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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-19
A SOLID CITY.

From the Atlanta Journal.
Baltimore is one of the solid
cities of the United States. Ii
has not had a bank failure in
hfty-hve years, and its mer-
chants are famous for their
conservatism and integrity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The most valuable fur is that OF
The sea otter. One thousand dollars
have been paid for single skin of this
animal not more than two yards long
Ivy three-quarters ola yard wide.
More fish have been shipped from
Aberdeen, Wash, during the last few
months than ever before, more than
$4,000 having been paid for fish by
Aberdeen buyers since the beginning
Of last August.
"A French statistician has calcu-
lated that the human eye travels over
1000 yards in reading an ordinary sized
novel. The average human being is
supposed to get through $500 miles Of
reading in lifetime.
"A copper pan, said to be the largest
ever made from one piece of metal,
has been turned out at Swansea, Eng
land. 1t is twelve feet four inches In di-
ameter, three feet three inches deep
and weighs two tons.
The negro race can be traced back
to $500 b. c., when the Egyptians be-
the conquests of their rulers. The
origin of the race and their history pre-
vious to that time are unknown.
i'm the far northwest the people are
looking forward to an unusually heavy
run of salmon during the coming sea-
son, beginning early in July. One can
ming company expects to put up $780,
900 cases of the fish. Preparations to
set traps are under way.
Two new telephone cables, each
with two circuits, are to be laid al
once across the English channel, max.
ing practically six lines for the London
Paris telephone service. They will raise
to "a the number of wires stretched
across the channel from Dover to
Reachy Head.
--Starfish commit suicide. When ono
is caught with net it dissolves itself
into many pieces, which escape through
the meshes. In time each piece becomes
perfect animal. To preserve a star.
fish ii must be plunged into a bucket
of fresh water before it has had time
to take the alarm. Fresh water is in
slant death to it.
The most remarkable gold beetles
In the world are found in Central Amer
lea. The head and wing cases are bril-
liantly polished with lustcr as of golt
itself. To sight and touch they hav,
all the seeming of that metal Oddly
enough, another species from the sam,
region has the appearance of being
wrought in solid silver, freshly bur
nished. These gold and silver beetle.
have market value. TheV are worth
from $25 to $50 each.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

If man who makes two blades OF
grass grow where one grew before Ia
entitled to be called blessed, what shall
be said of the university which causes
heritage to grow bountifully where
none was possible before? The Austria
Ian salt bush was introduced to the
farmers of this state by the agricultural
department of the University of Cali.
fornia, and was specially recommended
for planting it on the alkaIi lands which
are so extensive in the San Joaquin
valley. Farmers were slow in taking
to the new forage product, but all who
have tried it appear to be surprised by
the readiness of its growth on the dry,
dustt plains and also on lands which
are SO charged with alkali that very
little else will flourish there, while they
are gratified with the appetite which
cattle manifest for the brush. 1t looks
as though a plant had been introduced
which will be of great advantage to the
state and tend to increase the value
Of lands which cannot be irrigated or
which, owing to alkali, were formerly
of little account.-Oakland (Cal.) En-.
qrirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26
AMERICAN sPARRows.
Interesting Members of the Family
I'm the Northern States.

