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The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09
PRONUNCIATION of Returns.

STATE OF LOUIsIANA,(
Parish of Grant.
Be it rendered, that we, the under
signed board of supervisors of cleo
tion for the parish OF Grant, did this
day repair to court house of said
parish, for the purpose of compiling
the returns sent in by the commits
sioners OF election at the several poll
ing places is said parish of an elec-
tion held therein on the 9Th day of
June, 1900, agreeably to the cOnstitu-
tion and laws OF the State, and in
pursuance OF the proclamation OF
his excellency Murphy j. Foster, gov
ernor of the State of Louisiana, of
date the 18th day of March, 1900, and
then and there having arrived, we
proceeded in the presence of M. +.
Swafford and F. b. Dean, witnesses
known and hereunto required, and
qualified electors of this parish, and
as many others who have chosen to
attend, to compile said returns, and
have ascertained from said compila-
tion that the votes cast in the several
polling places In this parish at said
election for Police Juror OF Ward 5,
Is as follows, tO-wit:
FOR POLICE JUROR OF WARD 5.
T. NJ. Bradford, forty-One. ............ Al
A. j. Fullerton. twenty-nine......... -
N. ID. Morris, three. ree........................
and having made public proclama-
tiOn of the above results. we have
closed this present process verbal oi
compilation Of votes, which Is made
In triplicate. as required by law.
Parish of Grant, this nth day Oi
June, 1900. j. A. WILLIAMS,
w. w. SMITH,
Board of Supervisors for the Parish
OF Grant. La.
Signed In the presence Of
NJ. K. SWAFFORD,
F. B. DEAN.
Sworn and subscribed before me-
the undersigned authority, this 9th
day Of April. 1900.
EARL ROBERTS,
| SsEAL} Notary Public.
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AN ORDINANCE


Prohibiting the cutting down, mutt
lation, or destruction of trees on
any of the streets, alleys, or public
grounds of the town of COlfax, La,
and providing penalties therefor.
Be it ordained by the town council
of the town of COlfax, La, that here
after it shall be unlawfal for any per-
son to cut down. destroy, mutilate,
or in any other manner injure any
trees situated i'm any of the streets,
alleys. or public grounds Of the town
of Colfax, La. ANY person violating
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and, upon cOnvlc-
ton in the mayors court, shall be fin
ed in any sum not less than one, nor
more than twenty five dollars and all
costs of prosecution, and in default of
payment of same to be imprisoned
not less than one nor more than 30
days, or both at the discretion Of the
mayor.
That this ordinance take effectfrom
and after it's PRONUNCIATION.
Adopted May z. 1900.
AN ORDINANCE.
Prohibiting distractions across
streets, sidewalks and alleys in
the town of Colfax. La, and fixing
the penalty theffor:
Be it ordained by the town council
of the town Of Colfax, La,
That hereafter it shall he unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation
to obstruct or in any manner to inter-
fere with the free use of any street,
sidewalk or alley in the town of Col
fax, La.
That it shall be unlawful to erect
or maintain any structure on or
across any sidewalk within the town
limits that interferes with the free
and unobstructed use Of the same by
the public.
Any one violating the provisions Of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor and upon cOnvic-
tiOn before the mayors court shall he
fined in any amount, not less than
One nor more than Twenty-Five dol
lars, at the discretion of the mayor;
and each day said obstruction is
maintained. after notice 10y the mar
shall to remove, shall he considered a
separate ofiense.
This ordinance shall not lie con-
strued to apply to substantial CALLER
les already constructed across side
walks which are used as q part OF
said sidewalks.
All laws and parts of laws in con-
fiict herewith are hereby repealed.
That this ordinance take effect from
and after it's PRONUNCIATION.
Adopted May Z, 1900.
w. l.. RICHARDSON, Mayor.
| ]. Q. LONG, Secretary.
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J.Q. Hood. justice of the peace, Cros-
by. Miss, makes the following state
ment: II can certify that One Minute
Cough Cure will do all that is claimed
for it. My wife could not get her breath
and the first dose Of it relieved her. 1t
has also benefited mp whole family.
1t acts Immediately and cures coughs
colds, croupe. grippe, bronchitis, asthma
and all throat and lung troubles. Sold
by j. A. HYDE.
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W. s. Musser. Millheim, Pa, saved
the life of his little girl by giving her
One Minute Cough Cure when she was
dying from Group. 1t is the only harm
less remedy that gives immediate results.
quickly cures coughs, coldes, bronchitis,
grippe, asthma and all throat and lung
trouble. ]. A. Hyde.
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Early Cotton Blooms.

