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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-01-30
The LawtOn Fund.

WASHINGTON, Jan, 3O,-The Lawton
fund to date amounts to $95,922. Gen
eral Shafter reports that he has $1,000
at San Francisco.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-01-30
Phelps Condition Unchanged.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 30.-The
condition of E. J. Phelps, ex-minister to
England, who is i'll at his home here
with pneumonia, is unchanged.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-01-30
cage ,,eporrs 10 rne senate.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 80. The secretary
of the treasury has transmitted to the
senate his reply to the resolution Of Jan.
90, calling for further information as to
his dealings with the officials Of the Ma
tional City bank Of New York. Secre-
tary Gage considered full information
had already been given, but adds q few
details. &
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-01-30
steamship Reported Asho,rre.

CAPE HENRY, Va, Jan. 30.--A steam.
ship is reported ashore at New Inlet, N.
@. The crew of the Inlet life saving
station has gone to her assistance.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20
FAMILY LIVES IN A TREE.
self . Home Well Above
Ground.

John Rausch, of Haledon, N. j., and
his family live up tree. A more
unique habitation cannot be. imagined.
In the branches of a big oak he has
built his home. 1t is perched among
the leaves and over the top of the
queer abode towers the top OF the.
tree, forming its chief roof.
Rausch, says a letter to the St. Louis
Republic, is German laborer who has
worked around Haledon for five years.
He has seldom earned more than a
dollar a day. He grew tired of paying
rent and, with the Germans love OF
owning home of his own, he tried
to buy some property from the real
estate dealer of the place, William
Buschman. The latter owns nearly all
the land in that vicinity, and is anxious
to have the property improved. He
told Rausch he would give him a nice
lot for little money if he would build
a house. True the lot was far away
from the road, but it was dry and well
situated. 1t was covered with fine
trees, and an especially majestic oak
grew in the center.
After paying for the lot Rausch
found he hadn't money enough to start
the house he had promised to build.
His wife and three small children ate
up his meager earnings. Buschman
told him he would have to give up the
OF Il he didn't begin the house.
Rausch thereupon secured a number
of big boxes. He had conceived the
idea of making the branches of the
tree serve for uprights and timbers.
The nails in the boxes were sufficient.
On the strong lower branches he
crossed and recrossed the boards. i:
made very uneven floor, but the
branches were strong and the boards
would not slip. The house is circular,
but very irregular.
Above all there is a smaller structure
that Rausch calls his garnet. When
the wind blows the whole structure
shakes and swings like a hammock,
yet the whole family live there.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20

Heir In Fact.-"Wbat does hair ct
law mean?' VIRTUALLY the same az
attorney at law."-Detroit Journal.
Mabel-"Harry compared me with
sparkling wine last night" Clara
Because you have improved with age,
Ipresume. "-Philadelph North Amer
lean.
He with the contempt of boy of
16)-"Girls always giggle more than
boys" She with the acuteness of 15)
THAT'S because they have to look at
boys" STRAY Stories.
McGarigle-" IT'S said thin doods has
\ pair O. soospinders for every pair O.
pants. Schwartz-"vell, so hat l." Nc
Garigle-"How nanny pair of pants
do yez own?" Schwartz - YUM
Manchester Union.
Practical Grammar. = Teacher
snow, Tommy, give me a sentence, and
then we'll change it to the imperative
FORM" Tommy-"The horse draws the
wagon" Teacher-"Now put it in the
imperative" Tommy = "Get up!"-
Stray STOKES.
Its Reason for Being.-"But why"
asked the amateur anarchist, for the
twentieth time, why do we need any
law at ALE" LAW" said the fiippant
person, ''is necessary for the conserva-
ton of our own property and other
peoples morals. "-Indianapolis Press.
The Boy Told Him.-After a recent
supper in the rural district clerical
looking individual arose to respond to
a toast. "What am here for tonight ?"
was the question he opened with. ITO
eat!" shouted a hungry small boy,
| near the door. you've done drinked
six cups of coffee an swallered the last
biscuit on the plate!"-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
1t is much easier to be polite and
neighborly than to fly into passion
when things don't suit you. Take this
note, for instance, addressed by lady
to the woman who lived next door:
Dear Madam: Your children, who
are numerous and appear to be disor-
Derby, no doubt deserve the frequent
foggings you give them; but, as my
nerves are weak, 1 write this to ask
if you can't do something to deaden the
sound!"-N. o. Tmes-Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20
BUILT HIS OWN sEpULcHER.
An Eccentric Austrian In CALIFORNIA;
Makes Preparations for His
Interment.

