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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

One of the city papers announces
that since it has been determined
that Foster is to be- seated, many
of the Pops who went to Baton
Rouge are seeking transportation
home. What is the matter with
walking? The roads are in fair
condition and blackberries are
plentiful.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16
Notice Of Final Proof.

LAND OFFIoE New ORLEANS, La. I
May z. 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice Of his intention TO
make final proof under section 2s0l Il. y. in sup
port Of his claim, and that said proof will bc
made before w. l.. Shaokelford. Clerk OF the
court, at Colfax. La. on June %. 1895. viz:
Charles r. Gillctt,
who made homestead ontry H. Ol, for the south
half of southeast quarter section g. township 8
north, range east.
He names the following witnesses to prove
Of said land, viz: ID. G. Lincecum, q. w. La
croix, G. w. Atwell. Il. l.. Tillnan, all Of Lince-
cum. La. G. MOD. RRUMBY.
Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

A homicide occurred at tie camp
in Rapides parish about a mile be-
low Boyce on last Tuesday night.
The killing was the result of a
fight between VIM. McCandless
and Chas. Newman, in which the
latter was stabbed with a pocket
knife, killing him almost instantly.
Boil parties white.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16
How to Treata Wife.
(From Pacific Health Journal

First, get wife; second, be patient.
You may have great trials and perplexities
in your business, but do not therefore,
carry to your home cloudy or contract
ed brow. Your wife may have trials,
which, though Of less magnitude, may be
hard for her to bear. A kind word. a
tender look, will do wonders in chasing
from her brow all clouds of gloom.-To
this we would add always keep bottle
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the
house. 1t is the best and is sure to be
needed sooner or later. Your wife will
then know that you really care for her
and wish to protect her health. For sale
by j. H. McNeely, Colfax; DR. j. v. Bon
nette & Bro, Pollock, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

For every quarter in mans pocket
there are dozen uses; and to use each
one in such way as to derive the great
est benefit is question every one must
solve for himself. We believe, however.
that no better use could be made of one
of these quarters than to exchange it for
a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, medicine that
every family should he provided with.
For sale by j. H. McNeely, Colfax; DR.. j.
v. Bonnette & Bro, Pollock, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

The EDITOR. = An editor works 3651a
days per year to get out So issues of pa
per; that's Labor. Once in while some
body pays a years subscription; that's
Capital. And once in while some dead
beat takes the paper for year or two
and vanishes without paying for it; that's
Anarchy. But later on justice win over
take the last named creature, for there is
place where he will get his deserts;
that's He'll Exchange.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16
Bargain in Sewing Machines.

Two brand new Singer sowing ma
chimes, will be sold for S23 cash, or for
S25 on credit, to responsible parties or
with good security. These are regular
$40 machines, with all attachments, first
class in all particulars, and are sold cheap
simply to insure quick sale. r,Apply at
the CoLFAx CHRONICLE Office.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

Our misguided Populist friends,
having failedin their efforts to turn
Louisiana over to negro Republi-
can rule, can now reflect over the
errors they have been led into by
the wiley office-seekers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

Chief-J ustice Francis T. Nichols
has been selected to deliver the
Grafton July 4th, at the unwilling
of the monument to be erected In
commemoration of the Louisiana
soldiers who are Aried at Win
chester, Va.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

The Colfax Epworth League has
decided to hold its regular meet
ings on Tuesday night of each week.
Also prayer meetings will be held
under the auspices of the League
every Sunday night, except on those
nights when there is regular preach
ing service. All meetings are held
at the Methodist church, and the
general public is invited to attend.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16
COlfax High School.

