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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-16
MBuAfL-.

Thousands bear testimony in equally strons
terms. to the efficacy Of this wondsrful rem
edy In curing the most obstinate diseasea n
rouses every organ into healthy action, puri-
fles, vitallses and enriches the blood. and.
through It, cleanses and fsnews the who'll
system. AL blood, skin, and scalp diseases,
from common b,otch, or eruption, 70 the
worst scrofula are cured by it For tettsr,
saltrheum, eczema, erydpelas, boils, car.
buncles, goitre, or thick neck, and enlarged
glands and swellings, it Is an unequs1sd
remedy. virulsnt, contagious, blood poison
IL robbed Of its terron BY the !" Discovery >
and BY its persevering use the most tainted
system ren0uoted and built up oneso.
a Book On Diseases Of the Skin, with col
tons, mailed by. the Worlds Dispensafy
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, on
receipt Of nix cents for postage Or, .
Book on 6crofuIous Diseases, q Hip-Joiut
Disease, "Fever Sores" g White Sweilines. y
"Old Sores" or Ulcers, mailed for same
amount In stamps.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-16

I'm Mississippi there used to be a
county where it was almost impossible
to hold court. The lawless backwoods
element would come into the county
seat and break it up," said Neil
Caruthers, a prominent attorney of
that state. Judge Clarke once went
there to hold court. The first day he
had bucket of water poured over him
from chimney hole In the roof and
several pistol shots were fred into the
court room. The next day as he
opened court he laid two large pistols
on the desk, and at the first sign of dis
turbance leveled the pistol at the man
and conducted him to Jail. After that
there was no more disturbance, and
the better element of the community
was anxious that he should return the
next term. He declined, with a sent
ence that has passed into a political
proverb in Mississippi: L regarded my
coming into this county as an adj
venture; regard my leaving it as an
esoape. '"-St. Louis obe-pemoorat,
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former officer, should trade in trou-
serA"
''Well," he said, slightly annoyed,
II know great many former officers
in America who are earning living as
walters. fancy trouser merchant 10
worth as much as they"
Certainly" interrupted. But let
me bear your story"
He stretched himself full length upon
couch, lit his cigar, and began: "A few
hours before asked for the sovereign
/ was hungry, poor and ragged. In the
Rue Rivoli walked into large shop
where sale was going on. did this,
not to buy anything. but to get little
warmer. When had got warm / list
ened mechanically to the crier and
heard that on the following day one
hundred thousand pairs of trousers. in
lots of ten pairs, were to be sold. There
were very few people in the shop;
studied the trousers as they lay in lots
of ten pairs and saw that they were
decent results of the tailor's art; good
material and good work. The pair was
sold at two shillings, but you had to
take ten pairs at least
Long experience has taught me that
my aunt (the pawn shop), gives FIVE or
six shillings for good pair of trousers.
Cant you see my calculation? With a
sovereign l could buy ten pairs; you
were good enough to lend me the
money; l bought ten pairs of trousers
and took them Immediately to the pawn
shop A great disappointment was in
store for me. The man behind the
counter told me that new articles could
not be received in pawn shop. What
could / do? l put my case to the man.
and vowed that I had worn the things,
but that they only looked SO new be-
cause was very neat and careful
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IN the Smithsonian institution. wash
iugton. there is large bowlder of al
most solid copper which, If It could
talk, would tell many dark tale Of
superstitious rites and sacrifices This
bowlder came from the upper PENN
sula of Michigan. about twenty miles
from Lake Superior. The Indians in
that locality held it In great venera-
ton. and were accustomed to offer up
human sacrifices on it. According to
their tradition it had been sent to their
forefathers by the Great Spirit as
token of His favor. They asserted that
it sometimes spoke to them with q
voice of thunder demanding sacrifices.
