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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-02

Aline-- sWonldn't you hate to be preach
er's wifew Anna-"No, indeed. Just
think of being able ia make him cut his ser
mons short.-Kansas City Independent.
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The assent difficulty of achieving sue.
.ess may be due to great men having car.
ried away more or less Of the sands of time
on their boots.-Detroit Journal.
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It's a cold day when the palm-leaf fan gets
Evening News.
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which the hero Of Manila was welcomed
nome after his long trip half way round
the world. with many visits in different
Z European ports, is still too green in the
memory of Americans to be expatiated
on in this article.
In the yacht races America scored
one more triumph, though Oxford and
Cambridge got slightly the better of it
in the international college sports.
In the scientific world 80 can
not be looked upon as marking any
great or momentous discovery. II is
true the bacillus of the bubonic plague
was discovered, and wireless telegraphy
experimental with, and the Roentgen
rays applied successfully TO surgery. and
the possibilities Of liquid air first thor
oughly exploited and understood, but
nothing of startling moment occurred.
In the mechanical world. however.
there is one notable feature. and that
is the general introduction Of the auto
mobile. At first il was thought that
the horseless carriage would relegate to
immediate Oblivion mans good old
friend, the steed, and that very short
time would witness the passing of the
horse. Such does not promise TO be the
case, and until the cost of manufacture
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-31

Though the policy Of the military au-
thorities In using less glaring co'ors in
uniforms has been very marked Of iata
years. red remains the most popular
color for national standards. OF Is
countries 70 have flags with red in
them. the list including Great Britain.
United states. France. Germany, Aus
tria. Italy. Denmark. Spain. Belgium.
Sweden. Switzerland. Turkey. Mexico,
Chile. Portugal Venezuela ard Cuba
Three countries have black as one
II the elements II their hsRH-Gor-
many. Belgium and China. but Ger
many is the only one o. the three wh.cl
has black and white altogether. There
are six countries which have green as
A color-Ireland. Brazil uhe nag %
which 81 green chiefly. Mexico, Egypt.
Italy and Persia.
Nine countries have flags in which
the color il partly 81 yellow. These
countries are Austria. Spain Belgium.
Egypt. Sweden. China. Persia. Brazil
and Venezuela. Countries with nags
partly white are the United States.
France. Germany. Russia, Austria
Italy. Switzerland. Turkey. Persia. Js-
pan. Mexico. Holland. Denmark. Par-
tugai. Cuba and Chile There ia no
white in the national standard = Eng.
land. but the British naval Gas has =
- bite BACKGROUND
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moan islands dispute. England. Ger
many and the United States several
months ago all experienced sensat tons
of unrest and even alarm at the fore
bodinS developments regarding the ad-
ministration of the Samoan arChipei-
ago. There seemed a tendency on the
part OF America and England to unite
IN resisting what was deemed the ag-
gressiveness of Germany. The bad feel
Ing which fingered in connection with
the Won Diederichs affair with Admiral
Dewey in Manila bay did not tend to
allaY any irritation that the attitude Of
the officials of the kaiser might have
caused, and Tor several weeks an open
rupture was not unexpected. But the
kaleidoscope changes Of International
relation are lnsCrutable. Instead Of the
rupture there was a satisfactory parti-
tiOn of the islands and a gradual grow
ing together of the three powers. until
at the present time there might be said
10 exist some taCit understanding
which the rest OF the world. apparently
without adequate warrant. has taken
on itself TO regard as a sort Of second
triple alliance England, tired OF her
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| ing the automobile has been materially
reduced the motor carriage will not
| hold undisputed reign on the highway.
Numerous and important alterations
have been made in naval architecture.
and successful experiments with the
submarine boat has shown its prac-
tical value as fighting machine when
operating with warships.
In the field of literature there have
been several remarkable achievements.
