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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-04-13

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SATURDAY. APRIL Is. 1901.
GAL DOTS.
Miss Brighthup, Of Jena, IL q guest
at the Williamson hotel.
Fine seasonable rains fell in this re
gion Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. A. A. Dean was In Colfax last
Monday attending to business.
ANTI-KRpoN Tablets, the only laxative
digestive sc cure for chronic chills and
malaria. No cure. no pay.
Mr.. ]. q. Long has had his house
painted, which adds greatly to it,
appearance.
Mr.. R. N. Irwin, who 10 with the
surveying corps, Of the Valley rail-
road, spent last Saturday in Collar.
The list of delfnqnents who owe
their town taxes win be found In this
issue on the first page.
Miss Olevia Lewis. Of Zimmerman,
came up ON last Saturday, and has
been spending the week with relatives.
Mr.. r. e. Mcknight, H. g. Good
wyn and Miss Lima Goodwin made
business trip to Alexandria on last
Monday.
Mrs. J. H. McNeely took all Of her
younger children to Mr.. w. d. Irwin's
last Saturday, and has remained all
the week.
Skin troubles, cuts, burns, scalds and
chatting quickly healed by the use Of De.
Wits Witch Hsssl 6alve. Il 10 initiated. |
Be sure you get DeWitt's. ]. A. Hyde.
Mr.. w. A. Murray. Of Nuskegon.
Mich, called by last Saturday and
left dollar for . years subscription
to the Chronicle.
The tax sales advertised for last
Saturday did not take place, 1t being
q legal holiday. They win all be re-
to be sold May 18th.
1
You cannot enjoy perfect health. rosy
checks and sparkling eyes II your liver is
and your bowels clogged. De-
Wits Little Early Risers cleanse tho
whole system. Never gripe. Ia. Hyde.
Little Ellen Price, who has been
dangerously sick 80 long. we are glad
TO say has improved within the last
lew days, and bids fair to recover.
Mr.. e. II. Blackwood, who has
BEEN attending medical lectures at
Memphis, Tenn, came home last Sat-
lrday, having completed his first
To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets !
Iii druggists refund the money il it fails !
o cure. e. W. Groves signature b on
'ach box. % cents.
Mr.. Ellis Hadnot has been In Colfax I
Yearly all the week, having shipped
lp eight or ten tons Of fine Bermuda
lay, the most of which he has dis :
'osed Of during his stay.
We were pleased to receive q call 4
rom Mr.. J. 8. Robertson, Of Pollock,
Ast Monday. He came In to consult q
ur files relative to q coroner's in r
nest several years ago.
The Best Prsseription Tor Malsria, In
hills and Fever is bottle Of GBovx's p
AsrELEss CHILL ToNIo. II - simply
on and quinine in tastelem form. No
nre-no pay. Price. 60c. La
On account Of the death Of little X
rene. the daughter of Mr.. L. B. Price,
ut Saturday, from scarlet fever, to n
'hich several persons connected with R
he Colfax school had been exposed,
here was no school this week. This
'as thought best as q safeguard Y
gainst contagion. Ten and twelve q
avs having elapsed since exposure
= most persons without further q
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04
General wade Hampton.

The decIination of the Columbia post
office by General Wade Hampton is GER
tain to cut a figure in the McLaurin-Tili-
man contest In South Carolina. The tender
of the place as the story goes. was made
Indirectly 10y Mr. NcLaurin. and General
Hampton's reply was that he could ac-
cept nothing from that source" He then
added The people of South Carolina
should know by this time / cannot be
bought" The meaning of this evidently IS
that in General Hampton's opinion Mr. Nc
Laurin was endeavoring to attach him.
Hampton. TO his MCLaurin'S. cause.
1t is not to be denied. of course. that had
General Hampton accepted the office ten
dered. Mr.. McI.aUrin as candidate for
reelection to the Senate would in some
measure have benefited. The name of
Hampton Is one to coujure with in South
Carolina. Its chief representative today is
altogether worthy Of It, and in his own
right is a picturesque figure. He Is adj
vanced in years and poor. ard the salary
Of the office In question would have con-
tributed to his material comfort. Mr.. Nc
Laurin probably took everything into con-
sideration in deciding upon General Hamp-
ton. and should be accredited with more
than merely selfish ends in the premises.
General Hampton. however. chose to re-
gard the tender only as bride. and so
rejected 1t.
And yet It Is as much as stated that had
President Mckinley decided. as 1t is said
he was personally inclined to do. to retain
General Hampton In the office of railroad
commissioner. the latter would have con-
tinued to serve. In that event would Gen.
eral Hampton have considered himself
bribed? He was a democrat. The Presi-
dent was a republican and 1t was known
that one OF the objects of the new admins
tration would be the strengthening Of the
Presidents party in the south. And if
General Hampton were now in the office of
railroad commissioner. and Mr. McLaurin
were pointing TO his presence there as evil
dence that the President Is well inclined
toward the south. would General Hampton
object to such use of his name, on the
score that he must not be converted thus
into an asset Of the republican party?
Most certainly not,
Mr.. McLaurin has done a wise thing In
this matter even as 1t has turned out The
criticism IeveIed al southern men who sup
port republican policies is that they ally
themselves with the party whose national
leaders ignore the representative men of
the south. and appoint only the unworthy
and incompetent to office. In the past
four years the President has been roundly
lectured for some of his southern appoint
ments, and assured that a change of policy
In this particular would inure both to his
own and the country's benefit He has
gone on the tack Indicated, and If he ac-
composites nothing else he will at least
prove the sincerity. or expose the insincer-
ity of some of the men who have been
loudest in giving him advice on this sub
ject
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04