The Trustees of the Colfax High School
for Males and Females take pleasure in
announcing to the public that the second
Ten Months Session of this school will
begin on the First Monday Of Scptem-
Der, 1895. No pains will be spared to
make it q first-class High School.
RATES OF TUITION.
Primary Department q g per month
Collegiate $50 q.
Music, Vocal and instrumental s 50 % -
Incidental fec Is cents per session.
Good board can be obtained on reasona-
BILE terms Two hotels in town. and sew
eral private boarding houses in town and
vicinity will board cheap. Those having
children to educate should send them in
and give MS fair trial. We are in the
race to stay.
j. KELLY, N. D., President.
w. L. RICHARDSON.
Secretary Board of Trustees.
Colfax, La. Aug. 10, 1893.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Me6siarG Diploma.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Words Fair Highest Award.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

TBJndicial advertisements mast be paid
for in adeance, or they tOill be discontinued
after tie first Insertion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-16

500 barrels of corn for sale at 40 cents
per barrel, cash. Apply at Colfax to DR..
w. A. Jones.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-29
THE sourH AFR1oAN 1oNpoN.

Johannesburg, the London of South
Africa, which was nine years ago a
barren veldt and eight years ago a
miners camp, is now the center of
some 100000 inhabitants and increasing
about as fast as bricks and mortar can
be obtained. 1t is situated directly on
top of the gold. and on looking down
from the high ground above, it looks
10 an English eye like a huge, long
drawn-out mass of tin sheds, with it's
painted iron mine chimneys running
in straight line all along the quartz
gold reef as far as you can see in either
direction. The largest, or main, reef
runs for thirty-siX miles uninterrupted
ly, gold-bearing and honeycOmbed with
mines throughout. This, even were it
alone, could speak for the stability and
continued prosperity of the Transvaal
gold trade. On a mail steamer arriv-
ing only few days ago from the Cape
was said to be between $500 900 and
f4OO,O0O worth of gold, and the news
papers show that usually about 600 900
worth is consigned by each mail boat.
As we enter the town we find fine
and well-planned streets, crossed at
places with deep gutters-gullies rather
to carry off the water, which is often
in the hee~y summer rains deeper than
Your knees. Crossing these at fast
trot, the driver never drawing reins,
the novice is shot about, in his white
covered, two-wheeled cab, with its
large springs, like a pea in a bladder.
Indeed, one marvels at the daintiIy-
dressed habitue of the place being
swung through similarly quite uncon-
cerned and without rumpling a friH.
We pass fine public buildings, very
high houses and shops-somewha jer-
ry-built, it is true. and goodness help
them in the event Of a large street fire
but now being added to or replaced
by larger and more solid buildings In
deed, bricks cannot be made fast
enough for the demand, both there and
in some of the outlying TransvaaI
towns where the gold boom" is on.
There are lofty and handsome shops.
with most costly contents, which can
vie with London or Paris.-Chambers
Journal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-29
THE ANT EATER.

Heavy body thick, scantily-haired
hide, snout of portentious length, huge
erect ears. most muscular limbs bear
ing heavy hoof-claws, all these features
combine in a creature whose oddly is
further borne out by a ridiculously
small mouth and a ponderous tail. To
be born, too, into world of warfare
without the remotest chance Of ever
possessing more than the simplest
apologies for teeth-and those so far
back as to be quite out of sight-seems
a terrible disadvantage to a rather
large animal, with much flesh on the
bones, in a continent where great
beasts of prey abound. Yet the aard-
vark, in two slightly differing forms,
has managed to occupy the whole OF
Africa proper, and to flourish there
Two things have stood him in good
stead viz, his unequalled powers OF
burrOWing and his attachment to a
food everywhere plentifuI-the termitss
or white ants'-Which he alone can
always obtain. 1t is true, of course.
that when the winged termites stream
forth by millions from their fortresses,
scarcely a beast or bird under heaven
fails to compete eagerly for the prey;
but this is only a feast of short dura-
ton at a particular season, whereas all
the year round the hardest ant hills
Of the ternites are but pie-crust to the
claws Of the aardvark and their tenn
ing inmates the helpless captives OF his
surprising tongue.
As far as human enemies are con-
cerned-and while blacks like the meat.
whites approve of the leather-the
nocturnal activity of the aardvark and
his underground seclusion during the
day have doubtless afforded him great
protection. All who have essayed the
task agree that it is no joke to dig out
one Of these animals, as he can burrow
much faster than anyone can dig; and
even when, by the combined efforts of
a party of diggers, he is exposed to
view, the extraordinary tenacity of his
hold on the hard ground makes his re-
moval uninjured no easy job.-Long-
mans Magazine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-29

