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Colfax High School.


The Trustees of the Colfax High School
Tor 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-
oer: Io92 No pains will be spared to
make it a first-class High School.
RATES OF TUITION.
P ramary department q 80 per month
Music. Vocal and instrumental $50
Incidental fee. Is cents per session.
Good board can be obtained on reasona-
bic 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 MS 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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Official Proceedings Police Jury.
Grant Parish, La.


Colfax La. July g. 1893.
The Police jury of Grant Parish,
La, met pursuant to time fixed by
law, III. G. Goodwin, President, in
the the chair. Present j. T.
Flanagan, HI. NJ. Hutson, w. f.
Logan, L. M. Bradford, Wilson
Prestridge, H. v. Mccain, a full
board.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read for the purpose
of refreshing memory of the jury
jury and calling to mind the un<
finished business.
By H. v. Mccain
Resolved, That L. G. ONeal be
and he is appointed road overseer
on Colfax and Montgomery hill
read from Nantachie bayou to ward
line between wards 6 and Z, and
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Southern Home Companion.

Mrs. G. c. Scott has a pleasing
sketch of Pleasant Riderhood,
{ Mrs. M. M. Slaughter, in the Ju-
ly number of THE SOUTHERN HOME
COMPANION. Elizabeth Lyle Sax
on, in her Wartime Reminiscent
ses, tells of "Woman's Work for
the Soldiers" DR.. Annie M. Hale
contributes the first of a series of
Worlds Fair articles; also an ar
ticle "For the Motherless Girls. :"
which is of interest both to the
girls who have no mothers and to
those who have, likewise to moth
ers. The usual household depart
ments are of interest and value to
home-makers. Ten cents a num-
Der, $l.00 a year. The CoMPAN
ion, 1872 Common Street New Or
leans.
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B. TURNER
DEALER IN
General Merchandise
Pineville, In.

