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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28
For Railroad Commissioner

For Railroad Commissioners.
In this issue we announce the name
of Hon. B. w. Marston as q candi-
date for Railroad Commissioner from
this district. In a letter to the Shreve-
port Times of recent date, Mr.. Mars
ton defines his candidacy as follows:
"You are authorized to announce
me as a Democratic candidate for
Railroad commissioner from this dis
trict. After comforting with many
friends all over the State, / take this
step to inform the people as to how /
stand.
ct goes without saying that il
elected, my whole heart is with the
people, who are striving to keep the
wolf from their doors. Without re-
gard to locality, am told that the
railroads and jobbers will fight me to
the bitter end. If they do, it is my
opinion that they will make mis-
take! Because if elected, know the
position is ''semi,judicial," and any
injustice done any interest will be APP
pealed to the courts, and there settled.
81 am one of the original Railroad
Commission men of the State-hence
advocated it in the Senate, on the
stump and everywhere, in season and
out of season, because the injustice
practiced by certain railroads and
rivers against individuals and Sec
tions in this State is q crime against
our civilization, and is the short
sighted work of individuals, CONTROL
ing these corporations. A river now
is about as much of q corporation
except in name, as a railroad.
"This is longer than desired to
make it, but wish to say that Mr.
Joseph Henry, of NatchitOches, and
l, composed the commission which
originated the card rate of 1884 in
Red river, the best, think, We evel
had, and l have u letter from hin
saying: Il can truthfully say that
consider there IL no more suitable {
gentleman in the district for the place
and win surely support and do all
can for your election This endorse
ment would fiatter any man. Ate
this / had n little fight in Red rive
with my own boats with the Red Riv
er Line which lasted four years ant
would have been going on now ha'
Jay Gould hands off. :" In this f1xh
think / stuck to the line. feleeted
shall try ard give exact justice t.
all. Yours truly, B.W. MARsToS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

The Colfax High School win close
next Friday, June Sd. An entertain
ment will be given at the school build
ing Friday evening at 8 p. m. by the
students OF the High School. The
public is cordially invited to attend,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

Especially valuable TO women il Browns
Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache
disappears, strength takes the place of weak.
ness, and the glow of health comes to the
pallid cheek when this wonderful remedy is
taken. For sickly children or overworked
men It has no equal. No home should be
without Browns Iron Bittefs. For sale BY
all dealer<.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

If you contemplate purchasing house
hold furniture, by all means send for the
catalogue of the Quaker Valley Manu-
featuring Co., 319 and 321 South Canal
Street. Chicago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28
Plantation SuppIies.
Colfax High School.

The Trustees Of the COlfax High School
fur Males aud Females take pleasure in
announcing to the public that the second
Ten Months Session of this school will
begin on the First Monday of Septem-
Der. ln9'i. No pains will be spared to
make it frst-clsss High School.
RATES OF TUITION.
Primary Dspartmsnt q % per =. me.th
i rrsrsi'ssov :. % :. :.
Music, Vocal and instrumental $50 a. a.
Incidental fee Is certs per session.
Good board can he obtained on reasona-
bile terms Two hotels in town. and sew
eral private boarding houses in town and
vicinity will board cheap. Those having
children to educate should send them i'm
and give us fair trial. We are in the
race to stay.
r. 8. CAMERON, President.
H, G. GOODWIN.
Secretary Board of Trustees.
Colfax, La, July 10, 1896.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

IN way to help others - We have been."
Dr.. Miles, Remedies are sold By al drug
gists under positive guarantes. inst ooesSs
benefits or money refunded Book q
Heart and Nerves sent free TO AL appicenos
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart IND
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

HKR. MURRAY. engineer for Keet q
" Rountree Mercantile Co.. Spring.
field. Mo-. writes: II suffered from
dyspepsia. was unable to eat anything with
physicians without benefit. became slmoss
q physical wreck and unable TO attend 70
my work. I took DR.. Miles, Restorative
Nervine and In SIX weeks / was well. Ny
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

wife had q severe At
tack Of La 0rippe
which brought on
troubles peculiar -
her rex. The Restor-
alive Nervine y the
only thing that has
helped her. We both
hone you win ne this
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