Bynum Plantation, June 4. 1900.
Editor Colfdr Chronicle:
i send You stalk OF cotton con-
tanning two blossoms. One of them
was open Saturday, I'd. They are
from cottoa on the Bynum place.
Crops as a whole are backward.
Yours truly, w. A. GATLIN.
Fairmount, La, June Z, 1900.
Editor ColfdT Chronicle:
Find enclosed one cotton bloom.
/ know it is not first-may not be
second. Also know it does not guar
antee q good cotton crop. My pros
pect is uncommonly sorry and pow
erful grassy. Corn good except In
very low places. Respectfully.
j. X. MILLER.
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Card OF Thanks.

wish to say that / feel under lasting
obligations for what Cham berlains Cough
Remedy has done for our family. We
have used it in so many cases coughs,
lung troubles and whooping cough, and
it has always given the most perfect sat
isfaction, we feel greatly indebted to the
manufacturers of this remedy and wish
them to please accept our hearty thanks
Respectfully, Mrs. S. Doty. Des Moines
Iowa. For sale by J. H. McNeely. Colfax
Bush Il Randolph, Fairmouut.
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The Colfax Masonic lodge held
special meeting last Thursday night,
for the purpose OF initiating Messrs.
G. II. Mcknight and W. B. Clarke.
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Town Council Proceedings.

Colfax, La, June 5, 1900.
The town council OF the town OF
COlfax, La, met in adjourned session
this D. m. with the mayor, w. l..
Richardson, and the following men,
bers present: j. H. McNeely, l.. b.
Price, H. G. Goodwin and j. @.
Long.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
On motion of H. G.. Goodwin, duly
seconded by j. II. McNeely, the fol-
lowing ordinance was unanimously
adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
Levying a 7-mill tax for 1900
Be it ordained by the town council
of the town of Colfax, La, That q
tax of seven mills is hereby levied on
all real estate and stock in trade
within the incorporate limits of the
town of CoIfax, La, the same to be
assessed upon the valuation as made
1900, and to be collected according to
law and used for general purposes as
heretofore provided by town Ordi-
nances. Adopted June 5, 1900.
w. L. RICHARDSON, Mayor.
j. @. LONG, Secretary.
On motion of j. H. McNeely the
claim of III. G. Goodwin for $22 so,
for publishing ordinances, was ap-
proved and ordered paid in it's order.
There being no further business the
council adjourned to next regular
meeting. w. L. RICHARDSON,
j. @. Long, Mayor.
Secretary.
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Do You Need a Cofiin? /?

We hope not-but If you should
need one, call on j. A. Hyde, Second
street, Colfax, who has variety from
which to make selections. He also
has fine line OF merchandise, and,
Il you don't want acoffinfor the dead
he can fit you out with almost any
thing you may want for the living.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09

Prof. j. c. Roberts and Mr.. Albert
jackson, came home with Mrs. j. A.
Williams and child on Tuesday, and
the two first named returned to Mont
gomery the next day.
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Notice !! Notice |!

Taken up by me on Merideth plan
tation, one black horse mule, about
3 years old, II or 13hands high. close
ly cropped name and tail, with the
following marks: "T" on the left fore
shoulder, and 81" on the left jaw
slightly brown nose, and brown un-
der the eyes, fresh wire cut over the
right eye, animal in fair condition.
MERIDETH SMITH.
June 7. 1900.
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"After suffering from severe dyspepsia
over twelve years and using many rem
sedies without permanent good, / finally
took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t did me
80 much good recommend it to every
one" writes j. E. Watkins, Clerk and Re-
corder, Chillicothe, Mo. 1t digests what
YOU eat, j. A. HYDE.
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~. Joe Manetho,
M hGS THE FAMOUS
SA Saddle Stallion


