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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
puNoEMT PARAGRAPHS.
DE song birds, dey hab lef' de lan's
We doan' know whah dey's at;
But de eagle is a screamin' an
NJ t,,hlov,s rfffin' far

DE song birds, dey hab lef de lan's
We doan' know whah dey's at;
But de eagle is a screamin' an
De turkeys gittin- fat -
Washington Star.
Anxious Willie-"How long are
you going to visit us?, Annt Jemima-f
az haven't the least idea Why doyou
ask, Willie?" "Mother wanted tn
know."-Detroit Free Press.
Farmers Wife--'I hope you are not
afraid of work?. Tramp uneasilyl-
81 amt exactly afraid, mum; but 4 al
wars feels fidgety when there's any
thing like that about. Boston Tray
eler. Ets r;-tsf - KS
"A Sure Cure for Dumbness.--Mr.
Gabbleton-"Oh, doctor, my wife has
suddenly lost the power of speech-can't
utter word!' Eminent Physician (la-
conically)-"Take her to the OPERA
N. Y. World.
That was bright answer given by
little girl in suburban school to the
question of her teacher as. to what peo-
pie find, even in warm countries, when
they get to the top of n mountain.
"Most people find,' said the Child "that
they are out of breath"
His Idea.-Mrs. Jimsmith (who has
been reading one of the current beauty
prescriptions)-"George, what is your
idea of perfect fgure?" Jimsmith--
swell, $25o,OOO may not be perfection,
but it's near enough to satisfy man
with my humble notions. Buffalo Elk.
press. E
-She--"That lame man with one eye
over there, whom everybody calls cap
tain-was he in the army during the
warp" He-"Oh, no. He got his title
and injuries as captain OF college foot
ball team" She-"Oh, how lovely! The
brave fellow!"-N. Y. Commercial AID
vertiser.
MIR. Dismal Dawson's removal o
the trash from the lawn was so languit
i that Mrs. Watts was moved to say
81 fear you are not fond ofwork ?" "Oh
yes, am, num-" said Mr.. Dawson. :"
i think so much of work that I wouldn'
be violent with it fer nothin'."-Indian
upolis Journal.
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while he was loading his gun the 'gater,
Qrawled out Of the tank in the lot and
Began to snort and below like bulls.
AN ideal" exclaimed the thoughtful
Mr.. Stobbins. ''Get the pitchfork, Miss
Nancy" he shouted, 'and let us see it
we can't make them air varmints use
full
In telling the story few days ago to
a party of hunters, Mr.. Stobbins said:
at jest beat anything you ever saw.
The critters acted jest as if they under
stood the situation, and when / drove
them out into the field and hitched
them to the pillow never popped whip
over or stuck pitchfork into a better
team. They knew whoa and gee jest
as well as any pair of oxen ever yoked
together in all this here broad domain
of the land of liberty called Texas.
put my crop in the ground in hurry
got away ahead of all my neighbors.
They were the best pillow team that ever
straddled row of cotton. made two
bales and had it ginned before the swal-
lows and bluebirds got ready to fly
| away to Mexico. Said l to Miss Nancy:
This here is fun, but it is only the be-
| ginnin'. l have sold the cotton at the
gin, and l have got the yaller boys in
my pocket. Let's hitch up the gators
and go down to Houston and lay in II
few things ready for bear huntin'.'
"'Done, dad said Miss Nancy, and nc
sooner said than done. She hitched the
gators to the cart and away we went
bound for Housting with pocketfui
of rocks. No need to ask people to give
the road Most peoples horses and
mules and oxen took to the woods as
soon as they got smell of us. We rat
tied into the city and you never seed
no SIGH an excitement. People quit
sellin' things and utterly neglected
business to run after us. was kinder
dry, and stopped at a saloon and got
a jug filled. When came out people
were starin' of their eyes out, and a
hollerin' and Jest raisih' thunder. They
were a-rainin' questions at Miss Nancy
and the varmints, bein' unused to sich
sights, and so much fuss, were cavortin
around and snappin' their jaws, wantin
to eat somebody or go. There was
band wagon comm down the street
with a lot of cussed fools in it BLOWN
: brass horns. Then 40 other wagons, al
painted with varmints SIGH as lions ant
/, tigers and beasts of the forest, wa:
a-followin', and mixed up with then
was a lot of loose elephants and camel
and fools draped up in pretty clothes
|. a-ridin' white horses. "A circus, b,
thunder, Miss Nancy!' said ]. Jes
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
A TEAM OF ALLIGATORS'
Sensation Created in a Texas
Town by Hunter.

