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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
CoLFAX GRANT PARISH La, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY Is, 1902
Saw the Carnival.

Misses Lima and Gertrude Good
wyn, accompanied by their father,
the editor of this paper, left fol-
New Orleans last Saturday evening
and arrived in the city Sunday
morning. They saw the parades
of Rex, Momus, Proteus and Co
mus, and secured invitations and
saw Rex's ball Tuesday night, be-
fore taking up their studies al
Soule Commercial College on We'd
nesday morning. They will re-
main a few months.
We found a number of persons
from this section attending the
carnival, among them Judge Ma
chen and s. r. Lee and families,
W. P. Guynes, Mrs. Heman Smith,
Mrs. G. H. Teal, Mrs. Will La
Croix. s. NJ. LaCroix, Miss Clo-
thilde Hickman, A. b. Hundley,
j. v. LeSage and son Louis, and
others whose names we forget just
now. While there we also saw
Messrs. Hunter McNeely and Bluch
LeSage, who are there attending
school.
The crowd attending Mardi Gras
this year was undoubtedly larger
than any heretofore. The railroads
and steamboats, make the official
announcement that they carried
into the city more than twenty per
cent more people than in any for
mer season. The paradss were
magnificent, and the crowds were
excellentIy well handled by the an-
thorities. The successive tableaux
and parades wers that of Menus,
representing scenes from Byron's
poems; Rex's arrival, naval and
military parade, and presentation
of keys. to the city; Proteus, IL
floats, representing the "Masque of
the Flowers" Rex's day parade,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15

The Big Creek Lumber Go. has
our thanks for q handsome vest
pocket memorandum book, contain
ing calendar, interest table and
other useful Information. The
big mills at Pollock, Grant parish.
La, with Mr.. Sam Patterson AZ
manager, are a noted plant, and
probably have a larger output Of
long leaf yellow pine lumber. large
or small dimensions, rough or
dressed, than any other mills in
the State.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15

"My little boy took the Group one night
and soon grew so bad you could hear him
breathe all over the house. Says FL .Rey-
nolds, Mansfield. Owe feared he would
die. but few doses of One Minnie Cough
Cure quickly relieved him and be went
10 sleep. That's the last we heard of the
Group. Now isn't cough cure Ike that
valuable One Minute Cough Cure il alb
solutely safe and acts Immediately. For
couRhs. colds Group. grip, bronchitis and
all other throat end lung troubles IL is /
ceftain cure. Eloassnt IL take. The IittIe
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
The Importance Of q small word

The Importance Of q small word
was shown in will case in New York
last week, when one little word of
three letters caused loss to some
persons of $4,000. The will was
that of u woman, who was married q
second time, and it left her estate to
her husband land his heirs, although
two daughters have contested thatit
should read cor his heirs" In the
lattercase they would havethee estate
rs his heirs, but the court has ruled
that land his heirs means that the
estate must be shared with at least a
hundred cousins and other relatives.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15

The Best Prescription for Malaria
Chills and Fever is = bottle of Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic It is simply iron
and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure,
no pay. Price Soc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15

II have lately been troubled with dys-
pepsia, belching, sour stomach, writes
NJ. s. Mead, leading pharmacist Of Attic
boro. Mass. Il could eat hardly anything
without suffering several hours. My clerk
suggested I thy Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure
which ! did with most happy results.
have had no more trouble and when one
can so to eating mince pie. cheese. candy
and outs after such time. their diges-
ton must be pretty good. endorse Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure heartily" You don't
have to diet. Eat all the good food you
want but don't overload the stomach .Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure digests your food.
J. A. HYDE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15

You know what you are taking
When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that it is
simply Iron and Quinine in tasteless
form. No cure, no pay. SOC.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless. little workers DIR. Kings New
Life Pills. Millions are always at work.
night and day, curing indigestion, bilious
hess, constipation, sick headache and all
stomach, liver and bowel tronbles. Easy.
pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25c at L. b.
Price, Colfax; Bush 4 Randolph, Fair
mount.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15

Trains Nos. and 2. ''Day-Light Special" will
not stop at nop-agency stations b-tweeu Shreve-
port ard oushatta. except to let ON andof pas
sengers from p, .ints south II Coushatta. On
Sundays trsit Nos. and 4 will not run. and
trains Nos. and will make all stops between
~ z. ELLERBE. GA.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
MONSTER IN WELL
WAS FISH FROM SKY
Required Courage to Find Out What II
Was and Mental Ingenuity to Ex-
plain How 1t Got There.

