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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22
WHO IS sECuRE2
Two Little Stories which Point Very
Pretty Moral.

Two Little Stories which Point . Very
Pretty Moral
Several years ago two strangers, WE'LL
dressed young men, entered a church
in a small town in New England and
seated themselves in an empty pew.
Presently an elderly woman, the owner
of the pew, came to the door and mo-
toned to them to come out until she
should pass to the farther end. They
were offended at her discourteous man
ner and marched angrily out of the
church, refusing to listen to any invi
tation to remain.
A few years afterward the queen OF
Sweden, being an invalid, visited the
city of Heidelberg, in Germany. for
medical treatment While there she
went each Sunday to modest little
church, occupying the back seat in
order to escape notice.
One day q scholarly-looking man,
plainly dressed, came into the church
and took a seat near the pulpit. A few
moments later naughty German lady
swept up to the pew, and, seeing a
stranger In it, ordered him by an i'm
perious gesture to leave it.
The stranger quickly obeyed, and
going into one of the seats reserved for
the poor, Joined devoutly in the serv-
ices. After they were over the lady's
friends gathered around her. and de-
manded whether she knew who 1t was
that she had treated so rudely.
mo; some pushing stranger" she
replied.
at was King Oscar of Sweden" was
the answer. He is here visiting the
queen" ~
Her modification may be imagined.
A correspondent who was an eye
witness Of both of these scenes sends
the story to us. and asks: (which
played the more manly part, the. two
vain young men or King Oscar?"
The answer is obvious.
Yet If the young men had been kings
they, too, would probably have re-
ceived with Indifference the insult of a
foolish woman. Nothing lifts us above
scorn and contumely so much as the
sense of security in our own position
in the world. But who is secure? King
Oscar, perhaps, would resent an insult
from greater monarch.
Only the man who understands that
all kings and all slaves are but the
children of one Father will not be
troubled at unkindness or contempt
from his more foolish brothers,
Youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22

Mrs. Raymond live here?" inquired the
stranger. M
s.Nyell she do and she don't, ma'am-
that is--she as was Mary Raymond 10
In the best room Me and Miss Jones
hev just finished layin' her out. pore
thing. She had her cross to bear, and
she bore it like a lamb" Her voice
failed her and she buried her face in
her apron.
The lady shifted her position uneasi-
ly, and applied black-bordered hand
kerchief daintily to her eyes.
Just then Mr.. Raymond came to the
door. Martha, the neighbor, opened it
and stood as itle for him to enter. She did
not speak and without looking at him
she retired 20 the fireplace. The stu
alton was awkward. but Will Raymond
was not the man to feel it. He was
dressed in his best suit of clothes, was
clearly shaved and carried a pocket
handkerchief conspicuously in his
hand.
"Will you oe seated, madam? This
is indeed kind of you to come to the
house of mourning"
The lady raised her veil and said: us
it possible you don't remember me,
Will Raymond?'
''Why-can it be Ruth Parker-and
at such a timer She did not look
much like the slender girl he had
known forty years ago, and his dis
cernment did him credit. She was
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22
PuNeENr PARAGRAPHS.