AsuCVbuhCs lUss
Has just received Full Stock of Spring
and Summer Goods, which is to be sold al
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, Flancls
and Watcrproofs, Linseys, Cassimeres and
Diagonals, Bedford Cords, ETC., and fuIl
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 sacrifice.
A fine assortment of Boots and Shoes,
Saddlery, 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 MrLRuRN
WAGONS, the best in the world.
Highest market price paid for Cotton,
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and fifty, to all of which J. T. Elan
agan voted nay.
The police jury then resolved
itself into board of reviewers tt
examine the parish assessments
and adjourned over to Wednesday
9Th instant.
July 5, 1898.
The Board of Reviewers met
pursuant to adjournment and con-
tinued their work of reviewing the
tax lists.
Evening session, a full board
present. The Board of Reviewers
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the assessment
lists as agreed upon between the
assessor and property owners of
the several wards are hereby ac-
cepted and approved, and in the
following cases, wherein the asses
sor and property owners disagreed,
the lists of the owners are approx
ed, to-wit: d. Nj. Smith, w. w.
Smith, Alfred Oglesby, and Isaac
McMills, i'll ward six; and in the
following cases, in which the own
ers and assessor disagreed, the
lists of the assessor are approved,
viz: w. 7. McCandish, Calvin
Pardee, New Orleans Pacific Rail
road Co., John f. Dillon, Aurelius
Smith and Florin Giauque.
On motion of j. L. Flanagan the
lists made by assessor were also ap-
proved in the following. cases, to-
wit: Mrs. S. M. Bird, j. H. Will
Hams, NJ. d. Walker. The yeas
and nays being called for, resulted
as follows: Yeas-J. I. Flanagan,
II. NJ. Hutson, w. F. Logan, T. M.
Bradford, Wilson Prestridge. Nay,
H. V. Mccain.
The board then resumed business
as police jurors, when the following
report was read by the chairman
of the finance committee, which
was accepted, adopted and ordered |
in the minutes, to-wit:
Your committee on finance would re- |
spectfully report that they have exam |
ned the treasurer's books and find same |
correct, and we herewith submit parish
scrip, warrants and orders which have |
been paid, and would request that same |
De burned in the presence of the Jury in
'pen session. Treasurer's report:
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Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Prescott are
keepers Of the Government Lighthouse
at Sand Beach, Mich, aud are blessed
with a daughter, four years old. Last
April she was taken down with measles
followed with a dreadful cough and
turning into a fever. Doctors at home
and at Detroit treated her. but in vain,
she grew worse radidly, until she was 4.
''mere handful of bones."-Then she
tried DR.. Kings New Discovery and
after the use Of two and a half bot
ties, Was completely cured. They say
DIR. Kings New Discovery is worth It's
weight II gold, yet yon may get
trial bottle free at G. G. MASKS. 6
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"Be sure you get Ayers" is an
important caution to all in search
of a thoroughly-reliable blood-pu-
rifier, Ayers Sarsaparilla being
the one on which there can be no
manner of doubt. 1t has stood the
test of nearly half century, and
has long been considered the stan
ard.
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The claim of j. A. Hyde was laid
over and w. Prestridge requested
to investigate same and report at
next meet Claim of III. G. Tullos
laid over and referred to member
of ward 2 to investigate and report
at next meeting. Claim of w. b.
Richardson laid over for further
investigation.
The police jury then resumed
the regular order of business:
BY II. M. Hutson-
Resolved, That the proposition
of G. II. Mcknight, to survey and
designated by map and plat the
timber lands that are now assessed
at 81 25 per acre, that under the
rule for equalization ought to be
at 81 80 per acre. for the price of
S25, to be paid Jan. 1896, and the
amount that the parish may real
lie In increase of taxes on said
lands for the year 1894, be and the
same is hereby accepted, the basis
to determine said increase to be
the assessment rolls of 1893.
Resolved, That the sheriff is re.
quested to sleep at the jail or have
his deputies to do so, whenever
prisoners charged with serious
crimes ale confined therein:
BY. T. M. Bradford
Whereas, petitions have been
circulated in ward five asking for
an election on the sale of whiskey
in said ward; therefore.
Be it ordained by the Police
jury of Grant parish, Isa., That
an election is ordered to be held
in ward 5 on Saturday, the I'd day
OF September, 1893, submitting to-
the. voters of said ward the ques-
ton of license or no license to sell
alcoholic liquor; and that A. j.
Dunn, G. G. Barrett and w. r:
Wallace are hereby appointed
commissioners to hold said cleo
ton and make due returns thereof
rs the law directs; provided that
said election shall be- held free
rom expense to the parish.
On motion the minutes were
hen read and adopted as read.
On motion the jury adjourned to
The first Monday in October, 1893.
II. G. GOODWIN, Prest.
w. L. RICHARDSON, Clerk.
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Herewith we report an ordinance levy
ing ten mill tax for the year 1893, foI
the purpose OF meeting the probable ex
penses OF the parish for said year, all OF
which is respectfully submitted.
H. V. MCCAIN, Chairman.
BE 1t Ordained by the Police Juru O,
Grant Parish, Id
1st-That tax of ten mills be and the
same is hereby levied on the taxable
property of the parish of Grant for the
fiscal year ending April l, 1894.
2d--That the tax collector is hereby
prohibited from receiving anything in
payment for parish taxes or licenses for
the year 1898 except United States cur
rency, gold and silver, and jury certifi-
Gates and witness certificates in criminal
cases, the jury and witness certificates to
be those for the year for which the taxes
or licenses are due.
Scrip and warrants burned.
On motion the president of this
body is authorized to request the
sheriff to keep the lower depart
ment of the jail closed and locked.
BY II. V. Mccain
Resolved, That the President of
the police jury be and he is hereby
requested to notify the assessor of
this parish and his deputies that
IN the future they will be required
to minutely describe all lands as
sessed, stating whether river or
hill lands, cultivated or wild, we'll
or not, and also to de-
scribe the character of the lands if
rendered valuable for any particu-
lar reason. Thej jury then adjourn
ed to the 9th inst.
July 6, 1893.
The jury met at 9 a. NJ, a full
board present.
The following budget of probable
expenses for 1893 as advertised In
December, 1892, was then submit
ted by chairman of finance commit
tee and adopted. to-wit.
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Bucklen's Arnica Salye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains.
corns, and all other skin eruptions, and
positively cures piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refuded. Price
25c per box. For sale by c. G. Nash.
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The Worlds Fair had terrible
spectacular show July 10th, which
was not down on the bills, being
nothing less than half million
dollar fire. Twenty men lost their
lives, and at one time the entire ex-
hibition was seriously threatened.
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The Texas and Pacific
Railway.

