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, 1879-11-15

A CURIOUS experiment was made with
cats recently in Luttich, Germany. Thr-
ty-seYen Of them we're put into bags and
taken several miles into the country,
where they were released Within three
hours tie f-st cat had ioani KS say l.one,
and before "A hours had elapsed, every
one of the others had returned.
, 1879-11-15

Important ii true-a wife.
, 1879-11-15
Of cIrcumsta

The word "booM," now having quite .
run as the summary expression OF concerted
effort 70 get no enthusiasm fOI some thing or
body, the Philadelphia Record informs Us, Is
used among timber gettefs to signify col
lection of logs which have been ia6onousiy
gathered at some convenient place in q pond
or stream where they he- They are duly
manufactured ilito lamber. Sometimes
very frequently, in fact-the "boom breaks
and the logs float away OBVIOUSLY at their
own sweet will. getting wonderfully scat
tered, many of them beyond recovery. Then
the log rollers sorrowfully behold their labor
lost, While the gentle drivers there ofore mild
eyed and melancholy, give vent to eIpleaves
less pious than emphatic, and address them
selves with heavy hearts to the weary task
of saving what they may.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-22

occasion I came upon an extensive In
closed park with shelter sheds, main
tanned By native banker, into which
horses no longer fit for use were char1ta-
biz received and fed, that they might
wear out their lives in quictness. And
vet female infanticidei is undoubtcdlytoo
common, GA females to 100 males being
not an unusual proportion in the popn-
lation. A native Judge explained this
to me by the great desire among the
lower class to intermarry with the high
or, a lower man being ready to pay a
needy man of the higher order large
sum Of money to induce the son OF the
higher rank to marry his daughter. But
when helower man has no money, as is
too often the case, the female infant is
apt to be neglected and allowed to die
The NineteeaA Century.
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or "a the recent French fair In gowns of
plain pink cambric, with sashcs Ut Grim
SON harmonizing with the pink. ~
Two prizes fave been offered by
the Royal Agricultural Society Of Eng
land for new varieties of wheat, COM
bining the largest yield of grain and
straw per acre, with smooth and thin
husks, full and white kernels, high
specific gravity in the seed, and with
bright, firm, and stiff straw.
The Marquis of Headfort, who, with
his agent, has lately been threatened,
derives his Irish estates from an ancestor
who assisted the famous Sir William
Petty (ancestor of the Marquis OF Lans-
DOWN. in the survey of Ireland and,
like Sir William, made ga deuced good
thing of it" on his own account. He
and his father have always been resident,
and maintained very handsome hospi-
tality. Lord Hcadfort first married the
only child of a London Alderman. The
lady had fortune of about 1000, 600,
but her father, conceiving some distrust
of her husband, settled it all on her,
with remainder to her son, so that Lord
Headfort was, before he succeeded his
father, actually pensioner of his son,
Lord Beehive. The latter has an i'm
mense property in Westmoreland, be-
queathed by his grandfather, and some
Eco, 900 year, with a wife quite COM
petent to spend it.
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"A young school-mistrcss who pceped
has lost her certificate. and the Supreme
Court OF Iowa will give her no redress.
She had applied for certificate, and
during the examination was caught
glancing over the shoulder of another
applicant and getting answers to ques-
tons propounded in arithmetic. The
Superintendent refused to issue the GER
tificate, and the young lady brought suit
in the Circuit Court to compel him to do
50. She carried her point in the lower
court, but the decision has been reversed
by the Supreme Court.
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Somestiues.j mn 81. ~ i
whistle. Do not entinely -
desire to aspirate vour ieeI|n
liant strains of wkeezy mr66 ~
modulate and regulate Il. m
the woods five Or SIX NIT r. =
habitation, if the desire coulop y r.
during business hours, ana
until the birds make yoa y
your poor Accomplish
weld to the Temptation Is ~
Won become addicted 10 - ~
become a slave to It, aud
around even as q man M IS {
dog. There sre men, ~: 4
whistle nnusically ond - ~
find men whose whistle b
the ear and soothing tothe ~
only find one Of these uen -
or four thousand years, ~
Young. son they die lyoiiy
will observe that the besl 49,
who whistles aeasG and ~
tudc. The poor Winston, VI
the high notes and eoeps ~ I'd
ones, and whcezes in tie m1d =
ter. is the man who ~hi1l1 Z
times and in all plack
All YOU viii I IN 7soE(1ky 3!
son. # it pleases ycu, 49,
the night As Won 70 horn, \
for n CHEEKY whistle in ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-22
A Thrilling Mine Adventure.

SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. 2.-If il were
possible to turn gray of terror, the hair
of Miss Floyd-Jones of New York should
be as white as snow, in consequence of
an awful adventure which she passed
through at the Briggs Colliery of the
Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company
in this city. She is visiting the family
of w. w. Scranton, general manager
of the iron company, and expressed a
desire TO visit the mine for the purpose
of Witnessing the interesting and peril
Gus process of mining and preparing
anthracite for use. Accordingly Mr..
Scranton, acting as her escort, took
along Mine Superintendent Reese G..
Brooks as an extra precaution against
venturing into danger. After inspect
ing the mine and seeing the men at
work, the trio, guided by their flicker
ing lamps, returned along the, subtcr-
ranean halls to the foot of the shaft, for
the purpose of making the ascension.
Superintendent Brooks signaled to the
engineer overhead, Albert Roskelly, and
told him the party wanted to be hoisted
directly to the tower of the breaker,
which rises $50 feet from the mouth of
the shaft, and is $50 feet from the bot
tom, where they were standing at the
time. The object of ascending TO the
tower was to make an examination of
the screen rooms, rollers, and other de-
partments where the work of breaking
and cleaning coal was going on. The
engineer answered down through the
tube, An right" and the trio, taking
their places on the pIptform of the
carriage, were hoistcd swiftly up out
of the mine into the shaft of the tower.
Upon the carriage approaching the
sheave-wheel at the top, Engineer Ros-
kelly lost control of his engine, and the
party was hurled agrinst the heavy tim
bers of the roof, swapping the wire
hoisting-rope asunder, with the visitors,
over an abyss $50 feet deep. 1t was a
moment of a terrible fear. They OK
pected to be dashed to the bottom.
They felt the carriage slip sharply down
few inches then came Il sudden jolt,
a halt, and they were standing still. The
safety catches, which are generally more
ornamental than useful, sprang to their
places and held the carriage there. Even
then the situation was painfully pcrilols.
The slightest movement might cause
the catches to slip again, and every body
seemed afraid to breathe. The position
in which the halt was made was not
within easy access of any landing, and
the party was forced to remain there
until the workmen came with ladders to
their relief. This took but a very few
minutes, yet it seemed an eternity, and
it was with feelings Of deep and heart
felt thanks that they touched firm
landing once nere. yhe only bodily
injuries inflicted BY tie shock were q
slight cut which Miss Jones sustained on
the side Of the head when the rope
hroke, letting q bolt descend from the
top a tie carriage where Il was attached,
and he bfuisin& u her shoulder By con-
taet With the poat They ere in no way
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Odds and Ends.