Will make the season of 1900 at my
farm on Red River opposite Boyce,
La, at $40 for the season. with re-
turn privilege in case Of failure.
Description AND PEDIGREE.
Sired by Manetho standard bred
trotting stallion. No. 1905: chestnut
horse foaled March 10th. 1882. bred by
A. j. Alexander. Woodburn farm.
Kentucky. Sired by Harold, (sire Of
Maud S., record 2:0-X.) First dam
Mary Bell, dam of Pueller. record 2:29,
(sister of Dick Moore, record 2:22k, by
Belmont. sire of NutwoOd, record 2:
ISx. the sire OF Manager, two year
old record BOG Second dam Mary,
[dam of Dick Moore. record 2:22K and
Mary Todd, trial in 2:2!, and dam OF
Crittenden, sire of Mamie NJ, record
2:26H; by Monmouth Eclipse. Third
dam by Bertrand. Fourth dam by
Kosiciusko. Fifth dam by Gallatin.
Sixth dam by Celer, ManethO is the
sire OF Lizzie Harold, record 2:17, and
Dagma, trial 2:17z. JOE MANETHO
| is 3 years old this spring, 15 hands l
inch high. weighs 1910 pounds, fine
form, style and action; natural sad
dler and producer Of saddlers.
For further particulars call on or
address HEMAN SMITH,
BOyce, Louisiana.
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Vim. Larkin, a colored man, was
found dead in his bed last Tuesday
morning, three miles from Colfax.
DR.. M. A. Dunn, coroner, after inves-
tigation, pronounced it case of
heart disease.
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MARRIED.-Dr. Henry Garnsey Nc
Cormick, of Plaquemine, and Miss
Virginia Rhorer, were married on
Wednesday, May 30th, 1900, at the
residence Of Mr.. j. M. Rhorer, near
Fairmount, La. We wish them pros
perity and happiness.
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Mr.. j. H. McNeely left for Mansfield
last evening, taking with him his
daughter Claud, and Hattie Cameron.
They will attend the commencement
exercises OF Mansfield college before
returning home with Miss Willye
Mcknight next week.
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II had stomach trouble twenty years
and gave up hope OF being cured till l
be yan to use Kodol Dyspepeia Cure. 1t
has done me 10 much good l call 1t the
savior OF my life, writes w. II. WilksoD.
Albany. Tenn. 1t digests what you eat.
]. A. Hyde.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09

Prof. III. B. Hines has accepted the
Summerfield schoolfor three months,
and himself and wife went up there
last Sunday, having sent up their
effects the day before.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09

Mr.. Heman Smith, who has been
sick at his tie camp at Summer6eld
for some time past, where hiswifeh has
been attending him, was taken to
his home last Monday.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09

We congratulate Mr.. T. N. Brad
ford on his reelection as police juror
for ward five. The result of the cleo
tion last Tuesday will be found in the
promulgation in another column.
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Notice.
Under the provisions of the Consti-
tuition and laws of the State OF Lou
isiana, and in the interest Of the Mont
gomery, La, High School. notice Ia
hereby given that application will be
made to the General Assembly of the
State of louisiana, for 1900. to have
a special act passed forbidding the
sale of spirituous or Intoxicating liq-
uors within five (5) miles Of said High
School of Montgomery. Parish of
Grant, State of Louisiana.
j. H. WILLIAMS.
President Board Of Directors.
w. o. HARRISON.
Secretary Board of Directors.
Il. j. HARRISON, Director.
j. w. DYSON, -
G. McGINTY, s.
JNo. w. DEAN, g
j. w. ETHRIDGE. ''
j. NJ. WARDLow,
l.. l.. THOMPSON,
A. c. TEDDLIE,
II. V. MCCAIN,
III. S. JOHNS.
e. l.. PURvIs, j. f..
JNo. /. McCAIS,
G. l.. ETHRiDGE.
Montgomery, La., May /. 1900.
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The Rev. Dir. Waltman win begin
to hold a revival service at Summer
field on Saturday before the first Sun
day In July. He is said to be holy
man, and Jealous evangelist
Union meeting, and every body is in
vited to be present.
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Major Poindexter Dunn, who has
been In the country below Alexandria
for some time past, looking after rail-
road matters, returned to Colfax last
Monday, and left again the next day.
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/ wouid call the attention OF all per-
SONS interested in the improvement OF
Horses in t lis country to my fine Black
Percheron stallion, BRANDON" import
ed registered stock from France, bought
by me for One Thousand Dollars.
He will be found in charge of a compe :
tent attendant at my livery stable in
Colfax, La. j. II. McNEELY.
Feb. 28. 1896
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"After suffering from piles for fifteen
years was cured by using two boxes OF
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve," writes w.
J. Baxter, North Brook, N. G. H. heals
everything. Beware Of counterfeits. j.
A. HYDE.
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Dentistry.

will be in Colfax only one week
longer. Any one desiring my servi-
ces will oblige me by calling as soon
as convenient, at Lacroix hotel.
l.. BERTRAND. Dentist.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09

Mr.. Robt. Richardson, who has
been teaching the Walnut Grove
school, has resigned in order to gointo
the clerks Office as deputy, and Mr..
Luther Kelly now has that school.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09

Wits Little Early Risers are the
finest pills ! ever used."--D. j. Moore,
MiIlbrook. Ala. They quickly cure all
liver and bowel troubles. j. A. Hyde.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09

The easiest and most effective method
OF purifying the blood and invigorating
the system is to take DeWitts Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills for
cleansing the liver and bowles. j. A.
HYDE.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09

ANTI KREoN Tablets, the only laxative
digestive 25c cure Tor chronic chiils ana
malaria. No cure, no pay.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09

The Only Modern Spring Remedy.
DR.. Erskine's Cactus Compound. true
laxative Tonic, expels malaria. bilious
ness, clears tho complexion. increases
your weight. Il not, no pay.
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Mr.. f. H. Blackwood is teaching
the school at Eureka, in ward seven.

