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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16

ONE of the most unique exhibits in
the Agricultural building is that from
Liberia, the little republic near the
equator ON the west coast OF Africa
1t Is in the southwest corner. near the
entrance and may be easily found by
the collet ton of skins displayed against
the walls. In the assortment may be
seen the beautiful brown and black
spotted hide of the leopard. that of the
African Get deer and moaksy o! mS
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16
Pure and wholesome quality

Pure and Wholesome Quality
Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy Syrup Of Figs. 1t
Is pleasant to the taste and by acting gently
on the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse
the system e3ectually, it promotes the
health and comfort of all who use IL, and
with millions it is the best and only remedy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16

has INDUCED in some reflections on our
Columbian exposition, but in the out
set she came promptly forward and
contributed largely to its success and
she has reason to be proud of the good
showing she has made.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16

VENICE sends laces ranging in value
from two cents to four hundred dollars
a yard. Twenty years ago the famous
old industry had about died out. There
were only five women in Venice who
preserved the secrets of making We
netisn point lace To-day four thou
sand women of Venice make lace for
one firm at fifteen and sixteen cents a
day. In the Venetian lace house at
the fair is forty thousand dollars worth
of lace, with the veil patterned after
that of Queen Maria Louisa at the head
of the exhibit
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16

MANS system is like town, it must b.
well drained, and nothing is so efficient as
Beecham's Pills For sale by all druggists
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16

The young stereotyper's first impressions
of the business are seldom his lest ones
Troy Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16

ALMOST any employee can tell you that
come one is liable to be fred when the boss
gets hot.-Troy Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16

A WOMAN will forgive man anything ex-
cept his failure to ask to be forgiven
Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16

"THERz's roomer 10 the air." muttered
the impecunious seventh-door ledger, as he
slid down the rope that led from his window
to the back alley, "that the landlord won't
be able to trace, and I'll bet on 1t !"
ChossrNa TIE CAMPUs.-Miss Pretty
''Oh, l wish / could have gone TO collegew
Sophomore Cousin (b0wing again)-
ssWhyW Miss Pretty-s'It must be nice 70
know 90 many men l"- Puck.
MISS PRM 10 Of the opinion that no lady
who had any claim TO modesty would re-
Transcript
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16
FROM FAIR FRANCE.
Rare and Beautiful Exhibits at the
Columbian Exposition.
Pictures That Delight the PAfislan's Heart
and Bric-a-Bfac That Is Very
Costly-vArious Notes
Of Interest.
Especial Chicago Correspondence, ,

Especial chicago Correspondence1
In all the vast array of splendid ex-
hibits in the mammoth building de-
voted to the manufactures and liberal
arts ut the worlds fair there are none
more curious and beautiful than those
contained in the department OF France.
Each of the different nations repre-
sented has contributed lavishlv of its
choicest productions in the various
lines, and there is q strong spirit of
rivalry among them for the honor Of
having the finest display; but it is ex-
ceedingly difficult for the unprejudiced
observer to determine to whom the
honor belongs France, however. is
justly entitled to rank with the best in
the display of paintings and odd arti-
cles OF bric-a-brac. One may stroll for
hours among the wonders of other ex.
hibits, and at each succeeding one de-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-16

4 TWENTY THOUBAND DOLLAR VASE.
Olare II to Be better than those before
It but when he has been thorough the
French section he is free to pronounce
- unsurpassed in the whole exposition.
u would require much space to
enumerate the attractions of this ex-
hibit Principal among them are some
very fne pieces of art pottery, colored
Btstuettes and table wares In some
instances tho prices are given, the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-04-01

Tho 'love sre without question
onnY.r' century I ~ have been
w,".i. y. i',ers re t:,'nsa' ds nf h.
tile u,. | Ugh c''st T III. tm L. pr"v'
THO lu- ,ry. Eu. ""r. owing u tIs u
m.-ii.lci :, the txt,9' .rl l"s price {
tra.;e, wa are enabled t. asr u w
pric. wl,icl, all can nff m'l +, pay ~
Of the great auth rs works.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-04-01
Tbs DOLLAR COLUMN

tAdverosemsuss net sxceeoine an inch Tor ten
.inss OF email sypel in length viii be inserted in
tnas column Tor one dollar per wcek. or nifty cents
the hrst insertion and twenty i've cents each ed.
dasaoosl osltnsertaoa-paysble In advanced
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-04-01

q e to SIS per day At home, selling L,,htmns
W Pistee and plau, 4 jewelry, watches, table.
ware. etc. Plates the finest OF Jew-lry good as
el. No experience No capital, Every huu.c m.
goods needing piatirg
h. K. OkLNO @ D., Columbus. Ohio.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-04-01
TWELVE AND ONE-HALF
I CENTS PER COPY
MT. CARROLL SEMINARY
INT. CARROLL, lLL.)