The most noticeable in this country
has been the phenomenal success Of the
novel David Harum." Although this
book was really published in 1898. It's
sales had been comparatively insignif-
cant until 1899, when II made bound
into popular favor and broke the record
in sales for all works Of American fic-
ton. Almost as renarka BILE has been
the success OF another equally charac-
teristic American novel. Richard Car
vel" Although critics Of discernnent
and wide reading do not all agree that
either OF these works is by any means
a great book. they seem 10 possess
qualities which cause them 70 appeal 20
the taste Of the great reading public.
which would not respond 50 readily 10
workmanship Of a more delicate and
subtle character America has also
found herself in possession q a hun1or-
fist Of worth in Mr.. DoOley. whose books
have also had q tremendous circula-
ton These Dooley sketches deal with
topics % the moment Eatirizing IN a
very happy manner the failings and
shortcomings Of the different prominent
countrymen Of the author. who Is Mr.
Peter Dunno Of Chicago
on the whole. the past year has
shown. both IN the literary world prop
er and in the dramatic field, that The
time q the American author haz AZ
last dawned. England has Fuatchsd up
eagerly the different dramatic pr0duc-
tions which have proved successful n
This country. and the same might -
said Il nearly all successful American
books
So the year 800. all thinEs considered.
win 20 down IN history a. = very re-
n7arkable and very important epoch
IN thp worlds career. Ard. although q
had its dark days. u may not lnzppro-
prlatsly BE- called q year q happiness
and content
CLAIMING 4 BARLOW.
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splendid isolation" of such long stand
ing, was glad enough to find a continent
tai friend at last, and for obvious rea-
sons she deemed it advisable to remain
on relations of amity with this country,
particularly so when she found herself
about to plunge into an African war
regarding the business of which the
great consensus of feeling was against
her.
The visit of the kaiser to England
late in the autumn tended to clinch this
feeling Of friendship between Teuton
and Anglo-SaXon. 1t obviated the
possibility of European intervention in
the Boer- British war, for, much as the
powers of the old world might like to
have finger in the South African pie,
they realized that all threats or hints
were useless when once England could
claim the open friendship of Germany
A source of continued annoyance,
however, to both American and British
statesmen and diplomats has been the
Alaska boundary dispute. The Quebec
conference ended in a deadlock, and,
Notwithstanding the efforts of the au-
thorities in London and Washington,
no actual solution of the difficulty has
yet been suggested. This is supposed
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impracticable as a means of settling
international dispute. 1t is true that
Great Britain was unquestionabIy the
victor in the bloodless war of words
winch lasted for so many weeks in
Paris, and that that power gained
nearly all that she had originally
claimed. But Venezuela itself took the
| decision of the court of arbitration
without demur, and, as the connection
of the United States with the case was
merely that of disinterested spectator
insisting on fair play between. a great
power and weaker one, the Paris
decision met with universal approval in
Washington.
One of the things which have tended
to seal the friendship now existing be-
tween England and Germany and our
government is the common desire to
maintain the open door in the east.
There has for some time been consider
able apprehension over Russia's con-
tinued aggressions in China. Just what
the intentions of the White Car and his
government are has not been quite
clear, but, judging from Russia's alb
sOlutely INSCRIPTIONS conduct in the
past, it has been felt necessary to keep
a sharp eve on the Slav in the east.
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The opening of the Transsiberian rail-
way gave him a stupendous advantage
over his rivals in the orient, and the
hold which he had previously secured
on the finances of the kingdom OF the
dragon gave rise to a feeling OF IN
easiness among such commercial pow
ers as were looking toward China as
possible market
If there is one thing which the year
1893 has demonstrated TO the world. u
is the necessity for foreign markets
The rest Of the world has taken its cue
from England. and continued cries for
commercial expansion have filed the
air. Every mercantile nation that has
laid claim TO progress and alertness mas
been on the hunt for markets. The
procession was led by the United
States. The triumph OF the American
as a manufacturer. especially in all
iron and steel goods. is perhaps the
most promising # not the most impor-
taut event OF the year American
bridges have been sent to Africa
American engines have invaded Eng
land. American goods have been sent
by the shipload 10 the east. and the
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| British army at the Cape had even to
depend on the American market for it's
supplies. In fact, the year has witnessed
the triumph of American commercial
ism. A great wave of prosperity has
swept through the land, wages have
been increased, mills have reopened,
and the one trouble has been to secure
cars and vessels enough to carry back
and forth the goods for which there
has been such an extraordinary de-
mand. That great artery of our COM
merce, the great lakes, has been scour-
ed in vain for ships 10 accommodate
the inland shipper
This great commercial awakening Of
the country found its natural express
sion in the Philadelphia Export expo
sition, arranged for the purpose of Civ
ing exact information concerning things
most suited for successful export from
this country. The Omaha exposition.
