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The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17
RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

6TEEI rails last on an average about eight
cen years.
AN eight-wheel passenger locomotive
costs about Is, 500.
THERE are 10000 freight-cars on the
various railroad lines in this country.
TEE railroad bridges in this country If
placed continuously would reach from New
York to Liverpool.
THE manufacturers Of locomotives and
cars have all been taxed beyond their ca
pacity during the past year to supply rolling
stock and there is no prospect Of any imme-
date slackness in this work.
For every one thousand Inhabitants the
United States runs trains 300 miles an
nually, while the train mileageof Great
Britain on the same basis If 1900; Belgium,
$500; France, $3.50, and Germany, 3,25O.
THE fastest long distance run on q rail-
road west Of Chicagois claimed to have been
made on the Union Pacific line, when a
special train made an average rate Of speed
including stops, between Cheyenne and
Omaha, Of forty-nine miles an hour.
RAnaoAD statistics tell us that of all the
passengers carried by all the roads in the
country. only one in ten million Is killed.
There are over million persons in the en-
ploy OF railroads, and amongst TINS Glass;
probably the proportion Of fatality is far
greater.
TO-DAY there are within the boundaries OF
the Uuited States of America more than
10000 miles Of railroad. With the country
well ell-developed in all its parts, 1t is safe to
say that this mileage might be enlarged to
600 without exceeding the demands that
would be made upon it.
THE fastest trains in this country are two
flyers on the Baltimore e. Ohio road that
are scheduled to run the forty miles be-
tween Baltimore and Washington in forty
five minutes. The sioweet train is a North
Carolina ''express," which consumes nine
hours IN running 00miies-
A srRAcrIoN INcREAsER" is the name Of
powerful device now being tested on three
freight engines of the Pennsylvania rail-
road. 1t Is drawbar firmly fixed between
the locomotive and tender, and it automat>
ically throws a part of the weight of the
tender on the drivingwheels of the engine
in proportion to the load the latter has to
pull. This makes the locomotive heavier
when 1t should be so, and increases lts
pulling power and speed.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17
LABOR UNPROTECTED.



An Ah1e Answer 70 Blnine's Grapdiloquent
Protection spseches. q
In one Of his addresses in New York
Mr.. Blaine said
"Thers b no need 70 make any lawsto pro-
sect capital Capital always takes care Of IT.
aelf, and gets full share, but there are laws
that can elevate the lAboring man, and there
are laws that can degrade him, and the Repub-
lican party has stood for twenty-five years, and
twill stand, believe, with the blessing of God
and the viii Of the American people, twenty
I'VE years more, upholding and maintaining
the laborinG man, for the Government which
takes care OF the bone and sinew and working
muscles Of tho land 10 taking care of the men
who created the wealth in tho country, and
who are therefore entitled to the patronage
and protection Of the Government"
Capital always takes care of itself,
and in this great conflict Mr.. Blaine
Is retained by the capitalist.
Capital always gets its full share;
Mr.. Carnegie could have told Mr..
Blaine that capital gets more than its
full share.
The tariff is the device of capital
for robbing the laboring man.
Under the tariff the duty on steel
rails Is $l7 ton; the total wages paid
by Mr.. Carnegie is IS q ton.
While Carnegie gets 5000 day
out of the tariff he only pays $5 for
making ton Of steel rails which sells
for SIS.
The tariff on woolens will average
nearly 20 per cent, but the proportion
of wages to the product in the wooden
mills of the United States is only Is
per cent.
The tariff to protect the laborer se-
cures him only IS cents out of clothing
costing 81; but when he buys that
clothing he pays 41.70.
Capital seems to get much more than
its share.
Capital has 50 constructed the tariff
as to tax the goods bought by the poor
man at a higher rate than the goods
bought by the rich. The Mills bill
will change this, making the greatest
reductions where it will benefit the
poor man most. Here is the table of
comparison:
TABLE SHOWING TEE RATE OF DUTY ON
woRsTED AND COTTON DRESS GOODS UNDER
THE ACT OF MARCH 8 16ss-Goops TWENTY
TWO INCHES WIDE WEIGHING UNDER FOUR
OUNCES TO THE SQUARE YARD.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17
How to Help Your Digestion.