Spring of 1898!
All Ha! All Ha!
And, in order to meet the ever-in-
creasing demand of his customers
for new and seasonable goods,
G. w. Bolton, fin Lev.
Has received, and has in transit, a
full and complete stock OF Select
and fine Spring wear, consisting OF
Dry Goods, Clothing. Ladies' and
Mems Hats, Shoes, Etc.
Special Attention.
Has been paid to the needs of the
trade in quality and prices, and all
goods have been bought at figures
which will enable him to give his
customers splendid bargains.
The Very Lowest Margin
In profit consistent with fair deal
ing placed on all goods. His stock
of Groceries, Hardware, Furniture
and Notions is complete and will be
sold lower than ever before.
Tom Padsitt's Saddles,
To be found at no other house in
town. Buys for Eastern Spinners
and pays the highest prices in
Cash Paid for Cotton.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

ARTICLE 6-DIsCIPLISE AND AUTHORITY.
In all matters Of discipline and govern
ment 10 the Collar High School and Col
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28
Speed of War Vessels.

The armored cruisers Brooklyn and
New York have a speed of 20 and 81
knots an hour. The Baltimore 900
the Columbia %. 8, Montgomery 1916
Minneapolis 1877, Olympia 21.6,
Philadelphia 1876, Raleigh 10, the
San Francisco 1915, and the torpedo
boats can travel as follows: Cushing
22.5, Ericsson "a, Foote, Rogers and
Winslow 24.5, Porter and Dupont
27.5 and Rowan &c knots.
Our best war ships, the battleships
Indiana, Massachusetts,, and Oregon,
have speed Of only Is and 15K
knots OK and 17X miles) per hour.
The Texas and the Iowa have little
better speed, and can make respect
lively 16 and II knots an hour, say
1SK and 19h miles.
In the matter of speed, however,
the torpedo boats, Porter and Du-
pont, are not our fastest craft. The
Farragut, Gouldsborough and String.
ham, three torpedo boats just com.
pleted, can make 80 knots an hour
equal to 34K miles. The Ellide, the
fastest craft in the world, is also fit
(, ted out as a combined torpedo anc
dispatch boat. Her speed is 32.s
knots, or $3.50 miles an hour.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

1t is rumdred that Cerveria's feet
has entered the harbor at Santiago
De Cuba and Sampson and Schley
are in that neighborhood preparing
to blockade or capture the enemy's
mammoth fleet.
The battleship Oregon, accompani-
ed by the Marietta and Buffalo form
erly Nichtheroy) have reported at
Jupiter Inlet, Fla, making asplendid
record of ID, 900 miles, or 200 miles
a day for IS days including several
days lost in coaling at different places.
The City of Peking, Australia and
City of Sidney left San Francisco last
Wednesday with the first installment
Of $500 troops for the Philippines.
Tur Coy.rAx CHRONICLE and Kan
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

.r~ Judicial Advertisements mast be paid
for in adraace. or they WiU b discoxfiMwed
after the first iRscrti0s.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-28

TIE CoLFAx CHRONICLE and Kan
Bas City Journal 81 so.
The record-union., 1898-08-14
JUST WHAT THIS INVITATION MEANS.

Do you suffer from Malaria-
ChiIls or Fever7
You are welcome to-day and until
August 10th to the professional SER
vices of DR.. Blair, whose success in the
treatment of such troubles has been
equaled by few, if any. You are well
come to his medicines, his care and
his treatment absolutely without money
and without price.
Do you suffer from Dyspepsia or
any form of Disease Of the Stom-
ach?
You are welcome to-day and until
August 10Th to the professional SER
vices of DR.. Blair. You are welcome to
his medicines, his care and his treat
ment absolutely without money and
without price.
Do your suffer ignorant of the
cause and anxious to know what
aiIs you?
You are welcome to-day and until
August 10th to the expert opinion OF
the Diagnostician whose list of dag
nostic symptoms have been copied in
cold blood by nearly every medical ad-
wiser in the United States.
The record-union., 1898-08-14

Brigadier General Louis H. Carpenter
has won his promotions from private to
his present position after years Of care
full attention to duty. He was a student
of the Pennsylvania University in 1861
when he enlisted in the regular cavalry,
Within six months he had won a Lieu
tenants commission. He was frequent
ly breveted during the Civil War for
gallant and meritorious service up to
the rank of Colonel. He was in nearly
all the cavalry fights of the Army of
the Potomac, and for conspicuous brav-
cry he was made a member Of General
Sheridan's staff. After the war he
became an Indian fighter. President
Mckinley made him a Brigadier Gep-
eIal
The record-union., 1898-08-14
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.

