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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
cnA,M MANUFACTURE.

0no Trade In Which Machinery Has 1scv
8upersedsd Manual Skill
There are comparatively FEW TRACES
In which machinery has not to o greater
or less extent superseded manual skill
ain-maling is one of these surv1va!s,
and in that industry the cunning work.
man is still master of the situation. Al.
though many mnchine-made chains ar~
used, they are not equal to the hand
made article, the chief point OF lnfc-
riority being the welding OF the link.
For this work no device has yet been
found which will take the place OF tho
strong and flexible wrist of a proficient
workman. But the work is extremely
hard ana exhausting, and six hours OF
it constitutes good average day. even
for q robust chainmalScr. Tho wages
are fair, being from $3.50 to $500 a day;
but comparatively few native Ameri-
cans, it is said, are to be found among
the members of this craft. The major
ity are Englishmen; and in their own
country they begin to learn the trade,
in many cases, at seven years of age. 1t
is a singular fact, considering the ma
ture of the employment, that not only
bows but girls OF that tender age are
taught chain making and follow it for
q livelihood, the chains made by wom-
en- being of the lighter class, with small
links. For the heavier descriptions OF
work n very high degree OF heat is re-
quired; and it is the exposure to this
high temperature which tries most Sc
vcrely the constitution OF even the
most vigorous workman.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
no WASPS REASON2
interesting Observations Made by
q Missouri Gentleman.
Does lnstinct or InteIllRence Mako In.
seces eklllful In Providence and
Foreslght-The Opiuion OF an
EmA0out Schontlst.

Mr.. Mivart, the great naturalist, in
an article in the Cosmopolitan Maya
zine. notes that a certain sand wasp of
his island, after she had concealed her
nest by covering. was able to return to
it very directly; but it it were uncov-
cred for her by some one else, she was
not able to recognize it at all. She
seemed to have no conception of it by
sight Apropos of this, a subsequent
observation on our common mud wasp
may not be uninteresting.
Over one of my parlor windows the
Slated blinds are almost constantly
closed. Behind these I heard the in
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
THE ATLANTlC'S BED.
Interesting Facts and Figures Not Gencr
ally known.

Interesting Facts and Figures Not Gencr-
ally Known.
Proceeding westward from the Irish
coast the ocean bed dcepcns very grad
,1ally; in fact for the first $50 miles tho
gradient is but 6 feet to the mile. In tho
next 20 miles, however, the fall is over
5000 feet, and SO prccipitous is the sud-
den descent that in many places depths
of 1900 to 1000 fathon.s arc cncoun-
tered in very close proximity to the 100
fathom line. With the depth of 1,So0
to 1000 fathoms the sea bed in this part
of the Atlantic becomes IL slightly un-
dulatinG plain, whose gradients nre SO
light that they show but little aitera-
ton of depth for 1000 miles. The eS-
traordinary fairness of these submarine
prairies renders the familiar smile OF
the basin rather Inappropriate. The
hollow of the Atlantic is not strictly q
basin, whose depth increases regularly
toward the center; it is rather Il saucer
or diSh-lilxe one, even is the contour
of it's bed.
The greatest depth in the Atlantic has
been found some 100 miles to the
northvvard of the island of st. Thomas.
where soundinEs of 1875 fatl,on,:, were
obtained. The seas round Great Britain
can hardly be regarded forming part
of the Atlantic hollow They arc
rather Il part of the platform banks of
the European continent which the
ocean has overfiovcd. An elevation of
| the sea bed 100 fathon1s would suffice to
| lay bare the greatest part of the North
sea and join England to Denmark. Hol-
land, Belgium and France a deep
| channel of water would run down the
| west coast of Norway, and with this
the majority of the fiords would be con-
| nected. A great part of the Bay of
Biscay would disappear: but Spain and
Portugal are but little removed from
| the Atlantic depression. The 100 fathom
| line approaches very near the west
| coast, and soundings Of 1000 fathoms
| can be made within 20 miles of Cape st.
| Vincent, and much gre alter depths have
! been sounded at distances but little
| greater than this from the western
| shores of the Ibcrian peninsula.-Nau'
| teal Magazine.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