WELLINGTON, Ohio, Sept. 20.-For
some time past the cistern at the H. c.
Harris residence in this village has
been the source Of queer noises. A
watch was placed over the hole in the
ground. The first Waterman beat a
hasty retreat within fifteen minutes
after he had crawled within listening
distance of the entrance to the cistern.
He said 1t sounded exactly as though
the cement and bricks in the sides and
upper parts of the cistern were drop
ping. into the water, and that he feared
a cave-in at any moment.
1t was finally decided to pump the
cistern out, then a man was found
brave enough to descend into the els
tern. He called for club when half
way down the ladder, and after strik-
ing several blows was enabled to make
a rope fast to a large fish. 1t was two
feet six inches long, and was lively
when taken from it's native element
When 1t opened its mouth in gasping
for breath its teeth and feelers gave 1t
a horrible appearance, and upon being
prodded with a pole it raised it's spine
threateningly From long confinement
in it's dark prison it had nearly lost its
sight THE fish soon died.
1t is probable that a waterspout In
Lake Erie carried it to the upper cur
rents of air, whence 1t was waited
into some passing rain, thence through
the air to the conductor and its dreary
prison. It was horned pout. or cat
fish
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
CROP OF GREENBACKS
ON WAYSIDE WEEDS
Mail Pouch MangIed by Train Wheels
Spilled the Money in Manner
Promiscuous.

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 20.-Albert o.
Swift, postoffice inspector, has returned
from Dunning. where he investigated the
loss of mail sack on the Burlington
near Alliance the man who was INSPECT.
ing the wheels of the cars found part OF
a leather mail pouch entangled with the
running gear. He took the remnant to
had been thrown from the train at Dun
ming loo miles east of Alliance.
Twenty-four hours after the ruined
mail pouch was found at Alliance a gang
of section men started from Dunning to
work. A few miles from the station one
of them saw something hanging on
weed. He went over to it and picked up q
$40 bill. On another weed a $40 bill was
was coming too easy for work and so the
crew removed the handcar from the track
and began to harvest the crop of green
backs. For a space OF half a mile the
weeds bore money OF the United States,
and when all had been collected they had
s315 in unmutilated currency and $50 in
torn bills.
The crew returned to the city and re-
ported their find. That day a report was
received by the postofice department Of
the loss Of the mail pouch destined for
Dunning and Mr.. Swift was sent to inyes-
tigate.
The destroyed pouch had contained two
registered letters one containing $500 re-
mitted by the Omaha National bank to the
bank at Brewster, Neb, and about 300 or
binary letters.
The inspector called on the section men.
He found the money had been turned
correspondent with the money sent by the
Omaha bank. He took charge of it and
turned 1t over to the sender, sos short.
OF the 800 letters. twelve were found. and
it is supposed that the others were blown
to the wind. No trace of the second reg
1stered letter as found.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
them senussi has made himself all

