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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-25

For Railroad Commissioners.
We are authorized to announce
HON. b. w. MARSTON, of Red River,
as a Democratic candidate for rail-
road commissioner from this district.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-25

Article e. DISCIPLINE AND AUTHORITY.
In all matters Of discipline and govern
nent in the Colfax High School and Col
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-25

An druggists sch pr. Miles, Nerve Plassess.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-25

,el-Jadicial Advertisements mast BE- paid
for IN .adrdsos. o. they Wiu b discontinued
utter the first Insertion.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27
Hot Words We Re Passe.

The Washington cores
pOnhent Of the Richmond
Times says:
General James A. Walker,
chairman of the committee,
and Mr.. Joseph ". Bailey, OF
Texas, came very near hav-
ing a personal difficulty in
the hall Of the house u. few
days ago. Walker became
displeased with Bailey ayear
ago and stopped speaking to
him. The other day Walker.
Bailey and Swanson happen
ed to be sitting near each
other in the house while a de-
bate was in progress. Mr..
Swanson made a remark
about his case and the elec-
tion committee, and Mr.. Bal
ley spoke and said something
evidently intended for Gener.
Ill Walkers ears, about his
having little confidence in n
Republican tribunal. He in
timated pretty clearly that
Mr.. Swanson need notexpect
just treatment from the com
mlttee. Whercupon Walker
turned excitedly 10 the Texan
and asked if he meant to
question his honor.
After a few more sharp
words Bailey said TO Walker,
"Your gray hairs protect
YOU" or words to that effect.
Walker replied quickly that
his age must not be econsider-
ed. He gritted his teeth and
told Bailey that he was as
good man AZ he ever dared
to be, etc, and then he left
the hall, remarking to a
friend afterwards that he did
not wish to have a personal
difficulty on the floor of the
house, and that he feared il
he did not leave his hot TEN
per would get beyond hls
control. 1t was said that
Bailey hurled something like
this ct Walker as he walked
away. 81 do not believe that
Il man can be a republican
and a gentleman in the south
Walker said that hn did not
hear anything of the kind. L
he had woul' have been hearC
from, he said.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27
Couldn't Rob That House.

A burglar had entered a
house as quietly as possible.
but his shoes were not pad.
ded, and they made some
noise. He had just reached
the door OF a bed room when
he heard some one moving
within as If about to get up,
and be paused. Then n wo-
mans voice said: IF you
don't take off your boots
when you come into this
house there's going to be
trouble, and a lot of it!
Here it's been raining for
three hours, and you dare
to tramp over my carpets
with your muddy boots on
Go down stairs and take
them off this miDute!"
He went down stairs with.
out a word, but he did not
take off his boots. Instead
he went straight ont into the
night again, and the pal
who was waiting for him IA "
a tear glisten in his eye.
II can't rob that house.
he said; ''it reminds me o
home!"-Tid-B
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27

Salisbury Sun: Occasion
ally revenue officers get fool
ed, but it is not their fault if
they do. Now and then
some one "informs" on dis
tillers-governInent or bl ock-
aders-and occasionally sorle
one "misinforms." A case,
for instance, occurred III Da-
vie county last week, when
officers were informed of the
Uhereabouts .Of two stills.
As the result of the iniorma.
ton. Officers Vnnderford.
Mebane and Hunt hied them
selves away. They Travelled
forty miles on the trip and
found two sassafras stills.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27
A Mothers Influence.

1t is hard for a young
mother who has not yet
overcome the wayward ten
dencies of her own youthful
nature, to realize the inf1-
ence she exerts over her own
little ones. She is constant
ly surrounded by criticalini-
tators, who copy her morals
and manners. AS the moth
er is, 80 are her sons and
daughters. If a fa 1,ily ofchil-
dren are blessed with an in
telligept mother, who is dain
ty and refined in her man.
ners, and does not consider
it necessary to be one woman
in the dra wing-rCOm and an
entirely different person in
her everyday life, but who is
a true mother, and always d
tender, charming woman,
you will invariably see her
habits of speech and perfect
manners repeated in her chill
dIen. Great, rough m q n,
and noisy. busy boys will al
ways tone down their voices
and step quietly, and try to
be more mannerly when she
stops to give them a kind
word and a pleasant smile;
for n true woman will never
tail to say and do all The
kind, pleasant things she
can tina, will in any way help
to lift up and cheer those
whose hearts are shaded with
care and toll. The mother
OF to-day rules the world oI
'to.morrow.-Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27