dustrious hum of one of these creatures,
and on opening the left leaf I exposed
her to a strong light, which did not
seem to disconcert her. In a few min
But on her return. although her nest
was stuck against the red sash. in
strong contrast, in plain sight, she
seemed unable to recognize it. She had
been approaching it at a point where
the movable Stats were tilted downward
(,vhen closely; but of course, now that
the blind was open, these all inclined
upward On the other leaf, however,
though much lower down, were some
Stats tilted much as the others had been,
and through these she made repeated
entrances, only to crawl out into the
open light some distance from her nest,
though she always started in the same
relative direction that it lay from the
other Stats when in place. She was evil
IDENTIFY much confused and distressed.
She would fly out a little further each
time. seeming to think that she had not
made the right approach, sometimes
going out from under the porch and re-
turning. At last she dropped her pellet
and began a crawling investigation,
passing often within a few inches OF the
unfinished cell, but appearing to have
never seen it. After much of this she
went away and came no more that even
ing, for it was getting dark.
failed to think of the incident for a
few days, and some one closed the blind
in the meantime, SO that when again
examircd it the single cell was COM
pleted and sealed. On breaking it open
I found within u small greenish-white
spider, on the side of which was glued
the single egg. I send you a shadow
photograph showing. in exact size. the
relative POSITIONS. OF course, most of
your readers know that it was the
mothers provision for the young larva
when it should hatch out. I might add
that the spider showed the usual signs
of life in a cataleptic state, showing the
wonderful instinct that enabled the
wasp to sting it at just the right point
and to the proper extent to allow life
enough to- remain to preserve it fol
food, while it was dead to all efforts al
resistance or escape. Mr.. Mivart
stresses this contrast between the want
of intelligence, in being unable to ap
proach its nest by any route but one
land exhibiting such a small amount OF
reasoning wowcr), and the instinct thai
makes it so skillful in its providence
and foresight. To his mind it argues 4
wide breach between intelligence an6
Observation-Disclosures Newton Basket, ir
Scientific American.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

ALI the telephone girls at Decatur,
ILL.,, suddenly went on strike one day
recently, and walked from the Office in
the afternoon, leaving the bells aim
Cling and subscribers hallooing into
space. They wanted an increase in
wages of from fifteen to twenty dollars
a month. The request was refused,
and the manager and superintendent
had to turn in personally to take their
places, and try to placate the wrathful
public. They had a narrowing time.
and the service was crippled for a day
or two until new help could be secured.
The late Samuel E. Adams, of
Richmond, Ind, was fond of telling OF
remarkable coincidence which hap
pened several years ago During
severe thunderstorm 4 canary bird few
| into the house. Within a few minutes
a shivering and badly frightened span
iel was found begging for admission.
The dog was let in. Less than an hour
afterward a child was heard crying on
! the outside and the door was opened to
old. The child, dog and canary were
never claimed. Mr.. Adams found a
comfortable home for the little one.
while he continued to care for the dog
| and bird
The United States navy was almost
annihilated at the close of the revolu-
| t1onary war OF the thirteen frigates
|
| two had been destroyed on the Hudson
| river and three on the Delaware with
| out getting to sea- The remaining
| eight, together with most of the pur-
| chased vessels, had been captured by
the British, some at Charleston, some
at Penobscot, and others on the high
| seas. The only American ship of the
line ordered by congress and finished,
| the Alliance. was presented in 1852 to
the king of France, to supply the place
| of a smaller vessel lost in Boston har-
| Dor by an accident
| Said woman recently: II spent
| several days a short time ago in a little
| town in New Jersey not many miles
| from New York. 1t is just off from the
railroad, to station of which, how
ever, a stage goes every day, and it is
| very near a large summer hotel. filled
during the season with boardcrs. Yet
in that town I could not buy a single
New York paper, Sunday or daily, MOI
could I learn of any being taken.
found one man who took a weekly edi
ton of one of the papers, and he stood
out as very different from his neigh
bors. But how asked, do you know
what is going on in the vvorld?' and the
answer I got was, We don't care"
Some fortunate persons have seer
occasionally in midsummer a reallyper
feet mirege on the Delaware coast, be
tween the breakwater and a littl
watering place called Rehoboth, five O
six miles below. Shortly after leavin!
Rehoboth by land one seems to see
three or four hundred yards inland from
the beach, a CLASSY sea rejecting in it
still waters the hotels at Rehoboth, tn
trees to the north beyond and the spire
of Lewes, five miles away. So perfec
is the illusion that persons who kno,
the place can scarce believe the ev
dence of their eyes, as the shore OF tn
sea appears to be only few hundre
- feet away. It slowly melts at one
, =! approach, however, until only clea
i pu ddIes appear in the hollows, an
. Ethese; too, vanish as one draws nearer
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
CURIOUS CHERRY TREE.

