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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
PLAUSIBLE OPINIONS

An American Scientists idea of the Form
alton of North America.
The opinion is expressed by an emf
nent American scientist, in a recent
lecture, that the North American Con-
tinent had the beginning of its form
alton in islands of matter rising out of
the immense ocean, which grew until
they finally touched each other. Many
Of these islands were volcanoes that
threw up matter that had formed be-
low the surface of the water, and were
larger below the water than above it.
The Hawaiian Islands have had many
volcanoes and were much formed by
them. Their whole area above the sea
is no more than that of the State of
Massachusetts, but their combined
bases must be equal to the whole Of
New England and New York united.
Thus the original islands of this con-
tinent could easily have been made to
enlarge and join each other, and the
granite rock so abundant was doubtless
once erupted from volcanoes, like flow
ing lava. Among the first volcanic
islands must have been Greenland,
Canada east of Winnipeg, the Atlantic
district, the Rocky Mountains and the
Sierra Nevadas; but as the islands rose
and enlarged great depressions would
naturally commence and 60 on, and in
this way the depressions of Hudson 9
Bay, the Mississippi Valley, and the Salt
Lake and Nevada basins were formed.
These depressions would fill with mass
i've sediments, which would eventually
become rocks, and the depressions
would have saucer or platter shape
~ Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
How to Hang Thermometers.

For the exact meteorological observa-
tons the instrument should be placed
80 high as to be entirely removed from
any influences. caused by the reflex of
the sun as well as the wind from the
surrounding objects. For ordinary OBJ
servations the instrument may be loca-
ted low enough to be convenient for in
spection. In every case it should be ~
free as possible so that the tube is ac-
cessible to air and current from all
sides. Even then there will be differ
ences in first-class instruments. The
great variations between the thermom-
eters of the signal service and those Of
opticians are simply due to the differ
ences in attitudes. These variations
are greater in hot weather. when they
reach sometimes four or FIVE degrees,
because the heat is reflected from the
sidewalks and houses upon the very
sensitive mercury. while in the clouds.
where the signal officers dwell, there il
little or NO reflex. During the winter
months variations seldom range beyoud
one degree. industrial Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
THE SERVANT PROBLEM.

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher's Contribution
to the Discussion Of This Subject.
If we learn that girl has '.given
warning to her employer of her inten-
ton to leave, there is no dishonor in
trying to secure her. But to ''do as
we would be done by" to avoid the
least appearance of evil, it is but wise
and just to go first to her present
mistress and state our wishes and make
all necessary inquiries.
BY seeking the girl privately we moi
only degrade ourselves by a dishonora-
BILE deed, but have the additional sin
placed to our account of tempting an
other to do wrong. If she can be once
tempted to do wrong she probably can
be again; and from a useful, reliable
servant, you have made her one upon
whom you can place no dependence.
s'The laborer is truly worthy of his
hire" and none should object to his re-
ceiving the full value of his services;
but we claim that there should be no
meddling, no mean, underhanded
efforts to buy servants, or steal them,
from their employers by the private
offer of larger wages. BY adv ertising
which is open to alone can eventu-
ally secure good help. But more open
way is to go to the employer. if sure
that the servant is intending to leave
or the mistress is willing she should,
and after learning what is thought to
be the true character of the employee
you wish to secure, state your terms,
and ask permission to see the girl. We
claim that the good old rule should be
as scrupoulously exercised in dealing
with neighbours servant as in every
thing else-''Do unto others as you
would others should do unto you. "
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, in Brookiyn
MaQazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
AT THE AUCTION.
veracious Account Of . Meeting Between
Smnrty and the Auctfoneer.

