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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The telephone which extends over
the longest route is that between Bos.
ton and st. Louis, distance of 1,40C
miles.
"A thief in Monterey, Mexico, threw
hook and line through an open WIN
dow and stole the bedclothes under
which the owner of the house was slum-
boring. Tb
: "A footpad demanded assistance
from gentleman in Minneapolis. The
gentleman refused, and the footpad
aimed pistol at his heart. The bullet
lodged In well-filled poclsetbook, and
murder was thus prevented.
Two boys, pupils in Leavenworth
high school, engaged in a prize fight to
decide which was the better entitled to
a certain girls affections. They were
dismissed from the school and the girl
now turns upon them the marble face
-Abram Kroeger, farmer in Reno
county, Kan, was in the habit of eating
wheat grains. He lately became ill,
and the discovery was made that wheat
had sprouted inside of him. Over a
quart of sprouted wheat was taken
from his stomach.
Mice are fond of music, and this
fact induced a machinist in Bruges,
Belgium, to construct trap with a
music-box attachment. The music at
tracts the mice, and 10 get nearer to the
harmonious tones they wander into the
trap and are caught alive, five or six at
time. 80
Mrs. Lorana X. Hinkley, of Pea
Cove, Me-, at the age of "a is able to read
and write without glasses. She is Amer
lean all the way through. Her grand
father fought in the revolution, her ia.
Their and her husband in the war of
1912 and four sons, four sons-in-law
and six nephews in the rebellion.
Little wooden dolls, four inches
high and made to resemble national
celebrities, are used in the beer cellars
of Munich to mark the glasses in which
the foaming beverage is served. This
method is to insure a return to each
customer Of his own glass after it has
been refilled. No two of the beer mark
ers are alike.
"A United States historian says that
"the first coins struck by the United
States mint were some half dimes in
1892. The first dimes were struck in
France from the old silver family plates
furnished by Washington, the coins be-
ing known as Martha Washington
dimes from an adaptation of the liber-
ty head to that of Martha Washington
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22
WHY ACTORS LOOK YOUNG.
All the Muscles of the Face kept
i'm Play.

i'm Play.
The ever-youthful appearance of the
members of the dramatic profession is
constant source of surprise to the
public at large. Visitors to the Lyce-
UNI. for instance, can be heard every
night commenting on the wonderfully
preserved youth of Miss Ellen Terry.
who, although she some years ago
passed that memorable landmark in a
woman's life of 40 years, might still be
mistaken for girl in the early 20's.
The same observation is made night
after night at most of the other the
aters.
The reason for this is not so much the
paint necessary to be used in making
up-which obliterates, to certain ex.
tent, the natural wrinkles of the skin,
while 1t lubricates and nourishes it.
but it is due to the change in the ex-
preston of the various emotions which
every part demands. This causes the
actor to bring into constant play all
the muscles of his face. BY using
them equally all maintain their firm
consistence and strength end none
wastes away from disuse. The result
is that the skin is kept stretched and
tense over the face and does not fall
into hollows.
The youthful appearance is, there
fore, maintained off the stage, even
though the actors hair change from
the youthful tint to gray. This is the
reason why such mer as the late Charles
Matthews, who did not put on flesh as
he grew old, but retained his slim fig
ure, are able to continue impersonat-
ing youthful characters until they have
outlived the allotted period assigned to
man by the psalmist.-Strand Maya
zine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22
succEssFUL FARMING.


rEers Are Some 1[en Who Bore with Too
Large an Anger.
There are men who can take q farm
IF several hundred acres, and by close
attention to business make, it yield q
profit. So. also. there are men capable
of managing successfully large mercan-
tile operations. There have been and
probably will again be great men in
various occupations from commanding
an army and conducting war to run
ming successfully stock farm or an
agricultural paper. But such men are
generally scarce, SO much so that there
are now those who despair of ever see
ing any Of that particular kind. But
the average mortal has as much of the
divine right to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness Is any of the ex-
traordinary specimens, and to do this
he must not wade out beyond his
depth. For 30 per cent of farmers,
taken as they come, more comfort
more contentment and more money
can be made on a small farm than
twice the size. A small farm well titled
and well improved is more to be de-
sired than q vast plantation ovefgrown
with cockleburs, tie-vines and mort
cages. We read this morning of the
foreclosure of some great Louisi-
ana sugar farms, well improved
and as rich land as ever a crow
few over, at less price per acre
than good Texas black land rents for
by the year. 1t is fact that but few
of these vast sugar farms are owned
and operated by the same person, and
that they are under q perpetual state of
incumbrance They have been pur-
chased, mortgaeed and foreclosed, and
foreclosed. purchased and mortgaged
again, . football for speculstors, loan
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22
Another Matter.

