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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-12
coTHAM's TALL. SPIRES.

St. Pstriok's Cathedral - IL Appears
Above the Roof
The twin spires of St. Patrick's Ca
thedral are the tallest Oh urch spires in
America and rank among the tallest in
the world. They measured in the archi-
tect's plans 1923 feet, but there has
been certain amount of gain over this
in construction which makes them
about $50 feet from the curb. The
only tower over q building in this
country higher than this is, it il be-
lieved, the uncompleted one on the
public building In Philadelphia, which
win be $50 feet high when it is done.
There are higher spires over European
cathedrals, among them those at. VII
emma, Cologne. CHARTERS, Antwerp and
Salisbury. Trinity spire in this city
Is 284 feet high. st. Patrick's spires,
with the whole cathedral, were planned
by and built under the supervision Of
James Renwick, Of this city. The ca
thedral was first projected by Arch
bishop Hughes about 1850. In 1858
Mr.. Renwick drew the first plans.
These were reduced in size and other
wise changed by Archbishop Hughes,
and in 1857 Mr.. Renwick drew the
tnal plans.
The cornerstone was laid on August
Is, 1858-thirty years. one month and
nineteen days before the topmost stone
was set In the last Of the spires. The
cathedral was dedicated nearly ten
years ago, but the spires were then
only to level Of the roof of the build
ing. They were left in that condition
until the fall Of 1885, when work was
resumed. It has been continued ever
since, except when the weather pre-
vented. George Mann & Co.. Of Bal
timore, did the work under contract.
It has been done without q single &C
cident to any person employed upon
the spires. The work at first pro-
ceeded rapidly, but - the distance
from the ground became greater and
the space in which to work decreased,
fewer and fewer mon were employed
and shorter progress made. For
the last few weeks only i've or
six men could be employed, and
they had to be expert steepletacks.
The spires are Of white marble
throughout. except that . copper rod
through the center holds the extreme
upper pieces composing the final in
place. The spires are octagonal in
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-12
A considerats Husband.

There amt any blemishes about
this animalP" asked the would-be pur-
chaser of cow.
mo, she is all right; but l must tell
you, candidly, that sometimes she
kicks when she is being milked," re-
Piled the owner of the cow.
That's all right. Ny wife does the
milkin'." TezGs Sifsings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-12
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

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Paper treated with mixture OF
camphor oil and nnseed oil becomes
waterproof.
Girls are beginning to look toward
dentistry as field where their wits
and industry may win a fair reward.
The vanilla bean grows wild in
Mexico, and, fresh from the forest, sells
at ten or twelve dollars per 1000.
With Edison's new monograph
tubes are fitted to the compOsitors'
ears and connected with the instru-
ment, which is set to talking or stopped
by pedal arrangement The pbono-
graph talks of q sentence into the
printers ears, and when these are full
he stops the machine until he has
transformed the words into type.
in the ordinary sixteen CANDLE
power incandescent lamp, according to
Prof. Ernest Merritt, only from four
to six per cent of the energy actually
expended is available as light. the re-
mainder being wasted as heat. To
lessen this waste is one of the greatest
electrical problems now awaiting solu-
ton.
"A noted French scientist has
reached the conclusion after numerous
experiments, that the most brilliant
displays of the aurora borealis occur at
an elevation Of not more than thirty
eight miles, while pale glow may
possibly be produced as high as eighty
two miles. but that no auroral discharge
is possible at height Of 124 miles.
s-Oil of peppermint in vapor diluted
even to q part in 100. 600 will kill cock
reaches in an hour. they dying in con
vulsions. One drop of the oil placed
under bell-jar covering cultivation
of cholera bacilli will kill both bacilli
and spores in forty-eight hours. It is
also regarded a. among the best surgi-
cal sntiseptics, and of great value in
phthisis and diphtheria.
DIR. Richardson. of London, who
has given great attention to the subject
of human food, says that ''keither the
teeth nor the digestive system of man
is adapted properly for animal food,
nor for purely vegetable diet, but for
one of fruit" II man is to be classed
according to his adaptation to any par
ticular kind of food, ne should not be
called fiesh-eating or q vegetable-eat-
ing. but afruit-eating animal.
-Concussion of the brain is scienti-
fically defined As ''being. in q physio-
logical sense, sudden and more or
less complete arrest of the brains men,
tai and physical functions, brought
about BY external violence. In every
case Of injury to the head the brain is
made to vibrate more or less forcibly.
When the vibrations are feeble the i'm
jury to the brain structure thence re-
sulting is but slight; when they are
severe the mischief may be great"
"A new Insulating material has
been produced in France, composed Of
one part Greek pitch and two parts
burnt plaster. by weight, the latter be-
ing pure gypsum raised TO high tenn
perature and plunged in water. This
mixture when hot is q paste, and can
be applied with brush, or cast in
molds. It Is amber-colured, and can
be turned and polished. Its advantage
Is its endurance of grsat heat and
moisture without injury to its insulat-
ing properties.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-12