The little narrow gauge
railroad be etween Lenoir, N.
G. and Chester. S. c., has one
rail of it's own on the track Of
the Western North Carolina
Railroad between Newton
anI Hickory, and uses one
rail of the Western track. For
this use OF rail and track the
Southern Railway Company
charges it $4,000 "a year,
and besides, takes all the
money that t h e narrow
gauge collects for pas sengers
and freights between Newton
and Hickory and makes it
pay half OF the depot expens
es at these two points. 1t is
the grossest imposition and
it is n pleasure to see that ar
end is to be put to it. The
narrow gauge has let the
contract for the building of 4
line of its own between thu
towns named.-uandlnark
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27
Prescription for Fits.

For a Fit OF Passion
Walk ou. in the open ali.
You may speak your mind
TO the winds without hurting
anyone, orproclaimingyou
self to be a simpleton. y
''Be not hasty in thy spirit
to be angry forangerresteth
in the bosom of fOols."
Fora Fit ofidleness-Count
the tickings Of a clock. DO
this for one hour, and you
will be glad to pull off your
coat the next and work like
a man. "SlOthfnlness cast
eth into a deep sleep, and an
idle soul shall suffer hunger" :"
For a Fit of Extra vagance
ard Folly.-(io to a work &.
house, or speak with tberag-
gpd and wretched inmates OF
a Jail, and you will be con-
vinced
"WhO makes his bed OF briar
and thorn
Must be content to lie for.
lorn."
"Wherefore do We spend mon
pv for that which is not
bread? and your labor for
that which satisfeth not?"
For a Fit of Amhition.-GO
to the churchyard and read
the grayestones. They will
tell YOU the end OF man at
his best estate. "For what t
is your life? 1t is even a var
or that appeareth for a little
time and then vanisheth a
way" "Pride 2oeth before
destruction, and q naughty
spirit before a fall"
For a Fit of Repining.-
Look about for the halt AM
the blind, and visit the bed
ridden, the afflicted, and th'
deranged; they will make
you ashamed OF complaining
of your light t Affections
"Wherefor doth a living mar
OiIlplulll!
For a Fit Of Envy.-G(
and see how many who keel
their carriages are afflicted
with rheumatism, gout ant
dropsy; how many walk a
broad on crutrhps or stay a
home wrapped up in a faE-
mel; and how many are sub
ject toepilepsy and apoplexy
"A sound heart is the life o
; the flesh. Envy is the rot
tenness of the bones. '-Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27
JOHN ". DYER,
BLACKSMITH and WHEELRIGHT
(ST. JUDE, N. C.)

am now we'll prepared to
do your smith and woo d
work on short notice. J.
now have on hand for sale n
new two-hOrse wagon that [
wish to sell. Call and exam
inc it. Repairing hacks, wag-
ons, etc. u speciality. Call.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27
A Great Upheaval.
Washington Post.

