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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13
Notice OF Final Proof.
LAND OPrrcE At NEW ORLEANS, La.
August H. 1870.

LAND UFFICE NJ INV VHtstss1<ss, h1~ss Z
August IL, 1870.
Notice Is hereby given that the foliow-
ing-named settler las filed notice OF his
intention TO make final proof IN support
Of his claim, and Il at said l'ronf VIII be
made before the judge. or in his absence,
the ERIK cf the district court, Mt Coitsix,
La, on Monday, Sel.tembef 20, isso, VIZ
Joseph b. Lewis
who made adj farm homestead entry No.
G739. for the . Or ne or and ne at Sc qr sec
St 6nrl LII. mer.
He,mines the following Witnesses to prove
his cont nurus residence upon md cuttiva-
toin If, said land. viz: 4. Is. Coleman,
Thomas Roberts, VIM. Wagner, = w.
Reyes. CHAS. y. PAs.r hEi
pfs7 Register.
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lfl3a3lIl3|

Alter ten years exclusive sale, can now %
obtained Of ali Druggists and Dealers n nsa s.
cines. II CURES-take notice mot simply helps
Sns CIJRES LIVER COMPLAINT
1iliousness and Dyspepeia. ~
Is strictly vegetable preparation ana VII
CIJRE MALARIA, and all MALARIAL troubles.
DR.. s. II. Wise, Of Boston, Ky; says:
"Hsve practiced medicine Is years, and ma NO
equal 10 fIERBrSE as a Liver Regulator"
DR.. w. A. Baker, Of Madison, Fla, says
"a bottle of HEaBISE is worth more tnan
$500 worth of Quinine in any family
Acting on the Liver In different way from
any other medicine; it l. positive cure for
Chronic Constipation and Is cheaper tnan si, -,
guarantee TO cure any case OF Chills and fever
or Billions Fever with one bottle.
II costs but IS cents and each bottle con-
tains over 40 average doses. making. the cost
less than two cents dose. Would you AK AK
for cheaper medicine II is not cure-all: But
will curc any Liver. Bilious or MolA'
rial Complaint. Manufactured by
The Herb11ae Co.
(successors to VIM. Condell.) -. LOUIS mo-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13
Registration Notice.

The Registration Books of the Parish OF Grant
are now open for the purpose of registering al
10 change their voting precinct. i will be at the
following places ON the dates speclheo;
Coifax. until September ~. 1870.
Paramount September Y.
Bacdad september y.
Bruce's Mill. September ~
Farcioth. September "a
Cottonburg. September ~
Tracy's, October 2.
Fishyille, October 3.
Pine Hill October q.
Union October 4.
Buckeiew's October 10 and II.
Iaft Church. October IL and IL.
New Hope October H..
Montgomery. October II and ls'
Snmmcrfield October 20. -.
TIE hooks will then be open at Colfax from
October 81 until November 3D.
Keep in mind the days and come on. o an1 res-
Registrar Of Grant Parish; La
M FLETCHER, Clerk
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13

O ,ininc racks the nerves. Z. Z. =;
c.rr in chill cure racks malaria and
chills. M cure, no pay. So'" y! o.
nj l.,croiy,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13

Tie poison you put out tor your
neighbours dog will Kill your own
can ne if Re eats 1t.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13

TIL, ith quarterly meeting Tor A'a ."
cult will he held With frospe'' o"
the Il ut Sunday in OCTOBER.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13

Tn , eolored people have neari! COM
pletsd their new church at Sm''hne'o' anu
!, w;lI be ready for use in few days
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13
Lands For Sale.

40 acres-South-e ast or of the northeast or OF
- ~ tovnship north range west.
NJ s-North-west or northeast or sectionb D,
toxnst,ip nerth. range west.
~ acres-East hf Of the northeast or OF sec IL
township north, range west.
a. .,.r,s-North hf vi the nor Invest or of sec 80.
township north. range west. =,
10 acres-South-we or of southeast or sec Il,
township north. range west.
Observation-Disclosures or OF southeast or OF sec %
township north. arIlge west. -,
These lands are all unimproved. ana VIII Dc
soId in bulk, or in single tracts rs above oe.
scribed. For terms and conditions apply al
T,,nnS,c, nt.;ce 70 H. g. GOODWIN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13

