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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-04-20

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
The nettle is cultivated in Ger
many. it's fiber having proven valuable
for variety of textile fabrics.
Assuming the average depth of the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans to be II
miles, it is calculated that there Is
312. $50, 900 tons Of salt in the water
under each square mile of surface.
The mocroscopist of the Depart
meut of Agriculture, Prof. Thomas
Taylor, has discovered that pepper is
adulterated often as much as fifty per
cent. with the seed or stone OF the
olive, which are obtained in large
quantities from the olive oil factories.
The statement is made that alum
inium has been successfully manufac-
tured from Kentucky clay. A plant
was erected at Newport capable OF
turning out ton day at an approx
mate cost of "a. The price Of alum
inium is now IS per pound.
"A German electrician has devised
an ingenious scheme for the regulation
of dynamos. The field magnet cores,
instead of being solid, are made OF
tubes, in which q solid core is inserted.
This core can be withdrawn by hand or
automatically, and the strength of cur
rent thus regulated.
In paper recently read before the
Medical Society of Virginia, DIR. c. Z.
Busey, of Lynchburg, stated that the
people of those nations which are given
to the general cultivation of vocal
music have broad. expansive chests,
and are much less afflicted by con-
sumption and other lung diseases than
nations which do not cultivate vocal
music. The doctor said that these
facts are well known to the medical
fraternity.
AT the royal powder factory OF
Wetteren. in Belgium, a new gum
powder is being made. They call it
photographer, or paper-powder, and it
is said that q charge of q grammes
CSC grains) gives. in rife of small
caliber. an initial velocity of $50 yards
to the ball. This is equal to, If it does
not beat, the Lebel powder. The ad-
ditional advantages are attributed to
it of not smearing the barrel, Of pro-
ducing no smoke and causing little re-
coil.
Investigation has shown that por-
GUS terra-cotta bricks and blocks best
resist the action of fire, water and
frost. Next to these as fire-resisting
materials come concretes and burnt
clay work. For buildings intended to
be fire-proof, the best materials are
iron work encased in porous terra-cot-
ia, with tile or brick work in roof and
floor. and tile construction. The hol-
low tiles are faced with vitreous tile.
slate or any good weather-proof coat
ing, or with single thickness Of
brick.
lin regard to the injurious conse-
quences upon the nervous system en-
tailed by residence in cities amid con-
tinuous noise, the London Invention
says: 1T is doubtful If any nervous
system ever becomes so indurated tC
this incessant strain as to feel no harm.
The yelling of steam whistles, the hiss
Of steam pipes, the rattle and clash Of
wheels on stone covered streets, the
rumble of street cars, the clangor q
bells. the bowling OF hucksters. KEEP
up condition in which q healthy nerv'
Gus system of natural strength and
sensitiveness Is impossible"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-04-20
THE ADJuTANT BIRD.

HIS SWALLOWING Capacity Illustrated By .
Mmsiouary Anecdote.
Talking OF adjutant birds, 1 heard
q good story from Mr.. Richards,
Of the Baptist Mission at Lukolela- 1t
seems that Mr.. Comber of the same
mission used to keep q tame adjutant
at Lutete Tor Wathen) Station, which
roamed about the station yard, with
clipped wings. in company with mon
keys, parrots, and other pets, among
them kitten belonging to Mr.. Com
Der. One day this kitten was heard
mewing piteously, though it was mo-
where to be seen. At last, noticing
that the sounds appeared to be pro-
ceediug from the adjutant, who was
standing with his beak wide open. as
though engaged in swallowing some
thing with an effort, Mr.. Comber
walked up to him, and looking down
his throat saw the end of the kittens
tail about to disappear. Thereupon
he grasped the tail and hauled the kit
ten out still alive. Mr.. Richards told
me that the truth Of this story had been
doubted in England; for my part see
no reason to disbelieve it, and would
recommend those who do to pay visit
to the Zoo and inspect the adjutsN>ts
there. Those have seen on the Congo
held their heads. as high as tall man
and had beahs and throats Of enormous
capacity. adapted-like those of peli-
cans and other birds which lead SIM
liar life-to the catching and swallow
ing whole OF large fish. The Lutete
adjutant, / am told. ON another occa-
sion swallowed small dead monkey
entire. As for the kitten-it is we'll
known fact that cats have nine lives!
--Blackwood's Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-04-20

