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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15
A Table Made from Corpses

In the Patti Palace at Florence is a
table which, for originality in the mat
ter of conception and construction, is
probably without rival. 1t was made
by Giuseppe Sagatti. who passed sew
eral years of his life in its manufac-
ture. To the casual observer it gives
the impression of curious mosaic of
marbles of different shades and colors,
for tlooks like polished stone. In real
ity tits composed of human muscles and
viscera. No less than one hundred hu.
man bodies were used in its construction.
The table is round and about a yard in
diameter, with pedestal and four
clawed feet, the whole being formed of
petriied human remains. The orna-
ments Of the pedestal are made from
the intestines; the claws. from hearts.
livers and lungs, the natural colors OF
which are preserved. The table top is
constructed OF muscles artistically ar
ranged, and it is bordered with upward
OF one hundred human eyes, the effect
of which is said to be startling. The
bodies were obtained from hospitals and
petrifed with mineral salts. st Louis
Republican.
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Orange Blossoms for Brides.

The emblem may have been occa
sionally worn by European brides evcr
since the time of the crusades; but the
general adoption OF orange blossoms
for brides is comparatively a modern
practice, probably at first adopted be-
cause the orange flower was rare and
costly, and it has always been the
practice to be expensive at weddings.
The orange blossoms were found APP
propriate and suitable, the sentiment
under which it was used by the Sar-
aceus was approved. and it became the
fashion for brides TO wear orange bios
SONS, The orange fruit was brought
to England as early as 1890. but it wcs
. long time beforatbere was really any
cultivation of the orange. The tree is
supposed by many to have been
brought into England by Sir Walter
Raleigh. and the statement is made
that it was not adopted from the Sar-
acens. but probably from India, or at
least from the far East. 1t owed its
adoption at first from the fact that it
was both rare and scented flower,
and was introduced without any refer
ence to its OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15
A RAReARic FASHION.

Crusade Against the Pagan Costume of
Wearing Mourning Garments.
A number OF English women of high
standing in society have begun cru
SADIE against the mourning garments
which the customs of times COM
pei them to wear. They are not pio-
neers in this undertaking. Several
times before assaults have been made
upon the pagan ard barbaric fashion
OF loading women down with crepe and
sombre robes of black when death
overtakes any one near or dear to
them. Their predecessors in the ad-
vocacy OF this reform have had little
success.
Why should woman make herself
hideous and miserable by means of
overwhelming wells and funeral trap
pings? y. say the defenders of this
relic of barbarism. women wear mourn
ing because in them the emotions OF
sorrow are stronger and deeper than
in men, and the outward garb of woe
is the symbol of grief they feel within.
Here and there a woman of hysterical
bent may persuade herself that she is
grieving more because she has on
four-ply crepe veil and a bonnet the
shape, color and weight of coal scut-
tie. but If the rule of society that
woman must indicate her grief by the
immensely and inkiness of her clothes
were abolished, we believe the great
majority OF women would gladly fly to
healthier and less hideous attire
1t is fashion, that silly and cruel
tyrant that DEGREES the weaker sex
shall be tormented with reminders of
their bereavements in their dress. No
matter how ugly, how harmful, or how
ridiculous a thing may be, if fashion
says it is to be done it is done without
question or complaint by nine-tenths
of the women in the civilized world.
So mourning will continue to be worn
in its exaggerated form in spite of all
the crusades the minority of sensible
women may wage against it. II men
had to share the pains and inconven-
fences OF mourning there would be
radical reform at once. Men escape
almost scot free, however, and women
alone must harvest the aftermath Of
death. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

Governor Green. of New Jersey.
tells good story at his own expense.
A few days ago. while he was waiting
for train at the Elizabeth station. he
engaged the services of q juvenile
bootblack. As the youth piled his
brushes the Governor grew sociable,
and pleasantly inquired: Flows bus
mess. Johnnie?" Name amt John
ME-" laconically answered the lad;
'.name's Tommy" Slightly taken
aback by Tommy's indisposition to be
sociable the Governor said nothing for
awhile. but finally, deciding to i'm
press the youngster to q slight ex-
tent, he remarked: ''Well, Tommy,
guess you don't know who / am, do
youa YES. knowed you long ago."
said Tommy. "Well. who am Ia"
Yer Bob Green's father. Trenton
Times.
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AUTOMATIC AIR BRAKES.
Something About tho Principles Govern
Ing Its Application.