A victim, usually prisoner of war
from some other tribe, was then bound
fast to the rock and speared or shot to
death with arrows, after which fire
was built upon the bowlder and the
body burned--St Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
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II WANT TO BORROW MONEY OF you"
con. But, don't you see, q man with
such incredible trousers-no, it would
never do. 80
At 6:5s o'clock the old porter opened
the door of my Office, announcing. in a
respectful tone: mr. Louis DeQars. {"
Here / am. as promised, and here
are your twenty shillings." said nv old
friend Louis, slapping me on the back
and giving me friendly nudge
/; by Jove!' ! said. from out of the
depths Of my surprise. II shouldn't
!have thought it Has your business
been success?'
''Of course" he said, and showed me
- heap of shillings with the delightful
laugh that characterixes the south
ernsr. There might be fifty or sixty
ehillings, and noticed that he took
Them out Of the pocket of a brand new
pair OF trouserA It was respectable.
well cut pair, of q discreetly dark gray
psolor. This explained the note of re-
Epect in the porter's voice when he an
bounced my friend Louis.
Can ! do anything else for your" l
asked him, with Ill the politeness
= + extended = people who pay
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For . while saw no change or bsnssb
from taking the Discovery but ! persisted
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and taking 9
much outdoor excrciss as was possible, until
I began TO gain In flesh, and gradually the
disease released its hold. took during the
year somewhere from fifteen to eighteen bot
ties Of tho Discovery II has now been
four years dnce frst used 4, and though
weight being i5S to leo pounds, Instead &
rs, q it was when began the use Of the
Discovery. Many parsons have reminded
me OF my improved appearance. Some
say look younger than did six year,
ago when I was married ! am now forty
eight years old, and stronger, and enjoy
better health than have ever done be{ore
IN my HE" Yous truly,
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man, who looked after his clothes. At
shillings for each pair which I had
bought for two. 1t was a lucky day!
Next day bought twenty pairs and
spent the afternoon and evening in
wearing them. And the day after that
took them all to the various branches
Of the pawn shop, after which I had
sufficient money to buy fifty pairs.
"Of course could not wear them all,
and as did not know soul in the
place except your old porter, 1 began
to make love to him, and supplied all
your bank officials with trousers that
is to say, made TO each of them a
present of pair on the condition that
he must wear two pairs of my new ones
day. As soon as the trousers began
to look worn l pawned them-that is to
say, caused them to be pawned by my
clerks. For my business went so well
that could no longer manage it alone.
l had about sixty assistants, some of
whom were employed in walking about
the boulevards wearing new trousers.
Occasionally got them to wear three
or four pairs at time in order to ex-
pedite business Thus l soon got the
one hundred thousand pairs into my
hands. The great difficulty now arose
that the pawnshop. Drumming over
with trousers, would tako no more.
My men were even threatened to be
taken to the police. Some twenty
thousand pairs are now slumbering in
the cupboards of my aunt And the
provincial pawnsbops are glutted in
the same way, for had finally to send
travellers into the provinces.
The net result of it all is that, after
all expenses are paid, have made a
profit of five shillings on each pair of
trousers, or some twenty thousand
pounds on the lot Besides this 1 am
taking two hundred pairs. the best of
their kind. home to the south. They
will last me for life. Finally, in order
to express my gratitude, / have pre-
sented generous presents of good warm
trousers to every kind of charitable in
stitution in the country. Every one of
your officials has had present of two
pairs, and you, my good friend, must
allow me" (he pulled out parceD ITO
present you with this magnificent
specimen, this best pair in the collec-
ton"
And he unwrapped truly elegant
light gray pair of trousers, made after
the most fashionable English manner,
put it on the table in front of me, and
said: when you get a seat on tho
parish council you must wear them at
the first meeting you attend"
"A thousand thanks. you dear old
fellow" said, pressed his hand, and
embraced him in my delight.
l was cured Poor pawnshop! What
have you not suffered in consequence
of my loan of twenty shillings!-West-
Budget.