Almost every day we feel the unpleasant
sensations of indigestion. Try ALLcocK's
PoRous PLAsrERs and be relieved. J. f..
Davenport, of Cenarsie, New York, writes /:
have been very much troubled with .
violent pain below my chest bone. I was
told by several physicians that 1t was
rheumatism Of the diaphragm 1t resulted
from cold and exposure. had very little
appetite and digested my food with great
difficulty. Iplaced one ALLcocK's Porous
PLASTER below the breast bone and two on
each side. In the course of twenty -four
hours all pain ceased, and / was able to
eat and digest good square meal, some
thing had not done before in two weeks.
got better constantly. and at the end Of
seven days found myself entirely well.
Since then have used AILcocK's Porous
PLAsTERs for colds, coughs and pains in
my side, and I have always found them
quick and effective.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

If man Is good forany thing in this
world be win die leaving large share Of
his planned and attempted work unfinished.
Whether he dies early or tate. IL will make
no difference at this point The moro he
does, the more he will see that needs doing.
and that he thinks he can have part in
If he should live century it would bo
still the same. Let no man, therefore,
worry over the fact that he may die before
he has finished the things he has in hand
to do. II he should ever come to the point
where he has nothing more that he wants
TO finish before he dies, he would already
have lived too longs. 8. Tjm<s
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17
PRESERVING THE FROG.
How to Take Care of Cushions Beneath
the Feet of Horses.

If, in seeking horse, we take up the
foot and find the frog well-preserved;
the cushion, so to speak, wide, full and
soft, the probability is that the re-
mainder of the foot will be in good or
der. There may be an exception to
this in the case of a used-up horse hav-
ing been turned out to pasture for a
period long enough to permit the frog
to take on new growth. If the frog be
fully protected and well maintained,
the hoof will be found but little, if at
all contracted, for the very good reason
that the hoof can not readily contract
If the frog be up to its normal size in
every way. But it is the smith, the
horse-shoer, who ruins the frog; that is,
very many of them do this. During the
many years that the writer has driven
horses, he has always made it rule to
be present during the shoeing, and has
never permitted more than the slightest
trimming OF the frog, nothing more
than the trimming of of insignificant
parts. already nearly detached. The
smith can mutilate and seriously dam
age the hoof by the use of the rasp;
but. fortunately, the frog is proof
against attacks by this instrument, and
even the knife requires to be sharp,
else the peculiar nature of the frog will
resist. Fever in the feet is prolific
source of injury to the frog, and should
be overcome at the earliest possible
day. Confinement upon dry, plank
floor is damaging by keeping up too
complete state of dryness. Cutting
the frog away at the time of shoeing,
then setting the foot upon caulkins, in
such manner as to prevent the frog
from pressing upon the ground, will.
sooner or later, interfere with its de-
velopment and usefulness. The most
important function of the frog is to les
sen the shock to the foot in its contact
with the ground. This being the fact,
It should be so maintained, and the
shoe be so constructed that at every
step the frog can come In for a fair
sh1resof the pressure upon whatever
substah6e the horse = isrequired to tread.
--knrat NSw Yorker
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17
CORRECT CONDUCT.

WELL-BEHAvED ladies never turn round
to look after any one when walking on the
street.
A LADY never accepts seat from q gen.
tleman in street-car without thanking
him.
LET NO one be so intent upon the mote in
the eye of his neighbor that he will forget
the beam in his own.
LADIES Of culture never accept valuable
presents from gentlemen acquaintances
unless engaged to them.
A SENSIBLE lady never snubs other young
ladies even if they happen to be less popular
or well favored than herself.
A LADY of good taste never wears
clothing so singular or striking as to at
tract particular attention in public.
NEVER lend a borrowed book. hut return
1t as soon as you are through with it, 50 that
the owner may not be deprived Of its use.
Too COMMONLY the fact is ignored that q
-man's opinions and convictions are his pri-
vate personal matter, with which no one
else has right to meddle.
In politics, the spending Of money, In
social life, in dress and education, each one
should scrupulously avoid acting as censor
Of others who may differ with himself.
A PRUDENT young lady never takes sup
per or refreshments at a restaurant with q
gentleman after attending the theater un-
less accompanied by a lady much older than
herself
A MAN may believe in homeopathy to the
highest dilutlon, but that belief does net en-
title him to the privilege of calling his
neighbor to account because he chooses TO
seek relief by means Of mercury and
qainine in as heroic doses as he may fancy.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