mo, George" faltered the maiden,
i fear it can not be. I admire you as
. gentleman, / respect you as friend,
but"
Laura" he exclaimed, "before you
pass sentence hear me out A recent
lucky stroke In business has enabled
me to buy beautiful home on Prairie
avenue, which shall be in your name.
l will insure my life for $25. 900, and
George" calmly interposed the
lovely girl, ''you interrupted me.
was about to say that the sentiments Of
respect and esteem feel for you,
though 70 strong. are feeble in COM
parison with the deep love which
which (which l have long-don't
George, dearr'
For George had interrupted hoF
aeain--f :. - Tribune,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-04-20

bbhAEo W VAO X al Oo OCAA VOAAAc "A*s4 VIC
green paper curtains, the corn-husk
bed, and the chest of drawers, filed
with apples. The room is so cold that
we jump under the comfortables with
our clothes on. and undress in bed after
we have warmed it. And when the
wind shakes the house in the night, it
comes in through the broken pane and
plays weird melodies in the punches of
sage and red peppers suspended over
our heads.
Again we go head-first into the swim-
ming hole and drift about among the
lily pads in quest Of pickerel. And in
the green and fragrant spring we climb
among the blossoms to rob birds nests;
and we make wry faces as we gulp the
unpleasant picra. All the green fields,
and old-fashioned flowers, and crystal
brooks, and shady orchards we ever
knew come back. and seem brighter
than ever with sunshine, and lovelier
with song, as we watch those shifting
scenes of the "Old Homestead" and
the squeaking of the fiddle and the
patter of happy feet make US think
ourselves back in the heart of New
England. and not in the hurly-burly Of
Fourteenth street. Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-04-20

Ihear the songs they sing to-day,
But never one II sweet
An those my mother sang to me
When sitting 1t her feet.
Ny thoughts 70 back TO childhood years,
When hope and were young.
And - Of old hear to-day
The songs my mother sung.
At twilight's hour often dream
lam . child once more;
seek the house where was born
Ipass the open door.
There mother rocks beside the hearth,
Her little ones among,
And life forgets it, cares to hear
The songs my mother sung.
o, long the grass has grown above
That loving mothers face,
But still In faithful hearts she keeps
Her old, her dear old place.
No other songs can be 90 sweet
A those we heard when young.
When sitting ct our mothers knee
The songs our mother sung,
-Eben e. Rexford. in Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-04-20


resources is effected by a subtle fer
ment action, which not only requires
no oxygen, but is actually most effect
i've when oxygen is excluded.
And now comes the strangest thing
in the whole problem of winter sleep.
The animal goes into winter quarters
with great store Of fat and comes out
with its fat tissues all wasted, shriveled
and used up. On the other hand it
comes out of its sleep having lost little
or nothing in weight, and with an
abundant store of another kind, which
has accumulated entirely while it was
asleep. The new store has accumu-
lated at the expense of the fat, or the
store of the latter has been slowly
changed into another store of sub
stance specially suited to feed the heart
all through the winter and to feed the
organism generally in the first days
after its awaking. This store is the
so-called alternating gland. tfollows
the same main lines Of disposition as
the fat store. being q store tissue in
the proper sense of the term. 1t is of
the color of liver and is mostly packed
upon the back, between the shoulder
blades, sending extensions under the
collar-bones, and down into the chest
around the heart and the great vessels.
and among the muscles of the neck and
shoulders. 1t is as closely in contact
with the blood-vessels as the fat store
itself; the blood takes up the liquidated
assets from the latter and deposits
them in the former. whence they are
carried as they are wanted to feed the
heart during the long winter, and the
organism generally in the first days of
bestirring itself. No one has yet
chemically examined that derived or
secondary store into which the fat is
changed, But there is no doubt that it
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-04-20
Col. Plunger Extraordinarily :