IN Its 10th year under the President
study are extended aud admirably receiving
special attention.
ar) without examination distinguishing this institution the hor
o"gh practical work does Of Mus IL.
School Of Ar its Normal all Of the ~ T.
many helps given students places within reach
all worthy
course stenogahy rypewg FIR tho..
who would become business uos,ons
This institution has draw students from al
parts Of the Eighteen the wear u.s
closed aid by the class graduated this ve.r nina
States were representedfom and
"cst-reachng
school, write the principal Of the stent
Oread."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-04-01

E'ERY one In need OF inform stion on the subi~s II
- OF advertising wilt DO we'll t. obtain = cOuv of
book for Advertisers, \6S pages, prise one dol.
LAT NAILED, postage pa,u, on receipt ot price,
CONTAINS careful comp tatou from the American
Newspspes Directory ot al the best papers and
Class ournals; gives the circulation rstinx VI
e'.rs one. snd you'd deal OF information about
rss,. amt other matters pertaining the business
u advertising. Address HOWELL'S ADVkkrIn
ING BUREAU. 10 spruce st.. NY.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-04-01

SIS tn &1H1 can b. .s:e month work.
26OO-a-4-4-6-S AiAiu Ss., Richmond, W.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

]. D. RIVERS was drowned at Sullivans Is
land, South Island, while trying to save two
women who were In bathing and had got be-
yond their depth.
The body of one of the two men drowed
off the wrecked schooner Thomas Havens,
on June 20, was recovered at North Long
Branch, New Jersey.
CHRISTINA SoHEIBLER, aged 1S years, acci-
dentally snot and killed her sweet cart,
Henry Gohl. at her home, in New York.
They were firing revolvers TO usher in the
Fourth.
BY the upsettinR of wagon at Oregon
City, Oregon, NJ p Bradley, his vile and
four children, were thrown over a precipice 40
feet high. Mrs. Bradley was killed and two
children fatally injured.
CAPTAIN ANDERSON, of the Viking ship. on
Its way to Chicago, had a narrow escape
from drowning at Clyde, New York. He
went 10 bathing, and was carried under the
ship by The current but was saved by some
of the students on board.
NEWS reached Ottawa OF collision on the
Canadian Pacific Railway, ~ Rossport, 100
miles east of Port Arthur, Ontario, between
a ballast train AMI handcar. Tho train was
wrecked and S ven men were badly injured,
Of whom Jour have since died.
THE c ief lers OF the War Department
has reported to tho United States ivil Ser
vice commission the death of 2 c. erks in the
Record an 1 Pen7ion Once of the War De-
part nent, in consequence Of the accident at
Ford's Theatre building on the sth ultimo.
A Montreal, Canada, newspaper published
q letter from one Of a party of ton ISIS to the
Northwest, stating that on June 20 h, 20 FIN
lanuers working on the Canadian Pacific
Railway were killed by a landsl de near
6chreiber at the head of Lake Superior.
WHILE celebrating at Fire Department
headquarters at Ann Arbor. Mich, a cannon
burst. injurIng four bremen One of them,
named kapp, who held the cannon on his
knee while Charles Carroll was ramming
the charge home, had his right leg blown of.
Carroll lost both his hands.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
CABLE SPARKS.

