
struggles Of the dying man to extricate
himself. Notes and Queries.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-08

The toll keeper has the interest Of
the town at heart When a circus
passed over the bridge the other DAY
he let the elephant 60 free. s'for," said
he Il considered the town and didn't
charge any thing for him, 20 that n
any accident happened in crossing. the
town wouldn't be In for IL. "--Eastport
(4e.) Sentinel
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-08

<AioAonuer Mdc1dvlSn, known from his
youth up, and without rhyme or rea-
son. as Bingo. is just twenty-four years
OF age. broad-shouldered, blue-eyed,
and as well set up as any young fellow
north OF the Tweed. A kindly heart
interpreted by these same blue eyes, a
ready hand and silent tongue are the
chief characteristics which impress
those who meet him casually. And
only they who know him we'll and init
mately are aware that beneath the
quiet unruffiedPurface there exist UNI
fathomed depths of self-respect and
self-reliance. Left at eighteen head of
the house OF MacTavish, and sole pro-
tector of the seven boys and girls who
look to him for food and guidance, he
early learned the lessons of self-contro!
and reticence. His brothers respect
and love him, and even saucy Alicia
(though she would not own to the
fact) behaves rather better and with
more decorum in his presence than in
his absence. He never asks himself
fnconvenieut questions about the
growth Of his character; self analysis
is foreign to him, but year by year he
pursues the same quiet and consistent
life. and meanwhile his virtues flourish
and grow strong. A certain shy def
erence In his manner toward women
causes them to regard him kindly. but
those who smile as they notice how he
avoids female society are far from
Ruessing that In his Utmost heart he
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-08

that horrid Mr.. Trelawney, whom I
can not endure. She has left me in
peace the last month because she thinks
that Mr.. Bingo likes me- And l do
feel so unhappy ABOUT it all. Wolfrath.
come to me! do come to me!''
This is all very we'll, Miss Effie! All
the world knows that when two young
people determine that in spite of all
opposition they will marry each other,
they are sure to obtain their hearts
desire. Therefore, in spite of all your
present woes, Isay that's all very well
for you, and also for the long-legged
Uhlan. though at this moment he is
existing in a state of deepest gloom
because he can not obtain foreign leavs.
But how about Bingo? Has he not
also his hearts desireP Is he too old
to indulge in that blissful pastime en-
titled castle-building? And is it not
hard that his fabric should be shattered
in order that you may mount little
higher by aid of his goodly pile of ru-
inse 1t is not too late even now to
confess all to him. and you know that
he will forgive you for the pain you
have caused him.
But at these prickings of conscience
Efie only buries her face q little deeper
in the pillows and cries yet more,
moved thereto by an overwhelming
and enervatirg sense OF self-pity.
The summer days pass by. and
autumn frosts set the woods on fire-a
fire of color without heat Still Bingo
builds his airy castle. adding tower
upon tower in the golden light of H.
fusion. And still Mrs. Maitland blows
the loud trumpet OF her own great
and good deeds. turning the while a
deal ear upon the low, piteous sobs
which echo each night in her neice's
room and refusing to be touched by the
mute unhappiness Of the white little
lace that Is turned each morpipg 20 !
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-04-17

