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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-27
HOODS s s"s HOODS
OLD AND SPRY.

A LIVELY old farmer is Nathan White,
Of Rutherford county, N. c. Last June
he was one hundred years Of age, and
he still does the heaviest farm work,
blowing, etc.
Mrs. LOUISA R. Robe, granddaugh-
ter of Gen. Stark, now eighty-five years
of age, is living in Manchester, N. II.
She is in excellent health and is in full
possession OF all her faculties.
SKIDMoRE ALsToN died recently in
Rolesville, N. c., at the age of eighty
five years. Skidmore was the father OF
twenty-four children and had SO many
grandchildren he was never able to rec
ognize all OF them.
FRANK WRIGnr, of Bangor, is eighty
five years old, but he goes into the
woods with the boys every winter.
He was numbering before most of them
was born, and the other day he wanted
to bet ten dollars that he could turn q
handspring with the best of them. No
takers.
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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 the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy. Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the tsstc, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t 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 all drug
gists in SOC 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 Figs,
and being we'll informed, you viii not
accept any substitute if offered.
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An apt Rejotnder.

A building in course Of erection waA
to be used for the storage of salt meats
1t was being built by pompous little
German, who never misses any oppor-
tunity of giving orders. This inter-
ference on the part of the little Ger.
man has had the effect of making him
a marker" for the workmen's wit.
One day he was in pretty good hui
NOR, and as there was nothing to find
fault with, the German thought that
he would indulge in little good-na
tured advice to one of the masons, who
is noted for his ready wit. II say,
Nike" said the German, with broad
smile, II want you to be very careful
not to leafe any holes in DAT founda-
ton, because I'm going to hat dot
cellar filed NIT meat und don't want
de rats to git in. do you see?" That's all
right. SIR" SAID Mike, good-naturedly,
''if do happen to leave a hole or two
bechune the stones I'll lave them big
enough for the cats to get in after the
rats, so yez1l have no rnyson for. worri-
ment phativer, IN. Y. Herald.
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ENGLISH IRREGULARITIES.

frange Mementoa of the Past Preserved
In London.
Nothing impresses an American in
London more oddly than the number
of mementos of past ages, picturesque
and grotesque, which meet him atevery
turn, and which have been preserved
not for any great or noble association,
but simply because they recall 'old
times" ~
In a narrow passageway in the most
busy part of the old city, where at
noon solid masses of human beings
struggle to pass each other, the
stranger, glancing down to the level of
his knees, sees the grotesque figure of
a boy, erected after the Gordon riots,
to show how far the great fire extended.
In an obscure little lane near Smith
field, another figure points out Cock
Lane, famous only for supposed ghost
which scared all London a hundred
years ago.
In the foundation Of church is the
ancient stone, which in the days of the
Romans stood in the exact center of
London, and from which all measure
ments throughout the kingdom were
made. 1t was to the Romans, the
Saxons and the Normans the sacred
vital point of the island, cor cordium,
and is still regarded by many modern
Londoners with mysterious awe.
A ludicrous illustration of the respect
paid by the English to the past is
venerable he-goat that still wanders
uncontrolled up and down Piccadilly,
even penetrating, it is said, the sacred
precincts of St. James palace when
her majesty is in residence.
1t belonged to a certain eccentric
nobleman, whose vices and good humor
made him an object of popular interest.
He has been dead many years, but his
protege, the goat, is still a public pet,
luxuriously fed and quartered and
given the right of way everywhere.
Between the palaces of the Duke of
Devonshire and the Earl of Lonsdalc,
runs narrow walled passage used as
a thoroughfare from one street to an
other.
Half way down this walk the pedes-
TRAN runs against a stake driven firmly
into the ground which he passes with
difficulty. He is told that two CEN
turtles ago highwayman, on feet
horse, infested this passage, robbing
foot passengers He was caught and
hanged. and the stake was driven into
the ground to prevent the horse of any
other gentleman of the road" from
escaping that way. 1t never seems to
have occurred to any Londoner APP
parently that it is no longer needed.
The Engiishman in his regard for
precedent seems ridiculous in our eyes,
and we in our contempt for old usages
appear irreverent in his
Both are right--and both wrong
Youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-27
BIRD WISDOM.
LOUISIANA