6leat uphenval.
Washington Post.
Thomas Gaha m. one Of the
Democratic leaders OF the H.
Iinois metropolis and a mem
Der Of the National Demo-
cratic committee, is in the
city.
II think the Democratic
party will sweep the country
next year." SAID MIR. Gaham.
"ln Chicago we are almost
certain to elect Democra ts to
Congress in the third, fourth
and fifth districts, now repre-.
sented by Messrs. White, Bel
KNAPP and Mills. Outside the
city we will get eight or ten
more. My advices from all
over the United States is
that t b e tide is running
strong in favor of the Demo"
racy.
"'Hhere will arise in the
next iew years, in my judge
ment, conditions of such dan
ger and perp.exity that it
will require the highest sta tes
manship to relieve the coun-
ty from turmt The social
problem is getting to be of
more Importance than bi-
metallism, or any other pure
ly economic question. The
struggle for existence is get
ting harder all the while. and
the masses grow restless and
discOntpnted because they
see so little legislation enact
ed in their favor. 1t isn't
only the status of the labor
ing man that is inv olved, de-
spite the fact that here ls an
army of unemployed men.
Men who a few years ago had
considerable property are
now feeling the bitterness OF
poverty. In the expe tion
of being able to pay out they
mortgaged theirpossessions,
and the future holds no ray
of hope that they will ever be
able to redeem them.
"UnIpss something is done
to remedy existing conditions
we shall see in this country
one of the greatest upheavals
that ever shook a nation. II
the bloody scenes OF I h
French revolution are not
re enacted, the American peo.
pie will be remarkably unfot-
tunate. The way things are
being allowed to drift by our
socalled statesmen would in
dicate that they do not be.
Iieve the country ia in any
danger, but if they got out a
little more among the people
they would hear a different
story.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27

than he is. Another ne W
member of the Committee is
Senator Cockrell, Of Mo-,
whose pronounced silver
views are known all over the.
country. Senators Mitchell,
of Wis, Murphy, OF N. Y,
and Smith. of N. j., who
were on the old Committee.
were selected for the new
Committee. They are not
silver men personally, but
their party loyalty caused
them to support Mr.. Bryan
and the Chicago platform,
and there was no just reason
why they should be sighted
by being left.off
Nearly everybody in Con-
grrss expects that q crisis will
be reached in Cuban mat ters
in a very short time. Those
riots in Havana will force
the hand of this government
if they continue. The Senate
has asked Mr.. Mckinley to
inform it what, il any, prep.
lrations have been made to
protect Americans and Amer
lean interests in Cuba, and
if the answer ism t speedily
Forthcoming or isn't salts
factory, there is likely TO bp
II circus in the Senate. In the
House, the consideration Of
the Diplomatic and Consular
Appropriation bill was post
poned from last week, when
it was ready, for fear that
the Cuban speeches certain
to be made upon it would
create 40 much excitement
that the House might get
away from the Gar and rush
that Morgan belligerency res
olution through. Senator
Wolcott's speech wonld have
greatly surprised the average
Senator had it not been
known ever since Senator
Chandler stated that it was
Mr.. McKinlcy's intention to
send that International Di-
metallic Commission to Eu-
rope again, that the McKin'
ley programme included an
attempt to make that old in
ternatiOnal bimetallism will
do to help the republicans in
t h e coming CongressionaI
Campaign. o. course, it was
somewhat disappointing &c
Senator Wolcott's silver
friends that he should have
lent himself to this program
but he has probably beer
caught by the glitter of pat
ronage, hig chunks of which
Mr.. Mckinley has placed al
bis disposal right along.
The opponents of annexa
ton start into the secon(
weeks debate of the Hawaii
an treaty by the Senate will
more confidence than IS dis
played by it's advocates. Ii
fact, so confident are they O
wing votes enough to de
feat ratification. that the!
are said to be willing to hav'
a vote taken at tany time tha
the other side may agree up
on.
| Salisbury Sun: Occasion
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Prom our Regular Correspondent.

