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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04
SPEAKING OF DINNERS.

SMALL dinner parties of four or six
are often most enjoyable.
BE sure the servants understand just
what is expected of them
IT is no longer obligatory to serve or
to drink wines or other liquors
ATTEMPT no more than can be GER
tainly and perfectly carried through.
HAVE system, and follow it--much
unnecessary labor will thus be saved.
Do AS much of the work Of prepare
ton the previous day or two as posi-
BILE.
EVEN the richest feast Is barren, u
with it there be no feast Of reason and
flow Of SOUL"
UTTER silence is better than to be
bored; but a golden mean in converse
ton is vastly better than either.
A DINNER may be varied from three
to fourteen or more courses, but from
five to seven will usually be found the
most desirable number.-Mary Living
ston Andrews, in Good Housekeeping.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04
SCRAPS op SCIENCE.

THE earth's lowest body Of water IL
the Caspian sea, which has been sinking
for centuries.
FRUIT cannot stand freezing, because
1t ruptures the cells Of the fruit and de-
cay takes place.
A BRANCH always causesa knot In the
tree, and any obstruction Of the flow OF
sap will usually cause knot also.
TBERIAs, Palestine, has q meteoro-
logical observatory situated $50 feet
below the level Of the Mediterranean
sea.
IT is curious fact, as noted by Sir
Samuel Baker, that q negro has never
been known to tame an elephant or any
wild animal.
NJ. MoIssAE, the distinguished French
chemist, has made some more crystals
of diamond by plunging the electric
crucible containing the carbon at q
temperature of 1900 degrees c. into
cold water. The diamonds thus OBJ.
tanned scratch rubies and burn with
the production of carbonic acid gas,
but the largest weighs only six MILL.
Orammes
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04
Muslsrats as Household Pets.

Mrs. Sarah Howard, of Houlton, has
two queer psts-a couple of muskrats
that came up the drain into her cellar
and thence even into her kitchen They
have now got so tame that they eat out
of the cats saucer and show no fear OF
that individual, who on her part does
not deign to notice them, though her
kittens sometimes cuff the rats. One
day they got straw and pieces off the
broom and made a nest under the cup
board. They win come close to ones
chair and smell ones hand wheu
reached down to them. When eating
milk they sit beside the saucer, thrust
both paws into the milk, and then lar
it from their paws, sometimes taking a
half hour to consume small sauces q
milk. Lewiston journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04
Deafness Cannot be curcd

by local applications, as they cannot reach
thediseased portion of theear. There isonly
one way to cure Deafness, and that is by con-
stitutional remedies Deafness iscaused by
an infiamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube
gets inAamed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed Deafness IS the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing Will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out OF ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing bu,
an inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces
we viii give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (cansed by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, Q.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills. % cents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04
A FEED MIXTURE.

A Successful Poultry Raiser Tells How He
Feeds.
My present feeding mixture consists
of bushels of ground oats, bushels
of ground wheat, $50 pounds of meat
scrap, 800 pounds of wheat bran, and
800 pounds of malt sprouts. For 600
hens take about so pounds of this
uixture n : watsr-tight box that sits
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04
HORSE TALK.

DoN'r be afraid to buy horse be-
cause he Is thin. In other words, look
out when buying fat one. Flesh hides
blemishes.
BETTER muzzle the horses than him
der the free use of their necks by
checking while at work. Checked
horses sweat more and grow thin faster
than free horses.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?

1t is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder IS
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders
The purest baking powder makes the finest. sweet
est most delicious food The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food
That baking powder which is both purest and,
strongest makes the most dgestble and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble?
Avoid all baking powders sold with gift
or prize, or at lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime 81 sui
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute for the
Royal, which is absolutely pure.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

"CAN q man serve two mastersl'' inquired
the pastor of the mild-eyed deacon. HE
has to, sometimes,n confessed the deacon.
al think notr 'sYou never had boy twins ct
your house, did you!" inquired the deacon,
oftly.-Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04
KNOWLEDGE


Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of Che pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Fig.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met With the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by al drug
xfsts in 60c and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Fig,
and being well informed, you viii poo
eeeapt M substitute Y aS1gve "
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

WANTED IT vERrr1ED.-He-"I heard .
fellow say the other night that he thought
almost anyone could kiss you" She-.sIhe
wretch! Did you knock him downl" He
ssNo. 1 thought would call and see you
about it first. n-Brooklyn Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