-Strawber--"was your father will
ing to help you out?" Singerly-
'.That's the way he ted."-Brooklyn
Life.
-"Whoi, Pat, we've had yer hair cut"
"Shurc, now, an who told you that?
An l intendin' to surprise We, too
Tit-Bits.
WELL" said young Sportington,
81 fooled the bookmakers to-day"
.'How?" spent all my money before
the races Observation-Disclosures Star.
-Wife-"Mrs. Ailer has gone abroad
to be treated by Partisan physician. y
Husband-"So? She always had q
prediction for French heels. boston
Transcript.
-Gussy-"Why do you so persistent
ly wear the hair of another woman on
your head?" Beatrice-"For the same
reason that you wear the skin of an
other calf on your feet."-Tke Great
Divide.
Rev. DR.. Primly-'I was sorry to
see you come late to church yesterday"
Miss Flutter-''But you'll forgive me.
doctor. You know q new bonnet can
only be worn once for the first time. "
Brooklyn Life.
Johnny Smart-''There's big diff.
ference between my teacher and a
streak of lightning" Mrs. Smart
"How so. son?" Johnny Smart-"He
strikes several times in the same place. "
-Philadelphia Inquirer.
There are Tricks. visitor-"Are
all these ladies waiting for changer
Merchant Prince-.'Oh, dear, no! They
are connected with the house. They
stimulate trade by struggling with
customers who try to approach the bar
gain counter. Puck.
-Nell-"Do you know, was all
alone in the conservatory for ten min
utes with that fascinating Charlie Full
lerton last evening, and l was Sc
afraid" Belle-''So afraid of what?
Afraid he was going to proPo to
your" Nell-"No; afraid he wasn't.
-Somerville Journal.
-"All the symptoms, doctor, you say,
of hay fever? But how" asked an In
dian army chaplain of pronounced &C.
clesiastical views, when returning to
England on long leave, ''can one posi-
bly, get hay fever in mid-ocean?' 81
don't know" replied the doctor. "But
we have several grass widows ON board,
and you have been a great deal in their
society" London World.
Mrs. Meekton was standing on the
front doorstep when her husband came
home. Henry" she said, in loud
tone, ''here's your income-tax blank
You'd better fill it out right away!'
"Great Scott, Martial" he exclaimed
"what do I want with an income-taz
blank?" Don't talk so loud" was the
admonition, in subdued but sterr
key; 'it's a summons to serve on the
jury. The next-door neighbors on both
sides of us have been sitting behind
the closed window blinds waiting fol
you to come home so they could fini
out what the officer was here for
Washington Star.
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HE was pale and
wrink | e d and
old. Seated be-
side an old hair
trunk in t h e
garnet she was
looking over her
treasures. She
handled the m
with the careSS-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22
KNOWLEDGE

G Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life moro, with
less expenditure, BY moro 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 FigA
Itsexcellence il due to It's 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 all drug
Rists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it 10 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 win not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22
Didn't Like the Anthem.

Fifty years ago the Presbyterians Of
Scotland insisted that the service Of
praise should be expressed byl singing
to plain: simple tunes the Psalms of
David in "Rouse's Version" or in
metre" This custom, which many
regarded as precept of worship. ex-
plains the following anecdote: An old
Scotch lady who had no relish for mod
ern church music was expressing her
dislike to the singing of an anthem in
her own church one day, when a neigh
Dor said: why, that is a very old an
them! David sang that anthem to
Saul" To this the old lady replied:
''Weel. weel; moo for the first time
understan' why Saul threw his javelin
st David when the lad sang for him"
-youth's crmpan!on
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22
rs YOUR BLOOD Pure :?
Not One in Thousand can say eyes"

the sores ceased to discharge, and
shortly after began to heal. After
taking Eve bottles the poison was
eradicated and the sore entirely healed.
now feel as well as ever and enjoy re-
newed strength and vigor." Frame
O. PIERCE, South Londonderry, Vt.
Running Sores.
"I have been troubled with running
sores on my hip for years. l began to
take Hoods Sarsaparilla in September.
and have not been troubled with rum
ming sores since January. Inever felt
better in my life. weighed 9s pounds
when 1 commenced taking Hoods Sar-
saparilla and now weigh 1872 pounds"
HOWARD DARBY, Salineville, Ohio.
N. B. If you decide to take Hood
do not be induced to buy any other.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22

have bank account with the best of
them, and you, Mary, would be dressed
in silk and diamonds. But, by Joye,
that would mar the eternal fitness of
things. can't imagine your masque-
rading as lady with your rough hands
and dowdy taste in dress"
Half an hour later the door closed
upon the retreating form of her hus-
band, and Mary was left alone. She
looked about her vaguely, then bowed
her head on the table and wept. Not
for what her husband had said-forty
years of it had accustomed her to that.
But her tears were wrung from her be-
cause she felt SO lonely.
A carriage with a hired driver from
the town drew up in front of the gate
leading to the Raymond farmhouse. A
lady got out, and walking under an
umbrella held for her by the driver,
picked her way up the grassy pathway.
The raindrops beat heavily upon the
pinlxs and moss roses which bordered
the path. So intent was she in saving
her dress and shoes from contact with
the wet shrubs, that she did not notice
the wisp of Grape which hung dripping
from the door handle. But the driver
did and respectfully called her atten-
ton to it. She started-then drew back
for moment, then knocked lightly.
The. door was slowly opeAed by a
peighbor dressed In black. with large
gingham apron round her liberal waist.
excuse me. Tear ] intruda--doss
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22

The human body is fertile soil for
disease germs, but the man whose
blood is pure has nothing to fear, be-
cause pure, rich blood will keep all the
functions of the system in perfect
working order. Hoods Sarsaparilla
purifies, vitalizes and enriches the
blood, and IN this way Is . defense
against disease. -
Blood Poisoned.
"When I was 10 a bad fever sore
came on my right leg. After time it
healed. but II years later, last winter,
1t broke ont again terribly sore, and
many said it would never heal up. My
son read so much about Hoods Sarsa-
parilla he urged me to try 1t. l did SO,
and to my great joy in short time
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22

"PAPA," said boy, ~ know what makes
folks laugh in their sleeves" swell, my
son, what makes thems" "Cause that's
where their funny bone is. )" ga
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22

"ARB you an amateur photographer
mo. Why do you asks" "Oh, i heard that
you got Miss Rox's negative last night ~
Syracuse Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22

The small waists of French women
are believed by some scientists to be
the result of heredity. Ages Of tight
lacing, they say, has produced aphysies
Vi peculiarly Ia the nation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-06-22

AN AMrLE REASON She'll cannot MARI,
you" He-"And why not, pray!" She
IYou don't pay any income tax."-Detroi
Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04
Singular Discovery in Central Asia.

The Russians have made singular
discovery in Central Asia. In Tur-
kestan, on the right bank of the Amou
Diara, is n chain of rocky hills, near
the Bokharan town of Knrki, and n
number OF large caves which, upon ex-
animation, were found to lead to an
underground city, built apparently
long before the Christion era. Ac-
cording to efliges, inscriptions and de-
signs upon the gold and silver
money unearthod from among the
ruins, the existence of the town
dates back to somo two cen
turies b. @, The underground
Bokharan city is about two versts
long, and is composed of an enor-
nous labyrinth of corridors, streets
and squares, surrounded by houses
and other buildings two or three
stories high. The ediiices contain all
kinds of domestic utensils, pots, urns,
vases and SO forth. In spite of tho
streets, falls of earth and rock have
obstructed the passages, but generally
the visitor, can walk about freely
without lowering his head. The high
degree of civilization attained by the
inhabitants of the city is shown by
the fact that they built in several
stories, by the symmetry of the streets
and squares and by the beauty of tho
clay and metal utensils and of the
ornaments and coins. Atlanta Con-
90
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Our export horse trade is rapidly
increasing.
Have any of your fowls white, or
scaly legs? Attend to them.
Solitary confinement in dark sta
BILE will m Ike horse vicious.
Breed to suit your market, and not
according to your individual taste.
See that the collars fit the shoul-
derS and that names fit the collars.
Paving is often caused b. iudiges-
ton, worms, constipation or disorder
ed kidneys.
The hangers should be kept as clean
as your own plate. Dill you ever
think of that?
Now get some grass for your hens.
Throw in IA sod occasionally and they
will thank you.
Are the managers perfectly clean, or
is there lot OF sour, musty stuff in
the bottom and corners?
Those who have tried both claim
that there is very little difference,
none in fact, between white and
brown Lsghorns, except in color.
You can now dig up the ground in
your hen park, and the way the hens
gobble the worms. aud wallow in the
dirt, will convince you that you have
made no mistake.
When you bring in dozen eggs at
night, and they are SO nearly alike
that no difference in color eau bs de-
tected, it is safe to assume that your
hens are pretty well bred.
The nature of most breeds OF poul-
try is to be gentle aud it is only by
experience of rough treatm ant that
they become shy, The true fancier
, pets aud handles his birds, but al
ways so gently that they learn to
trust their keeper
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04
The 0KOmiv I'm Japan.

Dogs of our common breeds were
unknown in Japan until the advent of
British and American visitors, but are
now quite common, as the people
take kindly to any and all pets, and
treat dogs in pnrt:cu ar much better
than they are treated anywhere else in
the world. The dog has to modify
his habits when he reaches Japan,
however, as he gets no meat. So the
son and grandson of the canine i'm
migrant lose the meat taste altogether
and sniff suspiciously if piece is
offered them. But they soon learn to
like 1t.
Indeed, Japanese dogs have "its"
less often than ours. The S. p. G. A.
people say that too much meat and
too little exercise combine to under
mine a New York dogs digestion and
make him liable to fits. Mr.. Fink
tells OF Japanese-bred foreign dog
which wouldn't touch piece of corned
beef until he had satisfied himself that
it wasn't poison; then ate it ravenous-
ly and cried for more.
The japanese name for foreign
log is "komi," or "kami," which
looks japanese enough. Really the
name arose from the fact that the
Japs, hearing foreigners say "Come
ere" to their dogs, took the syllables
for name. "Komi" is "Come
'ere;" aud that is dogs name now a
la Japonaise. New York Recorder.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04

ordinary way, and I doubt not that
the Old Man in the mountains grinned
sardonically as he took note of the
Professors apparel, which after every
charge became more and more pro-
miscuous,' until IL dwindled into into
shreds. When within mile of our
destination our wheels again be-
gan to get beyond our coutrol,
but We we're 80 near tho foot
that we decided not to try
to stop them. so down we flew ut a
fearful rate, when at the end Of long
curve we saw ahead in the dim light
two mountain wagons passing each
other and taking up the entire road.
Neither of us said word but wo slid
Off our wheels and we're hurled through
the bushes down the 20-foot gravel
embankment, and through the trees
down the steep mountain slope.
Meanwhile the bicycles were running
riot The professors went over the
embankmcnt aud flew along with in.
crsnsing momentum, until with n hop
skip and jump and farewell somer-
sault, it disappeared over the ledge
aud we saw it no more. The profess
sor himself was badly stunned, but
we brought him TO, going down in the
wagon, and beyond n couple of tender
ankles, lame shoulder and various
cuts aud bruises, he arrived n. the
base in, as he expressed it, pretty fair
form. '"-Outing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04
vespers.

leave tho city behind me,
Shaking its dust from my foet;
Leaving its thunder and roar OF trade,
haste to the covert sweet
Where from dusk Of tho elm-boughs' arch
ing,
As in long cathedrals dim,
Through the hush Of the lingering twilight
The thrushes sing hymn.
In the town wero hurry and hustle,
Aud squalor and sin were there,
And the trail Of the worship OF mammon,
And the wcarsome burden OF care.
In the fields are silence and perfume,
And one might kneel and pray
In the calm and cloistered forest
At the tender fall Of the day.
I he birds so flying homcward
To the nest in the treetops dim,
And the vespers die into stiffness;
The thrush has finished his hymn.
oh! beautiful lanes, love YOU
As you skirt tho babbling brooks,
As you seek to tho foot of tho mountain,
As YOU find the hidden nooks,
Where the ferns in great green masses
The edge OF the swamp-land rim,
Where lngcr till stars awake above,
And tho thrushos sing their hymn.
--lIarper's Bazar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04

According to n report recently is
sued from the War Departments, the
total organic ID strength of tbs militia
Of the several States OF the Union is
114,2 New YORK leads in the
number of her citizen soldiery, which
is placed at II, Si6; Pennsylvania fol-
lows, with Ohio, Massachusetts,,
Illinois, California, South Carolina,
and Georgia in the order named.
During the past year the militia of
fifteen States were called into active
service, mainly for the purpose of
suppressing disorder growing ont of
labor strikes. The whole number of
citizens in the United States liable to
do military duty is given at $685.
O43; SO that, as n matter of fact, one
person out OF every eighty-seven so
liable is enrolled for service, while of
our total population the enrolment is
only one out of five hundred and
seventy persons
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04