II the silver forces OF the
c.untry are thoroughly unit
ed, they can win. That has
been admitted by anti silver
men. Ii the silver forces are
not united, it will not be Tie
fault of the men who are at
the head Oi the National Com
mittees Of the three parties
which advocated the free coin
age of silver ln the last Ma
tional Campaign. AS a re-
suit of a number of confer
ences between ChairmanJ on
es, of the democratic Nation
nj Committee; Chairman But
ler. Of the Popnlist National
Committee, and Chairman
Towne. of the silver Repub-
lican National Committee, a
juint address to the friends
OF silver has been prepared
and will he widely circulated,
with a view to securingco-op-
erative action in every Con-
gresslonal District in which
there are organizations of
two or more of these parties,
in this years campaign.- In
other words, the object is to
secure the election of a silver
representative in every Con
gressional district which has
a majority of silver voters.
II the spirit OF this address is
accept I'd and put into prac-
teal effect by the voters,
there il no doubt that a ma
jority OF the next House will
he silver men.
The long and determined
fight in the Fifty-third Con-
gress over the attempt to
stop specializing on options
lnny be renewed, as Repre-
sentative Sullivan, of Mo-,
has introduced an anti-Op-
tion bill along about the
same lines rs the old Hatch
bill that was only defeated
after a long and costly strug
gle in which all of the stock
md grain exchanges Of the
country united to fight the
till.
Enough lies to fiji a big
book ha We been printed about
The selpcriOn of the DemOcrat
ic Congressional Campaign
Committee, all OF them with
one tenienry-an effort t O
make il appear that a plot
existed to elect an anti-silver
Chairman of this Committee
Such talk was, Of course, ri
diculOus to those who knew
thu facts, although it may
have guIled some others
There has been no plot anC
the method by which mem
hers OF the Committee are Sc
lected are such that any plo1
would he next to impossible
With the exception of a men
Der from Tenn, all of th'
members of the Committee
have been selected, and thi
week a Chairman and Secre
tary will be elected, and ther
is not the slightest doub
that both will be pronouncet
silver mel. Instead of silve
having been weakened on tn
Committee it has really beel
strengthened. Senator Gray
OF Delaware, who was a mem
ber of the old Committee
was not selected for the ne,
one, solely because of his re
pudiation of t h e Chicag
platform. In his place Sens
nI.-t-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
i0c, 25c. II c. G. G. fail, druggists refund money.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-01-27

Educate Yonr Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cnthartic, cure constipation forever
10c. 25c. II c. :. c. fail, druggists refund money
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-12
COLOMBIA GRANTED TIME.
Given Eight Months to Settle the
Claim of Cerruti's Creditors.

WASHINGTON, Aug II. - BY exercising
the good offices of the United States tact
fully Secretary Day probably has succeeded
In averting severe crisis in the rela-
tions between Italy and Colombia growing
out of the Cerrut affair. A cablegram was
received at the department to-day from
Rome saying that, out of regard for the
United States, the government has tele-
graphed Admiral Candiani at Cartagena.
Colombia, TO give the Colombian govern
ment eight months time in which to settle
President Clevelands award. While Co.
lonbia has not yet been heard from in ac-
ceptance of this proposition, 1t is not doubt
ed here that it will be accepted
The Cerruti affair promised to parallel the
celebrated Corinto affair when the landing
of British troops on Nicaraguan soil threat
ened to involve the United States in trouble
with Great Britain. At Cartagena the ItaI-
ian admiral had prepared to seize the Gus
tom house and occupy the town until the
award was paid. Such an event it was real
ized, would create excitement in this coun-
try, and having been in a measure involved
in the affair through having acted as an
arbitrator, the United States government
felt that 1t was in duty bound to seek to
compromise the difficulty between two
friendly nations. The period of twenty days
allowed by the Italian admiral, who had a
force of five war ships under his command
was just about to expire when the message
came that relieved the tension.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-12
To Sign the Preliminary Peace Agreement in
Behalf of Spain Without Delay.
Provisions of the Document Not Made Public, but 1t Is
Said Not to Differ from the Original Note
Hostilities Expected to Cease at Once.

