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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-29

Rapides claims to have saved $1,000
a year by adopting the poor farm
system for her paupers. Grant par
ish has taken steps to try the plan
another year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-29
NOTICE.

The members of the board OF trus-
tees OF Center High School and Acad-
envy are hereby notified to meet at
Mount Zion Baptist church on LIST
Saturday in Nov. 1893. Business Of
Importance is to be transacted.
j. H. ELLIS, President.
He. ROBINSON, Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-29

The island of Porto Rico was for
mally turned over to the United
States by the Spanish on October 10.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-29

Old fashions in dress may be revived,
hut no old fashioned medicine can replace
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Dirr-
boea Remedy. For sale by J. II; Nc
Nicely, Collar; Bush 4 Randolph, Fair
mount
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-29

We have now had several good
frosts and on two mornings ice, 80
all fear of fever is dissipated.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-29
DIED.

.JOHNSTON-At his residence at
in Grant parish, La, at 6P.
m. on Friday, Oct. 81, 1898, Capt..
w. Johnston, born in Virginia, Jan,
1, 1907, departed this life aged u
years, 8 months and 81 days.
Capt. Johnston was the Oldest and
best known citizen of Grant parish.
He was a fiatboat trader on Red rlv-
er in the days before theintroduction
of steam Tin the 40's) and ne had
many interesting incidents to relate
about the Indians and early settlers
in the Red River Valley, through
which he cordelled his boats. He
knew every foot of the ground from
New Orleans to the Indian Nation,
having made many trips over it. At
one time he owned a sailing vessel,
and engaged in the Gulf trade from
New Orleans to Galveston.
He was q man OF remarkab bic vigor,
and up to about a year ago he ire
quentiy rodea horse or q mule to Col
fax or Alexandria, a distance of Is or
Is miles. During the past year how
ever, he became debilitated, and Tor
several months he has been quite fee
BILE, and expected to die at almost
any time. The last time we saw the
old gentleman, about six weeks ago
he was quite cheerful, said the Lord
had been good to him for many years
but that he was now ready to &C
since he had become q burden te
others.
He was married to his wife, who
survives him, on the day that Queer
Victoria was crowned in 1S48. HI
resided in Pineville for a number o
wears, engagedin merchandising. II
| the early SOS he moved to Gran
parish.
He leaves three sons and one daugh
| ter, as follows: Thos. D. Johnston
who resides near Boyce; Jessie .
Johnston, of Pineville; George $
Johnston, of Munster, Texas, an
Mrs. Thos. Clements, of Alexandria
besides a number of grand-childrer
His remains were inferred in the Nj
!. Olivet Cemetery at Pineville.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-29
LOCAL DO T s.

The next term of court for Grant
parish, an ordinary or civil term, VIII
beei in ON Monday, Nov. 7th.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-29

On yesterday wewere pleased to r.
ce;ve a call from Messrs. E. A. Mathis
and H. F. McManus, of ward z.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-29
ATTEND CnIILE

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30
ExclTINe CAMEL TRAINING.
rh. Animal of the Desert Has More
Vices Than a Mule.


An officer who has been residing some
time in Egypt, where camel riding has
been obligatory, sends the following
qraphic description Of his experiences
with that amiable and useful animal;
lyon can well imagine that there's
circus around here while the usual rid
inc instruction is going on. When the
untamed camels first arrived at our
camp. | heard a tremendous growing
in front of the door, and on going out
saw one of these amiable beasts being
led bv his Keeper but walking along
with every expression Of disgust both
IN his couptenance and voice.
1.-THE man stopped ditto cameD and
attempted to tie the beasts fore legs to-
oether. when it reared, and, striking
ont with its fore feet, landed on the
keeper's stomach and head, sending
him flying through space as if shot out
of a cannon. The man picked himself
ont of the ditch with a hand on each
bruised part, and the camel, which had
never ceased roaring, was taken in
charge by two other and more robust
natives and led TO the tents, or, rather,
induced to 90 by energetic assistance Of
a very sharp iron rod applied in most
vigorous and miscellaneous manner.
"Similar exhibitions are being con-
Quoted here daily, and we are now ready
TO lead the recently broken camels
Within three or four days they become
tractable.
81 first formed my opinion Of camel
some years ago. when rode across the
Arabian deserts, and / see no reason to
alter it in any way. The creature has
SO many talents and so many ways Of
exhibiting them. And, 70 begin with,
il can kick harder, higher, swifter and
oftener than a mule and can use all
four feet at one time in kicking
match. Then it can bite worse than
vicious horse and buck in a way 70
make a broncho blush with absolute
shame.
"No rider ever lived who can stay On
that perch seven feet from the ground
during a camel's exhibition Of gym
nastics Then be can run away when
be feels like it and is often seized with
a desire to slope. Upon an occasion Of
this kind his rider experiences a sensa-
ton between being blown up with dy-
Mantle or struggling against the throes
of an earthquake until all his joints are
dislocated and he drops a limp, inert
mass, to the ground
"Then this sweet creature has way
of evincing his displeasure that is at
least effectual and convincing. He
twists his snakelike neck into a circle,
and, poking his ugly nose into the face
of the rider, opens his cayernous mouth
and lets out roar Of disgust in such
fetid breath that the elevated human
victim is fairly blown into the middle
Of the coming month "a week being too
short a distance). And yet, with all
these high recommendations, which
some people might consider objectiona-
bic. these are the dear animals | am
constantly brought in contact with and
for which am even beginning to form
an affection. Road.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30
AIMnys NigIlnnt.

