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

v
execution of the most important mis-
sions. On many occasions he was the
custodian of large sums of money which
were sent into or out of the camps.
Old Peter lived down on the railroad,
and had been there ever since the road
was built. He had no family save an
orphan boy he had taken to raise.
Where he picked the boy up no one
knew, as he brought him to the town
when he came, and had never volun-
teered any information regarding the
lad or his history. Old Peter was
never communicative concerning things
that were not of public interest.
One day old Peter had made trip
up to the mines with tac mail when
he was scarcely able to sit his horse,
In fact, it was by great effort that
he remained out of bed. 1t was damp
day, too, and the air was cold and raw,
and the sickness that was beginning 10
take hold on his system frightened
its grasp so firmly that it could no. be
easily shaken off.
When the day for carrying the next
mai, came around old Peter could not
make the trip. He had been confined
TO his bed for two days, but that morn
Ing he had attempted TO rise and dress,
fully intending to carry the mail as
usual, but he soon found that he was
200 weak to stand on his feet, much less
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

The reproduction on large scale Of
the all but extinct American bison or
buffalo of the plains has been decided
upon by Mr.. Henri Menier, the million
aire chocolate manufacturer of Paris,
and now proprietor of the island OF
Anticosti. He has purchased young
buffalo COW, which was for some time
kept in captivity by Quebec dealer in
furs, and his agents are now in CORE
spondence with the p-oprietors Of the
few remaining private herds of this
noble animal, with view to the pur-
chase Of as mnny as possible Of them
for breeding Iurposcs.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

resistance to u man who was q les
perado and who was armed to The teeth.
To attempt thing of that kind would
be sheer madness. And to attempt to
run away would be no more polite
when the bandit by one well-aimed shot
could bring Inn to a halt at the sacri-
flee of his life.
He felt that he must make some eff
fort to save the money, but he could
not decide what, and there were not
many minutes in which to plan and act.
The man already had the mailpouch
ripped open and was going through the
little bunch of letters, and in little
while he would have finished the work.
Frank began to grow desperate. He
looked up the road and then down 1t.
Then he looked up the mountain to-
ward the crest which rose skyward
thousands of feet. His first look was
but a casual glance, but something
caught his attention and he looked
again more intentIy.
He saw something that for an instant
fascinated him, then filed him with a
feeling of terror. The whole face of the
mountain seemed to be slipping down
toward him with lightning velocity.
In q second he realized that an ava
lanche of snow was coming down the
mountain, and that unless he escaped
death and destruction would be upon
him.
Calling the bandits attention and
pointing up the mountain, Frank set
spurs to his horse and dashed away
up the road. He did not stop to look
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

s.cAN'T you TRUST ME- TO TAKE TIP
to ride 20 miles up the rugged noun
tain road.
He fumed and fretted and stewed, but
that did no good. He was forced to ac-
knowledge that he could not go, and
that there was no use of thinking of
such a thing.
*For six long years. he said, adj
dressing Frank, the boy, 1.-The mail has
gone up the mountains regularly, never
missing a day, and now here l am fiat
on my back not able to get out of the
house, and the hail lying down there
at the post Office with nobody to take
e. What will the people at the mines
think of me r.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

O0C-E FOUR mlnhouBu OF an 1HCn 1nlCks
One dollars worth of ordinary com-
mercial gold leaf, it is said, is sufli-
cient to cover an area of 900 square
inches. In other words, that 900 square
inches of gold have been pounded or
beaten out of lump of the yellow metal
which weighed no more than a gold
dollar. This gold leaf, thin as it is,
is thick when compared with that
which is now being made by recently
discovered process. BY this process the
yellow metal" is deposited with cleo.
tricity in bath upon highly polished
sheet of copper. In this manner a film,
only one-four-millionth OF an inch in
thickness may be produced. When
mounted on glass this new kind of gold
leaf is perfectly transparent.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

First Student-What makes yon look
no melancholy?
Second STUDENT have been fooled.
1 asked my father to send me 60 marks
to pay my tailor, and few days later /
received-the receipted tailor's BILL
Elieaonde BIaettey.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07
SAVED BY AN AVALANCHE.
BY THOMAS p. MoNrFoRr.

Id PETER PuR-
DEN had carried
mails up into the
Sierra n e v a d a
mountains for sew
eral years, and his
integrity and re-
liability were SO
well known to the
miners that they
did not hesitate to
a - Al
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

81 TOLD her would lay the world at be!
feetn ssWhat did she say7" ''She said II
Twas that athletic ought to be travelling
witt o show."-C Chicago Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

CAscAnErs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07

mo MAuDs, . middle-of- the-road candi.
date Is not bicyclist. "-Norristown
Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.