CHICAGO. Jan. 2S-'Lorrain Thurston
begged Secretary Gresham not to for
ward his letter of recall to Honolulu, "
said K. M. Lands. who was the pri~
waite secretary of the dead secretary of
state, land offered, if the letter was not
sent. to Immediately return to Hawaii
and tender his resignation as minister to
this country"
MIR. Lands returned to Chicago today.
He had read the charges Of Mr.. Thurston
against Gresham and President Cleve-
land. AS the private secretary and con-
fidant Of Gresham. during the last years
of his life. he said:
Long prior to the recall of Thurston
it was known that he was maintaining
in the Hawaiian delegation at Washing
ton. a press bureau. This was known to
the members of the diplomatic corps and
to the best posted men on newspaper
row. The object of this bureau was to
secure the publication Of matter abusive
OF the administration and those Ameri-
cans who opposed the annexation of Ha-
wall.
IAN original draft of an item coming
from Mr.. Thurston was secured and
submitted TO Mr.. Gresham. He delayed
some days in considering it, but finally
Mr.. Thurston was called to the state de-
partment and the original shown to him.
''Thurston said that he had been indis-
Greet. had not meant to say what he
did and regretted that the matter had
taken that turn He left the office apollo
giving for the matter and promising that
it should not occur again.
AS matter of fact it was learned
afterward by the state department that
this attack on the administration which
Thurston permitted newspaper CORES
pondents to copy in his office, came on
the statement of Thurston, not from
himself. but from their minister of for
eign affairs of Hawaii, Hatch AS | I'M
derstand it, Hatch himself prepared the
matter and it was forwarded to Thurs
ton for dissemination.
IT regret the whole discussion from
the one point of view, that Secretary
Gresham is dead. cannot speak for the
white house But from all | can under
stand and learn Mr.. Thurston occupied
the unpleasant position of being in bad
odor in his own country. He was persona
non grata. No official of the government
was bound by any code of diplomacy
to perpetually endure the press attacks
which Mr.. Thurston authorized from the
legation of which he was at the head.
Mr. Thurston did not deny the origin of
these attacks and he knew why he was
recalled, through Secretary Gresham,
long before his government did"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-29
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT.
Germany May Insist Upon a Settle
ment at Once.


NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-A special to
the World from Caracas, Venezuela,
says:
A Paris cable confirms the news that
Germany will demand immediate pay
ment Of the railroad debt 1t is re-
ported that a German squadron now at
Havana will enforce the demand.
The press here claim that the debt
does not call for more than diplomatic
negotiations and should be settled in
the courts. The Venezuelan govern
ment is having daily conferences and
will probably meet the demand without
protest.
The enrolment of militia continues
active. Sixteen thousand men have
been enlisted to date in Caracas alone,
which has population Of 10000. Other
cities are equally patriotic and report
proportionate enlistments.
The society for the defense of the ma
tional territory has established a mill
tary academy. Foreigners living here
who are familiar with the militia tao
tics and manouvres have offered to
give instructions gratis.
Much excitement has been caused by
the news that Spain will refuse to al
low the American commission access
to the archives in her possession bear
ing on the boundary dispute. 1t is
believed here that Spain fears the dis
pleasure of England
SPANS action is attributed to the
action of the United States insisting
on the payment Of the Mora claim.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-29