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II the following lettes had been written
BY your best known and most esteeuod
neighbour they could be no more worthy Of
your confidence than they now are, coming,
trustworthy citizens, who, In their several
neighborhoods, enjoy the fullest confidence
and respect Of all who know them. The
subject Of the above portrait Il . we'll
known and much respected lady, Mira John
g. Foster, residing at No. So Chaplin Street,
Csnandaigua, N. Y. She writes to DR.. r.
v. Pierce. Chief Consulting Physician to the
ut Buffalo, N T., As follows: ~ was
troubled with eczema, or salt-rheum, seven
years doctored with q number of
our homo physicians and received no
benefit whatever. / also took treatment
from physicians in Rochester, New York,
Philadelphia. jersey City, Binghamton, and
received no benefit from them: In fact
doctors without benefit. Ny brother came
to visit Us from the West and he told me to
try DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
He had taken it and it had cured him. I
have taken ten bottles of the Discovery
and am entirely cured, and II there should
b. any one wishing any information would
gladly correspond with Them. II they enc]oae
return stamped envelope"
Not less remarkable IL the following from
Of Jackson, N. G., who says: At had
been troubled with skin disease all my
life. As grew older the disease seemed
to be taking stronger hold upon me. tried
many advertised remedies with no benefit,
until was led to try DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. When began taking
it my health was very poor : In fact, several
persons have since told me that they thought
bad the consumption. weighed only about
125 pounds. Tho eruption on my skin was
accompanied by severe itching. It was first
confined to my face, but afterwards spread
over the neck and head, and the itching be-
came simply snbearable This was my con
dition when began taking the Discovery
When would rub the parts affected lind
q branny scale would fall of.
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VI y nt-SoioIcu CFoFar u HedFy RoiQ
watch chain. shiny new silk hat and
a stick. with gold head. Perhaps it
was not gold, but it looked like 1t.
'Well. old fellow!" he called out, and
stepped with youthful energy on my
corns. II have come to take leave of
you. Thanks to the twenty shillings
you generously lent me the other day.
have become rich man, and intend
now to 20 back and live at home in the
south. I am going to buy q small house
and live comfortably on my income
/ was speechless with establishment.
He looked perfectly sane and steady.
His hair and beard were fashionably
arranged and he gave one the impress
sion of being pensioned cavalry officer
or circus director who, having made
his fortune, was about to retire into his
native town, there to pose as an han
ored and honorable citizen.
"What the deuce have you been do
ing?" / asked. Have you murdered
your old aunt? Have you robbed q
bank? Have You won on the race
course? Have you stolen valuable pa
pers at foreign embassy"
He shook with laughter. NO" he
said. II have only traded in trousers. I"
Traded in trousersT' l roared, till
the windows shook, and sank back
in my chair.
Traded in trousers,' he repeated,
very calmly. why should l not trade
in trousers? Don't get excited"
II am not excited, but must confess
that was rather taken aback al the
esst moment BY the Mse that you :
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Three centuries ago q small-sized
book was held in contempt, and an
author was valued not by the quality
of his works so much as by their size.
A French patron of letters of the time
of Louis XIV, when he gave dinner
to literary men, was accustomed to
place them according to the size Of
their books, he who had written a
folio volume taking precedence of him
who had only produced q quarto, and
so on.
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The little boy had come in with his
clothes torn, his hair full of dust and
his face bearing -unmistakable marks
of q severe conflict. ''Oh, Willie!
Willier' exclaimed his mother, 'you
have disobeyed me again. How often
have told you not to play with that
wicked Stapleford boy?" Mamma,
said Willie, wiping the blood from his
nose. do look as if l had been play
ing with any bodyr'-vogue-
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PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.


Jack Frost is the only person whose
fruitless efforts arc success.-Galves-
ton News.
-Fogg very appropriately calls the
cord attached to his eyeglasses his
spec-tackle. Transcript.
The man who keeps his mouth shut
prevents microbes from getting in and
foolishness from coming out.--N. Y.
Press.
Man Tin theater to woman in 'front.'