Something About tho Principles Govern
ing Its Application.
Under the middle OF the car the or
binary pull rod Of the old hand brake
is cut and two levers are inserted. One
lever is connected with the brake cylin-
der and the other with the piston,
which slides in that cylinder. When
air is admitted to the cylinder the
piston is driven out, and the brakes
are applied exactly as they would be
were the chains wound up by turning
the hand wheels. Air is supplied to
the brake cylinder from the reservoir
to it, in which the pressure is main
tanned by the action OF an air COM
pressing pump. placed on one side of
the locomotive. The pump fills the
main reservoir on the engine, and also
the car reservoirs, by means of the
train pipe, which extends under all the
cars. When the brakes are of there is
full pressure of air in all of the car
reservoirs aud train pipes. 1t is re-
duction of the pressure in the train
pipes which causes the brakes to be
applied. This fact must be borne in
mind, for it is on this principle that
the automatic action of the brakes de-
ponds. II train parts. or if the air
leaks out OF the train pipe. the brake
goes on. This automatic principle is
vital one in most safety appliances. and
it is secured in the case of the air
brake by one of the most ingenious
little devices that man ever contrived
that Is, the triple valve-which is
placed in the piping system between
the brake cylinder and the car reser-
voir. This triple valve has passages
to the brake cylinder, to the car reser-
voir. to the train pipe and to the at
mosphere. Which of these passages
are open and which are closed depends
upon the position of piston inside of
the triple valve, and the position of
that piston is determined by the differ
ence in air pressure on either side of
it Thus, when the pressure in the
train pipe is greater than that in the
car reservoir, the triple valve piston
Is forced over, say to the left. a COM
munication is opened from the train
pipe to the car reservoir. and the air
pressure in the latter is restored from
the main reservoir on the locomotive.
AT the same time passage is opened
from the brake cylinder to the atmos-
phere, the compressed air escapes, the
brake piston is driven back by spring
and the brakes are released. H. g.
Prout, in Scribner's Magazine.
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HERE AND There.

Sheep and cattle should have sepa-
rate hay-racks, as the rams are som e.
times very vicious and may do injury.
Ashes make SPLENDID fertilizer
for young grass that is just springing
up, and enables it to root well before
cold weather comes on.
Farmers should bear in mind that
any night may bring frost at this sea-
son OF the year, and they should be
fully prepared for the danger.
Willows along the banks of q
stream greatly aid in protecting the
soil from washing should floods occur.
Willows are easily grown from cut
tings.
1t is claimed by strawberry-grow-
ers that mulch will regulate the sea-
son of strawberry fruiting. If the
mulch is kept on during the. winter
and removed early, and double
quantity put on others. the bearing
season can be better prolonged than
by using late or early varieties.
The longer the corn fodder re-
mains stacked in the field the darker
it will become in color from exposure,
and the greater the deterioration in
the quality of the blades. Bright fod-
der is more highly relished by stock,
as it is tender, while exposed fodder
gradually becomes tough.
The time to apply lime is in the
fall, so as to allow it time to act on
the soil. The beneficial effects OF lime
may not be apparent until the second
season, much depending upon the con-
dition of the soil and its composition.
It should be applied on the surface to
be carried down by the rains, and not
plowed in
Garden preparation should really
begin IN the fall. Gardens, as a rule,
contain more weeds than any other
plot on the farm They should be
moved down, raked of and burned.
The plot should then be plowed. to re-
main in the rough condition for the
frost to penetrate. 1t will render the
cultivation easier in the spring.
Small breeds of fowls lay as largo
eggs as do the large breeds. The black
Spanish produces tho largest eggs
The Leghorn, which is small fowl.
lays large white eggs The Brahma
and Cochin. which are tie largest
breeds OF fowls. lay dark eggs. They
are also excellent winter layers, but ~
plpv n reachiaa maturity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

