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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-03-13
oLD-TlME sTENooRAPHERs.
They Swap Confessions as to the Mistakes
They Had Made.

4--~S -
They Had Made.
They were both old-time stenog-
raphers, employed somewhere by the
week, but the consciousness of being
able, at will, to produce pages of hens
tracks which only they could decipher
and sometimes even they failed to do
so-invested them with feeling OF
intense superiority to the rest of man.
kind.
But this normal feeling was for the
moment usurped by one of humility, as
they sat on the sofa, the light turned
gently down, and the soft radiance OF
the Pickering jet in the street alone
illuminating the apartment.
1t was an hour for confession, and he
paved the way by saying:
"Thc first job ever struck lost
through carelessness. My employer
dictated letter to client, asking him
to meet him at hotel called the Seven
Ravens. l wrote it out the Seven Ele-
plants"
"a wholesale chemist was my first
employer" she murmured. HE used
to keep diary. One day he dictated to
me the fatefnl words: Bought car
load of sulphuric acid. Quite good
days business
slow did you transcribc it?" he in
quired eagerly, for he had registered
a VOW in his inmost soul that he would
never marry perfect idiot.
81 didn't get it quite right. Bought
carboy of sulphuric acid. Good Godl
It's poisonous!'
He moved little way from her, but
remembered his own early struggles
and edged back again.
Dearest" he whispered, do you re.
member the conversation which nomin-
ated Garfield?'
She thought he was trying to find out
how old she was, but curiosity got the
better of discretion, and she confessed
to dim memory of that occasion.
"Iw was hired by the Times then to re-
port the speeches. A New Yorker got
up and said the discussions among their
opponents were very timely, for they
bid fair to create break in the ranks
of the democratic party"
ooh, tell me-" cried the fair girl, with
sudden accession of interest, show did
you get it?"
His head fell on his breast.
81 cannot. dare not tell you"
Rising. she turned the lamp down still
lower. "This man said the dissensiona
among their opponents bid fair to ere
ate breach in the ranks of the demo
cratic party?"
HE did! And transcribed it pants
of the democratic party and what il
more, it was printed in the paper that
way the very next morning. "-Chicagt
| Dispatch.
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the burglar, or why Mr.. Bleech was SO
attractive to young females travelling
alone.
He wanted to be alone with Gertie
Saunders-sitting beside her, leaning
against the sofa pillows and looking into
her eyes. Il
1t was nine o'clock when he reached
the Saunders house,
Gertie came into the hallway after he
had been admitted and said: I'm so
glad you came. Papa's fighting the war
over again. Perhaps you can head him
off,"
''Who all are here?"
..Oh, Mr.. Beech, Of course. Don't you
get him started If you can help it"
'sHe doesn't require any starting"
T 'Weli, hope they'll go soon."
Mr.. Bliss was received with much cor
diality by Mr.. and Mrs. Saunders and
Mr. Bleech.
IT was Just telling Bleech when you
came in, of little experience my COM
pany had day or two before the princi-
pal engagement at Chattanooga" said
Mr.. Saunders.
I'D be glad to hear it," said Mr.. Bliss,
although he saw Gertie shaking her
head at him in entreaty.
''Well, as I was telling you, Bleech,
our company was bivouacked just at
the edge Of a clump of timber, and
made the extreme end of the right di-
vision. the Two Hundred and Sixty
eighth Illinoy being over at our right,
with Cap Turnbull in full command.
That was before he went to the hospital,
and old Bill Lansing, or Swearing Bill
as we used to call him, took his place.
Well, one morning was in my tent dry
ing out things-we'd had q rain the
night before, I remember, and every
thing was sopping wet. An orderly
came in and said Col. Woodthorpe
wanted to see mo. told him TO give
Col. Woodthorpe my compliments and
soy I'd be at his tent in few minutes.
Well, to make a long story short, Invent
over to the colonels tent. l found him
there, hopping mad. He says: I'll get
those fellows out of there If have to
smoke them out myself just stood
there waiting-I knew better than to
put in my oar or ask questions. Finally
he quieted down Just enough to tell me
that the Johnny rebs had been crawl
ing up into patch of brush over
to the east Of us and taking long
shots at some of our boys on picket
duty. He says to me: Cap, want to
dislodge that crowd and cut down that
patch Of brush You see, they'd wound
ed one of our boys that morning, a
young fellow from Perrysville. that the
colonel knew well. and that was what
made him fighting mad. He says:
How many men do you want, captain ?
says: Twenty men, Il you'll let me
pick 'em out of my company!' Go
ahead he says; I knew you could
smoke out the rebs If anybody could
Well, went back to the company feel
ing pretty skittish, but Of course
didn't dare to let on. You see, on this
reconnoiter we had to go more than 200
yards outside of our picket lines and
we didn't know how close we might be
to some division of the enemy or how
many rebs there were in this patch OF
brush. didn't call the company into
line, but just went among the boys and
picked out the ones I knew were ali
right, AMI told them what was wanted
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Well, the bathroom door squeaked as /
cpered it, and just thought I'd drop
over. / felt around in the dark and f.
nally found the dumb-bell, and then
crept toward the"
Gertie sighed deeply. Mr.. Bliss heard
it, but he did not dare to look toward
her.
1t was 1O:3O.
Mrs. Saunders had succeeded N
frightening away the burglar, and Mr..
Bleech was telling how he fascinated
the girl whom he met by chance in the
Pullman parlor car.
Mr.. Bleech was straw-cc!ored bache-
lor, who was rapidly becoming bald,
but as the hero of his own stories he
had all the ardor and impetuosity of
college freshman.
well, sir, I'd give a good deal to
know If that was her right name," said
he. 81 know she lives somewhere on
the South side, for she got off at Forty
third street. You know expected to
take her home, and so told her that
was where got of, too. There was
carriage waiting for her end helped
her with her baggage and supposed she
would invite me to ride home with her,
but she was too smooth for that. After
she got in the carriage she held out her
hand and said: 'Good-by.' Then l
asked her what should tell the driver,
and she said he knew where to go. I'd
give anything to know who she is
"a blonde, a beauty. Why, / noticed her
Just as soon as the train left Indianap-
oils. She was at the other end of the
car, but she kept looking at me, and l
supposed that possibly had met her
somewhere, but guess ] hadn't. You
know it was the merest accident that
we fell into conversation. You see,
she was on the sunny side of the car
and wanted to change to chair on the
other side of the car. saw her stand
up and look for place, SO arose and
volunteered to remove the coat and va
lise from my seat and allow her to use
that. She seemed to be very grateful,
and from that"
1t was 11:15.
Mr.. Beech had given all the details
of the ride from Indianapolis to Forty
third street, and had then said he be
lieved he would have to be going.
Mr.. and Mrs. Saunders begged of him
not to hurry, but he said he had to take
an early Monday morning train out OF
town.
After he had departed, Mr<Saunders
yawned a couple of times and wearily
disappeared up the stairway.
Then Mrs. Saunders went away
cvaporated. Mr.. Bliss did not know OF
her going until Gertie said: well, al
last they're all gone"
So Mr.. Bliss moved over to the sofs
pillows and Gertie came and sat be
side him.
Wasn't it awful9' she asked.
Terrible"
He took hold of her hand, and fol
five minutes they leaned back, feebl,
smiling at each other. This was BIZ
idea Of pleasant conversational syen
s!nst Qaieaeo leeqF&
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AN IMPOSING CEREMONY.