them senussi has made himself all
powerful.
The latest trick Of this willy Arab
Is an application to the Khedive's gov
eminent for permission to allow him
and his men to pass through Egyptian
territory In the Soudan, via Berber
and Suakig to Mecca. Mecca Is the
goal of every Moslem's hope and every
Moslem is expected to help another
Moslem reach it. Therefore if the
Khedive refuses, which, under the in
fuence of his European sponsors he
probably will do, the new Mahdi can
conScientiouSly call him tool of the
infldel dog. This will be the most valu-
able rallying cry he could have for
stirring up revolt in the Egyptian Sou
dan.
Watched by Wingate.
Sir Wingate, who is now in charge
of the Soudan forces Is keeping a
watchful eye on the Mahdi and is try
ing to keep his troops between Sem
ussPs troops and Khartoum. The situ-
alton is known to be critical, as Mos
lem missionaries have for some time
past been engaged in preaching of Sem
ussis coming and everything has been
carefully planned for an uprising.
Senussi has never come in direct
contact with Lord Kitchener, always
having taken care to avoid the long
reach of the arm that crushed his
rivals. It is likely, however, that I'M
known to the new Mahdi, the great
Anglo-African scout and spy has been
a member of his train and knows much
about his strength and his weaknesses,
for there is scarcely point of the des-
ert to which Kitchener has not reached
in one disguise or another during the
time that he was chief Of the intelli-
gence department.
Kitchener's mastery of the methods
Of the Arab was what first brought
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hopeless outlook. Social life is rapidly
showing the signs of deterioration which
Venezuelan life was singularly. pure ana
free from the depravities of ordinary
civilization not so very. long ago, put ~
is changing. The feverish rage for dress
is becoming more apparent and with pre-
yailing poverty only few wealthy men
can afford to indulge their wives or IA
vorites in this direction. Besides thus,
financial catastrophes in many Leading
and developments around the hearth
stones. The man with the dollar is the
man who can do, and this fact Is peins
made painfully evident when those men
are now SO few here.
Mischief Making Piotters.
What there is a superabundance Of, not
alone in Venezuela, but in Colombia and
Ecuador as well, is men who have new
political schemes to air and new con
stitutions to establish. These mlschef.
enough brains to tackle even a .poor DOH
like Castro, are the seat OF the Wnole
trouble and If they could be weeded out
and exiled better things might be hoped
for.
Another point of Importance Is the
sympathy which exists between certain
parties In the three states and which adds
to the internecine trouble in marked
degree. One cannot keep from thinking
that if the three republics could be unit
ed under strong government far pet,
be reached than by any foreign protect
crate that could be established
Bring such situation as this about
and then let it be understood that II the
ballot failed to establish facts there
would be no appeal to the arbitrament OF
the sword and the dawn of peace might
almost be foreseen.
The United States of Central America
would have a population of nearly ten
million and should they request the pro
lection If the flag of their Northern SIS
ter they would scarcely be denied the
favor.
Today the fearful drawback, Of vene-
Zuela at least, is her debt-r1dden conol-
ton Wost of all she cannot even pay
the interest on the debt and the great
trouble between herself and Germany Is
that she has neither assets nor excuses
to offer her creditor.
The national debts of Ecuador and Co
lombia are comparatively small but the
equalization could be reached were the
gold mines of Venezuela properly worked
the exports Of the pr ssS o1s mn metal nsr
year. 1t is these gold mines which nave
made Venezuela in turn the object OF
Spanish, British and German rapac1ty.
Emilio CaStenaS.
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fought for as indomitably. as splendid
ly, as ever was that of the United
States.
The condition of the common people of
Venezuela is onA to be pitied. Living
in a land of plenty where nature exacts
but half the tribute in the way of labor
that she does in many lands to secure her
bounty yet starvation is rampant and the
condition of things such that nothing
higher than a mere struggle for existence
can be contemplated. Most of the agri-
culture of the country is in demoralized
condition. Business Is paralyZed, the
only trading kept up being that necessary
to provide ordinary supplies. The ex
port trade has dwindled to almost moth
ing. There is no immigration. Capitalists
will not invest in the face of present con-
ditions and there is a complete stagna-
ton of every kind of enterprise.
The worst of it all is that the spirit Of
the people is completely crushed by the
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ed patriots who rule them (for the
benefit Of their own pockets) they
count as an interesting factor in the
game.
Driven to the last ditch, Castro's for
lorn hope for months past has been
a foreign war. Colombia has been
careful to give him no excuse for Sc
lecting her as a belligerent, and SO he
has tried to coin one.
Thwarted by his own minister of
war and the diplomatic contingent,
Castro is now planning to stir up Co
Iombia's already overlooking ire by
entering into alliances with other
neighboring republics.
There has long been an urgent de-
mand here for American Intervention.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21

him to the front. Going out to Egypt
as a subaltern he had no particular in
f1uence TO push him forward, so used
his own wits as the lever. 1t was not
long before Kitchener saw a ready way
for the employment of his wits. He
grasped the fact that Arab methods
must be studied before the Arab hered-
itary foe. of white civilization, could
be conquered. He. was given frequent
leaves of absence in order to furnish
him opportunities for studing Arab
life. Rumor had him a convert to
Mahommedanism and many another
strange tale was told to account for
these absences. Kitchener was hot
on the trail. One day in Cairo, week
hence in Dongola, one day a fanatical
dervish and the next a Greek mer-
chant, he travelled far and amassed
much knowledge of the people he was
destined to conquer and rule.
Would Make Rare Book.
His career in the Soudan whilst en-
gagged in the intelligence corps would
make book of rare adventure. Be
fore he had grown very old in the SER
vice everyone knew that Maj. Kitch-
ener was authority on the situation
and the people of the Soudan. He had
established a chain of agents reaching
to the most remote GASES, whose duty
it was to know of every political move
ment from the equator to Cairo. His
spy system was an exact science.
Doubtless it is these spies who have
discovered that rifles have been reach
ing the new Mahdi through Tripoli, on
the borders of which state he first es-
tablished a house of prayer at the
commencement of his career. 1t is
they who have discovered the move
ment of the Mahdi's columns eastward
from Jaffa within the last week or two
and who have revealed to the Egyptian
government through a hundred little
Inducements in the stream of desert
politics the force which Is behind the
present movement and the dangers
that may occur from any bungling
with so important a proposition at the
present juncture. Arthur Field.
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U. S. BATTLEsHlP CINCINNATI AT THE IsTHmus.