"A horse heir-A colt.
-Fogs are mist before they are gone.
Those turkeys never saw food SO
plenty before oi
The greatest drawback to ones
comfort is said to be a blister.
"A Western paper remarks that the
world will soon look upon America as
the fodderland.
Love is sweet, and so is sugar, but
sometimes there is a good deal of grit in
both.
Nothing makes one so happy in the
world as work, excepting, of course,
pleasure, including eating, drinking and
sleeping. $50 81
When a man tries to borrow money
from frienil, that is experimental
philosophy; when a friend refuses, that
is natural philosophy.
Thirty persons in a small town in
Michigan were recently poisoned by cat
ing sausageS. This comes from leaving
brass collars ON dogs.
When Il newspaper paragraph opens
i'm languages rs soft as the bosom of love,
and as sweet as the tinklc of wood
land brook, it is always safe to conclude
that the virtues of some patent mcdi
cine are harnessed on to the end.
The new mince pie of 1880 open;
the season with new ingredient that
hasn't been analysed yet. 1t looks like
leather parings, but tastes more like to.
bacco stems. 1t promises to become
very popular awkcyc.
Tho fact that man is member o.
an anti-profanity society which fines il
members for using bad language, will
have no weight with him when he finds
that the cat curlcd up and went to sleeI
in his new silk hat and on waking
yawned and stretched.
"A ten-ycar-old boy, Boosting of hi
fathers accomplishments, puts it thus
"My father can do almost any thing
he's n Notary Public, and an apoth
ccary, and can pull teeth; and he's ;
doctor, and can mend wagons and things
and play the fiddle; he'sa jackass at al
| trades -
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AT Pomeroy, o., VIM. Tucker sued
the Board of Education and recovered
$50 damages for dcpriving his daughter
OF the privileges Of the public schools.
The Board had decided that all pupils
should study drawing. Tucker notified
the teacher that his daughter must not
study that branch, aud the Board cx-
PEELED her in consequence. If this de-
cision stands, the studies arranged by
the Board will not be compulsory upon
the pupils.
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IL Is nm established h.
Kinkman, Of Marehc. All.
Of Arkansas, that In the jons - ~
American varieties Of AMI ~ ~
orchard fruits, but comrs-.| ~
are adapted to our soil asj ~ n
is also true that in y str;caIs IA.
selection of varieties as 70 p
there is no agricultural rs'--< b.
profitable than fruit erow|r~
sas. But notwithstanding ~
our country is annually noc3.1
worthless trees, plants - !
abroad, and thousands a. ~
thus worse than throwa ;ssSS~ Ri 8.
first cost is quite a small ife~ g
with the expense Of culIms H.
brancc of the ground and 5i.1
hopes, and the planter ususj1r
the enterprise and says: an
fruit country nohow. /" TIL - : {
in the first place, to the I.cL y E
information among the IT, &
generally, who do not read Il,
tural journals, or make pron~
CATION in regard to the neede5 3
and who credit the glowing
tons made by irresponsi6le IL. "a.
dlers, and in tho second So 4. /
questionable determination n n
ers to make money ont 81 nujI
There is q class Of mon
"tree dcalcrs,'' who us1 -
stock at all, but buy it wh6I
get it cheapest, and Hn n
whatever comes handy an1 4 n <. q
respond with, orders. sTion b
employ statesmen whom q n.
with snowy samples, put M q fs'.
and sent down here and clms
tant from headquarters, xhe691 4; 2
character Of the firm i Is
and, zof course ase ~
make some money, regards =
scruples. For illustrator. Il ).
compliance with ! re-
by many citizens, I NJ
the means resotcd b q q :
man representing q firm e IN: 4
He came among as ID o>z]i
with his show of prepared saS11
informed the people Of IN. 49,
of Russian apples to our ~
apple he made . specially.
Bird was his specially ia cke1z
he sold as choice edible ffuik
pears, also, which would not
be attacked by the b0rer; =
the West Strawberries, Mill
like bushes and whose fruit -
on the ground like other ~
OF course it is known By NJ
fruit men that Russian - = (
rule, are worthless, at tho ~ 4
that the Utah Hybrid b ~ q
than a palatable cherry. "a
have seen (" Monarch q = g
strawberry, know lis tendoney n y
the ground. But the large ~ \
farmers are not informed b IN i
tiers, and being honest tIs1 \
not suspicion the char.c( . ~
vendors. would suggest b IN +
tending to grow fruits, b ~ rge1 =
ertion in ascertaining the ada1N1 a.
cites, procure The catohG1 q ~
hofho.n,srserics all be1o6 =, =
vestiQation and oxuorieoco Is S.
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Cranberry Sauce: Look over and
wash . quart Of berries; put on to cook
with . cofisecupful Of water. Stew
slowiy, stirring often. for On hour or
even longer. Take from the fire, eweet-
en- literally with white sugar, put
through fine colander and let 10, m in
. wet mold. =
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-22

