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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20
Death of the Pippin King.

Robert L. Pell of apple fame is among
the recent deaths. He was the most
successful man in this speciality in the
world, and his fruit was not only known
in the British market, but also in the
Orient. As gentleman farmer he had
few equals in America. since le made
his elegant rural life highly profitable.
He had an immense orchard on the
banks of the Hudson, whose product
was entirely limited to pippins. The
fruit was carefully picked, the inferior
quality being culled out for cider. The
remainder was then placed in 3 sweat
ing house, where the moisture was evap-
grated, after which it was packed in
boxes of an exact size and sent to . for
eign market. Pell found the fruit bust
ness the best kind of agriculture, and it
made him immensely rich. He owned
a fine house in Fifth Avenue, which he
made his winter home, and it was at this
place that he died.
In early life Fell Travelled extensively,
and not only made the tour of Europe
but reached. the Orient, including visit
to the Troad. This in these days was .
remarkable distance, and he carefully
improved the opportunity. He was q
very agreeable man in conversation, and
as a combination of elegant manners
and agricultural success he had few
equals. The famous pippins have car
ried his name to wide range of foreign
parts, and if their culture be properly
maintained it will be fortune to his
heirs. Pell informed the writer that
this immense orchard, numbering %, 900
trees, was all derived from couple OF
trees which his grandfather brought
from the town of Newtown, L. l.,
whence we now have the term "New-
town pippins." The family had devoted
itself to this specially, which made
them rich. No wonder, indeed, when
Pell's pippins retailed at nine cents
apiece in foreign markets.-Neac York
Cor. Tr0u Times
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20
The Points Of Law.

You see, boss, dar's a niger ibin'
up my way who orter be token car
Of" said an old darby to the Captain
at the Central Station yesterday.
"What's he been doing nowP"
"Waal, sab, las fall lent him my
AK, an when wanted it back he braced
right up an tole me dat posseshun was
nine pints CLAW, an refused to glib it
up"
"Yes."
"Waal, de odder day sent de ole
woman ober an she borrowed his buck
saw, an when julius cum for it l tole
him jist like he answered me, an stood
on my dignity"
"Wellp"
81 had nine pints o. law, didntIr
eyes,
"An' how many pints am de law COM
posed OFF"
al don't know exactly"
swell, dat's what bodders me, fuI
dat niger saw dem nine pints, shet up
dis LEFT eye fur me, pitched de ole wom-
an ober bar'l an walked off wild his
saw an my snow-shovel to boot. If
had nine pints he mus hev had ober
twenty, an chen den he didn't half let
himself out! "-Detrot Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20

The medical journals have of late
been citing cases of unusually slow
pulse. An old gentleman of ninety-six
had pulse of only thirty-six per min
ute-a woman aged eighty-three apulse
of twenty-five. A gentleman of thirty
eight years has pulse of about forty
per minute. Rowell, the pedestrian.
has normal pulse of forty-eight, which
occasionally rose to fifty during his pro-
longed walks.-Dr. Foote'S Health
Monthly for March.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20

1T is proposed to construct a crema-
tory in connection with Weehawken
Cemetery, near New York City, mum
Der of capitalists and scientific men
having interested themselves in the
project.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20

AUNT DELPHE, the antiquated rag
picker, stepped into the Post-office the
other day and inquired for q letter.
"Where fromp" asked the clerk.
+" Well, / dunno" said Aunt Delphe
"my husbands dead and dunno whar
my letters gwine to come from. Yer
sailles (Ky.) Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20

en- has overheard a poor but
nm IOWA tramp say: "Build low
Nm s - put out the moon, and IN
H. : !Or smother morsel of food as
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20

CoNMoN-sExsE and the science Of chemis-
try, when applied to butter making, reduce
product per cent, the quality of the product
20 per cent, and give . rich, golden color to
the butter the year round. AL these improve
ments, together with many Others, result
from the use of Gilt Edge Butter Maker.
Sold by druggists, grocers and general store
keepers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20
arr OF THE HEALTH.

