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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-11

Amount produced. ..............ss4 900. 00O
il may Ice seen. therefore that the
boiling States produce all OF the silver
produced I'm 1894 except Ar90W The
milk in tho cocoanut is easily perceived
when We understand these facts.
The Republican Congressional Campaign
Committee has given out a statement
showing the part played by the owners
Of the silver mines Of the United States
in shaping the course Of the recent con-
ventions which have declared for free
silver at T. 10 J. The statement IS in
roduced with a table giving the estimat-
90 wealth Of twenty-five individuals ana
corporations engaged in silver mining and
directly interested. financially. in opening
the rnints to free coinage The table is
as follows:
Hearst estate California ......'l5o09.'oo
Fair estate. California .......... 5nD'o.0ap
John Mackay ............-....... 4.''l,I'
J. y. IIacg.n ..................'''''' 4'''o.,'
w. 4. Clark ................-....' 4'.''lN1
William Stewart. Nevada ....-... 4gny,U.o
Francis J. Ncwlands Sharon as ......
tato) .......... ......-............' .'.''''''o
Dorid Nfonat Denver ........... o0OW.O.0
Senator John =. Jones Conn
49, - lode, ...................... 100000
- 100 ..... CT. 000 000
Denver Silver Smelling Works -'.'l0W
r. 4. Chambers ontario silver o.....,,
mine .....-..-...---.- .s-.-.'''''' .-
Charles r. Lane. California ....-- -1'yy1'o"
l.. I. Holden. ola Telegraph ...,..
frino .............. -...-...-..-''' ~ ~,
Max Daiy. Anaconda. Montana. l'.'NDe
putto SILVER Smelling Works -..- l4'ao''o,o
& r.. Hsgser Granite Mountain ..,.,,,,
silver mines .......-..... ....-..' i1'--''-'
French SYNDICATE. Old Telegraph ...,..c.o
miro. Utah. .............. - --, ,,o
read,,le SILVER smoking WORKS o''-'',.'
proadwater estate. Helena Mon ,o,, an
fana. ........-. -s-..' '-''''
senator Henry ". Teller. Colo o,,,o ,,
RADIO .............--.. -'.-.''+'''' = .., ess
senator Lee Mantle Montana -'''''.'y
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-11

Tho position Of Ex-Governor Flower OF
New York is the only one which
Democrat true 20 his principles can take
I'm this campaign. The man who has
walked into the Populist camp under the
plea Of Regularity is NOT a Democrat.
but either spoil-soeker or a blind par
tisan. Who has no principles or is ready
TO throw them overheard at the bidding
of the party Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-11

democracy. IN IT'S true sense and as
10 has always been understood, WIS not
upheld al Chicago TO the contrary,
Democratic prfnciIGos We're ahmdonod
ana n COMPROMISE made with those dam
ger0us political elements which II IS the
duty of every true Democrat 20 oppose.
Tho Indianapolis movement should De
welcomed. therefore. by an Democrats
who oppose the Chicago hercsies. Nash
Vile Banner.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-11

The Popocratic leaders have been very
much worried because they haven't a
single newspaper mouthriece In Chicago.
II is now given out that millionaire
Hearst. OF the New York Journal who
is one OF the largest owners OF sllN,r
mines. will supply the Deficiency; II Is
said that "A silver organ called Inc r'h-
qurer will be started az Chicago within
a week.-Montgomo Advertiser
The Indianapolis Convention was com
posed OF Democrats whose ioyaiy 10
party principles cannot Do denied Iney
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-08-08
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
"A steel plate said to be the long