Mrs. Startup-Me and Mr.. Startup
went to the theatre last night to see
Richard the Three.
Mrs. Chadband-How did you enjoy
Il?
Mrs. Startup-To tell the truth. I
was deadly bored.
Mrs. Chadband-Perhaps you don't
care for Shakespeare?
Mrs. Startup-O. ! amt got no OBJ
jection to Shakespeare. but do wish
ned turn out something uew,-Amer.
81
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

To IMPRESS . plain truth IL IL not neces-
ssry to paint It to the eye by comic wood
cuts or sensational pictures Of any kind.
confidence To illustrate: II Won are the
victim Of Malaria, and wish to be free from
It Immediately, one bottle of ShaflenberRer's
Antidote will tsyaEDlv do the work. Il
may. pay you to believe this and get the
medicine without delay. DIR. A. T. Shallen-
eerger, Rochester. Pa, will send It BY mail
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

Unequaled as ahealth and pleasure resort
Finest Watering Place Hotel in the West
The waters will positively care ell Kidney
and Liver Diseases, Dyspepsia, Diabetes,
Female Complaints, Skin and Blood Dis
eases, etc.
For handsomely illustrated descriptive
pamphlet, apply to F. CHANDLER. g. p. ct.
A., "Wabash Line" st. Louis, No.
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HAnK, the sound OF many voices
And full many : heart rsjoiess
A. the chorus noats along:
How mn hannI Hoicos hfsnd

Wonderfui Beyond description
Woman's best ana truest friend.w
Well may It be called woman's beat friend,
since 1t does for her what no other remedy
has been able to do. It cures Ill those deli
culiar to females. Csrss them, understand.
Other preparations may AFFORD Temporary
relief, but DR.. PiePce's F&vorite Prescrip-
ton effects permanent cure. It IL gsdrais-
ted to do this, or the money paid for IL win
be promptly refunded. Its the great rem
edy Of the age.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

oregon, the Parsdllse Of Tarners.
Mild, e9uable climate, certain and abundant
croPs. BEST lrmt. grain, grass, stock country
Ia the world. Full Information free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, { Oregon
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

PAIN from indigestion. dyspepsia and toe
hearty eating Is relieved at once by takine
one OF Carter's Little Liver Pills immediate,
~ after dinner. Don't forget this
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

CuRE your cough with Hale's Honey o
Horehound and Tar. Pixies Toothach
Drops Cure In one minute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

QUxyS vIcroRIA has spoken into one q.
Edison's paragraphs, g . compliment 3
him. Re will probably hand Il down e q
heirloom in his family.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

ALL that see can say - to the inertia Of
Dob6ins' Electric Soap. pales into nothtno-
.ess before the story II will tell you 0self, Of
Its own perfect quality, il you win give e
0nc trial. Don't take imitation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

A Mrs. FANNY VERrUN claims that abe
holds the title deeds for the entire Ground
on which Minneapolis is built and has -
gun suit for possession.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

BrIoUsNEss, dizziness, nausea, head
ache, are relieved by small doses Of Carriers
Little Liver Pills.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

As InoN expands with the heat, the EifEel
tower Is said to be i've inches taller when
the temperature II high than it IL in the
cool Of the day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. &c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

ms. HENRI 8. KI<BAL1, Of West Phila-
oeipnia u receiving the credit Of origin
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

TIE biggest gas well in the world has
been discovered in Ohio.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

IT is said that Schiller, before composing,
put his feet in cold water.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

CHIcAeo has the largest Common Council
Of any city IN the world. With the recent
additions the Common Council numbers
Sixty-ciRht
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

The worst Nasal Catarrh, no matter Of
bow long standing, e permanently cured By
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