A Remarkable Freak PropaEated In
Long Island Orchard.
Many of the farms on the eastern end
of Long Island have been in cultivation
for from $50 to $50 years. and as Il result,
one often sees there specimens OF. our
common shrubs and trees to which age
has given an expression SO distinct and
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

through the hole, and with the left
hand move the narrow edges farther
and farther apart until, by the clas-
ITCHY of the paper, the two semi-cir-
cles lcngthen out into a straight line.
making n slit through which a silver
quarter may pass, with room to spare
The hole may be made the size of i
Quarter, and a silver dollar passed
through in the same manner.-Leslie's
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
A New Anestlle:kc.

NM. Henriot and Richct have discov-
cred a new anusthetic derived from
choral and glucose, which they call
chloralose. Its properties are anal
ogous to those of morphine, but it ap-
pears to be less dangerous. Expert
ment shows that it can be administered
in doses of q gramnae without disturb
ing the digestion or the brain. Half q
grain induces a calm. profound sleep.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
Alloys of Silver.

A new alloy of silver with cadmium
and zinc has been introduced in practice
in silver plating in England. This alloy,
although more costly than the ordinary
alloy of silver with copper, is said to
work well and to show greater re-
sistaHce to abrasion and to be less
readily furnished. It is, however,
cheaper than pure silver, which has
hitherto been alone employed for
electroplatiny purposes.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

Snith-My wife has solved the hired
girl problem.
Joces-She has?
'She has. And now we have no moro
trouble"
pray tell me the secret. How has
your wife solved the problcm?'
''She is doing her own house work. !"
IN. Y. Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

TIE Public Awards the Palm to Hale
Honey of Horehoupd and Tar for coughs
Pixies Toothachc Drops Cure in one minute
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by moro promptly
adapting tho worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
and permanently curing constipation;
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval OF the med!cai
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
rists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
fractured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
The Nav Wide Awake

Has m entertaining description Of
life on q lighthouse island In tho
China Seas by the U. 8. Consul at
Singapore. He calls 1t How we
PLAYED Robin son Crusoe." Grace
Dean Mcleod has a characteris-
ito Nova Scotia story-"Pettt Pere
Felix" a tale of the invasion of Acadie;
Joseph Hatton tells an exciting Incl
dent connected with the coin room OF
the British Museum, ''The Princes ID.
lemma;'' Crawford Capen writes OF
s.Stamps and Stamp Collecting;" Annie
SAWYER Downs tells how the ''Young
Folks at the Eddy" dealt with tho
servant-girl problem; Penelope Palmer
writes of the wonderful Welsh boy in
the Pennsylvania mines who made
marvellous ''Unde rground Muslc; Mrs
Muller has paper on the dolls OF the
world; bright short stories; Hugh $.
Hart contributes to Wide Ascoke Afhlet-
les, s'Golf: the Coming Game;" the poet
nv of the number is from Celia Thax-
ter, Marion Ames Taggart, Sallie Mar
garet O'Malley, and Price Collier.
delightful account of a delightful boy
is Louise Imogen Guiney,s sketcn o,
'sHartley Coleridge, Ten Years O1d'
illustrated by Wilkes portrait.
Price 20 cents a number, s.. 40 year
On sale at news stands or sent postpaid
on receipt of pr ice, by D. Lothrop Com
pany, Publishers. Boston.
STATE OF OHIO, CIT OF TOLEDO, l..
LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is
| the senior partner Of the firm OF =. j CHE
Toledo, County and State aforesaid: ant
that said Arm will pay the sum OF ONE HUN
| DRIED DOLLARS for each and every Case q
| CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use o
| HALLS CATARRu CURE.
| FRANK j. CHENEY.
| Sworn to before mo and subscribed IN m!
! presence, this 9Th day of December, AID 1886
(sEALJ Nota,u Public.
| rails Catarrh Cure is taken internally nnt
| acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
| faces of the system. SEND for testlm on 1ais
| free. F. J. CHENEY & Co, Ioleoo' -.
| CB-Sold by Druggists, Csc.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
The Only Alternative.