veracious Account OF . Meeting Between
smnrty and the Auctioneer.
And it came to pass after the going
down of the sun that young Smarty
was passing the mart where a certain
man cried out in loud voice; 1.-TWO
am 1 offered; do l hear two and .
half?"
''Ahar' cried young Smarty, turning
10 the companions who attended him.;
s'behold! the auctioneer. Let us enter
in, and mark how l will paralyze him"
So entered they in.
And still the voice of the auctioneer
was lifted up:
"And haf'n haf'n a haf'n a hat.
Anybody say three-quarters?"
quarters said they not.
s.Prythce, SIR" said young Smarty,
Twill you allow me to make bid?'
For Smarty, the Juvenile, had read in
the chronicles how a man had once
propounded that query to an auctioneer
who stood in the market place, and on
his replying; "Yea, verify" he said;
'.Then 1 bid you good night"
As the OK goeth to the slaughter, so
marched Smarty up to the very front
of the auctioneer.
Will you allow me to make bid?"
Up spake the auctioneer, who was
fiy with regard to the ways of the I'M
cody:
mo. / will not. 1 never take bids
from children and fools"
Then the people laughed Smarty to
scorn and he skunk away, sorrowing.-
Texas Sifaisos.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
THE WHITE HOUSE

What It's Maintenance Costs the Country
In Connection with the President.
Most people believe that the $50. 900
= year which the President gets as his
salary is the sum total. This is mis-
take. The estimate of the amount
which Congress is to appropriate this
year lies before us, open at the page
relating to the President. We see that
$50. 0S4 is asked for him, in addition to
his salary of $4,000, to pay the
salaries Of his subordinates and clerks.
His private secretary is paid 30, $50,
his assistant private secretary 81, 250,
his stenographer $500, five messen-
g.rs each 81, 200, steward. 81, 800, two
door-keepers who each get 81, 200, four
other clerks at good salaries, one tele-
graph operator, two ushers getting
( 900 and 81, 400, a night usher getting
S1,200, a Waterman who gets 5000, and
a man to take care of fires who receives
1854 year. In addition to this there
Is set down 5000 for Incidental ex-
pcnses, such as stationery, carpets and
The care of the Presidents stables.
And further on, under another heading,
th~re is a demand for nearly $4,000
m IRE. OF this S12.500 is for repairs
and furnishing the White House. 81. 500
for fuel, SS. ZOO is for the green house.
and S15, 900 is for gas, matches and the
stables. The White House. all told,
costs the country, in, connection with
the President, considerably over $685.
600 year.-Sow Francisco World,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
Paper Water Pipes.

A short time ago it was given out
that paper rails had been made and
successfully tested. Now the same ma
terial has been utilized for making
pipes, and certain quantity of such
pipes have been exhibited in Vienna.
The process is as follows: Strips of
paper, the width of which corresponds
with the length Of one pipe section. are
drawn through melted asphalt, and
wound upon mandrel When the
pipe thus made has cooled, the man.
drel is withdrawn. and the inside is COW
cred with kind of enamel the nature
Of which comprises the main secret Of
the invention, and is therefore not
IN ide known. The outside is painted
W tn asphalt varnish and busted over
with sand. 1t is stated that such q
pipe will resist some two thousand
pounIs internal pressure, though the
thickness Of the stuf is only about
cne-half inch. = Ch;caQo Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
A FAIR EXCHANGE.
Why Detroit Taxpayer Preferred q
Whetstone to q Patent Door-Spring.