on the other hand. was a symptom of
the nations awakened interest in for
eign and colonial affairs and was
unique in the history of the United
States, suggesting, as it did. the spirit
of reconstruction which now reigns in
Cuba and Porto Rico.
The great prosperity of the past year,
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TOO snnEwp Fon NV

An old whiteuashef stood before TIE
court as a witness THE lawyer for ths
defendant tried o. confuse him.
You are Frederick 4llerF'
Yes"
Are you TIE Frederick Nliler afo
was sentenced under mitigating cirrura-
stances for roboerY 20
No. am not that AlieF
You are. perhagF tbs &lilef wh9
vas sentenced % tao years srnpsisoa-
n1ent f0r fheff
No 7 arn ret that Aifier either
Were you ever Ia ps-aon
Yes. twBce~
How long the ffsf tiue9~
n whole sftsrrees
An Afternoon SD fhe rsr1-5
flrnee Too rngat make truthful state
uenfs. for vgg are EaeFu- y ysu uera
IA PRISON Tor - short time. shat "a
yoB d.
I only 4hl,ea ss's1 cell fssfT -
a lawyer aha nd essatea hm e.le1ts
The lawyer "a ngt ssk srF susrs
questions O. thai subject
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Ninety-nine has been a bloody year
Ia Egypt il witnessed the wiping out Of
The kha!ifa and the tremendous slaugh-
ter of the Mahdis forces by General
Kitchener and his troops In South At
eica it has seen destruction OF life and
property that was absolutely unantici-
pated when the Roer and the Britisher
brst took up arms against one another.
The customary number OF South Amer
lean revolutions have taken place,
though II must be confessed the amount
IF bloodshed was unusual. The strug-
gle of the American forces against the
Insurgents in the Philippines has not
Rbated during the last part OF the year.
and II will be some time before il is
even known just how great the loss OF
life has been in that remote quarter OF
the globe. Such small thing as the
war in the Samoan islands has been
fonpletely oVeCshadoWed and forcotten
amid more stirring and oninous events.
The meeting of The Hague peace con-
ference in the early part of'the year. in
New Of all these warlike events. cannot
De said 20 have been 50 effective as il
mas expected TO be. In fact it will so
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| however, was not confined to the Unit
! ed States. In fact, il appears to have
! been universal a new era of progress
and advance seeming to sweep through
/ the world. AS is always the case at
such times, the people are too content
ed and too busy to take note of this
condition, and its full appreciation
Will necessarily be retrospective. Al
though strikes were not strangers TO
the earlier part Of the year. the revival
in business has had it's salutary effect
IN banishing discomfort. and unrest has
disappeared from the economic world.
A new feature. however. has been the
colossal growth Of trusts.
Another thing on which the year
90 may congratulate Itself is the
happy solution OF the long drawn
out and unpalatable Dreyfus affair.
