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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21
&5 Reward &5.

Dn or about May 18th a medium sized
sandy sorrel Mare Mule left my place
near Paramount. A reward of SIS will be
paid for her delivery at the CHRONICLE
Sffice or to me at Fairmount, or for infor-
NATION leading to her recovery.
RATE GREENHOWARD.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

A fire in the lumber kiln at Hop
pers' mill, on the st. Louis and l. Mt.
railroad, last Monday, destroyed g.
600 feet of lumber.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

The registration books are now
opened, with Mr.. j. p. Lewis in
charge. Let everybody come up
and register who have not already
registered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Mr.. Joseph Meyer, the painter, has
just finished putting handsome
coat tof paint on Sheriff Swafford's
residence, a mile south OF Colfax, and
is no& at work painting the William
son hotel.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21
Furniture from Factory to Fire,
side.

Being the only extensive manufactnr-
ers of furniture in the world selling d.
rect from maker to user, we save our
customers the enormous expenses and
profits RI the jobbers and retailers. Send
for catalogue A, showing our full line OF
Household Furnitutnrs, at 20 to SO per
cent under retail value.
QUAKER VALLEY MANUFACTURING Co.,
319 and 32l S Canal St, Chicago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Editor S. A. Beard, of the Boyce
Enterprise, and Mr.. A. j. Gauthreaux,
were in Colfax last Sunday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Messrs. W. C. Roberts and G.. H.
Mcknight returned home lastSunday,
after spending several days in New
Orleans and vicinity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Messrs. r. H. Williamson and
A. Cook went to Pollock last Sat-
urday, and the latter remained over
until Wednesday to return.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

WANTED TRUSTWORTHY AND
active gentlemen or ladies to trav
el for responsible, established house in
Central Louisiana. Monthly s65 90 and
expenses. Position steady. Reference.
Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope.
The Dominion Company, Dept. r.,
nD-6m Chicago, Ill.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

DR.. NJ. A. Dunn has the lumber on
his lot in Acmeville, and expects to
build drug store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

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, 1898-05-21

The closing exercies of the Col
fax High School will take place on
Friday, June Sd.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

The civil term of the district court,
Judge NJ. F. Machen presiding, will
begin next Monday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Ten men went from Pollock to
New Orleans last Wednesday for
the purpose of enlisting in the
army.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

J.E. Dunn, editor of the Demands,
made business trip to New Orleans
this week.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Deputy s. M. Lacroix made an
official visit to Pollock on last
Tuesday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

A "gumbo" will be given at the res
idence of Mrs. C. II. Teal on the even
ing of May 31st, for the benefit of the
Catholic church.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Miss Cora Layssard has been visit
ing at Capt. C. H. Teal's this week.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Postmaster L. E. TORY was in
town last Tuesday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Attorney W. c. Roberts made a
trip to Alexandria on Wednesday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Capt. j. v. LeSage has added a
large shed to his stable.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

BoRN-To Mrs. w. L. Shackelford,
on Sunday, May 18th, 1898, n son.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Mrs. Mackie Dunn, of Boyce, is
the guest of Mrs. j. E. Dunn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

Miss Maude Johnson, of Boyce,
is the guest of Mrs. N. Carnahan.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21

All Goods as represented, Prices as Low
as the Lowest, no trouble to show Goods,
and fnll corps of polite clerks always
on hand to wait on customers. ja2l
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-21
Notice of Final Account.

Pfest. Board OF Trustees,
H. G. GOODWIN, Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01
THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM, ETC.

A New York senator. now deceased. once
spoke of 1.-The flowers that bloom on the
dividing wall of party politics." 1t was not
an inapt figure to represent the amenities
of social intercourse and nonpartisan deal
ings between the leaders and representa-
tives of opposing parties Politics in this
country get very hot, and the heat is some
times carried into private life and personal
intercourse. This is not so much the case
now as formerly when duels sometimes
grew out of political antagonisms, and it
will diminish more and more as we come
to recognize the fact that politics should
be a matter OF patriotism rather than OF
personalities. The more of abstract princi-
pie there is in party divisions and contests
the less of personal antagonism there is
likely to be. There is less now among the
party leaders at Washington than there is
at any state capital, and more in coun-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01
COUNTY. CITY AND TOWNSHIP.