II YOU want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. MANY gain ten pounds In ten days.
Over Zoo, 600 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee
cure. Booklet and sample mailed free. Al
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago orNew York.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07
.Gladness Comes


With q better understanding Of tho
w transient nature of the many phys
zeal Ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort In
the knowledge, that SO many forms Of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
" removes. That is why 1t is the only
remedy with millions of families, and Is
everywhere esteemed SO highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur.
chase, that you have the genuine arti.
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment Of good health,
and thu system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. II
afflicted with any actual disease, ono
may be commended to the most slillful
physicians, but If in need of q laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup Of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07
SarsapariIIa

The Best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier
Hoodsc D;11c cure Liver Ills; easy 70
AlOOO , AA1S take, easy to operate. 80.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-23
NEW ALLIANCE.
Russia and Turkey Sign a
Treaty
Which Makes the Sultan the
Cars Vassal.
1T PUTS A FLEET
Of Russian War Vessels in the
Mediterranean
And Fills English Minds With
Alarm.

LONDON, Jan. 23-A despatch to the
Pail Mall Gazette from Constantinople
date yesterday, says that an offensive
and defensive alliance has been conclud-
ed between Russia and Turkey.
The dispatch adds that the treaty was
signed at Constantinople and that the
ratiications were exchanged at St. Pet
ersburg between Aarej Pasha and the
czar
The basis of the treaty is declared to
be on the lines of Unkiarsk elessi agree
ment of 1S43, by which Turkey agreed
in the event of Russia going to war, to
close the Dardanelles to warships of all
nations.
The Pail Mall Gazette correspondent
says that the treaty must soon be aban-
doned, owing to the refusal of the pow
era to recognize it. He also
says that the French Ambassador
NJ Cambon conferred with the sultan
yesterday, and that it is probable France
will be included in the new alliance
Commenting on its dispatch from Con-
stantinople, announcing the signing of y
treaty between Russia and Turkey for Of
fensive and defensive purposes. the Pail
Mall Gazette says: I'VE regard the
news as true and the resuI. of the treaty
is that the Dardanelles is the southern
outpost of Russia and Turkey is Russia's
vassal. We presume the British gov
ernment will protest against the treaty
for all its worth.
'The information is plainly of the very
gravest importance. The first intima-
ton reached US four days ago, but we
withheld it till the arrival of
strong confirmation which we received
this morning This brings Russia
into the Mediterranean with a
vengeance and may necessitate the
strengthening of our fleet in those
waters. Politically, the effect will be far
greater. The treaty means that Turkey
has realized her own impotence against
disorders. both from within and without,
and has decided to throw herself for
safety into the arms of Russia. She is
now Russia's vassal and Russia is entitled
to despatch troops to any part of the Sui
tan's dominions"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-23
HARRISON ARRIVES.
Reaches Washington, Goes to the ArIInG
ton, and WOn's Talk.

Reaches Washington, Goes to the ArIIng-
ton, and WOn's Talk.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Ex- President
Harrison arrived here at TAO o'clock
this morning, accompanied by his pri-
vats secretary Iibbets, and took quar-
:ers at the Arlington. He was called on
during the morning by John w. Foster
secretary of state in the Harrison cabi-
met, and by many other prominent men,
When seen by reporter of the Asso-
ciated Press, General Harrison said he
would follow an invariable rule of Civ
ing no expressions on public questions
General Harrison will call on Presi-
dent Cleveland during the day to pay
his respects. 1t is believed that an ex-
change of amenities similar to those
during Mr.. Harrison's occupancy OF the
White house, when Mr.. Cleveland visited
Washington Y as private citizen aud paid
his respects to the then president
This is the only social engagement the
ex-president will have. as his time will
be occupied in the case before the United
States supreme court, in which he is en-
gagged. He hopes to conclude his work
30 as to leave for Indianapolis tomorrow.
His visit to Washington is the first
since he retired from the presidency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-23
COMES TO THIS
At the Headquarters of the
Party That Fought
To Free the Black Man From
Slavery
Edward Stephens, the ColOred
Educator and PhilanthrOpist
REFUSED PERMISSION
To Ride in the Elevator to See
a White Friend.
The Copeland, the Gathering
Place for Republican Hosts
Makes the COlored Brother
Walk Upstairs.
STEPHENS PRETTY MAD
Will Bring a Suit Against the
Proprietor.
STEPHENS PRETTYMAI
Will Bring a Suit Against the
Proprietor.

