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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
pt,NoENr PARAGRAPHS.

g -poultry Ouery.-Whatwill a woman
shoe the chickens with when she wears
bloomers? -Atchison Globe.
mo wonder I'm stuck said the
bewildered pedestrian; I've. run
against the forks of the road."-Ricn-
mond Dispatch.
First Waiter-"Have you ordered,
sir2" Second Waiter (interposingiy)-
"Why, certainly; took his order an
hour ago."-Truth.
Lets go on bust" said one man a'
Key West TO another What sort OF .
bust y, "Filibust." - pittsburgh
-Chronicle-Telegraph.x
He Would Like 1t So.-She-lt IS
no use talking. You are not the man
married." He (despairingly)-"I wish
/ sn't."-Harlem Life.
,--.sY'ou live in the outskirts OF the
CITY. do you not ?''-''It used to be the
outskirts, but we call it the outbloom-
ers, ."--Cincinnat Enquirer.
LShe-"Your father proposed to me
| the other day." He-"Yes, and what
did YOU sayT'' She-''I said would be
a'daughter to Hmm. Y. Advertiser.
| s-Watts-'.Did you ever know OF any
one dying for love ?"'-Potts-"Once !
knew fellow who starved to death
after being refused by an heiress.
dianapolis Journal. aa
Nothing More to Say.-"Jnnes
said the mistress to the new girl, what
burned that large hole in the rugT'
ssFire," answered Jane laconically, ana
there the dialogue ended.-Detroit
Free Press.
-Artist-"My next picture at the
academy will be entitled Driven to
Drink" His Friend-"Ah! Some pow
erful portrayal Of baffled passion, I sup.
pose?" Artist-"Oh no; it's q cab ap'
preaching a water trough."-Spare
Moments. Iff4
my dear, darling, sweetest papa
you will have a telephone put In the
house, won't your" but why, my
dearT' "Oh, you see, papa, my Oscal
is so dreadfully shy. Perhaps he would
speak to you through telephonel'-
Fliegende Batter.
Mrs. Fegg-"I am really alarmed
about young Henderson. He has beef
missing all day; and yet when / las
saw him he talked quite nationally.
Fogg-"Did he? That's bad sign
certainly he must have been out OF hi
d."-Boston Transcript.
Canon Whitley, the veteran vicar
!, Bedlington, preached asermon In whic
he showed the foolishness OF stakin
, money when chances of winning wer
! small. Two pitmen were discussin
! the sermon afterward, when one G
, them was heard to say he felt sure "th
: vicar must have betted lot hisself
). his time, or he wouldna ha' knowed
. much ABBOTT it."-Household Words.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14

spite of the disparity in their ages he
could now with serene conscience mar
w again, and this time a young woman.
OF course, they expected him to wait
the year of propriety, but they also en-
pected him to begin to ''take notice al
most Immediately, as the girls OF the
community were prinking and preen-
ing before the event was week old.
That his late marriage could have been
ANYTHING but an enforced partnership
was TO them an impossibility. With
the arrogance of youth they argaed
that he could not have been happy with
a woman old enough to be his mother.
It would not be at all surprising, they.
said, that when he married again ne
should choose sweet sixteen as an anti
Jote to his first disappointment Ii
he made model husband to an elderly
wife, what an idealcompanionfo for youth
and inexperience!
Meanwhile Robert Kester went on
the even tenor of his way, not SO much
as looking at spinster or maiden fair,
or troubling his head over the manifest
interest displayed toward him. He
was mourning sincerely the good wom-
an who had been taken from his home,
and who had made his life most COM
Portable one No question of disparity
in age had ever come up between them
since he had asked her to marry him
and she had reminded him that he was
twenty years the Older.
~You will be ridiculed, and will be
blamed" she said, and persistently re.
fused him.
Then he was very i'll from long
tiresome fever, and she nursed hin
through it and he resumed his offer o.
marriage.
"Therc is law against man marry
ing his mother" she said to this.
ssThen be my mother-in-law," h
urged, "only take me for better and fo
worse" and he quoted something tina
Emerson had just then written, to TIN
effect that he who loves is in no degree
old.
eyes, but he says 'he'-that is for
man."
s'Man in the abstract, of whom WON
an is part. If you will not say yes,
will conjure up the fever again and yo
will be sorry"
In this fashion he urged his suit, bu
she drew ludicrous picture of tn
aged wife OUTLYING the affection of he
husband who found too late that b
wanted youthful society and amust
ment. She even rehearsed all the vi
kind things that would be sure to b
said, making them appear in their mos
ridiculous light.
His answer included the illustriou
example of the Baroness Burdett'
Coutts, and at last she relented an
they were married.
If people expected the middle-age
bride to put on youthful airs they WEI
disappointed. She was calm and di!
nified, and her husband looked so tho
oughly satisfied that the gossips wei
heart-brolSen. The world was not e,
cluded from their domain; neither w;
it exactly invited in. AS the years wei
by Robert grew elderly and comfor
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
LADY JANE1's GHOST.
How She Was saved in the End ~ Big
Nell of the Tr0uts.