interesting Members of the Family
I'm the Northern States.
The song sparrow, perhaps the great
est gladdener of the earth in North
America, is almost everywhere, and it's
song is among the sweetest and most ex-
hilarating that can be imagined. It's
back is reddish brown streaked with
gray. Its head is reddish, with six black
lines along it. On the breast is some
thing like q spot of white. Its song
is short but very much like that of
canary. 1t seems to like the company
of human beings, and nests in the
bushes of the open fields, and even near
the houses, when not molested. Many
of its nests are built upon the ground.
1t lays clay-colored egg, spotted with
brown and purple, and often breeds
twice in a season. There is no other
bird we should more care for. 1t loves
the water, and is inclined to make its
home along the creeks.
Another of the kind is the vesper
sparrow, sometimes more technically
described as the "bay-winged bant-
ing" His greatest song is just before
sunset, when his notes make the whole
darkening earth seem brighter. In
some localities the vesper sparrow is
known as tlse "grassfnch." 1t is about
six inches long, with bay feathers in
the wings and some white feathers in
the tail.
Next comes the ground sparrow, or
''ground Bird" which every schoolboy
knows. 1t is small, grayish-spotted
bird, and makes its nest .on and keeps
close to the ground. 1t has a sweet note,
buf is most unpresuming.
The chipping sparrow, known some
times as the "chippy bird" or "chip
Bird" makes itself at home allover the
country. 1t has reddish cap on its
head streaked with black, and its body
is brown, with plain gray under
parts, and nests always in bushes. It's
eggs are green, with dark spots. 1t is a
most sociable bird, running along in
front of you as you pursue path across
the fields or between the bushes, and
should be preserved by all MEANS
Stanley Waterloo, in Paoli Qll.) Re
publican.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26
CIGARS AND THEIR MAKERS.
Each Havana BOX Has Six Marks ant
the Cigar Makers Have a Cinch.

Each Havana BOX Has Six Marks ana
the Cigar Makers Have a Cincb.
''How many, WONDER" said dealer,
packed in Havana six distinctive marks !?
First there is the brand which is burned
in the upper side of the lid of the box
with an iron made for that purpose;
second, the label; third, the mark des-
ignating the size and shape of the cigars,
which is usually put on witha stencil;
fourth, the color mark, which is also
put on with a stencil; fifth, the class
mark, and sixth, the mark usually put
ON with stencil denoting the number of
cigars in the box.
There are not so many regular sizes,
or vitolas, made in Havana as might be
imagined-21, 1 believe, is the whole
number of sizes-while all the cigars
made in Havana are separated into
three classes; some manufacturers di-
vide them into primera, or first, secunda,
or second, and tercera, or third; while
still other makers call the first class
fora, the second primera, and the third
secunda.
'is a general rule, one workman
makes only one kind of cigar; for ex-
ample, one makes only londres, another
only regalias, and so on. And when a
man has become skilled cigarmaker
he has things pretty much his own way;
If the crop has been heavy one and
there is demand for labor, it is no un-
usual thing for a skilled worker to de-
mand from one employer 500 or so as
an inducement to work for him for a
season, and then before his time is up,
to accept another 'inducement' from
another manufacturer for the balance
of the season.
"Not only this, but the worl<men in
sist on having their wages paid to them,
first at nine o'clock in the morning,
when they go to breakfast, then at noon,
and again at night. And not only this,
but each workman is allowed Ave cigars
day, and you may be sure they select
only the best ."-Epicure.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

1t is reported that commercial mu.
seum has just been opened at Picking
10 which contribution of the tools and
machines used in civilized countries,
together with models and photographs
of the same, are requested. The director
of the museum is particularly DESTROYS
that his countrymen shall become IA
miliar with the various kinds of plows
used in the western world. He also
calls for specimens of electric mas
chimes. printing presses, and in fact all
The things that have contributed to the
civilization and enlightenment ol Eu.
rope and AmsrleA-.-N. Y, Sun,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

The fact is, the rockery, to be a sue
cess must be an evolution instead of a
creation. Attempt to construct one
after any set plan and you are sure
to fail. The most satisfactory one ever
saw was one that made itself, so to
speak. The stones of which it was COM
posed were hauled in winter and
dumped down carelessly in a great heap.
In spring the owner looked them over
and came to the conclusion that it
would be impossible for him to arrange
them in u more picturesque manner,
and he had the good sense not to at
tempt it. He worked earth in between
them and planted wild vines and ferns
there, and his rockery was a success.
If possible, a rockery should be located
in a secluded portion of the grounds.
Rockeries as nature makes them are
generally in secluded hooks, where all
kinds of wild things feel at home, and
we should try to carry out as complete
" as possible the idea Of the wildness
which prevails in natures haunts-to
domesticate wildness, so to speak. This
cannot be done satisfactorily where
the grounds are close to the street IT
the grounds are too small 10 allow you
to give the rockery place at some dis
tance from the house, and you feel that
you must have one, plant trees or shrubs
so as to give it an air of partial seclusion
at least.--Eben f. Rexford, in Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26
PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