LIST OF JURORS.
Drawn to Serve at the Term of the District
Court to be Held on the 22d Day
of September. A. D. 1890.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF GIANT.
Be it known and remembered that We
the undersigned jury commissioners OF the
parish Of Grant. duly appointed and quail
fled according tn law. met this day III tho
clerks Office in the court house at Colfax.
Grant parish, IT, draw n iury to serve at the
next tern Of the District Court, to be
holden ON the 9Th Monday Of September,
1850. it being the 22d day Of September,
A. u. 1880
The clerk Of the court S. Il. Shackelforsl,
then furnished the jury commissioners with
a Ii. I of the Jury who had servednt the last
term If the district court when the jury
commissioners with the assistance of the
clerk 1T the district court, and examiner"
member If the jary commissioners, pro,
crssl,sl tn open the gel erai sci.ire box si'd
revisin. the same by striking from the u I
AMI fixing from the box, AL III 'se who had
served rs iur.rs at the last term Ut tbs
cont. r. moved from the parish, tied. etc. !,
Il Len proceeded to replace n like nri'''@r at
nnm.s in the general venire box, taken
from the rgistration and poll books OF
said parish so as 10 supplement- the nu'n',cl
of pMlnss taken fiom the gem sssl vcnire
box T., its original number. three hundred
when Mr.. &. II isal drew from the gener'
al veuire b.,x. in the presence ut the uni'.r'
sig,,d commissioners. ON NJ y tune. tae
i.llowi. fly i,anics to s i've ior the nrS'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13

Canada claims to be larger by
500 )OO square miles than the
I'm ted State, including Alaska.
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FOR THE BLOOD,

FOX "a
Weakness. Malaria, hndIses'i"" "''N
yiliasness. take u,y~rEus.
=. o,ras as,ickly. For sale by ali dealers IN
MEDICINE. Get the genuine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13

The above eighty names were written o"
se,arat4 pieces Of rater aud by the jury
commissioners, together with the clerk,
the iirst fifty names were plnced in nm en-
yeloue ami scaled and endorsed on the
same. "Jurors drawn for the first week OF
the September term Of the District 'sonr!'"
and the last thirty nan,es drawn were also
ulare,l in a separate envelope by the lnry
com m issioners and marked, Jurors drawn
for the second week Of the September term
of the District Court, aud said envelopes
were then sealed and placed IN the jury b"x,
the box sealed. locked and then placed in
the custody of =. b. ShackelfOrsl, clerk OF
the District Ccmrt, for nse ut the next term
of the Court The said =. b Shackeitorsl:
clerk of the District Court, did th'n AMI
there in onr presence ke p process yc' bal
Of all t.le acts done by said commissioners
| in said drawing, which we certify to be cur
rect by our signatures. this the 10th d y oi
.Julx, 1880. F.E IAY~SARD.
H.G. GOODWIN.
&. ~. TEAL,
B.H PHILLIPS.
Jury commissioners
! rSEAL.1 s. b. SHACKELFOkD.
Clerk and Ex- Ofilsio Jury Commissioned
Parish Of Grant. La.
Filed July 10, 1880.
a tue copy ". L. suAcKELroRD.
Deputy Clerk.
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d; ,tr,ct court, Monday, Sept. I'D.
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LOCAE DO t :

Cotton is coming in lively.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13

HAS NO EQUAL and fully warranted to increase capacity
The only Saw Mill existence that will work
with only horse power Five sizes are made 600 to
feet per day. and feed be varied from l6 to y inches ~
rnu or anywhere between the two points mentoned anu
that without sawyer changing his position or even removing
his hand from the feed lever -. .u
send for laroe illustrated catalogue of Saw Mills Corn and
1,n Mil, I'm Turbine Water Wheels Mill Gearing, Etc.
The DeLoach champion Saw Mill Dog has 70 equal
nth s75 and costs nothing with DeLoach Mill
WIZ = - - DrI,OACH MILL MFG CO.,
36l to s73 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-13
Cotton Skinned Free Of Charge.

cor A MONTH and board for 3 young men
NM or ladies' teachers or students IN each
connfv- Address AM F.RlcAN PNh Co,
uug2 $3.50 Fairsnount Av, fhiia' "a.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16
If This Old World Turned Round