How She Was Saved in the End by Big
Nell of the Trouts.
Lady Janet Gordon, by marriage
Lindsay, was condemned for the muir
der of her husband to perpetual Inn
prisonment on top of the Ravens rock,
o stupendous cliff that rises above the
River Ericht. Here, says the legend,
every day, before touching food, "she
had to spin q thread long enough to
reach from her prison till it touched
the river" Her life was protracted
till she was over one hundred, but even
when she died the murderess could not
rest and her ghost was seen to sit and
spin, and often the keen angler, as he
fished the Ericht below the Ravens
rock, was startled by seeing shadowy
thread coming slowly down till 1t
touched the water, when 1t disappeared
and the scared fisherman knew that
the lady's task was over for the day."
Year after year went on and the lady,
who had in her veins q drop OF the
Stuart blood-royal, continued to spin
until 1.-THE black day of Culloden," when
the Stuart cause was lost forever and
many of the brave Strathardle lads
who had escaped returned to hide in
their native glen. Among Others came
Big Neil of the Trouts, so called from
being very expert angler.
He chose as his hiding-place hole
under some large powders on the
| bank of the river, a little above the
Ravens rock, where he kept himself
and some comrades who were also IN
hiding close by well supplied will
trout. But q severe, thunderstorm
passed over Upper Strathardle, fol
lowed by such a deluge of rain that i
brought down the river in one breas
of water. Neil of the Trouts lay In hi
den, no doubt thinking IT would put tn
river in good fishing ply, when the wa
ter poured in. When he got out tn
rushing torrent was so strong that 4
swept him away down the stream. 4
| just as he gave himself up for lost tn
eddy swept him under the Raven'sroc
i and he saw a thin thread hanging dow
from the cliff and, as drowning ma
will clutch a straw, he grasped it and I
his establishment it held and he found
strong enough to bear his weight an
check his onward course and by its hel
he slowly drew himself to the bank. A
he stepped ashore he heard a will
scream of JOY overheard and, looking "
he saw the Lady of the Rock standin
on the top of the cliff with her distaff
her hand, from which hung the threa
that had saved his life. Her task We
done. her punishment over. She hn
saved the life of a gallant follower
the Stuarts, her own royalrace.,
II is hardly, we presume, possible TIN
the penal spinning of the Lady
Strathardle should be faint and ia
away echo from the legend celebrate
by Tennyson in The Lady of Shalott
!, London Literary World.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14

A young woman who had never
learned the art of cooking. being desiF-
Gus of impressing her husband with her
knowledge and diligence. manages to
leave the kitchen door ajar on the day
after their return from the bridal trip
and AZ her lord comes in from the Office
cxclaius, loudly: "Hurry up, Eliza,
do: Haven't you washed the lettuce
yet? Here, give It to me. Where y
the soaps"-Lendeu T!tDits,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
Health

nu,lt ON the solid foundation OF pures
healthy blood 10 real and lasting. AS long
a. YOU have rich red blood you wiz have mo-
sickness. t,..o,ra.
thin. depleted, robbed of the little req cor,
muscles which indicate its quality, you WI
become tired, worn out, lose your appetite
and strength and disease viii soon nave
you in it's grasp - 49,
Purity, vitalize and enrich your o''
and keep # pure by taking
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
rhero Was No Moon.

There Was No Moon.
Strict Aunt-How was 1t that l saw
Won kissing q young man last night OUT
a. the garden gate, Henrietta?
Soft-Hcarted iNiece--l don't Know,
TIM sure, aunt, unless 1t was by tne
light from some passing carriage De-
cause / know there was no moon. ~
Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
LOVE AND DISPARITY.
BY MRS. NJ. L. RAYNE.

HEN Robert kes-
ter's wife died at
the age of sixty
five, leaving a toll
erably cookbook
ing widower some
twenty years her
junior, everybody
said that as he had
made her an excel
lent husband, in
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14

"Whnt makes you 80 late coming ~
.chool this morningp" asked Mr.. Leon
ord a teacher in ono OF the New for.
rnblic schools, to tardy pupil nameo
Horned Brooke. r;,tv-
sThey arrested burglar IN In ~.
eighth street and ma sent me 70 .,s
station house to see II 1t was pa "As
the reply.-Texas Siftingss
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
TIE COMING FLOOD OF GOLD.
Enough TO A.lay the Fears of the Free
silver Aiarmists.