How Ioes the last year bird that never saw
An egg, fedgiing nor half-built nest
Know to obey her species annual law
And when the SHOWS melt and the rivuiots
thaw,
To start upon her busy April quest
and gather straws, and threads, and bits OF
moss,
Tangies Of wool from cruel pasture burrs,
Plumes dropped from wings which never knew
And shape OF them, with timber twigs across,
shelter for the brood that may be hers?
Who bids her bind it close with grassy stringsf
To hollow II, and round IL with her breast,
And line 1t with all soft and kindly things,
Even the down from underneath her wings
Until 1t Is q smooth and perfect nest?
And when its tiny treasures greet her sight,
Those silent spheres of future JOY and song,
Soft blue. or sprinkled brown. or pearIy white,
Who tells her to protect them day and night
And keep them hidden close and warm SO
longY
Who teaches her to cherish them so WE'LL
To brood and watch the fragile things above!
How does she know the germ within will swell
And gather force to break the brittle shell,
And be living thing for her to love!
Who knowss though nature teens with mys-
teries,
She never grants us one enlightening word;
The hoariest sage among us, and most wise,
Can only wonder, with admiring eyes,
At the fine wisdom Of little bird.
Surely. these feathered folk. who live so near
To nature. understand her deepest lore,
And, breathing In purer atmosphere,
Know what the wind says to the leaves, and
hear
What the soft ripples whisper TO the shore.
Roaming the realms of ether. they may know
Truths never touched by our imaginings;
And when they look on us. so far below,
Poor dusty creatures, creeping to and fro,
Pity our want OF wisdom and Of wings
Elizabeth Akers, in Youths Companion.
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RELATIVE SIZES.

THE two Americas are, combined, al
most the area of Asia.
AFRICA is three-fourths the size of
Asia, or 1000. 900 square miles.
NIcARAeUA and New York have the
same area, $4,000 square miles.
THE arabic land of Egypt is said not
to exceed 100, 900 square miles.
AUSTRALIA is about the size of the
United States, excluding Alaska
SARDINIA is exactly the size of New
Hampshire, or 5000 square miles.
THE Palestine of the time of Christ
was about the size of New jersey.
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PuNGeNT PARAGRAPHS.
-Amusements we have outgrown I

-Amusements we have outgrown are
called follies. Batter.
The moro you puff a cigar the
smaller it becomes: and that is the case
with some men.-IIousehold Words.
The Rabbi Libettus Comminetus
was the master of twelve languages,
all of which he spoke with the utmost
fluency.
-Robbins-"Higbee is drinking as
much as ever. l thought he turned
over new leaf?' Kellogg-''He did;
but guess he lost his place. Life.
-Judge-"What made You turn bur
glar?' Tramp-''I am so fat that people
refused to give me food."-Fliegende
Batter.
More or Less.-Cardley-"
Flushkins is a chip off the old block. !"
Polerton-"Yes. A red or a blue one?"
Detroit Free Press.
"A Chilly Subject. -Reporter-"1
have got a poem about The Beautiful
Snow" Editor-"Well, put it on the
steam radiator to thaw out "-Texas
Siftings.
Used to Worse. -Stranger-"Thi
smell, l suppose, comes from your
stock yards?' Postoffice Employe tout
for holiday)-'Smell? What smell?"
Chicago Tribune.
-Helen-"Didn't you have a picture
at the exhibition last week?" Brushes
-"Yes; how did you know it?" Helen
II saw there was one that every per
son passed without noticing Inter
Ocean.
Mr.. Fuller Maitland, in his book on
German composers tells of a lady who.
on hearing from Goldmarlk that he was
the composer of THE Queen of Sheba, I"
remarked, "Dear me-that must be o
most lucrative post!"
But You love me-" persisted the
India Rubber Man. "Yes." faltered the
Circassian Girl. 'Then let us proclaim
ourselves one" mo, Horatio; it is bet
ter thus. There is no money in the
Siamese any more. Puck.
AT the Breakfast Table.-Landlady
-"Well, must do something to keep
the wolf from the door" Boarder--''I
don't know that IL is altogether neces-
sary. Let him come in and tackle one
of your breakfasts, and / don't think
he'll ever trouble you again. Detroit
Free Press.
Doctor "What! drinking beer
again, contrary to my strict orders?
Didn't tell you that every glass was a
nail in your coffin?" 81 can't give it
up, doctor; that's fact, and so have
been saying to myself: What does it
matter when you are dead and gone
If your coffin looks like hedgehog?
Household Words.
I'm the Operating Room.-"Great
guns, how that razor hurts!" cried the
patient. The barber paused and ran q
thumb nail critically along the instru-
ment's edge. Jaw, no" he cheerfully
answered, "it is not re razzer Eat hurts,
it is re face And he passed on to the
next operating table, leaving the head
nurse to complete the dressings.-Rock-
land Tribune.
Strained and Unnatural. wife
of New York bank cashier remarked
at the supper table: Have you read
the late novel by wilkins Jones?"
Haven't read it." swell, there is
cashier of bank in it. just like you.
He is honest and faithful and does not
run off with his employers money"
That's the way it is with those novel
lists. They are so unnatural and i'm
probable in their descriptions of men,"
N. B.-Since the above was written the
cashier has disappeared and an exami.
nation of his books shows large short
age.-Texas Siftings.
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stuff for one afternoon. Are you going
home? If so I'll walk part of the way
with you. And mark my words, sir"
he added, shaking an impressive fore
finger, "a politician is fool, radical
politician is generally knave as well,
but a radical political woman is the
very deuce itself"
And with this ungallant remark the
general took his companions arm and
departed.
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1!ood.VitaIizing