Capt. C. C. Nash and daughter An
nette. were in Coifax ON Sunday ana
Monday last.
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The Best
w all Paper!

II. Easterbrook, of Colfax, having
the agency of Alfred Peats Prize Wall
Paper, respectfully solicits the priyi-
lege of showing YOU their samples
and figuring the cost Oi the different
patterns for any rooms you have to
paper.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09

Miss Florence McCanne went home
for the summer last Saturday.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-09
Newest Styles!

Alfred Peats & Co.'S 1900 Wall Pa
pers are newer in style. better in quail
ity and lower in price than any other
Wall Papers in the world.
Call and examine samples and get
prices on patterns and borders.
ala Ii. EASrERBROOK.
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Gin Stand for Sale.

Gin Stand for Sale.
One Eagle Eclipse Huller Gin, 20
saw, with feeder and condenser. In
first-class order. Will be sold very
cheap. Apply to
JOHN RANDOLPH,
Kateland Plantation,
Fairmount Z. o.. La.
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Mr.. Lotion O'Quinn, of Pollock
called on US last Monday.
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Satisfaction
Hnd Certainty

Are the items in which purchasers
take most interest when they go to
buy goods. You can have this by
calling on
T. G. SELF, SELF, LA.
He leads them all in low prices and
good Goods, Feed Stuff, Flour, Mo-
lasses, Meat, Sugar, Coffee and
Meal speciality.
Highest Price Paid for Country
Produce.
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Iauton,s last pay with His wife.

81 called ON General and Mrs. Law
TOM says u correspondent, sthe
last afternoon they were together.
| She was sitting near his desk at the
| division headquarters, while he was
looking over thstypewriter's copy OF
his orders for the expedition, which
he had written with a pencil on a pad
in his full, round hand.
81 had brought him q photograph
| Of himself which was taken last spring.
Anything about the general interested
| Mrs. Lawton at once. She scrutinized
the likeness carefully from many
points Of view, and concluded that il
was very good. Since it was taken,
however, the general had grown . full
beard.
shall have to make another on
that account / suggested.
.But, as she looked FIRST at the pic
ture and then at the general, she
seemed dubious about this.
.tI don't know as I am going te
let him keep the beard, she explained.
1t does very well for the present, fol
he has SO little chance TO shave when
he is at the front.
1sWould you 60 with him to q posl
hon III the states if he wore it,
asked her, jokingly.
asOh, / would go with him any
wherel' she replied earnestly. Col
lier's Weekly.
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is a most admirable lesson

There is a most admirable lesson
contained in the following extract from
Hannah More's STRUCTURES on the Mod
ern System of Female Education"
Since, then, there is a season when
the youthful must cease to be young,
and the beautiful to excite admiration,
to learn to grow old gracefully Is, per-
haps. one Of the rarest and most beau
tiful acts that can be taught to woman.
And It must be confessed 1t Is q most
severe trial for those women to lay
down their beauty, who have nothing
else to take up 1t Is for this sober rea-
son of life that education should lay up
it's rich resources. However disre-
garded they may have been, they will
be wanted now. When admirers fall
away and fattefers become mute, the
mind will be driven to retire within it.
self; and if 1t finds no entertainment at
home, 1t will be driven back again
upon the world, with increased force.
Yet, forgetting this, do we not seem
to educate our daughters exclusively
for the transient period of youth, when
it Is to maturer life we ought to advert?
Do we not educate for d crowd, forget
ting that they are to live at home-for
a crowd, and not for themselves-for
show, and not for use-for time, and
not for eternity?"
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TOSSED OVERHEARD az A BULL

