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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11
A TURKISH DIooENEs.
A Laborer Who Preferred the Cesspooi to
Public Once.

A Laborer Who Preferred the Cesspool to
Public once.
There is reason to believe, writes DR..
Buckley, that, except in the supernat-
ural elements, the story of Arabian
Nights Entertainment has been paral-
lelled over and over again in the history
of Constantinople. One of the Sultans
not SO very long ago was in the habit of
going about like the famous Caliph
Haroun-al-Raschid in disguise. On one
occasion, passing a place where a man
was excavating cesspool, he heard
him say to himself in loud voice:
"Persevere, my soul, or will plunge
thee into deeper filth than this"
A few hours afterward an officer APP
preached the unfortunate man, and said
to him, ''Come with me-" Horror took
possession of the laborer, who, when
found by the officer, was dressed like q
gentleman, and was taking his ease 10
cafe. He tried to ascertain from the
person who had him in charge why he
was wanted; for some went into the Sc
cret place under the control of the gov
eminent and never came out, 1T no
satisfactory answer could be given.
After being detained for long time in
fearful suspense, he was at last brought
into the presence of a very high official,
and detained there. Finally he was
taken into the very presence Of the Sui
tan. The Sultan was astonished to see
the man, who had been covered with
filth short time before, so well dressed
and intelligent in appearance. He said
to him: "Are you the man whom saw
at work in cesspool?"
81 am"
slow is it that l find you dressed in
this way?''
IL am well paid for my work, which
is very filthy and disagreeable, and at
terward cleanse myself and take mine
ease"
''But what did you mean when you
said: Persevere. my soul, or I will
plunge thee into deeper filth than thisr'
The man trembled, knowing that at .
word his head might be smitten from his
shoulders. Speak! said the Sultan He
answered that man often says in anger
what his heart will not acknowledge.
but what dost thou mean?"
He hesitated, and the Sultan reiterated
his command: "What dost thou mean?
What deeper filth is there than that in
which thou dost work?''
He still hesitated. The Sultan assured
him that no harm should come to him,
and the man then replied:
my work was disagreeable, and l
was almost tempted to leave it when /
thought, Il am still free, am obliged
to fiatter no one; if give up this work
I may be compelled to take service
under the government, to live by fat
terry and falsehood,' and SO said to my
soul: sPersevere, or will plunge thee
into deeper filth than this
The Sultan, according to the story,
vas so pleased with this answer that he
gave him handsome present and al.
lowed him to go away ummolested--
Christian Advocate,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11
Prevention

Il better than cure, and people who are sub5ece
TO rhsumstisn. can prevent attacks BY keeping the
bloed pure and free from the acid wLich causes'
the disease. This suggests the use O. HOODS
oarsaparilla, internationally the best blood puri-
ner and which has been used with great success
for this very purpose by many people.
Hood's onrsapaFilla has also cured tnnumeraole
casos Of Rheumatism Of the severest sort, ~ 10
powerful erect In neutrAlizins acidity OF the
blood, and In enabling the kidneys and liver 70
properly remove the waste Of the system. Try u.
NIB. II you decide to take Hoods earsapnxiiiA
10 not BE- induced TO buy any substitute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11
PUNcENT PARAGRAPHS.


Nearing the Top-ssIs she great
actress?" 'sGreat? Well, guess. Why
that woman can afford not to lose her
diamonds."-N. Y. Sun.
81 don't believe in allowing domes-
tics to get the upper hand. make my
servant keep her placer" "You are
lucky. Ours never does TO more than
three weeks. American Grocer.
-ssWhen asked her to marry me she
began to shrink like-like a flannel
shirt That's an odd comparison.
What do you mean?' swell, it's true.
She got up all around my neck. Dem
crest Monthly.
-Pedestrian-ssWell, sonney, guess
I'll have my boots blacked, are you
ready?" Small Bootblack--''No sor,
I'm Reddy's brother, but kin shine 'em
up fer yer just the same. "-Binghamton
Republican.
81 have thought of one or two clever
things in my lifetime" said Willie Wish
ington, "but didn't say them.' '.Why
not?' st would have been such a dis
appointment whenever l opened my
mouth afterward Washington Post.
why, haven't been able to make
fire in the stove here all winter. 1t
doesn't draw" LandIord-ssSo? Then
it must have saved about $50 for you in
fuel. In such case I'm afraid III have
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11
Calculation ON = Potato.