and the present condition well illustrates
the truth. From hour to hour and even
from minute to minute the men engaged in
the turmoil of the business of speculation
live in alternating hope and fear, the hope
of winning a vast fortune, the fear OF
losing all. The atmosphere becomes sur
charged with the possibilities of success
and disaster. No man can feel safe with a
feverish market leaping upward and then
reacting. The evil arises from the system
of buying shares on margins. There Is
proportionately little legitimate purchasing
of stocks in which the cash price squarely
passes from buyer to seller. The great
gamble depends upon the utilizing to the
fullest extent of every penny of capital in
hand and often the employment of fic-
titious capital well. The loss of a quar-
ter point in price will mean the wiping out
of everything at stake, and the staccato
voice of the ticker is the call of the fates
It IS no wonder that those who are playing
this great game, with millions at stake,
become nervous wrecks, and drain all their
vital forces in a frantic effort to keep up
TIE PACE art; hold firmly to the front. It is
the climax OF intense personal application.
the height of the strenuous life" 1t is
unwho'escmc and demoralizing in many
respects and it is deadly to some partici-
pants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04

The popular impression of Washington as
a postal center is that it is a handicap on
the mail distributing business, on account
of the enormous amount Of free matter
handled here for the government depart
rnents. 1t Is therefore a pleasing discov-
cry that Is pointed out in the news columns
today, that the District of Columbia leads
all the states and territories in point of
proportionate annual mail expenditures per
CAPITA Each inhabitant of the District
spends S2.51 a year In dispatching letters
In social and business correspondence. as
against $40 a year by the inhabtant of
the state of New York, the next highest
in this particular. The comparison between
the national capital and state is fairly
drawn, in view of the fact that a large
proportion Of the population here is scat
tered over a rural and suburban area. The
statistics afford further proof Of the fact,
lately developing, that Washington is far
frcm being merely the residential center it
has been often called. Business Is grow
ing here from year to year, and the indus
trial movement which has lately been slim
uIated promises early increase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04

the fight over the income tax item Of the
Gorman-Wilson tariff bill? Mr.. Hill led
that fight. He resisted the proposition on
two grounds: % He declared that it was
unconstitutional, and (2) that it was largely
sponsored by men of populistic rather than
of democratic views and tendencies
Yield to them in this thing" he warned
his party associates, land you will present
ly ind yourselves forced to yield to them
In other things" The Supreme Court sus-
tanned him on the first ground, and the
partys experience at Chicago two years
later sustained him on the second. The
income tax was declared unconstitutional,
and the popuiists when Mr.. Bryan was
nominated for President captured the de-
mocracy bag and baggage
And yet Mr. Hill was again on hand pro-
testing with all his might against the
course laid out. Undiscouraged by his
failure to control matters in the Senate,
he Went to the democratic national con-
vention in 1896 and urged his party friends
to resist the rising tide Of populism He
told them plainly that if they did not re-
sist they would be swamped at the polls.
He took up the platform plank by plank,
and showed how little of democracy and
how much of populism composed it. Again
he failed.
Cndiscoura ged by this second failure. Mr..
Hill went to Kansas City last year and
made another attempt to divorce his party
from populism. He came within an ace
of succeeding. too. If the other leaders OF
the party who agreed with him had been
on hand and helping him he would have
succeeded. But Mr.. Cleveland was at the
seaside. Mr.. German was resting at his
summer home. Mr.. Watterson was at
Louisville. entirely out of range. Mr.. Car
Isle was busy in New York. And so on.
Mr. Hill fought almost singlehanded, and
again he went to defeat.
Mr.. Hill has his weaknesses, and as a
presidential nominee he would have to
meet them. 1t is. however, but the simple
truth to say that he has at one time and
another excrted himself more openly and
theoretically to prevent the mistakes his
party of recent years has made than any
other member of it, He has not only held
to the old faith. but he has fought for it
and suffered for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04

