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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, acts gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels
cures headache, fever, habitual constipa
ton and biliousness Please buy and try .
box OF G. G. c. to-day; 10, q, 80 cents. Sold
and guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07
General Passenger Agent St. Louis.

FIRST CHICAGO MAN-"What are your
plans for the futurel' Second Chicago
Man-'sI think will stop getting married
and settle down. Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

WHICH goes the quickest full minute or
spare momentf
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

WHEN bilious or costive, eat Cascaret
CANDY cathartic, cure guaranteed, lOc, 25c
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

Jusr try 10c box Of Cascarets, the fines
liver and bowel reguD-tor ever made.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

ADVICE Is seldom welcome. Those who
need it most take it least.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

APES may be driven, but the pencil does
better when it is lead.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price &c.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-28
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Term and Ordinary Deposits Received.
Loans made on Approved Security. Com
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of Exchange bought and sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ACCOUNTED For.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
\ 5Euscular Maiden.

West NirSiuia. the mountain STATE.
Is full Of Interesting characters. Back
al the rather aristocratio little town o.:
Phiil'Qpi are Businesses not vet Gis.
tGrbed by the onward march Of civil
ration. y well-known politician was
cnnvasSing through that section for
votes. when he came 20 cabin wherc
young woman was holding ~ man or
the ground by his ears. Done got
enough" she asked. Il giye ua." hc
sajd. Then the girl released the man.
who went away looking very mucl.
abashcd. Whats the trouble?" in
CURED the politician. Thar want no
trouble" replied the girl. "Ile iusy
axed me ter marry i'm an I've alias
said wouldn't marry any.Inan coulG
whop. Kinder looks ike couldn't
IN one. I've tried mos of 'em round
hyar an none of EN- amt any good.
! toll I'm all sbout it an didn't wan.
: ter whop this un much, but he iess went
down soon rs tackled I'M reckon
III hev ter be an Of maid. l ka;n't
abide havin' no man that amt no Of q
man than me."-WaShngton Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
os GENERAL INTEREST.

The iris Of the eye is rarely Of one
coior, but commonly notified with
black, blue, orange, yellow. gray or all
combined.
Minnesota and South Dakota are
the only two states of the union that
hnre bali Of their population made ur Of
foreign-born residents.
Memphis new water works tower
will be i44 feet high. and will afford a
pressure sufficient to throw a stream
over the highest building m the city.
The mammoth steamship on The
stocks in Harland (, WolfTs yard at Bel
fast is "a be called the Pennsylvania.
In point OF size il viii eclipse anything
now afioat.
"A Polish woman, i04 wears old. who
saw the march of Napoleon al nd his army
into Ru*sia in 1872. aud the terrible re
trfut OF the survivors, is living at Sha
rokin. py She is very feeble, and came
near being burned 70 death last wecl,
when her house caught fire
Very heavy snowstorms occurred
in thc Cascade mountains, Through
Washington nod Oregon. during 'hc last
week o. '.December. Miners reported
from ten TO twelve feet Of Snow on the
highcE levels. and the railroad tracks
were cQvcfcd by three feet OF SNOW.
1t is proposed 10 build an iron cage
ever ind Rrouu'i the monument e Dan.
icl Boone and his wife near Carrollton,
KY, in order 90 preserve what is left
of the JDenument from the rav,,pcs of
The relic hunters. The legislature is
90 IL usked so appropriate 500 TO build
ine iron gage.
Popular Science sass that IN an old
homestead IN central New York there
IS "a family of cats which have b,en
during 20 years or more bred with care
30 pcrpetuate popularity. Many OF
them haS had six toes or each foot;
nearly - have had siN toes on each
fore foot.
Experiments made with carrier
pigeons in connection with various
European armies show that the speed
OF the carrier IN calm wen tiicr and for
q short ,5stauce IS about l,2l0 yards
q miuutA with very strong wind IN
the direS ION OF the flight d bird la,
reached soso yards q minute
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17

Many college men VIII be interested
in knowing just what the practice Of
horning professors is. there having
been several references in thc necsoa-
pers lately 10 trouble ut Dartmouth
over this custom. President Tucker. of
Dartmouth. gives what may lie consid-
cred an official definition of this form
OF disorder. 1t is an exPr, ssion Of dis
satisfaction among the students with
professor. and consists Of noisy and
insulting demonstration against The
instructor ut his office or at his resi-
denee." Sometimes il is ATTENDED with
damage 10 property, but not with VIC
lence to perSon."-N Y. Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
a GREAT CESEGT.
Plans 80 Iesscu tho D., .e-s ~ the Grca;
giniavs Nf-at..

