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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25
THE sAwDusT INcENDIARY.

The Mischief Done and Loss Caused by
The Improper Use Of Sawdust.
The sawdust spittoon should not be
tolerated a day in any building whose
owner is desirious of avoiding loss by
fire. To this apparently harmless and
clearly article are traced many fires,
and it is undoubtedly the cause of those
mysterious confagrations which are so
constantly happening. Not long ago
the treasurer of one Of the Boston in
surance companies was in New Hart
ford. N. Y, and while there he was in
vited to inspect the cotton-mill in the
town with view to making any sug-
gestions, as the mill was considered
quite model in its fire protection APP
planes. And so the insurance official
found it, save in one particular. In the
weave-room, under pair OF match
gears, was box of sawdust placed
there to catch the oil. Its only a mat
ter of time" said he, when that box
will be the cause of burning your mill.
A piece of rag will fall into the
saturated sawdust and spontaneous
combustion will readily ensue; or
a partially burned match will set
the sawdust smoldering." At this the
mill-owner said he knew now what
caused the fire in the Office some months
previously. He arrived at the office one
morning to find that the floor had burned
through where a sawdust cuspidor was
placed. and a good fire was being
worked upin the basement. Undoubted-
ly hak-lighted cigar or match had
caused the fire. after smoldering for
hours. A similar narrow escape oc-
Cured in Boston only few weeks ago.
When the Office boy came round in the
morning to open the building it was
found that the sawdust spittoon, which
stood under the gas-jet in a most con-
venient place to throw burned matches,
had burned through the floor during the
night and was on fire in the basement.
The building was one of the largest stor-
age warehouses in Boston, and contained
merchandise at that time valued at $780,
600. A narrow escape for the insur-
ance companies. Railroad stations
frequently use this neat but incendiary
appliance, and they are to be found
everywhere. Underwriters should see
to it that they be absolutely prohibited.
The danger lies in the sawdust. Sand
is just as cheap, answers every purpose
and is safe to pse.-Boston Commercial.
Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25
PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

An old maid in Nashville keeps o
parrot which swears, and a monkey
which chews tobacco. She says, be.
tween the two, she doesn't miss hus-
band very much.--Merchant Traveller.
1t is said that when the left ear
"burns" somebody is talking i'll about
you; and you may have noticed that the
left ear burns about ninety per cent.
oftener than the right ear.-N. y
Herald.
"A young man who left home ia
Connecticut several years ago to seek
his fortune, recently wrote from Texas
saying: Il have settled here" 1t has
since transpired that he was right. He
had settled at twenty cents on the dol.
lar.
"A Pittsburgh woman shot and killed
a man in that town recently because she
'loved him." It is pleasant. no doubt.
to be loved, but this business of having
it shot into fellow is accompanied BY
its disadvantages. -Burlington HapE.
eye.
Can any one explain why a New
England school-marm walks around
chair before she sits downP-Brooklyn
Times. Certainly. 1t is to get on the
other side. We never like to see any
one in doubt when it lies in our power
to relieve his anxiety.-Boston Post.
Some people make mistake in
confounding the word ''pleasantries"
with humorous" There is fine dis
tinction to be drawn. Many editors
have lost their positions by getting q
humorous paragraph in u pleasantly
column.-Peck's San.
"A gentleman was telling tale OF
deep distress to Quaker, one day, and
concluded by saying: II could not but
feel for him." ''Verily, friend" replied
the Quaker ''thou didst right in that
thou didst feel for thy neighbor; but
didst thou feel in the right place-didst
thou feel in thy pocket"
THE only serious mistake made
during my professional career" re-
marked n physician, twas when l cut
the wrong leg off patient. 1t resulted
in losing both legs, poor fellow" Il
suppose when he learned of your mis-
take he became very indignant. and
made great kick, didn't hep We'll,
yes. he became very indignant, but he
didn't make great kick. IN. Y.
Sun.
Now, sir,n said the Prosecuting
Attorney, pompously, 'you are rail-
road man, you say. Now, sir, let's see
how much you know about your bust
ness, sir. What motive, sir. has your
company for running its trains through
the city faster than the ordinances de-
CREEP" what motive?' Yes, sir, what
motive? Come sirr' why, Iocomo-
tive, should say" The witness was
fined for contempt of COURT Chicago
NeUs.
There is story of man who was
tried for stealing pair of trousers. He
was ably defended and the jury brought
in verdict of not guilty. The prisoners
counsel collected his fee and then said
to the indicated statesman: well. get
out. You're free. "I'll wait till he
goes" returned the victim of Islander,
pointing to the plaintiff II don't want
him to see met "Why note'' Cause
I've got them brooches on" -Fxck,
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GIVEN AND TAKEN.