1t is a well-known fact that people who
take an interest in public affairs generally
devote nearly all their attention to ma
tional politics. Men talk about tariffs, cur
rency and like matters to the exclusion of
the affairs of the county, the township and
the city. The oracles who declare concern
ing the welfare of the county most We
hemently deprecate federal taxation, which
does not touch them directly to any extent,
except as dealers in tobacco and spirits and
consumers of sugar but unless there is
some special cause, very little is said of
taxation for local purposes. And yet local
government and taxation touch the people
in their business and domestic affairs The
support of schools and roads, the mairte-
nance of the poor, the enforcement of the
laws which should insure security and pro-
tect individual rights, and many other mat
tiers which intimately affect the individual
are matters of local administration.
Sometimes, when an election is pending,
squirt of interest may be manifested in local
affairs, but the interest is that of men in
terested rather than the general public
which pays taxes and is benefited or injured
according as affairs are we'll or badly man.
aged. AS a rule, however, the people who
should be interested seem Indifferent. They
submit to loose administration and to waste
and inefficiency as if they were unavoidable
evils. Most voters know that if the affairs
of counties, townships and cities were con-
Quoted according to strict business prin-
ciples much better service could be obtained
at much less cost. AT least, if they do not
know it they think that this is the case.
And yet. taxpayers do not raise serious OBJ
lection unless slipshod methods reach the
positive proportions of malfeasance.
There are indications that there may soon
be a change. and that taxpayers and citizens
will take deeper interest in local politics,
as the managing of the affairs of counties,
townships and cities is called. The tend
ency is to require more information of Off
Gals regarding expenditures and admins
tration of local officials. Local administra-
ton is being discussed here and there, and
clubs have been formed to consider local
affairs. If in every community there could
be a local government club TO scrutinize
the management of officials in counties.
cities and townships, more beneficial results
would follow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01
DUTY MAY BE COLLECTED.
Only Supplies for GratuitOus Distri-
button NAV BE Admitted Free.

Only Supplies for GratuitOus Distri-
button May Be Admitted Free.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.--It has been dis
covered, on a careful inspection of the per-
NIT granted by the British government for
the taking of supplies into the Klondike
country free of duty that the exemption
extends only to such goods as are gra-
tuitously distributed. Under the terms of
the act of Congress the secretary of war
is permitted to give supplies to such per-
sons as are unable to pay for them, but the
act seems to require that where the miners
are able to pay for food the money is to be
applied to defray the expenses of the relief
expedition A strict Interpretation of the
British permit would not sanction this ac-
ton. Still as the permit was in the shape
of a letter from Sir Julian Pauncefote the
British ambassador here, transmitting a
Geographic acquieScence by the governor
general of Canada, and since it was sent
the Canadian secretary of the interior has
conferred with acting Secretary Meikle-
john with a full knowledge of the intention
of the War Department it is believed that
the Canadian government will not interpose
any objection to our government recouping
ITSELF as far as possible, by selling supplies
at cost to miners who are able to pay for
them
1t appears that the plan of using rein
deers as means of transportation from the
seaboard to the Klondike does not promise
success, owing to the inability of the gov
eminent agent, Mr.. Kjellman to get the
animals from Lapland in time to be of serv-
ice this winter 1t is the present purpose
of the War Department, therefore. to push
through with the mule pack trains as far
as possible and old campaigners assert that
they can get to Fort Selkirk, at least leav-
ing the RENDERS to follow up the trail if
they come along at all. The deer would be
Of great use if they can be got through
to Dawson. even without a pack load as
they can be slaughtered for fresh meat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01
work of the monetary Commission.
Charles A. conant, in Review of Reviews.


The members of the commission and their
friends believe that their project will grow
with popular discussion. This is not an I'M
reasonable assumption, for every point of
it has already been submitted to the search
ing examination of eleven men, who have
given their whole time and thought for
many weeks to the work. The plan in
other words. has received just such a
threshing out in every detail as such plan
would receive in Congress. The commits
sion, however, have enjoyed two advan-
tages over the usual conditions in Con-
gress. They have been free from
the political influences which might
have led them to cater to the senti-
ment of the moment rather than their own
ripened convictions; they have been able
also. to give a degree Of attention and study
to their work which can rarely be given by
a member of Congress to the many PROPOSE
tons which come before him for decision
The members of the commission were far
from agreement when they raet. but they
have not yielded their convictions, except
perhaps. upon minor details. for the sake
of unanimity. They have become unani-
NOUS by the process of winnowing out In
argument the best of all the propositions
laid before them. This fact alone gives an
immense presumptive strength to their re-
port. which should entitle it to careful con-
sideratiou-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01