Is PRIcKLY ASH BErERs good for any
thingl Read what Frank Griggsbv, Of
snfPered % S from | dIsease that NV oVH ni,vsicians
pronounced incurable. My friends had
given me up to die, when was induced to
try your remedy. took it for three months
and have gained SO pounds in weight. Am
q well man and Prickly Ash Bitters saved
my life. am under lifelong obligations to
this medicine, and win never cease to REQ
ommend it."
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17
THEY'RE UNPROTECTED.

of People Not Benefited b
the Present Tariff.
All employees Of railroad eompanieA
Artists.
Auctioneers.
Bakers
BARRIERS and hair-dresserA
clearinghouse keeperA
Book-keepers In storeA
Blscksmiths.
Brick and stone-masons
Bridge builders.
Butchers.
Car-nakers.
Carpenters and ioiners
Civil engineers.
Clergymen.
Clerks and copyist&
Clerks In express on1coa
Clerks In hotels.
Clerks In railroad ofices.
Clerks In stores.
Commercial travellers.
Coopers.
Dealers IN books and stationery.
Dealers In boots and shoes
Dealers In dry-goods.
Dealers IN groceries,.
Dealers In hides.
Dealers In iron, tin and hardware.
Dealers in ieweiry, watches and clocka
Dealers In lumber and marble.
Dealers in newspapers
Dealers In paints and ola
Dealers In paper.
Dealers In provisions.
Dealers In real estate.
Dealers IN tobacco.
Dealers In wood and COAX
Domestic servants.
Dray-men and teamsterA
Druggists.
Employees of hotels.
Engineers and fre-mes
Farmers.
Hostlers.
Hotel-keepers.
House builders.
Insurance agents.
Journalists.
Laborers.
Laundresses-
Lawyers.
Livery stable keepers.
Machine-shop and round-hsusc men
Milkmen.
Millers.
Musicians.
PairterA
Paperhsngers.
Photographers.
Physicians nnd surgeons.
Plasterers.
Porters and laborerA
Printers.
Quarrymen.
Restaurant keepers
Statesmen and saleswomen.
Section men ON railroacs.
Sextons
Stavemakers.
Stock-raisers.
Teachers.
Telegraph employees
Traders
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

MosT sea captains are called sjoIly old
Salts but some Of them arc rather pep
pery.-Ocsan
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

A PHILOSOPHER says: "Every man is
occasionally what he ought to be perpctu
ally" This does not refer to the old topper
He is perpetually what he ought to be oc
casionally. Burlington Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

If the Kidneys and bladder become chron-
ically inactive. A healthful stimulus, which
falls short of irritation, but Is yet suf1cient,
is communicated to the important organs
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, peerless,
also, among remedies for malarial fever,
dyspepsia, feebleness, rheumatism and
liver complaint 1t is q most convenient
household restorative and tonic.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

uLE.sREES harmonizes with terra
Gotta, says journal of fashion. But the
green apple doesn't harmonic with any
thing. Its miss on Is the discordant-
Mdrtha's Vineyard Herald
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

IT is the sad fate of many journals Of to
day to become journals Of yesterday. :
Texas Siffinqs.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

Ell RoE's autobiography and last story,
"Queen Of Spades,p complete in Lippincotfs
Magazine for Oct, ready Sept 30 For sale ev-
Of Is cents. LIPPINcorT's MAGAZINE, Phila.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

NoBoDY can paint spirit pictures equal
to the artist whose nom dc plume Is jim
Jams.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

TIE book reviewer, unlike other literary
men, can do his best work when In Q crit
ical condition.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

FARMING 10 one Of the best Of occupa
tions for young man. Even cabbag
culture win enable struggling youth t
get q head. d.-H1pcr's Bazsr.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

In some people the high -drawl-ic form Of
speech bespeaks water ON the brain.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

IT Is the middle-aged man whose increas
ing girth tells MIN what tho waist Of tima
ia-Boston Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

using the name Of some one else.-foJsc,,
Sfstesmdn
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

Iy Ireland. at least potato patch 10
seldom successful in covering . rent-Nsss
Hapeu VeUs
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

THE oal-dealer's slate is as much dread
ed by those who pay cash rs those who d.
nct-Noc Haren Ne,rs
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

IP aflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaa
rhompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell &c
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

tinue to throw each other on the pavement.
Exchange.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

DIVORCES would be unknown II there
was as much courting after marriage -
before
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

FREE! A 3-foot French Glass. Oval
Front, Nickle or Cherry Cigar Case, MER-
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

Hn ..whoop. ,em up,'-the oooper.--Ltfs.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