'sWhat was the popularity of Methuse
lab 2" asked the teacher. He lived to
be very old without ever learning to
ride a bike answered the smart boy
Yonkers Statesman.
The Colonel-''So poor old Mike has
committed suicide, has he? Well |
should have thought that that would
have been the last thing he'd have
DONE" Tenant-"Which it were, sor."
-Tit-Bits.
BY No Means.-Visitor- (shiver.
ing)-"Do you always have this kind OF
weather here in April?" Resident
"Not at all, sir. Sometimes we have this
kind of weather here in July."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Ambitious Edith, noticed
last night that Mr.. De Rich paid you
considerable attention. l hope you
showed him proper amount of civil
ity." Ingenious Debutante-"Oh, yes,
mamma, 1 did! I'm sure he knows he
can have me for the asking. Harlem
Life.
II don't see why you consider your
political career failure" said the man.
my FRIEND" said the citizen, with an
earnest sigh, II have been in politics for
Is years and have never attained the
prominence of being called Judas by
the newspapers. indianapolis Jour
nal.
The countess, having discharged
her coachman for drunkenness, was
asked to take the son of an old servant
of the house to supply his place. "Bu'
are you sure you know how to drive
William ?" she asked. ''Why, of course
my lady, don't you rec'lect druv you
to Richmond that day we was upset in
the road ?'-Household Words.
TITS tiresome," he remarked, Gym
ically, ito see people getting SO excited
over circus. It's the same old thing
over and over again." Maybe YOU
haven't observed closely" ventured hi.
wife. "Humph! / guess l ought tt
know what I'm talking about. I've seer
every one that ever came here since
was six years old. '-Washington Star
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discipline at a Frontier Post.

1T isn't so hard to obey the anti
street ordinances" said Joseph Boise,
an old soldier, reports the Arizona Re-
publican. AN old soldier or sailor
never splits on the sidewalk. He has
learned better in a military post or on
man-of-war's deck. i haven't spit on
a pavement for years; it is second ma
ture for me to step to the gutter when
have to spit. That makes me think of
d disciplining once had for whistIing.
l was walking in front of the colonel's
tent whistling. He sent for me and
asked: DO you like to whistler Ian
swered that / had been whistling. He
detained guard to lead me down to the
beach and keep me whistling to the fish
ill they went to roost that night. The
guard was changed every two hours.
whistled every tune knew, and when
my repertoire was exhausted whistled
something original. / got Is minutes
of once to smoke"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26
LOUISIANA
REGRET.
/, OIoval heart.

II I had known, o loyal heart,
When hand to hand we said farewell,
How for all time our paths would part,
What shadow DER our friendship fell,
l should have clasped your hand SO close
In the warm pressure of my own
That memory still might keep Its grasp,
II had known.
If 1 had known, when far and wide
We loitered through the summer land.
What presence wandered by our side,
And DER you stretched its awful hand.
should have hushed my careless speech
To listen well to every tone
That from your lips fell low and sweet.
II had known.
II I had known. when your kind eyes
Met mine In parting, true and sad
Eyes gravely tender. gently wise.
And earnest rather more than glad
How soon the lids would lie above,
As cold and white as sculptured stone.
/ should have treasured every glance,
II had known.
II had known, how from the strife
OF fears, hopes. passions. here below,
Unto a purer, higher life
That you were called, o friend, to go,
I should have stayed all foolish tears,
And hushed each idle sigh and moan,
To bid you last, long godspeed.
II had known.
II / had known to what strange place.
What mystic. distant. silent shore.
You calmly turned your steadfast face,
What time your footsteps left my door.
should have forged a golden link,
To bind the heart, so constant grown,
And keep 1t constant ever there.
II l had known.
II had known that, until death
Shall with his finger touch my brow,
And still the quickening of the breath
That stirs with lifes full meaning now
80 long my feet must tread the way
OF our accustomed paths alone,
should have priced your presence more,
II I had known.
If had known how soon for you
Drew near the ending of the fight.
And on your vision, fair and new,
Eternal peace dawned into sight,
should have begged, as loves last gift.
That you before Gods great, white thron
Would pray for your poor friend on earth
II had known.
Christian Reid, In Providence Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