lo,00o-ton steamship for the American
Line was launched in Glasgow.
The Spanish steamer Don Juan was burned
at sea near the Philippine Islands.
TUE Pope has given 100000 francs foi
spreading the faith IN foreign countries.
GuY DeMaupassant, the distinguished
French romancist, died aged iofty-thres
years.
The boiler of steamboat on the volgs
river, in Russia, exploded, killing twenfy-sii
persons.
The Spanish steamer Trillo has boon
burned near Jutia Key, Saypa. One person
jumped overheard and was drowned.
SEyELLE, Spain, was in a state Of excite
ment over the activity of anarchists, whc
placed bomls in various parts OF tho city.
The British steamships Elba and William
Ball collided OF the cast coast OF Eugl and
and both were sunk. Their crews wers
saved
TREATY between China and Brazil Is
nearly concluded by the terms OF which
Chinese emigration 70 Brazil will DO slim
uiated.
REscuIsG parties have entered the Thorn.
hill colliery, in Yorkshire, and taken out the
bodies Of eighty-eight victims OF the recent
explosion
WHEN the t9npe-uoHn was placed IN Dry
dock at Malta it WAS found that her stem had
been Droken anG serious injury inflicted upon
the ow-piates.
EXTERIOR WrLLiAm has conferred upon DR.
Johannes Miguel. Pruss.an minister OF
finance. the decoration Of Grand Cross OF
Order Of Red Eagle,
TsE Reichstag was opened In person by the
German Emperor. who IN his speech from
the throne argeI upon the members the
necessity Of passing new army till at once.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

model ever made. The Fairfield Snipbuii,l.
ing Company. builders OF the new cunariers,
shows models of merchant marine. The
Thames iron Works q Shipbuilding Com
pany has models of every variety Of war YES
sells There are exhibits Of naval armament
and coast defense. In this section is model.
twenty feet long, OF the great bridge over the
Firth of Forth in Scotland Tae railway
section Of the British exhibit includes q cor
piete frame and locomotive shown by the
london & Northwestern Railway Compan.,
the first exhibit OF its kind in this country.
This company also shows models Of railway
stations. and one of the original Stephenson
locomotives. the Rocket There is also
shown the Treyitchick locomotive, the first
that ever drew cars. The London & North
western exhibit includes section of ideal
railway track also an exhibit of section OF
the actual strap railway on which the Trevit
chick locomotives ran il 1904 The latter
exhibit includes two OF the original cars, the
whole shipment having been sent directly
from Wales, and weighing five tons. The
Great Western Railway Company; OF Enc
land, exhibits in this section the original
ssven-foot-guage locomotive, Lord Of the
Isles, built in 1851, for exhibition at the first
Worlds Fair
The Canadians show complete trans
continental train, such as are in use on the
Canadian Pacific The cars are of solid M,
hogany and lighted by electricity
In striking contrast with this is the ',io;
train, such as is still in use in the far North
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

west, with the energetic dogs cbeying tho
commands Of the half-breed drivers.
Tho German exhibit covers tho entire
southern portion OF the main building and a
part of the annex. All the decorative fea-
lures of this exhibit, which are elaborate and
beautiful, were furnished by the German
Commission. 4 special feature Of the dis
play ID an exhibit OF the Siemens & Halsks
system Of interloeking switching apparatus,
Two locomotives and all kinds of railway
cars, including ambulance cars used by tho
Red Cross Society in war times, are shown.
There is great track mcseun from Osna-
bruck
What else can l tell you OF sueh vast
show? Here is everything relating TO trans
portation here are bicycles in every stage
OF development; sedan chairs from Turkey
and ''rickshas" from Japan; Mrs. French
Sheldon's palaquin, in which she was car
ried in Africa Mexican 1eathern hammocks
Spanish mule trains. dahabeahs of the Nile
and fiat boats OF the muddy Mississippi.
IT is the museum of go; the epitoms Of
push the summing up OF our modern
mat erial progress
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
SACRIFICED HIS LIFE.
A Father Saves His Little Daughter
but Il Himself Killsd.

sad accident occurred at Royalton, obio,
by which father. through his devotion to
his child. lost bis life
James Kirkland. meat dealer. Is year.
cid, recently eompaefei residence and
moved inio 1t with his wife and 3-year-oId
daughter, Barbara, only few days ago.
His old house, story and a half trses
ttfueture, On the same premises. be decides
to remove. The foundation had been under
mined and Kirkland saw hss title cirI :. ana
ing where she would be caught ~ the ian
ing ruins.
He spraHg toward her. throwing her upon
the ground. leaned over her and received tht
fun foree OF the falling tricks upon hss head
and tack The little girl escaped without
serious injury, but the father was instantly
killed
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