In early life Audubon, the naturalist,
was financially ruined, so that when
his debts had been paid he found him
self without a dollar, yet he was abso-
luely undiscouraged.
"Was | inclined" he asks, ito cut
my throat in foolish despair? mol |
had talents, and to them | instantly re-
sorted. "
There he stood at the parting Of the
ways, and he struck into the path which
was to lead him to fame and reasona-
BILE amount of prosperity. But it is to be
remembered that he never for moment
relinquished his pursuit of observing
tho life of wood and fields, and to read
one short extract from his autobiogra-
ply is to learn why he met with success
rather than failure;
"One of the most extraordinary
things among all these adverse circum'
stances was that never for q day gave
up listening to the songs Of our birds or
watching their peculiar habits or delin-
eating them in the best way | could.
Nay, during my deepest troubles |
would frequently wrench myself from
the persons around me and retire to
some secluded part of our noble forests,
and many a time at the sound Of the
woodthrush's melodies have fallen on
my knees and there prayed earnestly to
our God. "--Youth's Companion
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30

Tor which I fear you have never once
thanked God. The 20 bones of the foot
are the admiration Of the anatomist.
The arch Of the foot fashioned with
grace and poise that Trajan's arch or
Constantines arch or any other arch
could not equal. Those arches stand
where they were planted, but this arch
Of the foot is an adjustable arch, a
yielding arch, a flying arch and ready
for movements innumerable. The hui
man foot so fashioned as TO enable
man to stand upright as no other crea-
ture and leave the hand that would
otherwise have TO help in balancing the
body free for anything it chooses The
foot Of the camel fashioned for the sand,
the foot Of the bird fashioned for the
tree branch, the foot of the hind fash
toned for the slippery rock, the foot Of
the lion fashioned to rend its prey, the
foot of the horse fashioned for the solid
earth, but the foot Of man made TO cross
the desert or climb the tree or scale the
cliff or walk the earth or go anywhere
he needs to 60
With that divine triumph Of anatomy
in your possession where do you walk?
In what path Of righteousness or what
path of sin have you set it down? Where
have you left the mark of your foot
steps? Amid the petrifactions in the
rocks have been found the mark Of the
feet Of birds and beasts Of thousands of
years ago. And God can trace out all
the footsteps of your lifetime, and those
you made 80 years ago are as plain as
those made in the last soft weather, all
Of them petrifled for the Judgment day.
Oh, the foot Give me the autobiography
Of your foot from the time you stepped
out of the cradle until today, and | will
tell your exact character now and what
are your prospects for the world to come
That there might be nc doubt abou.
the fact that both these res OF diyips
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30
II. Craven stiII Living.

Few persons who remember those
clever and long popular character"
plays, 1.-THE Chimney Corner" and
"Meg's Diversion" know that their
author, who was also a character %
actor Of excellentrepute, is still alive. 4
London writer says Henry Thomas,
now dwelling in retirement at Clap.
ham, is the oldest living dramatist
and he. must look back with something
of sadness to the difference between au-
thors' fees as be knew them and the size
they have assumed in the present day
Although little knswn to the newest
generation, Mr.. Craven has enjoyed a
remarkable career and may regard with
satisfaction the fact that he never wrote
anything which could be accused Of
possessing any save the most healthy
qualities. He secured success as a play
wright by the intense humanity be inn
parted to his works, by his clever char.
acterization and construction and by
making the domestic note" dominant
throughout. There has never been quite
an adequate successor TO him as writer
of short and affecting pieces.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30
ssrhe Henfhen Chinee.v

Says the London Daily News: "In
the course Of a conversation which a
correspondent Of The Daily News had
not so long ago with the departing
American ambassador, Mr.. Hay told
him an interesting anecdote Of the origin
Of The Heather Chinee.' He and Bret
Harte especially delighted in the fol-
lowing lines from chorus in ATLANTA
In Calydon;'
"Who shall seek, who shall bring
And restore thee the day
When the dove dipped her wing
And the oars won their way
Where the narrowing symplegades whiten
the straits Of Propontis with sprayi
The melody Of that poem, said
Mr.. Hay to the correspondent. rang in
Bret Harte's ears and mind till he
wrote, 1.-THE Heather Chinee" in that
measure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30
Whipped the Wrong Man.