,,odifics the temperature anu
q. 81 = n sss air. Their result Of many
sfs1s 49, !, d. that some diseases may
Ss ', charged to emanatiOns from
b ~ 2 .s.sutsric fever, bilious remit'ent
bssl a,ssDtery end cholera. Exactly
ira' ~ ocular power is, that induces
~ =. ,,orbid conditions, we do not
as'n various v theories and conjectures
p's advanced. Many observers
sTs .hst il consists of minute par
- p !, sscsying organic matter; We
Scs onlr that it arises from decay
80 Il the soil. Of organic matter
s ~ influence Of heat and moist
o. e = fevers, intermittent
r'.';tteut, are apparently produced
- ..,,ions from the soil, and called
gs.s,'I. They are certainly associated
= .suvis from low, moist grounds
- , q. and still they occur on ele-
% y, ,.,d,. that hold in depressions OF
=, ~ acc decomposing organic mat
= = ...,.r;al diseases are fond OF i'll
- and marshy places. In such
60 . - dud the worst forms OF diar-
- y. d,.sntsry and other disturbances
-, ! 4, ,limentary canal. as impaired
triton, dyspepsia and diseases OF the
- We often have occasion to
. -, that those who live in malari-
'' dstricts present feeble and sallow
..,.,,.. Yellow fever, if not caused by
~. from malarial grounds, is rem
s.,,d worse by them. Malaria fosters
!. ,ovth, Il it does not generate it.
Il sewerage, filthy purifying and
y, organic matter have the honor OF
! D',snisgs. Cholera may prevail in
nalsda Districts Out .nen II alSo l"'ee'
b fag and oemands 'u''."ue.
ksd ship at sea anu Oh san'y uo'oi'''
Typhoid may be generated by emana-
inns from decaying vege'ao.eo VI a",
nsirials occurring IN .ne ia'e au'u
pOuihs, and after oIy anu Dui n
xssons Of the year. warm anu amy J.
sssons promote the oecomPosi'ion -
Vegetable materials anu ~ u''ia.oy
rnerste the germs OF 80 many "a'auios'
Flowing uplands whose suoson VI SUI
Hiscs has not been exposed 70 inc us
injecting inhuences OF sun ana ali
hr many years has OF peen ioiioweu
y many and severe on 'yPno'o
Nu. Cess-pools placed real dweilnss
n allowed 70 exude ana throw 'neir
maaati0ns into neighooring MONIES also
uncommon causes OF TINS FEVER. Two
m were seized Dy tms disease ias' au-
unn. They slept IN the same ioom'
VII open windows peneatn wmcn was
aosPOo. Exposing drains' Ponas'
Nd dagnant pools IN not Gays 70 'ne
accomplishing influence OF the sun Is moi
n uneonnon cause OF thus nearly un-
ysldlng ma'ady. "ster-cicsets In tne
center q dweinng ana USED TOT tne
dsP'df Of fecal excretlons OF the SICK
~ mFso eafeeoie u not disease the In
Mates unless they are very much better
r'ul''sa IMAM We usually hnd them.
Having this deposit OF filth under our
e! noses ana lungs Is q disgrace 70
.. ! ~ .s 's.'' s S alo , LAY WI. :.
=. " - 1870 :. ~ 1 ,s |" , uon'''on L =
-. s'.s I, IN .'a'e, $50 1ooS =.
: $500, anu ui1.na'ey .esu''S
-. s 'a'~' n'1'a' y lniPaliS INC ,e
~, .s p0.s. NATURE gave oor
s-.,r.. ''.'.s y..en n"se apous 'ne'i
bm ) :. s.. s.. n'a''e, IN 'ne
,o.l. -. rss',s'' pl,sy Vaul,s' cess
O.. \, -. '.a' o,'en produce the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20
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nsrkse vslss. On ~ nAke bsefss hsuen0tS DsmEs
II inifsusnA Genuine ed snly h boxss Win trade
mara Of dairymsid, ngsth9 Win words sGrIf-EDSB
BUrrHR MAKER" printed % sch pssksss rswess ~
b ozsssn and os.ssl DassDkssn Al your dsa,w ~
our book "Hins 70 -Makszss snd seanp b ~
To- 4 onan sizs -, - - senlss Large size, * -,
tleA Great saving b buying ~ larger 49,
A0msA ourYEn inPaovE0Eu 60. pEtm
E0uSaDs sAn~sMnws AuoHGl DUYvAxa u
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20

Iris said that four million packages Of Fra
zer's Axle Grease were sold in 1879; and we
believe it,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20

REppINe's RUSSIA sALvE is unequaled fol
ehilblains, chapped hands, frost bites, etc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-20

E. J. CAMPBELL, of Philadelphia, under date
of Oct 4. 1873, certified TO the wonderful en-.
cacy of Warmers Safe Pills and FATE Tonic In
removing a liver disease accompanied by
chronic constipation and yellow skin.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-15
A Girl and "a Bear.