Edward Stephens, the organizer OF the
Industrial Christian institute for colored
people, is about to bring suit against
Col. ]. c. Gordon, proprietor of the
Copeland, for damages under the civil
rights bill, because Col. Gordon refused
to allow him to ride in the elevator at
the hotel this morning.
Stephens thinks it remarkable that in
the very hotbed of Republicanism in
Kansas, the Copeland hotel, where the
Republican leaders gather daily, that
the colored man for whom they pro test
such friendship should be snubbed so
badly.
Stephens called at the hotel to see
Judge IN. SC Mcfarland. Word was
sent to Judge Netherlands room, and
he replied that Stephens should come
up. The colored man started TO enter
the elevator, when he was stopped by
Colonel Gordon, who told him that he
did not run the elevator for ''niggers."
Stephens insisted, he says, because he
had sprained knee, or he would will
ingIy walk, but the colonel was obdurate
and Stephens was compelled to walk up
stairs
Ea now says that he proposes to test
the matter to see whether colored people
have civil rights in Kansas. He says ne
has not decided upon the amount for
which he will sue.
Mr.. Stevens was reared in England by,
q wealthy Englishman where there is no
color line, and he perhaps feels the re-
buff more keenly than an American col
ored man might.
Stephens is u highly educated man,
speaks several languages, and speaks
English with the most cultured British
accent.
He was born in British Guiana and
spent many years of his life in Paris,
and took a three years course in Ger
man university. He has wealthy friends
in New York who have promised him
funds to erect an industrial colOred
school in Topeka, provided the field
proves to be good one. His complex
lon is quite dark, yet his countenance in
Gicates superior education and his
manners are beyond criticism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-23
INGERSOLL'S REPLY.
Is Not Con VerteO Rut is Obliged FO1
the Prayer of the Church.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Col Robert In
gersoll has returned from the West,
where he has been delivering d series of
lectures,
81 take it for granted" he said, "that
the people who prayed for me are my
friends, and that they really want their
God to convert me. OF course nj prayer
was ever answered. Prayer may be a
kind of relief 10 one who prays, but
whether the prayer is addressed to a
stone god or a wooden one, to stuffed
snake or totem, or to Jehovah, the re-
suit is the same,
II don't think that the prayers have af-
fected me. 1 believe that 1 have as
much sense. as good judgment, now as
before the prayers were made, and that
1 am as much opposed to orthodox saw
agery as l was before the prayers were
made
i can not be converted unless my brain
is changed or weakened, unless my cre-
dulity is increased and my reasoning
powers weakened. At tthe same time l am
much obliged for the prayers. l feel
towards those who prayed for me as the
girl did toward the young man who
squeezed her hand. She said, 1T
pleases him and does not hurt me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-23
GREATEST IN FIFTY YEARS.

So the Treaty Fsetween Russia and Turkey
Is Considered at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The Associated
Press dispatch giving the details of the
treaty reported to have been perfected
between Russia and Turkey was circu-
lated on the floor of the senate
today and was read with expressions of
general interest. especially By the mem
bers of the committee on foreign rela-
tions.
Senator Davis expressed the sentiments
of a majority of the committee, when
he said. IF true this is the most i'm
portant diplomatic event which has oc-
Cured in the past fifty years. 1t means
that Russia Can move her armies across
the Turkish border.
''Such a treaty would result in the i'm.
mediate settlement of the Armenian
question and if France has also entered
into the alliance as appears probable
the result would be that the feet
of those two countries would vir-
tually control the Mediterranean
and that means more than any one can
now forsee. It means that England will
have something to do besides bullying
Uncle Sam"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-23
COLORED SISTER LET IN
And of Course the COIOred Sister
Didn't offer to Withdraw.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-After fighting over
a woman's complexion for fourteen
months, the Chicago Woman's club has
eliminated the color line, and elected
Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams, a we'll
known colored woman, to full member
ship at an executive session of the club.
Four members of the committee were
prompted by racial prejudices 10 vote
against favorable report on her appIi-
cation. Another negative vote would
have successfully black balled the
candidate. DR.. Sarah Hackett Steven
son and Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCul-
Tough championed the cause of the col
ored woman. While the majority of the
club welcomed the intellectual colored
lecturer to their sister hood, few mem
bers have threatened to resign unless
Mrs. Williams does When the cause of
the contention heard their threats she
positively announced her intention to re-
main In the club regardless of the actions
OF minority, whom she designated As
~preJudiced, mean and hopeless"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-23
THE STORM IN KANSAS.
It Is Most Severe in the Eastern Porto
No Snowfall in the West.

