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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

There was no doubt about the truth
Of his announcement. Jimmie was IN
deed ''in the drink" in an exceedingly
frog-like attitude, with his arms flat on
he ice before him, ond both feet kick
ing vigorously to keep himself from
sliding backward further down into
that deep, dark water. He had no
skates on, which was good thing, to
be sure. On the other hand Tor toot) it
was that same skatelessncss which led
to his failure to check himself when he
Jaw that airholc right ahead. Then.
TOO, he had no business whatever to be
sliding on the south side of Jamaica
pond, since that was where the ice cut
ters earned their living and their sum-
ler lemonade. But il was too late 10
discuss that now.
Up came dozen of us whirling b.;t.
the grind of scratchy irons as the feet
''toed in" and checked their course.
Every voice yelled: Hold on hard!"
Needless yell. Jim was holding on
as hard as circumstances allowed. Ec
needed help more than advice just then,
but advice, being the easiest to give,
was what he got most of, and plenty OF
it, too, to make up for the others
scarcity. Good intentions--we all know
what sort OF paving stones they make.
But these did not seem to warm thut
water any.
''Shut up. everybody" cried Chat
Bryant, who always had his wits about
HIM. ''iIere, Mickey, you're light:
gimme your foot. That's i'll Don't be
afraid; I've got hold of your skafe-irrn.
Now then. out you go-sit on my feet,
somebody! Hold out your other foot
to JIM
In twinkling Jim's fingers froze 10
the iron OF that other skate, and long
line of us tailed on to the other end OF
the line of communication while a yell
went up from the devoted Mickey. Did
we mean 10 pull him apart? Then the
yell stopped abruptly in crash and
gurgle. There were two In now, bua
The rest of us had firm foothold and.
with long heave, we brought them
out together, a very chilly pair. That
done, we put our hands in our pockets
10 warm them, and looked at the twain.
as ut pair of curiosities, while we felt
extremely virtuous, and that we had
done our full duty. Perhaps we had.
whats the matter with Mickey Sui |
Ivan and jim Ballou?" was the quec-
ton agitating PIE Alley'-that
thoroughfare SO convenient to the of |
fees of the great newspapers.
They seem to have kinder lost thci: |
grip. If a Teller keeps holdin' out 4
Herald when a 'Rekid's' wanted, he
must expect another 'Rekid' ter cut i'm
ahead Thus spake Dan Iiaggerfy. |
king of rewsboys, and all the other
long-haired youths around applauded,
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save one alone-the dark-skinned one
from Joy street, most siivery-tongued
of all the lads from Joy. street as lie
ranged along the settees Oh the Common
Mall of a summers day, shouting his
war cry: "Shine?' Few got more
nickcls or ''shined" more boots than he,
THAT amt white show, Dan, and
you know 1t. They got water in thei,
cars when they broke in, skating, and
can't hear. The feIIers orter give EN-
chance"
swell, don't we?" said Dan, indle.
nantly. "Ise stocked 'em up twice N.Y.
SELF
There was silence for space. The
fact was undeniablc. Then George
Washington from Joy street began
again. persuas;vely:
THAT don't do no good. 1t don't be.
gin at the right end of it. (George will
be a statesman yet. If ne lives.) What
they ortcr do is to go to n real good
ear man right off now, before il grows;
Morser, and get fixed. There's one I'm
on the hill here-a first-class one. I've
shined his boots lots of times. 'rIto,el
him they was firms of mine, he'd 10 il
cheap-for him. Course they don't
want to go to no iniirn'. We amt neg
cars. hone of u.s. Now, we can't stan,.
giyin' EN- quarters right along. but If
we Gil give quarter ter once. and Just
once. mebbe ws wont eser have to
again. SO says, les take EN- up TO Dr..
lance s!sht ~ now: lake 'sn by the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