cast eyes, demure expression and all 2
Eyes
Altogether fetching makeup,
wasn't it?'
"'Good enough for Der to try on the
stage
"sAnd talk about the GOODNESS of the
men! They won't compare with Fam
Ghetto. 1t wasn't five minutes before
the alarm was given that saw her pass
through the hall fully dressed for the
street.
"That," said the man from the coun-
try, in conclusion, lis the whole story
of the fire at our hotel" Rec
ord.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

Not instantaneously, it is true, but b =
habit are saved from the tortures which .
disordered liver is capable. of inflicting by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an anti-bilious
medicine and aperient of the first rank. The
pains in the right side and through the right
shoulder blade, the sick headache, nausea,
constipation and saffron hue Of the skin, are
entirely removed by this estimable restor..
alive Of tone to the organs of secretion and
digestion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

bow they had arrayed themselves IN the
brief time at their disposal. A tall man
was robed in red bed comforter and
had on a silk hat. In and under his arms
he carried some ill-assorted pieces of
three different suits Of clothing, q
valise, two collars, three cuffs and
shoe. Behind him came gentleman
unevenly clad in nightshirt, an over
coat and one stocking, but he had had
the presence of mind to bring the rest
of his effects in sheet.
"About the last person to appear was
La Belle Fanchette, who has been hav-
ing everything her own way over at
the Follies theater for two or three
weeks. She was dressed all in white,
with the exception of a mantle of about
the same shade of blue as her eyes, and
she was barefooted and had gown or
two clutched in one arm.
"Fanchette stopped thus at the head
of the stairs, with downcast eyes, for a
little while-well, until she had all the
stairway to herself-and then she came
down.
"The thing was becoming too hot to
stand on, and the people began to file
out into the street just as the fire.
men came in with the hose and met the
flames at the bottom of the elevator
shaft.
'Out in the street the crowd was
watching the actions of man in a
sixtl-story window who was badly
frightened. thinking his escape was cut
off. He was shouting wildly for a lad
der, which was brought into position
and run up to him, but instead of al
lowing him to come down two firemen
assembled with axes and smashed few
windows.
| around the corner of the block there
was another man in distress. He also
imagined himself cut off from the stair
way. As he stood at the edge of a sky.
light, only three stories up, he held q
satchel of about half-bushel capacity
in each hand.
Somebody catch these valises for
mel he shouted, and / can come down
the fire escape
Nobody volunteered.
Jewell, here they come anyhow and
they struck in the mud of the alley, fat
tening out like rotten apples. Then he
descended the ladder.
meanwhile the firemen were gaining
on the blaze in the basement. They at
tackled it from two or three sides at
once, and the fight did not last long.
One by one the boarders returned to
their rooms to put things in order.
"The man who had come down the
fire escape gathered up his satchels and
entered the front door, approaching the
clerk apologetically.
"'Will it be necessary he asked, as
he deposited the battered baggage on
the floor, for me to register again?'
emo, there is no need of that, replied
the clerk.
swell, all right then; didn't know
the rules of the house,
can hour later the men were grouped
about i'm the corridors telling over and
over again the incidents of the morning
The narrow escape and the behavior OF
the crowd were subjects for mutual con.
graduation.
"'But, after ALL said one, the men
were not in it for coolness.'
"'Why SOP
Because they were outclassed. Did
you see the Fanchette coming down the
stairway?
"sYes.'
"'Nightie, mantilla, bare feet, down
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet.
Cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and in
stantly takes the sting out Of corns and bum
ions. Greatest comfort discovery of the
age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. Is certain cure for sweat
ing. callous, hot, tired, aching feet. Try it
to-day Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package FREE. Adore
Allen S. Olmstead. LIE Roy. N. Y.
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the smoke boiling up the elevator shaft
thick enough to lay your hat on.
1T was nine o'clock in the morning,
and was sitting in my room. when