Smoothing soft the nesting head
of maiden fancy-lcd,
Thus the graye-eyed woman said:
Richest gifts are those we make,
Dearer than the love we take
That we give for loves own sake.
"Well know the hearts unrest;
Mine has been the common quest
To be loved and therefore blest.
"Fayors undeserved were mine:
At my feet as on a shrine
Love has laid its gifts divine.
Sweet the offerings seemed, and yet
With their sweetness came regret,
And a sense of unpaid debt.
Heart of mine unsatisfed,
Was it vanity or pride
That a deeper Joy denied?
"Hands that ope but to receive,
Empty close; they only live
Richly who can richly give.
"Still," she sighed, with moistening eyes,
Love Is sweet in any glise;
But its best is sacrificed!
HE who, giving, does not crave,
Likest Is to Him who gave
Life itself the loved to save.
"Love that self-forgetful gives
Sows surprise of ripened shcayes,
Late or soon its own receives"
John Gresnledf Whittier, N. y. Independent
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DEALING IN DEAD HORSES.
Shoes, Fertilizers, Ladies' Switches, But
tons and Glue Made Out of Defunct
Equines.

Shoes, Fertilizers, Ladies' Switches, But
tons and Glue Made Out of Defunct
Equines.
A crowd had gathered on a South
Side street corner, where horse with
broken leg had been shot. As the
owner stood ruefully surveying his loss
fat, dark complexioned man elbowed
his way up and said, as ne smiled
grimly:
"Say, mister, III cart that horse away
if you will give it to me. Is it. bar
gainP"
The owner pondered a moment,
looked around at the crowd, and re-
marked:
1.-The animal is no use to me, and
guess you can have it, but I'm blessed
if know what you want with it. You
can have it if you will tell me-"
''All right. You see a dead horse
represents considerable money to me,
and when can get one, am going to
drop onto it every time. I'll haul the
animal out to my place, where / will
skin it and tan the hide, or else sell il
raw to one of the tanneries. 1t will
then go to some boot and shoe firm, who
will proceed to make it up into shoes.
The leather, being soft and waterproof,
makes up nicely and commands fancy
price.
''Shoes made of cordovan. as the
leather is called, are considered the
proper thing by swells and sell well.
The tail, when it is long and bushy, can
be made into nice horse-brush OF
switch for ladies. To make a nice
switch. take out the bone from the
tail and tack the skin onto a handle,
and there we have it, all ready for use
as soon as it gets dry"
But, what do you do with the re-
mainder of the body-the bones and
flesh?'
20, they come in handy. l raise
lots of hunting dogs. OF course, if
were to buy beef for them it would cost
me small fortune. When get or buv
dead horses save some of the meat,
feeding the dogs on that. They thrive
on it, and it don't cost me much.
The hoofs / sell to some glue factory,
where they are boiled down and made
ihtO eiuC. DO l. uldhc use VI Tic OOUtS i.
OF course / do. Sometimes / grind
them up and sell them as fertilizers.
Ground bone is the stuff to spread on
your garden if you want to raise good
crops. When am busy and want to
dispose of them l sell them to some
button-factory. They make buttons,
large and small, out of bones. / have
seen some knife handles made from
bone, but it cracks easily and is not
used much. Buttons are more generally
made from horse bones than anything
else in that line.
Now, if you want any meat for your
cats let me know, and i will supply
YOU" but the former possessor of the
horse did not seem to relish the idea of
his cats being fed on horseflesh. and de-
clined the offer with thanks. Mil,caukee
Sentinel
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More than 5000 horses die every
week in London. This IL what makes
alligator leather SO cheap over there,
tpadelphto Prsss
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-15
THE MARKETS,