Did you ever calculate the value of q
single potato on the basis that that sim
gle tuber was the only one left in the
world? That one would, of course, con-
tain within itself the possibility of re-
stocking the world with valuable ar
ticle of food If one potato would pro-
duce. when planted, but ten potatoes in
one years, the total product of that one
potato would be 10000, 600, 900. which
would stock the whole world with
seed. II the world were reduced to one
single potato, 1t would be better that
London or Chicago be blotted from the
earth than for that one tuber to be lost.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11
ADVICE TO GIRLS.

Come all ye girls who hope to wed,
And hear friends advice:
Before you leave your fathers home.
Think twice, think twice, think twice.
For as he Is before you tie
That sacred mystic knot,
So he will be in years to come,
When the honeymoon's forgot.
Some one said truly long ago:
AS young man treats his mother,
He will be sure to treat his wife
When the wedding day is over"
For as he Is before you tie
That sacred mystic knot,
So he will be In years to come.
When the honeymoon's forgot.
Then II your lover has home,
And In that home mother,
And IL for her no love he shows,
Just love him as brother.
For as he Is before you tie
That sacred mystic knot,
So he will be In years to come,
When the honeymoon's forgot.
And II he is a little wild,
His pledge he does not keep,
Sowing wild oats, perhaps he'll say,
But do not help him reap.
For as he Is before you tie
That sacred mystic knot,
So he will be in years TO come,
When the honeymoon's forgot.
Trust not his promise that he'll be
An angel for your sake;
For promises are like pie-crust,
And very apt to break.
And as he Is before you tie
That sacred mystic knot,
So he will be In years to come.
When the honeymoon's forgot.
Evolution may create
Great things from rough and rude;
But model husband you'll not get
From cross-grained, stuck-up dude.
For as he is before you tie
That sacred mystic knot,
So he will be In years to come,
When the honeymoon's forgot.
-Luella M. Stutzman, in Western Rural
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11

THoss of you who are weary and heavy
adeued with sickness and care, weighed
down with the infirmities that beset the
human system, can find the one thing nee.
bealtk. IN Sherman's Prickly Ash BitterA
Il iuyieoratea and strengthens the debili-
fated organs. aidD digestion, and dispels the
clouds arising from diseased liver.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11

We have received "No Trade Secrets -
Keep" and slittle bookthat we hardly know
how 70 name Il calls itself "FRuITs AND
T1urT TRHBs; Points for Practical Tree
Planters" The title Is altogether too mod
est To the reader it will not give notion
Of it, real value. It is chuck full Of practi-
cai information on fruit growing from the
highest sources, and just the information
one wants. We haven't space to tell what
It's like. We can only say, send for ms
6ook, for Stark BroA, Louisiana, NO., VIII
send 1t free to all.-FdrmeTs' Cdu.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11

. Tn least exercise tired me out. ] could
not get ND from my chair without feeling
dizzy. Ny food and drink distressed me-
Ny digestion was poor and my kidneys
weak. DIR. Bulls 6arsaparilla gave me-
back my health and strength. recommend
It to all my friends. Clarence Overton, Ia
Eayette, Ind
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11

Ten Minutes for Refreshments
Mr.. Newly-'I've brought you a glass
of milk, dear" City Bride-s'Oh! Jack.
know It must be bad, because it is so
white. Haven't they any blne milk
like we have at home?"-Leslie 5 News
paper.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11

Are precious scarce. Time tries the worth
Of man OF medicine Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters 10 Q thirty years growth, and
like those hardy ichens that garnish the
crevices Of Alsslka's rocks. u f1ourishes'
perennially. And its reputation has -
1irm 3 base Is the rocks themselves. No
medicine IL more highly regarded as rem
edy for fever and ague, bilious remittents
constipation, liver and kidney disorders,
nervousness and rheumatism.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11