In grave built under his own d.
iections the body of John Stivitch,
an eccentric Austrian, was laid to
rest at jackson, Cal. Long before
death summoned Slivitch the latter
designed his own grave, or, more
properly speaking, tomb. He spent
many days cheerfully drawing up the
plans, and with childish delight SUI
perintended the construction of the
narrow mausoleum. When it was
completed he laid himself down to die
with sigh of content, says San
Francisco exchange.
The grave is of ordinary length and
width and seven feet deep. Its walls
are of concrete and concrete foot
thick lines the bottom. Twelve
inches from the bottom were placed
four iron bars, upon which rested the
coffin. After the coffin had bee a
lowered iron bars were placed in like
manner and the same distance from
the top, and over them was placed a
heavy zinc cover, fitting perfectly
tight. Over this will now be placed
a layer of concrete of the same thick
ness as on the walls, and on top will
be the marble bearing the name, place
of birth, age and date of death.
This manner of burial had been a
hobby with Stivitch for long time,
and when he made his will he set
aside $500 to cover the expense, the
same being on deposit in bank of
Amador county, to be turned over to
the contractor on completion of the
work and its approval by nephew,
Andrew Perovich, who is named as
executor in the will. Stivitch was 70
years old, q miner; had lived here
many years and had many friends.
He leaves an estate of several thou
sand dollars, but no nearer relatives
than the nephew named.
The old man had no special disease.
but had been failing for months.
When told that the work on his Pc
culiar grave had progressed as far as
possible he remarked to DIR. Gall, hts
physician:
doctor, il you let me die tonight
I will give YOU $780," But it was not
to be. He lived eight days longer,
during which time many citizens WIS.,
tied the cemetery to inspect the rest
ing place for all that was mortal of
the odd old Austrian.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20

" STOPPING shoulders, sat on the en-
IRENE right of the improviscd theater
and seemed very much affected as the
play progressed. He was swayed BY
every shadow of emotion as if he were
seeing real life instead of very or
binary play, acted by a semi-amateur
group of transformers. Twice he was
seen to grasp his hat 'convulsively,
and when the leading man, he OF
fierce mustache and commanding
mien, swearing by the everything God
that she, meaning Little Lady,"
should be his wife, whether or no,
rushed to seize her in his arms, the
tall, well-boned man arose in his place
with gun leveled direct on the fierce
mustache and said: ''They amt
a-gwine ter be no forced marriages
in this yer house ter-night, and they
amt no kind er use er enjoyment in
sech harrerin' scenes. Tain't good,
fer body er soul. Ez fer you, Mister
Bad Man, the less seen Of you around
these yer diggins, the less likely ye
air ter find yerself human tassel
swinging at the end of a cord"
The speaker was Kansas Joe, the
same who few days before wouldn't
hev he'd no respeck fer woman that
would so fer fergit her sex ez ter
come down into Ennis Gulch ter play
act fer a gamblin', cussin', fightin'
passed. o. men," and he had scarcely
finished speaking when foursco
weather-beaten tempters of provi-
dence, gamblers of pick and pan, arose
Al one man and hurrah'd the senti-
ment to the echo.
Judge Slocum. postmaster, coroner
and magistrate, finally managed to get
order out of chaos, from his vantage
ground on the top of beer barrel,
vouchsafed q few remarks on the oc-
casion.
1.-THE time hez BEEN" said the judge,
"witnin the memory of many tibet
I see present, when SIGH an exhibit
ton of downright cussedness would
hev been follered in due course of time
with lynchin'; but now, hampered
as we air by the friendly rivalry that
exists between this camp and our
much-esteemed neighbors at Pine
Knob, ez ter which kin make the best
shown of law and order; curtailed as
our material privileges hev become by
reason of our heartfelt desire ter be
recognized abroad ez the most law
abidin' community in this yer neck o.
woods, a desire tibet hez already led
to our freely, cheerfully refrainin'
from exercisin' our Heaven-born pre-
rogative of hemp stretchin' in the
case of Bronco Pete, when nothin' on
airth ever waz more sartin than tibet
he stole a rasher of bacon and sack
of beans from the home and fireside
of our lamented and dearly beluv'd
Teller citizen, Ezra Pickett, who died
manfully defending his rights to
aforesaid bacon and aforesaid beans,
to his last breath of life.
II say, gentlemen, principle tibet
hez cost us so dearly already, must
not be forgot at this moment of trial
and temptation. / move tibet this
company, excludin' the dangerous.
looking individool, be allowed to de
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20