Why . Detroit Tay-Payer Preferred Q
Whetstone to a Patent Door-spring.
He slid quietly into jefferson ave.
nue. hardware store Yesterday forenoon,
unrolled paper on the counter, and
as he held up patent door-spr ing he
said:
II buy him two days ago, und 1 like
to exchange him for wheatstone."
whats the matterp''
"Vhell, l can't make him fit on my
screen door,"
"Why, that's the easiest thing in the
world. See here: This end screws on
the door, and that end on the casing"
II tried him dot vhay. und he doan'
work"
when it is on you take this metal
pin and turn the spring. See the holes
therep''
Il does dot vhay, und my screen
doors flies open"
"You turned the wrong way"
81 turns him eafery way. Some
times der door vhas wide open, und all
der flies in Michigan 60 in, und some
times he wash shut oop SO tight can't
get in my own house. / begin on him in
der morning, und doan' leave off till
night, but he won't work right
THAT'S curious. What tools did you
have?"
II use a hammer und screw-drifer
und cold-shisel und saw und auger und
crow-bar und lots of more, but he doan'
spring for me. My wife works at him,
too, und my hired man he lose half a
day, und I wash discouraged. l guess
trade him for a wheatstone."
"Well. I'll exchange with you. but
I'm sure can show you how to adjust
it,
II guess I doan' try any more. You
see, my life vhas short, ind l can't
spare so mooch time NIT machine ry.
II l get wheatstone / doan' hat to
screw him on nor turn him around.
Dere vhas no pins or -atchets in his
stomach. He vhas all right both ends
oop. Maybe he doan' keep oudt flies,
but he makes no troubles for me.
The exchange was made, and the
man went away light-hearted. calling
back from the door:
81 can make oudt y wheatstone all
right, und vhas obliged NIT you. A
wheatstone winds oop only one vhay."
Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
SWEEPING DAY.
now It Can BE Robbed Of Some Of .ta
Most Dlsagreeable Features.

NOW III I'm DO ktOOO00 OF some OF AIu
Most Dlsagreeable Features.
If you look at your Homework as
the means to delightful home. it will
not seem hard or hateful; even the
dreaded sweeping day, which I own to
liking worse than wash day, leads to
the repose of fresh, fragrant rooms,
and sanctity from dust and deface-
ment. 1t need not be quite so much
penance il you have proper aids.
These are covers of glazed cambria
for large furniture, carpet sweeper,
brushes, patience, care, etc.
If you sweep with . broom, use
damp tea leaves, bran, coarse meal.
saw-dust or dry snow, to keep down
the dust, remembering to have these
things damp. not wet; to sprinkle only
q yard or two where you mean
TO sweep at once, and to take it up
with the sweepings before you 60 to
the next place. Brushing a damp
mass of dust and trash over whole
carpet is not the way to improve it.
Fine carpets like Wilton or Moquette
should be swept with the pile to keep
them from wearing; and dealers say
that Brussels should be swept only one
way. 1t is good rule always to begin
at the corner farthest from the door.
taking up the dust every yard or two.
Take rugs up, bringing opposite sides
together, not to spill the dust; lay
them face down on green sward, OF
hang them so out of windows, and
beat the backs till all the dust is out.
Beating on the face sends the dust into
the firm woven ground of the rugs
BdDtist WceElu.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
WHITE ANTS.
4 Farmers Buildings Attacked and Do
stroyed BY These Insects.
bloomington fIll) Dispatch.l


stroyed BY These Insects.
bloomington m) Dispatch.l
Prof. s. A. Forbes, State Entomologist,
was in this city to-day, returning from
Mount Palatine, Putnam County, where
he was summoned to view the work of
damaging insects. He visited the farm of
John Wilson, near Mount Palatine, and
found that his premises had been almost
completely destroyed by white ants, q
species very uncommon in America, but
very similar to the white ants of India and
Africa. The insects first attacked an out.
door cellar, working on the under.
side Of the roof and the inside of
the walls. Their working is confined
to the woodwork, and they so
followed out the roof and sides Of
the cellar that it collapsed. From the cell
lar they spread to the residence, and have
completely ruined a great part of the
building. Here they worked through the
sills, in the studding, in the weather.
boarding, window and door castings and
the rafters and shingles. They also laid
hold of the granary, which was built Of
hard wood, and so worked on the stills and
oak plank floor that the floor of its own
weight fell in. The cellar is completely
ruined; part of the houss will be liable
to be torn down, as will also the granary.
The loss entailed is several hundred dol.
lars. The professor advised that all the
wood affected be destroyed, and the re-
mainder saturated with gasoline. He
says that he has known ants to work in
rotten logs and in culverts and bridges,
but he never knew them to attack build
ings. He says that the light is offensive
to them, and that their work is not easily
detected. He suggests that railroad men
should exercise great care that these anita
do not get in their bridges. Wilson'S
premises are in the midst of q large
prairie. Prof. Forbes says the ants have
been there four or five years, but their
presence there he can not account for, un.
less they were conveyed from the woods
In log that they were working. He says
they are very prolific and difficult to de-
stroy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
Knew Him Entirely Too Wen.
Northwestern Lumberman.l