Mr.. Arthur Sullivan. g. g. ~
Madame Autoinetts StsF,1'S 4
have each received oyet !" ~
upon "The Lost Chot '',,. r.
which Mr.. Sullivan w "a g
Sterling only two year
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.


-Auerbach is writing his memoirs.
Bronson Howard, the American
playwright, who is now in London, re-
ceives So, 600 year for the use of his
play "Truth " in the English provinces.
George Augustus Sala, the well
known writer, is about to start for a four
months tour in America, for the benefit
Of his health.
-"Ouida,s', name is Rosa dc Ia
Rama, and she is the daughter OF a
Frenchmah. She lives in q lovely villa
about two miles from Florence, where
she is surrounded by books, pictures,
and what she prizes more than both OF
these, dogs. Every novel she writes
finds a ready market ut 81 200.
According to the Vienna Nexe Freie
Prcsse, Bret Harte is not greatly de-
lighted with his Crefeld consulate. In
fact, he likes Crefeld so little that he has
moved his residence to Dusseldorf, and
goes to and from his business office by
rail. Mr.. Harte, says the same paper,
has produced but one literary work since
he arrived in Prussia--an essay on the
superior qualities of the Dusseldorf
scryant-girls, which has set all the Ger
man newspapers talking about him.
Jacob Abbott, whose death was an
nounced recently, was born at Halo
well, Me-, Nov. IA, 1908; graduated at
Bowdein College, and studied theology
ut Andovcr; for years was tutor and
Professor Mt Amherst College; Travelled
extensively i'm foreign lands; wrote the
j." Young Christian Series,' the " Rolla
Books" The "Franconia Stories," etc.
Ills brother, John s. c. Abbott, is the
author of the I" History of Napoleon
Bonaparte, originally published in
Harpcr's Magazine. The titles of his
works exceed 200 in number, including
the historical. series, to which his broth.
er contributed. and a series of school
| books. ~
"A writer in one of the " society
| papers of London has been down to
Mr.. Tcnnyson's country home, and
says, among other things, that the room
III which the poet writes is one which
| has more of repose than is common In
brand-new house. He sits well fenced
/ i'm by number of screens, mt II writing
table facing the window; clay pipes Il
any number cumbcr his papers, and {
general disarray would gain grount
everywhere but for the tilial good Office,
/, of his eldest son, Hallam, who makes
him the most faithful and affectionatc O
secretaries, copying his manuscripts
swriting his letters, acting rs librarian Il
his books, and knowing all his poems
by heart. The poets life is contained
in but small space. lie has ncve
cared for travelling.
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Rcdingtocs are rev'sea'
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Science and Industry.