About a month ago Miss Alice Corey, OF
New York city, came to visit her uncle, a
German, who owns a small farm in the
mountains, six miles northwest Of Hunters
Range, Pa. Miss Corey is about sixteen
years old, and her PARENTS are well to do.
Her uncle has daughter, L ara, also aged
about sixteen years. Her father having but
one son, Clara has for years helped to do the
work on the farm, and she has become an
expert shot with rifle. She has a mania
for hunting, and frequently goes into the
forest in search Of game. A few days ago
Clara invited her cousin to accompany her
on a hunting expedition. They started
from the house shortly after breakfast
Alice with a double-barrelled gun and
Clara with a rifle. After securing the
woods for several hours without much sue
cess they visited "Dark Swamp" This
swamp embraces several hundred acres, 10
densely wooded, and bears are frequently
seen there. The girls reached the edge of
the swamp at noon, and started into the
thicket They had gone but a short dis
tance when Miss Corey, who was walking
a few yards behind her cousin, heard q
cracking noise in the bushes a short dis
tance back. Looking around, she saw a
large black bear coming toward her. Glars,
who had frequently encountered the ShaR-
gy monsters, called to her frightened cous-
in TO come TO her. She then drew her rife
to her shoulder and, taking deliberate aim
at the animal, awaited until it came within
easy range, and then fired. The bear
uttered howl of pain, and fell bleeding.
As Clara's rifle was single-barrelled one,
she seized the double-barrelled gun from
her cousin, and discharged both barrels at
the infuriated animal, in the hope of killing
it outright. But, with the disappearance
Of the smoke from the gun, the bear was
seen writhing, but not dead The brave
young woman then approached cautiously
to within reaching distance of the wounded
animal, and, taking from a large leather
belt encircling her waist a bone-handled
deer knife, plunged it to the hilt into the
bears neck. At this moment the diving
monster gave sudden lunge and fastened
its sharp claws into the girls skirts pulling
her down. Her frightened cousin ran
about wildly and screamed at the top of
her voice, but as there was no house within
two miles. her cries were not heard. She
then returned to where Clara was still
with the animal. The bear still
held the girl in his grasp, but was rapidly
growing weaker. The girl was all the
time using her knife with good effect. She
dealt the dying animal blow after blow un-
til it finally released its hold and rolled
over dead. Though very much exhausted
and considerably scratched by the bears
plsUc Claro xH.1fh tho accicfopna of ha-
cousin, was soon able to walk. They
marked the spot where the dead bear lay,
and then returned home. Clara's father
and brother drove to the swamp and brought
.he bear in, which, when dressed, weighed
$40 pounds. The skin is to be sent to a
New York taxidermist to be stuffed, and il
'UdNgnIr 6I IIer tcTrIUIc srruggEv
.unate escape.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-15
Clear I q Kitchen.

A famous nobleman once called on
Abernethy with reference to an infiamed
eye. His lordship after waiting an hour
for Abernethy to get through with num-
Der of charity patients whom he never left
to attend upon the highest nobleman, be-
gan the conversation by saying:
doctor, wish you would examine this
eye; fear some deadly mischief is at work
here"
eff you wi sit there in my patients
chair, and let me do the talking, | will
soon find out what is the matter with
you"
A few sharp questions and the doctor
concluded the interview with the following
words:
'EYour difficulty is not where you think
it is, in your eye, but''-pointing his fin
ger at thepatient's enormous stomach-'fs
there, in your kitchen. Of course, when
the kitchen is out of order, the garret and
allthe other rooms in the house are likely
to be more or less affected. Now all you
need to do is to clear the kitchen and the
garret will require no special publication
Your lordship must do as the famous Duke
of Wellington did on well known occa-
sion-cut off the supplies and the enemy
will leave the citadel"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-15