there came through the transom little
puff of smoke that strung out in a faint
line toward the open window. Some one
came running along the hall muttering.
A bigger puff came in at the transom,
and then there was cry of 'Fire!'
II really did not believe it. Here was
an old house that had stood for 80
years. 1t never had been singed.
came only the night before last. 1t was
absurd and Incompatible with the laws
of chance to think that it had been wait
ing all these years till got inside be-
fore it took fire. Something must be
wrong with the fiues.
ION the other hand, had never been
in fire. In the natural run of things
my turn would have to come some time,
and on second thought it seemed-as |
am getting along in years-that / had
rather overrun the average in this ex-
emption. Possibly, after all, there was
truth in the alarm. / would go down
and see about it, anyway.
''Once through the door it was diff
ferent proposition altogether. There
was now no doubt about it at all, but
the daylight had suddenly gone out;
even my own room filed with black
smoke while stood there for a moment
trying to comprehend the situation.
II knew there were several persons in
the hall, although not word was said.
I could hear feet shutting along upon
the carpet and hands striking the walls,
but there was no breath for talking. 1t
was question that occurred probably
to each one as to how long one could
breathe such fumes without tumbling
over. / reached the elevator shaft and
felt my way around it and down the
first fight of stairs. Still nothing could
be seen, but could feel the hot smoke
gushing up from the basement in the
same way that it comes from the stack
of locomotive.
II had always connected panic with
a fire of this kind, but there was no sup-
gestion of a panic here. People were
saving every bit of breath to carry them
through. Some couldn't have cot
through alone. One little old fellow, a
cripple, tulnbled over on the stairs and
another man shouldered him and
brought him to daylight.
AT the first landing there was a
faint glimmer that showed through
waves of smoke. l thought it was the
fire, but it proved to be only gas let
that was still burning weakly. Some
one came running through the hall and
said: This way--to the other stair
way and soon came out into DAYLIGHT.
And then what surprising number of
people there were coming into the main
corridor from all directions!
I'VE went down two more fights To
the ground floor. The firemen were
just arriving at the front door. and
there was crowd of people in the Office.
Stillthey kept coming down the back
stairway-more people by half than I
thought lived in the hotel. A man WINS
halt carrying his wife. who had tainted.
"Nauy Of them were In their ujeht
eletheA cd 4 was aglusias 70 observe
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There is no surer cure for anarchy
and socialism than the putting of men
in the way Of acquiring little property
of their own. When man owns q
house and lot, or has even made one
payment toward its acquisition, he
ceases to be rampant socialist at
once. he no longer clamors for equal
division of this worlds goods. Rev. w.
]. Harsha, Collegiate Reformed. New
York city.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

When baby smiles in les sleep, its mother
says it is talking with the angels, but it i
really the colic.-Atcl1ison Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

What dry time some of us would have
If we got nothing but our deserts.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
MANY a doctors Bills. +. Hardy, Hop
kina Place, baltimore, Md. Dec. 2, 1884.
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Fogg says he is immoderately fond of red
hair, because it looks SO much better after
it has turned gray.-Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

It is queer that hard coal burner al
ways goes out in the coolest night Of the
winter.-Washington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

Actors, vocalists, Public Speakers praise
Halc's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

First Neighbor (proudly) my daughter
is learning the VIOLIN" Second Ditto tsad-
ly)-'So hear. Fun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

Lots Of women wish there were more
days in the week to attend clubs Washing
ton Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

A man humps himself with lumbago. HI
hustles when cured by St. Jacobs Oil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-26

A slip-a sprain-lame. St. Jacobs O
cures it all the same.