Our statisticians should go to work,
and analyze and classify the suicides
which are now so numerous in this
country. According to the Atlanta
Constitution hundreds of men and
women are killing themselves all over
the land, and many of them seem to
have no special reason for their rash
conduct. Ii they We're all poor, igno-
rant or diseased people We could un-
derstand it. Bu. they are confined to
no particular class. The rich capital
ist in tit OF lonesomeness fastens his
windows and doors, turns on the gas,
aud is asphyx ated. The poor man
out of work kills himself and family.
Mental trouble causes one man to
blow out his brains, while another
seeks death to get ril of his
creditors, or bee luse he is physically
affected. A woman goes from her
country home to the city in search OF
work. She fails to get it, and takes
morphine. A lover is Tilted by his
girl, aud m lkes rush for his pistol.
A child is scoldel aul hangs himself.
A woman is disappointed about some
small matter, aud straightway leaps
into the other world OF course sui
cides have always occurred, but it
strikes us that they are growing more
numerous .anI more unreasonable.
People seem to place a lighter est:-
mate upon human life every year.
Whether this is dus to insanity, hard
times, disease or agnosticism il Is hard
TO tell, but ths subj .st is worth inves-
tigation. Our scientists should look
into the matter and find out the cause
oil this cpidem OF suicid,.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04
rooD AND MILK FLAVOR.


All other conditions being even, we
know:
/. That fresh milking cows milk
will give higher favored butter than
that of old milking cows.
2. That COWS fed on good June pas
lures will give finer h,vored butter
than those fed on dry fodler.
3. That, when creaming by deep
setting, the cream rising during the
first twelve hours will churn easier
and give higher favored butter than
the "after cream" raised in the next
twelve hours, the latter having smaller
globules.
4. That the flavor in milk varies
greatly with the food. Compare that
produced on low marshes, as in Hol-
land, with that produced in the Alps,
or-if you please--compare the latter
with that produced in Wisconsin, and
ask any experienced Swiss cheese
maker if he can get the same flavor in
his cheese here that no got in the
Alps.
II in cheese, why not in butter?
Knowing this, who shall deny n
least the partial effect of food on thu
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04
lie nad Travelled.

A Windham county man, who
rounded out seventy-fve years of his
life without ever gong more than
twenty miles from his birthplace, was
one day answering the questions of a
distinguished Western visitor who had
come on to the old town from far be-
yond the MiSsi i'sippi Valley to learn
of the childhood of his father and
mother, who were born in Windham
county. The old native gave the
Westerner Just the details the latter
was seeking.
Sand suppose you have always
lived around here, said the man from
beyond the Mississippi.
"Oh, no." replied the native, "I
wns born two miles from here '-Hart-
ford Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04

If hnlf of the million dollars eX-
pended annually in New York City
for charity, says the Texas Sanitorian,
were invested in Western lands and
the rising generation of the pauper
element in that city were placed
thereon and made self-sustaining, the
ratio OF defective population would
be wonderfully decreased, and the
opprobrum of our civilization would
be materially softened. Verify here
is field for the philanthropist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04

Germany is the classical land of
scientific forest culture, and just now
forty English and Scotch forestry Off
cials are making tour there to study
the latest methods of forestry, but es-
pecially the practical solution, now
under way, of a problem that has
vexed the natives for ages, that is,
how to turn old Lunenburg heath, II
large, barren district, into wooded,
fertile country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-04
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
ROLLING GROUND IN DRY WEATHER.

ROLLING GROUND IN DRY WEATHER.
To roll the ground after grass seed
in dry weather Is the most effective
method of preventing the seed from
growing, or rather killing the first
sprouts of the seed, and thus running
the stand. The rolling of the surface
makes the soil compact and solid, and
thus puts IL in condition Ia which 1t
loses every atom of moisture in the
least possible time. Late sowing of
grass and clover should always be
narrowed lightly and the soil left as
loose on the surface as possible, after
covering the seed at least one inch. -
New York Times.