If this old world of ours turned around the
other way,
Would there be more of joy in store than we
may find to-day;
Would all the cares that fall across the weary
hearts of men
And all the sin and all the grief be quite for
gotten then;
And would the glad and gracious dreams we
sometimes dream come true,
And skies darkly clouded now lie one
eternal blue;
Would all our cherished ships come in that
tides and winds delay
If this old world of ours turned around the
other way?
If this old world of ours turned around the
Would faith and doubt play in and out our
changeful hearts for aye;
shine Eee and a1d S9e bebS hoy and grief
Could we not clearly choose between foeman
and a friend;
Would roses sweetly blossom without the
cruel thorn
And lilies in the heat of noon retain the dew
Would there be softer music in the babbling
brooklets play
If this old world of ours turned around the
other way?
If this old world of ours turned around the
other way.
Still you and l would sadly sigh and all our
pleasures Slay;
We'd miss the tender beauty of the azure
summer skies
Because of self-made clouds we'd place before
our blinded eyes;
Wewould not prize the roses fair nor hear the
brooklet's song.
Each gracious gift that crowns the right we'd
forfeit with wrong.
We'd have the grief and Joy and doubt and
hope we have to-day
If this old world of ours turned round the
other way.
Chicago Herald
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16

There are an endless number OF
stories hinging upon the peculiariIies OF
the late Horace Greeley, most of them
having to do with his penmanship.
But we know next to nothing Of his
home life and what Mrs. Greeley did
with the great journalist. While living
at Chappaqua he formed the habit OF
taking guests home with him unex-
pectedly,' and, as may naturally
be supposed, much to the annoyance of
his wife. Thackeray told with glee
how he walked into the parlor after
the placid Horace, and how the journ-
alst tried to assure Il pleasant welcome
by greeting his better half with an
effusive smile. He had no sooner
dropped his hat on the center table
than she picked it up and threw it out
of the window, thus mildly expressing
her disgust. Having eased her mind
she saluted the distinguished guest with
becoming gravity and all was well.-
n. /. HcrGid
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16
NIr. ChiIds and Elsie Leslie.

G. w. Childs keeps in his private
office in the Ledger building in Phila-
delphia chest full of nice teacups,
says the n. Y. SIN. and it is Mr..
ChiIds' delight to present one of these
teacups to each distinguished visitor
who calls upon him. While little Elsie
Leslie was recently in Philadelphia
playing in THE Prince and the Pau
per" Mr.. Childs sent a request that the
little girl call upon him. Elsie went to
Mr. Childs' office, accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Lyde, and by Dora Les
lie. The little girl had only a dim
idea of who Mr. Chiids was She
gazed in amazement and pleasure at
his gorgeous office, and at the twenty
clocks of wonderful design whose tick
ing Mr.. Childs loves continually to
hear. Mr.. Childs explained all the
wonders of his office to the little girl
and her bright comments pleased her
very much. Finally Elsie said:
You don't look at all like l thought
you did, Mr.. Childs. l thought you
were an old man, with long, white
beardn
Mr.. Childs told Elsie that he was old
enough to be her grandfather. But
Elsie's remark about his age caused
him prodigious delight, and, when the
party came to take their departure,
Mr. Childs did what he was never
known to do before-he gave his dis
tinguished visitor two teacups instead
OF the usual one.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16
The Glory is in the Hat.

The glory of a WOman'S toilet is her
hat. To her it is dearer and of more
concern than even the fold, the texture,
the cut. and the make of her robe. Her
hat is the cynosure of the eyes of all
her female acquaintances,t the attractive
point which brings the gaze and criti-
cism of her gentle women friends.
Curiously enough, however, there is
nothing about her dress that is more of
a mystery to her From the tip of her
nicely-ftting shoes to the top of her
well-shaped hat the best informed wo-
man of the world knows more about
every article that goes to make up her
toilet than she does about the head
gear which, next to wOman'S hair. is
her true glory. OF course every wo-
man is aware OF the texture of felt
hat, but this article Is intended to
solve the mystery surrounding straw
hats.
What are women's straw hats made
of? 1t seems simple question and
yet it is not one that the ordinary wo-
man can well and truly answer. The
braids are all imported; many from
China. If l were to tell young lady
that the hat she wore was made of straw
from the plantation of the Emperor of
China, doubt if she would believe me,
and vet it is so. Some of the braid is
called Neapolitan and is wide and
coarse. The straw of what is known
as Neapolitan pearledge is found in
Chu Foo. 1t grows tall and the top is
fine and the bottom coarse, one stalk
thus giving two or more kinds of braid.
Venetian grows tall and is the opposite
of Neapolitan pearledge, whose base is
coarse, The top of the Venetian is
coarse and is called mottled braid.
The center is somewhat finer, and of
the stalks which are nearest the ground
is made the fine Venetian braid.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16
ETunchausen Loose Again.

The correspondent OF the Lewiston
Journal who sends this story says it
was told by a sewing machine agent:
''Gentlemen,' said the sewing ma
chine man, lone spring father and L
had Il sugar camp down in the edge
of the grove. About half mile
from us was a cornfeld owned by
widow, and this widow never picked
her corn clean. On the other side was
a man who owned blind SOW. She
had one pig, and they used to go over
into the cornfeld every day to eat
corn. Right in front of our camp was
creek. AT one place about forty rods
from our camp there was a tree felled
across the creek.
This was the only place that the
SOW could cross OF course the sow
could not see to cross on the log, so
the way they used to do was for the
old SOW to take hold of the pigs tail
and the pig would lead her across.
Well. one day we were sitting in front
OF our camp when the old sow and pig
were crossing the log. l said to ia
ther, Hand me the rifle and see me
cut that pigs tail off, 1 took aim and
fired. cutting the little pigs tail off
smack smooth. The pig ran for the
cornfeld, but the old SOW didn't know
which way TO 90. So father went over
and took hold OF the pigs tail and led
the old SOW clear into camp"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16
The Au-Gone Sensation.

A great many people are unable to
ride on elevator cars on account of the
feeling that their hearts and souls are
being pulled out of them when the ma
chine starts to drop. People with
heart affection are frequently forbid
den by their physicians to ride in the
cars, and it is disagreeable to thou
sands who ride in spite of it to save
time and legs in the big buildings of
the city.
A well-known lawyer, who has a
very level head at most times, admits
vator starts down, but claims to have
trick by which he avoids the all-gone
feeling. He is willing have it suggest
ed to his fellow mortals anonymously
and in no other way.
Il take long BREATH he said to
Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, sjust
as l step on the elevator, and hold it
with a tight pressure. Then, just as
the elevator begins TO sink, [ let it out
exactly with the motion of the car.
The quicker the car starts the quicker
and harder | press out the air, and I
don't feel as if my soul had flown out
of my collar; in fact, l can avoid the
least disagreeable sensation"
Another gentleman who tried the ex-
pertinent vouched for the results in his
case. Don't imagine that you have
to blow so that everybody else in the car
can hear you" he said. ''All you need
to do is to hold the breath tightly and
let it go noiselessly out the nose. [
think the sensation is due to the sud
den change of blood in the heart and
head, and the compression of air in the
breathing organs offsets that pressure
by reaction when the car starts
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16
a AselfPossessed Professor.

There is no man at Cornell University
about whom better stories are told
than Professor Hiram Corson, the
Shakespearean student and professor
of English literature, says the n. I.
SIN. He has a peculiarly slow, drawl-
ing manner of speaking. 1t happened
not so very long ago that Ithaca was
visited by very high wind that came
up suddenly during the night blowing
down trees tearing off the roofs of
houses and cutting up such other capers
rs are the usually accorded privileges
of high wind.
The professor was living in Casca-
dilla, the big dormitory. The first in
timation he and his wife had of the
hurricane was when one of the big
stone chimneys was blown over and
went crashing down through the sky
lights. The professors wife WAS in an
agony of terror and, getting up from
bed, began to make hasty preparations
for leaving the building, all the while
beseeching her husband, who had not
yet stirred, to come out and assist,
All at once, with frightful noise, the
great tin roof of the building was torn
off by the wind. With scream Mrs.
Corson said to her complacent spouse:
''Oh, Hiram, come, do come. The
last day has surely come"
And the only response she got was
the drawing inquiry:
What. in the nightP"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16
A Depraved Palate.