A Nepalsse Tribute lEission In Peking-
Presents for the Emperor.
The reception in the Chinese capital
If the decennial tribute mission from
Nepal to the emperor of China Ii de-
scribed in the latest paper from the far
east. The mission consisted of 80
members, with q following Of over 20
Nepalese traders, who seem to have
taken their wares to Picking for sale.
The whole arrived about the middle OF
September, bearing presents Of ele-
plants tusks, gold dust, woolens and
brocaded cloths, as well as a letter from
the king of the Gurkhas, as the ruler Of
Nepal is officially styled in China. There
were two ENJOYS. one Of whom died in
Picking and was cremated with Gurkha
rites. Special officials from the Mongo-
liam SUPPLEMENTARY took the visitors
about to the sights of the capital. The
return presents from the emperor were
placed in the Southern Lake palace,
outside the west gate Of Picking, and the
occasion of the visit to this place to re-
cenve them was one of great ceremony.
The surviving envoy was conveyed
there In green sedan chair and the
other Nepalese on horseback or In mule
carts, the start being made from the
Tribute ENJOYS hall, where the whole
party was lodged at the expense Of the
Chinese government from the moment
of their arrival. The trading members
were kept outside the sacred precincts,
while the official members were con-
veyed to the great hall of the palace,
where they FRUSTRATED themselves be
fore the eunuch commissioned to read
the imperial edict authorizing the
Nepalese to return to their own land.
The presents consisted of 1000 taels Of
silver (about $50, four complete
suits of fur, robes of wadded cotton and
gauze for each member of the missis,
besides silk pongees and gauze Picking
curios, and the like, according to the
ranks of the recipients. These presents
we're ultimately conveyed to the resi-.
dence of the mission in special carts
and the members were taken to an.
other part of the palace, about q quar-.
ter of mile from the place whore the
emperor was supposed to be seated-fol
he was quite invisible-and there they
went through the regulation three pros
trations and nine kowtows In recogni
ton of the imperial bounty. In fact
only the chief envoy ever saw the EN-
peror and this was on his arrival, wher
he presented the letter from his OWL
sovereign avowing allegiance to China
When the ceremony of giving presentI
was over the mission was informed
that it could begin it's return journe.
as soon as the necessary conveyance
for 50 large party could be prepares
BY the Mongolian superintendency. Tn
Journey from Khatmandu to Picking &C
cupied six months. London Times.
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puhoENT PARAGRAPHS.