"Gold mining is the fashionable In
dustry Of the day." and ishaving money
and brains poured into it lavishly.
whatever the ultimate result may be,
tho Immediate result is to be huge adj
dit.on to the worlds gold reserves.
THIS statement Of the case Is made by
NJ W, r. Lawsoa y the tEueaaaa
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
~. pad BOYS Again.

Tho bad Boys Again.
Bobbie-Say, If you ore going to pro
nose TO sister, / wish you would let mo
know the night.
F,ddlebuck-what do You want 70
know for? ~.
Bobbie-Well, she's had four enis
wear already, and haven't missed one
yet.-Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
Plenty of sub3ccta

De Reader WHAT, You never reaos
rovc,s9 Don't even know the names Q.
the popular works Of the dayP VIVA.
A., vou and to talk about when IN tue
society Of young ladies?
De Ribbon-Plenty of things. I'm m
an importing house-dry goods. most
ly,-N. Y. Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14

She Looked New.
.Vas tho bride new woman
.Shc had every outward appearance
Of being one."
"In what way?"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
Tbose who have been countil

Those who have been counting
on free silver sweeping the south learn
more the longer they live. Kentucky
has already spoken against the folly;
Tennessee will not be surrendered to It
without a struggle; Gov. OFerraii, OF
Virginia. puts on the sound-money ar
NOR to contest with Senator Daniel for
the United States senatorshlp, and
Puph will not. be allowed to go back to
the senate from Alabama until he has
beaten that able and uncompromising
..gold-bug,n Congressman Clarke MIS-
sissippi as vet is focking. by herself
T,ouisyille Courier-Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
Too much free silver folly b.

Too much free silver folly broutRh
the Irouuois club uncomfortably near
having a red flag at its door; not OF an
archy but of the auctioneer. Adhesion
10 sound money principles is the safest
rs well as the honostest policy fo- a
political club as wei as for q country.
s-Ch,csgo Times Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-14
Hoods
S arsapari1Ia,

The One True Blood Purifier prominently
in the public eye. q. All druggists'
- NIL, cure habitual constipa-
HOOQ 8 fllAS ton. Price 25c. per box.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-12
OCEAN TOWING.
Oil to he Taken to Europe on Big
Barges.

1t is reported ON good authority that the
Standard Oil Company will, on July 10. try
the experiment Of towing oil barges from the
Atlantic ports TO Europe, something which
has never before been tried, and which, il
successf i. will have marked effect on the
foreign oil trade and towing business The
British tank st amer Lackawanna, now
bound for New York from Liverpool. will
load at Philadelphia with 32l 900 barrels of
petroleum. and with the large four-masted
barge SO of the Standard Oil Company in
tow, will sail for Southampton. The barge
will be loaded with 900 gallons of naph-
tina. gasoline and other coal oil products.
Captain Rudolph Rubei will command.
The trip, ii successful, will be the longest
tow on record, and will mean the construc-
ton of number of large barges for the
transatlantic trade which will thus be estab-
lished. When it is considered that towboat
men call it long tow from New York to
Boston, the magnitude Of the work will be
appreciated. Heretofore, while petroleum
has been shipped to European ports by
steamer. the more volatile compounds have
been shipped by sailing vessel because OF the
danger of fire. The loss from evaporation
and leakage has been so heavy that it mate
rally affected the selling prices of the prod
ucts, thus restricting the size of the market
If towing is Il success this factor of cost will
be eliminated. Towboat captains an nauti-
cal men generally are watching the expert
ment with interest
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-12
INDEX OF REVIVING TRADE.
Sales OF Postage stamps SHOW Bust
ness Prosperity.