Tho tohoooo cro, of tho Co,noc,;cut
Yv,llav i ,an"rtod ,,ro,, y, ', ,han anv year
s;nca 1a Is ''sN '0'''0' 'A''' Guy 'N"'
A.. s,o 600 600 =. 49,. 49,;
al IA luz Yi!,vvv,V - :, r IIsaS nip,
~. I'ss pesn i .,' $50 ~ o.sa A"S
i'' 10 ""' 'no p..'.'' $685.
a - = h;vh tc,,ucratnre 10 tbc Times o}
stann;c chlor;irl IN which bar;np, mr.
s,ront;um' nitrate IL added when deem
cn,ors ara raa,,;,nd '"-~"'
ra.s III, A.. I'LL
~ nc oou.n, ~. ~ s, go 1O 0nn
90 CO ,ooy, n"s ls.i'I'. 'ln' I.l o'.oo,voo,
Wy ~ o po1 nno ~ .op,'cco' wnich = aeou,
,,..,ou. lnolo sns'u sue e'er ia'Seo
oo'o,u
Mass, sent away over thlrty-flye million
caras auHns Ocsopcr, Which was me
M'scst ,uoil'ns BUSINESS cVer ooi'e ny
threc miiiioh'c s1+e q
has been announccd.that OF preserving
butter without SAT-, IN ordinary Keys,
- exnectni ii,at th;s ;nvsnt;on viii conn
,,ets{v des,row tho salt bntter trade
$3.50 =
,eunc an u so" Po - snnt'i'1 =, eee 20
annp',ncea VI ivV,vvo ponl'us li;ooo
ousnc,sl oi whe''' isonl ai ,I ~ Inv
cIl'eol, sa,g ''shsi rio,n = ,'',,u s'.nm
wy -. .,,:n =. .. 49, ~ Iii is
'1 i',;' ncsl', sn ,i;n aino'noe0i' WIZ W
'.
IA aeccHay ,a'ea''i sar noscl" al;hi
o 20
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-12-12
AN ELECTRIFIED PINE FOREST
From Nature

FROM Nature.
St. Elmos Fire is the name given by
mariners to a weird glow and lightning
like flame sometimes seen lowering round
the spars and rigging Of ships at sea. 1t is,
in reality, species of lightning in the
form of n silent discharge of electricity
from the Iottiest points of u ship into the
atmosphere; and ii is produced by mass
of electrified cloud of air over the ship IN.
ducing Il charge Of opposite electricity on
the sea underneath and drawing it off by
the mastS of the vessel, which IN this case
act as lightning rods. A splendid.instancc
Of the same phenomenon was lately
witnessed i'll the Jura at st, Cergucs, where
whole forest OF pine trees was seen to be
aglow with light like y phosphorcsccnt
sea in tie tropics. A thunder storm was
rigging at the time, and at every flash of
Lightning the illumination suddenly dis
appeared, but soon shone forth again, until
the next flash came. Before the appear.
ance OF this st. Elmo's Fire, heavy rains
had fallen and soaked the forest so as to
render 1t conductive Of electricity, and the
thunder cloud overhead, heavily charged
with electricity, had induced an opposite
charge on the ground below, which dis.
charged itself into the air by the pointed
boughs and needles Of the pine forest.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-12-12
THE DAILY FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER D. 1874

called up the crowd we just yankcd out our
buckskin sack and told the barkeeper TO
take out ~ worth, They all had scales
and horn spoon on they'd shovel it out
an weigh 1t. Some 'ud drop, IN that's
how the jcdge here gouged high wages
out o the cracks Of the counter. The
jedge didn't take no chances them times
neither. He had the bar built up with
rock inside, an when the guns begin TO 20
of he WAS on his belly behind that there
stun. Ha, ha! I've seen that there old
Round Tent Of mornin lookin' like a
washin' hung out to dry, Nobody didn't
want TO go out o the door when shoOiin'
WAS bein' done. Every Teller just out with
his knife and ripped door for himself"
Dye see that bare spot on top o my
cocoanus" inquired the venerable argonaut,
removing his hat and holding down his
gray poll for inspection.
The boys got up and made for the door.
They knew what was coming. That was
only the first Of eighteen bullet and knife
wounds that every man in town has seen
and heard the minute history Of The
Judge came TO the rescue Of the deserted
and indignant pioneer with;
viii you come and have drink
Billy"
"Will teraute!cr stingr' responded the
chap with recovered chcertulness.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-12-12