Observation-Disclosures death
was lamentable, wasn't it?" Eyes, but
awfully stylish-he died in his private
car."-Chicago Tribune.
Famous Author (who has been In
vited to dinner, to himself)-"What
wretched menu! l shall take good care
not to make any witty remarks. -
Fliegendc Blatter.
-Poet-"Let me tell you, sir, that
poem cost me weeks hard labor" Ed
itor. (who has read it)--"Is that all?
If I'd have had the passing Of the sem
tence you'd have got month."-Iit
Bits. .s--N..o.s4.-a... -.
"A Proud Achievement. - well"
said the new legislator, Il performed
my first duty for my constituents to-
day." "What?" II voted in favor Of
adjournment" Philadelphia North
American.
-Cabana-"Did you know Snortious
had applied for . pension?" Lowell
mo; on what grounds?" Cabanar-
ssSays he has strained his lungs yelling
for war with Spain" - Philadelphia
North American.
Small Sister-"How do you s'pose
peoples way up norf teep warm In de
winter, Bobby?" Small brother
(scornfully) why, what does you
s'pose de fur-twees is for ?"-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
-He-"Can you tell me the differences
between an Irishman frozen to death
and Highlander on cold day." She
-"No." He-'Well, ones kilt with the
cold, and the t'other u cold with the
kilt. Funny Cuts.
The Foreman 1--WE find that the
diseased died from natural causes.
Coroner-"You mean the deceased. not
the diseased" The Foreman-"B Both,
| If he hadn't been diseased he wouldn't
be dead."-Tit-Bits.
"A Treacherous Memory. = Parsor
johnson must nevah cherish an
enmity against youah neighbor, Mis-
Jackson-if youah neighbor does 20
an injury yo' must forget it," Mrs
Jackson-"An' 90 I does forget 1t, pah.
son-but Use got q powerful bad mem
DRY, and l keeps forgetting dat Use for
gotten Truth.
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Important Discover.

Bliffers treading) Science now rec
ognizes condition called "intoxication
by radiation" Many cases of drunken
ness are cited in which the victim has
touched nothing alcoholic, but has
simply been in the company of drink
era.
Whiffers-Cut that out. Iwant 70
ehew u to NY wifer-p esSlqp'e Wsskly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-03-13