France makes nearly 10000, 900 pairs
Of gloves yearly, and of these Is, 100000
pairs are exported.
An ingenious mechanical device
pastes paper labels on 100000 cans in
ten hours. Down shoot rolls cease
less procession of cans, and each can
picks up label as it passes.
Water, if subjected to great COM
preston and then decomposed by
means of an electric current into its
elements, oxygen and hydrogen, ex-
plodes with tremendous force in the
process.
An example of patient industry is
the sorting of hogs bristles as 1t is
carried on at Tientsin, China. Each
one of the bristles has to be picked out.
measured and placed in the bundle OF
hairs of corresponding length.
The Council of the American Chem
ical Society has passed resolutions IA
voring the creation of bureau of
chemistry. The laws of the various
states controlling food adulteration
are largely ineffective, because of the
interference of interstate commerce
laws, and can be made effective only
through national legislation.
More perfect combustion in furnaces
is secured by Mr.. Paul Schlicht by novel
means. He has discovered that on prop
erly introducing an air current into
chimney, it takes a course opposite to
that of the hot gases, and its oxygen
reaches the center of the fire in heat
ed condition favorable for completely
uniting with the fuel.
Advantage is taken of different bands
of porosity in agates to effect the col
oring, which is done in the case OF
black onyx by immersing the stone in
q mixture of honey and water where it
remains several weeks at a high tenn
perature. 1t is then boiled in sulphuric
acid, which carbonates the sacchari-
nous matter that has penetrated the
stone, thus rendering certain bands an
intense black. Various colorations may
be produced by different chemical re.
actions.
The printing of books with Braills
type for the benefit of the blind hal
made immense progress in England
within the last few years. The Cen
trail Lending library, of Birmingham
has no less than 500 books printed with
Braille type. This extensive library
comprises the works of such favoritt
authors as Shakespeare, Browning, Sill
Walter Scott, Tennyson and Ruskin
The Plymouth public library has alss
. similar collection of about $50 vol
umes, and numerous other hbrarie.
throughout the country possess similar
collections for the entertainment o.
those deprived of their sight.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20

Chinese porcelain was common in
Europe for 400 years before Ger
man potter succeeded in finding out
the process of making it. The Chinese
pottery is scattered all over the world.
and everywhere valued; but nowhere
was the distribution more curious
than in western Canada. Early in the
century Chinese junk was cast away
on the Pacific coast of America just
south of Vancouver island, and its car
go of willow-pattern plates fell into
the hands of the Hudson Bay COM
pany's officers. Still in the remotest
trading posts of the fur traders q few
fine specimens remain.-Cincinnati In
quirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20
From Mosquito Mission.

Some of the proceedings of the
ecumenical conference, recently held
in New York, were marked by humor.
A member of one of the audiences rose
in his place at the end of speech, and
asked for the attention of those pres
emit. The presiding officer thought that
missionary was about to speak, and
asked:
"From what outpost do you Gomez"
81 am from Jersey City," replied the
man from the audience-perhaps from
inability to hear the exact words Of the
ouestion.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20
CHANGES IN CUBA.
sanitary Measures Have Wrought
Much Good to the General
Health.