These 81 senators represent by far
the greater part Of the manufacturing
and commercial activities of the ma
ton, and OF its agricultural production
They are in a minority in the senate,
but behind them are the people who
compose the majority of the American
voters, most of whom are wise enough
to know that the adoption of free coin.
age would inflict on them worse blow
than any they have suffered from since
the civil war. 1t is openly claimed
that one-half Of the 16 southern scna-
tors who voted for free silver are con-
WINGED the measure would be a detri-
ment to. the people, but acted in defer.
ence to the wishes of the wire-pulfcrs,
who are ambitious to control the Sc
lection of party standard bearers. il
they dared to be honest in the matter
there no longer would be frce-si,ver
majority in the senate. The whole
financial trouble then would vanish
with the renewal ofi'assurance that
there was no danger " the parity being
deranged or destroyed Chicago Trib-
une.
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FREE sILvER's WATERLOO.
A Sharp Rebuks 1t the Advocates o
THAN NTonev

A Sharp Rebuk6 10 the Advocates Of
Cheap Money.
The overwhelming majority by whic,,
the house rejected the senate's free-sil-
yer substitute for the house bond bill IS
significant and decisive manifestation
of popular sentiment on the silver
question. 1t is as deserved, too, be IL is
striking. In obedience to the appeals of
the president and the secretary of the
treasury for relief for the government.
ia this crisis, the house promptly passed.
a bond ard revenue bill. presuming,
probably, that the cxigencies of the sit
uation might impel the senate to give
them it's Endorsement. Each, however,
was changed in the senate to a ffee-sls
vcr bill. The measure acted on earliest
was the bond bill, That measure, which
provided for the issue of three PER cent.
short-time bonds and the issue of treas.
ury certificates to meet deficits in the
revenue, was, SO far as regards its bond
provision, drawn on lines repeatedly
favored by Secretary Carlisle. The sill
YER substitute for this bill passed the
senate by seven majority.
But the rejection Of this silver SUBJ
stitute by the house by majority OF
1875 is at once a rebuke to the senate for
its blind end factional obstructiveness
and warning that the silver party will
receive no quarter from the representa-
tives of the people. The majority Is
much larger than anybody looked for,
and it is 40 TO so per cent greater than
the silgcrites expected.
This vote tells the fate that is in stcf,.
for the senate's silver substitute for the
revenue bin when the house gets it's
hands ON that measure. 1t has been re-
ported, on the authority of some of the
silverites, that every measure passed by
the house with the object of relieving
the treasury will, in the senate, either
be loaded down with silver rider, or
will be effcced by silver substitute as
in the case of the bond and tariff bills.
The yigor with which the house has
acted in dealing with the bond substi-
tute shows how this conspiracy will be
treated. The perversity and stupidity
OF the silverites will hurt rather than
help their cause. Many persons who
have been disposed to look on silverism
as 'lsiusion of sincere but misguided
men will see in this wanton obstruc.
tiveness strong mixture of malevo-
lence with the ignorance. The house,
which stands much closer to the people
than the senate does, shows by its votes
what it thinks of the sixteen to one
policy. The folly Of the silverites may
tempt the people in electing the next
house TO administer a still more en-
phatic rebuke to that iniquity.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat. 80
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SENATORS AND FREE SILVER.
Representatives Who Are Betrsying tho
Working People.

Representative Who Are Betrsying tho
Working People.
The following senator's from states
east of the Missouri river are support
ing desperately the sixteen to one So
cent dollar scheme:
D. Cameron (R), Pa. Daniel CD, Va.
-. voorhees, Cd, Ind. Vest (D), TO.
ID. Turpie (D), Ind. Cockrell (D>, Mo.
Blackburn D), KY.
All of these senator's represent states
which have no silver-mining interests
within their limits. and are grossly
betraying the rights of the working
classes in their several states. All the
other senators from states which are
north of the line of 80 degrees 30 min
utes and east of the Missouri river arc
ranged on the side of honest money.
The following is the list Of those SEMI
tors who voted or paired against the
free-silver substitute for the bond bill:
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alaH PRICE ron POTATOES.