1oo5 BUA P0TATOBs PER ACRE
Don't believe IL, nor did the editor
until he saw salzer's great farm seed
catalogue. It's wonderful what an A.
ray Of facts and figures and new things
and big yields and great tcstimcniala
Il contains. :
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 10 CENTssTA1Ua
70 John A. Salser Seed Co., La Crosse
Wis, for catalogue and IL rare farm
seed samples worth $40, to get q
start III
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ooh, for the wings of dove!" sang
Mollie-
''What do you want with the wings q
. dove. my dear?" asked her mother.
ITO put on my new hat. said Aolllo&
-Hsspsg'e Roupd 1ehlq
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The readers Of this paper win b pleased
diaesse thos science has been able to cure In
I'll its stageo, end that IL Catarrh Hallb
Catarrh Cur6 y the only positive cure
Known to the medical fraternity. CetarTh
being 3 constitutional disease, requires >
conSfitutional troatmeuk Halls Cptarrb
Cure = taken internally, acting dirsctI
system, Thereby destroying tho foundation
d The disease, and giving the patient
strenath 81 building up tie constitution and
ossisf5ng nature in doing it, work. Tho
proprietor have % much faith IN its curlc
i've powers that they Offer Ono Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fatls TO cuSes
Send for list of tsstimouials.
address =. J. CHnnxY q Co, Tolsdo. O.
Sold BY DrugGists, 10
Halls Family Pini arc the best
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"pIx, never ask another woman to marry
me - long = I nyels. "Refused aga'nsS
ssNo; accepted. Bits.
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A FoRu or oRzncu. -He-"1 ran acros9
ernndmother In tho park yesterday" Hln
1unt-aOh, desrtI didn't know that yo1
rode bicycle. Life.
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Rvxaxoxs imagiues himself worm, and
n Of the private opinion that his turning
Wfil cause the GREATEST commotion the worio
evor knew.-Atchisou Globe.
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"WnA1 . distinguished looking man:c
ssYes' TIE inst time ! saw him he was on tno
bench" ssWhak . judget mo; g subes'
int ba1lplayer. ~ Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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A CONVERSATIONAL EVENING

R. BLISS went out
to the Saunders
house last Sunday
evening.
He did not go
t b e r e to learn
W h q t happened
just before Chat
tanooga, or how
M RS. Saunders
frightened away
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The physical wants Of mon should b
attended to, 40 well a. their soula One
Of the mistakes Of the churches In the
past has been the care Of the spiritual
natures Of men and the intellectual,
TOO, psrhsps, but not the physical ma
turss. L. ". Graham. Presoy-
terisp. PHILADELPHIA, Pa
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nish to the natives about the same class
of amusement as the horse race and
the bull fight. For hours he sat there,
facing these dreadful creatures, who
neither advanced nor retreated. Then
night came on, and again he was merci-
fully rendered unconscious.
When next he knew what was going
on about him he was on cot in hos
pital in Portland. He had been there a
month, and had gone through we'll
nigh fatal attack of brain fever. Mean
time the authorities, having discov-
cred his identity from his delirious
talk. had telegraphed to his people,
end the young woman he was to marry
had hastened to his bedside. He had
not been found until the car was opened
at its destination, when he was uncon-
scious and raving like maniac. A
mark in his forehead indicated that he
had in reality been bitten by a tarantu-
la, probably when he tainted the sec
ond time. AS soon as he was able to
travel he started for home by easy
stages, first having married the hand
some and devoted woman who had
Joined him under such peculiar cir
cumstances. His physician says that he
will in time recover his health and
strength, although he will never set
over the effects of his awful encounter
with the terrible tarantulas in the
blackness of the banana car, and will
never look at cluster of that fruit
egain without a shudder.-St. Louis
| Globe Democrat.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-27
MOONS PHASES.
EDITORIAL.

THE FINES WERE RENTED.
The Department of Agriculture
took a very sensible view of the re-
cent prosecutions of merchants in
this county for violations of the
pure food law The law is inter
ported to be a corrective for abuses
and not means of prosecuting in
nocent offenders. As the merchants
had bought their goods with no in
tention to violate the provisions of
the act, and We're selling in good
faith what they supposed to be
pure articles, the fines were remit
ted. This action is wise and Just,
and will probably have the desired
effect, in making the merchants ex-
ercise greater care as to the quality
of their goods. They should in all
cases have a written guarantee for
their own protection in the future.
This caution emenates from the Sec
retary himself and those who are
wise and disposed to obey the law
and at the same time protect them
selves will heed its salutary warn
ing Neither is their any hardship
in ii for the wholesale dealer, for he
can, in cases where he is not the
manufacturer afford himself a like
protection by requiring the same
kind of a guarantee. The consumer
will in the end be benefited, for he
will know that he receives just what
he intends to buy, and if he exercises
caution in observing that the word
compound, or one of similar import,
does not appear on the package he
will know that the goods arc pure,
and if he finds they are not it will
be a simple matter to find out the
why.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-27