elements to be found in Hoods Sarsaparilla.
"My mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth
Wolfe, at the age Of 70 years, was attacked
with violent form of salt rheum; it spread
all over her body, and her hands and limbs
were dreadful to look at. At the same
time, my little daughter Clara, who was just
one year old, was attacked by similar
disease, like scrofula. 1t appeared in
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-27

How does the last year bird, that never saw
An egg. fedgiiug nor half-buflt nest.
Know to obey her species annual law.
And when the SHOWS melt and the rivulots
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-04-27
MARCH APRIL May
Are the Months in Which to
PURIFY YOUR BLOOD
The Blood Purifier is
) HOODS SARSAPARILLA
Which Puriies, Vitalizes and Enriches the Blood

At this season everyone should take o
good spring medicine. Your blood must be
purified or you viii be neglecting your
health. There is cry from Nature for
help, and unless there is prompt and salts
factory response you will be liable to seri-
Gus illness.
This demand can only be met by the puri-
flying, enriching and
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Healthy Robust Child.

Her grandmother took Hoods SarsaparillA
at the Same time, and the salt rheum de-
creased in its violence ard perfect cure
was soon effected. 1t took about three
months for her cure, and she ascribes her
good health and strength at her advanced
age to Hoods Sarsaparilla. Ithas certainly
been o Godscnd to my family" MRS
SoPuIA WOLFE, Zaleski, Ohio.
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Large Sores

under each side Of her neck; had the attend
ance of the family physician and other doc
tors for o long time, but seemed to grow
worse. 1 read of many people cured Of
scrofula by Hoods Earsaparilla- AS soon
as we gave Hoods SarsaparilIa to Clara, she
began to get better, and before the first
bottle was gone, the sores entirely healed
up and there has never been any sign Of the
5;roo.a s;,,co Gha "a a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-30
A STORE AND SALOON BURNED

A STORE AND SALOON BURNED.
An alarm Of fire was sounded
last Tuesday night a week ago,
after the DEMOCRAT had gone to
press. Upon repairing to tho
scene, it was discovered that the
Are was raging in the "Last
Chance Saloon, operated BY Pink
j. Moore, near the Union depot.
It was soon communicated to the
adjoining store of N. Foisy and
both were entirely consumed BY
the devouripg element. Mr.. Foisy,
however, had sufficient time to re
move the larger portion Of his
stock Of goods, upon which there
was All insurance of e1750. The
buildings belonged to Mr.. Henry
s. Gossens and were only partial
ly insured. Mr.. Moore lost his en-
tire stock of liquors, wines, bar
fixtures, ETC., upon which there
was an insurance Of $500. The
origin of tho fire ihas not yet been
discovered. The losses were
promptly adjusted and settled by
the insurance companies, .withiu
thirty.six hours after the fire oc'
Cured.
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Anlicahy Adjusted.

