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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-30
COUNCIL LODGE OF THE SIX xAr1oNa

The Esquimaux, for instance, away
up in their little corner near the north
gate attract but small portion of the
crowd that enters the fair grounds
daily. True, the extra charge of twen-
ty-five cents for admission into their
inclosure deters many from visiting
these queer little people, but were
they more advantageously situated
their receipts would undoubtedly be
greatly increased.
Another somewhat isolated exhibit,
which is well worth the attention of
every visitor at the fair, is the Indian
colony ON the lake shore near the For
estry building, in the southeastern por-
ton of he grounds. Here, dwelling in
state as nearly copied after the man.
ner of their forefathcrs as circum-
stances and surroundings will permit,
arc representatives of the six tribes of
the state of New York These tribes
once formed that great federation
known as the Six Nations, then great
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SOME PECULIAR PETS


Members Of the Desplsed Rat Family and
Their Ways
The rat is not popular with petitioners
in general; but persons who have over
come the repugnance which our race
feels for his-Frank auckland, of Eng
land, for instance-insist that he is,
above all other little animals, amusing
and entertaining. He is full of gam
bols as q kitten, and scrupulously neat
in the care of his person, washing and
brushing his fur as carefully as a cat.
Though not over-dainty in feeding
when he is wild and has to live by his
wits, he is particular and notional to
the last degree when he is cared for
and able to choose. The rat is pecu-
liarly amenable to instruction, readily
learns to perform tricks of all sorts,
and, what may seem most singular in
one against whom every mans hand Ii
raised, he becomes warmly attached to
the friend who cares for him.
The white rat is often kept by boys,
more, however, as q curiosity than as .
pet, and always under protest from
their mothers. But boys lose interest,
and do not like care, so the poor crea-
ture is apt to be neglected and become
an offense in the household. This need
never occur with any rat that is cared
for, especially Il he is roaeonAne1 to q
close cage. The white rat is neither so
intelligent nor, in my opinion, SO pref
ty as his brown relative. The black
and white rat of Japan is sometimes
seen in our country, and he is said to
resemble our own rats in his character
istics.
A winsome pet is the common brown
mouse, and now / fancy l hear the
most vigorous protests from my read
ers, who, though they do not shrek
and ta Ike refuge on chairs and tables
like Howell's feminine characters, still
have strong feeling of distaste to
him. Nothing can be imagined more
dainty, graceful and altogether capti-
waiting than the tricks and manners of
this humble resident within our walls.
Once sllay the poor little creatures
fears of his big clumsy human perse-
cutors, and his delightsome qualities
are apparent, Frisky in movements,
droll in conceits, and eccentric of
action, he is . never-ending source of
entertainments moreover, ne Is as
teachable as the rat, absolutely neat in
his ways, and most loving to his friends.
A singing mouse, which is not so
great q rarity as one would suppose
from the newspaper fuss that is some
times made over one, has an added at
traction as pet The singing is no
doubt similar to that of the marmoset.
aud resembles the canary song q good
deal smothered.
All these little creatures should be
tanned and attached to people by their
affections, and not kept as prisoners in
. cage. In the former case they dis
play their peculiar characteristics, and
take perfect care of their coats, while
In the latter they require constant
watching and attention, and show no
individuality whatever. 1t is not pet
that Is kept in . cage, 1t is prisoner,
and prisoner in his unnatural and un
happy life csh mover afford much pleas.
~. -Hsspcse hspas,
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THE GREAT CLOCK TOWER.