- can't the smallest percentage
since 1893. and only slightly above tn Lo e
nal. The commercial aeatn h,,siness falling
IN 1ss7. was I.2O as compared with Lay IN 1910
an Tho o rarahle indices Of the business SIT
ration-bank cle1rings-point to the year
1coS as witnessing the heaviest business.
both speculative and commercial oo 9 SIP t6e
fhe record year 1892. just preceding suo
nantc The total clearing at fifty-eignt CIT
r. For the wear one week estimated, az
gregated at least $50 OOo9qSv tatal Of
1Sos a wear of silver agitation and excitIns
presidential election; per cent larger nc,
1885, the disappointing year, Wh Iad "a q false
homes of business Improvement; % per cent
over the year 1894, wher the depth OF us
preston following the panic may De say IQe -
have been reached; 5 per cent. over lSso
the year of widespread disaster IN nH1liSls t
and commercial circles, and only per cent.
smaller than the total OF lSs2 When va VA
for American breadStuffS ana otnST pitV%u
ucts reached its height. Practically, Tue
entire gain in clearilgs in 1897 was cohcen.
trated in the last six months, and II Is
significant fact that the heaviest montnly
total reported for five years past "a Gains
were heaviest in the Northwest, the Mlodie
and New England States and smaliest III
the South and Southwest, at the latl o1he y.
which the trade Improvement was ldl4ieA
later in arriving. -
The total export of wheat lhour ana
States and Canada amounted to 5,495,OOO
bushels. double those in this week year
ago and 100000 bushels Larger, than last last
week Corn exports are slightly smaller,
aggregating 40S6,0O0 bushels, against 4,S'y;-
eco bushels last week and 2,742,WO bushels
last year. .. -
Canada and Newfoundland for the calendar
year 1897 amounted to l.S2f, with tota5 nd
hilities of $13219, 000 a falling OF OF IL per
cent. in number and of 10 per cent. in La
bilitieS from year ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01

ty seat than there is at either. Social life
at Washington is conspicuously free from
any offensive obtrusion OF politics, and es-
pecialIy from any personal application OF it.
Statesmen who fire bullets of abuse and
bombshells of vituperation at each other
on the floors of Congress during the day
throw bouquets at each other across din
ner tables at night. If they talk politics at
all tout of business hours" it is in very
polite and friendly way. The fighting is all
done in the ring.
The reunion of the members of the low
err house of the last Legislature just held
in this city was rather pretty fllustra-
ton of the flowers that grow on the di-
viding wall of party politics. 1t was novel,
too, for a State which has the reputation
of having more and hotter politics to the
square inch than any other in the Union
There have been at different times many
physical contests between opposing par
tisans in our Legislature, varying all the
way from slight scrap or the throwing
of inkstands to a marshaling Of forces in
the lobby, hand-to-hand struggle in an
elevator or the fourishing of pistols more
or less loaded. These things belong to poll
tics militant. They have no place among
the flowers that bloom on the dividing wall
of party politics. In fact. they are rather
suggestive of a defective civilization. 1t is
far better for Republican and Democratic
statesmen to meet around festive board
and exchange pleasant "reminiscences, COM
pliments and jokes than it is to try and
make widows of one anothers wives in
the deadly halls of legislation. The re-
union of Thursday was an excellent new
departure. 1t might not be safe to try it in
an election year, but it is quite appropriate
/ in an off year when the hatchets are tenn
porarily buried and the ground is SO frozen
as to make it inconvenient to get at them
The off year nonpartisan reunion of par
tisans should become a fixed feature of In
diana politics, and the world should be CIV
en- to understand that the soil of Indiana
is as well adapted to the growth of the
flowers that bloom on the dividing wall of
party politics as it is to that of corn or
sugar beets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01

Formal New Years calls are out of fash
ion, but the many men and women who do
not like to spend the day in strict family
retirement can avoid that result and at the
same time aid one of the citys most worthy
charities by attending the social entertain
ments provided at Brenneke's Hall by the
ladies of the Free Kindergartens. The aft
ernoon will be given up to the children, and
there are few prettier sights for their
elders to enjoy than children dancing. The
evening will be reserved for the older peo-
pie, and those who regret the passing of
the old calling custom may find a fair sub
stitute in the meeting of many friends to-
gether
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01
IN OUR FAVOR.
Americas Approaching Supremacy in
the worlds Markets.
Review of Reviews.