The value of the whole of the United
States navy yards is Placed at S6O,VO :
COO
The salary Of a Lieutenant Colonel
In the United States army IS $4,000:
OF Br,gadier General $3.50. and of
Meier General, 81, 800.
Captain Francis Martin. II. s. NJ.
now living in Detroit at the age Of 90
years, is without doubt the Oldest off,
Ger in the United States navy.
Lepanto was the last naval battle
Of any conse~a uence in which the Span
iards were victorious, and Lepanto oc-
CURED in 1871.
The t'otal cost of the launch Of a
modern battleship often amounts to
over $1,000. About five tons of Rus
sian tallow and over a ton of oil and
soft soap are used in greasing the ways
that is, the slip down which the
cradle, in which the vessel is placed,
glides into the sea.
The Green Mountain boys are on
deck. Admiral Dewey, who splintered
the Spanish fleet at Manila; Captain
Clark of the Oregon, Captain Converse
Of the Montgomery, and Lieutenant
Commander Coloocoresses of the Con-
cord all hail from Vermont.
The wonderful strides made in the
science of gunnery since 1910 is shown
by the fact that at that period a 6S-
pound projectile fired with a charge CT
eighteen pounds of powder gave muz-
zle velocity of between 1000 and 1,10O
feet a second, while at the present day
100 pound shell, fired with fourteen
and trree-quarters pounds of cordite,
gives muzzle velocity Of 2,63O feet q
second
The record-union., 1898-08-14
FUNNY SIDE OF WAR.

Potts-IS old RednOSe actually going
into the service with that face on him3
Why, he'll scare the Spanish into hys-
terics. Motts-Yes; even whisky runs
at the sight of him--Town Topics
What do you think the Government
ought to do with the Philippines ?'' Il
don't know. My daughter has written
an essay on the subject, which she is
going to read when she graduates, but
haven't had time to look it over
Cleveland Leader.
His Fourteenth Question.-Little
Clarence with rising inflection)-
Pa? Mr. Callipers (wearily)-Uh? Lit
tie Clarence-Pa, don't you suppose
that Spain feels now a good deal like
those scoffers did who kept telling Noah
that it wasn't goin' to rain?-Puck.
In the excitement of the moment an
old soldier in Ottawa, Kas., who was
studying the war bulletins, suddenly
yelled out: Boys, thirty-seven years
ago to-day I laid on my stomach knee
dep in water, and waited twenty four
htsurs for the sun to rise. and, by gin
ger, I kin do it agins! Hurrah for Old
Glory
'sThe Democrat would not be guilty
of perpetrating any puns on the war,
but we may incidentally remark that
many Dewey mornings have passed
since the American navy displayed the
mighty power of Sampson in crushing
the Spanish fleet, and that the willy
Spaniards have BEEN Schley and elusive
enough to keep many Miles to the Lee
ward of the punishment they so richly
Merritt t'-Centraha CID Democrat.
The Advice Habit won't hear the
Board of Strategy abused" he said,
emphatically, as he tilted his chair
back against the wall. But, my dear
sir 'I won't listen to any argu-
ments If that Board of Strategy does
no more than stand between the naval
officers and the millions of private indi-
viduals who are struggling to tell ex-
actly how the war should be run it ac-
complishes a. great and noble use!"
The record-union., 1898-08-14
To the Public.

have lived in Sacramento City and
Washington for the period Of twenty
two years. During the past twelve
months ! had been troubled most Sc
verely by stomach and blood trouble
my blood almost turned to water.
had also during that time been troubled
with infiammatory rheumatism. I con-
suited and was treated by four we'll
known physicians of this city, but they
failed to give me any relief whatever
Through the advice of some friends ]
consulted DR.. L. w. Hing, the Chinese
doctor 70T j street. After undergoing
his treatment for ten days I was able
to be out and around.
Since then I have gained forty-three
pounds in three months. / am not TAX
ing his medicine now, for / have nc
present need for it, and must confess
that / am now in perfect health
I hereby certify that the above state
ment is absolutely correct and true.
FRANK LEDDY,
Residence, Washington, Yolo.
Sacramento, June 8, 1898,
The record-union., 1898-08-14
Shocking Instances of Bad English