81 DON'T SEQ why you have such tough
turkeys, Mrs. Brown" said tho new board.
or. Sits force Of habit said the old
boarder.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

WuAr he WASTED.-Landlady- "Wha
norton of the chicken will You have, Mr.
Browu?'' Boarder-" About n quarter
thank you"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

REaaY wxsrKSD-"Haven' seen you IN
Lunnon lately.n Pelham Manor-"Just
been down to Chester for q few days. Duke
of Westminster's place, ye know" Reggy
Westend-"Yes, I know. Capital dinners
they give one at the INN there don't theyi"
Puck,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

SoME men have three cheeks-a check
bounded by the right car, chin and nose,
o cheek bounded by the left ear, chin ana
nose and check unbounded.- Mems
Era.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

81 AM on the trail again." said the old
scout, when he trod on the womau's dress
FLORIDA Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

A SUBURBAN paper, reporting meeting Of
n Woman's Dress Reform leaguc, says
"Thirty odd women were present "-Phila
delphia Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

To LEARN to play the trombone 1t is necos-
sary to have good lungs and indulgcnt neigh
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

ErMPArHrzrSa rRfESD-s'It must give ono
q queer feeling to have ones pocket picked. ,
Victim -ssYou don't feel it at all. That the
misery of it.n-Chicago Tribune
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

SHE-"Why don't you propose to some
girlg' He-''rve done that twelve times al
ready She-"Well, why not once morep
He!sI'm superstiticus about thirteen-"-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

, LITTLE Dor ssOh, I'd give anything Il
was old enough to have husband Mamm;
MERCY child. Whyl" Little Dot-"In
90 tired Of being pettcd. Good News
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

The greatest organ in the world with no
stops-woman's voice.--Lowell Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

SAMSON brought down the house, but no
body called for an encore.-Texas Siftings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

Do You men in the dry west want to go
back, and make nay as they co IN Rhode Is
landi-Eural Now Yorker.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

TIE material for making other people
happy does not cost as much as tho mate
rial Tor making soft scap.-Young Mems
Era.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

HorE Is the dream Of those who am
swake.-Texas Siftings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

PRopRrErr is varnish; character is grain.
Young Mems Era
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

RHEuMAT1c Pains are greatly relieved ~
Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

SMALL ..Avors have long memories.-C Chi
cago Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

TuEr Musr GLEAx.--Stage Manager
"What is delaying the. performance~
powder. and he swears he win not 60 ON
without being properly made up."-Trufh.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

Hidden Shoals wreck strong ships.
The good bark health, with the brave
mariner hone at the helm, is drifting on con-
cealed reefs il you are troubled with In
activity of the kidneys. Shiftyour course by.
the aid Of Hostetters Stomach Bitters, which
win pilot you into the harbor in safety, and
save you from Bright's disease, diabetes or
dropsy. The Bftters checks malaria, rneu-
matism, dyspepsia and liver complaint
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04

at may be easy to read woman like .
book says the Manayunk philosopher,
shut you can't shut her up as easily. Phil
adelphia Record.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-11
An AsAAssIn'n Act.

BRISTOL, Tenn, Dec. 27.-A special
tonight from Double Tunnel, Va, on
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad,
says: William Herald shot and killed
a young man named Finley there this
afternoon. They both worked for a
lumbcrman named Taylor. They quar-
relied over their work yesterday. Ier L.
aid told Finley that he would kill him.
Finley PAID very little attention to the
threat, thinking Herald was trying to
G!utf him. AS Finley was walking
past Ileralds house this afternoon the
latter stepped to the door and shot the
former with shotgun loaded with RI
lle balls. Herald has fled. It is thought
that he Is on his way to Norton, Va.
A posse of ten men started in pursuit
of him. Finley was about % years of
age and single lie seems to have
been stranger, no one knowing where
he came from. Herald is a married
man and is said to be from near Ab1ng-
don Va
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-11