Madam, I paid sl.5O for this seat,
and your hat -" Woman (calmly)-
THAT hat cost boston Courier.
Scotch Customer Ito dentist)--
"Hoot, mon; Ave shillin' for wee bit
tooth? Ma. ma, ia ilka man over tn
road pulled DOT twa an broke me jaw
for wan and sixpence. Pearson s
Weekly.
THAT'S what call hush money!"
remarked the daddy when he planked
down the cash for bottle of paregoric
to take home for use among the infant
lie portion of the family.-Brooklyn
Life.
-"Aha" he Missed. "Alasr' she fall
tered; my perfidy is discovered. Yet
there was no scene. They were barn.
stormers and had to get along the best
they could without ne.-Detroit Trib-
une.
She lin affright)-''O, Tom, why
do you make such awful faces at me?"
He (contritely)-'I can't help it, dear.
My eyeglasses are falling off and l
don't want to let go of your hands -
Boston Home Journal.
Not So Low.-In the fading twi-
light the widow positively refused to
wed the man with bald head for less
than $50, 600, spot cash. "Matrimony,"
she argued, not unlSindly, SIS like
game of cards." He shook his head.
Second hand. low" he murmured re-
gretfully. With heavy heart, and dull,
despairing eyes, he went his way
Truth.
Have you any young ladies in the
house that play upon the pianog'
Landiady-"No." mot any that sing?'
Landlady-"Not one" mo children
that recite." Landlady-"The last one
has gone" swell. it would be most
too much like heaven. I'm afraid it
wouldn't be homelike. Inter Ocean
-Physician-"What! Drinking whis-
ky again, just contrary to my strict
orders? Didn't tell you that every
glass of whisky you drank was nail
in your coffin?' Donald-'sYes; but /
find can't give it up. doctor, and
that's fact, as have been saying to
myself. What does it matter after
am dead and gone if my coffin does look
like hedgehog?"-Brooklyn Life.
Business Manager-'sDid you get
an ad out of the fellow who is running
that spook show?'' Solicitor-'N-no;
he said that Business Manager
(savagely)-"Said what? The dod
gasted spiritualist didn't dare to say
our paper wasn't good advertising
medium, did hep Solicitor-''Nop; he
said he n't"-Buffalo Courier.
"A Slight Questionable appli-
cant for small assistance was telling
the gentleman something about him
self, one feature of which included an
experience of ten years in the peniten-
tiary. "Ah. sir" he said, my career
has been a checkered one" Say
striped rather" suggested the gentle
man, and gave him q half dollar
Detroit Free Press
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embarked upon soldering. acting,
hditing. dentistry, authorship, clerk
ship and heaven only knows what be-
sides
"What does he look ike?" asked
the porter, somewhat anxiously.
well, we'll" the cautious old boy
began, The wears Incredible trousers
Quite incredible trousers, SIR"
What was / to do? II did not admit
him the fellow would wait for me in
the street or would even follow me to
the club and there expose me before
my friends. Perhaps, after all, 1t was
better to receive him here and try to
putwit him. gave my porter Ave
hhillings.
snow. look you here" said. This
gentleman is an old friend of mine, but
he is a ne'er-do-weIL Do you see what
4 mean? Well. you've seen his trou-
sers. Very likely he will want to bor-
row money from me. shall then say
that have no money and must borrow
eome from you. Now, after l have
pnade the necessary speech to you, you
give these five shillings to me, regret
hing that it is all you can call your own
in this world"
The porter grinned silly, and al
lowed my old friend Louis to enter the
room
Good heavens, his trousers were in
deed 'incredible;" too short, frayed at
the edge and of blue, gray and green
check pattern which had been the
fashion in my grandfather's time. Nor
was his blue coat at all new. He wore
it buttoned all the way up SO that you
could say nothing about his waistcoat
There were gray lights in his collar.
and his cravat was greasy. Also, his
curly black hair, now tinged with gray,
and his beard were much neglected
An i'll odor came from the big black
cigar he held In his hand, and his boots
left wet marks on the light carpet.