There would be both interest and in
struction in list of the many words
securely intrenched in our own vocab-
ulary to-day which were bitterly as
saulted on their first appearance. Swift
praises himself for his valiant effort
against certain of these intruders: Il
have done my utmost for some years
past to stop the progress of mob and
banter but have been plainly borne
down by numbers and betrayed by
those who promised to assist me-" Put
tenham Cor whoever it was that wrote
the anonymous "Arte of English Poe
sie." published in 1S59) admitted the
need of certain words to which the pur-
lists might justly object, and then adds
that many other like words, borrowed
out of the Latin and French. were not
so we'll to be allowed by u.s." citing
then among those of which he disap-
oved-"audacious, "egregious' and
compatible" In the "Poetaster," acted
in 16O1, Ben Jonson satiriZed Marston's
verbal innovations, and among the
words he reviled are "clums-.' in
fate," spurious, conscious" siren
uous," "defunct" "retrograde'' and
reciprocal
Puttenham wrote at the end Of the
sixteenth century, Jonson at the be-
ginning of the seventeenth, Swift at
the beginning of the eighteenth; and
at the beginning of the nineteenth we
find Lady Holland declaring 'inf1uen-
tial'' to be a detestable word, and as
serting that she had tried in vain to get
Sheridan to forego it.
At the end of the nineteenth century
the battle is still raging over stand
point" for example, and over '@reliable, "
and over lengthy" and over a score of
others, all of which bid fair to estab-
lish themselves ultimately, because
they supply a demand more or less in
sistent. The fate is more doubtful of
photo for photograph" and of
phone" for ''telephone;' they both
strike us now as vulgarisns, just as the
abbreviation of mobile vulgus to mob
struck Swift as vulgar; and it may be
that in time they will live down this
stigma of illegitimacy, just as mob
has survived it. "Raccoon' and "opos-
sum" are also yielding the ground be-
fore "coon" and .'possum." Then there
is the misbegotten verb ito enthuse"-
the most hideous of vocables in my
sight-what is to be its fate?-Brander
Matthews, in Harper's Magazine.
The record-union., 1898-08-14


all
1t
his
The record-union., 1898-08-14
GENERAL L. H. CARPENTER.
Rose to His Present High Position
From a Private

The steps from a private IN the ranks
to the office of Brigadier General in the
army may not seem difficult when view
ed from a newspaper article after the
steps have been accomplished, but it
requires great deal of energy and
ability to climb the ladder of the regu-
lar army.
The record-union., 1898-08-14

Every and
they will to
from
to
and have
be and
all will receive
N FRO the the is ecorded
The record-union., 1898-08-14
Do You Suffer from Catarrh in
Amy Form?

~~A SAe"AA - -
Amy Form?
You are welcome to-day and until
August nth to the professional services
of Dr. Blair, who has probably per-
sonally treated, during the past twelve
years, more patients suffering from
Catarrhal trouble than any other physi-
clan in the United States, and whose
treatment has been adopted with more
or less fidelity to the original and ad-
vertised under various names in every
city Of any consequence in the country.
You are welcome to his medicines, his
care and his treatment absolutely with
out money and without price.
Do you Suffer from partial or
complete Deafness, from Ringing
in the Ears, from any form OF Ear
Disease?
You are welcome to-day and until
August 10th to the professional SER
vices of DR.. Blair, whose cure of deaf
ness has lifted the horror of the word
'incurable" from those deprived of
hearing. You are welcome to his medi-
cines, his care and his treatment abb
solutely without money and without
price.
The record-union., 1898-08-14

The cost Of war, as every one knows,
is enormous, both in money and life.
It has been calculated that, roughly
speaking, $4,000, 100000 has been spent
by England in the eight largest wars
In which she has been engaged Russia
in the last seventy years is said to have
spent f67, 100000 on different cam
paigns, and to have lost more than
10000 men,
The record-union., 1898-08-14

to
flowing
of
Of father 0
The record-union., 1898-08-14
ONLY ONE
WEEK REMAINS
Of the Wonderful Period of Free
Treatment

BY Which Doctor Blair Demonstrates by Tangible Results
the Verify of His Triumph Over Deafness and Catarrhal
Dseases-Suferers From All Diseases Welcome to axe
Advantage of the Opportunity During the Coming Week
and Receive Advice, Medicines and Treatment Abso-
lutely Free.
The record-union., 1898-08-14


furnished
or received
The record-union., 1898-08-14

The largest piano house in Northeru
California, carrying the most complete
and extensive stock, is the Wiley B. AL
len Co.. 415 K. Jobbers and retailers.A
The record-union., 1898-08-14

No man feels less tolerance to-day
than the aimless man, the man whose
life lies and swings like pool, instead
of flowing straight onward like river.
Phillips Brooks.
The record-union., 1898-08-14

Try McNforry's 6Oc uncolored Japan
tea: E. B. tea, roc: G. p. tea, S5c; p. F.
Japan tea. SOC: ,631 NJ street.
The record-union., 1898-08-14
Amateur Photography.