OxB disagreeable thing about postage
stamps II that they are apt to get stuck on
themselveA -Binghsmto Leader.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11

An old beau was caught by his sweetheare
coIoring his hair, and y threw him into dyer
confusion. Siftings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11

THE tailor IL good fellow to have around
-he can always make some fitting remarks.
-Elmira Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11

How easy It looks when you are sitting q
the parlor window watching man on the
sidewalk shoveling snowl = SomervNe
Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11
SHE sNUBBED THE CLERK.

A Young Thing, but She Wasn't to BE Told
About Baby Carriages.
There was a little, young thing, with
childlike eyes and positively infantile
smile buying baby carriage She
might have been sixteen, but the smart
and painfully blonde clerk who was ex-
hibiting the vehicles for her was sure
that she was not yet out of boarding
school. She was in search of a very
particular sort of carriage-one that had
large canopy that worked up and
down like the top of buggy. The
clerk assured her that such baby car
riages were not only never made, but
that they would be undesirable The
young thing flushed at this, and in
formed the clerk that she had seen Just
such carriages, and that she considered
them superior to any other kind. He
would please, she hoped, permit her to
have her preference in the matter. The
dreadfully blonde clerk, somewhat
nettled that one so young should pre-
sumo to oppose his experienced taste in
baby carriages, carried the argument
still further, and after insinuatfng that
he had been in the business long enough
to know what was appropriate and
stylish, he suggested to the girl that her
mother should come and select her own
baby carriage.
sswhat do you mean? What has nv
mother got TO do with it?''
ssWhy," said the clerk, ssthe carriage
is for your mothers baby, isn't it?''
NO." responded the girl wife CURLY,
t0asiuO her head ne aho ev,ol<a ss;<,e ~.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11
Hoods
SarsapariIIa

Sold By all druegsts. q; six for =. Prepared only
by CT. HOOD 8 CO.. Apothecarfss. Lowell. Aass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-11

INV sAAN ROShNo Va oAAO -AoRRAklk
coat and drew forth purse. He held
it above the pressing throng
That's mine; my allr' the virgin ac-
cuser cried, reaching her simian finger
an amazing distance toward it.
Excuse me, madam, interposed the
guard. THAT must go with this ere
bloke to court, and you with him. There
will be perlice along presently. /
seed one come out of the saloon be-
yant." And sure enough, biue-coated
refugee from English tyranny now
forced his vigorous shoulders through
the crowd.
''Phat's this? Thavin', is it? know
yez well, he CALCULATED, grasping the
collar of the widely-fiapping coat.
Come along wild me!''
He took. the purse in his other hand,
which fourished the club of authority.
He dragged his victim through the jeer-
ing throng, down the stairs, followed
by the angular female, who stalked aft
er them like one of the Fates released
temporarily from the thread factory.
The squeaking increased and dwin-
died, the rolling began. Attended by
heat and humidity, the alert business
men, the wan woman, the baby and the
shawl FASTENED away, as if dreading the
vengeance of score Of irate trains,
which had been thus delayed by crime
and its punishment.
In the meantime, what had become
of the arrogance which had SO COM
pletely enveloped Arthur upon his en-
trance into the train? At the first
word OF accusation it had faded away
like tissue-paper suit in a tropical
storm. The four years rolled back.
Again he was barefooted boy at the
corners, afraid of his own shadow,
blushing for very shame of his own ex-
istence. He could not speak; his teeth
chartered from trembling; his face
famed as though those fork-like fingers
had raked it; the horns of his immacu-
late collar drooped. starchless, like his
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05
PIUTE PRINCESS DEAD.

