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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-07

"Tobin bronze" made so we'll
known by the cup defender Vigi
liant, is the invention of Passed
Assistant Engineer Tobin, of the
navy. He has received many con-
CALCULATIONS on the success of the
new compound as a sheathing for
vessels in salt water, and it is said
that the navy department will
make experiments to determine its
adaptability for naval vessels.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-07
AGENTS FOR TIE CELEBRATED
American Rambler SafetieS

Fitted with Elleptic sprockets and q. *
j. corrugated air tube tires. These tires
can lie fitted TO any pneumatic safety,
they are practically puncture proof, do
not slip on wet roads, and are very fast
Any desired gear can be furnished with
these wheels from No. SO to 80.
While on my Rambler wheel m seated
And up the street, ] swiftly glide,
They say discussion, grows quite heated
To know what wheel that man doth ride
And when my wheel let them try,
They exclaim with look intent
This is the wheel we'll surely buy
If we don't lay up cent.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-07

The Daily ADVERTISER is deliver
ed by carriers for 80 cents s. month.
Ring up Telephones SO. Now 10
the time To subscribe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-03-25
Specimen Gases.

s. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheuma-
tism, stomach was disordered, his liver
was affected to an alarming degree,
his appetite fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured
him. Edward Shepard, Harrisburg.
Ill.,, had running sore on his leg of
eight years standing. Used three bot
ties of Electric Bittcrs and seven boxes
of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his les
is sound and we'll. John Speaker, Ca
tawba, o., had five large fever sores on
his leg, doctors said he was incurable,
One bottle Electric Bitters and one box
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him en-
tirely. Sold by c. c. Nash. 3
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mo. 20.

wrapped in the American flag, and
a message, which he said was tn )
initial package. It reached tho
sub-station in one minute and thre
seconds, or about at the rate of 40
feet per second, with pressure OF
six pounds to the square inch.
The message read: First use
of the first pneumatic postal tube
in the United States is to send
through it q copy of the Holy
Scriptures, the greatest message
ever given to the world. Covering
the Bible is the American flag, the
emblem of freedom of 62,OOO,OOO
of happy people,"
A package of local newspapers
was then sent through. From the
sub-station came pair of shoes.
loaf of bread and laundried shirt.
AS concluding test, the first regu-
lar mail was sent from the sub-of-
fee to the general postoffice. As
practical test of the safety of the
tube, President VIM. j. Kelly, of
the Electric Pneumatic Transit
Company, sent his gold watch, in
shoe, to the sub-station, and the
time piece was returned in good
shape. This result particularly
pleased the postmaster general. In
every respect the test was success,
and at the conclusion Mr.. Wanna
maker had nothing but words of
praise for the new system.-Ex.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-03-25
j. TURNER
DEALER IN
General Merchandise
PIneviIle, La,


Has Just received Full Stock offspring
and Summer Goods, which is to be sold at
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, Ladies' fine
Hosiery, all styles and grades, Flanels
and WatorprOOfs, Linseys, Cassimeres and
Diagonals, Bedford Cords. etc., and full
lines of Gloves, Embroidery, etc.
Mems and Boys Hats. and Ladies' Trim
med Hats.
A large stock of Boys and Mens's CLIO
THING. Special bargains are offered in
Boys and Mems JEANS Clothing. which
were bought at a sacrifice.
A fine assortment of Boots and Shoes,
SaddleTy, Crockery. Hardware, Groceries.
Plantation Supplies. TRUNKS, Valises.
Towers celebrated Fish Brand" of Slick
ers, and FURNITURE.
Agent for the Dupont Gun Powder, the
oldest and best in America.
Keeps on hand the Celebrated NILRURN
WAGONS, the best in the world.
Highest market price paid for Cotton.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-03-25
A Bursted Bubble.