"A steel plate said to be the longest
ever made has just been turned out by
Stockton, England, iron company.
IT measures, after shearing, 76 feet 3
inches, by feet, by Clio of an inch in
thickness, weighs five and a half tons,
and is without flaw.
Many undertakers are now using
cheap collins pressed out of paper pulp.
When polished and stained such coffinl
look almost as well as those of wood.
They last longer in the ground than
collins of wood or metal, and they can
be Theoretically sealed better than
heavy metal ones.
Russian hens are progressive. They
laid 100000 eggs for export in 1870,
235,O00,000 in 1885, and 1859, O00, 900 last
year. The eggs are sold in Russia at
from six to ten cents a dozen. They
are exported to Hungary, then sold to
Germany as Hungarian eggs, and final
ly to England as German eggs.
An English professor recommends
to persons suffering from dyspepsia,
consumption and an@mia, or any who
need to take on flesh, to eat very thin
slices of bread and butter. The idea
IS that it induces people to eat much
more butter, quality of fat most es-
sential to their nutrition, in a form
against which they will not rebel.
Wages and salaries are low in
Japan; living is CORRESPONDENCE cheap.
Recent statistics about the sums ex-
pended by merchants, manufacturers
and farmers show this. The statistics
divide them into three categories, &C.
cording to their wealth. A merchant,
manufacturer or gentleman farmer of
the first class spends on an average SAC
year, in second class $25, in third
class SIC. A wedding costs in the first
class, on an average, S120, in the second
$50, in the third SIS. Burials cost $50,
$40 and 81, respectively.
-Lecturing at the Institution OF
Civil Engineers on atmospheric dust,
Mr.. Fridlander said that observations
show that at an elevation of 6,700 feet,
there are $50 dust particles in a cubic
centimeter, while at $500 feet there are
only 513, and at 1860 only 1877 dust
particles. Over the Indian ocean the
average number of dust particles a
cubic centimeter was less than 500 for
seven out Of nine days, and on five days
was less than 400. During a thick fog
in the Atlantic, the air contained 1920
dust particles cubic centimeter, while
in the clear region just beyond the fog
there were only $50 dust particles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-08-08
WHERE THE WHITE CITY STOOD.
Now But Few yestiges of the Great Fair
Remain.

Now But Few vestiges of the Great Fair
Remain.
The worlds fair buildings were erect
ed, as everybody knows, upon tract
of land belonging to the South park
system of Chicago, and several years
sacrifice of an important pleasure
ground was made for the glory of n
six-months' show. The park was turned
over to the exposition company some
two years before the White City opened
it's gates to the world, and after the
gates were closed it fell into the hands
of contractors who had undertaken to
remove the building. After two years
and a half of work the buildings are
at last cleared away excepting the
two or three that are to be preserved),
and the grounds have just been restored
to the park commission. 1t now be-
comes the task of that body to make
a park indeed out of what is at present
a mere mockery of the name. 1t will
take two or three years, but we shall
have in the end park much finer than
the one that was destroyed. Mean
while it is interesting to note the way
in which relics of the fair have been
scattered over the country. In many
cases whole buildings have found new
sites and new uses. The Wisconsin
building has become club house in
Kansas City, while the building of the
English government has found a place
among the private residences of that
city. Other buildings have gone to
Springfield, ILL.,, and elsewhere. AS for
the smaller structures-the ticket
booth and toy houses of the foreign vii
lagos on the Midway Plaisance-they
are dotted all over Chicago and its sub
urbs, and find uses that range all the
way from those of real estate Office to
those of summer-house on the lawn
Harper's Weekly.
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A siamese Betrothai.

In Siam person wishing to become
betrothed to the girl of his choice of.
fers her a flower, or takes light from
cigar or cigarette if she happens to
have one in her mouth, and, thereupon,
provided there is no impeachment in the
birth months and years of the respec-
tive parties, steps are at once taken to
arrange for the payment of the dowry.
The families of bride and bridegroom
have each to provide at least 81 900. In
Calabria and in certain parts of India
lighted taper betokens the accept
ance of the sutton for the hand of q
lady in marriage. In Siberia it is the
custom that when sutton has been
accepted by girl, she presents him
with box Of cigars and pair of slip
pers - sign that be is to be master in
the hsuse.-Chicsgo NswA
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FIRST ENGLISH SMOKER.
Much Controversy Has Arisen Over the
Claims of Different Writers.