THE DIRECT LINE 10,
NEW ORLEANS, La.
SHREVEPORT, La
TExARKANA, Texas *
DALLAS, Texas,
TT. WORTH, Texas.
SHERMAN, Texas
PARIS, Texas
TO ~. Lohis aid the North and East and
to all points in Louisiana, Texas, Old
New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and
California.
Tho Favorite Limo via Sacramento to Ore.
gon and Washington.
Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
Between New Orleans and Denver. win
MARSHALL, and TT. Worth. where con-
connection is made with through
Shoppers to the East aud West.
Lowest ticket rates. time tables, and all
desifet information will be furnished by
any Of the ticket agents of the Texas &
Pacific Hallway, or
CASTOR MESLIER.
Gen. Passenger Ticket Agt, Dallas. Tex.
w. A. DASHED,
Travelling Passenger Agent.
JOHN A. GIANT.
General Manager, Dallas, Texas.
GEO. 4. NEAL.
81 Agent, Boyce, ( a.
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Children like to take &C. G. C.
Certain Chill Cure" the pleas
ant and guaranteed cure for
Fever, Ague and Malaria-Bet.
ter than Quinine. Price 80 cts.
For sale by j. Kemp & Son.
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mo- sc.
from wards 4 and 5, laid ON the
koll.. IL

from wards 4 and 5, laid ON the
table indefinitely.
BY Mr.. Hutson-
Resolved, That the proposition
of the Diebold Safe and Lock
Company. of Canton, Ohio, to place
in our Jail two steel cages and cor
ridor for the sum of $3.50 90, pay
able 5000 so on the first of Febru-
airy, 1894. $662 SO on Feb. l, 1895,
1862 so OH Feb. l, 1896, 1902 so
on Feb. l, 1897, be and the same is
hereby accepted; and the president
of this body is hereby authorized
to sign agreement and contract for
same. (See contract
BY Ii. V. Mccain
Resolved, That the proposition
of the Diebold Safe and Lock CO..
of New Orleans, to deliver in Col
fax, La, two fire proof safes for
$500, payable Jan. 10, 1894, be and
IS hereby accepted, the same to be
used in the clerks office to deposit
public records in; that the interior
or cabinet work of said safes are to
be agreed upon by the agent of said
company and the clerk Of the court,
subject to the approval of the pres
ident of this body; and the presi-
dent is hereby authorized to Sign
contract with said company for the
safes. (See contract.
The jury then went into commit
tee of the whole to audit claims;
and the following were allowed:
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We guarantee &C. C. C. Ger
tain Cough Curen TO cure
Coughs. Colds, La Grippe, Group,
WhOOpfng Cough, and ali
IhrOat and Lung Diseases.
For sale by j. Kempi& Son.
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WORK FOR US

few days, and you will be startled at the unex.
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that the business so readily and handsomely yields
All beginners succeed grandly, and more than
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10 use them to advantage, then write US ut once
flor this Is your grand opportunity, and receive
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u. v MCCAIN, Chalfnan.
Petition and counter petition for
public road from Saddle Bayou to
Georgetown, signed by citizens
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Fashionable Millinery.
Mrs. G. E. Charleville,
ROXCE InIrIcIaNa