Acquaintance So you have deter
mined to marry?
Girl Of the Period (sadly)-Ycs; I see
nothing else before me.-Texas Sittings,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

THERE is this to say in favor of the people
who make spring poems-there is more
truth than poetry in them.-Inter Ocean.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

TIE people who follow the fashion most
religiously generally look US if they were
trying to get ahead of it.-Somervilie Jour-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

different from younger growths of the
same species that one can scarcely rec
ognize them. Many other curious and
Interesting forms are seen, such as the
old hedge-rows formed by looping oak
trees and allowing the stumPs to sprout
up only to be again Topped, until great
stumps, sometimes five or six feet in
diameter, are formed parallel with the
line, one or two at right angles with it.,
and exhibiting all sorts of picturesque
forms as a result of mutilation and
natural grating. Again, the earlier
settlers planted ''sprouts" of some OF
our smaller growing native cherries and
grated sweet cherries on them, and the
graft has outgrown the stock to such
an extent as to form a vegetable enor-
nifty. We give view of one OF these
trees, it being one of a dozen similar
ones about a house in Mattituck.-W.
w. Tracy. in American Gardening.
Good Reason for Being I3ald-Headed.
IT saw q picture Of Solomon to-day.
and it represented him as being bald
| headed"
well, what of that?'
II thought that he was q type OF
| manly beauty"
Eyes, but you must remember that
he had seven hundred wives."-N. Y.
Press
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

Il. +. ALLEN Co., 365 Canal ST., Network
arc sole agents in the United States fol
Beechann's Pills. Is cents q box.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

The person who especially s'points with
pride'' is the girl with the new en- gaSeElent
ring on her finger.-Yonkers Statesman.
If time were money, the tramp would be
rolling in wealth.-Texas Siftings.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

he Was OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES forget
| yourself sir.'' He-.How could think of
! myself in your presence7"-YankeeB Blade.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
AMUSING EXPERIMENT.

How to Pass n Largo Coin Through .
small Circular Hole.
Trace the exact outline of a ten-cent
piece on paper and cut the circle. leav-
ing a hole just the size of the silver
piece and through which it may DO
passed. The experiment is to show
how a large coin may be passed through
the small circular hole. To do this, fold
the paper by the diameter Of the hole
as in figure 2-slip a silver quarter in
side the fold with the right thumb and
finger, seize the edge which peeps
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

THE poet who wrote of the frovning prec-
ipice had evidently been studying the brow
OF the hill.-CleYeland Pluindealer.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

rails Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous eur
faces of the system. Send for testlmon ials,
free. ~. CHENEY s. Co., Toledo, o.
CB-Sold by Druggists, Csc.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

DRoPsY is dread disease, but it has lost
its tcrrors to those who know that III. H.
Green & Sons, the Dropsy Specialists OF
Atlanta, Georgia, treat it With sNch great
success. Write them for pamphlet giving
full in formation.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
I1c:srSay.