the worlds Markets.
Review of Reviews.
The balance in favor of the United States
in the trade Of the past year with Europe
has been of StupendOuS dimensions. This
is due chiefly to the foreign demand for
view of the strengthened tariff barrier
which makes it more difficult than ever
for Europe to send her manufactures to us
in payment for bread and meat, cotton and
trade circles abroad, and not little open
and clustering talk of a combination of
the whole continent of Europe for the eco
nOmic suppression of the United States.
Among responsible statesmen, Count Col
uchowski, the foreign minister of Austria,
has been the most conspicuously identified
to invent a mode Of retaliation that will not
hurt the European peoples themselves very
much worse than they can possibly hurt the
United States. England, of course, has for
a long time been reconciled to the idea of
importing the larger part of her food sup
ply. But since the United States has be-
gun to compete so formidably in manufact
ureS there has arisen no little CONSERVATION
in the British mind Many signs point to
the passing of the Scepter of industrial
supremacy from Great Britain to the United
States. The year 1897 has witnessed the
easy triumph of the American makers of
steel rails over English and all other COM
petitorS in every part of the world. Ameri-
can contractors are fitting out electric street
railways in England and various American
manufactures of iron and steel are under
selling British products, not only in neutral
markets, but also in the United Kingdom.
Recent reports Of the rapid exhaustion of
England's coal supply have added to the
prevailing alarm. The advantage which
American manufacturers have gained is due
not merely to the superiority of our natural
resources as respects the deposits of iron
upon which our industries are organized,
and the superiority of their appliances.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01
TALE OF A GROOM.
Why John Jacob AstOr's HOstIer Does
Not Support His Wife.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-John Benstead
according to the Journal IS in a predica-
ment. If he tells his employer John Jacob
Astor, that he is married, and asks for an
increase of pay to enable him to obey the
order of Magistrate Pool to give his wife "a
a week, he fears he will be discharged; if he
doesn't pay the 81 week. and he says he
can't out of the salary he is receiving, he
knows he will go to Jail. Benstead is
hostler in Mr.. Astor's employ, and, besides
knowing how to brush and curry horses, he
is obliged to dress like a fashion plate. To
enable him to do this Mr.. Aston pays him
$50 a month and throws in his meals and
sleeping apartment in the Astor stables, on
East Sixty-sixth street.
Benstead was arraigned yesterday before
Magistrate Pool in the Yorkville Court,
charged by his wife, Maggie with having
deserted her and their two-year-old child.
Mrs. Benstead, who is pretty little wom-
an, was in court with the baby in her arms.
When Benstead was arraigned she looked
at him reproachfully and exclaimed:
''Oh, Jack why did you desert us? You
don't know how hard it has been for baby
and me to get along
Benstead turned his head away while his
wife told her story to the magistrate. 1t
was to the effect that she had lived with
him for three years and had frequently been
introduced to his friends as his wife They
had little fat at No. lat West Sixtieth
ed her, and since then she had repeatedly
appealed to him for money, but he had
turned her away every time.
is you wife,s story true?" demanded
Magistrate Pool.
In a measure, it is sir" replied Ben
stead, standing up straight and saluting
like a well-trained servant. but you must
not be too hard on me- because l am not
TO blame. You see, l met this woman at
Short Hills, and she fell in love with me
and followed me to New York / supported
her as long as 1 could, and in good style,
too, your Honor, but when got my pres
ent position I had to hide the fact that L
was married."
''Why?'
Because my employer does not like his
servants to be married"
Who is your employer
John Jacob Aston"
We'll, Mr.. Aston is a pretty good man.
and am sure he would feel hurt if he
knew you were not supporting your wife.
don't see how she can get along on less
than 81 week, and you must pay her that
sum-
Benstead protested that he could not do
1T and dress himself becomingly on his SAL
airy. and begged the magistrate to reduce
the amount.
Not a cent" was the reply. "Ten Mr..
Astor you are married. and / am sure he
win increase your salary
More likely he will discharge me- said
BenStead, ruefuly. as he was led away
Mrs Benstead, when seen last night de-
cared she was sure Jack would pay her
the money. II know that he has a horror
of jajls," she said
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-01
GOLD SUPPLY INCREASING.
Production of the World This Year
Estimated Mt &24n.OOO G0fl

WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.-The director of
the mint, from information now at Rand.
says there is substantial evidence that the
worlds product Of gold for the calendar
year 1897 will approximate $240OOO, 600. an
increase of nearly 20 per cent. over 1896. The
gold product of the United States for 1896
was 100000; for 1897 it will approximate
$6150O,Oo0 an increase of s, 100000.
The product of Africa for 1886 was S44, 400
coo; returns received up to Dec. l. 1897, indi-
cate that the gold product of that country
for the year will be $5S,0O000O. an increase
of s13, 100000 The Austraiasian product for
1886 was $45, 2O0, 600; for 1897 the indications
are that it will not be less than s51 600. 600
an increase of S6S00,000. Mexico for 1896
IS, $50 co., for 1897 II is estimated that it will
be 0o0, an Increase of 600. The
Dominion of Canada for 1896, s., 500. 600; It is
estimated for 1887 at 81, $4,000, or an increase
of A,700,000. midas product for 1897 is es-
timated at $7,500,000. an Increase Of 81. 400 600