Plans tu lessen tsC D., Co.'S ~ thc (irca.
Noiavc Ns-s...
The great Mojave desert is DO longer
la bc "a tracklcss waste. The loss or
haplcss prospcctors who have persisted
from wear 10 year has finally moved
the board OF supervisors Of san Bcr-
nar,iino county. which Includes within
~ 10000 square miles OF this dessert,
20 take some action 90 make H. posi-
bic for prospectors % travel that arid
region i'm comparative safety.
Recently "a number OF mining men
retitioned that complete map u the
desert be made, showing the roads,
trails and sources of wafer supply. aud
q committee was ordered 90 investigate
and report The result Of their inveSti-
CATIONS has just been made public and
they recommend ali that was asked and
more. There are trails nnd roads lend
ing al over the desert TO the various
mining camps which dot that waste %
sand. and it. rs proposed 20 have maps
made, WIKI blueprint copies, which
VIII be supplied 10 desert travellers.
with all the landmarks designated. thus
enabling them TO follow the traits with
much less danger of losing their way.
but in addition it is proposed to cstlb-
ish . system of signbOartts and guide
posts at intervals along the trail giving
Information as 80 directions and dis
tances. and. more important than oil.
the nearest point where water may be
found. Nino-tenths OF the people lost
in the desert die OF thirst.
Not infrequently their blcached
homes have bceH found vi.hin short
distance Of the spring they sought BY
the new system which is planned the
unlucky ProspeC tor viii know how far
he is from water and viii lag MS plans
accordingly.
Rewards are to be offered 10 anyone
discovering new springs or developing
any water ut points where rome is
known - exist. Springs already known
Will be cleaned out and the water pro
tccted from pollution ny wild animals
or Ivy careless handling.
The mining men are intensely inter
esteG in the proposed innovation. II
IS estimated that in the 80 years in
which mining has been followed in the
desert not less than 500. 0OO, 600 has been
taken out. while IL that time scores
OF men have been lost whose lives
might have been saved had such svs.
ten been in vogue us is now proDcaed
The desert is now fairly sn-arIoino. VIII.
prosPectors, and others WIZ go ont rs
soon as the weather becomes more toll
ernble.-San Francisco Examiner.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
ENGLAND AND SPAIN.
The Sea Dogs Kept the Feeling OF Hatred
Lively fer Years.

Lively fer Years.
Devotion 20 the queens majesty was
the picturesque form of an intense
patriotism and as the 10th century
entered rs last. decade patriotism be-
came simply hatred OF Spain. Strange
dogs which have never sccr one az
other before snar when they meet:
they scent autipathies. Two men will
feel ara Instructive mutual dislike even
when the course of business makes
formal poitcncss necessary. SO 10 wac
With the Englishmau and Spaniard.
The necessities Of politics kept the two
courts for long years on terms Of hol-
low poltcncss. II was straincd ngain
and again 20 breaking point. but neither
side could afford 10 break IL. II Philip
were 20 declare war France might re-
mctub"r old scores still uusatiSfed and
the prosecuted Netherlands would rise
for revenge. If Elizabeth yielded husti-
" 20 the pressure OF her ministers ~
her people or her foreign alice she
might find the French lstless. the
Dutch pover!ess and herself plttcd
alone against the worldwide power
aud enormous wealth Of Spain. and
and rally round her rival. Mary u Scot.
land.
Each was obliged to- play waiting
Fcmc-!ying. complimenting, protest
inE with war at the heart and peace on
The lips II was a game which. though
cong NAL 10 the peculiar temperament
Of Elizabeth. wore ont her minister's
and made Philip gloomy monomaniac.
Both sides were heartily sick OF it, yet
neither dared throw up the cards. But
while the courts went through the
weary farce. the peoples i<ncwthat they
were enemies. There was q sphere far
removed from the control OF cabinets
the sea; and for years. while London
and Seville were at peace. on the high
seas there WAS war. The SEQ dogs not
only snaried. but snapped. This WAS
their Importance i'm English history.
~ their own risk. but with the full con
nivance of the queen. they took the
Spanish matter into their own hands
ana dealt with 10 IN their own down.
right way
The tales Of their deeds kept thc ma.
ion from growing du,l and tired Of the
wcarisomc policy Of the government.
end SO forgetful Of the great work
~h;ch God had given it to do And
when the time came FOE the WORKOUT
masks 10 be thrown aside. and Spain
and England looked at one another
win the frank wnright In their eyes.
the sea dogs were Straightway at the
| queens service. with captains. crew
ano ships not only ready but trained
for the great StrIrgie. Words.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17

Ia the democratic America the mass
of pe&ple have been taught to considcr
forma!ity Of any kind If not positively
sinful. at least abs9rd. The typical
American despises eencmory: hc wants
TO 50 without his boat even at the din.
ing table sometimes: ne puts his hands
IN his trousers pockets. picks his teeth
in public and trims Il nails in church.
His daughter goef about the house III
the morning IN uforher-hubbard, with
her hair III curl papers; she chews gum
on the street and sad on summer even
inGs hangs over the front gate with one
Of the boys until long after her father
and mother have retired The duration
OF the yonug mans call is the one Joke
that no weekly comic paper would ga
TO press without. and there 3 more
truth than halnor in the joke.-Woman.
kind
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
gOYlNG a HILE.
y II Always Dear ~ Half Price ssr
Americas Girls.