OK board the ocean steamers descending
from high berth has nothing to 10 with
Reneaiogy.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

soSes without words-those which tha
mosquito singa
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

The mermaid's favorite tunc-Neptuno.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

The BuYBHg 0UDBls
issued March end Sept
each year. 1t - IN ouoys
olopodia Of useful tnfoe.
NATION for al Who pur.
chase tho luxurioo OF he
- uocoouitiso Of 1i1e. We
can clothe you end tnxntnh you WITH
al the necessary and unnooeenary
appliances to rids, walk, dance. slseps
eat, Ash. hunt, work, 90 T. church.
81 stay Is home, and IN various sisess
styles and quanti11ss. last Aguro cub
what II required 60 DO IN these th1ngo
couFoeInoly. and yDu can mako 3 fa11
ostimato 81 the vAluo of the BUX188
GUIDE. which WIN ~ sont upo0
receipt Of 10 cents 20 pay poeoeGe,.
MoNTCO OAaERY WARD q 90.
11l-11k 1richiwnn Avon1os O11ooGos III
ssurxAnE rEm rAPEa ssuy s.sgH vse~
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

The campaign which We ars about to enter
wii eoncsvn more kAoR any body else. the manu-
fsctsrrs Of the counfvv. They have heretofore
been very laggard in their contributions to the
Republican cause. In fact II I could punish
them without Furnishing the cause OF protection
ttseil would coasign them 70 the hottest
place I could tpink Of On account of their era
venal parsfmohy.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

"Iwss solicited 70 contribute to protective
snrfn league, and I replied that II the manu-
facturers of the United States IN their associ-
ated capacity were IN elsmosynary fnstitu-
ofop, would vote 70 give them . pension, but
that did mot propose myself to contribute
money to adssscs tAs intsrssfs Of men uho spsvs
getting practically As sole bensf, or at least TIE
most directly 6nporfans bsneats Of the tarif laus
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-11-17

"In fpcA havs j fFu3 - beet posolble
source that Tie ssdssfsetura9nf E6S0sysposis.
rho Grs Nsrs A5eAiv pvpessfs1J tatee eedy siss
ond ssAo sssks JoFye 5tetssp sesv veer sgAsn
toward TIE mainse6anoe ef thelaecsndency Of
ne Repubaiean par1U.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-09-08
AMERICAN BONAPARTES.
Members of the Historical Corsican Fam
lily Residing in Washington.

Members of the Hist orical Corsican Fam
lily Residing in Washington.
Two striking figures have become
familiar to people along the fashion
able part of Rhode Island avenue and
out Fourteenth street. They are al
ways on horseback, sweeping along at
brisk trot or canter, aud whisting
around corners with reckless grace.
The one is man of striking appear
ance, in high military boots and with
the strong face Of soldier. His heavy
shoulders bend forward in an un-Amer-
lean fashion for riding, but his strong
limbs and the bold carriage OF his head
attest that he would be an erect figure
dismounted, and when his horse comes
to stand he sits his saddle as erect as
statue. His large, round head is set
firmly, and his heavy black mustache
brushed straight out on either side and
waxed at the ends in the military style
of France, and black goatee, drawn
down and waxed in the same style, give
| him fierce expression, and bring to
mind historic portrait. His mount
is blood bay of large build, which
carries him at a sweeping trot
| The companion who gallops on a
| smaller animal at his side is little old
| lady, with an abundance OF iron gray
hair, and features that always attract
| attention. She is a daring rider as
well as good one, and she often
presses her horse to more reckless
| pace than is his wont. Sometm $
they are accompanied by a young girl,
apparently their daughter. Nearly
every day in the winter, when less en-
| thusiastic horsemen restricted their
equestrian exercises to the quadrangle
of the riding academy, these two
would face the cutting wind with a
| dash that showed them seasoned to the
sport.
| The mans striking resemblance to
Napoleon iii. marks him at once 70.
one of that stock. They are Colonel
jerome Bonaparte and Nine. Bona
parte. 1t is Mime. Bonaparte's love of
this exercise that swings her husband
SO often into the saddle. This active
outdoor life gives her IL youthful color
that disputes the accusation of her
| gray hair The Colonels hair is
tinged with gray. Any one at all IA
miliar with the portrait of the last
Emperor of France is struck with the
resemblance between the two faces.
Colonel Bonaparte rides a better horse,
but he is not as graceful a rider as his
wife, Washington Letter.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-09-08
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Some girls shade their eyes with
their hands and others use pencils -
Yonkers Statesman.
1T is one thing TO indulge in play
full rest, and another to be devoted to
the pursuit of pleasure. -Rusktn.
Every woman is in the wrong until
she cries, and than she is in the right
instantly. -!SomerriHe Journal
There is no better cure for dyspep-
STA than the knowledge that there is
nothing to eat in the house. Boston
Courier.
Women are the dearest. cutes.
creatures in the world, but they can {
tell how shoe fits till they SEQ the num-
Der.
Two things never die. only two
words that are sweet, and words that
are good; they never grow old. Fir.
iusi
Mrs. Fangle-"'Cany you tell me who
is Minister to England now. Mrs. Cum
SOP" Mrs. Cumso-"No. I'm not very
well posted on religious affairs"
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-09-08
Two Parlor Paradoxes.