Col. Plunger Extraordinarily =
"Ah, Miss Grace. you handle the rib
hons wonderfully. Quite a woman af-
ter my own heart l inherit love of
horseHesh. you know. My father. the
General, was a superb tandem driver
in his time" Miss Grace CALMLY
s.Yes, have heard of the Generals
early efforts In driving''-"Ah!-may
I-ask-how you-?r Miss Grace
''Well. you see, grandma told me of it
She was often passenger in the canal
boat drawn by the first tandem driven
by your father
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-04-20

The slightest vein of iron or steel
can readily be detected by the applica-
ton Of aquafortis to the surface. On
steel it leaves black mark; on iron
the metal remains clean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-04-20

The American currant is largely
cultivated in France. where It's bright
red juice Is used to color wines,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-27
MARINE MATTERS.

DULUTH-Arrived Idaho, Buffalo; Rube
Richards, II. C. Richards, Cleveland; j. E
Owen, Michigan, Nicholson, Detroit
Cleared: S. f. Hodges, Detroit; Little Hui.
burt, Butt Forbes, Twin Sister, Allegheny,
l02. Ashland. New steel barge l02 left on
her initial trip tonight. She goes to Ash
land for ore and will only take 2 400 tons, ii
not being deemed expedient to LOAD to her
full capacity on the first trip.
SAULT STE MARIE-Up: Northwind, Waldo
A. Avery, 5:45, Forest City; II. II. Brown,
500; diego, Monticello Montmereney, Col
orado,- 1855: P. H.. Birckhead, Commodore
C. B. Jones, A. Gerhard, 1928; E. 3. Hale,
Il. A. Kent, Peerless, 2:l5; j. Il. Devereaux,
Fountain City, g: A. j. Hackett, William Nc
Gregor, Toledo, Mont Blanc, 4; P. j. Ralph.
Delaware, Colonial. Down; T. S. Christie,
s. P. Sheldon, 2; City of Duluth, 7; India, C.
P. Minch. 7:45: r. P. Flower. Specular, g 40
William Chisholm, 30; Africa, Severn,
Marquis, 1880; d. Balentine, Moonlight
Ironton, 6:l5.
WIEoNA-Boats Up: Glenmont. Sidney,
Robert Dodds, W. ]. Young Jr, Daniel Heine,
Juniata, Helen Mar, Evansville, Sea Wing,
Robert Harris. Boats down: Junista, W. J.
Young Jr., Katharine, Robert Dodds, Rob-
ert Harris, Eclipse, B. Herchey, Denil Heine,
Glenmont. Water one foot nine inches.
AsHLAND-ArrWed: Everett, Rube, Rich
ards, Sophia Munich and May Richards ;coal.
Cleared: Fedora, Queen of West Austar-
tisia, Chauncy Hubert, W. G. Barnunl, n. H.
futile, Barge 101, Alta and Butts, ore;
Cleveland.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-27
AGAINST ALL REASON.
Total Abstinence Murphy Says
the Prohibition Cake Is Dough.

CHICAGO, July 26.-The well known
total alb stinence advocate, Thomas A.
Murphy, is in the city. When asked to-
day what he thought of the prohibition
movement, which he has always op-
posed, Mr.. Murphy said:
The prohibition cake is dough. I knew it
would prove so, and hope they are beginning
to find out you can't legislate man sober.
Prohibition means free whisky and that's all
you can make Of It. The idea of a prohibit
ton law proving effectual in Chicago, for
instance, is ridiculous. In a sparsely
settled country or in small towns, per-
haps it could. be made SO. but never
in the centers Of population. 81 believe that
a prohibition law would simply tie our hands
as to restrictive measures and then with pro-
hfbition that did not prohibit, where would
we be?''
what do you think Of tn e submission of
prohibition amendments in South Dakota?'
Are they going to do it? Well, they will
carry them. They can do 1t out there where
the people are scattered, and possibly when
they are passed the laws may actually pro-
hibit, but maintain that it is against all rea-
son. Only think Of It'll Telling a man he
shall not pro duce an alcoholic beverage
when the natural tendency of every fruit Of
the garden and orchard is toward fermenta-
ton. You can never prohibit but men can
quit getting drunk, if they will.''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-27
MRAE'S BIG OPTION.