Hc3rRAy. =
Jones-Wish you Joy. old chap; hear
it's q boy
Rones-Thaul<s. I hear it, too. Morn.
ing. noon snd7uight-Puck.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
STATE OF Quo, CIT OF TOLEDO, -.
(sEALJ

Sworn to before mo and subscribed IN my
presence. this 9Th day of December, AID 1886.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

ALI. the worlds a stage, but to anyone
who has ever Witnessed an amateur theatre
cal performance the fact is apparent that
all men and women are not actors.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
It Ii q TIorrld Nuisance

To be nervous. Starting at the slightest
sound, uncasiness by day and ftfui slumber
by night, unreasonable approximations, odd
seneatlons, constant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are
among its diabolical symptoms. Dyspepsia
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and the food
is assimilated, the body nourishcd. the sleep
grows tranquil, nervousness vamoses. The
Bitters subdues malaria. constipation, liver
complaint and kidney affections.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27
SVGlinQs in the Neck.
Es'. Thomas Ed1'resiRco1.1
New York City.

Grateful for PORN anont cure.
az cannot praise Hoods Sarsaparina enough
For twelve years I have been troubled with
scrofula and swelling OF the glands in tho neck.
Iconsulted several physicians and took many
medicines. Ny neck was also operated upon
at the Mount Sinai Hospital, but this did not
give me any permanent improvement. One DAY
I read in q paper about Hoods SarsapaftuA,
and on trying q bottle found 1t was doing mo
GOOD. so took two bottles more. The
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

Syrup

must say a word as to the CT
fcacy of German Syrup. I have
used it in my family for Bronchitis,
the result of Colds, with most e2<-
ce1lent success. have taken it N.Y.
self for Throat Troubles, and have
derived good results therefron.
therefore recommend it to my neigh
bors as an excellent remedy in such
cases. James T. Durette, Earlys-
vile, Va Beware of dealers who
offer you something just as good"
Always insist on having Boschee's
German Syrup q
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-27

IT is q great thing for a young man to ge
out little aud come in contact with othe
people and see how they live. b: F. johnson
young men a chance to do this, and at The
same time to put money in bank rapidly.
Try them and see.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16
Earthwork Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Regents of the State Nor
NAL Sd District, until September 16
1898, for grading on Normal Avenue
and the Southeast part of the campus
consisting of about 5000 cubic yards
excavation. Bidders will please state
their price per cubic yard excavation
and for each 100 feet over haul, the
first 100 feet haul measuring from the
mouth of the cut in all cases to b.
free. The successful bidder to give
approved bond for the faithful per.
Torrance of contract to be entered in.
to by him, the work to be furnished
on or before December 1, 1898. The
right to reject any or all bids resumed.
For further information as to work,
terms of contract, specifications ETC.,
call on Prof. J. S. McGhce, or James
r. Brooks, Engineer in charge.
LOUIS HoUCK, President.
L. j. ALBERT, Secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16

"a leading Wisconsin manufac-
%tnrer," said Mr.. Scott of that State,
"was compelled to close down his
works recently. His establishment
was the principal one in Kenosha
and, of course, its closing was q great
blow to the town. The proprietor
met a party of Democrats Including
ono of the editors of the Sentinel, The
leading Democratic newspaper) the
day before he shut down. They
were engaged in discussing the situa-
tion. is it true,' they asked tie
manufacturer, that you are going to
shut down your works"
ayes, it is he answered.
what said the editor, are tie
poor mel who will be thrown out OF
employment do TO get their daily
bread?'
".For the past ten years. said the
manufacturer, Il have been feeding
them and you have been teaching
! them how to vote. Now l propose
&, reverse the order. You can feed
them and l will undertake to teach
them how to vote Probably 80 per
cent. of my employees he added,
voted against their own interests
last fall. Perhaps they may learn
something by 1885,"
democrats" Mr.. Scott continued,
"are extremely carce in Wisconsin
at present. l haven't seen one for
nearly three MONTHS"