Tardy justice was at last in a measure
meted out to the unhappy man who
had suffered so much at the hands Of
unscrUpulous enemies in the French
army. a strange fatality seeming 70
pursue those officials who had strug-
gled so long and 81 hard to prosecute
an obviously innocent man. The affair
has passed away so quickly amid the
stir and stress of other things that the
international enmity Of which il threat
ened TO be the source has practically
disappeared At one time IL was
thought that this "AfafTe Dreyfus"
would be the means OF converting the
approaching Paris exposition into
comparative failure. owing 70 the
threatened ostracfsm Of Paris by the
rest q the civilized world. such does
not seem 10 be the case. however. and
now that Dreyfus has been restored ts
his family the somewhat hystericai
feeling which the trial awakened has
died natural death
There are two things which cannot
be omitted from anything that APP
proaches a complete resume q the
great events of the past year and those
things are. FIRST. the return q Admiral
Dewey. and. second. the international
yacht races The enthusiasm Yg4th
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reer as justice Of the peace. Then he
became president OF the justices bench
OF his county and later assistant mar
shall OF the nobility OF the government
OF Moscow. In 1856 he became governor
of Kharko6. in ISSS governor Of Hur-
land. in 1891 governor, III Moscow. in
1928 assistant minister q the imperial
domains and in 1894 assistant minister
Of the interior and eQuerry 70 the car.
Commander CTouja OF the Transvaal
army : said 10 he a faJaiist In the
raid combat at Dcornkop. when the
bullets were whistling rather too loudly
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TO be due TO the pertinacity of Canada,
who clings desperately to her demand
Tor Klondike harbor on the Pa
enc seaboard, notwithstanding what
grounds or lack of grounds she may
have for claiming the same. There
seems desire on the part Of England
TO bring the matter TO a close. but. IN
der the circumstances. she finds herself
hetWeen two fires. She wishes TO re-
tain the friendship OF her largest col
ony and Yet she Is unwilling 10 insist
on the demands which the Canadians
nave laid out, realizing that that would
initiate against her present friendly
relations with this country. Just how
the dispute VIII eventually end it is
impossible at the present time 10 fore
tell.
In connection with this DISPUTE ono
naturally turns 10 the Venezuelan
boundary matter and its happy ending
several months ago. This may be wei
regarded as one of the great events az
lSe9. not because OF the. specid ne i'm
portance of the decision itself. but be-
cause IN the same may be found sig
nihcant promise that arbitration is not
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New York has the largest head q any
member q the house.
General Lew Waliaoe has purchased
q tract q land near CraEfordsFille.
Ind. and vslI make dsh preserve q
IT, The land - HateTed b. nuut@r
q excellent springs and creeks. which
viu be damned sor the purpose q troEt
breeding
Alfonso XIII Of Spain Is not pet ~.
bot fae German emperor has resolved
to invest him with ire order q TIE
Black Eaeie
The oldest resident g the towa =
E-poria. Kan- IS ). p Aatber. weo
= sal6 = bs 4 direct csEcs11azs C Cot
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New York and was for nearly three
years under the training % the Cow
ley fathers in Boston ae was chaplain
q the Fifth Maryland regiment duri8g
jhe Suanish war
Speaking OF tbs participation 81 sons
q our great generals IN the last var,
says the Boston Transcript. II should
be noted that General Sherrnsn's farm
Ily was represented by Rev. Fstnsr
Sherman. who enlisted N the sixth
Missouri IS chaplin and saw service
IN Porto Rico. re went 10 that island
with the regiment and served from the
beginning 10 the end Of the war
Representative Serene e Payne o.
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down in history as one Of the ironies
of the century that the year 1899 should
open with great display of the olive
branch and the fiutterings of the white
wings Of the doves of peace and yet
go out in a river Of blood
There seems to be, however, a pop
ular reaction against the spirit of
unlimited belligerency,. and those
people who have been advocates of
the strenuous life" have found them
selves opposed by a very energetic
party making for peace. In the mean
time, nevertheless, the war in South
Africa continues, as does also the
fighting in the Philippines, With con-
siderable unrest in other parts of the
globe.
A matter which early in the year
looked threatening, but later reached a
satisfactory conclusion, was the Ss-
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ton 1sshsr. Though s. years q age.
ne goes daily 20 ihs gymnasium ard
exercises CT TIE bars
Sine boyhood Toseph Charnheriain.