This from the Boston Herald does inius-
tice to a distinguished democrat:
Ex-senator David B. Hill emuIstes tho
example of Mr. Bryan in saying that he IS
not a candidate for the democratic nomi-
nation to the presidency in 1904 There is
still a string to the declaration in Mr HiIi's
case Mr.. Hin sought to displace AIR
Cleveland for the position several wears
ago, and there Is no reason to believe that
his ambition in that direction is now ended
But MIR. Hill is shrewder politician than
he was. his defeat has taught him political
wisdom He will guard against being pre-
mature again. He Is an able man: he
proved this when he was in the Senate
OF the United States. The country had
moderated his talents up to that time
Unfortunately, however, in demonstrating
his capacity, he was less successful in
making his reliability plain. With all his
protestation OF devotion to the democratic
party, he was not a good democrat in this
office, having aided to thwart the better
purposes of his party there. Had he been
man of high political aims, this might
have been overlooked; but he was not. As
candidate for the presidency he has.
therefore, to meet the objection of lack
of party fealty in the one direction and
sound views and purposes in statesman
ship In the other. He will find 1t difficult
to contend against both"
In what particular was Mr. Hill mot a
good democrat" while filling the Office of
United States senator? Wherein did he
fail his party? Has the Herald forgotten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04
The Chinese Indemnity Grows.

The Chinese indemnity has grown in the
past day or two, according to the bulle-
tins from Pekin by way of Paris. The
statement issued the other day placing it
at 1865 900, 600 francs was accepted then
as authoritative. Now comes word from
the same source correcting the figure to
read 1.635. 100000, which raises the indem-
nifty from approximately S273 100000 to
S..::27 900 900. The latter sum is somewhat
larger than the general expectation of late,
just as the former figure was lower slight
ly than what anticipated. The fig
ures themselves suggest that the mistake
was caused by an accidental transposition
Of two of the numerals in the expression
OF francs. The exchange of places by the
o and the 3 in the millions might easily
have occurred in the course of hasty tele-
graphing. At any rate this explanation of
the amendment will serve as we'll as any
other. The point of Importance Is that
the indemnity is larger than was announced
the other day and that the problem of col
lecting 1t is proportionately more difficult
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04
McIeavy Brown,

The cables tell that the Corean govern
ment has reconsidered once more in the
case of Mr.. McLeavy Brown, the English
man who has for some years been director
of customs at Seoul, and has now invited
him to vacate his office. When a few
weeks ago it was reported that Mr. Brown
had been asked to go the British govern
ment entered such emphatic protest that
the authorities at Seoul quickly reversed
their action and expressed their entire will
ingness to continue Mr.. Brown In their
employ. This was regarded as a victory
for British diplomacy as against the Rus
sian influence, which is seeking dominance
in Corea. If now. after thus yielding to
England on the point, Corea reverses her
self again it is evident that Russia has
been secretly at work in the meantime.
Intriguing to regain the prestige which
Browns retention cost her. The personal
fortunes of Mr.. Brown are of slight i'm
portance in the contest between England
and Japan on one side and Russia on the
other. He is the immediate issue. but the
real stake is the future suzerainty over
Corea. Brown stands at Seoul for the
checkmating of the Russian advance east
ward to the sea. There is a close connec-
ton between the shutting of the Corean
government and the situation at Pekin.
which will doubtless be fully disclosed
later The immediate point of interest is
whether Corea is thus to be permitted to
violate its pledges whenever the Russian
ENJOYS at her capital manage to secure a
terrorizing audience with the higher au-
thorities. The United States took an in
terest in this affair when it was recently
conspicuous. 1t is to be assumed that 1t
will display equal concern now that Corea' s
unreliability has been further demon
strated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04
At the CapitaI.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.