y II Always Dcar ~ Half Price csr
American Girls.
The American In Paris % whom on,
longest hesitates 20 speak IS the WON
Al who has married title. Few ,sf her
Illusions have been re1lized. \ title. o.
he satisfaction OF being a COUNTIES OF
princess. when viewed from a BROAD.
way or Fifth avenue point Of view, j.
very pretty aud desirable object Bu;
IS the title has 20 be worn IN Parss aud
rot in New York. its Importance lie.
in the way IL IL considered th~r.s no;
here. As fer rs appears on the eu.
face, the American woman OF title "a
Paris fails 90 win vAIt she sought
from either her own people or fho.s
among whom she has ma rried. 70 he.
friends from New Yorl, o. san Fra.
cisco she il stIl Salie This or Fitapo.
That. When they return 20 New Tori
thcy speak casually OF how they has,
heen spending the summer with a.,
Princess Sc-aud-So. and they do no
1dd that she used 90 i,p Sallic Spripl-
OF San Francisco. But I'm ;'aris, sxn,.f
they are with her. they call her SalI;,
just as Of yOre. and they let her undo,
stand that they do not consider he,
IN any way changed since she had be
come ennoblcd. iiei husbands rcla
lives in France ARE Disappointing, they
certainly cannot lee expected to sec hcr
in any different light from that OF ar
outsider md a nobody; they viii 40
even admit that she is pretty; and thcf
say among themselves that, so Iony
as Cousin Charles had to marry e ,rren,
fortune, IL is n pity nc did not hurry
81 fTcnchwoman. and that thcy always
hnd preferred the daughter Of the choc-
oiate- maker, or the ChHmpagnc-grovv
e., or the Hebrew banker Of whom
were offered 10 him. The American
princess c9Rnot expect people who
have had fitlc and ancestors so lone
ms 20 have forgotten them 20 look upon
( Snllie SpTirgs. OF California; as anythinl
better than an Indian squaw. And the
result is that all which the American
woman makes by her marriage is the
privilege OF putting her coronet on her
handkerchief and the humble defer,
! ence oc the women at Paquin's or
Nirots, who say Madame. the baron
css" or Madame the princess" at every
second word. n really seems very
heavy price TO pay for very little.
These French titles created by Napo-
/ Icon. or The Italians. with the titles ere
atcl 10y the papal court. and the small
I fry OF other countries are not good
/ Investments. They arc not titles; as
some one Sae said, they are epitGphs;
and the best thing to do with the young
/ American girl who thinks she would
/ like TO bc a princess. is 10 take hcr
abroad early in lie, and let her meet
few American girls who have become
( princesses. After TINT, IL she still
WANTS TO buy a prince and pay his debts
aud supply him with credit - run into
more debt she has only herself 70
blame. and goes into il with her pretty
| eyes wide open. Richard Harding
/ Davis in life in the Cay Capital"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
year yVithoot snnr,ar

Seventy-nine years ago was the yeor
without n summer. Fross occurred
every month in the year 1916. Ice
formed q hall inch thich IN May. Snow
fell 20 the depth OF three inches in New
York, and also in Massachusetts, in
June. Ice was formed Of the thi, <ness
Of common window glass thTor ghout
New York on the 5th day Of July. In
Gan corn was so frozen thar the greater
part was cut in August and dried for
fodder. and the farmers supplied them
seiIes from the corn produced in 1875
for'the seeding OF the spring OF 1917
Detroit Free Press
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
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OUR COUNTRY NEEDS IT-GoLDl

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Enormous fort,ncs have bccn male in gold
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The ownership of a few shares % our stock may
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Some 81 the wealthiezt men Of to dsy become
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
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Kangaroo Hunt on n:cvc;cs.

our Australian cousins are now usinp
BICYCLES for quite u noveT purpose. lr
some districts the kancaroos do loucb
mischief, and the local authorities pav
scalp money" for all heads secured by
hunters. a large number Of Bicycles
sre used Ia the chase. Armed with
flhes. the sho oters aye able to ercircle
the escaping flock, and can bring down
many kangaroo by their noiseIess = d.
Proach.-Lcpdon Tit-Rits.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17

Mrs. Aim surprised that your has
band earns so little II he works as hard
AS you say. What does he do?
Mrs. B--Fhe last thing he did was
to calculate how many times a cfoc;,
licked in the course Of thousand
-I'hiIadelph;a inquirer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
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1,hs sensltive Pho,orrap nrn 80.

Manchester photographer relates
that be recently took q photograph
= child who was apparently in good
aeaith and bad q clear skin. The mega
tive showed the face 10 be thicl<ly COY
cred with an eruption. Three DAYS
afterNTard the child was covered with
spots due 20 prickly heat. The camera
had seen and photographed the crup
tion three days before it >~as Visible 10
tie naked eye. It is said that another
case of q similar kind is recorded, where
a child showed spots on ms face a fori
Night previous 10 an attacl, OF small
y.--POPular Science News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17

DO not allow idIeness 20 deceive
you; for while you give him to-day, he
steals tomorrow from you.-Crowuuiu
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17

EOR SALE OR RENT. SLY
Il acres Of land on Chnch river miles
from Court House. If not sold by April
lst, 1896. for rent. Apply tod. j. JONES,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
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