The .ohn A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse. Wis.,, pay high prices for new
things. They recently paid $500 for q
yellow rind watermelon, $1,000 for 80
blu. new oats. $500 for 100 lbs. of pota-
toes, etc., etc.! Welh prices for pota-
toes will be high next fall. Plant
. plenty Mr.. Wideawakel You'll make
money. Salzer's Earliest are fit to eat
In 20 days after planting. His Cham
Pion OF the World is .he greatest yield
er on earth and we challenge you to
produce its equal.
If YoU WILL SEND US 10c. in stsirips
TO the John a. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis.,, you will get, free, ten
packages grains and grasses, including
Teosinte, Spurry, Giant Incarnate Clo-
yer, etc., and our mammoth catalogue.
Catalogue alone sc. for mailing. (K.)
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THE EAR DOCTOR.
BY JOHN PRESTON TRUE

II Come quick!
Jimmie's in { h e
drink"
A sma IL b oy
stood on one foot
nnc yelled Tint
statement in tones
of dismay as he
frantically waved
in air Il mitten that
was like a superla-
lively good doug h.
nut, since it was
chiefly hole.
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This should be the end of folly
which has long endangered and in.
jured the country's credit and the pros
perity of all American enterprises. II
should certainly make an end of all
doubt, at home and abroad, about the
good faith of the nation and its resclute
purpose to pay ell its coin obligations
in dollars worth 100 cents. The house
represents the latest expression Of the
peoples WI. It's attitude reflects the
sentiment of the country. Its vote
should be Il reminder to the senate
that the people have finally rejected
all fIat~money schemes and are tirsh Of
the senatorial folly and obstinacy which
TRUSTS On outwora contention a, dig
honesty INTO the pathway Of pecdee
lesislst,ep.-N. y. Wusld
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New Orleans has $4,000 people and
extends over 90 square miles OF terri-
tory.
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w arch

April, May are most emphatically the
months for taking good blood purifier
because the system is now most In need
Of such a medicine, and because 1t more
quickly responds to medicinal qualities.
In winter impurities do not pass out Of the
body freely, but accumulate in the blood.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

--iil" deer really weeps. its eyes b.
Ing provided with lachryMal glands &.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

FRS stopped free by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve kestorer. Motifs afterfirst days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial hot.
Tie free. Dr.. Kline, g31 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
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April

rhe best medicine to purify, enrich and
vitalize the blood, and thus give strength
and build up tho system, is Hoods Sarsa-
parilla Thousands take it as their Spring
Medicine, and more are taking II .t-aa5
than ever before. ff55li are tired, "out Of
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ANY feeling that takes a man away from
bis home is u traitor to the household.-H
w. Beecher.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

.AMAs's best friend are his ten ingora-
Robert Collyer.
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May

Sorts" nervous, have bad TASTE In the
morning, aching or dizzy head, sour
stomach and feel all run down, course
OF Hoods Sarsaparilla will put your whole
body in good order and make y strong
and vigorous. 1t is the ideal Spring
Medicine and true nerve tonic, because
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

-. The silverites think that there
IS not enough gold in this country to
transact business. but recent develop
ments Indicate that there is even a con.
siderable amount 70 lay awsy.-Indisp-
spelh Hswk
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/. Gold is flowing this way from En-

....Gold is flowing this way from Eu-
rope once more, the cause, of course.
being the big bond issue by the United
States government. If the silver infla
ton agitation were not in the way there
would be greater and far more lasting
movement OF money to America from
the old world, not to buy bonds, but to
develop mines, build factories and
profit by other sources of wealth which
are still far less extensive than they
might well become.-Cleyeland Leader.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-30
VOTE RIGHT AND FREEDOMS WON.

Men Of America, wherefore sow
For dTones who eat the grain We grow?
Wherefore weave with toll and care
The rich robes your bosses wear?
Why live in novels, hut or cell?
In halls We built shall traitors dwell?#
Why be enslaved in want and woe?
When II you Wiu h-Greed must Col
The seed ye sow, the landlord reaps;
The wealth We find, some shylock heaps
The robes We weave, a robber wears;
The arms We forge, a hireling bears.
Sow seed-but let no landlord reap;
Find wealth-but let no Shylock heap;
Weave robes-but let no robber wear;
Forge arms-ld lone but free men bear.
Lo. all the fiends from Mammon's hell
Can't rule a land where patriots dwell;
Vote Right, and Freedoms cause is won
The Ballot Beats The Calling Gan!
t'The Capital and White House.)
WATSON HEsToN,
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-30
VALEDICTORY.