ST. PAUL..
Wheat-No. 1 hard cash and October.
Northern, so a SIC bid. wv '' 4'o' q
Flo9r-oPatent, $525@5.5o; straights
$4:75 g 20 90 asked; bakers, s4.25@4.50 asked
Corn No. 3, 41c bid, 4sc asked.
Oats No. 9 mixed, $3.50. bid, CSC asked.
No Q white 2S15c asked.
Barley No. 2, &C., bid.
Rye No. 2, 45c. bid
Flax Seed $1.oS.
Balod hay, IS 90; asked timothy $3.50.
Dressed beef, choice steers SIC: @ ~;
Butter, extra &c. bid, % c. asked.
Cheese, 20 1Oc,
Eggs, extra 1Sc asked.
Potatoes, new, 35c per bushel asked.
Live y. stock.Sales Of steers:ranged$2.s7h
@ 3:25 per 100 lbs: Sheep sold at
MINNEAPOLIS.
WnEAr-No. / hard cash 92k: No. /
Northern cash S7a4; No. 2Northern cash,
FLouR-Patent in sacks held at a. $50
6. 45@5 60 New England points, S5'3O@5 60
New York and Pennsylvania, bakers $3.50.
CHICAGO.
Wheat, Oct; SIX; Nov. ssA.
Corn, Oct. ~
Oats, cash Is; Nov. 2SX.
Flax seed No. l, $1.15%.
Pork, cash, $S.15 @ $40; Nov. $3.50.
Live Stock, Cattle $3O@59O; Hogs
$39O@4.2O; Sheep, $2.O0@360.
MILWAUKEE.
Wheat-Cash, ::s7114c; Nov. ss<.
DULUTH.
WHEAT-No. hard, cash CSC;
Dec. 95H; No. l Northern 81.
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TWO NOTED MINsrREIs.

Who Have Won Fortunes and what They
say About stage Lie.
From Stage Whisper.
BILLY" Emerson has recently made
. phenomenal success in Australia. and
Is rich. -------....
Emerson was born ut Belfast in 1916.
He began his career with Joe Sweeney's
minstrels in Washington in 1857. Later
on he jumped into prominence in con-
nection With Newcomb's minstrels
with whom he visited Germany. He
visited Australia in 1874 and on his re-
turn to America joined H.verley's
Ministries in San Francisco Ut $500
week and expenses. With this troupe
he played before her majesty, the
queen, the Prince of Wales, and ROYALTY
generally. After this tri p he leased
the Standard theaaer, San Francisco.
where for three years he did the largest
business ever known to minstrelsy. In
April last he went to Australia again.
where he has ''beaten the record"
BILLY" is very handsome fellow,
IN excellent singer. dances gracefully,
and is . true humorist.
/ ''Yes, sir, l have Travelled all over
the world, have met all sorts of people.
come In contact with all sorts of Gus
toms, and had all sorts of experiences.
One must have q constitution like q To-
comotive to stand it,
"Yes, I know I seem to bear it like .
major and do, but tell you candidly
that With the perpetual change of diet,
water and climate, il / had not MAIN
tanned my vigor with regular use of
Warner safe cure I should have gone
under long ago."
George II. Primrose, whose name is
known in every amusement circle in
America, is even more emphatic, if
possible, than BILLY" Emerson, in
commentator of the same article, to
sporting and travelling men generally,
among whom it is a great favorite.
Emerson has grown rich on the
boards and so has Primrose, because
they have not squandered the public's
':favors."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-15
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The Situation of the Balkans.

A cablegram Of the eth, says: In the
Balkans great preparations and great
silence are the order of the day.
Constantinople is shaken by military
activity. From Belgrade comes the news
that the last of the reserves have been
called out and all the military surgeons
have gone to the frontier of Old Servia.
There is greatest activity in the navy
yards at Salams. The foreign correspond
ents believe Bismarck has not yet made up
his mind, but that Russia, needing all her
men and money for Asian schemes, will
cooperate fully with Germany. The
powers are expected to sanction Bulgarian
unity, but to authorize Turkey to suppress
any other attempt at an extension OF
territory. 1t is also said the Porte has
agreed to accept the union of Roumelia
and Bulgaria.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-15
A Memorable Explosion.