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 25.-LateSt ad-
vices from China tell of the uttering by
Chinese forgers, on the island of Java OF
ss.0Oo.oo0 Of Java bank notes. In order to
get notes accepted, forged notary accept
ances were placed on them. Already six
hundred thousand Of forged and discount
ed notes have been discovered, and many
prominent Chinese merchants have been
placed under arrest, including Captain
China, one Of the wealthiest Cinnamon IN
Java 1t is believed by the police that
the forgeries were eoEapl sted in Singapore.
Kwee Che Soc, a native Of China, now
a resident Of Sourabays, and band OF
native etchers have been arrested. Soc
has confessed to having committed the
forgeries, and duplicates many others, all
of whom insist they are innocent
The forgeries were discovered through a
lawyer named Gericke, who is highly
praised by the bankers and populace.
One house, that of Tan Kin Ejiang, dis
counted 100000 of forged notes. Other
houses that discounted largely are prac-
tically bankrupt Nearly all the leading
Chinese merchants of Java have been
victimized. Soc is noted for his cunning.
Most Of the notes made under his instruc-
tons were Tor tl,UOO edch. On searching
this mans house not only were found the
forged seals of a notary which had been
used to forged his name on the accept
ances but also a number of forged bank
notes Of 600 which could be seen had been
recently made. Soc at once admitted that
he had at last been discovered and offer
ed to give the names of all the other oul-
prits. The first name given by him as
being one of the principals Of the gang
was Kong Kee, an old man born IN emma,
but who enigrated to Java When his
house was searched the police found en-
graved plates and other tools which had
been used for the forgeries. At the same
time some finished bank notes and also
some in course of being completed, of the
value OF 600 were found.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-29

called at the revolutionary head
quarters and with having made full
report of the accident and the circum-
stances attending it, to the revolution
airy minister, Senior Palma,
The latter is said to have given him
money to assist the members of the
party who are now in this city and
Boston.
Hernandez is said to have reported
that he escaped from the sinking ship
in one of the first boats to leave her,
and that the inmates of this boat had
been picked up by the schooner
Leander V. Beebe, Captain w. NJ.
Howes of Boston. Later the revo-
lutionists We're transferred from the
Beeibe to the tug Dalzell and landed in
this city today. Hernandez landed at
pier North river, and went to the
Cuban headquarters while the other
revolutionists were taken up to pier 40
and landed. After that the Dalzell
went out to sea. Those not taken on
board the Beebe were picked by by
the schooners Helen H. Bendick Of
Boston and Eliza Crosby, of Portland,
Maine, and taken to Woodsholl Mass,
and Boston. Minister Palma was
BEsIEGED BY CALLERS
all the afternoon. He refused to see
reporters and his associates were evil
IDENTIFY afraid to do any talking At
first every one at the headquarters de-
MED point blank that any of the fill
clustering expedition had left here in
the Hawkins or any other steamer and
been wrecked. A man who refused to
give his name and who was afterwards
pronounced a Spanish spy said that
Hernandez had received a large sum Of
money from Minister Palma to assist
those of the stranded f1libustering par
ty who might be in need 1t was not
until z o'clock at night that about a
score Of newspaper men succeeded in
getting an interview or statement from
Minister Palma personally He said
that in his official capacity he knew
absolutely nothing about the alleged
f1lfbustering expedition.
HE DECLINED TO SAY ANYTHING
about the wreck of the Hawkins, or
whether he had received a dispatch
from Woodsholl, Mass, and from Ros-
ton, that those of the revolutionists
who had not been taken to New York
had arrived safely there. He did adj
nit, however. that he had received a
dispatch from Boston. He also admit
ted, after a great deal of pressure, that
a young man had called upon him who
was in need of financial assistance and
that he had given money to him. What
his name was or what he wanted the
money for Minister Palma would not
state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-29
GRIZZLY AND SILVER TIP.
Three Types in CaIifrnia of Inn
mense Size and Strength.