Salmon p. Chase, Linc0ln's great
war Secretary of the Treasury repented
bitterly his recommending the British
Banking system in these strong words.
"My agency in procuring the passage
of the National Bank act was the great
est financial mistake OF my life. 1t has
built up a monopoly that affects every
interest in the country. 1t should be
repealed. But before this can be &C
complished the banks will be arrayed
upon one side and the people on the
other, in a contest such as we have new
er seen In this country
The New York Tribune of Nov. IL.
1878 said exulttingly that practically
the banks OF the city of New York re-
pealed the silver biD.n
The contest is now drawing to a close.
On which side are you? Money or the
people?
On Tuesday W. ]. Bryan said, II
may be wrong. / have never claimed
infallibility. But when l examine a
question and reach a conclusion which
l believe to be right, when | take 9
position that my Judgment supports, l
am willing to stand by what | believe,
| care not what may happen"
After studying this money question
the RECORD came to the same conclu-
sion as Mr.. Bryan. We believe the
free coinage of silver is good for us, for
our readers, our advertisers including
the country bankers, the toiling mass
es, not only of this country, but OF the
whole earth. That is the reason the
RECORD has hurled the jayelines OF
truth into the scared political con-
sciences of the people of this county.
We believe it has hurt but it has awak-
ened many to this mighty contest and
their duty of citizenship.
Solomon says "a wise man will hear
and increase le~arning.n For those who
withhold former patronage because OF
our position and thereby declare they
do not wish the patronage OF our read
ers, we forgive because stheY know not
what they do We can wait for time
to justify our position and bring a re-
ward.s
humanity sweeps onward
Where to-day the martyr stands
On the morrow crouches Judas
With the silver in his hands;
In the van the stake is ready
And the lurid faggots burn
But the hooting mob Of yesterday
In silent awe return
And gathers up the scattered ashes
Into History's golden w.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-30
TOO uUcH EDUCATED.
Y SAYS NOT.

Bishop Worthington, Episcopal
Church) of Omaha, Neb., who fears
Mr.. Bryan will carry that State said.
1.-THE trouble with the farmer in my
Judgement, is that we have carried our
free educational system entirely too far.
OF course, / know that this view will
be considered as a bit or hersey, but
still / believe it. The farmers sons
y great many of tbem-who have a5so-
iutely no ability to rise, get a taste of
education and follow 1t up. They will
never amount to auything-that is,
many of them-and they become dissat-
isfied to follow in the walk of life that
God intended they should, and drift
into the cities. 1t is the overeducation
! OF those who are not qualified to receive
II that fills our cities, while the farms
lie idle.
Then the girls, instead of remaining
at the farm and learning to churn and
milk and fitting themselves to become
good housewives and rear u family, as
God intended they should, get a smat.
tering of French, learn to play the
piano-no particular genius for music,
but they learn to play-drift to the
cities and go into the millinery stores
and other stores"
The N. Y. Evening Post the leading
gold standard paper, which has publish
| ed a circular and the bankers have cir
culated it in this County and ask you to
believe it says,
"What does the Populist farmer do ?
He reads a blathering local paper, which
is full of misinformation put In to ''help
the party, p aud be colleagues with other
farmers al ignorant rs himself at the
corner grocery. At present some farm
ers are al ignorant and credulous aud
suspicious as European peasants. This
suspiciousness is, as ~alienists know, one
of the earliest symptoms of insanity"
At Monmouth H., on Saturday
Bryan scored the Bishop as follows:
ITO talk about the over.education of
our farmers sons and TO attribute the
difficulties which surround us to-day to
over-education, is 10 my mind, one of
the most cruel things that q man ever
ers' sons who are not able TO rise in life
get a taste of education and then enjoy
the taste so much that they follow up
and become dissatisfied with the farm
aud drift into the cities. The idea of
saying that there is ver-education
among the farmers ons.
"My friends, do yon know what that
language means? 1t e a reversal
of the progress OF civilization and a
march towards the dark ages again.
(Cheers.) How can you tell which one
of the farmers sons is going to prove a
great man until you have educated
them all 2. (Cheers.)
"Are we to select a commission to go |
around and pick out the one that are
to be educated? All, my friends, there
is another reason why people have gone
into the cities and left the farms. 1t is
because your legislation has been caus'
ing the foreclosure Of mortgages on the
farms and the farmers. 1t is because
your legislation. has been making the
farmers life harder for the farmer. 1t
is because the non-producing classes
have been producing the laws and max.
ing it more profitable to gamble in the
farm products than it is to produce
them. Applause
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-30
New YORK CLOTHING HOUSE.
A Great Many