| Much Controversy Has Arisen Over the
Claims of Different Writers.
| THE learned Camden speaks of Lane
as the original English smoker. 1t is
remarkable that so much doubt should
have existed among writer's even in
Eliza-Jacobean times both as to the date
when tobacco was first received in this
country and the person by whom it was
first introduced. The painstaking an
nalist Stow says that tobacco came into
England about the Goth year of Queen
Elizabeth (155O. But Aubrey, speak
ing of Sir Walter Raleigh, says that "he
was the first that brought tobacco into
England and into fashion (15S6). In
our part of North Wilts-for example,
Malmsbury Hundred-it came first into
fashion by Sir Walter Long. They had
first silver pipes. The ordinary sort
made use of a walnut shell and a straw.
1 have heard my Grandfather Lyle say
that one pipe was handed from man to
man round the table. Sir Walter Rail
eigh, standing in stand at Sir 70.
Poyntz' parlSe at Acton took pipe of
tobacco, which made the ladies quite
it till he had donne.'
The author of a gossipy "Tour in
Wales" Pennant), in 1910, speaking
about the great houses and their asso-
Citations, says that Capt. Price, of
Plasyollin, with Capts. Mydleton and
Koet, on their return from the Azores
in 1891, ''were the first who had smoked
or las they called it) drank tobacco pub
licly in London, and that the Londoners
fiocked from all parts to see them.
Pipes were not then invented, so they
used the twisted leaves or cigars The
invention is usually ascribed to Sir Wal
ter Raleigh. 1t may be so, but he was
too good courtier to smoke in public,
especially in the reign of James,"
Again, in the 1859 translation of DR..
Everard's "Panacea" (Antwerp. 1887,
it is remarked that Capt. Richard Gren-
field and Sir Francis Drake were The first
planters of it here (England), and not
Sir Walter Raleigh, which is the COM
mon error; so difficult is it to fix popular
discoveries" These few selections
show us how easily origins are lost
sight of.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-08-08
A Siberian Baby.

AS described by recent traveller,
Russian babies, as seen in the homes
of the Russian peasants in Siberia, are
very unattractive specimens of human
ity. 81 looked curiously at one little
bundle" says the traveller, (which was
laid upon shelf. Another hung from
the wall on peg, while third was
slung over one of the supporting raft
ers and was being swung to and fro
by the mother. who had cord loop over
her foot. Why cried /, in surprise,
that's child!' of course it isl replied
the woman. What else should it be p
Having learned so much in so short
a time, 1 had an irresistible desire to
inspect the contents of the swinging
bundle. looked, but turned away in
disgust, for the child was as dirty as
a pig in pen. l could not refrain from
asking one question. 1t may have been
inIpertinent. 'Washedl' shrieked the
mother, apparently Mortified. Washed!
What? Wash baby! Why, you'll kill
it!'"-St. Louis Republic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-08-08
PUNcENr PARAGRAPHS.

-~Dah am sech er ting" said Uncle
Eben, ''ez too much concentration.
Tain't good idee fob er man ter study
all is botany in er mint-julep tumbler."
Washington Star.
-Patient-"I seem to be quite strong
now, doctor, and getting stronger
every day. Had you not better send in
your bill?" Doctor-"Ahem! You may
not be as strong as you think you are. y
brooklyn Life.
Sue Brett-"How did you like Hor-
aces acting?" Ella Cution-''I can't
say that liked it. In that death scene
thought he died very poor" "Well,
you know most actors do die that way"
-Yonkers Statesman.
"A Serviceable Steak.-Customer-
''Waiter, do you remember me? Icame
in here yesterday and ordered a steak"
Waiter-"Yes, sir; will you have the
same to-day, sir?" Customer-"Yes,
if no one else is using it'd Bits.
Mrs. Wallace-"Isn,t that rather
pretty girl Mr.. Ferry has as type
writer?" Mrs. Ferry-T-I-guess
she is. 1t is a pity she is so deaf. Mr..
Ferry has to lean over her right Shout
Ter when debating a etter."LCincin-
natl Enquirer.
Mr.. Hoy Policy (extending his
hand)-'Howdy do; don't you remem-
Der me-Hoy Polloy?" Mr.. Haulton-
"Oh-er, yes-Polloy-unusual name
that stuck; but your face is such a COM
mon one it really escaped me, you
know."-Harlem Life.
-Aunt-"Oscar, what dress did your
mother put on to go to the ball?" Os-
CARA long, white, short Dress"
Aunt-"Nonsense, it cannot have been
both long and short" Oscar-"Yes,
auntie, it was long at the bottom and
short at the top."-Familienblatt.
Say, daddy, what is it that dis
tinguishes civilization from barbara
typ" 1T is very simple. Civilization
consists in the art of killing your enc
my with a cannon ball at distance OF
5000 yards, and barbarity in slashing
his head off with saber."-Le Gaulois.
Nerve" said the enthusiastic
man. "Jerrold has the most nerve
ever knew one man to AIRY. What dc
you think he did while the doctors were
saving his leg OFF," "Give it up" said
the man who was listening with one
ear and watching for the car with both
eyes. HE lay there and sang Just
Tell Them That You Saw Me- that's
what he d."-IndianaDolis Journal.
Have you completed your review
of the new book" asked the editor,
NO." replied the critic. Its the slow
est, most difficult piece of work I've
undertaken for a good while. I don't
seem to make any Roadway" "What is
the trouble?" well, it's written just
about as think a story should be told.
There's little or nothing that can see
to find fault with. "-Washington Star.
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Applylnx at Headauarters.