The striking increase in the issues of post
age stamps and other stamped paper by the
postOtlice department at Washington. d. G.,
during the fiscal year which closed on June
80 is regarded by the experts of the department
as one of the best indications OF the revival
of business. The figures for the entire fiscal
year are S73. $50. 59S as compared with SO.
1879 ISL in 1894 So 359, 2l3 in 1898, so 1913
800 in 1892 and So OTIS III 1891 The
larger portion of the aggregate for the past
year, moreover, and the greatest percentage
of gain, are shown in the last two quarters
for which the total issues aggregated S3S
$4,000, against $50 COZ POI for the CORE
spending quarters of 1894. The quarter
ending March 81 last was the largest ever
recorded.
The figures of the issues of stamps and
other forms Of postage have been regarded
by economic students as one of the best ba-
rometers of business conditions ever since Mr..
Hazen made his careful Investigations on the
subject 10 years ago. He demonstrated that
business depression was always quickly fol-
lowed by Il decrease and business revival by
great increase in postal business. The fall
ing OFF does not usually follow instantane-
ous,y the breaking out of banking crisis,
because the effect upon wholesale and retail
ira Ie Is not felt for few weeks or months
This was noticed in 1893. when the business
OF the last half Of the calender year fell off
somewhat, but not in so marked a degree as
during the spring an summer of 1894.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-12
THE HOSTS ARRIVE.
Christian EndeavOrers Take
Boston by Storm.
Immea-s Crowds Come From AZ
SECTIONS ct the Country.

When the main body OF the Endeayorer-
reached Boston they fauni themselves IA
y-ritab!e crimson and white Getty. NheFrNei
th.y were. IN whatever direction they looked
their ewes were cheerri by the sight OF Tue
crimson aud white. waving proudly bS tue
side II the star. and stripes.
ca Beacon street aud 'OmhnhN7a'tA
aernue. ia Chinatown and Salem street, ~
the business districts and GA the le'P'e'
pleasure grounds on the ISLANDS ia tue mar
Dor. from the mnsis 81 every vessel ia 'n'
churches. theatres ami hotels, aud even htf'
aud there. Ia saloons, were displaNed '"'
crimson and white colors.
The national convention OF the 'hfls'lAl
Endeavor Society has been warmly Meicohieu
Ia other cities. but Boston Expressed hef COT
diality by a display ot bunting, hass anu ace.
Orations which, IL they have ever uesi
rqualled, have certainly not been SaFl'a3ae''
Many of tIe leading business house
made preparations for elaborate DISSERTATIONS
aud there was scarcely "A store when dld ho'
IN some way recogaiZs the presence "l 'h'
Endeavoreis.
Boston has planned great things Tor tu'
reception and entertainment OF The hfl-tlah
endeayor delegates, but the question wa
often asked, What is the convention 10 q" ="
Boston, LAYING aside the consideration u'
those things which have 10 do entirely VIII
the business side Of the question, there art
certain tangible and definite results were
fairly be- expected from the presence oil s.
many active and earnest EudeHVorers IN tue
city.
Rev. James Hill. ID. d.. Of Salem, a trustee
of the Unued Society and one early engaged
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-12
sharks skin A. Saudpaper.

carueutrT who was al work IN the
New York Aquarium at Castle Garden,
aud knew II thing or two about fishes,
took the skin of dogtish winch had
died, dried II, aud used 1t as sand-
paper. The dugiish Is oi the same
order as the shark, whose skin Is often
used ms saudp per. Shark skin sand
paper is line and uniform; 1t doesu
scratch, aud it is lasting; the gritty
points are really modified scales.
Fishermen use shark skin rs sand
paper, aud some is sold for that use,
not So much, however, in this country
as in Europe. When sold it Is used
principally on fine cabinet work.
In this country sharks are utilized
chiefly for their oil and for the manu-
factnre of fertilizers. An oil that Is
used for lubricating purposes Is taken
from the sharks liver, the rest of the
shark, excepting such skins rs there
NAV be other demand for, being
worked up into fertilizer. In Europe
the shark is caught chiefly for Its OIL
and skin. A handsome leather called
shagreen is made from shark skin, and
this is used for making pulse', card
cases and ornamental boxes. Shag-
reen is more used i'll Europe than
here. Many small sharks ar eaten
in Europe; in Mediterran, cities
they are common article OF food
New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-12

Ii isa uell-knogu fact m history
,bst the Oneidas, one OF the cOniedeT-
sti,u Of the i've nations, were the
sllies Of the English, and rendered
valuable assistance 10 the brlti'h
tronps In their numerous encounters
with the French They were recos-
pizsi by the various names Of OLeIdd-,
Oneidas. Oneids, Oneyudrrs, Oney-
dsrA Oneydes, Oneydos Oneyeda-'
Onneydes, Ouueyd0eS, Ouyadys, onye-
dauus, aud Oueidrs From time I'M
memorial IL has always been their Gus
tom to regard with great solemnity
certain huge boulder which went with
them from one place TO another when
ever they changed their habiiations.
The Oneidus were referred To 10y the
other Indians as the people with the
stone, and they called il onin, oinota
meaning IA man who had sprung from
stone. 1t was used by those red
men As a kind of sacrihcial altar, amt
ia front OF n the sachems held their
council fires, celebrated the ieasts OF
the dead, aud worked themselves into
II frenzy of excitement with their war
dances.
The stone stood on the summit Of
foothill overlooking the valley OF the
Oneida Creek, aud there 1t remained
unmolested after the Oneidas joined
the confederation and long after the
last bold warrior had gone to ms
happy hunting ground in the unknown
world beyond this mundane sphere.
The stone was readily identified, foi
the legends of the tribe made known
its history, and DR.. VI. NJ. Bagg, tn,
| librarian of the Oneida Historical So
clety, had it removed many years age
10 the Forest Hill Cemetery, where Il
can yet be seen.
As this stone has no particular sig
nifcance in its present locality, al eli
fort is now being made to secure the
same for the corner stone OF th'
/ Oneida Historical Society building
now being erected in this city. -Utci
| n. " Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-12