1t Is Most Severe in the Eastern Portion
No Snowfall in the West.
The cold wave predicted by the
weather men arrived on schedule time,
and since morning it has been gradually
growing colder.
The light melting snow which fell all
day yesterday assumed a heavier con
sistency early last evening, and by mid
night it had succeeded in spreading over
the mud and slush of the streets and
pavements.
The operation of the electric street
car lines has been seriously interfered
with by the storm. Early this morning g
two snow plows and two salt cars were
started out 10 clear the srack and put it
in a condition for the ruaning of cars, and
by 10 o'clock cars VERY running on all
lines, none, however, on schedule time. On
account of the drifting anow it has been
found necessary to keep the snow plows
in operation, and the cars are unable to
run on regular time, but the company is
doing as well as could be expected.
From reports received at the Santa Fe
and Rock Island telegraph offices, it ap-
pears that the storm is only severe in the
eastern portion of Kansas.
West of Nickerson no snow fell or the
lines of the Santa Fe. The heaviest
snowfall occurred at Topeka and vicinity
and points east. At Emporia a storm
similar to the one in Topeka is being ex-
perienced. A drifting snow is reported
from Chanute, Wellington and Arkansas
City. Along all lines of the Rock Island
light snow is reported
In Missouri two to four inches of snow
has fallen, and in Illinois a heavy sleei
fell last night. On account of this sleei
all wires are down out of Chicago, and
the Santa Fe and Rock Island are unable
to get councillors. The storm has not in
terfered with the trains as yet. All
are reported on time. with the exception
of Santa Fe No. i, which is two hours
late. The cause is not known here.
Although the sun IS trying to break
through the c.ouds this afternoon, the
snow still continues and the wind is
much colder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-23
BACK TO A HIGH TARIFF
Is the Cry of the Manufacturers in Con-
vention Assembled.

As Ln0 Try OF me AanuIactuF9fS In Con-
vention Assembled.
CHICAGO, Jan. 23-At this, the third
and last days session of the meeting of
the American Manufacturers association,
Mr.. Theodore &. Search of Philadelphia
was elected president.
Mr.. Search in accepting the presi-
dency, said: "An association of Ameri-
can manufacturers organized for
the patriotic purpose of widening
the markets of our people and protecting
our industrial interests is one which N ust
appeal to the common sense and pariot-
ism of every man engaged in Industrial
enterprises.
cat this time there are no objects
that appeal to the American people
with more force than these-tariff for
protection to American Industries; an
abundance of revenue for maintainin g
our national credit; reciprocity with
other nations to market our surplus. and
the Nicaraguan canal to make US mas
tcrs of American continental water
ways"
He claimed our years of prosperity
were Identified with high tariff, and said:
sThe lessons of our people under the
low tariff need not soon be repeated; we
have all been attending school. The
fees are high, but let us hope that with
returning reason we shall never forget the
greatest economic lesson of the age and
that our demands for adequate protec-
ton to all American industries shall be
fully met by congress which shall have
faith in itself to dare to re-enact the Nc.
Kinley bill or any other bill with sufh
cient virility TO meet the situation.
"An abundance of revenue is today the
one thing most needed by our market.
Without, we are drifting toward the
straight road to bankruptcy, both ma
81 nd ip6ividnal RoltOr1 and
| progress will Immediately reassert itself
and we shall once more take up the
march for national power and industria al
enterprise"
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BURTON TO BE .eBOsS."
He States His Determination If He Can't
BE Senator.

He States His Determination II He Can
BE Senator.
]. r. Burton, who is now In 81. Louis,
talked very freely about Kansas politics
and his ambition 10 be a Unlted States
senator and a "boss" to Colonel Joe
Hickey and Major John L Bittiuger, in
the presence of a Republic reporter at
the Southern.
.sThe fight will be between Ingalls, and
me-" said Burton. There is some talk
of other candidates, but the small fry
will drop out. If / don't get to the
senate this time you will never hear of
me again as a candidate for Office. No,
that don't mean am going to
Quit politics. haven't any dogs,
i don't care for horses and l can't
shoot. man has got TO have something
to amuse him and have elected politics.
l wouldn't go to congress. If had begun
when quite young there might have
been something in it. But new con-
gressman is lost / could have gone
from my district in 1894 as easily as l
can march across this lobby. but olon't {
want ii. | wanted 10 go to the senate and
represent a western state. The western
states run the United States senate, and
the pover will always remain west of
the Mississippi river. When all the terri
tories get in there will be forty
four senators west of the river.
That is the crowd l want to get into.
But if 1 don't get there l will devote
myself to the politics of my state. Think
of the career of a man who is in politics
and doesn't want and wouldn't take Office.
Who cares for congressman or an ex-
congressman? l am better known than
auy one of them left in my state
"What would l do if l devoted myself
to politics? l would organize the state
and l would cruelty the fellow who did
not keep his political contracts as
sacredly as he did his commercial con-
tracts. When a man made promise he
would have to fulfill it or move
out of the state. That is the way
l would have it and there would be a
diversion for life time in working the
reformation"
Mr.. Burton declined to discuss the presi
Dental situation in KaEsas. A candidate
for the United States senate, he said, had
10 keep out of presidential fights If he
did not want to break his own neck