Every old settler IN eastern ieaas
knows old Buck Stobbins. Stoppins
came to the lone star wilderness when
the republic was in its infancy. He set
tied in the Big Thicket, not far from
Houston, and, during his long careers
he has hunted bear, only varying the
monotony of the sport by occasionally
getting drunk and spending few days
in getting sober and resting the dogs.
The old man is an ironside, hard-sheii
Baptist; and liar--not mere novice
in feeble and unpublished mendacity, but
a Wholesale, artistic, rough and tumble
liar IF gigantic proportions. His WORD
is pretty good on ali ordinary subjects,
but when it comes to bear the aged vet
Gran. varies, twists, distorts and piles
bears aud hounds and gunshots and
butcher knives together, and makes
story worth listening to. Every hunter
goes TO see him, and all leave his cabin
pleased with his extraordinary hospi-
tality, and feeling that if there were
few more Buck Stobbinses in the world
the human race would laugh more and
life would De worth living after all.
He has been making war on the black
bear of Texas for more than half CEN
fury, and killed every year, according
to his own candid statement, bear
enough to feed an army, and yet he can
put you on a stand where you can get
a shot at big. rollicking bruin any
fine morning. Very recently he has fig
ured as the most conspicuous character
in an adventure that is without parallel
i'm the history of the world. The old
fire eater had one son, and when this
heir apparent to the Stobbins claim and
cabin in the wilderness was about ten
years old be captured a pair of young
alligators two or three feet in length.
Now, young Stobbins did not have any
calves to fool with, and so he chained
The young alligators together and
hitchcd them to small slide. He put
bull rings in the nose of each gator, and
then, by the dexterous use of a pitch
fork, managed to extract good deal of
deviltry and fun out of his wonderful
team.
The boy was fast growing to man
hood, and the alligators well, they
were fast growing to 'gatorhood. They
were at least ten feet long when thu
promising youth took the swamp feyei
and died. Old Stobbins was devotedly
attached to his son. He expected te
make a famous bear hunter out of thu
boy. His grief was not of the common
kind. He tried to burn it out of his
''in'ards" with moonshine whisky, ant
possibly would have succeeded, but tht
capacity of the stillhouse was grade
less than the old warriors endurance,
and metal. When the still went dry h.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19

The Egyptian cobra is not unlike its
Asiatic cousin, except in the absence
of the curious spectacle-like mark
which distinguishes the latter. Al
though it is the most poisonous reptile
known to inhabit northern Africa 1t
is the favorite among the snake-charm-
rrs. These conjurors know how to
render this serpent rigidly unconscious
by pressing the nape of it's neck with
finger. This act appears to throw
the reptile into catalepsy, in which he
Is as stiff as an iron rod. Traces of
something similar having been prac-
ticed in olden times may be found in
the Bible-where Aaron made serpent
VI his ,od or staff.-St. Louis Republic
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
suiENcK AND INDUSTRY.

Experts say that in its deepest parts
The oceans waters are so dense that
runken ironclad would never reach the
bottom.
Five new asteroids were discovered
on photographs of the hearens one even-
ing recently by DR.. Max Wolf, of Heidcl-
berg. This brings the number OF
minor planets up to 423.
"A scientist recommends that every
'lifeboat carried by ships should he pro-
arided with a bottle of citric acid, which
precipitates chloride of sodium, and con-
.yerts sea water into palatablc drink.
Traffic Through the. Strand.-A
statisticiansays:1 Il, 600 vehicles, includ-
ing 5000 omnibuses, pass through the
Strand, London, in the day, and the
narrowness of the street causes each of
their 1000 occupants to waste, on an
average, three minutes. The total
waste of time equals also hours; the
money value of which, at the very mol
crate rate of one shilling an hour, is
e 1877 per day, or nearly e $4,000 per am
rum.
:. An Automatic Savings Bank.-The
automatic machine idea has been turned
TO new account in Italy. Put a coin in
the slot, take out "a receipt, and the
thing is DONE The workingman's 'hon
est penny" is banked" without the
trouble of going to savings bank or the
post office. When sufficient number OF
receipts have been collected, they can
be exchanged for an acknowledgment
4 of the regular savings bank. Interest
Ut four per cent. is paid on deposits, and
the depositors are entitled to shar,
of the profits derived from the banks
operations.
| The popularity of bicycling Is
demonstrated in some measure by the
fact that since the first of the year over
6 II, 00O, 900 has been invested in new
cycle companies. Up to the end of las.
year the capital of the cycle companies
| was less than 10000, 900. 1t has thus
/ been nearly trebled since January. This
figure does not include capital invested
In the numerous private concerns il
different parts of the country. Nearly
1000 patents for Inventions connected
with bicycles or accessories were ap
piled for Turing 1885,. The value of tho
bicycles made in year in Great Britain,
at the present rate Of production, Il
E12, OO0, 900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19