An actor who was in Washington re-
Gently on his way TO join the army Of
stage folk who are trooping into New
York to begin rehearsals played in a
Chicago stock company part Of the
summer, says a writer in the Washing
ton Post. 1t wasn't an especially sue.
cessful company and there were periods
when the ghost did not walk for weeks
at time. The actor | speak Of is what
they call ON the stage handsome dress
er. He is especially addicted to clean
linen, and a day dawned when he found
that all his shirts were at the laundry
and he was pennilesS
He went to call on the Chinaman
who kept the laundry. In this instance
the Chinaman kept the shirts, too. for
no threats, no entreaties, no protfers Of
watches and scarfpins as securities, no
arguments Of any kind, sufiioed to move
him. He wanted money Two whole
days the actor endured this state Of
things. Then salaries were paid. The
actor marched TO the laundry, laid down
the money, seized the Chinaman by the
collar Of his yJli. as, jerked him over
the counter and rubbed the floor down
with him, horizontally. perpendicular
ly and spirally. The poor oriental sput.
tered out great deal of talk and one
front tooth, l believe. A policeman
happened to be passing. an eccentric
fellow, casually peered in and asked
the occasion Of the affair. The actor ex.
planned.
"Ah, thin, >" said tho officer sympa-
thetically, you'll hs~e 20 do it over
ag'in. It's not him that kapes the joint
Hop Sing is sick. You've been dom up
the wrong man. But thin. consoling.
ly, "they all needs it. "
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30

graves, shake hands With your enc
mics, who have done all to defame and
hurt you, but whom you can afford to
forgive, shake hands At the door of
the churches where people come in and
at the door of churches where people 90
out shake hands. Let pulpit shake
hands with pew and Sabbath day shake
hands with weekday and earth shake
hands with heaven. Oh. the strange,
the mighty. the underlined, the mys-
FERROUS, the eternal power Of an honest
hand shaking The difference between
these times and the millennial times is
that now some shake hands, but then
all will shake hands. throne and foot
stool, across seas, nation with nation,
God and man, church militant and
church triumphant
The Human Foot.
Yea, the malformation Of this fallen
giants foot glorifes the ordinary foot
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30
General Kitchener an freshman

General Sir Herbert Kitchener, the
conqueror Of the dervishes, is an Irish
man, having been born in Kerry Of an
old Kerry family. 1t is not out Of place
also to recall that General Lord Rob
erts, the commander in chief Of her
majesty's army in Ireland, and who
won title and fame in India, is also an
Irishman Of an old Waterford family.
Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, the COM
mander in chief of the British army, is
also an Irishman, having been born in
Dublin of we'll known Dublin family.
New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30

Trains 9 and &c daily and II, p
and - daily except Sunday.
Nos II and 81 connect with main line trains
for all points south and Southwest, and at
WASHINGTON lorall Eastern Cities. No change
of cars between Washington and Harrison
burg on either train.
For detail information appln TO Agent Of
the Southern hallway. or write 10
T.. = BROWN. Gonl Agent Passenger Dept
,0j Fifteenth St..-N. W.. Washington. d..
F. CANNON IN. CULP. W.ATU RK
81 Y. p. X Gen. " Trdiii" Man. G. P.
Washington, ID. c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30

y W AifA tN't W IVA NFA
and washes. and differ.
entinhaling remedies
IN fact. / could feel thai
each winter | was worst
than the year previous
FINALLY 1t was
brought to my notice
that Catarrh was a blood
disease. and after think.
ing over the matter. ]
saw Il was unreasonable
to expect TO be cured by
remedies which only
reached the surface ]
then decided to try
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30
The Beauty of Service.

That is the most beautiful foot that
goes about paths Of greatest usefulness,
and that the most beautiful hand that
does the most to help others | was
reading of three women in rivalry about
the appearance IF the hand And the
one redeemed her hand with berries and
said the beautiful tinge made hers the
most beautiful Aud another put her
hand in the mountain brook and said as
the waters dripped off that her hand
was the most beautiful. And another
plucked flowers off the bank, and under
the bloom contended that her hand was
the most attractive. Then poor old
woman appeared, and, looking up in her
decrepitude, asked for aims. And wom-
an who had not taken part in the rivalry
gave he aims. And all the women re.
solved to leave to this beggar the ques-
ton as to which of all the hands present
was the most attractive, and she said,
THE most beautiful of them all is the
one that gave relief to my necessities,
and as she so said her wrinkles and rags
and her decrepitude and her body dis
appeared, and in place thereof stood
the Christ, who long ago said, "Inas-
much as ye did it to one Of the least OF
these, We did it unto me-, " and who TO
purchase the service Of our hand and foot
here on earth had his own hand and
foot lacerated.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30