PIcARr, the comic writer, composed all Of
his pieces in bed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

A SLOT machine gives you proper sized
spectacles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

.CHrcAoo has now 5000 miles Of buried
electric wires.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

Old smokers prefer .sransill's Punch" Cigar.
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We have published several different
methods for preserving this valuable
product 1t is remarkable that this,
the most valuable root crop Of the
South, has but the one dEawba XIV
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15

Hoods SarsapariIla
100 Doses One Dollar

Sold b. all drusgists- q; ak for y Prepared only
81 G. l. HOOD CO.. Apothecaries. Lowell Nass
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-11-27

IT is believed that Secretary Window in
tends to urge upon Congress at the coming
session the passage OF a bill authorizing Ma
tional Banks toissue notes to the full amount
of the Government bonds held by them,
aud TO reduce the minimum OF bonds upon
which new banks be allowed 10 organize or
old ones TO hold TO 1000. II is estimated
that this will add $15,OOO,OO6 to our present
circulation and give relief where it is most
needed. So far as allowing the banks to
issue notes to the face value Of their bonds
instead Of 90 per cent. as nowhere eau
be no possible objection. With the present
premium Of bonds the security at full face
value is much better than it was formerly
at 90 per cent. The reduction of the re-
quired amount Of bonds seems also desira-
able, in view OF the rapid reduction of the
number OF these bonds and the desired in
crease OF the banks.
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ANOTHER RAID.

Inspired by the result Of the elections,
the New York Herald is leading the soldier
hating papers IN another grand raid On pen
sious, pensioners and pension attorneys. 1t
has been giving a page day for several
days on the subject, each one filed as full as
an egg is OF meat, with falsehoods more or
less deliberate 1t claims that the Treasury
is simply being looted BY a gang Of unde-
serving rascals, who are animated and led TO
the attack by band Of souliess and mer.
cenary pension attorneys, who control cow
ardly Congressman.
1t is simply impossible, in any limited
space, to take mp the countless inaccuracies,
mis,tatemeuts and absolute falsehoods which
make up the Ha0Ids TRADES. There is pos
itiyely nothing new in them-nothing Of
which the absolute fallacy has not been ex-
posed a hundred times. Every pension
claimant knows that he is not a looier-that
before he can possibly get the slender sti.
pend the Government grudgingly doles out
10 him, lac must furnish more proof and 70
through more Of a routine than would be
necessary TO hang him, were he charged with
murder. lie knows that no matter how
great his deserving may be, he has 10 furnish
proof upon proof, hunt up witnesses from
/ y,,o ,,,d n tla land Al a., IL L. -
jected TO examinations and cross-examina-
tions, beside which those in criminal trials
are trivial lie knows that while this is
! going on, the weeks roll into months. and the
months into years Of weary waiting and
hoping, until ii has taken him longer
/ time TO get his pension than ii did 10 put
down the greatest rebellion the world ever
saw. He knows that while IL took him but
few minutes 10 get into the service Of
the United States, and probably but a
! few months 10 endure unprecedented
haTdships and go through the bloodicst
fighting in the history Of war, it takes him
on an average about Eve years Of weary and
exasporaGng effort tosecure the plain. simple
fulGlmeat Of the Governments promises TO
him. lie knows that while be was always
ready on the instant TO respond to any de-
mand upon him, TO give health, limbs, and
even life itself 10 the country, the latter
now interposes every possible delay and OBJ
stacle in the way Of carrying out its duty
toward him.
lie also knows that all that he is az last
allowed is not hundreth part Of the cost TO
him Of his service 20 the Nation, and that
while he, aud those like him, who gave
everything 10 the Government and gained
everything for ii, arc put of with grudging
doles, the mOney-lendors, who gave little
and risked little, have been munifoently re-
warded.
Again, he knows, when he reflects, that
the pension attorneys, Of all others in the
country, do the most work for their clients
for the least pay. II is the yeriest nonsense
in the world 10 say that the greater part OF
the pension-money, or that any considerable
part, goes to the attorneys The law eK-
| pressly fixes the maximum fee at SIS, and
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RENEW IN TIME,