Electric Belts at cost. Reeves, 7 corners
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1t would not be popular at first, as no
one more heartily dislikes the United
States than the average Venezuelan,
judging at least by the newspapers ana
the politicians. Even Germans would
receive a heartier welcome than the
Yankees" But the Germans are afraid
to tackle the situation, although their
financial interests here would seem TO
warrant interference by them. They
are held back by the Monroe doctrine
and fear to provoke the hostility OF the
United States. Otherwise we should
have long ago seen German interview
ton in Venezuelan affairs. Really
what good foreign intervention could
do except to prevent open rupture be-
tween the two republics it is hard TO
say. The country-naturally para
dise-today is a wilderness of debt,
famine and debauchery. The people
the sweetest tempered and best man
nered In the worid-are losing their
charming righteousness and simplicity
for a morbid and distrustful seclusiye-
ness.
Castro Behind Barbados.
Castro himself, buried in one Of his
gloomy castles, barricaded like fort
ress of the Middle Ages, sets the pace.
No one has the courage to dislodge the
man from his self-given office and
he Yields the sword Of petty despot.
backed by as servile and mercenary
crowd of followers as ever breathed
and hated heart and soul by at least
every other one of his subjects" There
will be no change in Venezuelan af-
fairs while he rules.
But then, what can be expected of
country under any ruler which has had
a revolution for almost every year OF
its existence as a republic? a republic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
THIS JOHN ALDEN ONLY
SPOKE FOR THE OTHER
courted by Letter the Girl His Principal
Has NOTWITHSTANDING Michigan
Matrimony.

OWASSO, Mich, Sept 2O.-Arthur
Wright, of this city, and Miss Rebecca
Johnson, of Pontiac are just married at
the latter city after an unusual matri-
monial courtship.
Wright is wealthy farmer, fifty-fve
years old, who came from Owasso two
years ago on the death of his wife at Bur-
ton. Miss Johnson is fortyfi years old
and spinster. A matrimonial paper con-
tanning her address reached him and they
began a correspondence.
Wright is not an apt penman and he
hired a private secretary in the person
of a young blacksmith, who read the
lady's letters and wrote ardent replies.
For Mr.. Wright he proposed and was ac-
cepted. Wright went to Pontiac and Rev.
G.. w. Jennings, M. Z. pastor, performed
the ceremony.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
RISING OF MAHM sENNIssI MAY
CAUSE THE GENERALS RE-
TURN To- AFRICA
THE TROUBLE THERE
NOW APPEARS SERIOUS
Presence of So Strenuous an Officer
Would Probably Put an End to Arab
Plotting Aimed to Drive Out the
White Race Before the Railroads
Are Completed.
Special Cable to the Globe.

Special Cable to the Globe.
LONDON, Sept. 20.-Will Kitchener
return to the Soudan? Having settled
the troubles in South Africa will he be
compelled before assuming the chief
command in India to take hold against
the rising tide of Mahdism which
threatens to wipe out the rule of the
whites in Northern Africa?
This is believed to be more than like
ly, for in view of the situation in the
Soudan, Kitchener is likely again to
become the man of the hour there, at
least temporarily.
None knows that tricky shifting ORR
entail nature of the desert sheikh as
does Lord Kitchener. The man who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
Special Cable to The Globe.

'0t'~NISAA NotUIC 10 I ne OiUUC'
CARACAS, Sept. 20.-Our illustra-
ton Of a typical Venezuelan rebel con-
veys, perhaps, an incorrect impression,
for, after all, it is not so much the pro-
letariat as it is the Castros, Andrades
and their Tx to whom the term rebel is
applicable.
But now that the so-called rebels are
perhaps getting the best of the miscall-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA
FAMINE, SOCIAL UPHEAVEL AND
HoPELESsNEss FACE A ONCE
HAPPY PEOPLE
GERMANY's POSITION
is MADE ANOMALOUS

Starvation Rampant in a Land of
Plenty-ExPort Trade DwindIes to
Almost Nothing-Feverish Rage for
Dress Becoming More Apparent
Debt-ridden Condition of Country a
Serious Drawback.
The news-herald., 1902-04-12

First publication April s. 1902.
The news-herald., 1902-04-12
An Authentic Testimonial.

The Spring of the year is Natures
housekeeping season. People
complain Of that tired feeling, their
blood gets thin and a feeling of, in
nocuous desuetude in an aggravat-
ed form creeps over them, destroys
their vitality and entirely units
them for work: Those who are wise
will assist nature during this siren
uous period. Cutaway Bill Sims Of
Buzzard Gulch gives his experience
for the benefit of long suffering hu-
manity:
"When [ first came to this terri
tory, / did not feel like working
more than two or three hours every
evening. | was unable to eat anyth-
ing except the best of steaks, oysters,
pate-de-foi--gEas and such delicacies.
My friend&at last. compelled me
to use Pink Beans for Pale. th:eaaTpllc. aaTpllc.
[ reluctantly did SO and ave work:
ed every since. | now sleep on the
ground, armstrong and well;andgan y
eat raw meat and growl like q dog:p
There are scores of peoplein this
section who can heartily endorse
Mr. Sims testimonial regarding the
merits of Pink Beans for Pale
People. For sale by all Grocers.