then the horses that were hitched to
the band wagon began to cavort and
they wheeled around and turned the
wagon over and spilled the brass band
fellers out right Immediately on top
of my gators. Look out!' / shouted,
'or some of you will be missin'.' They
did not need anybody to advise them to
get out of the way. When the elephants
and lions came and smelled the gators
there was fun sure 'nough. You never
heard such roarin' and bawlin'. !
thought the devil himself had broke
loose. But this was only the commence
ment of the frolic. The circus horses
began to run away.
81 never seen so much connection In
all my born days. There was 40 teams
all runnin' away at once and 40 more
a-tryin' to run away. People were
were roarin' and women and children
were cryin'. Says 1: 'Miss Nancy, my
opinion is that we have played TIE
deuce amazingly. and old Buck Stobbirs
is goin' to try to vamoose the ranch.
! stuck the fork into the tail of the Cd
alligator and shouted: Get up and
dust, my beauties The gators seemed
to be enjoyin' the frolic, and they threw
open their jaws and plunged right into
| the mass of overturned wagons, strug'
glin' horses and wild elephants. Wher
we came out on the other side heard
Miss Nancy say: Great Heavens, dad!
| look there!' and I felt something Shiny
hit me in the face, and when got my
| eyes open my blood froze in my veins
The off alligator had the clown of tn.
circus between his Jaws and the Other
gator had a snake by the neck that wa
II feet long. The big reptiles tail wa.
kinder promiscuously wrapped about
my neck. looked back and seed thu
circus horses a-runnin' over each other
ard the cages were busted open ant
the lions and tigers and wild cats an,
leopards and big snakes were frolick
in about promiscuously in the street
Ny gators had jerked the lines out o
my hands and they were going dow
the street at regular 2: 40 gait. wa
! tryin' to get out my knife to cut tn
snake loose when 'cayouse!'w we all wen
into Buffalo bayou. The cussed fool
had run off the bridge. seized Mis-
Nancy by the hair of the head an
swan ashore. And, gentlemen, woul
you believe me, not a cussed hair or hid
! of them gators has ever been seen fro1
: that day to'this.
"Now, look here, mister, bein' as. yo
: are lawyer, don't you think / have 81
, good cause of action against that cit
of Housting? Why, wouldn't take
cool thousand dollars apiece for thel
gators, to say nothing of the cart. IL
pitchfork and the jug Of bourbo
! Observation-Disclosures
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
the Noon and che Earth.

The strangeness of the scenery of the
moon, and tie enormous size of its
crater-shaped mountains, have led some
astronomers to think that its past his
tory must have been quite different
from that of the earth. This, however,
is not the opinion of Messieurs Loewy
and Puiseux, who, in recent communi-
rsiion to the Academy Of Sciences in
eoris, say that study of the latest
lunar photographs tends to show that
the condition of the moons surface has
usep produced by the action Of the same
natural fnrces new ut work mr. tie
casth.--Youth's Companion,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
THE SUN CURE.
Here Is German Doctor Who Compels
Patients to Go Naked.

Here Is . German Doctor Who Compels
! Patients to Go Naked.
Right on the heels of the Kneipp cure,
which obliges people to walk on the
grass in their bare feet and to arply
water to the skin in other disagreeable
ways, comes a still more extraordinary
cure" which robs man of all his
clothes and sends him walking about
absolutely naked. This return to q
primitive nudity is prescribed by a
German physician and put into r,ac-
tice in his sanitarium, in the mountains
of Carpiola, near Trieste. There he
gives his patients sun baths on a hus :
scale.
The treatment consists in exposing
the patient entirely nude to the rays OF
the sun. But the patient must not
alone bask in the rays of the sun. He
is obliged to walk about naked in the
open air, to indulge in exercises, take
his meals, and mingle with his friends
thus disrobed. The patient must 60
naked in all weathers, nothing must
stop him.
Neither rain, wind nor snow will be
accepted by this German doctor as M
excuse for allowing his patients to Put
on their clothes. Only the local pc lice
men have succeeded in making the pa
tents return to the ways of civiliza
| ton.
A sanitarium has been built on al
elevation of $500 feet, in very sunr,
spot; large park has been separated
into two parts by high wall, and tn
| two sexes are separated, each to hi
own park, and in each park the pa
tients go and come in the costume o
Adam before the fall.
i Many lie on boards or on the groun'
exposed to the suns rays for Is, 30, g
minutes at time in the hottest part o
1.-THE day. If a shower comes, the mos
advanced expose themselves to thi
also, and then let themselves dry on
". Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
The sensitivs Cheek.