:How. Two Young Women Were !. Rad,
Moist If Not Unpleasant Bodies.
b Justice Cole, sitting in Crimina
Court 40. H., Washington, to try mo-,
peals in civil cases, heard the case Of
Leila Matthews, and her sister, Sabina
Matthews, in which each of the young
ladies seeks to the sum oil
1900 damages from e. s. Randall.
1T appeared from the evidence sub.
snitted 20 the jury that the defendant
OF bis employees were endeavoring to
lead an unruly bull on the steamer
Harry Randall at Chapel Point, Nd.
for shipment to Washington, and that
tho young ladies were standing close
by, rather enjoying the initial step OF
the transition. The animal was averse
10 going aboard ship and protested
forcibly, after the manner of his kind,
1t was the. nearest approach to d
uladiatorial contest which She Misses
Matthews had ever witnessed, and
they occupied trout seats at the per.
formance. Finally the animal broke
loose from his captors and being at.
tracted by the bright attire Of the
young women spectators, lowered his
head to the ground, elevated his
eaudal appendage, and with a terrify.
ing below made straight for the help.
less girls. They were almost paralyzed
with fear, and although they attempted
to retreat, were soon overtaken by the
infuriated beast. Catching them with
his outspreading horns, he made each
take the pose Of Lygia, as in "Quo
Vadis,nand then, rushing madly to
the wSter's edge, he gracefully tossed
them over into the peaceful Potomac.
tAs a matter of curse tho ladies'
garments were more or less soiled,
The curl was taken out of their bangs
and the starch out Of their shirtwaists,
TO say nothing OF the dampness which
their feet suffered. Fortunately, for
them, the water was shallow and the
bottom was sandy, SO that they escaped
any serious bodily harm, but they
were about as thoroughly frightened
as two girls chased by q mad bull
could well be. There was q great
splashing about in the water, and
help soon arriving, they were at once
rescued.
1.-The animal vas recaptured, anu
when the young ladies came to town
they told the story of their frightful
experience to Attorney NJ. j. Colbert.
In their behalf he brought suit to re-
v damages in the sum of $500
each. Justice of the Peace I. Carroll
Mattingly heard the case originally,
and in rendering his decision agreed
that both Miss Leila and Miss Sabina
we're entitled to $500 damages, and
gave q verdict accordingly. Mr.. Ran
dali was unwilling to pay the $500
and entered an appeal.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

Sandy McTush was very fond Of
boasting-w9th more or less truth and
a good deal of pride-about the an
tiquity' of the Gaelic tribes. He was
seldom disturbed in his harmless
amusement, but on one occasion a wag
of an Englishman ventured to pull him
up short. Look here, Sandy" said
the trifer, "I'm not disputing a bit Of
what you say, but it doesn't go very
far, after all, you know. I don't re-
member coming across q single word
about any Draw son O. Caledonia either
In the old testament or the newt"
Sandy's look Of scorn and pity was be-
yond describing, but his answer set
tied that little argument once and for
ever. why, We e%egnorant son O. per-
deetion, I'm no for "a meenit thenkin'
that effer We cam across onything in
the haly beuk, but has it no yet been
dinged intae your muckle thick held
hoo Scot an Lot gaed thegither in the
auld time?"-Ally Sloper.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
True men do not neglect duty's

True men do not neglect duty's
call.
Absence makes the heart grow
fonder.
There is no index of character sc
sure as the voice.
He who despises small things. shall
perish little by little.
Manners carry the world for the
moment, character for all time.
The unearned increment OF private
wealth is the earning of society.
Never say you know a man till you
have divided an inheritance with him,
Increase your wealth by lessenina
your desires. Develop a capacity to
do without money.
There is q great difference between
an absent-minded man and one who
forgets judiciously.
Don't worry about your work, Dc
what you can, let the rest 90, and
smile all the while.
The p~leasantest things in the world
are pleasant thoughts, and the great
art in life is to have as many of them
as possible.
To do your best, you must own
every bit of yourself. If you are in
debt, part of you belongs to your cred.
itors. Nothing but actual sin is more
paralyizing to o young mans energies
than debt.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
once pyemies inhabited Europe.

Excavations In southern Germany
have just established the fact that in
prehistoric times Europe Yves inhab-
tied by pygmies. Strangely enough
the discovery of actual and convincing
testimony to that effect in southern
Germany has been announced almost
simultaneously with the news Of SINH.
lar discoveries in Switzerland and in
the Pyrenees. So now there is proof
that Herodotus aud Homer were not
.syelIowingn when they told Of dwarfs
that lived In wooded hills and caves
far north of Rome and Greece.
The skeletons which have been
found are so small that they can be
placed into al ordinary ~museum
drawer. None of them is longer than
IS inches, and many are smaller.
There is no doubt that they ares the
skeletons of real dwarfs. The bones
prove that the bodies YER those of
adults. The finds have been mounted
and are now being exhibited IN the
National Museum Of Switzerland in
Basic. Scientists think that the little
people lived in neolithic times.