pared with clock time, for sun dial
days are not, like ordinary days, all
of equal length. The mean time
shown by ordinary clocks Is based
upon the division OF a mean day,
which corresponds to the mean length
OF the day as measured by the sun
dial shadow at different parts Of the
year. The clock time corresponds
to the dial time which would be shown
by a fictitious" or mean sun NOV.
Ing uniformly In the equator at the
came average rate "a that Of the real
sun In the elliptic.
The difficulty of contriving a dial
to show the mean time has been over.
come In a simple manner by Major
General J. r. Oliver OF London, who
has devised gnomon which prac-
tically makes It's own correction for
the equation OF time. In this instru.
ment the time is indicated not by
the shadow of straight edge, as 10
the old sun dials, but by the point
where an equatorial circular line II
cut by the edge of the shadow of a
tot WV sui law biC tul NdlaI vi
is so arranged with respect to the
suns distance above or below the
equator as to compensate for the
equation of time" The instrument
is universal one, and consists of a
meridional semi-circle, the diameter
of which is an axis carrying the curved
gnomon, and an equatorial circular
arc. The latter has engraved upon
its concave surface graduated line
on which are marked the hours and
their sub divisions. There is screw
for clamping the meridlonal arc at
the proper position for any given
latitude, and another clamp for adj
just'ng the equatorial arc. The dial
not only indicates local meantime,
but very simple adjustment may be
set so as to show any required standard
time. The figure here given illus
trates the dial devised by Major Gen.
eral Oliver.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

More than sixty thoussni square feet are
covered by the exhibition OF lanl and SEA
travel in Franco. Tho French line nail
steamers arc wal rsprsss ntsd, the display
consisting principally ~ six large paintings
or dioraaas. representing an arrival st New
NerS HarDor OF two Of the company 5 steam
ers; Going On board at Hsyre, sheWine,
Tao dock with ons steamer reS3yto 70. and
taking passengers and ba gage, and q special
train arriving from PARIS; the dining--eoul
oi a steamer at night, lighted with electricity
the arrival az an African steamer at Mar
seilles Z view ., Algiers. with blue sky anil
sea, AMI steamer in harboz the coast 1t
penhaet in st, Nazaira. with Two steamers ia
process q eoastruction. Thess pictures were
painted Icy PGilpgi, HoHhaur Moateaari and
Motto. The remaining port:oa ct the ex-
hibiI consists Of models Of oass steamers.
Just To the right oi the main entrance is
the British section. extending through the
uain building into tbs annex. l. front IS a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

Its grand portal, Or Golden Door" faces
the lagoon and the shores of 'Wooded Isl
and. 1t consists OF a series OF recedine
arches entirely overlaid with gold leaf. But
its general effect is gorgeous and not har-
monious. Along the stairways which lead
from the entrance are typical statues
brakeman, a helmsman, Stephenson, Fulton
Watt. the apostles of Progress, the Aristoe-
racy OF Invention.
Evidently the masses from the West think
more of this building and OF Machinery Hall
than OF the Art Palace. This is natural, says
Chicago correspondent of the New York
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

Everybody knows What picnic Is,
but most folks would find it hard to
say how it got that name, and yet it
is simple enough when you come to
learn it. When picnic was being
arranged for, the custom originally
was that those who intended to be
present should supply the eatables
and drinkables. A list Of those ne
cessities having been drawn up, 1t
was passed round, and each person
picked out the article Of food or drink
that be or she was willing to furnish,
and the name of the article was
nicked, or licked of the list. The
open-aif entertainment thus became
known as @pick and nick. The Gus.
tom is said to have dated from 1902,
so that the picnic is wholly an insti-
tuition of the nineteenth century.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
Man win the Head Of a Gooxe.

The man with goose's head first
appeared before the public at the fam-
Gus Gingerbread Fair, Liverpool, id
1872. He was twenty years Of age at
that time; had eyes perfectly round,
and nose eight inches in length, fiat,
and shaped exactly like the bill or
beak Of goose. His neck was three
times tie length of that of an ordinary
person, ssrmounted by round fat
head perfectly devoid of hair. He
seemed to have as much common sense
as that of the average country boy Of
his age; learned very fast. and, after
giving up the show business. became a
photographer. Hisname is Jean Ron.
der and he lives at DDcr, France. =
Philadelphia Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

The largest Baptist church in the
world is that of the London Metro
politan Tabernacle. It's returns for
this year give membership of 1928.
There are twenty three mission stations
in connection with it supplied by 1870
lay preachers and others. In the
twenty Sunday and ragged
schools there are S00l children, with
592 teachers
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
French Towu-Cr;ers.