Having been engaged specially with
Millinery business for some time respect
fnliy soiicits patronage from the ladies of
Grant parish. Send her your orders for
anything in the millinery line.
VIII take pleasure in buying. fitting and
selecting all articles of dress goods and
fancy fun nislings for Indies.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Jan $3.50
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Official advertisements 81 per SQUARE for
nrst insertion; each subsequent publica-
ton 80 cents per square.
BRIEF communications upon subjects of
public interest solicited, but no attention
VIII be paid to anonymous writers.
Address: CHRONICLES, Colfax. La.
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No-Jadicat advertisements must be paid
Tor ~ ddrance. or they uiH be discontinued
utter the first insertion.
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that Charles Rosto is appointed
overseer from 3 mile board to Nan
tachie Bayou on Colfax and Mont
gomery river road.
On motion the jury appointed l
pm. to-day to go in a body to in
spect the parish Jail.
A petition was received signed
by number of citizens from wards
SIX and seven, asking for that part
of the road from Colfax to Mont
gomery by Buckeye landing which
had been changed but not adopted
be put back on the river front, etc.
which was read by the. clerk and
discussed by the members and
some OF the petitioners, and finally
laid on the table subject to call.
Mr.. w. N. Baxter, agent of the
Dlebold Safe and Lock Co. was re-
quested to submit his propositions
for STRENGTHENING the Jail and to
explain his articles of merchandise
to board at 9. am. tomorrow.
Took a recess for dinner.
The Democrat., 1893-09-14
4 Word About Making : VIII.


Once upon a tins women had little
occasion for making wills They own
ed nothing in their own right. and
the husband could appropriate every
thing. even to the hosiery and stays
But all OF this is changed. and wo-
men can buy, sell, devise and manage
property with as much freedom a. can
their fathers. brothers or husbands.
Almost every woman has special trink
cts or keepsakes that she would prefer
to bestow in certain directions. to say
nothing Of the more important pos
sessions in the way OF reality and per
sonal estate.
The question often arises whether ii
is possible to make a will that cannot
be broken There i almost always
some legal quibble or technicalitie>.
more's the pity which permits, and it
has grown almost into a proverb that
no one leaves his possessions a. he
likes There is much to be said in
favor Of distributing ones effects while
still living, but in cases Of sudden ia
king off this is impossible besides
there is the objection that one may
live many years, and having given
away everything fine ii is extremely UNI
pleasant to be dependent even upon
those who have been enriched by ones
benevOlence.
1t is quite likely that the simplest
imaginable form of VIII would stand
the best chance of holding. A plain,
comprehensive and simple declaration
Of ones wishes, put upon paper and
signed by several competent witnesses,
would unq,.estionably be allowed to
stand under all ortinalv circumstances.
1t is better to employ lawyer for
such purpose, for though there are
many attorneys who draw up wills as
they do patent claims in such a way
that a loop-hole for litigation is readily
found, most lawyers are entirely honest
and reliable
The Democrat., 1893-09-14
Pearls O. Thought.

.Se1ccted
A fool carries his name in his
mouth
The wren has q ,Neeter song than
the peacock.
a mans good name is sometimes
stolen goods.
A woman who looks much in the
glass spins little.
All churches have some members
who talk too much.
The trouble about vanity is that it
always makes one 50 poor to tote it,
Chance opportunities make us
known to others and still more to our
selves.
pun;Slmcntis is fruit That, unsuspect-
ed ripens with the flower Of the pleas
IRE that concealed it.
Pleasure rust first have the war
rant that it IS without excess
Evcry man is a hyroclie who prays
one way and lives another It is even
u,
The Democrat., 1893-09-14
4 Little Hero.


Selected.
A little drummer boy in one of our
regiments. who had become q great fa-
yoritc with many Of the officers, by his
unremitting good nature, happened on
occasion to be in the Officers tent when
the bane Of the soldiers life passed
around. \ captain handed q glass to
the little fellow but he refused it. say
ing ! am . Tcnpler Of Temperance,
ana do hot taste strong drink"
s.But YOU must take some now. |
insist cn it. You belong to our mess
today. and cannot refuse" Still the
bov stood firm on the rock Of total ab-
stinnnce. and held fast to his integrity
The captain turning to the major,
said lie is afraid to drink lie VII
never make soldier
How is this?' said the major play
full and then assuming another tone
I.e added L command YOU to take a
drink. and YOU know it is death to disc
hey orders"
The little hero raised his young form
The Democrat., 1893-09-14