The skilled labor employed In
the construction Of the water
works tower at this place, having
Il grievance against the eontrac
tors, quit work and went on a
general strike last Thursday. The
striking members belonged to the
"Brotherhood Of Boiler Makers
and Iron Ship Builders of Amer
lea" and were under contract with
Gillett Il Herzogg, manufacturers
and builders of Minneapolis, MINI.
They claimed that they we're un-
der contract to build the tower
lao feet high and were to be paid
$500 per day, but that the mana.
ger eYinced q disposition to sup.
plant them with "scab labor" and
to withhold a portion of their sala-
ry in violation Of their contract.
The differences have been AMIGA
bly, adjusted, however, by commit
tees representing the parties and
the strikers returned to their work
Monday morning. 1t is likely that
the work will now progress to
completion without further inter.
ruption.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-30

The Meridian Fertilizer Fac
tory, of Meridian, Miss. is repre-
scented in Rspides parish by @. L.
Robinson, of Lamourie. This Fac
tory is on the market with its
goods. 1t makes a specially OF d
sugar Fertilizer. Cane raised in
this parish last year on land en-
riched with this Fertilizer polar.
lied from Is to II per cent. 1t is
cheaper than other fertilizers, be.
cause it produces better results
Responsible men can purchase il
upon their own terms. For cash
liberal discount will be made
For further particulars, address
the Company at Meridian or y. L
Robinson, at Lamourie, Rapide'
parish, La.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-30

ABoM1NABLE NUIsANCEs.-Al.
exandria is again infested with o
horde of tramps, who beg from
house to house in the day time and
sleep in the box cars at night. In
some instances, when refused food,
if there is no male member Of the
family present, they are impudent
and insulting. A night or two ago
they set fire to and burned a box
car of the Kansas City, Watkins
and Gulf Railroad, in which they
were passing the night. They are
are abominable nuisanoes, which
require Immediate abatement, BY
their summary expulsion from
town. The town authorities should
take the matter in hand at once
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Personal AND SOCIETY
NOTES.

Judge II. l.. Daigre made q
brief visit to Colfa1 last week.
Mr.. James u. Adams, of Pol
lock, Was in the city Monday.
Mr.. John P. Hadnot, of Grant
parish, was in town few day ago.
Mr.. John 9. Ryan visited Col
fax last week on professional
business.
Mr.. B. n. Lyons, a success.
full merchant Of Forest Hill, vas in
town last week.
Mr.. j. J. Ferguson, the prom
iuent Second street jeweler, visit.
ed Lake Charles last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Achille Bauer
returned several days ago, from
their bridal tour and are now at
home to their many friends.
Mics Francis Afeman-accom
panied by our little friend, Master
Jake Geiger-visited her parents
at Lamourie, last week.
Judge Geo. H. Wells, an old
and prominent member of the Lake
Charles bar, who was in the city
last week, on professional bust
ness, gave the DEMOCRAT pleas
ant call.
Mrs. Simpson, of Shreveport,
was in Alexandria last week, Wis
iting her son, Mr.. J. A. Simpson,
the popular, accommodating and
efficient operator in charge Of tie
| Western Union Telegraph Office
The many friends of Col. An
drew Thorpe, who recently moved
to Now Iberia, were pleased to
greet him last Saturday upon bis
return to Alexandria, in the in
terest Of some unfinished legal
business.
Capt. Jas. Forsythe, of jena,
Catahoula parish, gave us An ap
preciated call last week, on his re-
turn from Natchitoches, whittier
he had been as a delegate to rep
resent his parish in the ninth an
nual meeting of the Louisiana Ag'
ricultural Association.
MIR. w. o. Hart, Of the Legal
firm of Dinkelspiel & Hart, OF
New Orleans, Was in attendance
on the District Court last Satur
day, representing tho defense in
the suit Of Bertrand We'll, Admin
istrator VS.. the New York Life In
surance COMPANY.
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A SALE To EFFECT A PARTI-
TICN.-At the suit Of Mrs. Isabella
L. Haas ct ais rs. the heirs of An.
derson McNutt, plantation sit
uated on Bayou Rapides, in this
parish, comprising one Thousand
acres OF land was sold atpublic auc.
ton by Sheriff Stafford last Satur.
day, to effect partition between the
heirs. Bernard Meyer became the
purchaser of the property for the
sum of s5,975 cash.
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LLOYD DOTS.