| going in the direction Of this particular town
| TO pass them. The conductor signaled il to
stop, the detective got aboard, and in the
| course OF an hour or SO was standing In the
| little village where he desired TO be. twas a
! primitive Ohio hamlet, and the only alleged
| hotel II could boast Of the most wretChed
description. The detective concluded that
| he could do nothing at that late hour and in
his exhausted condition; SO he determined
| TO obtain II little sleep and scour the country
in the morning. With infinite difficulty he
succeeded in arousing the sleepy landlord of
the hosiery. There were no accommoda-
tions, he said, in reply to the detectives,
questions, unless he was willing TO occupy
the same room and bed with another man. '
'The detective thought it was better than
sleeping out, so he asked to be shown the
room. He had just unrobed, and was about
eXtinguishing the tallow dip, when some
thing prompted him to take look at his
bedfellow. He did so, and what was his
surprise to find his whilom prisoner snuggled
up in the bedcloths. Accustomed as he was
TO repressing his feelings upon all occasions,
he could scarcely refrain joyful shout at
his good fortune, and il was some time be-
fore he recovered sufficient calmness TO act
with coolness. After much self-congratu-
lation he secured the forger's clothing to a
piece of twine and supended them from the
window. lie then resumed a portion of his
own clothing, and hid the remainder, locked
the door, and placed the key in his pocket,
and getting into bed he placed his revolver
in such q position that, although out of
sight, it was within easy reach, and sank
into peaceful slumber. In the morning
he was awakened by the sound of some one
talking in the room, and peering cautiously
around he noticed the forger rummaging
about, clothed only in an abbreviated under
garment and cndeavoring manfully to give
proper vent to his feelings in choice but
emphatic eXpletives. His search for his
clothing proving unavailing, he approached
the bed opposite to investigate. AS he did
SO, click went the revolver, and the detec-
tive stood revealed TO his astonished gaze
He started as if he had been struck, and
before he could recover from his astonish-
mont he was properly handcutfed and at
the detectives mercy.
''He was soon assisted into his clothing;
the next passing train was hailed and they
arrived at their destination without further
adventure"
"What became Of the forger?" inquired
the reporter, as the detective applied a
lighted match TO his cigar.
''Oh, he was tried soon afterward," was
the reply, 'and the evidence against him
was of such an overwhelming character
that he was convicted and sent up for a
long term
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-15
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

1t is a somewhat sad fact that some
people nave higher polish on their
boots than on their manners. If their
heads were only where their feet are
how they would shine.
If we would have powerful minds,
we must think; il we would have faith
full hearts, we must love; If we would
have strong muscles, we must labor.
These include nearly all that is valua-
BILE in this life.
The man who processes to believe
that evil is only the under side OF good, ,
the daUk side of the moon, and properly
q component part of human life, will
never have the satisfaction Of dying
from Inflammation Of the brain.
All things must change. Friends
must be torn asunder and swept along
in the current of events, to see each
other seldom and, perchance, no more.
Forever and ever in the eddies of time
and accident we whirl away.
We all love pleasure and abhor sor-
row. No one will choose cloudy sky
and rough path; but these evils have
their good parts, aud those who really
long for peace and happiness will try
TO find out and extract them, instead OF
hurrying along regentfully or with
forced gayety.
The old theory about getting up ear
ly is, at last, happily exploded. Ont
can now 60 TO bed and get up when ht
pleases without having that fatal pro-
verb flung in his teeth. The higher
philosophy tells as that even if We dc
s'shorten our days." as the saying il
Ly getting up late, we at least lengther
our nights by the same process.
"Blessed are the pure in heart fo
they shall see God Z" When? In th'
better life to come. no doubt, but herr
also, and with a most satisfying vision
You are like one whom a kind am
faithful guide is leading along lionel!
and dangerous road through the dark
ness of the night. The form Of you
guide you can scarcely see, but hi
words of comic rt and assurance are il
your ears all the while; you trust him
Tor you know that he perfectly know
the way, and you commune with hin
as you 60 along, Now and then, as tn
clouds break and the stars shine on
for little, you think you can almos
see his face. By and by the morning
comes, and you see as you are seen all
know as you are known. But the com
fort, the Joy, the assurance of his pres
ence and his guidance you have had tn
whole night long; and daylight give
you q fuller revelation of that whle
you knew already.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-15
The Longevity of IceberGs.