So much that is of importance will APP
pear in every number of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE that subscribers should not run
the risk of missing a single issue, and should
therefore be very careful to renew in time.
Let every reader examine the address slip
on his paper and compare it with the
whole Number in the date line at the
head Of the paper. He viii then under
stand how near his subscription is to expir-
ing. For example, the number of this paper
is 4S5. II, therefore, his number is 4s6. he
will only receive one more paper; if 4s7,
two more papers, and so on. He ought to
be careful to renew at least two weeks be-
fore the expiration Of his subscription. so as
TO run no risk of missing a number.
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- ne..n-rAr1c v1crnRY.

Mr.. Adeilyrt Lehman, o. rauding. o. IS
added to the Iong list Of Republican Outs.'
and he IS out just $1,000 besides the expense
and annoyance Of several pTotraetcd LAVISH IS.
AdolbsTt wooed and won Miss Mary Shull, a
young lady Of high spirits and irrePrcssib!e
Democracy. Adelbert's Ecpublcanisn, on the
other hand, is Of the active, answering char
actor but the young folks thought this little
difference didn't matter, just as young folks
who are very much in love are in the habit OF
thinking that nothing matters very much
which stands in the way Of their union. Bat
during the last Presidential campaign, while
Adelbert was toiIins and pcrspiriug in assisting
his felIow-Ecpubl.cau5 to raise a Harrison pole,
Hiss Shull appeared upon the scene and pro-
vokingly "hurrahed for Cleveland" This
antc-Huptial Standardization was too much for
AGeIbcrt. Re probably thought that n girl
who would publicly deride his cherished Poiti-
cal convictions before marriage, would after
the welding be likely to have strong opinions
Of her own as TO whose duty it was to wind
the clock. get up in the morning and build tho
fire, spank the baby, and othor matters Of con-
nubial interest We are not sure bat what ha
was right So he declared the engagement or.
Miss shu!l took different view OF the matter.
She was anxious TO marry AdcIbcrt in spite Of
his politics. Perhaps she entertained the
idea which obtains, in some circles, that Re-
pub!icaH5 make better husbands than Demo-
Gratis. Perhaps she was burning with tho de-
sire to convert Republican to her own politi-
cal faith, just as some girls want to marry
infde!s to make Christians Of them, and others
druukards, to reform them At all events, she
ssl'ea uPoa the eearta " make Ads,bert como
70 s.a1c sH1 fninh his promise to marry her.
Adeibert fought the case strcnuousIy, but at last
the Circuit Court has decided that hurrahing
for Cleveland is not sufficient reason for break
ing troth, and pronounced Judgment against
Adelbert in the sum Of $1,000. Thus are our
political liberties indicated.
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. c, NOVEMBER p, 1880
PROF KOCB'S CURE
BY JOHN HAMILTON, n. D.,
Surgeon General UniieG States Marine Hospital
Service.

The whole world is alive with interest in
regard TO the wonderful cure for consump-
ton which las been discovered by Prof
Koch, The eminent Berlin physician. The
physicions OF every civilized country are
all waiting anxiousiy Tor every bulletin
from Berlin which will give further in
formation concerning the great remedy.
Thousands from all parts Of the world,
have gone thi,her to study the process,
under the direct supervision Of Prof Koch.
We have been SO fortunate as 10 secure
from d. john Is. Hamilton, the Supervising
Surgeon-General Of the United States Ma
rine Hospital Service, and one Of the very
foremost physicians Of the country and
who has lately returned from Berlin, the
promise Of an article explaining what the
cure is, how il operates, what are its limi-
tatiOHs and what is hoped from it, There is
no higher medical authority in the United
States ban Dr. Hamilton, and Whist he says
vail be the best expression Of the medical
thoughi Of the country concerning The mat
ter. The article viii appear next week.