People who knew Cuba in the days
before the Spanish war, when there
was yellow fever on the island at all
times of the year, and when there
were few places there where people
from the north could live comfortably
in the summer months, were pleasant
ly surprised to see the members of the
Eighth looking hale and robust, much
as they would have looked after
camp tour at Peekskill, and showing
none of the signs of the deadliness of
the Cuban climate. Inquiry among the
officers and men demonstrated that
the bad climate of Cuba is, to a great
extent, a matter of the past. 1t is just
as warm there as it ever was, but
many of the causes of disease have
been removed or lessened to such an
extent that they have been rendered
practically harmless, says the New
York Tribune.
DIR. w. p. Lawrence, assistant sur
geon, who returned with the troops,
said: The improvements in the sani-
tary conditions have produced the
great change for the better. Drain
age systems and cleanliness have
changed the places in Cuba to an ex-
tent that is remarkable. In the town
of Sancti Spiritus, which has a popu-
;ation of about 1880, the death rate
was $50 month last year, and now it
is about 30. The troops enjoyed good
health in the place, and we rarely had
more than one per cent. on the sick
roll. There are occasional yellow
fever cases, but they are sporadic, and
not epidemic, and the dread of the dis
ease has passed away"
DR.. L. s. Hughes, who was stationed
at Caibarien, and DR.. Shelly, whose
work was at Matanzas, made similar
reports, but all agreed that the facts
that the troops from CuLa looked well
and that the rate of mortality is low
do not indicate that Cuba is a desir-
able place as a permanent residence
for people from the north. With
proper care and attention to the rules
of diet and mode of life laid down by
the army surgeons, they say, men may
thrive in Cuba for year or two, but
after that time they will become thin
blooded and malarlal and it will be-
come more difficult for them to throw
on the native fevers. For that reason
nearly all physicians advocate the sys-
TEN by which troops may be returned
to the north after being on the island
~ or IS months, having their places
taken by men fresh from more tenn
perate climate.
In proof of the assertion that army
methods do much to avert disease al
the Cuban military stations. surgeons
point to the fact that at ali the posts
the rate of mortality among the ma.
tives ID much In excess of that among
the soldiers, and wherever : post hal
been sstablishd the general health -
senss inDssvsd,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20
THE LATEST AILMENT.
IL II EIeetrO-Fanitis, or . Sneesins
Cold, Caused by the Elec-
trio Fan.

4 Trand-new hot weather ailment
has whirled into existence, says the
Philadelphia North American.
1t is electro-fanitis. Perhaps you
have got it, as no class is immune.
It's sneezing, coughing cold in the
head caused by the germ-laden breezes
of the electric fan.
1t is almost epidemic in Philadel-
phia. If you are victim hurry to q
physician or drug store and ask for
powerful anti-phlogistic remedy. That
is, something to relieve Inflammation
of the mucous membrane of the head,
which is what electro-fanitis is.
This name, by the way, has been
agreed upon by eminent medico-phil-
ologists. The affix ''itis," meaning Gin
fiammation," was selected because it
is the term which of late years has
been applied to all new inflammatory
ailments. 1t may be pronounced either
e-tis, like in each, or tits, like in
idol.
Unless promptly cured electro-fanitis
may develop into the two other dis
eases of the same family-tonsilitia
and bronchitis.
The victims of the new ailment In
clude bankers, merchants, clerks.
stenographers, BARRIERS, and in fact
every class of people who perform in.
door work, where electric fans are in
operation. Patrons of restaurants,
upon whose heads the artificial breeze
generators are played while they eat,
also form a large proportion of the
sufferers.
Physicians report that the majority
of complaints come from BARRIERS, who
stand for hours at time under the
whirring fans. Many of their custom
ers are also affected. Among the city
officers dozens of cases exist.
The most distressing and annoying
characteristic of electro-fanitis is that
it is never contracted except in hot
weather, and there is nothing more
distressing than summer cold. Be-
ing caused by artificial atmospheric
conditions, it is much more difhcult ia
cure than an ordinary cold.
DR.. P. r. Cleaver, of this city, de-
scribes the causes and peculiarities OF
the complaint as follows:
1.-THE principal reason why the air
currents produced by electric fans SC
readily cause Inflammation of the mu.
| cous membrane of the head is that
the drafts are sudden and easily i'm.
press the system of the patient, whose
vitality has already been lowered by
| the heat.
"Then these currents of air are not
the fresh waves of ozone which are In
circulation outdoors. The artificial
breezes are nothing but impure all
forced into motion. A steady blowing
wind at the seashore would not affect
the membrane, whereas the whirline
electric breezes cause Inflammation
The patient who is suffering from the
latter cause ought to secure prompt
treatment. Teh coal tar preparations
are about the best remedy"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20
hiche.t Amy omcer.