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 5.-Carpenter
the famous Edgetield murderer, who
has 80 long been a fugitive from JUS
tice, seems doomed to die at the ropes s
end In the summer, or perhaps the ear
lY spring. A gentleman from Edge
field. who was in the city yesterday
gave some very interesting facts about
his case which have not yet been pub
llshed. This gentleman says that Car
penter was brought back to Edgelleld
as no other man has ever been brought
back. In the first place he was brought
to the railroad station by one OF the
in the county. When the train ar
rived it wc:s met by the people from the
entire Yonce community Of the coun-
ty. 1t will be remembered that he
murdered Preston YOnce. They had
guns and pistols, and accom mpanied the
party which had Carpenter, all along
the road back to Edgeiield, determined
that he should not escape. Sheriff
OutZ placed the man in a secure cell
and put careful watch upon him. lie
had not been there long ere he declared
that re would escape before they could
hang him, and he would never die at
the end of rope This declaration
made the sheriff very determined and
recently he has placed Carpenter in the
top cell in the Jail, which is the most
secure, and has double chained him to
the iron ring in the centre Of the floor.
lie will not allow any one to see the
prisoner. The sheriff IS prepared to
meet and repel any attempt at a rescue,
ana intends to give the man no earthly
chance to escape as long as he is the
custodian. Carpenter is to be resen-
Genced at the coming term Of court.
Judge Fraser will preside and pass the
oeatb sentence upon him. 1t Is thought
that ne Will fix very early date for the
execution State.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-11
The Testimony of Graduates.

The quiet testimony of graduates Of
the Kelley Treatment by their life of
sobriety among neighbors and compan-
ions who knew them formerly as help.
less habitues of inebriety, is factor
which we may not always appreciate,
but which operates constantly never
theless. This is the chief among the
quiet forces which have been at work
gradually but surely to transform the
popular skepticism into practical
faith in the keely Treatment snd full
acceptance of 1t as an established insti-
tuition In medical practice.
1T has been a great source of satisfac-
tlon to notice this progress here in the
metropolis of the country. Only a
year or two ago New York was con-
vulsed by the very thought of cure
for drunkenness. But the spectacle of
well-knoWn "men about town." form
erly marked for their convivial habits,
but now abstaining altogether and un-
able to be tempted, has been working a
remarkable change of conviction on
this subject in this city.--Golden
News, Nov. 20, 1893.
The same may be said Of Columbia,
a number Of our brightest and gayest
citizens who were cured year or two
since have given proof of the efficacy
of the keeley treatment to entirely era
dicate the old habit. They have the
profound respect and best wishes of
many sincere friends.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-11
VIII SsCD tha FIYhf

JACK soNvILLE, Fla, Jan. 3.-The
sensation OF the day in sporting circles
was the action of Solicitor Christie,
representing the State, in refusing to
proceed this morning in the cases
against Corbett and Mitchell. 1t is
we'll understood that Christie was
forced tGShis action by Governor Nit
chell, aJ whose will he holds office.
The Governor charged "collusion" on
the part of Duval County auth critics,
Wnen the cases were brought and it is
SAID that Christie had received an init
NATION from the executive that if the
cases were not dropped. he (Christie1
would lose his official. head. Christie
dld not have enough of sporting blood
TO stand the gubernatorial gaff, and SO
he dropped the case.
CnrtStleS announcement in court
that no information had been filed
against C0rbett and Mitchell meant
practically that the case had been moi
pressed. 1t knocked the pins from un
der the club so far as testing the law in
relation to prize fights Is concerned.
The club had depended upon this
test case to put the fighters beyond ar
rest. AS it is now the fighters can be
arrested at the last moment and of
course everybody knows that an ar
shall not take place unless the club ties
the hands of the sheriff 50 that he can
not touch them.
The members Of the club, however,
in spite OF the falling through of the
test case, are showing no signs of
weakening and say that If the English
man can be induced to sign the amend
ed articles they will yet pull eff the
contest IN Florida. Just what the
course OF the club will be no one seems
to know. Some say their next step is
to secure the arrest of the principals
by some justice of the peace, in order
to have the habeas corpus proceedings
! gotten before the Circuit Court. Those
proceedings, which were to come off
! tomorrow, are done with inasmuch as
tue principals are out of custody, but
che question is whether justice of the
peace will be found to 90 where the
county solicitor fears to tread. Mana
ger Bowien of the Duval Athletic
Club, was fourd shortly after the OPEN
ing OF the court. and informed by the
! Sou .hern Associated Press correspond.
ent of. what had been done. When
asked what the clubs next action
would be, Mr.. BoWden answered that
ne was not at all prepared to say, save
that 1t looked very much as if the ofli-
Cldio "elo aiIdlu 70 give inc case talr
test and allow the club to find out
whether or not the contest was within
the law. Continuing, Mr.. Bowden
said:
The action of the solicitor is a prac.
teal victory for the club. l. shows
that the Govern Jr is afraid to lot the
courts to pass on the law in regard to
prize lights. IL knows that the decis-
ion OF the courts would be favorable
to us and he wants to keep the ques-
tion open so he can interfere without
running counter to court decision.
I on may say" added Bowden, "that if
the Euglishman sticks we will have
this fight in Florida. We know that
there is no law against it and we in
tend to go right ahead arranging for
the contest, always provided Mitchell
signs the amended articles"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-11
Robbed.