An important engineering event occurred
IN New York harbor, the 10th, being the
destruction of the nine acres of rock COM
prising the famous Flood Rock island For
the purpose tunnels had been run under the
island ut different points. These tunnels
we're charged with 100000 pounds of ex-
plosives, which were discharged simultane-
ously. 1t is believed that the explosion
was complete success, and that when the
debris is removed there will be clear
channel from the East river into Long
Island Sound, and that the dangers that
have heretofore beset mariners in these
waters, and which gave to the locality the
name of He'll Gate, have been entirely done
away with. No damage was caused to
surrounding property by the explosion. In
deed, those who were within a thousand
feet felt little or no commotion either in
the air or in the earth. At a greater dis
lance from the scene, however, almost
throughout the entire city, slight tremor
was felt. About 900 people..witnessedt the
event from boats and the surrounding
shores. Miss Mary Newton, daughter of
Gen. Newton, chief engineer Of the work,
touched the electric button which set off the
battery and caused the explosion. The ex-
plosion took place at exactly fifteen min
utes past eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
Only two trif1ing casualties occurred.
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MlnnAankA MnpG1Ap.

Saturday night the 10th, Peter Butterfly,
boy IL years Of age, Of the town Of
Norfolk, Renville county, shot and killed
Joseph Hogan. Young Butterfly and his
sister lived together, their parents being
dead. While assisting in the threshing a
week ago, Hogan insulted the sister, for
which the brother threatened to whip him.
Saturday Hogan returning from town
intoxicated stopped at Buter]y's and
commenced an assault on gthe boy, during
which he seized shot gun and shot Hogan
in the stomach. causing death in New
minutes Butterfly surrendered himself.
Hogan leaves wife and three children.
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Noses and Handkerchief.

The gradual decline of the human
nose is the result of the introduction
and general use of handkerchiefs. The
Romans never used handkerchiefs. and
their noses, we all know, were the
largest and finest type. Moreover,
they were less liable t. colds in the
head than are the people at the present
time, and their noses enjoyed almost q
sinecure. Philadelphia Ne,Us.
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Many people may not be aware that
a large per cent. of transiently mailed
newspapers reach the dead letter Office
IN Washington and are dumped into
the waste-paper cauldron, because too
little postage is paid upon them. In
the last three months six thousand
papers 50 mailed at Chicago have thus
been disposed of.
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yet whenever the views of these worth
les agree with my own always en-
dorse them. Thus the London Lancet
appears to me to write very sagacious-
~ upon the subject of fruit as an ar
ticle of daily diet. Something has al
ready been said about it in the House.
hold, but good advice is apt to be ne
elected and forgotten, so I shall
frequently revert to the subject The
Lancet says: -''One of the most salu-
tary tendencies of domestic manage
ment in our day is that which aims at
assigning to fruit q favored place in our
ordinary diet. The nutrient value of
such food, in virtue of it's component
starches and saccharine materials. is
generally admitted; and while these
substances cannot be said to equal in
accumulated force the more solid in
gradients of meat and animal fat, they
are similarly useful in their own de-
gree, and have. moreover, the advan-
tage of a greater digestibility." After
pointing out in semi-medical language,
the advantages of fruit, the Lancet
says: ''Almost all persons in fairly
normal health may indulge in sound
and ripe fruit in greater or less amount.
Except in certain cases. indeed, there
is practically no exact limit to its con-
sumption under these circumstances.
Our authority admits that certain class
es must not indulge in fruit, but adds:
'.Dyspeptic stomachs are usually bene-
fitted by moderate allowance of this
light and stimulating fare. 1t must be
remembered, moreover, that every
fruit is not equally wholesome, let the
digestion be as powerful as it may.
Nuts, for example as they
do, for the most part, of condensed al
buminOid and fatty matters-cannot
compare in acceptance, either by the
palate or the stomach, with other more
succulent kinds, even though they con-
tain in the same bulk a far greater
amount of nutriment. A little of such
fruit is enough for digestion, and that
little is best cooked. Nevertheless, if
we take fruit as a whole, ripe and
sound of course, and consider its vari-
ETY., its l;ghtness, and nourishing prop
critics, whether eaten alone or with
other food, and its cheap abundance,
we cannot hesitate to add our voice in
support of its just claims on public at
tention. In former articles we have
shown why vegetable produce of all
kinds should enter largely into the
food of children. Well-chosen fruits
are consequently for them as safe and
beneficial as agreeable.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-15

GEN. B. F. BUTLER, is, in a sense a
fatalist, having presentiment that he
will die within four years. He is now
sixty-four years of age, and says that
none of his family were ever known to
live beyond the age of GO wears.
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Closed by the Sheriff.