Two interesting physical experiments
are amusing French scientific men. In
the first lighted candle is placed be-
hind bottle. and the latter is blown
upon with the breath from a distance OF
about a foot. The meeting OF the air
currents set in motion around the bottle
quickly earthquakes the flame, though
extinction would be impossible il fiat
board or sheet of cardboard We're sub
5tituted for the bottle. For the second
experiment two bottles are placed on u
table, with space of half an inch be-
tween them. The candle is set behind
this space, and from the same distance
as before, on the opposite side, the
breath is blown smartly against the
fame. Not only will the latter continue
burning. but it will incline slightly to-
ward the operator, as If through the
effect of suction. This phenomenon,
analogous to the first, is due to the fact
that n portion of the air can not pass
between the bottles, and is forced
around them and back towards the ex-
perimenter Mechanical N.,cs.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-09-08
THE lOvABlE WOMAN.
Byron's Image OF Representative of
sweet WOmanhOOd.

Byron's Image OF y Representative Of
sweet WOmanIOOd.
According to new Theory of Har-
mony and FORM published on the other
side of the Atlantic. certain combina-
tons of circle. triangle and square
produce perfect type of female
beauty. This may be called reducing
loveliness to mathematical demon
stration. We have always considered
woman wonderful problem. yet never
suspected that this was the true solu-
ton. The Theory goes on to say
that .'the regulation Of the geomelrical
figures must be in accord with certain
harmonic proportions existing IN
music;" from which we infer that a
lady mathema ically beautiful appears
to most advantage when dancing to
the sound of IA piano or fiddle.
Our own notion of truly iorabte
woman-and none other is really beau-
tiful-is not mathematical. though it
may comprehend harmony and melody.
especially of the voice. There are (to
use the words of another, 'women Of
sweet. maidenly natures. growing up
in the practice of kindness. of tender
household duties. of simple Cody aims.
and of genial, pleasant accomplish
ments-
Till, at the last, they set themselves to man
Like perfect music unto noble words"
Byron .rings before us the image OF
one of this sweet sisterhood in half a
dozen lines:
Around her shone
The nameless charms unmarked by her alone;
The light Of love, the purity Of grace,
The mind the music breathing from her face,
The heart whose softness harmonzed the
whole
And oh that eye was In itself a soul"
One rarely sees this style Of lad,
in the street in pork-pie hat with a
blood-colored feather, or at the opera
heavily fettered with jewelry. Sht
does not divide her waking hours int
three equal parts-deyoting one to Cos
sip, one 10 shopping and one to flirting
She reads, thinks. never scolds; and
when she loves-she loUes. Happy i,
he who wins such woman for hi.
bride. and true man he must be It
deserve her. N. Y. Ledger.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-09-08

The discovery by the Inhabitants of q locality
hitherto unvisited by the pestilent scourge Of
fever and axue, that II exists In their very
midst, Is decidedly startling. Such discoveries
are made at every season. In every part Of the
Union. Subsequently, when it Ii ascertainef,
as IL invariably Is at such times, through the
valuable experience Of some one who has been
benefited and cured. that Hostetters Stomach
Bittcrs is u thoroughly etiicacious eradicAtor
OF the malarial poison, and a means Of fortify-
ing the system against 1t, feeling. of more
security and tranquility reigns throughout the
whole neighborhood. Besides the febrile forms
of inalarial disease. dumb sRue and ague cake
are removed by the potent action of the Bit
tiers, to which science also gives its sanction as
remedy for rheumatism. dyspepsia. cOnstipa
| ton, liver complaint, debility kidney troubles
| and all diseases impairing the organs OF di
gestion and assimilation.