A man who is attempting to starr 70.
tail lumber yard down in small town In
Ohio gave q jobber the name Of his former
employer for reference and left his order,
The report received by the jobber, al
though slightly ambiguous, was not Of 9
nature to induce him to hustle vs-y much
In the execution Of the shipment. It is 90
subtle, and withal so honest, that am
tempted to subjoin IL: "Mr. - hal
worked for me for twelve or thirteen years
and has always been faithful man, and
respect him as true friend; butif was
q stranger to him and knew his failings
would not want to trust hlm.n
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

sWhat furniture can give such finish to
q room, a. . tender woman's face" asks
George Elliott Not any, we are happy to
tempers the tender expression. The pale
anxious, bloodless face of the consumptive,
or the evident sufferings Of the dyspeptic,
induce feelings of SORROW and grief on our
part and compel us to tell them of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" the
other diseases of the respiratory system as
we'll a. dyspepsia and other digestive
troubles Sold everywhere.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

Best Goods arc Put In Smallest Parcels
The old proverb Is certainly true in tho
case of DIR. Pierce's PLEASANT Purgative
Pellets," which are little, sugar-wrapped
parcels, scarcely larger than mustard seeds,
containing as much cathartic power as Is
done up in the biggest, most repulsive-look-
ing pill. Unlike the big pills, however
they are mild and pleasant in their opera
tion-do not produce gripping pains, nor
render the bowels costive after using.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25
4 Juvenile Tilt.

First Boy-My pa blows . horn in
the band.
Second Boy-That amt nothin'.
F. B.-Mischief it amt; moan your
your ole pa can do. My pa goes to
parties an picnics an your ole pa can't
90 there.
S. B.-Yes, an my pa is in the peni-
tentiary an your ole pa can't 60 there.
either. -Arkansas0 Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

The writer of the new song, Il
Love You, Darling, in My Dreams
should not forget that dreams 60 By
contraries. Little mistakes like this
sometimes produce q discord. - Wash
isqton Critic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

DELICATE diseases of either sex, however
induced, radically cured. Address, with 10
cents in stamps for book, Worlds Dispen-
cary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

s'WAs the drum beaten because Il Gale
the harp lyreP'-Tszas SJ1isGs
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

For restoring faded and gray hair to ia
original color, use Halls Hair Remover.
Sufferers from malarial disorders will find
Q specific in Ayers Ague Cure. Try t.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

PIso's Remedy for Catarrh is Agreeable
to use. II Is not q liquid or a snuff. Soc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

THE skeleton man travels on his shape
Indianapolis Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

You've man, never say to your sire
"You might go, father, and faro worse.'-
Detroit FIRES Press
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

A HoMxLy woman has some advantag'
over . beautiful one. Il 10 possible To-
ether women to love here Chicago TrjbxNs
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

SOLD again-Sscond-hand articles.-Bxs
kngton Fres Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

Man proposes; woman discloses, and thel
the whole world says Il told you 20. "-Bwr
bngtos Free Pres.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

THE best thing yet discovered for sea-
sickness IL port.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

WHEEL never tire Of entertaining the cy
clists- Let them axle they want and the
shall have it-Bost0n Pos&
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