Sarah Winnemucca, of tho Pfu 70 Tribe,
Dies In Nevada.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2S.-Capt C. C..
Warner, United States Indinn agent
for Nevada, has received a di:patch in
forming him of the death of Sarah
Winnemucca. the Piute princsss.
by her grandfather. Capt Truckee.
who piloted John c. Fremont across the
Sierra Nevadas to San Jose, Cal She
attended the sisters school mission at
San Jose and acquired fair kno Wedge
of the English language. Subsequent
1y she returned to her
tribe and acted as interpreter
when Gen. George Crook made peace
with the Northern Piutes, and
made arrangements by which the
reservation was established for the
Piutes and Welsars at Malhaur lake,
Ore. From Malhaur lake she accom-
panied Gen. o. o. Howard in his expe-
dition against the Bannocks in 1878.
and afterwards went east and lectured.
About two years ago she married
Lieut.. Bartlett, who was sta
toned at Fort McDermot and
went with him to Wyoming.
he was dismissed from the service and
Sarah returned west. Afterward she
married a soldier named Hopkins. who
accompanied her on a 1ecturing tour
throughout the east and spent all the
money she had made. He was q we'll
educated, handsome young man, but
an inveterate gam bier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05
HAVOC BY FIRES.

Lands in Kansas and Nebraska Ravagad
BY Fires.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct 3O.-The fol-
lowing dispatch was received this after
noon:
Lawyer Willard Bone, who has just
arrived from the western part of the
state. reports terrible prairie fires in
Gray and Ford counties. For miles the
Santa Fe train, on which he was a pas
senger, travelled at it's utmost speed
through a sea of fame, with every win
dow and ventilat II fiattened down.
From the train could be seen burning
farm buildings and stacks of grain and
hay, and people and stock fleeing be-
fore the flames
''Mr. Bone says there must have been
a number of human lives and many
head of stock lost in the vicinity of
Beaumont, Butler county. Thousands
of acres of grazing land were burned
over last night. fences destroyed and
stock burned or scattered in all direc-
tions.''
The following dispatch was later re-
ceived from Omaha: 'Great damage
been done in the last two days and
nights by an immense prairie fire which
has swept over the country south and
west of Arnold and Candy in Lincoln,
Logan and Custer counties. Thousands
of tons of hay have been destroyed
and many farmers who had not yet
threshed their grain in the stack have
lost their entire crop. Another prairie
fire swept over the Wood river valley
last night near Olax. doing serious
damage. It has entirely destroyed the
Kenebec ranch and two farm houses,
and burned crops and some stock.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05
Trade Report.

New YORK. Oct 3l.-R- G. Dun & Co. s
weekly review says: The improvement
in business continues 1t is greater
than before at the west considerable
at the south and is clearly perceived
even at the east Yet Encouragement
in some branches of industry is not less
but more apparent than before, evil
IDENTIFY because calculations have been
made upon more rapid and greater
increase in business than has been real
lied. Premature expansion in some
forms of production and of trade has
invited the usual corrective. and a dis
position exists which is SO general that
it might easily be misinterpreted.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05
MADAGASCAR MASSACRE.


French Soldiers Attacked BY Natives and
Destroyed.
PARIS, Oct S1.-The Petit Journal
publishes news from Madagascar of a
massacre by natives of French soldiers
forming the escort Of medical officer.
DIR. Beziat. chief of the medical staff
of the French colony at Subervieville,
was ascending the Betsibolka river, es-
corted by eleven native soldiers form
ing part of the auxiliary French force,
on his way to Majunga. when the party
was suddenly attacked by Madagas-
can bandits, who opened fire mp
on them from the river banks,
where they had ambushed them
selves SO successfully that the
French doctors party was right
under their rifles before the presence of
the bandits became known. The native
soldiers forming DR.. Beziat's escort be-
haved bravely and promptly returned
the fire They here, however, at great
disadvantage from the fact that. while
they formed a clear target for the
bandits. the latter were so effectively
concealed that the escort was only able
to aim at puffs of smoke and flame
from the bandits guns. The doctors
boat was kept going down stream as
fast as possible while the escort an
swered the bandits fire. DIR. Beziat was
one of the first to succumb. He was shot
through the body as he was emptying
his revolver at the natives hidden on
the banks AS he staggered and was
on the point of falling. second shot
him, causing him to fall into the river.
where he was subsequently dispatched
with assegais, thrown by the bandits
from their hiding places Eight native
soldiers were also killed. The bandits
plundered the baggage of the doctor
and took possession of everything port
able
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05
THE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE.