FERrLIzlNa WITH CLovER.-E L.
Beck, Sellersburg, Ind asks wheth-
er clover, pens, etc, are of much
value used as a MANURE before they
mature. "Is it the clover roots OF
stems that does the fertilizing ?'
Prof l. p Roberts told us at an in
stituto in New York last winter Of
growing oats ON piece of land the
summer before Then they sowed
aftor the oats, on separate pieces,
crimson and mammoth and common
red clover. Three months and four
days from sowing the crimson clover
was found by analysis to have gath
cred 156 pounds of nitrogen peracre,
the mammoth clover t46, the com
mon red 103-if I got the figures
correct, and l was very careful to
try to. This was in the tops and
roots both. Surely if clover can
collect such an amount of nitrogen
in about three months from sowing
it may be of great value even where
We cannot let the crop mature.
Wise men think that if crimson
clover makes a good fall growth and
dies during the winter it has still
been of considerable value to them
Aud still for general tarm purposes,
where red clover is grown, ! think
it usually wisest TO so arrange, If one
can, that the crop can mature that
is, grow two full seasons. The
clover gets nitrogen from the air by
means of the little seeds, as some
clll them, or the roots. 1t uses this
nitrogen the whole plant, root and
top. Both are valuable as a fertili-
zer, And the clover pumps up fer
tiEty from the subsoil to grow root
and top also. When the plant is
young the tops are most important
1t hasn't made much root growth.
As l remember, Professor Roberts
found 1875 pounds of the 1856 of nitro
gen in the tops and 81 in the roots.
Bat crimson clover has a hbrous
root. Red clover on our land, after
two years growth, think will
show fully $16 worth of plant food
per acre, at market prices, in the
roots, or about the same as is found
in two tons of clover hay
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-27

IS now advancing will overwhelm
them, and politics viii become, we
trust more a question Of the charac-
ter of the man and his fitness for Of
fee. If this sentiment could become
thoroughly instilled in the minds
of voters, especially as to candidates
for local offices, our affairs would
soon be improved and people would
find that greater and more substan-
tial benefits would be derived than
from the election of an unfit man
simply because he wore a party
label, and shouted a party slogan
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-27

Woodbury., N. J.. Aug 2s.-The main
building Of the J. =. Thomas & Sons
company, fertilizer manufacturers, on
Mantua creek, near Paulsboro. has been
destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at t250'OOO, upon which there is about
100000 insurance. The buildings COW
cred three acres and contained ex-
pensive machinery used In the manu-
faeture Of the various products Only
three OF the smaller buildings were
saved, which included the office and
acid house.
The schooner Addie b. Barron OF
Philadelphia. which was diseharging a
cargo at North Carolina dock. took FIRE
ana Is nearly q total loss Captain
Bacon. his wife and steward. who were
asleep in the cabin when the vessel
took fire, had a narrow escape. a por-
tion Of the cabin roof falling upon them
as they left the boat
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-27

In 1862, when l served my coun-
try as private in Company A, 167th
Pennsylvania Volunteers, L con-
tracted chronic diarrhoea. 1t has
given me a great deal of trouble
ever since. / have tried a dozen
different medicines and several
prominent doctors without any per-
manent relief Not long ago friend
sent me sample bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy, and after that l
bought and took so cent bottle !;
and now lean say that am entirely
cured. l cannot be thankful enough
30 you for this great Remedy, and
recommend it to all suffering veter-
ans. If in doubt write me. Yours
gratefully, HENRY STEINBERGER, Al
lentown, Pa. Sold by Druggists
and General Merchants ins Pike
County.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-27
ATTEND THE PRIMARIES.

The Republican primaries for the
election of delegates to the county
convention will be held tomorrow,
Saturday Aug. 2sth There should
be a full attendance in every town
ship, and men elected who will ad-
vocate a careful and prudent course
in the convention. It is by particu-
lar attention to the foundations that
the building becomes safe, and so
with the party There should be
unanimity of sentiment, which en-
sures harmony of action, to bring
about the best results. and to put
the party in line for the coming
campaigns which is Of greater i'm
portance, than the triumph Of clique
or faction The Republicans Of this
county and district have obtained
solid advantages which should be
made permanent, and every honora
BILE means taken to demonstrate to
the peopleand voters that the party
is worthy Of support because it CON
serves the best interests Of the tax.
payers The old questions which
divided the two great parties are dis
appearing The prosperity which