Mrs. j. Ferguson has been quite
i'll hut is improving.
Mr.. n. l.. Burgess, of Rust"n, is
visiting relatives and friends at
Lloyd.
Mr. 4. l.. Walker spent the past
few days IL New Orleans.
Miss Swiss Blackman is spend
ing some time with her friends at
Nj Walkers.
Mrs. Fannie Wells, of Bayou
Robert, was the guest last week,
Of Mr.. D. II. Blackman.
On last Wednesday night there
Was Euchre psrty at Mr.. Il. l..
Walkers. Tho there were only
n few gnests, it goes without say.
lug that it was iu every sense a
success. There are few who an.
derstand in just Mrs. Walkers
happy, cordial manner how to see
that all her guests have a pleas
ant, merry time. II we may be-
lieve "truthfui Jamesw it was in.
deed an exceptionally pleasant
affair.
The young folks do not seem to
care for cold weather. There WAS
party out on Saturday last, cold
IS it was, taking birds eye view
If lha wrecked freight train near
Cheney vile, and "truthful Jsmcs!'
says be did not know it was cold
until after bis return home.
Mrs. Williams has been
spending some days with Mrs. ".
3. Moore, of Lecompe.
On last Friday night the house
occupied by Mr.. w. &. Simms, On
Wellswood plantation, caught on
fire and burned to ashes in a little
time. The high wind prevailing
vt the time prevented anything
being dono to save tho house. Mr..
Simms lost most of his househ old
furniture and clothing and all OF
his groceries. Mr.. Simms is a
most excellent citizen aud has the
sympathy OF every ono in this
community. 1t seems very strange
that so many fires should occur
accidentally. There should be
some vigorous Investigations made
and if there is malice in it, it
should be punished.
Mr.. St. Elmo Tuggle left last
week for Homer, to attend school
at that place.
Dame Rumor says there are to
BIO some weddings postponed on
account of the low price of sugar,
loss Of the bounty, low price OF
cotton, etc, ord of course some
folks are low in their spirits.
We regret to hear that Miss NJ.
e. Sullivan, late Of Lloyd, is in
very poor health.
Mr.. Walter Browns many
friends were pleased to SEQ bis
handsome, smiling face at his old
home last week. BUSY BEE.
LlOyd, Jan. %, 1896.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-30

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS.
The preliminary examination OF
George W. Swearingen, charged
with the assassination Of W. @.
Roark, at Forest Hill, on the 18th
instant, an account Of which ap.
peared in the DEMOCRAT last
week, was held before Judge An.
drews Monday and the case taken
under advisement. E. N. Steph-
enson, who has been incarcerated
in the parish Jail since January 6,
charged with the killing of Charles
Ables, at Goodwin station, on that
date, was also accorded . preliml'
nary examination yesterday, but
ND to tho hour of going to press, il
had not been concluded.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-30
JUDICIAL SALE.
Stats Of Louisiana--Parish Of Rapides-
Tenth Judicial District
Court.

MRS DELrHlSK HsrMAS)
Frank n. WHICH.
10y VIRTUE OF AND TO SATISFY
IL sn order of Seizure and Sale issued
from the Honorable tho Tenth Judicial
District Court aud to me directed as Sher-
if Of the Parish of Rapides, Louisiana,
commanding and authorizing me to spec
erty, belonging to Defendant, +. II.
WEIGH, have seized and will offer for
sale at Public Auction to the last and
highest bidder, at the front door Of the
Court Houso in the Gown Of Alexandria,
La, between the hours prescribed by
law, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 3D., A. D.
1895,
the following described property specially
seized to-wit:
A certain piece or parcel ofgronnd, no.
ing, lying and situated in the Pariah OF
Esapides, Louisiana, in what is known as
Welch Addition to the Town of Alexan-
drin, aud described as Lots Number sev-
entecn and Eightcen of Sqnnre No. Five
of the said Welch Addition ~ per map
made and published aud duly Of record in
thie said parish and State, each Of said
lots having front on Shirland Avenue OF
Fifty feet and running back in parallel
lines the distance OF Ono hundred and
forty-two foot to an alley in rear. Bound
ed in front by Shirland Avenue, in rea,
by said alley, GU ono side by Julia Ave
nuo, and on the other side by Lot Nun
bar Sixteen of said square, with oil tht
buildings and improvements thereon
rights, ways and privileges thereto be-
longing.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to ap
praisement. D: I. STAFFORD,
Sheriff Parish Of Rspidee.
January I'd, 1895.