Nine out of ten persons if asked what
. the most sensitive part of the body.
will reply the tip of the tongue. This
Is a mistake. Those Engaged in polish
ing billiard balls, or any other sub
stances that require a very high degree
of smoothness, invariably use the cheek
bone as their touohstone for detecting
any rcughness.. An. ivory article that
NAV feel perfectly smooth If rubbed
against the chin cfltouched with the tip
Of the tongue wilIs6ften feel quite ap.
preciably rough when applied % ths
bope.-goldsn Days,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
UNDER THE WILLOWS.

Uere used to sit and listen for the patter
of her feet,
For the tiny hands to pound upon the
door:
But the icy hand of death has touched the
forehead of my sweet.
And the BABY voice is hushed forever
more.
Angels keep my baby,
Where the willows wave;
Where with each recurring spring
Feathered warblers come and sing,
When the yiolets are blooming Ger her
grave.
To little western woodland now my mem
DRY sadly turns,
where the summer wild rose scents the
silent gloom,
Where busy little brook is singing softly
in the ferns,
her tomb.
Angels keep my baby,
Where the willows wave;
Where the low winds sob and sigh
When the summer roses die.
And the autumn leaves are falling on
her grave.
Only now / slept and dreamed was kneel-
ing there tonight.
Where my little one is sleeping on thu
hill;
Even now, when I'm awake. and the tear:
fall as / write,
IL can seem to hear the music of the rill.
Angels keep my baby,
Where the willows wave;
Where the winds blow bleak ant
drear
When the silent woodlands scar,
And the snow Is drifting deep upon he
-Cy Warman. in N. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
"HUMAN NATURE" STORY.

Il This Typical of London Police Courisr
London police courts seem to attract
many persons who are in need of ad-
vice rather than of justice. and who in
this country would never think OF seek-
ing outside the circle of relatives Or
friends. Here is typical case:
A well-dressed young woman asked
the advice of Mr.. Dickinson at the
Thames police court respecting her
husband. On Monday morning, she
said, when he went out, he promised
to be home to dinner but failed to up.
pear at the dinner hour.
Mr.. Dickinson Gnquiringly)-Haa
your husband kept his promises?
Applicapt-Yes, until then. Well,
when found lie did not come
home to tea, at seven o'clock, 1 Thoughts
l would make it my business to go out
and make some inquiries On getting
into Chrisp street, who should see
but my husband on the box-seat of
break"
Mr.. Dickinson (gently)-Perhaps the
driver was simply giving him lift
home.
Applicant (emphatically,-No fearl
He had been ont all day enjoying him-
self.
''Well, what did you say?"
"Why, what could Isay?'
81 don't know"
HE afterwards threatened me-"
ut is only little tiff. OF course he'
ought not to have gone out for holi-
day without you"
mo, quite right. You see, / have
only been married few months, and
thought I had better at once put my
foot down. That was why ! came to
see YOU"
''Talk to him kindly and he won't do
it again"
Every likely, but he had better moi"
London News,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19
Too Much Dowery.

Suitor-How much dowery win you
give your daughter?
Father-A thousand for every year 81
her age.
"And what is that?"
"Thirty-eight."
"I'm afraid ttnt's more dowery than !
care for."-Fliegends Blaettey.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19

IA HOMETOWN" says Brother Watkins,
tam lot OBJ little cells; but q honeymoon
am often one big sell. philadelphia
Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19

WArrER-"H will you have your steak,
sirlp Patron-"I don't care how you cook
It, but I'D like 1t this week
Figaro.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19