In Paris In the thirteenth century
some trades had special street, and
so shops with the same kind of goods
were neighbors. On this account
statutes were made which now read
curiously. Some of them read thus.
"If any one is in front of a Cook g
window, buying food, no other Cooks
shall call him until he has left the
window of his own accord. The fine
for this offence is five sous"
mo cook shall find fault with an
others meat if it is good. The fine
for this offence is five sous"
"lf person is buying goods of a
merchant, his neignbor must not
come out of his shop to show his
goods to the purchaser until he has
lett the window where he was trad
ing"
The customer traded at the window
because each store bad a large win
dow with blinds that opened hori-
zontally, the lower one letting down
to form a counter where goods were
displayed, and the upper one project
ing like an awning to protect the
goods,
Street-venders with carts had a
better chance to advertise their
wares. They cried their goods at the
top of their voices, and dealt in such
things as fruit vegetables, meat,
fish, flowers, old iron, old shoes, nuts,
mushrooms and cheese.
To serve the purpose Of modern
newspaper advertisements, handbills,
circulars and bill-posters, town-criers
were employed. These were sworn
officials, whose pay was fixed by law.
One of the price lists reads:
For crying ordinary wines, 5 deniers
(pennies)
For crying foreign wines, II denierS,
For crying vinegar and verjuice, 4
sous.
For crying deaths, reunions OF
friends, onions, peas, oil, beans, lost
objects or lost children, sous.
For crying twice the decease of an
important parsonage, sous,
To rent cloaks, 2 sous.
To rent a hat, 2 sous.
To rent dress, 2 sous.
Evidently it was poor trade, for
law forbade town-criers to be bath
attendants. grave diggers or porters.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

THE OLD SCHOOL. EXHIBITIONS.
o, the old school exhibitions, will they ever
come again,
With the good, old-fashiored speaking from
the girls and boys 50 plain9
viii we ever hear old Tier" with its rapid
roll and sweep,
And pilot, tits fearful night there's dan
ger on the deep2'
Sweet Mary doesn't raise her lambs like Mary
did OF old
Their fleece is not ''as white as snow : they're
wandering from the fold.
The boy upon ssthe burning deck is not one
half as fine
He was not "born at Bingen, at Bingen on
the Rhine, :"
The girls don't speak in calico the boys in
cotton jeans
They've changed the old-time dresses long
with the old-time scenes
They smile and speak in ancient Greek IN
broadcloth and in lace,
And you can't half see the speaker for the
collar round the face
o, the old school exhibitions it is gone for
ever more
The old schoolhouse is deserted, and the
grass has chokedthe door
And the wind sweeps round the gables, with
low and mournful whine
For the old Buys born at Bingen-at Bingen
on the Rhine -
Atlanta Constitution.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH.
Lightning Consumed the House One
Person Probab Fatally Ininred.

The house on Joe Cross farm, at Gagetown,
Mich, was struck by lightning ana cor.
sumed. Five persons were burned to death.
Five Others escaped. One, Miss Roberts, is
probably fatally hurt.
The dead arei Mr.. Babcook, wife and
child, of Sherwood; Mr. Frost, of Fostorla.
and the 5-year-old son of Mr.. Robert the
tenant.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

FoR the crew of the Falcon, that takes
Lieutenant peary TO the arctic regions, the
explorer has chosen men who do not use
tobacco. He does not think the consump-
tiou of nicotine advantageous in far northern
ATTITUDES.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

f.. A. Rood, Toledo, Ohio, says Halls ca
tarrh Cure cured my wife of catarrh fifteen
years ago and she has had no return of it. II
q sure cure Sol by Druggists, tic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

CHILDREN sometimes have cause to
be thankful that the number of par
ents every ons has is limited to two.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

Missouri hes 1901 school districts,
LIZA school houses, 1857 school
teachers, s22. 4So persons ofscheol age,
and Clio. $50 in the public schools.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

COMPLAINT was made to the French gov
eraEneni OF the brutal treatment OF the sar-
geons in the charity hospital By the PARIS
police
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

One sun by day, by night ten thousand
hine