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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

Nut Pudding: One cupful of sugar
one-half Of . cupful OF butter, two cup
fuis OF flour, one-half cupful of cold
water, three eggs, one and one-half tea
spoonfuls OF baking powder, one-half a
cupful of whole walnut meats added the
last thing. Bake and eat with sauce.
Heartburn may be relieved almos.
instantly If half a teaspoonful Of table
salt be dissolved in wineglass of cold
water and then drank When the eyes
are tired and weak, if they are bathed
in slightly saline water they will soon
become soothed.
Fresh air, sunlight, good and sufi-
cfent food, pure water, outdoor exercise,
temperance in all things, and a cheerful
disposition. are the chief remedies in
natures pharmacopnia, and are worth
more than all the drugs and medicines
OF the shops.-Popular Science News.
Corn Meal Drop Cakes: Two cups of
corn meal moistened with scalding
water and quickly cooled below scalding
point, one cup of flour, two teaspoonsful
OF baking powder, two eggs, one-half
cup Of milk, one teaspoon of salt. Drop
into hot lard and fry delicate brown
New England Farmer.
Batter Bread: Two eggs, the whites
beaten separately; small cup Of -four,
the same of milk; mix yelks, flour and
milk into smooth batter; stir in tea
spoonful OF butter, melted, and little
salt and the whites of the eggs beaten
till they stand high, and teaspoonful
OF baking powder; mix gently after the
whites are in; bake well in a buttered
pan in very hot oven.-Christian I'm
ion.
Lemon Honey: Beat the yelks of
SIX eggs until light, add gradually, beat
ing all the while, one pound of powdered
sugar. Beat quarter of a pound of
butter to cream, add it to the yelks
and sugar, beat well, and then stir in
carefully the well-beaten whites of four
eggs. Pour this into a double boiler
and stir continually over the fire until
the mixture is about the consistency of
very thick cream; take from the fire and
add the grated rind of one and the Juice
OF two lemons, mix and turn into a
stoneware or china bowl to cool.-Yan-
kee Blade.
IAN exchange gives the following
useful hints: "If the chimney catches
IRE run to the salt-box, and empty it
out upon the flames; they will be re-
duced as If by magic, and further steps !
can be taken to subdue the outbreak. If |
SCOT falls upon the carpet or rug, do not
attempt to sweep until it has been cov-
cred thickly with dry salt; it can then
be swept up properly and not stain or
smear will be left. If any thing hap
pens to catch fire, either whilst cooking
or otherwise, throw salt upon it at once
to prevent any disagreeable smell"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
ODD BITS AND BREvITIEs.

"lBsESITY" has been suggested as /
name for the latest fad.
FIVE of the New York dailies have
been forbidden circulation in Russia.
The champion funeral crank is an old
man OF Pottstown, Pa, who claims e
have attended four thousand funerals.
The latest musical prodigy Is . young
boy in Luzerne, N. Y, who is said 10 be
able to play 'sParsifal" ON a blade Of
grass held between his thumbs.
The year 1918 was very fruitful Of
Massachusetts Governors, six Of the
men who have held that Office within
forty years having beeA born in that
year.
The Edison waltz and the Buffalo Bill
galop have supplemented the Boulanger
march as popular music in Paris. The
Whitelaw Reid sonata Is an imminent
possibility.
THERE is Mission grapevine At Car
penteria, CAL, which has girth OF six
feet at the base, branching out in every
direction for hundred feet, and this
year produced four tons Of fruit.
AN intelligent canine that spends
much of its time around railroad CROSS
Ing in Boston takes position near the
safety gates when . train approaches,
and refuses to allow persons to pass un-
fu all danger Is over.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
wSDoM'S EMBLEM.


Inc Stru&Gfo fOr supremacy between the
Philosopher and the Owl.
Once upon time the directors Of a
large public building devoted to learn
ing met to decide upon proper emblem
for wisdom, whose statue they desired
should be upon the topmost spire of the
structure. All manner of created beings
contended for the honor of typifying
wisdom and the strife waxed vehement.
insomuch that the directors were sore
perplexed. At last the contention was
narrowed down to two, the Philosopher
and the Owl.
II am in the human form divine"
said the Philosopher. ST embody the
knowledge of the ancients and the dis
coveries of the moderns. can commu-
nicate my knowledge by spoken words
and by written signs. Moreover, am
= representative of the only race of
mammals that is endowed with q wisdom
tooth. claim to be the best type of
wisdom
II do not profess to embody all knowl-
edge" hooted the Owl, shut have that
which is better. possess the art of
concealing my ignorance"
Whereupon the directors unanimously
chose the owl as the better emblem of
wisdom, and they placed its statue upon
the pinnacle Of their temple Of learning,
whore it may be seen to this dsv.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
WHY need Il be7v we cay, and sigh
When loving mothers fade and die.