At Least Three Thousand People Killed
and Great Destruction of Property.
LONDON. Oct 31.-Dispatches received
here from Hiogo. japan, say that the
earthquake which occurred in tina,
country on Wednesday last destroyed
the towns of Nagoya, Gifu and Ogaki
All of the public buildings and most of
the smaller structures in these places
were thrown down. A fire which
started among the wrecked buildings
in Nagoya completed the work of de-
struction in the most crowded quarter
of the place.
It is estimated that the total NUM- Der
of persons who lost their life by the
disaster exceeded 5000. Many vessels
are reported to have been wrecked in
the vicinity of Hiogo. and during the
seismic disturbances the waters in the
lakes in the surrounding country were
violently agitated.
The various wagon roads are block
AIDED by the immense heaps of debris.
Traffic on the different railroads is sus-
pended and all the telegraph lines are
entirely Frustrated, thus shutting off
almost all communication with the de-
vastated places. In consequence full de-
tails of the catastrophe cannot be
learned for several DAYS to come.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05
FIVE MEN KILLED.

Collision the 500 Road I'm Minne-
GLENwooD, Mimi. Oct. 27.-At Thor
son station, eight miles east of here on
the 500 line. at $3.50 last night, as reg
ular west bound freight, in charge of
Conductor Copeland, was switching it
was run into by an extra west bound
going at a high speed, in charge of Con-
ductor Woodson and Engineer Smith,
completely telescoping the caboose and
filing five men and seriously wounding
seven others
The dead are: o. e. Holmes, travel
ing salesman for Seabury & Co., st.
Paul; Fred Rem, Conrad Prince, Brazil
Lyle and John Coffin, all of Monticello,
MINI.
DR.. Allen, of Glenwood, hurried to
the scene and, assisted by DR.. Bradley
and others, cared for the wounded.
Mr.. Holmes vas badly torn to pieces.
Fred Rem was probably roasted to
death, as he was found in the debris
on the top of the boiler.
1t is reported that the 500 company
has caused the arrest of Conductor
Woodson and Engineer Smith of the
extra, the blame appearing to rest on
them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05


He was just in from some town south
of the city. and he looked like it. when,
with his son BILL" he 'sarrove" at the
Hotel Hamilton the other day. In a
burst of confidence he shook hands
with Clerk Beck and informed him that
''Me and .Blr come in this mornin'
with some cattle. and we lowed we'd
see the sights. What's the cheapest
room ye kin give me an Bill? We
don't wcnt no style-jest like ye hev
fur yer own self is good 'nuff for MS;
Ell, 'Bll?'" ''Bill" bobbed his head
forward in pantomimic assent and
Clerk Beck informed him that the low
est price for two would be four dollars
day. Gosh, that's pretty steep!
They only charge one dollar a day at
our hotel down hum. But guess see
in as it's here, we'll go the whole hog;
Ell. .Bill?'" Again '.Bill' assented,
and the old man asked Beck: What
time is meals ready in this yer hotel?"
breakfast from 6 to 10, dinner from
IL to 2:30 and supper from $50, to $50, -
replied Beck. The old man waited a
moment and then shouted: Gosh,
goodness. BILL we won't have scarcely
no time to do nothin' but eat Toledo
Blade.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05
The Shaky Giants.

New YORK. Oct. 3O.-The rumor that
Richardson, Conner, Ruse and Buckley
will desert the giants to join the Amer
lean association clubs has awakened
a feeling of genuine anxiety among
the lovers of the game in this
city. Richardson and Conner, accord
ing to common rumor, will join the
Athletics at largely increased salary.
Rusie is said to have been offered So, 500
by the Chicago American. association
club. which is s.. 600 more than he got
from New York last season. Buckley,
one of the few men in this country who
can hold Rusle's speedy delivery. is
wanted by Chicago. too.