The salesrooms Of the agricultural ma
chinery and carriage house of 2. c. Goss &
Co., of Wabasha, Mimi, was closed the 9th
on an attachment sworn out by David
Bradley & Co., of Minneapolis. Other cred
itors then moving to secure their claims,
the firm made general assignment for the
benefit of their creditors.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-15

PRESIDENT LINCOLN had $4,000 life
insurance, President Garfield $4,000.
Arthur had a $4,000 policy when he
was Vice President and doubled it
when he became president. Before he
was elected, President Cleveland had
sl6 600 life insurance and he has recent
~ added $4,000, making totalof $780,
COO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-15

When Noah was in the Ark young
Ham was always playing tricks on the
old gentleman. One day he told his
sea.faring father that there was water
in the cellar and that they had all
caught cold! Then it dawned on Noah
that he had omitted to secure a supply
OF DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, which be
always used.
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CHANTICLEER, WHAT OF
THE MORN?
WALLACE ROGERS.

Chanticleer, what Of the morn,
I've heard thy oft repeated cry
For hours past, and now the dawn
Aids thee to ope thy sleepy eye.
Why dost thou that dull sound impart
While nights illumining star declines!
Or rouse thy drowsy concubinsss
Or dost thou sound that sluggish note.
AS but thy own appointed way
To clear and tune thine anxious throat,
To greet the coming lord Of day!
L9, now along tho kindling sky
He heaves his bright triumphal car.
And now rings forth that high, shrill CRY
That ha1lest him ATARI
Inc Gpangled curtain of the east
Bushes to greet days glorious king,
And Joy revives in man and beast,
And the bird on wanton wing;
Then Why should not, chanticleer,
w Fly nlgn note rouse that careless one
VINO thus can sleep when day In near
Beauty and life again begun?
Who know'st:.the workings Of thy breast,
Or whence this homage can arise!
Who know'st but that The evening rest
NAY pass In thoughts OF farther skies!
Or to deep meditation given
May stem beyond that wondrous king,
That walkest for thee the silent heaven
10 make thy ways illumining,
And light and beauty in thy path,
And gains thy praise-the all thou hath
We know not, and We cannot know
Thy nature In the dark or light:
Whether thy thoughts or stand or flow,
In keen instinct, or reasons flight:
But this We know, that thou doest give
Thy humble praise with joyful voice.
TO that bright beam that bids thee live.
And waken and rejoice;
And when that beam doth sink from sipht
Across the dewy -spangled lawn,
ThOu'lt watch and wait another night.
To hail another dawn. -
And thus may we, whose joys are brief,
Who oft bewail our night OF grief,
And oft too thankless view tie lirht
That Heaven doth give to break such
Like tbee', fond bird, return to Heaven
Our humble praise for blessings given:
Nor pass the night, cen though Of grief.
Thankless and mute cen to relief!
Like thee We may 4 warning give
To bid some sleeper wake and i've.
Like thee trust on, though darkness wait
Impatient at the spirits gate;
No night so dark but that the morn
May rise to laugh its fears to scorn!
Then may we with nights terrors cone.
Thus hail the morning beam Of hope!
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particular. Tickets good months. Per-
sons desiring to spend few mouths in
California should apply early, stating
October, November or December e1cur-
Rates and full information will be cheer
fully furnished upon application to T. W.
TEAsDA1E, Genl Passenger Agent, st. Paul,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-15
Bull DOG" Kelly.

"Bull Dog' Kelly the supposed murderer
of Robert McGregor Baird, at Johnson's
Ranch on the Columbia river, B. c., and
whose preliminary examination had been in
progress at st. Vincent for several days,
was brought to st. Paul the 9th for safe
keeping until the authorities at w Washington
decide whether they will allow him to be
extradited by Canada.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-15

VERMONT has. in proportion to popu-
lation, an unusual large number of
drug stores. But it is not to supply
medicines that they are established,
the motive is to evade the prohibitory
liquor law. and the drug trade by far
the larger proportion consists in dis
pensing contraband whiskey.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-15

1t you experience bad taste in the
mouth, saliowness or yellow color of
sKln' feel stupid and drowsy, appetite
unsteady, frequent headache or dizzi-
ness, you are ''billious," and nothing
viii arouse your liver to action and
strengthen up your system like DR..
flerce's Golden Medical Diseovery."
BY druggists.
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UnDrOVOked Assault.

At MazePpa, Mimi, the sth, tramp
giving his name as Frank Springer, made
an unprovoked assault upon an aged citizen
named Ford, beating him over the head
with chair until he was insensible, and
inflicting injuries which it is feared will
prove fatal. Springer was arrested aud
held for trial.