An Irish priest had labored hard with
one of his flock to- induce him to give
up the habit of drinking, but the man
was obdurate.
II tell you, Michael" said the priest,
whisky is your worst enemy, and you
should keep as far away from it as you
cam
my enemy, is it, father" responded
Michael; s:and it was your rivercnce's
silf that was tellin' us in the pulpitonly
last Sunday to love our inirniesw
$50 l was, Michael" rejoined the
priest. "but was anywhere telling
you to swallow 'em?r-Youth's Com
pauion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

1HE kAVA-kAvA SHRUB ana PROBABLY was
Upper Aethysficum) used for centuries
by the natives before liz extraordinary
properties became known to civilization
through Christian missionaries. In
this respect 1t resembles the discovery
Of quinine from the peruvian. bark,
made known by the Indians to the early
Jesuit missionaries in South America,
and by them brought to civilized man.
It 10 wonderful discovery, with q rec
ord of I2oo hospital cures In go days. It
acts directly upon the blood and kid
ueys, and 10 true specific, Just a. quiz
nineisi In malaria. We have the strong
est testimony of many ministers of the
gospel, well known doctors and business
men cured by Alkavis, when all other
remedies had failed.
In the New York We<ky World Of Sept. 10th,
Washington, D. c. was given. describing his
years OF suffering from Kidney disease and
kheumatism. and his rapid cure by Alkavis.
Kew. Thomas Smith, the Methodist minister at
Golden. Illinois, passed nearly one hundred
gravel stones after two weeks use of Alkavis.
Rev. John H: Watson, ofSunset. Texas, q minister
Els % y Saty by Kidney dsease
After lowering between life and death for two
months. and al his doctors having failed. he
.nd his :.
minister Of the gospel. Mr.. &c. Wood. q prom
inent attorney of Lowell, Indiana. was cured Of
Rheumatism, Kidney and Bladder disease of ten
years standing, by A1kavis. Mr.Wood describes
himself a. being In cons taut misery, often COM
PEELED to rise ten times during the night on
account of weakness Of the bladder. He was
treated by all his home physicians without the
least benefit and finally completely cured In q
few weeks by A1kavis. The testimony 10 UNI
doubted and really wonderful Mrs. James
Young. Of Kent, Ohio. writes that she had tried
SIX doctors in vain, that she was about to give
mp In despair, when she found Alkavis and was
promptly cured of kidney disease and restored
to health. Many other ladies also testify to the
wonderful curative powers of A1kavis In the
various disorders peculiar to womanhood. -.
So far the Church Kidney Cure Com
pany, No. ara Fourth. Avenue, New
York, are the only importers of this
new remedy. and they are so anxious to
prove Its value that for the sake of intro
duction they win send free treatment
of Alkavis prepaid by mail to every
reader of this paper who is . Sufferer
from any form of Kidney or Bladder
disorder, Bright's Disease, Rheuma-
tism, Dropsy, Gravel, Pain in Back,
Female Complaints, or other affection
due to improper action of the Kidneys
or Urinary Organs. We advise all Suf-
erers to send their names and address
to the company, and receive the Alkavis
free It is sent to you entirely free, to
prove its wonderful curative powers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

A great advantage in using the ammuni-
ton manufactured by the Winchester Arms
Co., New Haven, Ct. It is said that it can
always be found even in the most remote
and out of the way parts of the world.
There are so many Winchester guns in use
that there is great demand for Winches-
ter ammunition everywhere. No matter
ammunition for 1t if you ask for the Win
chester make This great house makes all
sizes of metallic cartridges from BIB caps
to 5S-caliber and in shot gun ammunition
from to 20 gauge. All ammunition bear
ing the name Winchester will give entire
satisfaction SEND for large illustrated
catalogue free.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet
Cures painful, swollen, smarfing feet and in
stantly takes the sting out of corns and bun
ions. Greatest comfort discovery of the
age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. Is certain cure for sweat
ing, callous, hot, tired, aching feet Try il
to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package FREE Address
Allen 8. Olmstead, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

This is often felt in every joint and muscle
periencing the earliest twinges of rheuma
tism, neglect to arrest the malady, as they
may easily do, withH ostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, professionally authenticated remedy
for the agonizing complaint. Recollect that
rheumatism unchecked often lasts lifetime,
or abruptly terminates it when the malady
attacks the heart. The Bitters also rene
dies chills and fever, dyspepsia and liver
complaint.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Shows Their Lmitations.-s1 1t is doegone
funny" said Mr.. Sportze, 'sthat can go out
with the finest equipment in the market
and not get more than two or three little
fish, while country kid can get string of
them as long his arm with nothing but .
hickory pole, hook on string, and few
worms" 1T merely shows how crude the
rural fish are in their tastes. DEAR" said his
wife.-Indianapolis journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22
Differences in Brothers.