Three Types in CaIifrnia of Inn
mense Size and Strength.
The grizzy bears found all through
the canyons of the Rocky and coast
mountains and spurs of the Sierra Ne
vada range seldom descend from lofty
attitudes, where they manage year in
and year out to exc out a subsistence
near the perpetual snow line. An cid
and experienced hunter has said that
"any mans a fool to go in arter bear
alone" The bruins Of the east and the
bruins of the west are almost totally
different animals. The Ursa Majors of
the Sierras are monstrous in size. en-
dowed with ugly dispositions and pro-
digious strength, and as for grit, they
dispute-and very often successfully,
too-the sovereignty of the mountains
and forests with the king of American
beasts, the mountain lion.
Hunters disagree upon the point of
how many different species of bear
tribe we have in the southwest. There
are at least three distinct types of the
family in California and Lower Califor-
MIA, namely: the grizzly, brown and
DldCk pear. bOSlQSS llCSS l41SIS are
also gray bears, cinnamon bears and
the Sierra grayback. The true gray is
seldom if ever seen now as far north
as the 45th parallel and as far east as
the main divide: the cinnamon is sim
ply a cross between the brown and
black bears, and the mighty silver tip
is neither more nor less than a mongrel
of the brown and grizzly, partaking
strongly of the natures of the two, but
particularly of the latter. All the men,
,bers of the species intermarry, and the
silver tip is the king of the family.
This big fellow, sprtnging from the
grizzly and the brown, com Dimes all the
ferocity and tough strength of the for
mer with the agility and stubbornness
of the latter each distinctive trait be-
ing more prominent in him and pos
sessed to a greater degree than by the
very animals from whom he 'borrows
them. The silver tip is unquestionably
the ruler of the family by reason of his
greater size and belligerent disposition.
Lewis and Clarke, in their narrative of
their Journey to the Pacific coast near
Nv q. hundred years ago, spoke of meet
ing not only brown and black bears,
lbllt also numerous white bears, that
made it perilous travelling at times for
various members of that bold pionaer
party-N. Y. Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-29
FRYk's f. IESDs.

They Laid Their Plans to Attempt
His Election Today.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-The Re-
publican senators who have already
placed Senator Frye in nomination for
the president pro tenn. had laid their
plans to attempt his election tomorrow,
but they were frustrated by the oppo-
sition of the Populist senators, who
had agreed to only formally antagon-
ize the efforts of the Republicans to
complete the organiza ton on Republi-
can lines. The Populists do not with
draw from their position, but they in
sist that when the election takes place
it shall be for all the elective officers
of the senate, and not for any one in
advance of others On this account
the Republicans have abandoned this
plan, and now that the Utah senators
are in their seats have decided to
hold a caucus Thursday in case the
senate adiourns in time.
They will decide whether or not they
will attempt to secure all the elective
officers. including president pro tenn,
secretary and sergeant-at-armS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-29
LoSDoN's LOST PROPERTY.

Monday is the busiest day at the
lost-and-found office. One day 19S ar
ticles were brought in, one of them be-
ing a set of diamonds valued at S5,00e
Drivers and conductors in London
are under $50 penalty to deposit inside
of tWenty-fOur hours any article or
purse left in their cab or conveyance.
The finder obtains a receipt and if the
owner is found he is obliged to pay a
certain reward in proportion to the
value Of the article.
The lost property Office of London is
a curious place. A cabman once
brought in a bag filed with $500 in
gold which a banker had left in the
mans vehicle. BY law the cabman
was entitled to something ever $500
reward, but was satisfied with $3.50,
with which he purchased himself cab
and horse.
One man left jewelry valued at S15,-
900 on top Of a cab and it was returned
to him. He paid a reward of $375. The
biggest amount ever lost by anyone,
which was returned through this
agency, was a black bag containing
ST., 500 worth of securities. The driver
who brought this in received the hand
some sum of $500.
The officials state. according to
writer in the Strand Magazine, that
the most fruitful source Of trouble in
the lost-luggage matter is the love Of
the average Briton for seeing his bag
gage plentifully besprinkled with Ia
bells from all over the world. Portsrs
necessarily become confused. There
are men who are going to a London
suburb who viii label their trunk with
Cairo, Egypt. hotel name in order
to deceive their friends. Owing to
faulty labelling London-destined lug
gage has been returned from Paris.
Brindisi. Quebec and Cape Town. Or
binary Liverpool luggage Is often taxi
en- for a trip across the Atlantic.