Mr.. r. S. Cameron, who left Col
fax for Eddy, New Mexico, last
fall, has written to Mr.. Andrew
Thorpe, of Alexandria, expressing
his disappointment and disgust
at Pecos Valley and the methods
used to inveigle the unwary into
that arid and desert region. His
letter is of recent date, and his
vivid description of the drawbacks
to be encountered should at once
put an end to all thought of leav-
ing such a country as we have In
Grant parish to 60 to such an IN
hospitable country. He says the
sand storms are simply indescriba-
BILE, the water is execrable, wood is
hardly to be had at any price, and
the cold is most distressing. He
says the wealthy syndicate control
ing the valley is set of the most
grasping and sordid Yankees that
he ever heard of, and it is only a
question of time when they will re-
duce all who go there to a condi-
ton of servitude and slavery; that
he himself proposes leaving Eddy
and going, to the White Oaks dis
trict; that he has not invested
dollar in that section, and would
not do so under any circumstances.
Mr.. Cameron is known to our peo-
pie as man of intelligence and
veracity, and. if a man like him,
having fully $4,000 in capital,
finds the country uncomfortable,
what must it be for poor people
and those of moderate means?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-03-25

rg-JadicaI advertisements must be paid
for IN adrance. or they ,ciu BE- Discontinued
after the first insertion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-03-25

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California.
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Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Oars
Between New Orleans and Denver, via
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Lowest ticket rates. time tables, and all
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any of the ticket agents of the Texas a.
Pacific Railway, or
CASTOR MESLIER.
Gen. Passenger 4 Ticket Agt, Dallas, Tex.
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Passenger Agent, Dallas, Texas.
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General Manager, Dallas, Texas.
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81 Agent, Boyce, 1 a
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-03-25
The Pneumatic Tube.

lne ucumdtlc 1uUcs
In the presence of 100 distin-
guished persons, the first official
trial of the pneumatic tube, for
mail tranist, in America, was sue
cessfully given, in the Philadel-
phia post Office, on February 18th.
The tube runs from the sub-post-
office, 329, Chestnut street, to the
general post Office, Ninth and
Chestnut streets q distance OF lit
tie over half q mile.
Postmaster General Wanamaker,
after declaring that the system
meant rapid communication be-
tween cities all over the world, al
Ais o'clock sent through Bible
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-03-25

Ex-senator J. B. Eutis, of Louisi-
ana, has been appointed CONSUL to
France, one of the best appoint
ments within the gift of President
Cleveland.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-03-25

"What's in a nams2" Well,
that depends. For instance, the
name of "Ayer" is sufficientguaran-
tee that Ayers Sarsaparilla is a
genuine, scientific blood-puri6er,
and not sham, like SO much that
goes by the name of "sarsaparilla.,,
Ayers Sarsaparilla is the standard.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-03-25
Colfax High School.

The Trustees of the Colfax High School
for Males and Females take pleasure in
announcing to the public that the first
Ten Months Session of this school will
begin on the Second Monday of Septem-
Der. 1892 No pains will be spared to
make it a first-class High School
RATES OF TUITION.
Primary Department 8 80 per month
r r6se|Rsi;sso1 40 .
Music. Vocal and instrumental ) 80
Incidental fee. Is cents per session.
Good board can be obtained on reasona-
BILE terms Two hotels in town, and sew
eral private boarding houses in town and
vicinity will board cheap. Those having
children to educate should send them in
and give us q fair trial. We are in the
race to stay.
j. +. KELLY, NJ. D., President.
w. L. RICHARDSON.
Secretary Board of Trustees.
Colfax, La, Aug. 10, 1892.
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A0hCvsp,sSisy and and ssass.sy, y sss:: =
y II either EEK, yousg old, aud In their
vXIIuvvH | ewu oca ti~s wherever they live. Any
vvu Vuv - j do the work. Easy to learn
We everything We No risk Yes devote
your spare all your time to the work This h an
entirely new brnes wonderful WORKER
Beginners earning from SIS to ESQ week and
and ser little erPsrence We can nni,n yoc me r e
Information RREk TRUE a. Co.. ApoCsrAs nAlAk.
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M. f. MACHEN,
Attorney at Law, Notary Public
and Real Estate Agent.

Lands bought and sold, taxes paid. and
al Notarial work executed with neatness
and dispatch, at ''live and let live prices.
Also, prompt attention given to all legal
business. Give him trial and he will be
sure to please you. Office in Post Office
Building, Montgomery, La. au-20
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District Court.