Mr.. Highup-I don't seewhy Brother
William doesn't prosper. He has as
good business as mine, and en- excel
lent location, but he is constantly hav-
ing reverses. No matter what he at
tempts, he seems to blunder.
Mrs. Highup-But you must remem-
Der, my dear, your brother William has
no wife to advise HMM. Y. Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Rural Qualification. = "Our Ioathesome
contemporary" says recent issue of the
Plunkville Bugle, makes a few slurs about
braying US in mortar. We want to tell
him right here and now that we are fully
capable of doing our own braying--in double
column, on the first page, if necessary
Indianapolis journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Two little brothers, aged respectively four
and nix years old, fell in with a stray kitten.
which, probably by the hands of some cruel
person, had lost its tail, scarcely half an
inch remaining Poor little kitten!" said
the younger one. who has cut of your
talI l wonder If it will grow seain?"s To
which the older one gravely remarked: "Of
scurse It VIII Don't you ~ the rot =
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Defect in our behavior, coming short o,
the utmost gracefulness, often escapes ON
Observation-Disclosures. Il
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

what became of that Samuels girl that
Pottersby was flirting with last sunmer?'
"You mean the girl that Pottersby thought
he was flirting with. She married hin" p
Tft.Rifa
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

AMY Mabel, do you ever think about
marriage?" Mabel--"Thinls is no name for
1t. worry. Harlem Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Miss Towney lin search of the idylIic, al
last meets real, live shepherd pray, tell
me, gentle shepherd, where is thy pipey'
The Gentle Shepherd-'T left it at come,
mum, cause ! amt got no 'baccy." Tit.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle {
treatise. DIR. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila.. Pa
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

a New Botanical Discovery.-O1
Special Interest to Sufferers from
Diseases OF the Kidneys or Blad-
der. Rheumatism, etc.-A Blessing
to Humanity.
A Free Gift Of Great Value TO You.
Our readers will be glad to know that
the new botanical discovery, Alkavis,
from the wonderful Kava-Kava shrub
has proved an assured cure for all dis
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

A lady, taking tea at a small company. be-
ing very fond Of hot rolls, was asked to have
another. Really / cannot" she modestly
replied. II don't know how many I've eat
en- already" Il dol" unexpectedly ex-
claimed Juvenile upstart, whose mother
allowed him seat at the table. You've
eaten eight. I've been countin'."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys an,
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, l0c
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

A woman likes winter, because she ca
wear long coat and hide her old dress.-
Washington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

At once use st. Jacobs Oil for sprains
At once it viii cure. Athletes know this.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Some women make up their husbands
minds.-Washingto Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Some people who say they are tired are
really shiftless.-Atchison Globe
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Use st. Jacobs Oil promptly and freely
and say good-by to neuralgia.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

If there is such thing as good luck, il
u being endowed with good sense by you
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

A prosperous iniquity is the most unpros-
porous thing in the world.-Jeremy Taylor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Hail a. large a. eggs fell this afternoon;
fsh eggs.-Atchison Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

The fact that there is 30 much stuff that
shines like gold makes the story of disaster
one Of the saddest chapters ever written
Rams Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

just try l0c box Of Cascarets candy ca
thartic, finest liver and bowelregulator made
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

eases caused Dy Uuc
acid in the blood, or
by disordered action
of the Kidneys or
urinary organs. The
Kava- Kava Shrub,
or as botanfsts call
1t. Piper Methys-
ticHss, grows on the
banksof the Ganges
river, East India,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Are you bruised? Use St. Jacobs Oil and
you won't be long. Shortest way.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

The secret of secret is to know how an,
when to tell it.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

Grief Is an outcast, and no man grasps his
hand cordially Ram's Horn.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-01-26