Britons Have Practically Pur-
chased SeventyEight Of the Van
Duzen Elevators.
CHICAGO, July 26.-Douglas G. Mac
Rae, editor of the London Financial
Times, is in this city en- route home
after trip through the Northwest.
Mr.. MacRae, while in this country has
been acting as the agent of the British
syndicate which has been making eX-
tensive purchases of American grain
elevators. The number which he has
purchased is much larger than it was
generally supposed the syndicate had
yet acquired.
las agent of the syndicate" said Mr. Mac
Res. II have purchased seven ty-eight ele
vators in the Van Duzen system il the North
west"
"You have been negotiating for the pur-
chase Of some Minneapolis flour mills, have
you notY'
Eyes, have been carrying on some nego-
tiations in that direction. but no arrange
mentS have yet been made for their pur.
chase
AS Mr.. MacRea is now on his way
home it is presumable that the negotia-
tons are off, as the dispatches from
Minneapolis have indicated. Mr.. Mac
Rea says that water gas is being manu-
featured in England at cost of four
pence per thousand feet, and that
preparations are being made to intro
duce the process in this country.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-27
SUED FOR $500.
Swift & Co. Ask for Large
Amount from a Duluth Man.
Special to The GLOBE.

Special TO The GLOBE.
DULUTH, July 26.-On Monday last
suit was brought by Swift & Co. before
Judge Blodgett. in Chicago, against j.
B. Sutphin, of this city, for 1880, the
sum agreed upon in case of non-compli-
ance with the terms of business part
nership formed something like one year
ago for carrying on the dressed meat
business in Duluth. When seen by the
GLOBE this morning Mayor Sutphin
stated that the suit was the outgrowth
of the meat inspection bill passed last
winter, and would beyond question be
carried to the supreme court to test
the constitutiOnality of that act. 1t
appears that Immediately after the
passage of the measure q. F.
Swift, senior member of the firm.
determined that he would ship no more
meat to Minnesota, but afterward de-
termined to live up to his portion of
business contracts, and-So notified Mr..
Sutphin, who promptly replied that he
could have nothing to do with shipping
not sell or handle them. To this Mr..
Swift replied by sending an attorney to
st. Paul, where Col. John K. Shaw,
Mr.. Sutphin'S business manager, met
him, but failed to impress upon him the
necessity of waving the thereto exist
ing business partnership, and returned
home. The next act was notification
from Mr.. Swift for the $500 agreed
upon, but as through no act of his own
Mr.. Sutphin was forced to break the
agreement, he refused payment, and
the suit was commenced. and decision
is expected from Judge Blodgett within
a day or two, when an appeal will
doubtless be taken to the supreme
interest, since it will eventually test
the constitutionality of the hoof inspec-
ton act, though the present suit was
not instituted as test case.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-27
LOCKERS OF STAMPS.
ClarksOn Appoints Several Long
Tongued Republicans.

Tongued Republicans.
Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, July 26.-Upon the
recommendation of Congressman Com
stock new postoffjce will be estab-
lished eighteen miles east of Grand
Marais, with Amund Jensen as post
master. Alvin Carpenter. postmaster
at Lake Stacy, resigns. and recommends
as his successor Amos Porter, whose
appointment will neceSSitate change
of the site of the postoffice two miles
southeast. John Mally, postmaster at
Gates, resigns, and recommends Joseph
Cremers. POstmasters appointed to-day
for Dakota: W. l.. Palmer, Carthage,
vice Ochsner. resigned; W. P. Hess,
Flandrau, vice COgley, removed; r. T.
Paine, Hutton, vice Swift, resigned; W.
S. Campbell, Roscoe, vice Sutley. re-
moved; W. P. Hutchinson, st. Johns,
vice Martineau, removed; M. B. Will
lard, Villas, vice Hunt, resigned; Lin
coin Cell, Winchester, vice Bumstead,
resigned. Proposed changes in Dakota:
Uriah 9. Miller, postmaster at Cecil, re-
signs, and recommends the discontin
uance of his office, as the new railroad
renders a postoffice needless. Marion
Grange, at Sheldon, resigns. Hon. Gil
Pierce recommends James W. Allen.
John ThietZe, Flensburg, is deceased,
and r. ThietZe, assistant postmaster,
applies for the appointment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-27
NO ROOM FOR HIM HERE.
Accountant Hennessy Must Re
turn to England,