reply. ard that the ministers we're ready to
accede to them.
A second Cabinet council was held this
afternoon. Before entering the council
chamber several of the Cabinet ministers
said the advices received from the Spanish
ambassador at Paris. Senior Leon y Cas-
tillo, were that the protocol contained no
changes in the conditions and only slight
notifications of the terms of the Spanish
note. The ministers added that as soon as
the text of the protocol was received and
approved NJ. Cambon. the French ambassa-
dor at Washington, would be authorized to
sign it. 1t was also said that the settlement
will be a mere formality and that it will be
completed without difficulty.
Senior Moret the former minister for the
colonies, had long conference to-day with
Senor Sagasta. The former has been fire.
quently mentioned in connection with the
presidency Of the Spanish commission to
draw up the treaty of peace with the United
States, as he is intimately acquainted with
colonial matters. Official circles consider
that the convocation of the Cortes can be
postponed until the end of September.
Premier Sagasta and the French ambassa-
dor. NJ. Patenotre, also had a long confer
ence to-day.
Premier Sagasta to-day denied that he
authorized the French ambassador at Wash
ington, NJ. Cambon, as the representative
of Spain, to make changes in the Spanish
answer "as regards certain conditions which
might create difficulties during the course
of the negotiations" The premier added:
IF any changes are to be made the gov
ernment itself will make them.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-12
PORTO RICO AND CUBA.
Form of Government Now Being Con-
sidered by the President.

sidered by the President.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11-Plans for the
temporary government of Cuba and the ter
ritory which will be acquired from Spain
as a result of the war are now under Sc
rious consideration by the President and
the members of the Cabinet. Porto Rico, as
an actual acquisition to the territory CT the
United States, will be placed in charge of
military governor, who will exercise
supervisory control of all of the functions
of government under the direction of the
President until Congress shall determine
upon a permanent form of government for
the island. The President. under the Con-
stitution and laws, has no authority to go
beyond this preliminary or temporary stage
in the establishment of any system of gov
ernmental control, although it is altogether
probable that in his message to Congress
on the subject he will exercise his constitu-
tional privilege of making recommendation.
Upon Congress alone will devolve the re-
sponsibility and duty of determining the
character of the political relations which
Porto Rico shall permanently bear to the
United States. There are reasons for the
belief that the President himself favors
colonial form of government, and that this
view is shared by members of the Cabinet.
government which is satisfactory alike to
a majority cf its people and to the mother
country. This system, however, it is be-
lieved, can be put into operation only after
the lapse of a considerable period of time,
and after the people have demonstrated sat
isfactorily their ability to govern them
selves intelligently in all local matters.
On the evacuation of Cuba it is believed to
be the intention of the President to estab-
lish for the whole island temporary mill
tary government similar to that now in OPP
Grafton at Santiago. When order has been
fully restored and the people have settled
down to their peaceful occupation it is be-
lieved to be the view of the President that
a convention of representatives of the peo-
pie should be called to vote on the question
of a form of government for the island. The
presence of the army of the United States
would be guarantee that every citizen who
would subscribe to an oath binding himself
to support whatever form of government
should be agreed upon should have the
unquestioned right to vote for ivhomsoeVer
he pleased to represent him at this conven-
ton. The action of this body, however,
would have to be submitted to the United
States for approval or dsapproval. 1t is
pointed out that this convention of repre-
sentatiyes of the whole people in the exer-
else of their choice might express a wish
to become a colonial dependency of the
United States or might favor a republican
form of government, or possibly majority
might ask to be annexed to the United
States. In any of these contingencies it is
believed that their wishes would meet the
approval of the President and his advisers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-12
AN OVERLOADED STEAMER.
Hawaiian Commissioners Protest
Against the MaripOsa's Condition.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1.-THE steamer
Mariposa, conveying the Hawaiian commits
sioners and 154 men of the First New York
Volunteers to Honolulu, sailed shortly after
o'clock this morning. She was detained
at her dock all night awaiting the arrival
of delayed English mails.
The Examiner says: When the Hawaii
an commission embarked on the steamer
Mariposa they found the passenger deck
stacked with boxes Of onions. Senators
Morgan and Culom and Representative
Hit made a strong protest to Captain Hay
ward against the ship sailing in such
condition. They declared that it was an
outrage and an insult to the government
to convert the vessel which was to carry
the official representatives on such an i'm
portant mission into a freight ship Fur
ther than this, they asserted that it was
unsafe to proceed TO sea under such condi-
tions. Every berth on the steamer was
taken, and a number of passengers could
not find sleeping accommodations. The
commission was obliged to remain on the
vessel for the reason that it could not Sc
cure any other means of transportation"