al value Of such tour has been considered
and provision made to enhance il by obtain
ing special privileges for the inspection Of
many OF the most precious works of art and
treasures, which are not usually accessible To
the tourist The four most famous shrjues
in Europe will be visited. These are Paaua
Loretto. Lourdes and Paray-e Monial The
pilgrimage has been SO arranged that it will
reach Padua in time to share in the imposing
ceremonies Of the celebration.
AT Paray lie. Monias the pilgrims will leave
a memorial banner, bearing the coat of arms
OF the State OF New York, and Il star for each
State and territory represented. Paray-le-
Monial is the headquarters Of the League OF
the ApostIeShip Of Prayer, which has an
enormous membership throughout the world,
there being more than two millions in this
country alone. At the shrine Of the Sacred
Heart, there the banner will be left, for it
will be the first American Offering from pill
grms to that shrine. Smaller banners will
be left at Padua. Loretto, and at the Ameri-
can chapel, in the Chapel of the Rosary at
Lourdes. This chapel was claimed and taken
for America list year by the pilgrim ). The
pilgrims will arrive home sept 9.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-12
MILLIONS IN STONES.
Mrs. Leland stanford VIII sell Her
Diamonds.


The statement THAI Mr.. Leland stanford b
about % sell her maryrl1u- rnll@rtiun OF Jew
els has revived Interest in thes' tanna- gems
There are ivg NOR choice Or extensive
collections q gems owned by the royal lanl-
nit- Of the old world. Their value d vari-
uusly estimated from : 600 ,uJo O. -, us1.ve9
Mr.. stanford bought iouT --is u diamonds
for his Hif- when the ValuAbles % Queen
Isal.eIla Of Spasu we're -oii ia Paris, aud he
Maid inward Of -bbi. uJu for the Hour. ohe
s-t i ii the Kind known a. blue diamonds -
they emit violet raw by day. Ia q idiii'h 20
these Mr. Sanford has some genuine "iA'A
diamonds. cut pear-shap~d. ANA Numerous
other Diamond ornaments IA variety ~
STYLES. one necklace. not belonging ~ a .l.
Of the sets above named. Is valued az >IV''''N
and it, pendants at above SjOuh
There are five of these pendants the cen
trail one being the largest aui having once
figured la the collection 81 tue buhe "l
BrIuswick. This na suihrrut ornament =
recommended by q comb. brooch anu ear
rings 10 match. and the necklace h-sl "a"
lie converted into pins, hair ornaments '',''
while the upper row 81 dlhih'""7 "a" ="
worn a. "a neck lace without tue pendant aud
the pointed f0riHtcd band. Mrs
stanford has also over On ana
mond finger ring. ami many more diamonds
In monographs uu books, purses ahd earl
,aSes. l;ut for the litigation 10y whi"h the
stanford estate j. how tied up -2'Oo,uW
would have been available for Immediate Use
Ia the stanford university, uud Mrs stan
ford will II j. stated. sell her Jewels 10 M Il
the present emergency.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-12
4 Cold Storage Predicampnt.

A dispatch from Massillion, Ohio,
SAYS that while his thermometer, 90
feet away, registered 100 degrees
Uriah Matthews sat IN his cold stor-
age room IN great danger of freezing
to death He entered the chamber to
arrange some supplies, leaving the
door open. An employe, not know
ing that Mr.. Mathews was inside.
closed the door and locked it care
fully. Mr.. Mathews shouted and
pounded, hut in vain. He had grown
stiff and numb and was all but uncon-
scious when, occasion arising for some
one to enter the door was unlocked.
He was carried out helpless, but
alive. Restoratives were given and
he recovered 1t was big thing, but
no man alive wants TO be kept on ice
for any length of time. New Or
leans PIcavuue.