turn to England.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The secre-
tary of the treasury to-day decided an
interesting question arising under the
contract labor law. 1t seems that Irwin
& Sellers, merchants. of England, who
have branch house in New York city,
recently discharged the bookkeeper in
their New York house, an American
named James Il. Watson, and sent over
a bookkeeper in the home office named
Edward f. Hennessy to take his place.
Watson complained to the collector at
New York, and the result was
that, when Hennessy arrived at
that port, the collector refused
to allow him to land, Oh the ground that
it would be violation of the contract
labor law. An appeal was taken to the
secretary of the treasury, and he In
structed the collector to allow Hennessy
to land on giving bond in the sum of
$500 for his return in case it was de-
cided that he came within the prohibited
class. The question was referred to the
solicitor of the treasury, and that officer
gave an opinion that as Hennessy had
clearly come to this country under
a contract to labor. his landing would
be palpable violation Of law. The
secretary conceded in this opinion and
instructed the collector at New York to
compel Iennessy to return to England.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-27
LITIGATION WILL ENsUE.
Creditors Of Bankrupt Firm
Will Sue for Their Cash.

will Sue for Their Cash.
NEW YORK, July 26.-The clerks of
the suspended firm of Lewis Bros. &
Co. were busy to-day making an entry
of the assets. The partners of the firm
refused to talk until statement had
been prepared Assignee Bliss spent
some time with the firm. The firm
think the assets will be sufficient to pay
the creditors, but business men think
that unless a speedy settlement is OBJ
tanned the assets will not be more
than half the liabilities. Liti-
cation is apt to follow, despite the high
reputation of the firm. Some creditors
will grab everything, while those who
are inclined to be friendly will fare
badly. If, however, the creditors by
concerted action can put the firm on its
feet again by speedy settlement, good
results may follow. If settlement
was made some time next month the
fall trade might revive the firm again,
but if made any later the outlook is
poor. 1t is not known where the adj
ministration will be made. The main
house being in Philadelphia, the adj
ministration of the estate and
the payment of the dividends may
take place there, but the bulk
of the litigation. if there will be
any, will be in New York. The stock
of goods are in five different juriSdic-
tions-New York, PENNSYLVANIA. Massa-
chusetts, Maryland and Illinois. The
open accounts, amounting to 81, 875,0 900,
are scattered all over the country. The
banks who hold the firms paper believe
they will not suffer much. as it is
double-named paper, mills, drafts, &C
cepted by Lewis Brothers q Co. The
owners of some of the mills which the
firm represented have telegraphed that
they are all right. Some of the weak
mills may be affected, however. The
amount of the firms paper held here is
upwards of S1,0O0,000. The largest
amount held by one bank IS $4,000.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-27
BEST IN THE WORLD.
Further Great Cures of Skin
Diseases by the Cutic1lra REM
se(lies.

Boy one year and a half old. Face
and body in a terrible condition,
being covered with sores. Sui
phur springs fail. Cured by Cutt-
eura remedies.
have used your CUTcURA REMEDIES in
two cases where it proved to be successful.
The first was in the case of boy year and
half old. His face and body were in q ter
rible condition, the former being completely
covered with sores. l took him to the Mas
sena Sulphur Springs, but he did not improve
any. Twas then advised to try CUTICURA REM
EDIEs, which l did. He took one and one
half bottles of CUTIcURA REsoLvENT, when his
skin was as smooth as could be, and is to-day.
used the CUTICURA on his sores and the
CUTICURA SOAP in washing him. He is now
five years of age, and all right. The other
case was disease of the scalp, which was
cured by washing with the CUTIoURA SOAP
and rubbing in the CUTICURA. one bottle OF
CUTICURA REsoLvENT being used. They have
proved successful in every case where have
advised the use of them. 1t is surprising
how rapidly child will improve under their
treatment 1 recommend them for any
disease of the skin as being the best in the
world. This is my experience, and l am
ready to stand by my statement.