--Prussian blue Is got by fusing
horses hoofs and other refuse animal
matter with impure potassium carbon
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
vALEDlCTORY OF THE FUTURE.

Hail, feIlsw-slaggers, athletes all! Hail, sinew, bone and muscle! The one equipment worth our care in hfe's unnerving tussle. Hail, running leap, and boxing bout, the wrestling match and vsulting; The tug-ef-war, the flying -eartwheel and somersauting. Upon the threshold we advance of large achievements portal, Where curves and kicks and bludgeon blows make enterprise immortal. Think of the mighty Sullivan; recall his record gory; And then consider so may we slug on to wealth and glory. Observe the sculier in his shell along the river flying The wild huzzas-the struggling hosts to do him honor vicing. And To! the man behind the bat-where else such chance gigantic: A three-bise hit-a double play-the people mad and fraLt;c. BrainsA-ts be sure, else life would be mo notonously lonely, But brains to be the complement of brawn and muscle only. For what's the good of intellect when mus c!e gets the credit? The geniuses are never known In all the sheets they edit. But give supple man the gloves and he's in rarcst clover, For he can strike blow tfats heard this sporting country over. Brains, to be sure-but sluygers hail! Hail sinew. hone and muscle! So best is modern man equipped for life's unnerving tussle.
 Philadelphia Press.
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
Listening to the Mocking Birds.

A writer who has recently visited the Bridal Veil Falls in the Yosemite Valley, thus speaks of the mocking birds found in that vicinity: "Millions of brown-coated birds there were everywhere, until the whole of our very natures seemed permeated with their music. Sometimes low and sweet, again sad and plaintive, and then full, rich and triumphant like pean of joy and gladness, while we looked at each other in wondering silence. Just as it seemed that tho melody was unsupportably sweet, and that our hearts could not contain more without the relief of tears or shouts, the wind died away and the water again struck with an awesome roar into its rocky hollow with force that made the earth tremble, and was again lashed to furious foam and the song of the mocking bird hushed. Thus it goes on ever and ever, alternately, and has for ages, the song of the birds and the thunderous reverberation of the cataract"
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.

held enormous crimson paper umbrel- las, carried by bearers dressed in white.
 After these came man holding "Ihai,' wooden tablet on which the name of the dead girl was written; then two men followed with incense burners; then many more stands of flowers, both natural and artificial. Then came the body in a plain coffin covered with white, borne high upon platform, over which was canopy. Then followed the relatives on foot, and friends of the deceased's parents, and after them the public. At the cemetery hundreds of boxes of sweet meats were given away to the friends, and tea was served to all who wished. Much of the ceremony was unintelli- gible to me, but as public spectacle it was remarkable,
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
Couldn't be Supposed.