fIOm lHe i1nuauelphla Telegraph.
1t is satisfactory to note that the pro-
motors of the project for the esta blshment
of National Art Gallery have finally set
tied on the city of Washington as the
proper location for such institution
There should be no question as to what is
right and suitable in such a matter but
New York has always claimed to be the
center Of artistic interests in this country,
and the art institutions Of that city have
been designated accordingly as the ma
American Artists" etc. The proposal for
the formation of National Gallery was
hardly spoken of in public before the
Gcthamftes interested in such affairs took
assumption that matter Of course the
project could not possibly be carried out
anywhere but on Manhattan Island. The
patent fact that the national capital is the
fitting place for a National Gallery was
absolutely ignored in this discussion; and
the only reply deemed necessary to any and
all questions respecting locality was that
New York and New York alone could fur
nish the funds required To provide the
means for putting the project in execution
is, admittedly, the first thing to be consid-
western world has had the best of the ar
gument.
1t now seems however, that the govern
| ment Of the United States may take an
active interest in the project, and that pos
| sbility disposes effectively of the Gotham
| lite pretensions. representative Of the
artists concerned recently held a consulta-
| ton with members Of the cabinet on the
| subject, and. after due deliberation was
given official assurance that the admins
| tration would favor the undertaking.
Further. and more specifically. it was Off
| cially stated that President Mckinley in
| his next general message to Congress would
recommend the adoption of the plan by the
| government and suggest the expediency of
an appropriation corresponding in amount
/ with the work to be done. That settles It!
| America ought to have National Art CAL
! iery without further delay. as we are the
| only people of any consequence in the CIV
iiized world unprovided with national in
| stitution standing for the highest culture
and the most advanced progress in the
| arts: but we might do better without 1t for
| many long year than countenance abor-
tive attempts to make the national need
| contributory to local pride and advantage.
| The sanction of the administration will de-
| termine the location of the National Gal
| lery in Washington, where it Of right be-
| longs, and that Is the most important and
| most gratifying step yet taken in this be-
/ half,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04
The Result of His Study.

Il suppose you have made study of
human nature" remarked the friend
Il attribute my success in life to that
fact answered Senator Sorghum
Were you never tempted to give the
world the benefit of your observations: to
put them into book form as a human COM
edy or something Of that sort?'
My dear sir, it wouldn't take a book to
do it. l have figured on the problem OF
human nature until 1 know the answer.
should just say. Human nature loves
money and let it go at that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04
The CnpitaI's Perspectiy

4 correspondent whose interesting letter
Is printed today writes to discuss the sub
Jet Of vistas and perspectives in the cap
ital's plan and development. taking issue
IN a measure with what he declares to
have been L'Enfant's ideal of uninterrupt-
ed views along considerable distances 1t
is apparent that the writer has in some
degree misapprehended the remarks of The
Star calling forth his suggestio ions. which
Were advanced in the course of a recent
editorial. The Star expressed the hope
that the park commission now at work
would in IT'S report lay down such prin-
ciples as would in the future prevent mar
tistic dissertations of the sky line and that
the Attorney General would postpone his
building operations until Congress could
have another chance to correct the mistake
of ordering the Department of Justice
building to be located so inappropriately
as on the chosen site. 1t is apparent that
Washington's chief beauty will lie, If the
city is developed toward present ideals. in
the artiStically interrupted vista, as the
correspondent indicates. But the good eff
feet of a handsomely closed perspective
Will be nullified by the construction of an
other structure at some later period which
will jut Itself. however beautiful. its own
lines, across the sky outline of it's older
companion There is no disposition to line
up the future public buildings of the capi-
tai so as to present the effect of a cliff
like wall or a chasm of masonry The
scheme to locate future buildings of this
Character on the south side of the avenue
eoDtemplates the taking of so much ground
that each building may have it's approach.
affording individual perspectives of rare
beauty. The Stars correspondent suggests
plans for the utilization of the perspectiyes
already available which are worthy of
thoughtful consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04
SHOOTING STARS.
A Liberal Minded Tribute,

'"There is one thing that I admire about
germs" said the professor. who has no
patience with people who doubt scientific
discoveries
Il didn'a know they had any praise
worthy traits whatever
They have at least one. They are in
dustrious and take things as they find
them. They settle down to their business
of making trouble, and don't waste time
in debates concerning any human being
theory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04
SaIutRtiOns.

Weather'S not so lonesome
AS it used to be;
There's a gentle greeting
From each shrub and tree.
Sturdy oaks are swaying
Where the breezes blow,
And In hoarse good nature
Muttering Hello"
And the modest wild flower
Shyly looks to see
If there comes accounting
Any honey bee.
But she minds her manners
Toward the stranger, too:
Bushes some, and c'urtsies
For a how-d'y-do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04

II don't see why you object to American
capital assuming control in some Of your
affairs"
Perhaps it's all right" answered the
eminent European parsonage. Heretofore,
you see, we have been accustomed to SELL
ing you titles of nobility. When it comes
to a transaction that involves actual value
on our side of it, 1t somehow seems diff
ferent."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04
The Wall Street Disease.

A Wall street broker dropped dead yes
terday standing at the ticker, owing to the
intense nervous pressure caused by the re-
cent phenomenal activity In the stock mar
ket- 1t is further reported that upward Of
half hundred operators of the street are
now i'll, suffering from various ailments d.
rectly traceable to this unwonted excite
ment. 1t has often been said that Wall
street yeritably sets the pace that kills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-04

The latest census shows that London has
something over four and one-half millions
of people. This is a large number, but
London has been a great many years &C
commodating them.