BIRMIN0IAM, Ala, Dec. 28.-This
afternoon at 3 o'clock in an alley one
block from the court house, and in the
centre Of the city, G. l.. Bell, a white
man recently from Chattanooga, was
Knocked in the head by footpads and
robbed Of $s27o in money. Bell, it
seems, was going up the alley for a
short cut when two men slipped up
behind him and struck him on the head
with heavy rock. He fell insensible
and they wenS through his pockets,
taking from an inside vest pocket the
roll of bills. Then they escaped un-
noticed and as yet have not been
caught. An examination of Bell 8
wounds show that they are not serious.
He has entirely recovered conscious
ness and will be we'll In a day or two,
He was until two weeks ago merch-
ant In Chattanooga. and has been pros
pecting here with view OF engaging
in business
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-11
Mira. LuCie q Lunatic,

WARRINGTON. D. G.. Jan. 3.-Mrs.
Luce, the woman who called at the
white house yesterday to take posses.
sion until the president paid money
she claimed he owed her, was examined
by physicians today and pronounced de-
mented but harmless. She will prob
ably be sent to her son who lives in
Camden, New Jersey. Mrs. Luce says
she did not go to the white house to see
the president. She scorns the idea of
having any communication with him and
says she would walk blocks out of her
way to avoid meeting HIM. This was
not her first visit to Washington, Mrs.
Lucie came here last May. The people
in her boarding house regarded her as
an eccentric person of no dangerous
propensity. She paid her bill regularly
and explained that the money was furn.
ishcd by her son.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-11
Fatal Explosl on,

UNION, S. G, Jan. 4.-News reached
here last night Of terrible catastrophe
IN which three men were killed out
right, and five others wounded-one
mortally-On the plantation of Senator
Glenn ID. Peake in this courtY. The
boiler of an engine of a cotton gin
bursting, is the cause of such a terri
bic affair. The men killed are Mr..
Thomas II. Jeter, a man well known,
with fine connections, and a brother of
Mrs. lanes L. Douglass Of this place;
Crouch, a white man who came here
from North Carolina, and negro
whose name l have been unable to as
certain; nor has it been possible to get
the names OF the wounded, or learn
whether they were all white or not,
This affair is greatly regretted by those
who knew the parties killed, and have
great syspathy for the afflicted fami-
lies.-State.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-11
There is no Reduction,

COLUMBIA, S. G., Dec. 29.-Many
people do not understand what became
of the salary reduction bill which
passed the House and Senate at the last
session of the Legislature. The facts
are these: The bill passed both houses.
1t was approved by Governor Tillman
on the 22d Of December. 1t was to go
into effect on the 1st of January, 1894.
The next day the Legislature passed
the appropriation bill. Those interest
ed in salaries remaining as they are
succeeded In getting section 13 added
to this bill. 1t provides that the sala
ries as at present fixed shall remain as
they are for the year 1894. This bill
was signed on the 23rd of December.
This will virtually kill the salary re-
duction bill, as when 1t goes into effect
a new Legislature will have been elect
ed, and 1t may not think as the last one
did.-Register.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-11
"A Fight to the Finish,

a unique feature of the Keeley
Treatnent is the fairness with which
1T treats the enemy. "Do yo"r worst"
1t seems to say to the whiskey bottle,
"and we are ready for you'll" If the pa.
tlent Graves the intoXtcant to which he
has so long been accustomed, he is not
put Off with substitute, but given the
very stuff itself, and the best OF its
kind. There is not even any attempt
made to taper him off after the old
time fashion with the poor wretch
who "had been NOR tagging
miserable morrows for nights Of
madness. There is no restric-
tion when stimulant is demand
ed, neither is there that overdosinp
which has often been suggested, and
perhaps tried time or two, by enter
prising reformers-putting whiskey in
the patients soup, coffee, beef gravy,
etc. On the contrary his dram is not
only readily furnished, but made as
palatable as he is used to having it
leaving lirst-rate whiskey and the
Double Chloride OF Gold to fight it out
between them for the possession of the
mebeiate's body. Which is the strong
er IS being every day proved by the
usual result Of the battle at the now
famous keeley Institute, Columbia
5. G.,