A man from the West was telling 8 few of us in the smokers compartment about some of his adventures in Mon tana, when young man in a very checked suit, with very red hair and freckled face, stood in the door and in- quired:
 "Did I understand that you were from the West?'
 "Yes, sir"
 "Way out West?''
 "Yes, sir"
 "Glad to meet you, sir. I wanted to ask you about the Indians. They are very savage, understand"
 "Wen, yes."
 "Delight in torturing their prisoners, don't they?"
 "l believe they do."
 "Well, sir, let me stare suppositious case," drawled the young man. '.Sup- pose I was walking across the prairies out there, far from human habitation 1"
 "But you wouldn't be-"
 "But suppose was."
 "But it is not supposable case"
 "No! Why not, sirp'
 "Because the minute you got outside the dooryard jackass rabbit would tumble you over and leave your dead body for the coyotes. Oh, no. Moth ing of your general appearance could ever walk on a Montana prairie fal from habitation!"
 The young man swallowed at some thing in his gullet, tried hard to smile and withdrew with the observation that he never could endure very mucf tobacco smoke.
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
A Bishops Car.

The bishop of North Dakota is having car built in which to make his episcopal visitations. Spare beds and accommodations for strangers are so scarce in his district that he finds it necessary thus to initiate the actors and find himself in bed and shelter. The bishops travelling car is to be chapel on wheels as we'll as an itinerant house and he expects not only to hold ser vices in it, but to have it the social meeting place of the more scattered members of his flock.
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
Backed the Horse of His Dream.

Backed the Horse of His Dream.
 "I have had two times in my life when I wanted to kick myself real hard," said well-known local sport ing man whose word is good as law, and who tells this story only on rare occasions.
 "One of them maintain religious secret even to this day. Only my wife and know of it. When she peaches on me give it away"
 "What was the other?"
 "I was travelling the grand circuit in 1885, and on pleasant morning landed in Hartford. That night had dream. saw field of horses. There were eight starters. A gray horse had the pole. He was a trot horse. His action was like clock work. shall never forget how he tossed his head and shook it. He had what seemed to me to be perfectly white mane and tail and the nigh hind foot was also white. seemed to see the whole race in its preliminaries-the gathering of horses and the scoring, and to see them break away at the word.
 "I kept the eye of my dreams on the gray horse, but peculiar thing always happened. He faded out of my sight as he turned the quarter and reappear- ed only about hundred yards upon the homestretch, and always we'll in advance of the field from there under the wire trotting like ghost without clink of metal on the turf. Pve been to many horse races, but never any that equalled the trot of my dream and the action of the gallant gray. l saw the gray win three heats, fast time in each, and when I woke I wanted to go right to sleep again, for had been finding money on the gray all night. "I went to the track that afternoon thinking little of the dream. A field of horses was scoring for the word when got there. I was talking with a friend when casually asked: 'How many starters?"
 "sEight,' said he.
 "My heart jumped. It was the number of the dream.
 GA gray in the lot?' asked I, little supposing that the answer would be as it was.
 ".Yes,' was the reply, sand he's clinker! White mane and tail and white off hind foot. Funny looking beast'
 sI turned to the track. It was my dream. never saw anything moro natural. The Hartford race course was familiar to me for years, but here was race course born out of dream land, every feature reproduced with gray winner at the pole"
 "Didnt you back him? What makes you kick yourself?"
 "Gentlemen." said the talker solemnly, "dreams are but vagaries. backed that gray and walked home. You know I said he finished first in my dream. We'll, he did. He finished first in two heats, but from the quarter pole to the homestretch he ran every inch of the way, and, if you will re- member, I didn't sec blamed portion of that part of the race in my sleep. The sucker was set back in the first heat and distanced in the second for running, and, while he could trot like a ghost, he'd rather run. The next time back dream race I'll see the whole of the blamed thing or I'll buy the short end of the pools and run amuck. ."-Lewistown Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
English As She Is Spoke.

In Chicago. Miss Wabash-"Lulu Stanwix told me to-day that she saw young Mr. Lakefront while the officers were conducting him to the quinque- locular."
 Miss Breezy-s.That's just like her.. She's always trying to make ono be- lieve she h omnipercipient. Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
ANOTHER EVARTS JOKE.
He COnvinces Mir. Blaine it Would Not
 be Best to Make a Removal.