IL beg your pardon" said the passen-
ger in The skull cap. leaning over and
speaking to the young man in the seat
Immediately in front of him, but are
you not Just returning from college p
Eyes. SIR replied the young man.
IL am one of the graduates. In fact,
l was the valedictorian.-
Il was sure of it," rejoined the other.
Il would be greatly obliged if you
would tell me in few words who wrote
'Junius, who the man in the iron mask
was. whatwas the origin of protoplasm,
explain the Schleswig- Holstein ques-
ton, give me reason why republics are
superior to limited monarchies. and
tel! me why evil is permitted on the
earth."---Chicaso Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-08-08
What the Late Shah Did for Persia.

=
Assassination is crime not to be
excused or palliated, but we are una
BILE TO join in the praises of the de-
ceased monarch, who was callous even
for an Asiatic, who slaughtered with
out pity or remorse, who lived to pile
up personal treasure, and under
whose rule Persia has become steadily
weaker, less populous and more power
ty stricken. He has been succeeded by
his second son, Muzaffer-ed-Din, the
governor of Azerbijan, who was pre-.
ferred by his father because he was
royal on both sides, but who has always
been described as greatly the inferior
of his elder brother, the governor of
Ispahan. The adhesion of the prime
minister, man dreaded for his stern
ness, and a prompt recognition by Rus
STA and Great Britain have secured the
peaceful accession of Muzaffer, but if
his brothers remain quiet for many
months there will be q break in the
traditions of the Kajar bouse. The
huosa is not Persian, but Tartar, and,
under iis rule of 101 years. Persia has
refrigerated, until the beautiful land,
which might support as many people
as France, scarcely contains more than
Belgium, and is but the shell of its an
cient self. Why it's brave, clever ard
adventurous people, with their wonder
full traditions. submit to the oppression
under which they wither is one of the
mysteries Of Asia which no historian
has ever Observation-Disclosures spect&
tor
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-08-08
"How was that?. he asked.

"There was leak in the flume," she
said. at is right where Il runs through
path of scrub oak, SO your men didn't
find it. The water ran right under my
fence, and 1 sunk barrel there for
kind of reservoir, hut truly, Mr.. Sey-
more, / had no idea how much that
water was worth, and never thought
of stealing thing from you; and I'd
give it back this blessed minute, every
drop of it, if could, but / can't-so
did the hext best tliing-I brought you
all the beets raised, and 1 only hope
they'll be worth as much as the water"
Seymore had tipped back his chair
and was pulling his long, black mus
tache down over his mouth.
"Where are theyf" he asked.
They're right down here in the
wagon" she said. "You can see 'em
from the window"
Seymore rose and looked down on the
dusty ranch wagon and the little figure
ir the brown bingham dress absorbed
in studying the throng before her.
"Beets have fallen this month";" he
said, turning from the window with
deepened twinkle in his eye. He had
not noticed whether they were beets or
tllrnips.
Don't you think they'll pay for it?"
she asked anxio>lsly.
He pulled at his mustache harder
than ever. well, it's hardly Gus
tomary," he began, ''to settle such mat
tiers in this way"
81 can take them round to the sugar
factory and get the money for EN-"
she interrupted, eagerly.
"Mrs. Hart" he said, soberly, eff you
will agree no. to bring suit for dam
ages against me for the bursting of my
fiume, I'll agree to say no more about
the beets."
"Damages!" she said, wonderingly.
Exactly" he said; land if the water
has been any accommodation to you
1 shall be glad to let it run where it
will" He was writing as he spoke.
"But, Mr.. Seymore," she protested,
"after all you pay for that water"
81 am indebted to it for this CALL"
he interrupted, "and that more than
pays for it. / shall send man around
tomorrow to look over the ground,
and l hope you will tell him just how
you would like to have things fixed.
If you give this to the foreman of the
sugar factory, think he will see that
the recent fall in the price of beets
does not affect your crop"
He gave her the note he had written.
The next day there came to Mrs
Hart's 'ottage tw' burly Swedes who
built neat little fume down the hill
side, dug trim. small bitches about and
across the garden, and delivered to her
a signed and sealed document secur-
ing the right to use the water for five
years.
Not every man would have done
tlis-I say it with sorrow and shame
and the act was therefore more of
credit to Mr.. Seymore, and certainly
a credit to human nature.
Annie was in great glee at seeing
the water come shceting down over the
smooth boards and ripple into the
barrel reservoir. Aren't you glad Mr..
Nordsen told us, aunty," she said, ''that
we were stealing the water?"-Youth's
COMPANION.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-08-08
Home Influence.