OF the lions that trouble our
everyday lives prove to be
chained lions when we come
up with them. Nor, are like
bugaboos absent from the Over
coat business. You don't know
how many there are who dis
trust ready-made. Maybe you
do. You're afraid it isn't fine
enough, or it doesn't fit, or it's
not ne west style, or there will
be too many like it-that your
neighbor and you will be taken
for each other by your clothes.
And yet you dislike paying the
tailor so much more.
You don't know this store if
you think like the man in the
paragraph above; you don't
know this store at all.
| We're away ahead of the
merchant tailors in the art of
making Overcoats. Our Over
coats would make a merchant
tailor blush-for luxury ofthem
or the style.
Montagnacs, SIS.
Silk-lined Kerseys, SIS, s12,
SO.
Rough Cheyiots and Clays,
$40.
Plain lined Jerseys a d
Beavers, IS, So, So.
Store open every evening.
Strictly one price, and if dis
satisfied with your purchase we
will return your money.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-30

Silver and gold have no intrinsic val.
ue. Get that out of your head and you
can understand the money question.
The stamp of the government and le-
gal tender law makes the money and
the value Of the dollar is regulated by
the number of dollars in existence us
full legal tender primary money. 1t
does not matter whether the stamp is
on gold, silver, paper, leather, or tin.
The value depends on the number is.
sued not in the material OF which the
stamp is.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-30

Sundays n. Y. Journal contained a
London dispatch which stated 'tbe
Pope is not a bimetallist." The None.
tary Trust circular, Oct. 26th, so Broad.
way, N. Y. City says, 1.-THE Catholic
Church, this majestic organization we
now she using its influence in every
honorable manner for patriotism and
integrity" We have q copy at the RE-
CORD office. Americans awakel
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-30
MY COUNTRY MEN

Living on the richest land on
Gods earth, the gold barons of
Europe and the National Bank
ers of America have robbed us
for 20 years. They have become
such bloated plutocrats that they
think they own us both and
now they propose to bond us for
eternity with their single gold
standard. They will never! New
Err! NEVERn! do it while the
patriotic blood flows in your
veins.
To arms my braves,
Be no longer slaves,
Nor look for greener grave,
Nor hope for mercy still.
Be brave, my boys, be patri-
OTIS, not blind tories nor Hessi-
ans, and death will come to ty-
rants.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-30
A British Policy.
Traitorous. TreasonabIe.

All Europe has declared bimetaldms shall mott be introduced without Bntatns co
operation. The English Cabinet OF March IT, decided nothing should interfere with the
gold standard; Hareourt says "shall Britain go begging the world that we shall receive
gold standard countries, Those opposing that ne giving aid and comfort to enemies Of
Constitution art !. secs g and 10 says Congress shall coin money and regulate the
a tender in payment of debts" No state an make silver a equal payment for debts
with gold if the Government does not coin it and make lit a full legal tender Not to
favor it is to be traffic ITO the constitution.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-30

The present system of finance robs
labor. gorges capital, makes the rich
richer and the poor poorer, and turns a
republic into an aristocraey.O of capital.
Wendell Phillips, in 1870.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-30
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that an election will
November 3, 1896, at which Electors for
President and Vice, President, Member OF House
OF Representatives, Member OF Senate, Member
Of General Assembly, Sheriff, and Three C0ron-
ers, will be voted for.
And notice is hereby given the Board OF Reg
istry and Election, In and for each and every
election district and voting precinct In the
county of Salem, will meet on