British colonial secretary. has woTa .
mcDocle- Re @as rot anknozr = fame
vhez he entered Darllsrzent VEhsn he
made hiss appearance 10 the house. Prs
.EeF Beacpnsflsl1 1ooked h5rH ever
carefully ard Ferpafxe1. Hs wears IA
HzenDcle like q Ee1tissnan
- nee UaV4d q Hawai-. ike be aurf
~ Queen T1lEpoxsizzA ts Enfataafe1
usth Washington ard iEkes u - sell
that there T. . pasnbs-fY thzf BE Ray
E--Aks u KS gsEExEszE kszzs. lis
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pFfnes = greatly interested n Au;suo-
bs3~r
Cereal Mzriure Gassrr haa eoll=rfss.
a very large QsagHtF - rnaaasersf..
treating - tEs asrfare 81 Cuas from
fsss 81 the p-easrf tsas ualth 80 r..
cards 49, pa zreatest treasure ~ late
~ hRa ters nE rsFsfslig thsoeFs bss
diaries ard - f-rrs. arranging az zafa
t--arlas gpos ter fshseef. affs sk~ sie~
= grisgaE aastasB - fhr resalstfr-.
a. - has kboWa 8; iatsrnaEr aas 80.
fs-EatlS
ceuai Htit~. fb~ great Resslaa L.
tRfsT - nfsists. Fo.ffs - fhe haasa..sf
psSsis- Eis father Has q pesraat.
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PEOPLE ONE HEARS ABOUT.

Joaquin Miller, the poet. wants the
name OF United States of America"
changed 10 "Usland." and he desires
mat the people be called Cssians. This
ioea Is not new. and il brings TO mind
me western professor who some time
ago proposed that the name of this
country be changed TO 'Usona" by tax
ing the first letter Of each word of
Cnited States Of North America"
Dlmltri Sergeivitch Sep)agIn. the
new Russian minister of the interior.
was born in 1853 on the estate Of his
hAther. near Moscow. He began his ca
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around the spot where ne was seated.
d field cornet suggested his retiring 10
a more sheltered position No. said
Cronje, Il am In the hand OF cod. and
If an 10 be shot shall be hit lust as
soon in one place as in another"
Bishop Satterlee tEpIscouaD az
Washington. having been asked by Sec
rotary Root % nominate young
strong. healthy and wholesome Episco-
pal clergyman as an army chaplain n
the Philippines, has asked the Rev. J
Woods Ellic;t, rector q S. Andrew :
church, Baltimore. TO accept the ap-
pointment Ar. Elliott Is = graduate OF
the General Theological seminary II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-31
1924 REVZEW OF THE YEAR-I8Q9

VmFHEN some twentieth century his
w torian sits down to chronicle the
happenings of the year 1893, he
will find that particular twelvemonth
very eventful period. Many things,
indeed, have taken place during this
year which has just drawn to a close.
Destiries have changed, maps have
been altered and great problems have
approached a solution. Many of these
great questions, it is true, are still
pending, and the mapmakers have not
yet decided on all their lines. But it is
at least possible to guess at the general
Trend of events and to foresee how the
year 1900 viii drop the curtain on those
dramas which have had their begin
nings or their denouements during 1899.
The most potent and one of the re-
markable features Of the year 1899 has
been the renaissance of the war spirit.
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scoin and contempt which al p u
>vowal Of such absurd snd ride, :
Las charge would ne j. Bat While
these Republican traitors sr- silep
me mss Ives upon this subject, the,
send out secret circulars. AID seuc
out sneak speakers and bush " b ack.
ers to try 10 frighten and deceive the
people by claudestinely circulating
these false GODS concerning the pur
pose of the Democratic party
The SO leaders and their els quo r.
know, as every intelligent man j,
The state knows, that the Democrat
plan to protect the white men Of tn.
East from the horrible negro rul.
under which ,hat fair section of III.
State now suffers and languishes Is
to take advantage of the recent de
cision of the Supreme court to ia.
effect that one section or county ina,
have one system Of county govern.
ment and another section or count,
may have an entirely different sys.
tenn OF county govern ment, and Will.
according to the white Counties, tn.
right to elect all their local officers,
to restore the old Democratic system
Of connty government in the counties
having negro ma Jorities thus lifting
the ruthless heel of the negro from
off the neck of the white men VIII.
live in the negro-ridden counties OF
the East.