WINTER Is iron Is and every person
must be supplied with good boots or shoss
The Place 10 buy them is at G. Koch's shoe
store No. 90, Commercial avenue, between
Fifth and sixth streets, whcrc you will al
way, find tue best OF st. Louis and CInoin-
nat hand'made boots and shoes on hand
and sold very low. The pubic will find 1t
to their interest TO call and examine prices
and goods before purchasing elsewhere.
Also, always on hand complete stock Of
leather and findings.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-12-12

You Must CURE THAT CoUGH.-With
shiloh's Consumption Cure you can cure
yourself. 1t has established the tact that
Consumption can be cured. while for Coughs
Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Asthma, and
all diseases of Throat and Lungs, it is abso-
lutely without an equal, Two doses will re
hevc your child Of Group, It's pleasant to
take and perfectly harmless to the youngest
child, and no mother can efford 10 be with
out it. You can use two thirds of a bottle
and if what We say is not true we will re
fund the price paid. Price 10 cts. 80 cts.
and 800 per bottle. If your Lungs are
sore or chest or back lame use Shiloh's Por
Gus Plaster. Sold by Barclay Brothers.
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\ TENNESSEE STORY.
lime on,


rum LAf lIbg LINES
Five miles Southwest Of kenton, Tenn,
on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, Is the
greatest monstrosity Of the agc-a human
which resembles a frog. He is the son Of
r. Newell, is twenty-siX inches high,
weighs forty.elght pounds, and was borh in
OMon county, Tenn, March ~, 1875. His
body and arms are regularly formed and
well developed, his fingers are short, and
the manner in which they set on his hands
give them the appearance Of frogs feet;
his legs are small and are set at right angle
with the regular line Of walk, his feet are
small and badly deformed his face is eight
10 nine inches long and makes an angle Of
g. degrees with the base of skull facial
angles1 lis head is almost concal his
eyes are small and without expression; his
upper Jaws project far over the lower one :;
his lower jaw is small and has superb
bundance of flesh attached, which renders
him quite iroggy. He cant talk. If you
throw a nickel on the floor he will light on
il like o chicken on a June bug, He cant
walk, but his wanting in walking is madeup
in jumping, saw him jump eight feet
after dime. Ii tub Of water is placed
near him he will Jump into it like duck.
In rainy weather he will 90 to the door
and jump out, and remain out doors until
the rain is over.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-12-12
BURDENED WITH WEALTH.
THE TROUBLE THE ARGoNAUNrs had WITH
THEIR GOLD DUST
Virginia CScy.) Chronicle.

Virginia lNey) Chronicle
why didn't save my gold dust when
had il, young tcIler!" sneered an old
pioneer last night, vino had been Dragging
to the loungers in KnoXS courtroom Of the
piles of gold he had got nd Of in arly days.
"Well, p'rAps its nat'rai to ask that, seem
YOU don't even know what dust looks like.
In them days a man had To be his own
banker, an the the ony safe bank was
feller's pocket II wouldn't do TO leave
your dust nowhere if YOU didn't want it to
turn up missin when YOU went after il. A
thousand dollars in dust weighs iNst about
five pounds. aud when You get tour or five
thousand in your belt, it amt no easy load
TO pack around I'm bowed il the dead
weight Of many mans belt hasn't driven
him from the diggln's down to Frisco and
Sacramento ljst to have a whoop to get rid
of it. S'poSe you try packin' ten thousand
or fifteen pounds . lend around your waist
tur month or two, young Teller, and then
poull savvy why wasn't SO dreadful anxl-
Gus to hold on to the dust when got IT,"
Having thus sat down on the presumptu
Gus Johnny. Come-L Lately, the relic of the
days when gold could be had for the dig
ging grew garrulous.
Lord how free | was with the dust
ledge, dye remember the time when you
was keepin' bar in the Round Tent IN
Sacramento! What tricks you fellers was
mp to them days. Boys, I've seen the
ledge here take his knife of an evenin' an
pick as much as So or &c outen the cracks
In the red. wood counter. When one Of us