much ~ ttr leLl,-. q! parents A. 4.
the faults u Tie children The = i
canuot Re expected - know tie Ye-..i
cious influence 4 aq-h l.,-sa,ue . i.e
BENEFITS and aeHsl afforded u 4
boolss lie canao. b4 expected = SIS.
crimiaate between appearances AID
real worth, or . select In lie muse
ment world The cdifsine and avoid the
demoralizing This i the duty II his
more experienced parents. and they
should discharge il with regard - the
nature. disposition and inclination Of
the child The captain does not attempt
TO sail his ship directly against the
wind, but he uses even an adverse wind
to help him on hi- course. by careful
observance Of the laws Of nature. Sec
also the parent or guardian must oh
serve natural laws in dealing with the
child nature and guide il in tho right
way, not by positive resistance, which
nearly always fails Of it, purpose. but
bv an intelligent use OF the child's own
inclination and desires"
The Democrat., 1893-09-14
Homer Thy Mother.
luquSt0 Ae1rS.

Il "9"S'" Ae"S.
Here is an extract found on the
desk of editor VIM. II. Mome after
his death, faded and worn. but where
he could see it every day. We do
not know that he did, but 1t reads like
him. At any rate he felt that way,
and he kept this little piece OF paper
always in sight Read it. young man
and if YOU have mother love and
honor her a. he did, Here i the ex-
tract:
Honor the dear old mother. Time
has scattered the snowy flakes on her
brow. ploHed deep furrow- on her
cheeks but Is she not sweet and beau
tiful now? The Fps which have kiss
cd many hot tear from the childish
cheek. They are the sweetest lips in
all the world. The eye is dim. vet ii
glows with the soft radiance Of holy
love which never fades All, vcs she
:; aoor ol5 ,aothor Tho sand. Il
- q NO''i M
The Democrat., 1893-09-14
QUEER THINGS AEcU- FROGS.
low They Develop.
September 81. Nicholas.

September 81. Nicholas.
Frogs are mainly juice. If they try
TO make more than a short Journey
away from Moisture, in drought, they
will perish for want Of water and then
their bodies Will dry away. The frogs
bones are 50 soft that he scarcely leaves
any skeleton.
A frog meets with remarkable chang
e5 during his natural life He begins
as an egg ana matches out as fish. This
IS, a tadpole, or polliwog, at first has
giils, breathing water alone. In his
early days. however, the tadpole soon
loses the outside part Of his gilIs and
breaths air so that he has to come to
the surface Of The water every few min
utes, like a porpoise, to get a fresh gulp
Of breath.
During the first part of his career
he swims by sculling with his long
tail After a while his legs begin to
grow out, his tail becomes shorter. and
when he is q complete frog he has no
tail at all, but swims by kicking When
half frog and half tadpole, he still has
a good deal of tail. and in addition to
that he has big hind legs and mere
sprouts Of fore legs so that he is fun
ny looking fellow A bullfrog-tadpo
at this stage seems ''neither of heaven
nor Of earth"
Again, the tadpole eats waterplants
but when he becomes a frog he feeds
on animal life. Tadpoles eat the
green moss or scum" that we see so
often on logs and plants in stagnant
pool, and they show a good appetite for
soft decaying water-grOwths. The foul
er tie pool, the happier the tadpoles
AS they are numerous, and thus devour
4 great amount of matter that would
make it very ,lnhealthful to live near
a stagnant pond, they are really useful
creatures.
In captivity they will generally eat
meal, whether good or bad, as we'll as
bread or bran dough and as special
relish will sometimes lunch on one
another's tails
The common frog gets his final
shape on the first season but the bull
frog goes under the mud iOr the winter
while still q tadpOle and it takes at
least another summer, and sometimes
more, before he has full right to be
called frog. He is some four years
from the egg in getting full growth
and does not become old for about ten
years more.