The Queen Regent Of Spain viii
maintain and educate at her private
expense the children Of those who per-
ishsd In the recent tornado ct Madrid.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

opinion say Az 70 the world: Please as a0, y
whom you wish 70 think. "--X. o. Pieaysns
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

HB covered the whole point-The ma,
who sat down ON . carpet tack.-L{f6
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

A MAN should be allowed to laugh at hid
own jokes Others may not see whore thA
laugh comes in.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

A WRITER says: 'swhat quaint head wal
Carlyle's." Were you quaint head viii
himf-Tzas SUtings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

PLEASE remember that GLENN's SULPHu
Soar presents all the advantages of Sui.
phur Baths at q cheap rate. Hills HAIB
AND WHISPER DYE, Black or Brown, Soc.
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ABAcHELoR editor. who had pretty I'm
married ulster, late1y wrote 70 one similar
u earuumstanced; s11ease exchange>ns
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

BACK PAY-Kicking book agent out Of
your ofice.-MerchaNt Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-09-25

IT IL not patriotism which leads doctor
TO go to war. It's pillage.-P fttsbsrga
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ANEW York paper says the milk sold in
that city IL Q white lie."
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Apartcle applied into each nostril and
to USE Price 50 by mail or at druggists. Send to!
circular. ELY BROTHERS. DruggfstA Owego. n. Z
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-29

DABRIT METAx-rRoM 100 TO 200
ID pounds Of bsbbit metal for sale ct the
szNxrHRL once. Eureka Nevada.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-29
mo s42.l
Application for q Patent,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

EUREKA, Nevsda. October 81, 1886.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN Thomas Wren, whose Postoffice address IL
Eureka, Nevada, has this day fled his applica-
tion for patent for fifteen hundred linear fest
OF the My Maryland mine or vein, bearing sil.
yer, with surface ground Six hundred feet in
width, situated In White Pine Mining District,
county of White Pine and State of Nevada. and
designated by the ield-note, and official plat on
hle In this Office as lot No. Is, in Township Is
north, range 81 east Of Mount Diablo meridian.
said lot being as follows:
Beginning at post marked No l, U. s. sur.
yyey No. IS, whence post No. OF U. s. survey
No. go and 93, oh Joe lode, bears 8. 10 deg 43
min. E., ,S7l feet; section corner at the NV
corner OF section 80, Township 16 n. r IS T.,
bears 8. 80 deg. "a min. T., l. 453 feet; peak No.
be.rs 8. IS deg. 20 min e.. {, 393 feet; the top
of the incline on this lode bears s. 20 deg W
8O5 feet aud toe original location monument
bears N. 81 deg. 2 , % feet; thence running lst
course s. ~ deg. w, 500 feet to post marked
No. U. s. survey No. rs, whence the original To-
cation monument bears s. 81 deg. W is feet;
thence I'd course n. s6A deg. w. 500 feet to
post marked No. U. s. survey No. rs, whence
the original location monument bears s. IS deg
W., IL feet; thence 81 course 81 deg K.
500 feet to post marked No. U. s. survey No
Is, and identical with the original location mon
umsnt; thence 4th course s. S6k deg. E., 800
feet to post No. /, the place Of beginning con.
tanning 40 66.l0o acres
Magnetic variation, 16X deg. east.
The location OF this mine Is recorde in the
Recorders Office of White Pine Mining District,
in book l, page 176 Of the records Of said dis
trict. This claim is bounded by no known
claims.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion Of said My Maryland mine or surface
gr-und are required to fl o their adverse claims
with the Register OF the United States Land
Office at Eureka. in the State of Nevada, dur
ing the sixty days period OF publication hereof,
r they will be barred by virtue of the provis-
ons of the Statute.
D. Fl. HALL, Register
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
Of application for patent be published for the
period of sixty days tten consecutive weeksJ, III
the Eureka Daily SENTINEL, q daily newspaper
published at Eureka, Nevada.
d. H, HALL, Register.