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Telegram-herald., 1891-09-11

h0st complexion powders have .
vulgar glare, bal Pozss.nPs - a true
hesanfiss, whose eiisets are lasting.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02

Count Won Moltke, the famous
German general who led his VIC
torious soldiers into Paris in the
Franco-Prussian war of 1866-67,
died in the city of Berlin on the
Oath of April, at the advanced age
of ninety years. He was hale and
vigorous up to within a few hours
of his death. Count Won Schlief-
fen, successor as chief of the gen.
eral staff, has published the fol-
lowing tribute: For fifty five years
the deceased belonged to the gen.
eral staff of the German army, for
thirty-one of which he headed it.
In that capacity has he not taken
a place among the foremost COM
manders Of all times? Thus has
impaired, not only to European, but
to that of all other armies charac-
ter, the preservation of which is
the arduous task now bequeaahed
to us"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
Montgomery High School.
MONTGOMERY. La. April %. Isl
Editor Collar Chronicle:


Editor Collar Chronicle:
You being president of the par
ish school board, and as such doubt
less feel great interest in educa-
ton and schools, / write to let you
and the readers of the CHRONICLE
know what efforts Montgomery is
making in the direction of educa-
ton. Our school has been so pros
porous under the skillful manage
ment of Prof. Majors it has stimu-
lated the good people of this place
and vicinity to move up in this
good work. The local board of
directors have secured the services
of Prof. Majors as principal for
the scholastic year beginning the
first of September next, and have
raised sufficient amount of money
to build new two-story school
building, all of which was done in
less than one week from the time
the question of a high school was
first agitated. We now have suf-
ficient money subscribed to guarau-
tee the undertaking, and to this
end building committee has been
appointed by the local board of
directors, with full power to pur-
chase a site for the building, to
/ make plans and specifications for
same, to contract with mill men
for material, and mechanics for
building of same, STIMULATING that
said building is to be completed
and ready for use by the first of
September next, at which time we
propose to be ready to open to the
public Male and Female High
School. We will offer all the facili-
ties for a first-class education that
any other place can. Our town
being situated on Red river, the
school will be- accessible at all
seasons of the year by boat, and is
also only ten miles from Cypress
station on the T. & p. railroad.
The locality is healthy one, being
situated on a high bluff. Board is
cheap, society good. Church SER
vices twice q week, Methodist and
Baptist, also good Sabbath schools
The prohibition law is strictly OBJ.
served. Under all these favorable
circumstances, Why should we moi
have, with a little effort and con
cert of action, a school at Mont
gomery second to none in the land
Thus far our seasons have beer
very favorable for farm work, con.
sequently our farmers are progress
) ing we'll. The health of our towI
and country is good, SO the doctors
report. Will write you again as oul
school progresses. CITIZEN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
j. TURNER
DEALER IN
General Merchandise
Piuevtl1e, La,


Has Just received Large Stock Of Spring
ard Summer Goods, which is To be sold at
a small margin above cost for cash.
The public are invited to call and exam
inc his large and we'll selected stock OF
DRY GOODS,
consisting of Dress Goods and Trimmings,
Fancy Goods, White Goods. adies' Cloaks
and Jackets. Jersies. Hosiery. Shawls and
Hoods. Balmorals, leans, Cassinieres aud
Flaunels, Linseys. Blankets, etc.
Mems and Boys BATS. and Ladies Trim
med Hats.
A large stock Of Boys and Mens's CLIO
THING. Special bargains are offered in
Boys and Meu's JEANS Clothing. which
were bought at u sacrifice.
A fine assortment of Boots aud Shoes.
Saddlery, Crockery. Hardware, Groceries.
Plantation Supplies. TRUNKS. Valises,
Towers celebrated Fish Brand" Of Slick
ers, and FURNITURE.
Agent for the Dupont Gnn Powder, the
oldest and best in America.
A carload If the celebrated MILBuRN
WAGONS will be received early in Octo
Der, the best on the planet.
Highest market price paid for Cotton.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
The First Step.

Perhaps you are ruL down, can't
eat, can't sleep, can't think, cant do
anything to your satifaction, aud You
wonder what ails you. You should heed
the warning, ECU are taking the first step
into nervous prostratioi. You need u
nerve tonic aud in Electric Bitters you
will tind the exact remedy for restoring
your nervous system to its normal,
healthy condition. Surprising results
follow the use of this great mel ve tonic
and Alternative. Your appetite returns,
good digestion Is restored, aud the
Liver and Kidneys resume healthy nc
fion. Try bottle. Price SO cents at
G. C.. NasI,'s store. b
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
secret Societies in Politics.

At the called meeting OF the Far
mers' Union, held at Prospect last
Saturday, for the purpose OF rec
ommending persons to the Cover
nor for appointment to the vacant
clerkship and sFeriffalty of Grant
parish, Mr.. Jas. Fletcher was en-
dorsed for clerk, and Mr.. Jas. NJ
gent for sheriff. In view of the
fact that the union is composed
largely of Republicans and INDIE
pendents, and is a secret organiza-
ton whose personnel is unknown to
the governor, its demands can
hardly be considered as sufficient
warrant for Democratic executive
to disregard the petitions of we'll
known party adherents. As in
dividual Democrats they are en-
titled to consideration, but as a
secret organization the union is no
more entitled to political recogni-
ton than the Masons, Baptists,
Methodists, or any other order or
peculiar sect.
The truth is, it is doubtful wheth-
er any secret order is in keeping
and harmony with our free Ameri-
can institutions. Secret bodies are
viewed with distrust all over the
world, and it is almost impossible
to disabuse the minds of those not
in these orders of a fixed prejudice
against them. How are outsiders
to know but that stratagem, spoils
and treason, the Undermining boy
colt, or the deadly assassin's knife
turks In each conclave? One thing
is certain, and that is, the aims of
the Masonic fraternity, as well as
those of the Farmers Union, can
be accomplished just as effectively
with open doors as in secret. And,
in this enlightened age Of freedom
and thought, intelligent unity and
concerted action, all need for Sc
cret conclave has passed. Such So
cieties may have served a purpose
in the days of feudal clans and ty-
rannic rulers, but that time has
passed, and especially here in free
America they are contrary to rea-
son and the right of discussion and
open controversy. The same pur-
poses and objects that the secret
societies have in view are this min
ute carried on more extensively II
not more successfully in the oper
work of the churches and the oper
agricultural, political and social or
CARNATIONS of the country.
For these reasons the sentiment
of the civilized world is fast crystal
izing against all secret orders, b
they Masonic, Alliance, Knight.
of Labor, Molly Maguires or An
archists. Whatever is good vii
bear the light of day and free ant
fair discussion, and all secret order
! are contrary and opposed to thu
I right of the American citizen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02

NOW OoAt8s april 6oSusj
Yesterday the die was cast and
the decision rendered which will
precipitate Louisiana into the
throes of the mightiest struggle in
which she has ever engaged. The
nightmare of corruption through
which the State has passed in the
year Just gone has cone to full
fruition in the decision that clothed
with judicial approval the infamous
scheme which was conceived by
private greed, brought forth by
Legislative corruption and nursed
by official fraud.
By this 'three to two" decision
eft parallel to its prototype-the
.:eight to seven" judgmentof 1879
the honor, the reputation. the NOR
atty, the political independence
and autonomy of Louisiana is
bound and as the prey of the lot
terry corruption fund, defenseless
save for the manhood and integrity
and stern determination of her
true sons that the infamous bargain
shall not be consumated, the de-
grading sale shall not be completed
This is no time for the weakness
of lamentation nor the helplessness
of regret. There is no time for
fearful reference to the might
have been," or vain repinings over
confidence betrayed. From now
on faction" is the word Let the
people of Louisiana show to the
world that though her Legislature
has become kissing and bye
word in the mouths of the nations,
though her courts have failed to bar
the progress of the corruptionist
with the sword of justice, there is
yet left enough of virtue in the
citizens of the Commonwealth to
refuse to share in the ill-gotten
spoils of the gambler, and to enter
into partnership with corporate
crime.
! Let past personal differences and
present private quarrels be forgot
ton. Let enemies become friends
and foes become allies. The State
has need of her sons in this her
hour of trial. Let the people re-
spond to the cry of their State in
this final struggle to maintain her
place in the sisterhood of free and
Independent States. Let them rally
to the standard of right and stand
shoulder to shoulder in defense Of
! freedom as citizens, of their repu-
tation as people, of their honor
as men.
| Men of Louisiana! Awake
Through every village and hamlet
and town in the State, in the moss.
hung valleys of her great rivers
by the still waters of her placid
bayous, through the rustling woods
of her pine-clad hills, let the fer,
cross be borne, until, from the hills
of the Arkansas line to the marsh
bordered gulf on the south, the
cry shall 60 forth in the voice of
people, aroused and determined
ITO your tents, oh! Israel"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
The Single Tax.
Editor Colfas Chronicle

Editor CoUssr Chronicle:
With your kind permission !
would like to call the attention of
your readers, and especially those
who carry at heart the public veal.
to the single tax matter which ap-
pears each week on the inside of
the CHRONICLE.
We are q conservative people;
oppose to innovation, and naturally
inclined to walk in the old beaten
track; think and act as our fathers
did, and to consider any man fool
or q crank, that proposes to disturb
the existing order of things. But,
in view of the great injustice and
poverty that abounds in all the
great centers of our boasted civil
zation, is it any wonder that some
thoughtful student Of political
economy, should have arrived at
the conclusion that there is some
thing radically wrong in the funda-
mental structure on which the
social fabric rests? The various
labor unions that are springing up
every where, the civilized world
over, show, too, where the shoe
pinches. 1t seems that the go
called curse of God, an the sweat
of thy face shalt thou eat bread,
has been reversed to: "ln the
sweat of thy face shalt thou not cal
bread" As Henry George, ouI
great and philanthropic leader, has
50 truely said: "In all lands, men
whose toll creates Astounding
wealth are pinched with poverty
and while advancing civilization
opens wider vistas and awakens
new desires. and the colossal for
tunes of the few are rising noun
| tain high, they are held down K
british levels, by animal needs"
This is as yet poor mans coun
try. and with economy, industr.
J and perseverance, none need sufel
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
President Grants Cabin.

The historic old log cabin in St
Louis county, which late General
and President u. S. Grant built
with his own hands, and with logs
cut and hewn by himself, is about
to be removed from its present site
and shipped to Chicago, where it
will be re-erected for exhibition at
the Worlds Fair. The cabin now
stands on an eighty acre tract OF
land about ten miles southwest OF
St Louis, and five miles west OF
jefferson Barracks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
Bucklen's Amica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rbeum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corms, aud all other skin eruptiOns, and
positively cures piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction. or money refuded. Price
CSC per box. For sale by C. c. Nash.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02

Mrs. Laura Hart, Beaufort. 8. c..
writes: A loathsOme form Of blood
poison was killing me. Ny appetite
was Lost, ms bonss aclsed. AID parta at
my fiesh seemed as ii It would come on
my bones. A friend brought me
bottle III B. b B. The sOres began
healing At once, aud wheu had taken
two bottles l surpriseJ s,y friends It
my rapid recovery.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02

Robertson & Jones, Jonesboro, Ark,
write: C. c. G. certain chill cure gives
universal satisfaction. Pleasant to
take. No cure, No pay. Sold by >.
". Lacroix.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
The MOUNT ZION
Male { Female College, Limited,
Six Miles North of
Montgomery. La.

We are cfad to inform our friends and
the public generally that We have secured
the services of PROF. e. q. HARRIS. A.
NJ, formerly Professor Of Latin and Mathe-
MATES ut Mt Lebanon University aud late
President Of the Agricultural College at
Calhoun, La, rs President of Mt. Zion
Male aud Female college
No expense will lie spared tn elevate this
institution To place among the foremost
Colleges Of the State.
The school il non -sectarian, bnt is directly
u,,der the watch uare of the Methodist
Protestant Church.
The location is peculiarly favorable t"
the successful operation of College Of
high grade and scholarly tone.
Holding the opinion that the true end
Of education is to elevate tise morals. de-
velop the physique and train the mind OF
tho pnpii. thus qualifying i.im rs a useful
and honorable citizen, we have Topped on
all useless expenses. aud reduced tue cost
80 minimum.
Good board IN private families. conveus
lent to the College, can be hat Tor ouiy
six to eight dollars per mouth.
Primary Department per mo. of 20 days 81 30
Preparatory and Classical e 2W
Collegiate and Normal :. :. ga "a
Incidental Fee per session leo
THUS the fetal ,st need not exceed ten
dollars per mouth.
The next session will commence October
2. 1890. We ask parents who have sons
and daughters TO educate to give us a
trial. Wiite for further information t.
Prof. G, ~ Harris. Preside It "f Coi'ege. "r
60 Rev. r Strickland. President Board
of Directors, both of Montgomery, La.
W. l. CORD.
Secretary Board of Directors.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
A Little Girls Experience in "a Lighthouse.

A Little Girls Experience ina Lighthouse.
Mr.. and, Mrs. Loren Prescott are
keepers Of the Government lighthouse
at Sand Beach, Mich, and are blessed
with daughter, four years old. Last
April she was taken down with measles
followed with dreadful cough and
turning into fever. Doctors at home
and at Detroit treated her, but in vain,
she grew worse rapidly, until was a
''mere handful of homes. Then she
tried DR.. Kings New Discovery and
after the use of two and half bot
ties, was completely cured. They say
DIR. Kings New Discovery is worth its
weight in gold, yet You may get q
trial bottle free at G. {. Nash's. 6
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
CoLrAX GRANT PARISH, La, SATURDAY, MAY 2. 1891.
The Supreme Court on last Mon

The Supreme Court on last Mon
day decided the lottery mandamus
case in favor of the lottery COM
pany, and now the matter will go
before the people. This is great
disappointment to the anti-lottery-
ties, and will precipitate hot and
bitter campaign, but we have great
faith in the honest masses, and be-
lieve that it will be finally defeated.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02

want, but as immigration begins to
pour in, our lands will rise as those
of other States have risen, and
as time goes on will pass into the
hands of the few, and after few
short decades, If industrial condi-
tions remain like they are, America
will fall in line and join her sisters
across the sea in raising nation
of slaves! For it has been con-
clusively demonstrated that whore
the land is owned by the few, the
masses pass into state of slavery,
more HOPELESS, more abject and
more degraded than that in which
the negro suffered before the late
war. No one claims, of course.
that we find thees humiliating con-
ditions any where in this section OF
country, but we have only to travel
few thousand miles, to reach
countries, and especially in the
populous wealthy cities, where
there are thousands of poverty
stricken beings whose condition Is
infinitely worse than that of the
negro in the early history of our
century. And there. towering
in colossal splendor above the
novels of these serving men OF
earth, we find the mansions OF the
rich, the Lords of Creation, many
of them living lives of dissipation.
sloth, and idleness, yet revealing in
wealth that even Cr@sus never
dreamed Of
The advocates of the single tax
hold that the ownership OF land Il
the great fountain head OF injustice
and opposition in all highly civil
lied countries to-day; that all men
have q common heritage IN tho
land, as they have in the waters.
the sunlight and the air; that .
man has no moro right to barter
and sell piece of land that God
has made than to barter and sell .
man that God has made, since the
lpractice OF the former inevitably
leads in time to greater evils tnan
the latter. They hold that all men
are entitled to as much land as they
care to use, but, that land Deing
the common heritage, those VINO use
it should pay into the public treas
ury the worth OF the natural OPP
portunites they thus monopoii5e 20
the exclusion OF others. Ihey claim
that this is the proper and iegiu-
mate way to collect money Lof
public service; that a tax on the
produce OF labor u . restr'ction
. that limits and encourages the
production OF all the good things
of life. 1t man builds a mouse
to shelter his family It y COCO
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02
A.. ma, e,r,v,,, h,v, h-<p made ..

Snug sstsis fortunes have heen made 81
work for M, By Anna Psgc, Aesiir
Texas. snd yno- Bopn. Toledo, Ohio
|Se~ cut. Oshcrs sre doing - veil Wh,
hot yous some earn over soO,uO .
kuonth- Ton csn do the Won and live
hi home. wherever voc are. Evce De-
rinncrs sre easily earning from - 70
flOa dsy. Al sges. We show you bow
and starr you. Can work IN sPare time
OF all the time. Big moasy for wcrk-
ers. Fsi'are unknowa smceg Inn.
xEW aud woadssfnl Park olen NEE.
/, IBsx $50 PVrtlaQ4, AesnS
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02

r 1esn he essned af our NEW line oswosk,
A4Hkuu ~ npdly aud honsrsby. By those Of
= III either sex, young o old, aud In their
IWIyIIVu own LOT aitie. ~ h~sxsss thsy livs. any
Uvu Vuy - j cns can do ih~ work. Essy 10 lean.
everything We you. No risk you devoss
your meueuts your spae the work This L
entirely brings wonderful wokes
Beginners earning from eSS $50 week and uIasds
ard amer little sxpseuee We furnish The es-
and teach fRIK No explain hers lu
infonn.tioa 1REk TRUE a Co.. ACoCo1As uAlxs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-02

Pleasant to Take and Every B-etle
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-28
SERIOUS CHARGES
Connected With the Failure of Field,
LindIey, Wickins & Co.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.-The failure Of the
banking firm of Field, Lindley, Wickens
e. Co. of Wall street. is said to have been
caused by the mental illness of Edward
NJ. Field, the senior partner of the con-
cern. Mr.. Field has been greatly over
worked of late, and this is responsible
largely for his mental condition.
The serious charge is made that the firm,
through Mr.. Field, rehypothecated a large
amount of securities, including several
hundred thousand dollars worth of Union
Pacific bonds, on which the railroad COM
pany borrowed money.
Mr. Field is the oldest son Of Cyrus w.
Field, and the failure of yesterday in. con-
junction with Mrs. Fields death last
week and the illness of one of his daughters
has caused him so much trouble that fears
for his life are entertained.
The most prominent feature of the fail
ure is the disappearance of securities be-
longing to the Union Pacific Railway
Company.
President Sidney Dillon Of the u. p. Co.,
says that the securities could not be sold
without the consent of the company, and
These securities 1T Is said amount to
about 81 100000.
The Union Pacific road may apply for
an injunction 20 prevent transfer of their
securiets which had been deposited with
young Field rs collateral. There are
many conflicting rumors as TO Fields in
sanity and it is difficult to get at the truth
regarding his real condition.
Philip Harms, the private secretary of
Cyrus W. Field, said this morning that
Cyrus w. Field was prostrated from do
nestle troubles, AZ well as by the business
difficulties of his son, but that the elder
Field was not involved in the latter's
trOublp
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-28
KILLED BY A PILE DRIVER.
Joseph DoIan, a Workman on the
Smith Street Bridge, the Victim.

Joseph Dolan, employed on the new
abuttments at the Smith street bridge,
was struck on the head by the pile
driver, shortly after / o'clock this after
noon, and instantly killed.
The victim was at work near the foot of
the pile-driver, his business being TO place
the " duck wedges " In position and guide
them as they sank into the ground.
The heavy hammer w as held by a thick
stick which could be pulled out by cord
when the mass of iron was desired TO fall.
Dolan had arranged the wedge in their
proper positions and had given the sign
for the engineer TO start up. The hammer
was supported by the stick, which held it
until the catch attached To the hoisting
rope attached itself
When the signal was given TO start up
the cord which displaced the catch be
came entangled in the rope, and the heavy
chunk of iron, weighing 1,400 pounds,
fell, striking the unfortunate man square
on the side of the head.
The weight of the hammer caused il TO
topple, striking Dolan agBin in the region
Of the stomach
The body was taken from its position
and laid on the ground, and Medical EX
aminer Palmer summoned.
On his arrival he found the left side of
the skull TO be crushed in and the stom-
ach and other internal organs split and
badly deranged.
a stretcher.
Dolan had been employed by the con-
tractor f. a. Ingerson, about four years
and has always been considered an indus
trious and sober man. He lived in Apo
naug and was unmarried.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-28
THE TARIFF LAW ALL RIGHT.
Solicitor General Taft Sustains the
Mckinley Act.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-William II.
Taft, Solicitor General of the United
States, has filed the brief of the govern
tains the rulings of Speaker Reed as to the
presence Of constitutional quorum in
every particular. The brief is filed in the
case which was brought by the importers,
Ballen, Joseph a. Co, of New York, to test
the constitutionality of Speaker Reeds
method of counting quorum. Other
points are involved, but the main issue in
the case is that the Mckinley act never ac-
quired the validity of law because there
was not a constitutional quorum to do
business when the bill passed that body.
To this Solicitor General Taft makes re-
ply in very elaborate brief sustaining
the rulings of Speaker Reed and the con-
stitutionality of the Mckinley tariff law
on every point.