Arbucble Brothers own one share jointly
and the latter own 90 shares individually.
1t is alleged that the American Sugar Re
fining Company controls the price of
shares in the United States; that the Ar
buckles have been in competition with
the Woolson Company in the coffee bust
ness that they sold sugar bought in the
so-called trust.
1t is further stated that last year the
Arbuckles started a sugar refinery in
Brooklyn; that thereupon the trust went
into the coffee business, purchased all
but 81 shares of the Woolson Spice Com
pany and announced that it would oper-
ate the Woolson plant in the sole inter
est of the American Sugar Refining Com
pany.
1t is alleged that the trust gave out
that the deal was made to crush the Ar
buckles, and that when that was accom-
plished the Woolson stock would go back
to the original holders; that the Woolson
directors have resigned, leaving no board
to appeal to; that in the face of the ris-
ing market roasted coffee has been re-
duced cents pound and the plant is
losing 900 a day.
The court is asked for an inquiry into
operation of the property and that the
the loss sustained by the sugar trusts
defendants make an accounting for all
such losses. Also the court is asked to
appoint a receiver.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-01-26
NO ovERrUREs OF PEACE.
Cubans VIII Only Accept Independ
ence from SPAIN.

|
Cubans VIII Only Accept Independ-
ence from SPAIN
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 14.-Senor
Gonzales Quesada, the head of the Gu
ban Junta in Washington, was informed
this morning that story had been pub
hshed to the effect that Secretary Olney
and Minister De LONE had drawn up art
icles to end the Cuban war on the lines
proposed by General Gomez. Senor Que
sada emphatically denied that any such
action had been taken or could be ap-
proved by the Cubans. He said the story
was absolutely false, as General Gomez
had never proposed any reform whatever,
nor was there Cuban in the island that
would accept anything but absolute inde-
pendence.
To make his denial stronger, Senior Que
sada quoted from the decree issued by
General Gomez some time ago, which is
now law, and in which he said that any
one in Cuba bringing overtures of peace
to be condemned as a traitor and would
based on anything but independence was
be summarily dealt with, and, further,
that any treaty of peace with Spain
which must necessarily have for its basis
the absolute independence of the island
of Cuba must be ratified by the Govern
ment Council of Cuba and by an assem-
bly, of representatives convened expressly
for that purpose.
Senior Quesada today received a letter
from President Cisneros of the Republic
of Cuba, dated Cubitas, December 2,
which inclosed some new postage stamps
of the Cuban Republic He read extracts
from this letter, in which President Cis-
neroS expressed his qualification that the
people and Congress of the United States
continued to show their sympathy for
Cuba. He said he was preparing an ap-
peal in which the Government of the Gu
ban Republic would ask for the recogni-
ton of the independence of the island
He further stated that they were pre-
pairing TO renew an offensive campaign.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-01-26
WAR TO THE END.
Nothing short OF Absolute Independ-
ence VIII Pacify the Cubans.

6nCe w III lIlo SuOf.hS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1s.-A Washington
dispatch to the Sun says: Senior Quesa-
da, the charge d'affaires of the Cuban Le-
CATION, states that the persistent reports
that General Gomez is making proposals
for the settlement of the war is Just as
untrue as the dispatches from Madrid
representing that the offer of the medi-
alton by the United States has been ac-
cepted.
Senior Quesada said: There is no truth
in any of those assertions. They are sent
out merely as a part-of the Spanish pol
icy to delay the inevitable outcome of the
war. There is not a Cuban on the ISL
and, nor in this country, who does not
know that anything less than absolute
independence for Cuba means a continu-
alton of the ruinous rule which has OPP
posed its people and which has caused
this war, as it did the one which pre-
ceded it.
Maxine Gomez is the last man in the
world to be suppliant for Spanish mer-
cy. He is a soldier without fear and is
inspired with the most devout confidence
in the success of the cause he is so val
liant in upholding. Even now, while the
Spanish are filling the Oewspapers with
these allegations about the desire for
peace on other terms than absolute in
dependence, he is having read to his army
and to the commands of other leaders
lIt lIdl ne1S 4SShC0 ny OOSC
Maru and himself in April, 1895.
THAT has become the gossip of every
patriot who is struggling in behalf of
Cuban liberty, and you might as well
try to make a devout Christian deny his
Bible as to endeavor to make a Cuban
disregard the words of MART or Gomez" !"
A member of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations when asked yesterday
as to the truth of the report that Spain
is preparing to grant autonomy to Cuba,
said:
why, as to the autonomy of Cuba,
that is merely an iridescent dream. In
other words, it is nonsense; nothing but
| independence can be granted to Cuba
now, and she will accept nothing less"
| The delegation of Afro-Americans ap-
pointed at the mass-meeting of Cuban
| sympathizers in New York City on De-
cember IS, to lay before Congress the
resolutions then adopted have arrived in
| Washington, and will appear before the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
today, and before the House committee
Thursday. The members will pledge tc
the Cuban cause the patriotic services Of
10000 men of African descent in cast
| the Spanish Government should make
war upon the United States as a result
of the interference of the Government
in behalf of Cuba.