Eyes. old fellow" he said. and gave
me two thumps; '.you are quite right
4 want to borrow money of you. but it
lis for q very important matter. L
might como and tell you that have
not tasted warm food for week;
might talk to you of debt of honor
amounting to fifty pounds; / might
take from You q FIVE pound note to pay
the landau that is to take me to tn .
place where I am to fight duel. But |
I have borrowed money from other
friends for all these purposes. and to-
day 1t Is a graver matter / ask for a |
sovereign-do you hear?-only sover-
eign. l really require guinea, but
the shilling must get from somebody |
else, and since we are old friends will !
only ask yen for twenty shillings. You
shall havejt back tonight before din.
ner. Do you hear? Before dinner. If |
am not back at that time you may |
me q wretch, scamp, a fraud. |
authorize you to get your porter to
throw me downstairs next time come
here, If do not keep my word to-day.
! regret not to be able to give you more
details concerning my purposes with
the sovereign. i may only say that It
Is wanted for remarkable business
transaction, on which the happiness of |
my life may depend"
did as l have always done in such
cases. He had made me laugh and |
gave him the sovereign. He pawned a
few more words of honor and vanishe :.
For moment the idea occurred to me
to invite the good old fellow to lunch
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A slight Delay.

Customer-Is the proprietor IMP
Waiter-Yes, sir.
Customer-Take this steak back, and
ask him to jump on it.
Waiter-You'll have to wait little
while. sir. There ere two other orders
shsad Of you. Life,
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IA PAIR OF TROUSERS.

WAS just about
to go out to
luncheon when
t h e p o r t e r
brought in q
card. I glanced
at it Ye godsl
Ny friend Louis
Louis Degars,
from Tarascon.
An awful fell
low! We had
been at college
together. and 1
had become a
bank manager,
while he had
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a "onuertui Aimo heop1n8 Auc0matt0us
One of the most wonderful time
keepers known to the horologist was
made in London about hundred years
ago and sent by the president of the
East India company as a gift to the
emperor of China The case was made
in the form of a chariot in which was
seated the figure of woman. This
figure was of pure ivory and gold, and
sat with her right hand resting upon q
tiny clock fastened to the side of the
vehicle. A part of the wheels which
kept track of the fight of time were
hidden in the body of tiny bird, which
had seemingly just align ted upon the
lady's finger. Above was q canopy so
arranged as to conceal a silver bell.
This bell was fitted with miniature
hammer of the same metal, and, al
though it appeared to have no connec-
ton with the clock, regularly struck
the hours, and could be made to repeat
by touching a diamond button on the
lady's bodice. In the chariot at the
ivory lady's feet there was golden
figure of dog, and above and in front
were two birds, apparently flying be-
fore the chariot This beautiful orna-
ment was made almost entirely of
gold, and was deliberately decorated
with precious stonea-St Louis Re-
public.
The Enemy of the Common House Fly.
1t seems that every creature has its
deadly enemy, and some specimens
many more than others. Flies are at
certain seasons, usually during the
latter part of summer, attacked by
parasite that fastens upon their bodies.
Their favorite location is around the
wings and the shoulders. These tiny
creatures grow rapidly, and soon be-
come SO full of blood as to be percepti.
BILE to the naked eye. They soon ex-
haust the source of supply, and leave
the wretched victim little more than
she'll, when it attaches itself to some
convenient place and gives up the
ghost. Any one may discover this con-
dition of affairs by noticing that flies
become dull and Sc mi-stupid. They
seem to fly heavily. and soon alight
and begin brushing and scraping their
bodies with their wings and feet. But
to no purpose are all of their efforts,
for the leech never lets go. These
parasites are very much worse in some
seasons than in others. Occasionally
there is a summer when they are very
few, and one may look long time
without finding any. At other times
and in certain localities they almost
sweep the flies out of existence. Such
q condition is thought to be fraught
with danger to the human family.-N
Y. Leader. i