Home is the test of character. If q
man Is harsh and cruel and rough at
home. that is what he is in business
and society, althoughshe may conceal
It with mask. The man who is dis
respectful and unkind to his parents
at home will show the same spirit to
the young lady whom he now courts
when she becomes his wife.-Rev. A.
P. Palmer, Methodist, Utica, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-08-08
OUR HOUSE FLY.
Description of Various Invisible Fea-
lures.

Description of Various Invisible Fes-
lures.
The head of our fly is a very pretty
object. The greater part is occupied
by two large reddish-brown hemis-
pheres, one on each side. These are the
compound eyes, and each of them con-
sists of several thousand separate hex.
agonal lenses, arranged so as to cause
an appearance under the microscope
like the engine turning on the back OF
watch. Between these compound
eyes, and quite on the top of the head,
are trio of small clear dots, arranged
in triangle, like set jewels. These are
the simple eyes, and their exact pur-
pose does not seem to be thoroughly un-
derstood. In front of the head are the
antennae or feelers, and each consists
of three joints, with a feathered bristlc
arising from the back of the.last joint.
This bristle is an important aid in the
Identification of the different species of
flies, in some kinds being quite simple.
in others beautiful plumose or feath-
cred, as in the common species now oc-
cupying our attention.
Below the head of the fly may be seen
projecting the long, thick tongue OF
proboscis, which is very wonderful
structure. We have only space to say
very little about this organ; to
describe it fully would occupy more
than the whole space devoted to our
present article. 1t is true sucker, but
a very complicated one. made up Of
several pieces, united so as to form n
tube, which not only serves for the con :.
veyance of the fluid food to the mouth,
but also for the passage of saliva from
the mouth in order to moisten and dis
solve particles of the substance upon
which the fly is feeding. At the tip of
the proboscis are to be found hardened
rings, which aid IN triturating the food.
Chambers journal.
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She waited long IN luxurious ante
room, and was at last admitted to the
private Office. She stood anxiously
canning the face OF Mr.. Seymore. He
did not look like hard man, she
thought; on the contrary there was
something about the mouth that made
one think he might at any time be con-
cealing smile beneath the dropping
mustache.
my name is Hart" she found herself
saying after he hal motioned her to a
chair. Eliza M. Hart, widow If Henry
Hart, who was killed when the Miners
Delight caved in last spring."
Mr.. Seymore nodded.
81 live at the mouth of Rife Creek
canyon" she wen: on. fright under
where your big fume turns round to
the north, there-and that's what ]
come to see you about"
She paused and cleared her throat
nervously, and noted how Mr.. Seymore
was playing with an ivory-handled
paper knife, resting on one end of the
desk and sliding his thumb and fore
finger down it.
live been raising some beets this
summer she continued, determinedly.
for the sugar factory here, and came
to tell you II did it by stealing your
water"
seymcre's fingers stopped midway
on the paper-knife. and he darted
quick glance at her. He saw her eyj-
dent distress and his eyes softeped;
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Woman.

The character of people is deter
mined by the standing of its women
In barbarism she is creature without
a soul; in civilization she is hu.
man being; in Christendom she is dt
vine. The Kingdom of Heaven will b
at hand when every man becomes
king and every woman a queen upon
throne.-Rev. j. w. Magruder, Meth
odist, Cincinnati, o.
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SarsaparifIa
Twin Suns.


The star Alpha Centauri-the near.
est star to the earth as far as we yet
know-consists, as the telescope shows,
of two suns, one of which is five or sin
times brighter than the other. Bus
recent observations by Mr. Roberts al
the Cape of Good Hope observatory
have led him to the conclusion that the
two components OF Alpha Centauri,l
much as they differ In brightness, are
really nearly equal in weight. To-
gether they are twice as heavy as our
sun. 1t seems to follow from these
facts that one of those twin suns Is
losing its light, and in the course OF
ages may become only a gigantic
Opaque planet, while its companion
will still continue to blaze with solaI
splendor.-Youth's Companion.