Ii need MT be in many cases. All about
US women are dying daily whose lives
hight have been saved. 1t seems to be q
widespread opinion that when woman is
slowly fading away with the diseases which
laritfes that there is no help for her. She
is doomed to death But this is not true
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is con-
stsntiy restoring women afflicted with dis
eases Of this class to health and happiness
1t is tho only medicine for their ailments,
sold by druggists, under positive guarantee
factionin every case, or money paid for it
will be refunded.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
IDEAS OF ARAsiANs.


What the Sons Of the Desert Think of
Caucasian Travellers.
Their general opinion of an English
traveller is, that he is either lunatic or
q magician; lunatic, If, on closely
watching his movements, they discover
he pays little attention to things around
him; confirmed lunatic, II he goes out
sketching, and spends his time in spoil
ing good paper with scratches and
hieroglyphics; and a magician, when in
quisitive about ruins, and given to pick
ing up stones and shells, gathering
sticks and leaves Of brushes, or buying
up old bits of copper, iron and silver.
In these cases, he is supposed, by aid of
his magical powers, to convert stones
and shells into diamonds Of immense
price; and the leaves and sticks are
charms, by looking at which he can be-
stow comforts upon his friends, and
snakes and pestilence upon his luckless
enemies. II traveller pick up stone
and examine itcarefully, he will be sure
to have at his tail host of malapert
little boys deriding him, though keep
ing at very respectable distance, in
Difference to his magical powers. Should
he indeed turn round suddenly and pur-
sue them few stops, they fly in an
agony Of fear, the very veins in their
naked little legs almost bursting, and
they never stop to look back till they
have got we'll amongst the crowd again,
whore, painting for breath, they recount
to their auditors the dreadful looks that
devil Of Frank gave them. making FIRE |
como out Of his eyes and adders out of
his mouth.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY


1T is said that platinum can he al,
aered TO gold by first sweating some fin,
g"iu INTO the plantinum at high heat
me gold soaks into the plantinum, theu
solder will adhere to it.
-kfiowatts is the term which 60 =,
DC used hereafter to express the power OF
oiectric machines. The word .shorse.
Dover Will be no longer employed in
a asrr'ng to the power of any electric
Inc increased binding power of &C.
"-he oue to the addition OF sugar is said
DO que more to mechanical than to
chemical causes. Sugar retardsurather
imam acceierates the setting of the CO.
ment. VINO 70
while the use Of electricity in Lon
aoh ior illumination is steadily increas-
ing the use OF gas is also rapidly ON the
increase, the demand for the latter for
heating and cooking being greatly in ex-
cess OF former years.
"A new process for burning coal with
out smoke, 1t Is said, has lately been
discovered. 1t consists in sprinklinr
wa'er containing special preparation
vl resin over the coal, and the result is
'na1 snere is no smoke, and the glow is
as intense as coke.
"A blue soap, the use of which obvi-
ates the necessity Of employing bluinp
An laundry work, is made, by incorpora-
sing with ordinary soap soltnon of an
t,ine green in strong acetic acid. By
sne action OF the alkali OF the soap, the
green Is converted into blue, uniformly
coioring the mass.
-Sapolini, of Milan, has described a
method OF his which he states he has
successfully employed in sixty-two cases
Oh deafness of old age. 1t consists in
hopping the membrane tympani with
weak oieaginous solution of phospho-
rus. lie claims that the treatment di-
minishes the opacity of the membrane,
increases the circulation, and improves
.he hearing. Kansas City Medical In
dex.
"A remarkable feature of the East
Indian trade is the large number of
umbrellas imported. Last year the total
received in Calcutta alone was 2,621, 745.
This was by far the largest import re-
corded for any one year, and it is not
surprising to hear that the trade was
somewhat overdone, and a consequent |
glut resulted. The United Kingdom Las
virtually monopoly OF the business.
The yearly manufacture of -four in
the United States is about $4,000. 900 |
barrels, OF which 60, 900, 600 are required |
Tor domestic consumption and 1000, 900 |
10 lS,000,000 barrels for export. This
estimate for home consumption is in ac-
cordance with the basis which for many /
years has been found an approximately
correct one-that of one barrel of flour.
on an average, to each individual of the
In the biological department of the
University of Pennsylvania experiments
are being conducted in regard to the
processes of the mind. Three of the
principal kinds Of experiments now be-
Ing made are those to measure the
memory of sensations of sight, sound
and feeling; those to measure the time
taken to express a sensation, and those
to measure the time taken to receive an
impression through the eye, etc. The
means used to make these investigations
Are weighted wheels. gibbet-shaped ma
shines, pieces of iron arranged to fall
ipon touching lever, pivoted hammers
,tc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
CATARRE.

Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever-A New
Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence of living parasites
in the lining membrane Of the nose and
eusSacn:an tubes. Microscopic research.
however, has proved this to be fact, and
the result Of this discovery is that simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in froEi one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks
N. B.-This treatment is not SNUFF or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. H. Dixon Il Son, cor. of John
and King Street, Toronto, Canada.-Chris
tidn Adroc1te.
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
&Il u a Il
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

In 1860, Henry Goethe, Of Beaufort, 8. G.
wrote DR.. 6hallenberger:
regard your Antidote . specific FOL
cnius and fever. 1t was used on tho
Charleston 81 Savannah r Roadohst sum
mer and autumn in the most sickly region,
and under tho most trying circumstances
Out OF one gang Of negro operatives, mn
were stricken down with chills and fever
and every one recovered by the timely use
o. snallenberger's Antidcte. You possoss
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

Is itcconomy to save few cents buying q
cheap soap or strong washing powder, and
t,sc dollars in ruined rotted clothesl II not,
use Dobbins' Electric Soap, white as snow,
and as pare. Ask yUar grocer for it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
VARIETY IN NEEDLES.


] Something About Those Used by Mechanics
Of Every Description.
A needle is little thing, hardly
worth mentioning, in fact, but the daily
consumption of them in the United
States is 100000. About one-sixth of
these are made in Brooklyn, but the
greater part of the needles we use come
from Redditch, England.
There are needles which all wig.
makers use. They are as delicate as a
hair and shaped like a fsh-hook. There
is tambour needle and the needle for
stirring machines; the great sail needle.
which has to be pushed with steel
palm the knitting machine needle with
its little latchet; the arasene and crewel
needle, and the long instrument which
the -milliners use.
Then there is the surgeons cruel
outfit, the probing needle, made for
hunting after bullets or internal sores:
the post-mortem needles, of various
curves and sizes; the hair-lip needle;
the long accupressure pins, for pinning
gaping wounds in place; all the needles
for eye, head and body, long, short.
curved once, twice or three times. Then
the veterinary surgeon has his case of
needles, too. The upholstereri is a favored
man. He has needles on half curve and
on the quarter curve round points
and sword points, long eyes, round eyes.
egg eyes and counter-sunk eyes. The
cook is not left out of this trade, but has
curious trusting needle, made for car
rying melted butter or savory sauce
right into the very heart of fowl or
roast, being hollow and large at the end
where the butter is poured in. There is
also the Harding needle, which sews
large pieces of meat together or fastens
a bit of fat deep in a lean piece of meat.
One of these was invented by French
chef. The other was made to meet the
demands of butchers who cook large |
quantities of meat for the free-lunch |
restaurants, and who wish to sew their |
meat into good shape, so that it will cut |
we'll. The collar-maker's needle is not !
unlike the upholsterer's. The netting
needle has little branch at each end. |
and with it goes broad ''mesh" of ivory |
or polished wood. The knife-point hem /
needle, with its broad blade, was I'm
vented to suit the men at the Chicago
Stock Yards The broom-makers' needle.
like the sailors. has to be pushed with
, steel palm. That which the mi1lers
use has spring eye which the heavy
thread enters when the side of the eye
Is pressed.
4
a novice could never guess how to use
he needle made for sewing soles on
hoes. The glove needles are marvel
'usly fine affairs, though even the daint-
est Of them have three-cornered points.
The knitting or astrachan needle wants
10 mention.-American Artisan.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

To the EDIToR:-Plcase inform ycur
readers that have positive rcmcd, for
the above named disease. BY its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. shall be glad to send
two bottles Of my remedy FREz to any OF
your readers who have consumption II they
VIII send me their express and post-oflce
address, Respectfully, 7. A. 6LocuN, NJ c.,
16i Pearl street. New York.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

THROAT DISEASES commence with Cough
Cold or Sore Throat s.Broscn's B,u,,cltia
Troches" give immediate relief. Sold oal,
In bores. Price IS cts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

MONEY makes the man, but the man has
TO make the money frst-SomerviDe Jour.
nal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

IT 10 no uncommon thing for . theat-ical
star to complain Of the support, while the
company retorts that the star is insupport-
able--Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
tho I'araiJso Of Irarn,cr.