Wonderful Timspiece with Neither Main
spring Nor Pendulum.
The great clock tower in the Manu-
features building commands the won
der and admiration of every visitor. It
is one hundred and fifty feet high, has
four seven-foot dials seventy feet above
the main floor of the building and con-
tains complete chime of nine sweet
toned bells. weighing fourteen thou
sand pounds The mechanism of this
great timepiece is vastly different from
the ordinary town clock which sur
mounts the courthouse, church or pub
lie school at the home of the rural Wis
itor. It comprises the latest horolog-
ical inventions and is part of . system
of more than two hundred self-winding
clocks which are all controlled and reg
ulated by the master clock in the pa
vilion.
The great tower clock Il part of the
exhibit of q large clock company, of
New York. The self-winding clock in
its simplest form consists of an ordi-
nary train from the center arbor to the
escapement-the other arbors and
wheels and the handspring being omit
ted-a fine spring six feet long and
.006 of an inch in thickness, attached
ct its inner end to the arbor and at it
outer end to the spring barrel A small
electric motor concealed in the clock
case carries the spring barrel once
around. thereby storing sufficient en-
ergy in the spring to run the clock IN
hour. As result of the frequent wind
ing and reduction of friction the power
required to run self-winding clock l.
only one forty-sixth part Of that used
in ordinary clocks The motor will
run year without attention 1t . cost
of less than twenty-five cents The
master clock at the pavilion synchro-
nizes all the clocks throughout the ex-
position grounds and buildings by "a
hourly electrical impulse which In
stantly corrects every clock to the SEQ
ond.
The fact that the company produces
an accurate tower clock which will op.
crate perfectly without reference "a
the steadiness of the tower or the locar
ton of the controlling clock il leading
to the introduction of the electric tow.
err clock in many places where the or
binary weight and pendulum clocb
would be impracticable.
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days when the Six Nations were the
warriors of the continent are shown
side by side with beautiful basket and
besdwork and fans and trinkets of
scented grasses The sales are conduct
ed by pleasant-faced young women of
the tribe. some of them decidedly pref
ty and all of them with hardly more
than dusky pallor to distinguish their
divergence from the Anglo-Saxon race.
A visitor referred to one of them in her
hearing recently as . squaw. and six
men felt an impulse to kick the often
der. which only disappeared when they
discovered that the culprlt was another
womalL
In the afternoons the Indians dress
up in robes, such as their fathers wore
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medal to be struck OF; and not least In
the list is Deerfoot, the matchless rum
ner who has even raced in England,
and whose run of an hour has never
been beaten. An. old man he is now,
but hale and fond of sitting in the big
council tent attired in his buckskin
suit and recounting events in his stir
ring life with little chuckle of APP
probation. At the mention of the
prince of Wales the chuckle deepens,
and he tells that he dined with the
prince some twenty or thirty years ago.
I'VE were pals" he laughs, with an odd
mimicrv of the English accent Solo,
mon O'Bail is q sturdy old fellow of
near seventy. who still clings to the re-
ligion of his fathers undefiled by any
admixture with the creeds of the aliens
He is q sociable old gentleman, and al
ways ready to answer questions, and
often puts himself to great pains to ex-
plain some little thing to the visitor.
Among the 0ther oddities on sale are
. number of grewsome corn-husk masks
used in tho new year dances One Of
the visitors questioned Mr.. O'Bail about
these and drew out an interesting ac-
count of the three yearly dances of the
tribes. ~
The civilization of the Six Nations is
at present precisely like the civilization
of the rest Of New York state. They
have the same schools, the same
churches, and the same habits This
camp At the fair grounds is as much q
revival Is the spelling bee or old-time
singing school, with which our modern
churches regale themselves OCCASION
ally.
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when New York city was q much
smaller village than 1t is now, and hold
a sort Of state reception. it's intended
later to reproduce some of the national
customs and dances for the benefit of Wis
itors, but they have not got that far as
yet The men who represent the Six
Nations are almost all of them men of
distinction in the tribes.
There is Chief Jack Of the Tus-
caroras, who is the secretary of Iro-
quois nation; Solomon O'Bail, the
grandson of old Chief Cornplanter, q
one-time friend of George Washington,
in whose honor the president directed .
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HE WANTED THE CORRECT TIME.

Tho Old Man from willow Patch Had .
Mission ON the Worlds Fair Grounds.
The Columbian guard thought he
must be crazy and possibly the Column
bian guard was justified in so thinking.
He had long chin whiskers and =
smooth-shaven upper lip His eyes
were apparently fixed ON something
above one of the buildings. and in his
hand he held an enormous silver watch.
"What are you trying to do?" asked
the guard.
''You tend to your business an I'll
tend to mine" was the prompt re-
Spouse.
you'll lose that eight-day clock
suggested the guard. facetiously.
"Well, that's nothin' to you" re-
torted the old man. finally bringing his
eyes down to earth and looking At the
guard I'm more'n twenty-one an /
know what I'm doin'."
"You don't act like it," said the
guard. II think I'd better take You in,
anyway, for lunatic."
"You amt smart enough. One Of
them three-card Monte Carlo men tried
to take me in an got fooled But Sec
in as you're SO ALFRED smart I'll jest
tell you what I'm doin', an then you
can mosey along. told the old woman
before left Willow Patch, down near
Kankakee, that I'd bring her home the
correct time. She amt got no conf
dence in the town clock an wanted the
time right from this here time ball ON the
worlds fair grounds. an I been sittin'
here nigh onto half an hour SOS not to
miss it when it drops. When it goes
I'll just set the old watch an 20 home
to-" He looked up again and saw
that the ball had already fallen He
started for the Columbian guard, but
thought better of it. That's the sec
ond time some darn fool has come along
an got me talkin' an the balls got
away from me-" he said. ''Now I've
got to stay over another day, and try Il
again. I'll be here tomorrow bout the
same time, lookin' the same way, with
the old silver watch in my hand, an II
you see me you'd better 60 round the
other side of the building. cause I'm
goin' to get that time tomorrow If !
have to lick every guard ON the
grounds. Chicago Tribune.
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power, but now . mere shadow Of their
former greatness
The names Of the tribes are the Onei-
das, Cayugas, Onandagas. Senecas, Tus-
caroras and Mohswk& They all meet
in big bark council lodge, and one
queer feature of their meetings is that
their native dialects differ 20 that they
al have to speak English
There are quite number of their
houses built Of Eastwood bark and
rooted with elm They are symmet-
zeal, orderly-looling structures. and
BY no means 20 primitive a. the mate
rial would Indicate The largest one of
the group Is the council lodge. Origi-
nally the interior was divided into six
sections BY mat partitions The repre-
sentstives of each tribe occupied . eco
ton in their debates, and when . de-
cision was reached among each squad
of petty chieftains the dividing mats
were thrown aside and general debate
ensued.
The council lodge now i ussd = .
ssvt n ee1aA = Witch relin :! ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-30
The Greatest Medical Discovery
Of the Age.
kENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF R0xBURY, MASS.

DONALD KENNEDY, OF R0xBURY, MASS,
Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds remedy that cures every
kind Of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried It In over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
doth thunde. humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
Of Its va.Ne, all within twenty miles Of
Boston. W
A benefit IS always experienced from
the first bottle, and perfect cure IS war.
ranted when the right quantity Is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver or
Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts being
stopped, and always disappears in a week
after taking It.
II the stomach Is foul or bilious 1t will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change Of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough of It.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time, and read the Label.
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FOR PUBLIC COMFORT.

The Beautiful and Well-Mnnaeed Parlorv
ut the Terminal statiou.
There is one delightful resort at the
fair that deserves to become better
known, as it surely win If the present
management continues. This is the
department of public comfort in the
terminal station. There are other
branches of this department, but they
do not approach it in the perfection of
its management and the satisfaction to
the public. Decidedly the coolest place
upon the grounds, these great, high,
airy parlors. with their inviting easy
chairs and rockers, luxurious carpets
and draperies and general atmosphere
of rest and elegance, invite weary
sightseers to ''come again." which
they generally do, and bring their
friends. Retiring-rooms with easy
touches where ladies may rest. with
trained maids in attendance, all a. fres
a. the lake breeze which rustles through
the parlors and plays around the tail
pillars, inspire feeling of gratitude in
every tired visitor that there is one
place upon the ground where quiet re-
tirement, perfect rest and every needed
delicate attention il to be had for the
asking. The prettiest souvenirs of the
fair are for sale here, but the visi tor il
never importuned to buy. and the en-
tire conduct OF the terminal parlors"
is such Is to counterfeit to . large do
gree the bad impression made by the
catchpenny devices and exorbitant
money-grabbing schemes to be found
at every turn within the grounds The
secret of the rapidly-growing populari-
ty of the elegant parlors of public COM
fort in the terminal station is found in
the management, which is vested in
two or three ladies who are prominent
y Known In Chicago end wha ~ y
ooua1Apt stkaudeuen
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It Is not alone in America that bar
beers show extraordinary persistence
and ingenuity in pressing their wares
upon customers. An American who has
been travelling in France relates that
in Paris the barber who was shaving
him stepped two or three times upon
the side of his foot.
At last the customer called out:
''Please don't do that any morei
have . corn"
Exactly what I was trying to and
out, monsieur" said the barber, bland
ly. I'VE have an excellent preparation
for removing corns, for sale at one
franc per Chicago Post.
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LOUISIANA.
ANTIQUITY OF THE PUMP.

Man I'm All Ages Has Employed Ingenfous
Devices for Raising Water.
The development of the modern
steam pumping-engine forms one OF
the most important features of prog
ress in the field Of mechanics. Ac-
cording to this writer, however, the
ancients were not without great
deal of ingenuity in devising methods
for the raising of water, and it is OF
interest to study some of these meth
DDS, as introducing principles still in
use in the construction OF pumping
machinery.
Machines for raising water may be
said to be as old rs civilization itself,
and their invention extends so far
beyond written history that no one
can say when the art of lifting and
distributing water began. Egypt, the
land of unfathomable antiquity, the
oldest civilization of the orient, noted
not only for her magnificence and
power, but for her knowledge, wisdom
and engineering skill, understood and
made practical use of such important
hydraulic devices as the syphon and
the syringe, the latter being re-
markable invention and the real par
emit of the modern pump. Whether or
not syringes were ever fitted with in
let and outlet valves, thus making the
single-action pump, is not known; but
bellows consisting of leather bag set
in frame and worked by the feet, the
operator standing with one foot on
each bag. expelling the inclosed air,
the exhausted bag being then lifted by
a string to refill it with air, implies the
use of valve opening inward, and it
is difficult to conceive of continuous
operation without one.
A representative piece of mechanism
occurs frequently on the sculptures of
early Egypt. 1t has the appearance OF,
and is generally believed to be, tn at of
a portable pump. The hydraulic screw
is also attributed to this people, but
their main reliance seems always to
have been the Shadoof, seen every
where along the banks of the Nile, an
invention SO simple and SO we'll adapted
to their needs that it remains to-day
substantially the. same as it has
through all the centuries since history
began.
The same may be said regarding the
chain-pump in China, an invention the
origin of which ante-dates the Chris
tian era. This simple machine, which
seems never to have been improved
upon, is in such common use that every
agricultural laborer is in possession of
one. Where irrigation is conducted on
a larger scale, the chain-pump is made
proportionately larger and moved by q
very simple tread-wheel; and still larger
ones are operated by yoking buffalo
or other animal to . suitable driving
machine.
The application of steam to raising
water is of uncertain origin. Long be-
fore the Christian era certain applica-
tions of fire to vessels containing water,
by which effects were produced calcu-
lated to astonish ignorant worshipers,
were practiced by the priests of Egypt,
Greece and Rome; but their knowledge
seems never to have been turned int
any channel of secular usefulness
Engineering Magazine.
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among the buildings In the general
rush for the leading points Of interest
these lesser features are overlooked.
and when the hasty visitor has ,'done"
the fair and returned, home and reads
in his family paper description Of
some of these out~of-the-way exhibits
he regretfully exclaims: ''Why. I didn't
see thatr" and comes to the conclusion
that he might have had more for his
money had he used his eyes to better
advantage.
Common interest naturally centers
in the main buildings of the fair and
these are constantly thronged with
eager sightseera People get in among
the wonderful collections of the arts
and industries, and so intent do they be-
come upon the magnificent displays of
mans skill and ingenuity that their
time slips away, and they suddenly
awaken to the consciousness that if
they are to see all of the fair they
must skip some things, and they hurry
along from one point to another, and
this way lose much of superior interest
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Visitors at the fair are estimated TO
have spent within the ground fifteen
million dollars, which is in addition to
the money paid for admission. OF this
amount three million dollars, accord
ing to Chief Clerk Blackwell, of the de-
partment of collection, has gone into
the treasury of the exposition. More
over, business with the concessiouaires
is increasing, and it is expected this
source Of income will net ten million
dollars before October so.
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A. . result Of cstarrh IN
ne head and WAS deal
for over . year. I began
70 take Hoods sorsapa'
rillA. To my Durprsss
and great joy I found
when I had taken three
bottles that my hearing
was returning. ]
kept on and I can heal
perfectly well. I am
troubled but very little
with the cstarrh. I con
ojdcr this . very re-
- HR1
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Especial Chicago Correspondence I