A Judge up in Utica, who prides
himself on his thorough knowledge OF
the grocery trade, had up before him
recently the case of a poor devil charg-
ed with stealing tirkin of butter. The
Judge was disposed to be lenient with
the fellow until the latter declared
that he had sampled all the stock i'll
the establishment before stealing this
particular frkin.
HIM; let me see the butterr' said
his Honor, forthwith applying some to
his lips. The whole courtroom watch
ed the proceedings with intense inter
est and saw the Judge make a wiry
face as he fairly shouted:
Twelve months!;
Twelve months" said the prisoner
counsel; what for?"
Total depravity, sir! [ ought to
have made it ten years at hard labor!''
-A72e3icG51 Grocer
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16
"stone that the Builders Rejected"

1t was in the billiard-room of the
Union League Club, and the topic of
conversation was Millet's '.Angelus.n -
Il never hear that artists name" said
an old gentleman gloomily putting his
cigar, without realizing that L once
made a stupendous fool of myself.
Many years ago William Hunt, the
painter, came to me and said: why
don't you order picture from Millet
He is genius and poor man. He
needs money and his picture will be
worth double what you pay for it some
day Acting on Hunts suggestion, l
wrote to Miilct Offering him $500 for Il
picture. Five hundred in those days
was a good deal of money, and l
thought my commission to an unknown
French artist was rather generous. !
had forgotten all about the matter,
when nearly Il year later I received a
letter from Millet saying that he had
executed my commission, but that as
his picture was good one he thought
that [ ought to give him at least 500
for it. | felt indignant at what | con-
sidered his avarice. and wrote back
curtly that my order was for $500
picture, and unless he could accept
that sum he might keep the thing. A
month later he sent me word that he
had sold my picture for $1,000. A few
years ago that same work was bought
for $50, and when l think that
The Sower' was painted for me- and
that I lost it because | was too mean
to spend 500, l fee! foolish enough. -
N. Y Truth.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16
The Pocahontas Story Not a Myth.

The story of Pocahontas is absolute
ly true. Nobody doubted it until 1866,
when Charles Deane started the present
skepticism on the point. Henry Stevens
believed Smith implicitly, and he is the
greatest authority of our age. Before
| edited Smiths works l knew of all
this doubt, and l went coolly and wari-
ly into the matter, determined to find
out the truth. Bit by bit the evidence
accumulated, until the honesty of state
ment and high character of the Lincoln
shire Captain came out refulgently.
OF Pocahontas' existence and services
to the English colony no man doubts.
The question is, did she render this
peculiar service to Smith? No one was
present there but himself. Did he in
vent it afterwards? Was he a liar
generallyP Certainly not In my re-
print many greater hairbreadth escapes
than that are recorded in his life; and
in later Indian stories captive men
have often been saved from death by
Indian squaws. Such an incident is
almost commonplace. So. after most
rigorous test, | was happy to believe
that the Pocahontas story is not a
myth, like the William Tell one, but a
solid historical fact. = Prot. Edward
ATber an the AttengU7n.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16
LEGAL NOTICE.
THE STATE OF oH1o( Dlantha wilson, Pl'f.-

TUE sr.rP oF Ou1o) Diantha Wilson, Pl'h.
$500 f1o.,.U - VS..
l oi'"so Oo"n'S' o John A Wilson, Deft.-
TOHN A WILSON, residing in Washington
- Washington County, Pa. will take notice
that on the 21st day of March. 1S9J the above
named plaintiff Diantha Wilson, filed her pc
tition in the Common Pleas Court of Portage
County. Ohio, against him. alleging that de-
fendant has been guilty of extreme cruelty
toward her, and gloss neglect of duty for more
than three years last past, and praying that she
may be divorced from said defendant, and de-
creed the ustody and control of their minor
children and other relief.
Said petition will be for hearing on or after
six weeks from the date of this publication to
wit March 27th 1890.
SIDDALI & DCUTUTTT.
I126 5w SttCfnty IS for Pl'f.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16

claim having the largest stock
the coorng emphacaly
honored sight" We most positively assure you
your advantage patronage for
anything the line of Carpets and UphoeriDgs
selecting in essential
Floor Coverngreazing that only DO
retain confidence and patronage
will be advantage the
about to restrict their production in order
hhigher prices rule.
Babons Lnoleums ard Oil Cloths China
Mating Carpet Upholstering Stair Pads and
the line of Floor Coverings.
concusionWe appreciate the liberal and constantly in
creasing patronage extended and promise best
trusting that the future has much good
pleasant relations
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16

Antrim, n. H., with 4 population OF
1900 boasts of four nonogenarians
and twenty-five octogenarians. Twen-
5y-one OF these twenty-nine old people
are women.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-16

Just received, 8 SUPPLY Of the Late
Improved Standard and Domestic
Sewing Machines, in walnut and an
tique oak furniture are fine. Call and
examine ST IT. F. Thomrson's