This week has been an extra
lively one for Colfax, the attend
ance at court being much larger
than it has been for years, owing
to the accumulation of cases from
the two terms that were virtually
annulled by the setting aside of
the last jury.
His honor Judge Geo. Wear pre-
sides with his usual pleasant dig
nifty, but behind it all one can see
the quiet and firm demeanor that
shows he is not to be trified with
in matters of justice. His able
lieutenant, District Attorney R. E.
Milling has been putting in some
of his best ticks this week, and
the way he singes the hide of male
factors is a holy terror to evil do
ers. After the State has "made
out its case," Judge Wears pleas
| ant look fades into solemn resolu-
ton, and all are beginning to under
stand that he has but little pa
thence with criminals. While he
is disposed to temper justice with
mercy, it is plainly to be seen he
has no mawkish sentimentality, and
believes that the puplic is more en-
titled to protection than criminals
are to clemency. His charge to
the grand jury was able and ex-
haustive, and his emphasizing on
certain lines of local interest gave
great satisfaction to the large num-
Der of law abiding citizens who
heard him.
The following excellent grand
jury was empanelled:
A. G. Thompson, Foreman.
w. B. Sandifer, Reason Wilkins,
B. B. Weaver, HIP. Gray,
Joseph Bills, WI Swor,
John Phillips, F. P. Tabor,
G.. B. Tracy, j. r. Foster,
J. E. Nugent, B. G. Dean,
f. w. Lowell. VIM. Spikes,
j. L. Morintine.
We learn that the grand jury Ii
performing its labors in thorough
and satisfactory manner, alike
creditable to themselves and thu
good repute of the parish. The.
have a large number of presenta
, tons for consideration, but hope t.
: get through to-day Saturday.
The attorneys in attendance thu
week are Judge r. j. Bowman
r. P. Hunter, E. G. Hunter, Andw
: Thorpe and John Ryan, of Alex
J. andria; Henry Bernstein, of VIM
field; M. F. Machen of Montgom
cry; and w. G. Roberts, our resi-
dent lawyer.
The entire week has been abou
consumed with the criminal docke
and little business of q civil ne
ture has been transacted. The TO
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Official advertisements 81 per square for
first insertion; each Subsequent publica-
ton 81 cents per square.
Brief communications upon subjects Of
public interest solicited, but no attention
will be paid to anonymous writer's.
Address: CHRONICLE, Colfax, La.
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ron DYSPEPSIA,

FOR DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, and Stomach disorders, take
BROWNS IRON BIJrPERS.
All dealers keep it, 81 per bottle. Genuine has
trade mark and crossed red lines or wrapper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08

slsting wherever he could upon their being
red out SO particular he that many parts
of the buildings were taken down and rebuilt be-
fore the workmen were allowed to have peace.
The date OF foundation is 1915. year after the
estate was acquired by purchase, but 1t looks
much older. The reason is that when in process
of construction Mr.. Fraser gave strict orders
to the workers to preserve much possible
all rough and weather-beaten surfaces, the more
llchen covered the better. and these invar-
ably turned TO the outside IL was a quaint idea
and very we'll carried out the result being that
with the ivy, which appears TO have taken kindly
the walls. would think the castle dated from
the middle of the eighteenth not the nineteenth
century. But such Is the base and similar
mark applies to the wood about the place. which
Is luxuriant and sturdy There was nothin,
but muir gorse and heather in 1917; every tree has
been planted and many hundreds more that never
reached maturity. In 1885 several additions were
made to the castle.
A curious adjunct to the place Is the Bridge
House" as 1t IL called This consists OF a mas
arch. high enough to admit carriages, spans the
bridge transversely and upon this Is a castellaied
house. with a parapet running along the outside
The whole has n very striking appearance. and TO
gaze from one of the house windows down upon m.
river beneath. which 1t overhangs five six fee,
gives one anything but IA comfortable sensatio,
This structure was begun In 1881 and was four
years building, with strong staff of masons
working constantly. Some OF the stones employed
In the construction are long as twelve feet and
SIX feet wide. The granite is a particularly hard
knd' ane bsse &Ss lively traditions still as to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08
A PERIPATETIC HYPyOTIZER