special notifications under which con-
seriousness is manifested"
But in drunkenness the powers OF dls-
mination-impression, sensation, per-
ception-are paralyzed by alcoholic an
sesthesia. as also are the faculties OF
Judgment and memory. Reasoning Is
impossible, for the data of conscious
ness are dim, imperfect, or altogether
absent.
In man quite unconscious from alco-
bol the revival of the senses, and an APP
proach towards a resumption OF their
uses, are very gradual In its primary
stages this resumption is very indefinite
and unsatisfactory. The first glimmer-
ings of sense are not attended by a right
perception of things; and, indeed, it IS
impossible to indicate any point In the
process of regaining the state OF natural
consciousness where the convictions OF
a mind can be trusted, where, in truth,
its knowledge is accurate and its conclu-
sions are just. There is, in fact, no true
"self-recognition." The same principle
holds good in tracing the progress OF an
individual under the influence OF liquor
dolcnaodrd from condition of pure con-
seriousness to one Of lumpish and insen-
safe stupor. The very first drink throws
haze around consciousness, for alcohol
campers with the data essential to It's
brightness and perfection.
The transition from the physical to
the mental is the secret The point OF
junction where the physical movement
ceases to be physical, and where mental
knowledge-no longer Psychologists,
is the delicate and ethereal subject that
has absorbed the best efforts OF the hui
man mind for ages. To accomplish the
best work in this transference OF tho
functions OF the mere material body to
the spiritual and immaterial qualities
of the soul surely demands the aid OF
the physical organism IN its freest and
brightest perfection. Alcohol is an in
superable obstacle TO this work.
What are the physical movements that
lead up to consciousness? Take an
act of perception, G. g., that OF the face
of friend.n says E. A. Washburn, in
Princeton Review. I'VE find there steps
in the process; the Impression received
Dy Lne SenSlblNc HSulbiHho' eHS N."nS
mission of the stimulus through the
nerve fibers; and last, the conscious per-
ception in the brain" But in drunken.
ness the membrane is no longer nor
mally sensitive, so the impression is
misleading; the transmission" is in
complete, for all the nerves are torpid
the conscious perception" is cloudy, for
the brain is in state of partial paraly'
sis. The consciousness thus developed
must be unsound.
Alcohol in small quantities will
render consciousness dim, feeble and
unreliable In larger portions it will
disorganize the powers of conscious
ness, or will totally wreck and destroy
tit l.. Wright, NJ. d., in Journal o.
| Innhriafv
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-04-17
Keep a Clear Head.

1t is worthy of note that the two prin-
cipal labor leaders in Europe and Amer
ica-Burns in England and Powderly in
the United States-are advocates OF tee
totalism. Burns neither drinks nor
smokes He is a member of the London
County Council. He is n trained ath-
lete and leading cricketer. His phys
ical health and clear head enabled him
to bear up under the fearful strain OF a
months strike and conduct hundred
thousand men to victory. One OF the
most distinguished journalists in Amer
lea said not long since that when he
started in his profession he began, as
many othors did, by taking frequent
alcoholic drinks and ale and beer with
his luncheon. II had laid out a great
deal of work for myself in my life" he
said. II soon found that If / accom-
plished it l must give up this drinking,
and / did so. The other boys-those
who started with me and kept up the
drinking habit-are now nearly all dead
or broken down" This is the testimony
OF one who, though middle-aged, proba-
bly, can still do more writing in an hour
and stick to it more hours than any
other journalist living. tits indeed the
universal testimony that he who rises
from the ranks. whether in a trade or
profession, is the man. who keeps his
head clear and his nerves steady and
strong BIZ Temperance. II at the same
time he can manage to keep a sunny
temper, his chances for success arc
doubled. City and Country.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-04-17
AN ARIZONA WONDER.
One of the Greatest Curiosities in the
United states.

One of the Greatest Curiosities in the
United states.
Natural Bridge, on Pine Creek, in the
northern part of ella County, is one OF
the greatest natural curiosities in tho
United States, equaling If not surpass-
ing the Natural Bridge OF Virginia.
It spans the creek at a height of about
200 feet, and the walls Of the canyon
rise above it on either side 700 or 500
feet and on one side form perpen-
dicular precipice. The bridge is OF
lime formation, and the inside of the
great arch, which is some $50 feet
across, is worn by the water as smooth
as though chiseled by the skillful hand
of stone-mason. The arch on top is
nearly, if not quite, 400 feet in width,
1000 feet in length across the canyon,
and at the thinnest part only six feet
through. About the center of the arch
is a hole large enough to admit the
body of a man, and though which one
can look~Sswn into the crystal pool OF
water 200 feet below.
The dixie which forms the bridge ex-
tends in a sweeping curve up the right
side of the stream, and, together with
the bridge proper, affords surface area
of about 100 acres of fertile land,
which David Gowan has converted into
a fine farm. A spring issues from the
right side of the canyon at height
to admit of the water being easily con-
Quoted to any portion of the farm, and
the volume is great enough to fill a
ditch four feet wide and two feet deep,
and to irrigate much more land than is
available for civilization. The climate
at the bridge is exceedingly equable,
being warmer in summer and much
milder in winter than that of the sur
rounding country, and to this fact is
ascribed the wonderful variety of vege-
table growth, numbering some $50
species of trees, shrubs, vines and
plants. The vicinity abounds in nu-
merous fossils and shells, and wherever
moisture percoIa tes through the calcare-
GUS rock beautiful stalactites are
formed. Underneath the bridge are
numerous caves, some o. which have
never been explored and which are
lined with those Opaque cones resem-
bling huge icicles.-Boston Transcript