Experts say that in its deepest parts
ihe oceans waters are so dense that
Eunken ironclad would never reach the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-12-19

which is an important factor in the dis
tinctness of the pictures. The OCCASION
al pickering is caused by unsteadiness
of the current, and not by any defect in
the cinematographe.
The camera by means of which the
pictures are taken is, just the same size
as the box by which they are reflected,
and the pictures are taken in the same
manner. The sensitive 4iimsJiR placed
inside of perfectly light-propf baf and
unwound before the camera by means
of hand reels, the same as when show
ing the pictures. The length of time
taken to secure one picture is about
minute and half, so that the exposures
| are made at the rate of about 20 per
second. In the case of very rapid mo.
ton it is necessary to turn the crank
quicker, and in slow motions slower, SO
| that this time varies. This explains
why some pictures last longer than
others. Only one person is employed
by the Lumieres TO take thesesphoto-
graphs. This is Alexander Promio, who
has the reputation of being the greatest
semitic photographer in all Europe.
Every view shown through this instru-
ment has been taken by him in person,
and he has travelled over Europe, Asia,
the northern portion of Africa and
America in the short space of six
months, taking an average of IL daily.
The largest number of pictures ever
taken by Promo in one day was 30, be-
ing all different views of the coronation
Of the car of Russia.-Chicago Post.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-15

didn't DO thing to TIE pool room yester-
dey"
II all happened. q seems. IN two races.
ara Tho Turf Exchange rool rom was not
Ne only one that got &c whore the chicken
rot The sx" The talcnl tad p tlu it
rooms. fer ihe afgh gace, sad later wien
iha last race came IN mo result was &c;
what the ofaci.l result later save g.
lu the Hf,h fa0e Agir.T mas posted al
O. :. ana WIS Ieort,i ont ~ Sight hy see
Hetarg ilng Everybody wanted Audrir.
ana ttr oida went back 20 - !. the same
as the oyer-r.fhi letunr Mhcr the races
were pustci Eri5aF Night Aua1Y was or
fergd - go J. There was a gentleman
prsltut who had been known - t- inter
'tfei ip huhrS. ana when he saw that tire
best Ee corld got Was a double on his ls.ts
be left ana went 70 Galveston. Several tel
cgrArns wefc rccriyed from Now orleans
during thn morning and tipped Aadrir as
a sure winner anA tho betting y aH heavy.
Audria won and the pool room paid fuf Il
in tine laA, race the wires were 'oyed
with by some ons, somewhere and some.
what. 50 much 30 that the pool room was
the sufferer. Royal Nettlc was posted AZ
ODDS Of 70 and u to ard everybody went
aftcr hog II seemed that thcre was n
ROYAL Neftle crowd ia x,rht and they all
played the mare Tor What they could raise
when the race was called Royal Eettie
won easy and the tickets were paid. About
~ hour later a rneEsapr wa. received from
hc3iQu8rteSs thar Royal Ncttlh dld not
run one. two. throe, az the parlsnce goes
ana that Plug won The race. The consc-
| qupnca rs that the ro9i room "a about yigp
{ loFcr on the two races the nrgt ard the
I last Royal Settit tickets have bcen cash
( 50 ana Pips Tickets n not destroyed. HAl
/ Dc presented ana they Will % course ho
! raid as hadigau sil bc governed uy the
( official result Where the wlrrs wcrs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-15
DAY RrnAnr.s orrrt,


Ft'zsim Wor'l Recognize Corhe.t
inW lie Has Whipped Mailer
New York. March M-At meeting
between Corbrtt and Dan Stuart ard
Mafun Julian. "a th. Imperial Music han.
the Texan lost no time ia Offering a
$1,000 pure for q battle between Corbett
ard Fiizslmmons gtuar, oftefed 20 f1r-
len TIE entire amount II he falsd to bring
OH the fight on ihe date scheduled and
without Interference
Jnlii-A replied that Tho purse was not
large enough Tor boxers u the claaa of
flzslmfaons ard Corbs,,t A. the saoe
,liiig Julian reslsted the differentiation of
tt1e'.ah'pts moi TO pay any att.,rtio. ~
ibeii Nnitl the Californian bua In.,
ans defeated bahcr sew
@. hhen yen came 10 New York. Mr.
sthorL SAID Julian, and ontrcd h r 80
~ ttNsinsnoAe ard Cofbett. the latter
VIZ so1 Nc "ss out Of tha ring. and com.
pthii hllhe'nnAon4 - meet MJher 'rlru
s,oyit ~ iair play Now, why MOI nffsr !,
'l9yH pulSe for Mahfr aAd dorhoitf .,
orpHit do a h.tie iirhtins AID Give F1fx,
Simmons cisncr Tor a we'll sFrne1 ros, =
~ inns propagation the Texas made NJ
reply titasiipmous stated ~ vtu stArl
Tor England about the LIST OF June.