The Ninth regiment, which is fight
ing in China, has on its roster one who
is probably the richest officer in the
army-Second Lieut.. Robert s. Clarke,
formerly of New York. Mr.. Clarke is a
grandson and one of the principal heirs
of the late Alfred Corning Clarke, and
his wealth is estimated at several mil
lions. He is still in his early twenties,
and is a graduate of Yale university.
He received his commission in the army
about year ago.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20
SUNSHINE IN SUMMER.

The sunshine and the summer
A little while are mine
The blossoms on the white-thorn.
The rose and columbine.
The happy birds that wake the bow're
With sweetest music after showrs-
Their song to me IL hope and cheer
The little while linger here!
The mists above the meadows.
The silver of the rills,
And those dark waving shadows
That fit along the hills.
Are mine They're the unlimited ore
From which Faith gets her metal pure
An inspiration ever sweet
Attends the shadows at my feet
I know that there is grandeur
In yonder sweep of sky:
The mute and boundless ocean,
The mist-wreathed mountains night
There Is a pow'r that guides my feet
From day to day. A something sweet
That whispers to my heart of JOY
And which no evil can destroy!
listen to the murmur
or winds in grasses green.
And in the lordly aspens-
Their silv'ry leaves between!
As one who walks with Gladness,
Go out and praise the summer sky:
The furrowed fields: the waving corn;
And bees that vocalize the morn!
marvel at the beauty
The Universe displays!
] wonder at the dawning
And passing Of the days!
! task my aching brain to flnd
The laws applied to humankind.
In vain! Above. around, beneath,
The only laws are life and death!
love the hopeful season.
When Faith. In reaping, singsi
For. seated by the roadside,
walt the sweep Of wings!
And, as l wait Earth's pleasures seem
Like Aladdin's wondrous dream!
But Love. Of all. II perfect. best!
And. 10, he Is my angel-guest!
Arthur E. Smith. In N. Y. Observer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20

A case of great interest to those en-
gagged in the Irish egg trade was heard
at the Liverpool county court recently.
A witness said it was well known in the
trade that millions of eggs were sent
from the Baltic to Belfast, and those
were afterward forwarded to England
and sost'saA - Irish ssSss-1zisa
EpelA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20

Weary William-De courts are run in
de interests ode rich. Us fellers don't
stand no show at all.
Count De Ties-Dat's right WheE
edder chaps gets hurt on de railroad
de company pays 'em fer de damages.
When " fsliers gets hurt dsy usually
peeuetss Do bsaksns1s-Susk
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20
Women
think
About This
IN addroseln0 Mrs.
PkmNkjbas1S you are O0s1ss
l1sssnkoafln0 with
Il Woman

a woman whose e2qpo~
s.leHoo N lseatlpO female
me- b greater tIban llbaf
Of my living person. alsaSo
or female
She has fifty fyb0assand
Ssaoh toefibus0mknI letters
- We are constantly psab~
MslianU slbosvAnU fibaf lydlh
e. PanNklbaspsse NeOo(AlbN0
Oos1u0upd 70 daily s'e~
Mevipg hssIBdreds ~ ssEf-
fes,in0 women
Every woman knows
some woman Mrs. Pink
ham has restored to
health
Mrs. PAhNnlbnsDs assnNho0
no stafomsonfe she 0ann0l
prove Her advice 70
ssOOs Ned CO., Lynn, Aaoe
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20

If your stomach il out Of order, use DR.
Carlstedt's German Liver Powder. Pleas
ant to take; no tea to make. Price, - cents
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-20

By Paul p. Harris.

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