He Convinces Mir. Blaine it Would Not
 be Best to Make a Removal.
 When the Garfield Administration auspiciously opened, Mir. Blaine sat more firmly intrcnchcd in the State Department than any Secretary of State since the days of Seward. It was evident that he was master of the situation. Ministers, envOys, cOnsuls- general, consuls> and diplomatic agents moved at his nod, like pawns and pieces on chess board beneath a masters hand. One favorite theory of his, and not unpopular one, was in favor of limited tenures of service and rotation ill office. If consul had slumbered through three administra- tions at some far away post, in dolce far niente of lotus-eating and salary drawing existence, the keen secretary astounded him by inviting a return to the shores of America and the appoint mcnt of his successor.
 MT. Blaine sat in his private office one day discussing affairs of state with his immediate predecessor, ex-secreta- " William Maximum Eva~ts.
 "Now here," said he, "is case in point This man has been consul at Un Hung for twenty years. He went there during the war, and has remain ed there ever since. It is time he re- turned home to be acquainted with his country before he grows a queue. If he stays there much longer he will have Chinese bias ill his sight, 1 shall remove him at once.'' .,
 "I wouldn't remove him, MT. Secre- tary," replied Mir. Evarts.
 "Why not?'
 sI am afraid it will be an unpleas- ant thing to do.''
 "My mind is made up," replied Mir. Blaine; "as soon as I can find a good live man to take his place, shall re- move him."
 "But I think you will have grave difficulty in finding good live man who would be willing to take his place."
 "I anticipate no such difficulty. But will you explain to me, Mr.. Evarts, why you think there will be any difficulty?"
 "Because this man has been dead and buried these six months, MT. Secretary"
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
pilot house, but the few bullets which hit it fell harmless.

When the bow of the steamer was within cable length of the stern ct the junk every native began to howl and wall, and most of them threw themselves prostrate on the decks. White cloths were held up in token of surrender, but in answer I rang the bell for the engineer to pull her wide open. He did so, and we seemed to lift out of the water and be flung at the doomed craft like 8 missile. The steamer struck her square in the stern, crashed into her for ten or twelve feet, and then the junk fell apart and be- came heap of wreckage, which was cast aside from either bow. ran on for quarter of mile and then turned. Not a living man was to be seen in this last disaster. I ran over to the other heap of wreckage and saw two men still hanging on, but the sharks pulled them under just as I rang to stop our way. The steam was about exhausted anyhow, and tle time had come for move against the pirates on board.
 Believing they were badly fright ened, I reloaded the revolvers and stepped out on the deck with one in either hand. The only man in sight was the leader of the band, who stood on the bows looking up at me. As l stepped out he said:
 "Don't shoot me! We meant you no harm! We have thrown away our weapons!"
 went down to find them covering in the passageways, every mans pluck completely gone. The captain and second mate were in the armory. l let them out, and then freed the engineer. The four of us were the only white men left alive. We collected the prisoners in the mess room, held 8 short consultation, and then proceeded to act. While I remained among them to check any new ambition, the cap tain took his station at the forward port gangway.
 The engineer then led the pirates out to the Captain one by one, and the latter put bullet through each mans head and pitched him forward into the sea. It was retribution with 8 vengeance, and certain writers, who were thousand miles from the scene and underwent none of it's perils, have termed it ''the massacre of the prison- ers." 1 went out with the last one. Like all others who had preceded him, he went humbly to his death, not even uttering protest. When he had been disposed of we turned to and prepared the bodies of our dead for burial, cleaned the decks, and, by two of us acting as stokers, we worked the steamer up to Kiu-Siu.
 For few weeks the natives kept wonderfully quiet about the adventure, but it then leaked out that about 13O lives had been lost in the attempt to capture us. Had they got possession of the steamer it was their intention to run her up to the head of the Yellow Sea, and make use of her in their pir- atical excursions from the coast of Formosa. As none of them under stood how to navigate "the wingless devil," as they called her, it is likely that she would have been blown ur within an hour or two after they got charge. She was i'll the trade and on the same line for the next five years and every native craft would turn tai at the sight of her five miles away.
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
Farm Notes.