8. s. g, and after few bottles were used. no
Mood n nercentible Improvement. Continuing
the remedy, the disease was forced out OF my
system, and a complete cure was the result
Iadvise all who have this dreadful disease 70
abandon their local treatment Whlch mas never
done Their, anv good. and take 5. 5. s.. a rem
edy that t-n reach the disease and cure H.
To continue the wrong treatment LOT
Catarrh is to continue to suffer. Swlftss
Specific is real blood remedy, and
cures obstinate, deep-seated diseases,
which other remedies have no effect
whatever upon. 1t promptly reaches
Catarrh, and never fails to cure even the
m nst arpravnfed cases
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30

Major General Kitchener, the sirdar
of the Egyptian army, is opening Eng
lands eyes to what can be done with
few materials when common sense and
enterprise are used and the war Office
ted tape is dispensed with. The latest
manifestation is the arming Of his field
artillery for the Sudan campaign with
QUICK firing Maxim Nordenfeldt guns
While the war department is as far as
over from coming to decision as to
what type Of guns the British army
shall have.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30

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Terms begin sept 9. Jan. 3, and March
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30
IVNY.VVAVAVNAVAVNNANXNAAI

mechanism, hand and loot, belong to
Christ's service both hands Of Christ
and both feet Of Christ were spiked on
the cross. Right through the arch Of
both his feet to the hollow Of his instep
went the iron Of torture, and from the
palm Of his hand to the back Of it, and
there is not a muscle or nerve or bone
among the p bones of hand and wrist
or among the % bones Of the foot but
it belongs TO him now and forever
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30
Foul Sn1e1ling
Catarrh.

Catarrh is one of the most obstinate
diseases, and hence the most difficult
to get rid Of
There is but one way to cure it.
The disease is in the blood, and all the
sprays, washes and inhaling mixtures
in the world can have no permanent
effect whatever upon it. Swift's Spe-
cific cures Catarrh permanently, for it is
the only remedy which can reach the
disease and force it from the blood.
Mr.. b. p. McAllister, of Harrodsburg,
Ky, had Catarrh for years. He writes:
~ could see no improvement whatever
though | was constantly treaied with sprays
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
CHUKoH DEsrRoEED HE FIRE
Formerly the Homo OF tho Christian EndeavoH
Society or 1nWOod. H. I.


The Christian Endeavor SocIety's church at
Inwood, L. l.. together with two cottages ad-
Joining, was destroyed by fire last evening. A
high wind was blowing when the fro started.
and the flames spread rapidly. The fire depart
ment at Inwood is small. and the nremen at Far
Rockaway and Lawrence wero summoned. Tho
combined force ~extinguished the blaze after .
two hours fight.
The church was a wooden structure. ltwas
built three years ago. when the Christian En-
deavor Society withdrew from tho lnWooo
Methodist Church because Of q row with the
pastor over an entertainment. Theodore Crast
and H. Tcarsall. members of the society. took a
mortgage on tho church for $4,000. and they
foreclosed this n year ago because the church
was a failure. Since then the building has been
occupied by tho Salvation Army for nightly
meetings. The origin of the fire is a mystery.
The cottage to the east of the church wa &C.
cupied by Frederick Meteor: This was totally
destroyed. The loss being 81. 500. The cottage
to the west was owned by Theodore Crast, and
was furnished but not rented. The loss on this
building was also So, 500. Next to it Is the cot
tage of Herman Bowker. The upper story was
burned, with a loss of $500. All the buildings
were insured.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
THE BROOKLYN SCANDALS.
Moro Work for the Grand ~Sury-Throe More
indictments Against EAatment.

Moro Work for the Grand S~ury-ThPes More
indictments Against EaHtmsnt.
In discharging the May Grand Jury In Brook
Ign yesterday Judge Aspinall of tho County
Court said:
You nave been delayed longer than is usual.
gentlemen, and were it not for tho fact that a
new Grand Jury will be impanelled on Monday
the Court would have kept you another month.
The lines OF investigation you have taken up
will be followed in this county until We get
down TO n solid, honest basis. no matter how
long 1t takes. On behalf OF the court l thank
you for the Investigations you have made. which
! think have earned the approval OF your fellow
citizens OF the county,
Ii is understood that the continued investiga-
ton to which Judge Aspinall referred has some
connection with alleged Irregularities by police
| officials under the former administration, but
the prosecuting authorities refuse to give a hint
as TO their nature.
Three additional indictments were handed IN
Yesterday against Edward Eagtment, the clerk
In the Water Department who was indicted
last week on II charge Of swindling the city by
means of false warrants. The new indictments
1t is supposed, include a charge OF forgery.