rom ne London Daily telegram
r9ou,iooking young women who trave, on IN. ,on.
a. a. naris ,omnbuses are Threatened with a serops
Ing aboui mere Sh Is a man with fascinating eyes go-
us .oou, VINO Is called the ''peripatetic hvnnot
TT, ana every woman who falls n victip ~ III.
icts H., ,h as unconscious as any of the sub
maker kerr , xn or hypnotzer is young dress
Market to MAS traveng on bus from the Wine
Stoned NJ ,SS c race Pgalle. When the vehicle
70 get d t rhe last mentioned place everybody had
the condmc,or me dressmaker did not do so. and
energat a; Dut absolutely proof against his most
able and "empts TO wake her up. After innumer-
fhe cona,,o.a' hiing pushes. shakes and pinches
nolent aided by his driver carried the som.
was racaiis '!ess 10 a chemists shop where shs
near,v ta,n 20 consciousness Her trance lasted
Young nan louis On awakening she said that a
bus had ixe %n -, was near her the top OF thu
asleep almost Immediately. VIZ As' s"u BUG 'e''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08
FOSS'S FUN AND FANCY.
TIE DE,CON,S BEAR-YARN AND ALL
ABOUT THE BAD MAN AND HE
WORSE PHREN OLOGIST.
Copyright; 1893: BY Sam Walter fosS'
THE DrAcON'S BEAR-YARN.


THE DEACON'S BEAR-YARN.
When the Deacon told his bear-yarh VIC
gather round to hear him. ,s
IN oron.rnouthed expectancy to drink in all ne SAID
For all lst'ners who drew near him couiu "o'
choose but to revere him. .,.
For an aureole Of honor rested on ,ie
head -, .,o red
Twas a tale Of gore and slaughter where inc 'eN
blood flowed like water, ,a
Such had never heard OIL VI '"e
not conceive. ,,or,
DAT orr f,itb did never weaken in that bear-yarn
OF the Deacon ,a lie
When the Deacon told his bear-yarn we wouia '''-
ten and believe
We had listened to the horse-lar anu ''e "
and the snake-iar.
But they told no tale OF wohuer Will ''0
to compare: -. ,a,o
rhorgb their tales were dark and dire, not tale
Of not a liar ~ ,
Approached the truthful story OF the De'0'' gu"
the bear . ,ode of
And uhoreas it was impossible the Deacon could
deceive A,os,
ve knew the Dcacon's bear-yarn was an honest
fair and square yarn II, IT,
When the Deacon told his bear-yarn we wou'u IFS
ten and believe.
When the Deacon told his bear-yarh We 'o''N
the bones a-breakinS ,
And the loud reverberations oil '''e o'''
ing grow. ..,, ,,o worry,
We could feel the mountains shaA'7 "''
planet Quiking III,
And the air a-papitatng with the thuhder Vi '''
., ,na sancunary. savage ncrccness of the awful
ravage - 800
OF the roaring raveninS monster hed'' " '''
not conceive. A.. .,t
pnt whereas we knew the Deacon from the truth
could never weaken;
When the Deacon told his bear-yarn we woud us
ten and believe.
When the fierce bear wound his req jaws 'ou' VIZ
white neck Of the Deacon
And y,o heard the Deacon gurgle with death
gasp Of despair.
How orr trembling knees would weaken as We
gazed upon the deacon,
And our lifted hats 80 iyinS from our perpehuicu-
lar hair.
When into the mad bears Vltals-S'id"9'9' u al
strange recitals-
Did the Deacon plunge his right arm with It's reek
ing bloody sleeve.
And tear out the bears heart beating. as you'd
tear a piece of sheetng-
When the Deacon told this bear-yarn we would lis
ten and believe
Fiercer. wilder grew the contest every time we did
behold it,
wilder nercer fought the Deacon, fercer. wilder
ragged the bear;
II WAS noodi,r more terrific every time the Deacon
told II.
TIL at length there was no story with this bear
yarn could compare.
Bear and Deacon mixed and mangled, gore ncrust-
Cd blood-bespangled.
Dance through sanguinary waltzes that the MIND
cannot conceive:
, thera Is deathess beauty to all truth, and it's
our duty
When the Deacon tells his bear-yarn just to listen
and believe
THE RAD MAN AND THE PHRENOLOGIST.
The venerable phrenolosist was puzzled. lie mad
examined the heads OF three generations and mad
pevar vet found a man or woman without some re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08

4 CHARMING RETREAT IN PFRTHSHIRE.

y
Las, wear while travelling in what lie 81 foniv
c,us dear old Scotland" Mr.. Gladstone stopper
for a fe,y minutes AT Insignificant lttle Village
in Perthshirc. called Kirkmichael. and gave a
short but important speech. which astonlshed some
politicians lie incidentally referred TO the beau-
tiful country" through which he was passing anu
from the fact that last month. for his summer va
cation he took up his residence with Mr.. George
Armtstead at Blackcraig Castle, within four miles
~ the same spot it would almost appear as II ne
had meant more than the usual empty compliment
Rlackcraig Castle. which Mr.. Armitstead mas
taken for the season-chiefy. IT was UNDERSTOOD
from the beginning. Mr.. Gladstones account
IS saws THE Pail Mall Gazette modern pild-
Iny I'm the oil casteated style situated in "A
''strath" or glen, called Strathardle, ferthahlre
about twenty nine miles from Perth and thirteen
from Rlairgowrie. IL was built by the late Mr.
Patrick Allan Fraser, who was his own architect
,rl master OF works well; and 50 assiuous
vas ne in his attentions while the work was going
on that IL might truly be said that there was
.c,rcev 4 stone in the whole building he had not
traced from the quarry 10 its own special place IN
tho structure He man OF a strong, original
turn OF mind. confident in his own IDEAS. ana IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08
lyoyYuors GIFTS AyD BEGGING LrrrERs
rom Tho Gcntlcwnmnn.

From Tho Gcntlcwoman.
from al parts 81 their dominions Politicians too
have rather hard time Of II. more particularly
with demands for their autographs ] remember a
secretary % Lord Salisbury once tod me That MS
popular chief received no less than forty requests
a day for his signature. But the people who suffer
most from the anony nous letterwritcr are the men
Hs ls " Tn ON hcart bIrrIs FOR HEM as opc
thinks Of the endless and most beseeching notes
which reach them begging for a lock of hair, a
signed photograph a smile directed to certain box
the Of five shillings for the benefit Of cottage
home "A timely word Of advice as To whether "A
woman may succeed who adopts the stage in her
forticth year. etc Patti has been so pestered by
the begging lcttcr-wrtcr that she no longer opens
the envelopes directed to her unless the handwrt-
ing De a friendly familiar one; the work Is rele-
Anonymous gifts are less frequent. Of course.
than letters. but they arrive in due course. The
the Princess Is OF all her pets. Pussy for 80
he was named remains her prime favorite. and very
often does she wonder who the thoughtful donor
could possibly have been. one OF Atlantis finest
parures OF diamonds and turquoses came from a
lady to whom she had never spoken. During the
whole year OF the run OF The Dancing Girl" Mr..
Tree supplied nightly with a button-hoc. and
during Captain Swift with more than he knew
what to do with. and both he and his wife have
been recipients for some time past OF beautiful gifts
OF china and other pretty things sent anonymously
TO the theatre. Nor was the famous BULLY Boy
forgotten since boxes OF macaroons ana other dam
ties were frequently sent To him by ladies' who ap.
preciated The pathetic Elance Of his rolling eye
and the stolid wag OF his tail.
Capou the French tenor was the recipient Of vol
umcs Of letters from lady admirers. both here and
In Paris. on the English stage. besides Mr. Irving.
Mr.. Alexander. Mr.. Hare, and Mr.. Bancroft have
been overW hclmed with gOOdy number But |
am told 10y one who knows that no actor living ever
received such number of admring cpstles from
the fairer the late John Clayton. Among
actresses Mrs Bancroft has. perhaps. been treated
TO the kindest attentions. Mrs John Wood too.
on the first last night of her play had always
her drcssing-rOOm converted into perfect bower
of flowers and little gifts of iewcry literally poured
I'm upon her There one bangle with the in
scrlption Bless your art" Whether it was Mrs
Woods's heart art that was blessed. remains a
,iJ A., lqV.