If you are fattening hogs be sure you keep them growing. The pleasant weather will enable you 10 fatten them with less food than when it gets colder.
 The broom corn crop will be much
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04

smaller this year than it has been for many seasons, the acreage planted be- ing much less than the average sea- sons planting.
 Alaska. it seems, would be good market for horses. There are said to be only four horses in the whole terri tory, one of which is at Sitka and the others at Juneau.
 Cost considered, says Waldo F. Brown, the best implement for pull vcrizing the soil is a plank drag. To do the best work the drag must be used on fresh plowed land.
 A Wisconsin farmer cuts clover as soon as the dew is off, turns it at noon, cocks it before dew begins to fall, caps it for three or four days and then puts it into the now. The hay is ill fine condition and keeps we'll.
 The American Sheep Breeder states that eff few dry cows or heifers are kept in the field with sheep, the dogs will seldom molest them. We have found sheep in the morning huddled so closely around and under friendly old COW that she could not get away from them; she had saved their lives"
 When limb is cut from tree it should be as close to the body as pos sible. The cut should be 8 smooth one, without bruising the bark, and the cut surface shou.5 be covered with some kind of cheap paint mixed in oil.
 No plum is free from the attacks of the curculio, but plums can be grown successfully if well cultivated and the trees kept vigorous. Hens and pigs under the trees at the right time will prevent serious trouble from the cur culio.
 Owners of thoroughbreds seem to have a wonderful genius in the selec- ton of names for their horses. At Louisville, Ky, last week, famine ran against Tenacity, and Happiness was beaten by Deer Lodge, but came in ahead of Electricity.
 Chloride of lime will disinfect the manure heap if the odor therefrom is disagreeable. The heap is now liable to firefang, and should be turned over occasionally or it will lose in value. When handling the manure dry dirt should be added. ..... Potato vines and hop vines contain a great deal of potash, and hence should not be wasted. Burn them on the ground or compost them in the manure heap. It is difficult blowing in hop vines, but potato vines may be saved in this way to enrich the soil. We speak of a million bushels of wheat as if it were small thing, and it is when compared with the hundreds of millions annually produced. But a fruit train loaded with 500 bushels in car would have to be about fifteen miles long to carry million bushels. A box 13x13xl6 holds bushcl when level full. Cut places in the ends for the hands, and what can be more con- | venient than 20 or 30 of these boxes for gathering potatoes in, setting them in the wagon, one tier above another, instead of emptying, them? How it would facilitate handling over the old fashioned way of shoveling so much, and prevent bruising the potatoes. The potatoes can be sent to market in this way or carried ard emptied into the bin, as may be desired.
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
Hints for Farmers and Busy
 Housewives to Appreciate.

With the average dairyman there are selkgfeat leaks to be stopped and better business methods to be adopted. He must know that there are no cows in his herd which he is keeping at a positive loss year after year. He must know that he is feeding an economic ration. He must know that there is no per cent. of the butter fat left in his skim milk, or 10 per cent. carried away in the buttermilk.
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04

What is called dry rot in the potato is probably really the common form of this disease, that under certain condi- tions has been arrested before com
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04

The successful farmer of to-day is the one who combines the teaching of science with the teachings of practical vie'v. Science is of little use unless it is employed in making our practical operations more successful and remun- erative. Science says to. the farmer, put in for use as ensilage, good, whole some folders we'll advanced to matur- ity, and then keep down the changes within the silo as far as possible.
Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04

The price of oats is now very low, but in most cases they bring propor- tionately all they are worth as com pared with other feed. Never before were there so many poor light oats, or oats that had been injured ill curing, as this season. There is likely to be difficulty next season Ill getting good seed oats, and it is well to secure oats that are full weight and not musty for seed. At the best oats in our climate tend to run out, on account of hot, dry Summers, and if poor seed be sown the deterioration is more rapid. It may pay seedmen this year to pro- cure oats from Nova Scotia or some other portion of Canada, provided they are there exempt from the failure that attaches to most oats grown in the States.