Oregon, tho Paradise Of Farmers.
Hid cquabie climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit. grain. grass, stock country
Oregon Immigration Board. Portland Oregon
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

To REGULATE the stomach, liver and bowels
and promote digestion, take one of Carter,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

TIE worst time to hand . man tract on
the sin Of swearing is when he steals down
stairs In the Silly night and catches his too
In the upturned corner Of zinc that turks
near the tire-light's uncertain glow.-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

TIE collapse Of . realestate boom only
means that the wind has been taken ont Of
the saleA -Binghamton Republican
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the sys-
tenn cffectually, yet gently, when costive OF
bilious, or when the blood is impure OF
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual
constipation, to awaken tho kidneys and
liver to healthy activity without irritating
or weakening them, use Syrup Of Figs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

ALL disorders caused by bilious state of
the system can be cured By using Carriers
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use. Try them
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

FIGURES in the arithmetic Go not lie; but
the figures in cook book sometimes repre-
sent indeterminate quantities.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

TEE girl who has rejected man neves
reads his marriage notice two years after.
ward without saying to herself: Poor fel
lowi really hope he will be happy" and
all the time she knows she doesn't mean II
--Somervllle Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

DR.. Picrce's Pellets, the original and only
genuine Little Liver Pills; IS cents vial;
one dose.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

CLEANTHEs, philosopher, was pugilist
and also supported himself at first BY draw
ing water and carrying burdens.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine of Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar for coughs
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

BR0oKLrx can boast of having the largest
bread bakery in the world It turns out
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

AKExsfDE, the author Of "Pleasures a,
IMAGINATION" was the son Of o butcher L
Neutrality-suspicious..
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

IT must be painful to o girl. especially
when she means to say YES" to hear
suffering man propose.-Somerville Jour-
nal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

APACHE COUNTY, In Arizona, Is larger thar
the State OF Massachusetts, yet it has not
a single doctor within its borders.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

AMONG the millions" always irretriev.
ably lost in great fires are those which
nark the difference between the first esti-
mates and the adjustments.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

TIE losses in PenDs ylvania alone, from the
foods Of May 30 to June l. amounted to S30,-
1000 and $500 lives.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

IT Is estimated that the Paris Exposition
this year has caused nearly $i50,060,000 OF
American money to be dropped in Europe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

A MAN generally finds little dinlculty IN
getting half seas over when he makes free
use Of the schooner.-1roy Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest Piso'
Remedy for Catarrh- BY druggists 25c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

The introduction Of the electric light has
caused marked diminution OF CRIME in
Pittsburgh, Pa
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

Mss k1xoLp, sister Of Mrs. Humphrey
Ward, l. the original Of Rose 10 s.Robert
ElsmarA ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

TIE pretty typewriter handles the key o
the situation brakes Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

A HORSE race by itself may be perfectly
innocent amusement-but whoever saw
horse race not associated with some torn
Of gambolingl
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

BRASDER MATTHEWS averages an annual
income from literature Of about 5000
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08


Present indications point to the adop
ton of the electric fire engine in the
near future. The combination of the
electric motor and the pump would supply
q want that is constantly arising, that
OF . portable engine for mills, factor
les, etc. A small electric motor attached
to suitable pump, such combination
as has been produced by several OF the
motor companies, mounted upon light
truck, that can be easily moved to any
part Of factory by two or three men
and there connected to the hydrant and
to electric terminals, and used to throw
water to any part of the building, ought
to find extensive use in the manufactur-
ing districts Of the country especially.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

THERE Is more than one kind Of smoke
less powder that Is fatal to the ranks OF
neutrality-suspicious. Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

To REMOVE the shiny look from black
clothes waah we'll, then dip black cloth il
hot tea and coffee, equal parts OF each, and
sponge clothes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

MANY . man may double his physica
capacity by strengthening his mind some
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell it &c
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

OxE would naturally expect to ind q
muggy atmosphere in q beer saloon. -lTerre
Haute Express.
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Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read tho abo G.