Icebergs are subjected to disintegration
in somewhat the same manner as rocks
They are full of crevasses, into which the
water formed by melting penetrates; in
winter this water freezes, and by its ex-
pansion all through the glacier a rupture of
the mass ensues. cit is highly probable, p"
he SAYS, 'that most of the icebergs af1oat
in winter are in such condition that g.
very slight cause is sufficient to make them
burst because of their state of internal ten
sion. Every polar traveller can tell how
shot, the driving-in of an ice-anchor, or any
other sudden vibration, has brought about
catastrophes cases have even occurred In
which the sound of the voice alone was
sufficient. An iceberg is always an un-
pleasant neighbor. So many are the
causes which tend to destroy icebergs that
the author concludes that "no berg exists
which could withstand them more than ten
years, and that commonly the life Of berg
is much shorter" However this may be,
doubtless the much larger Antarctic bergs
last very much longer, as must necessarily
occur because of the greater uniformity OF
the climate to which they are exposed.
The iceberg into which the Arizona ran re-
Gently must have been an unusually solid
one,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-15

Chewing Gum.

Among the quiet little manufacturers of
the country is that of chewing gum. Only
one factory exists in New York city, and
the few others are in New England, New
York State, Ohio, Illinois, and Tennessee
The gum is sold by druggists, grocers and
confectioners in cities, and any country
grocery that hasn't it is consider incomplete.
Gum from spruce trees was exclusively used
until recently, when it found a rival is gum
mastic, a white and attractive article made
from paraffine, which is sweetened. The
consumption of this chewing gum in the o..
8. is about thirty tons yearly; that of spruce
gum somewhat less, and that of gum made
in Tennessee from balsam tolu, and sold in
the Southern States, about twenty tons.
Lately q material has been used styled
rubber gum" 1t is from the sap of the
sapote tree of South and Central America
The sap like that of the India rubber tree,
has milky look. The sap was first i'm
ported into the United States with view
of melting it with india rubber, in order to
produce cheaper article than the latter. II
was found to be impliable, and therefore
useless for that purpose. 1t had long been
chewed by South and Central American
Indians, and found useful in allaying thirst
Experiments were therefore made here II
purifying it for chewing and with final
success. 1t is tastless and has the merit Of
lasting longer than the other gums, which
more quickly dissolve and crumble in the
mouth. So great it its ducility that piece
half an inch wide, after being heated II
the mouth, can be stretched into thread (
hundred feet long. Its consumption il
about fifty tons year. Chewing gum doe
not, like tobacco, require that the saliva b.
expectorated; it does not, like smoking, ex
cite the nerves, nor like a superabundanc'
of food or drink, hurtfully overload th'
stomach.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-15
Flame eolOred Kids,

young man GETS on the train and seats
himself opposite ne. He wears flame-col-
ored kids and poodle dog. Now, do
( not object to nan wearing any kind or
color of kids, aui love Of the angels, how
do hate poodle dog. The young man
holds the poodlcin his lap, smooths out the
blue ribbon apund mis- neck. placidly
strokes his whikers, and languidly stares
at me. AS / bok at them ! notice how
much they lo,k alike. Father and son
perhaps. AS Think the thought, the dog
snarls and hrks an indignant denal
Presently the young man. with a painful
effort opens tn, conversation by saying:
"Nha's new?"
| tell him TIE elections have all gone one
way and he says:
CLAW"
And presently adds:
''Who's 'eltctedl"
tell him Cornell is elected in New
York.
''Ya-aS," he says. 'Tve been in Moo
Yawk. Cornell" he aided, frightening
up, Cornell he's colleg or something #
that sort. amt hel"
difference between A,onzo B. and the uni
versity at Ithaca. The young man looks
painfully astonished upon learning they are
not the same man.
who runs 'gainst himi' he asks.
Robinson.
IA, ya.as," he says. "know him.
Runs a circus. Funniest thing f the kind
you ever saw. Tent all striped. like-like
like bedtick, you know
Then he paused and rested himself. and
presently said:
"Wha' you w-itinY"
ltold him | was getting up a little work
for the paper that honored itself by secur-
Ing, at an immense annual outlay, my val
liable though erratic, service.
'Wha's it's name?" the young man ask
cd fcebly, at the same time fondling his
dog.
''The Hawkeye," told him, 'for sale
by all the news dealers, and only two dol
lars year in advance. The best paper in
America, and the finest advertising medium
i'll the West; devoted to
"Ah ya-as, he said. Frightening up ''and
you're tn feller they call 'lIawkeye;'"
| admitted that sometimes people who
didn't know my other name called me
that.
ooh, ya-as, he said, II know you
flushed and bowed and he went on.
81 know you. Heard of you often.
Seen you play once. You're the Injun
chief in Buffalo Bills party, amt youl'
Then he leaned back, exhausted. And
l.
Well, | felt about as tired as he did.