Daughter-Where have sister and
George gone?
Father-I've sent them into the dark
room to develop their affections.-Har-
perS Bazaar.
The record-union., 1898-08-14

Don't think for a minute that a corn
loses any of its vindictiveness when
covered by patent leather shoe.-Cih-
cago Daily News.
The record-union., 1898-08-14

The volume Of water emptied into the
ocean by the Yukon is greater by one
third than that of the Mississippi.
The record-union., 1898-08-14

Cologne is to have new opera
house. The city gives the ground ana
100000 In cash Soon the two local
theaters will be subsidized by the city
The record-union., 1898-08-14

The reopening next season Oh the
historical Theater della Scala. at Milan
appears to be assured The subvenuon
withdrawn some time since from the
theater by the municipality is to pe
replaced by the issue, on the part or
The record-union., 1898-08-14

Among the promised novelties TOT
next season are the Mariorettes of the
Brothers Parandi of Milan. These fig
ures are seen in operas, plays and spec
tacfes, and are said TO be exceedingly
ingenious and interesting. They We're
exhibited with considerable success IN
England at the Sydenham crystal
Palace.
The record-union., 1898-08-14

New York Post: The announcement
is made that Rose Coghlan, for many
years the leading lady of the first the
ater in the country, is to descend to the
music halls. 1t might be made the oc-
casion for some rather melancholy ana
obvious reflections, if it were worth
while There is precedent, unfortun-
ately, for her decision, but it is not
pleasant to see her following a course
which artistically can only be regarded
as downward
The record-union., 1898-08-14

Thomas Thorne. after an absence o.
six years, has resumed his place among
the London managers. He took pos
session of Terry Theater and on the
18th of July gave the three-act COM
edy "The Wears Dilemma" in which
he had acted already, and with sue
cess. in the English provinces.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-05-13
Ths psnver Rspublloan.

KNOWING that the reading public Il Colorado.
Wyoming, New MEXICO. and ~ entirc inter..
u0nntain REGION wsnt only The most reliabie
end Aecurate news ln regard u the pfpeout
Sp4hisb- -Cuben ccmplicatt0ns and the hest poy-
sab!c repQrts concerning the nayA1 qneaaenienfs
aud ~ land batx1cs IN Cubs, 1he Denver RE
puhlirnn haa &cursd the exclusive FiRtS "a p16-
!lsh eacA morning. s!uliltane eotl.ly With II pub
llsatq&e 81 e Esx Hcrk, the spseisl news q ths
.IHas peai AN 3 asknovisdsd " I'll nm
pia9ed tpople n North America - kur6pe -
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The BLACK
I,ERcHER0N STALLION;
SATISF ACTION
Will make the season Of 1899
in Holly, Colorado,

PEDIGREE.
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ha = Hlooninston, Illinois; Eot " vIxoufedx
MT sN1 b. ~ Yavpn beaeneing % N, Abbctt;
dam DsllevsdA, x1ss ~ vldoeqhs b. Nceanf
~ ~ ~ vidosq ~, - " Cess, ~ " vlcax
Chaaale, ~ " cosa. ~ 1filnon,h - ~ Jssn o.
n1sne Idans 6an1lst9 l6gasd n hsby rasu-
= 4 ~ W visnx c. nk1h ~, ~ tspn dniy -
tsrsdles fegis1esi1G y ~. IsgsAsoa stuA
leos 4 Anssisa - H. h 'sssss'as A ssllses y
RI tsrms Il Gtsyiss. sl spplv
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The Holly chieftain., 1898-05-13
A Marrow Escape.

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
e. Hart, OF Groton. s. D. "Wss taken
with bad cold which SETTLED on my
lunRs; cough set in and finally termi-
mated in consumption. Four doctors
gave me up. saying could live but I
short time. I gave myself up to my
Savior, | wonld meet my absent ones
above. MY husband was advised to
get Dr.. Kings New Discovery for COM
sumption, Cough and Colds. Igave 1t
. trial. took Ia all eight bottles. It las
cured me. and thank God l am sayed
and now = well and healthy woman. :"
Trial bottles free at U. L. McPherson's
drug store. Regular size Soc and 81. 90.
Guaranteed or price refunded: