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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

DIR. Richardson figures that the
tsood flows through the body at the rate
of seven miles an hour.
1t appears that the single state of
Georgia now has more manufactures
than the whole south had in 1850. This
is an illustration of the remarkable
change that has been taking place in
southern industries during the past 80
years
To the list of things made from
wood silk must be added. This fact is
due to the experiment of a Frerchman
named Chardonnicr. The process OF
manufacture differs little from the max
ing of paper. The wood is first ground
into a pulp, steamed and chemically
prepared.
Horse power in steam engines is
calculated as the power which would
raise $4,000 pounds a foot high in a
minute, or 90 pounds at the rate of four
miles an hour. The effective force of
piston is taken at ten pounds per
square inch, and is, of course, ten times
the square inches in pounds.
Last seasons salmon pack in Brit
ish Columbia was 566.395 cases. 1t is
expected the pack on the Columbia
river this season will be enormous If
the run is good. Many canning estab-
lishments have been removed to the
American side of the river, because
Canadian Gamers are only permitted to
use nets, while American Gamers may
use any device to catch the fish.
President Harris, of the Reading
railroad, estimates The original contents
of the Pennsylvania anthracite fields at
"A SOC, 0O0,c GOO tons, of which about Is
per cent. have been taken out. This
would leave nearly 100000 900 tons,
which at an annual rate of production
CT 100000 tons, would last 26S years,
but probably only about one-half of the
amount unmincd would be actually
available.
Lord Kelvin has been making ex-
periments TO discover what the effect
of a canonade of quick-firing guns
would be on board the vessel firing
and the ship subject to the fire. He finds
that after Is minutes firing the sur
viyors of the crews of both vessels would
be reduced to Il state of mental, Il not
physical, incapacity, owing to the con-
cussion of the proJectiles on the sides
of the vessel and the noise of the guns.
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The Yukon Miners.

The United States does not recognize,
protect or control these mining com
munities in any way. No geological
explorations or surveys have been I'M
dertaken, and there are no official re-
ports upon the location, formation, de-
velopment or yield of this rich placer re-
gion. There are no military posts and
not a territorial or federal officer in
Yukon, Alaska, save one customs in
spector and postmaster. There is no
law, save as the miners maintain their
own unwritten code. Church mission
AIRY societies have provided for the few
peaceful Indian tribes, but even spirit
ual comfort is withheld from the
miners. Heaven is high, and the car
is far off," despairing Russian colonists
used to say long ago. Since the military
occupation of Alaska ceased, in 1877,
frequent appeals have been made for
the establishment of garrison at Chill
kat and the construction of military
road over the pass trayersed by Yukon
miners for the last Is years. Gen. Miles
once considered the matter TO the ex-
tent of detailing an officer to make q re-
connoisance. = Eliza r. Scidmore, In
Century.
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ODD AND INTERESTING.

!. Each salmon produces about 100000
900 eggs.
It is said that the Greenland whale
sometimes attains the age of 400 years
A frigate bird can remain an entire
week on the wing, without stopping to
rest.
The car of Russia has two hobbies
the collection of postage stamps and
birds eggs.
In France, when railroad train is
more than ten minutes late, the COM
pany is fined.
In Wyoming the women have the right
to vote for all Offices. even for presi-
Dental electors.
The most effective Krupp gun has q
range of II miles, and can fire two shots
q minute.
One hundred persons have been fatal
ly shot during the past IL years on the
main street of Jackson, Ky.
An ordinary tortoise lives from 100
10 $50 years. Instances are on record
of some of them attaining the age of
$50 years. M tsss
In it's course of 100 miles the Jordan
plunges over 81 rapids, and from its
source to its mouth has descent Of
5000 feet.
Peruvian cottonis in IL different hues,
from white to q deep red. The seed
from each shade produces cotton of the
same color.
a strange coincidence is noted in the
statistics of Steuben, Me. In the past
year there were 16 deaths, 16 births and
16 marriages.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27
MOUNTAINS OF MANlcALAND.
A Part of South Africa That May BE
Compared with Switzerland.

A Part of South Africa That May Be
Compared with Switzerland.
Two hundred miles north-northeast
CO Basutoland the great KathIamba
range rises in very bold slopes from the
coast levels behind Delagoa bay, and the
scenery of the valleys and passes is said
to be extremely grand. Knowing it,
however, only 10y report, i will not ven
ture to describe it. Nearly 500 miles
still further to the north, in the district
called Manicaland already referred to, is
a third mountain region, less lofty than
Hasutoland, but deriving a singular
charm from the dignity and variety of
its mountain forms.
The whole country is so elevated that
SUBMITS of 1000 or even 5000 feet do
not produce any greater effect upon the
eye than does Ben Lomond as seen from
Loeb Lomond, or Mount Washington
from Glen House. But there is bold
ness of line about these granite peaks
comparable to those of the west coast
of Norway or of the finest parts Of the
Swiss Alps. Some of them rise in smooth
shafts of apparently inaccessible rock;
others form long ridges of pinnacles of
every kind of shape, specially striking
when they stand out against the bril-
liantly clear morning or evening sky.
The valleys are well wooded, the lower
slopes covered with heritage, SO the eff
feet of these wild peaks is heightened
by the softness of the surroundings
which they dominate, while at the same
time the whole landscape becomes more
complex and more noble bg the min
Cling of such diverse elements.
No scenery better deserves the name
of romantic. And even in the tanner
parts, where instead of mountains there
are only low hills, or ''l<opjes" (as they
are called in South Africa, the com
paratively friatle rock of these hills
decomposes under the influence of the
Weather into curiously picturesque and
fantastic forms, with crags riven to-
their base, and detached plIiars sup
porting loose blocks and tabular masses,
unong or upon which the timid Mas
fonas have built their huts in the hope
of escaping the raids of their warlike
enemies, the Matabele.-Prof. James
bryce, M. p, in Century.
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THE ROCK-A-BY CHAIR.

oh. the rock-a-by chair is jolly old ship,
And grandma's captain and crew.
And she sings nice song as we start on our
trip,
Though I never have heard 1t quite
through;
But it's ali about islands and rivers and
And the treasures and dream-people
And this is the song that my grandmamma
sings
In the wonderful rock-a-by chair:
"Oh, a beautiful stream is the river Of
And it flows through the Kingdom Of
Nod;
And It's current is broad and its channel is
deep. -
And its shores are SO fair and so placid its
sweep,
And 1t flows from the footstool Of God.
From the fountains and footstool of God.
''There's marvellous isle up that river 80
fair
Where glow of eternity CLEANS;
And our hopes and our warnings are real
tied there,
And freedom from sorrow. and surcease
of care.
In the beautiful island Of dreams.
In the misty mid-island of dreams.
"Oh, the faces 50 fair In that far-away
isle,
And the treasures that never shall rust;
There are glimpses and CLEANS of the sweet
after while,
And the touch and the kiss and the vanish
ing smile
OF lips that have crumbled to dust.
OF lips that have fallen to dust"
And this is her song, but don't know the
rest
AS never have heard 1t quite all;
For cuddle down close to my grandmam-
mas breast.
: And my eyelids grow heavy and fall;
But I know that she sings about Heaven
and God,
And the angels and everything there.
As we journey away to the Kingdom OF
Nod.
In the wonderful rock-a-by chair.
ALBERT B. Paine, in N. Y. Independent.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.y. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, O..
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, 0.
WALDNa, KrNxAN & MARvIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure In taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

The oldest and most curious hel-
barium in the world is in the Egyptian
museum at Cairo. 1t consists of crowns,
garlands, wreaths and bouquets OF
flowers, all taken from the ancient
tombs of Egypt, most of the examples
being in excellent condition, and near
iy ali of the flowers have been identi-
fed. They cannot be less than 5000
year, old. Chicago NewA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27
summer Homes.

In the Lake regions of Wisconsin. North
ern Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Dakota,
there are hundreds of charming localities
prominently fitted for summer homes.
Nearly all are located on or near lakes
which have not been fished out. These re-
sorts are easily reached by railway and
range in variety from the "full dress for
dinner to the fannel-shirt costume for
every meal. Among the list are names ia
miliar to many Of our readers as the perfec-
ton Of Northern summer resorts. Nearly
all of the Wisconsin points of interest are
within short distance from Chicago or
Milwaukee, and none Of them are so far
away from the ''busy marts Of civilization"
that they cannot be reached in few hours
of travel, by frequent trains, over the finest
road in the northwest-the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway. A description
of the principal resorts, with list of summer
hoteIs and boarding houses, and rates for
board, will be sent free on application to
GEO. H. HEAFFoRD, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago.
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I'm pure

blood, to take Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
prevent such eruptions and suffering.
~ had Q dreadful carbuncle abscess,
red, fiery, ferce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven weeks. When the
abscess broke, the pains were terrible, and
1 thought should not live through it. !
heard and read so much about Hoods
Sarsaparilla, that decided to take 1t, and
my husband, who was suffering with
boils, took it also. 1t soon purified our
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27
SENTIMENT OF WORDS.

Observation-Disclosures benzine for
taking out moral spots and stains.
Amiability-The powdered sugar of
oolitencss, very apt to be adulterated.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

1t is often difficult to convince peo-
pie their blood is impure, until dread-
full carbuncles, assesses, boils, scrof-
ula or salt rheum, are painful proof d
the fact. 1t is wisdom now, or when
ever there is any Indication Of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

If you devote your time to study
you will avoid all the irksomeness OF
this life; nor will you long for the ar,
proach of night, being tired of the day:
nor will you be burden to yourselves;
nor your society insufferable to others
Seneca.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

with which ladies may use Syrup of Figs
under all conditions, makes 1t their favorit6
remedy. To get the true and genuine
article, look for the name Of the California
Fig Syrup Company, printed near the bot
tom OF the package. For sale BY all respon-
sible druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

"MAupE, your father says he cannot af-
ford to dress you as q summer girl this sea-
son." "All right, NANNY. Get me tailor
athletic grl."-Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

The hairs in the ear of a cat ar
so sensitive that If touched. as with a
pencil, she animal shudders.
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Blood

built me up and restored my health "a
that, although the doctor said would not
be able to work hard, have since done the
work for 90 people. Hoods Sarsaparilla
cured my husband of the boils, and we rel
gard it wonderful medicine" Mrs. ANNA
PETERSON Latimer, Kansas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

Prso's Cure for Consumption relieves tho
MUrLLER, Lexington, No., Feb. "a, '94.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

ISLANDER Is the revenge Of q coward and
discrimination his defense.-Johnson.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

RoUaR winds do shake the darling buds
of May. Shakespeare.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

PAPA, why did they call Henry of Ma
varre the Plumed Knight" because he
was bird, my son."-N. Y. Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27

A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never vary
ing devotion to a single purpose IS
seen in the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For 65 years they have simply been
building grain and grass-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it is
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of ali
the binders, reapers and mowers used
throughout the entire world.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-27
God s
SarsapariIIa

Is the One True Blood Purifier All druggists u,
Hoods Pills live, epsqs s s sss:
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yOus
The two or three boats which be-
lcnged to the school were always taken
out in the autumn and stored in a
building near it. Very well Philip
knew that with the best efforts there
would be perilous delay in bringing
one.
where's the key?" was asked, as men
hurried toward the boathouse.
No one knew.
Batter it down.
This was quickly done, men moving
with an impulse given by the knowledge
that life and death were hanging on
their efforts.
Philips icy support was bending
DOVER and lower and he was half inn
nlersed in the water.
"Oh--you'll leave me-you'll leave
me-"
Philip could scarcely hear 1.-THE de-
spairing cry from the stiffened lips.
81 will not" he said, firmly. won't
leave this till you do. They're coming
don't you hear them shouting upon
the hill? Plenty of me-and all put
ting in their best for your help. Only a
little longer"
But it seemed ages. The sun had dis
appeared. twilight slowly settled down
and the moon showed her bright face,
hooking In its serenity. Philip felt
himself growing cold as he still spurred
himself to the utterance of encouraging
worda
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-09
4 Kansas Divorce Case.

In a suit for divorce In the district
court q man submitted his wife's
dry goods bill for April as evidence
why the divorce should be given
him.. The total Of the bill amounted
to almost the mans monthly salary,
and yet there was only n item
showing an article of any practical
value. There was one pair of hose;
the other articles were velvet, silk,
pattern, sidecombs, kid curriers'. rib,
corduroy, grass cloth, etc. No item
In the entire bill amounted to more
than sixty cents. There yer six
items OF 'ssilk," billed at from ten
to thirty cents each. The word
velvet" appeared quite frequently,
OF prices ranging from five to fifteen
cents. There were seven items of
sideeombs. A number of we'll
known women were summoned by
the man as witnesses, and they
said they could not possibly imagine
what the wife had done with the
hundreds of articles which were of
no practical value. The divorce was
granted.-Atchison Globe,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-09
GOOD

Many a man has made good resolu-
tions which he fully intended to keep;
but procrastination, that everlasting
put off, that sly Old s'Thief of Time, -
cheated him out of his good intentions.
The time to put into effect a good reso-
luton is when the resolution is made.
This is just as true of life insurance
as anything else. There are plenty of
men who have resolved to take out or
increase their life insurance, but they
are putting it off from day to day.
Thousands who resolved to carry life
insurance for their families, died with
out Insurance.: they put it off too long.
The Home Life Insurance company is
one of the strongest and best com
panIes. For nearly two generations,
through war and yellow fever and
cholera and financial panics, it has
kept every promise made to its policy
holders. A. c.. Davis, General Agent
for N. Carolina, Goldsboro, N. C.
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CARDINAL sAroI11.s 1Nvrsr1ruRE.

The solemn ceremony of the
investiture of a Cardinal takes
place to morrow, January 5, for
the third time in the United
States, and for the second time
in the historic Cathedral Of
Baltimore.
HisEninemce, Francis Cardinal
Satolli will, on the morrow res
ceive the birelta at the hands of
His Eminence, James Cardinal
Gibbons, Archbishop of Balti-
more.
In Rome, at a later date, Card
inal Satolli will receive the red
hat and the rest of the insignia
of the Cardinalate at the hands
of the Pope.
The first imposition of the BIZ
retta ir America was on Cardi-
nal McCloskey, in the Cathedral
of New York, April 81, 1875.
The same Office was performed
for Cardinal Gibbons, in the
Cathedral of Baltimore, June 80.
1886,
1t is probable that the event of
next Sunday will surpass in
splendor the like events preced-
ing it, partly because of the great
development OF the Church in
America even within the past
decade; and still more because of
the general desire to show es-
pecial honor to the distinguished
ecclesiastic who in his quality Of
ApostolicD Delegate has represent
ed Pope Leo XIII. in this coun-
try for the past three years.
The episcopate and priesthood
of the United States will be all
most as numerously represented
at Cardinal Satolli's investiture
as they were at the celebration Of
the Catholic Centenary in 1889;
and, with the advantage Of the
enlarged and renovated Cathe-
dral, the services will be even
more impressive.
Statesmen as we'll as Church
men, and Protestants as well as
Catholics, feel an interest in the
honors conferred on the Pros
Apostolic; for, although
born and brought up in monar-
chical traditions, he has shown a
wonderfully correct understands
of American institutions, and
a strong sympathy with true
Americanism.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-09
500 RERHRD O

The readers of this paper will be
pleased TO learn hat there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and Civ
ing the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting La
ture in doing it's work, The proprie-
tors have SO much faith in it's curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any a S that it fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO, To-
ledo, o. @Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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ENORMOUS PREGLACiAL RIVER.
biologists Tell of One Which In Older
Times Existed In Northern Canada

Geoioglsts Tell of One Which In OIden
Times Existed In Northern Canada.
The largest river of any age of which
there is any evidence in the world, ao-
eording to a remarkable geological dis
covery reported to the Royal society of
Canada recently, was a great pregla-
cial river in northern Canada. DR.,
Robert Bell, who produced scientific
evidence of h correctness of his dis
covery, pointed out that it was general
1y admitted by biologists that the con-
t1nent of North America Immediately
before the glacial period stood at a
much higher elevation thar at the
present time, amounting to, perhaps.
between two and three thousand feet,
The inevitable result of this must have
been to change the river systems from
what they now are, and to create in
the north a gigantic river draining an
area of over one-third of the entire con-
tfnent of North America, and forming
a drainage basin seven times as large
as that of the ST. Lawrence.
The central portion of the great river
was in h middle of what is now Hud-
son bay, as proved by the existing de-
pressions of land in the north of Cam
ada and the great depth of the center
OF hudson bay. Its lower part dis
charged through what is now Hudson
straits into Davis straits. 1t is also
maintained that the upper half of the
St. Lawrence basin, both in preglacial
times and also at a later geological pc
Rod, discharged it's waters northward
by way Of what is now Hudson bay. 1t
is asserted that this constituted one Of
h main branches of this great north
ern river. Other large branches were
h present Saskatchewan, the Nelson
river, which rises north of the Rocky
mountains, the Churchill, largely aug
mented by the reversal of some of tho
upper rivers of the Mackenzie basin.
and great tributary streams that came
down h present Churchill. inlet, Fox
chnnnel and Ungava bay, any one Of
which must have fully equaled in size
the Mississippi of oNr own day.