MONO the ex-
hibits at the
worlds fair are
q number that
are t n G K e d
. W ay In odd
or e RS and
hooks of the
grounds which
in consequence
of their incon-
spicuous loca-
ton are passed
by u n n o ticed
bvaQreat MANY
visitors in their
p err ordinations
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Baked Buckwheat:P People generally
think buclwheat Is only to be used in
cold weather rs breakfast dish in the
form Of griddle cakes. Now just try
baking II for once, and know YOU win
be surprised / will give you my recipe:
Put in your mixing bowl one cupful
white nour and two-thirds cupful Of
buclkwheat -four; add one very heaping
teaspoonful of baking powder, mix
we'll; then add one-half cupful of light
brown sugar, one beaten egg and three
tsb]espoonfuls Of melted butter or
lard. mix all well together, and lastly.
add sweet milk to make batter that
will pour and spread slowly, not -
thin ~ for griddle cakes (experience
win teach you). Bake in q rather hot
oven in deep tin, allowing plenty Of
room for cake to rise. To be eaten hot
with butter. use the same recipe for
corn osl<e, and It Il the best ever
tg>ed. uaing the Ane Indian mssl "a
ylsee = bpelwhest N. y. obeeFy9r
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3. 1T is really surprising what q diff.
ference there il between the ''before
taking" and latter taking" people in
the patent medicine advertisements.
Not merely in facial appearance, be-
cause this Is to be expected, but in
clothes Before taking certain wonder
full panaces the patient is not only hag-
gard and distressed. but his shirt is rum
pied. his collar wilted. his coat shabby
ana badly fitting, his hair uncombed.
After taking, his shirt and collar are
freshly Numbered, his coat sets snugly
on his rounded form, he has acquired
. diamond stud, and his hair is not only
combed but curled. A provincial fur
niture dealer, advertising in the same
spirit, shows the people who use his
furniture revealing in all the enjoy
ments of wealth and health. while the
family that puts up with ordinary
furniture Is discovered to be torn with
internal dissension, half fed, dowdily
dressed, and Afflicted with freckles.
The windows are broken, and q young
er SON is teasing the cat.
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A srATUErTx Of Emperor William. Of
Germany. on horseback contains flft4ep
hundred silver dellsse
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IN ODD CORNERS.
Interesting Exhibits In Remote
Portions of the Great Fair.

Indians of Six Nations from the State 81
New York-Dlstingu ished Red Men
Of Early Timcs-various Notes
and Incidents.
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Hood'o pile cure all Liver Ills.