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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
PACINOTTI NO PUSHER
ITALIAN INVENTED A DYNAMO
WITH RING IMMATURE.
But He Let the Discovery SIumber,
and Seven Years Later II Was De-
veloped by Gramme, the Hus-
Ting Belgian.

At moment when an admiring
world echoes with the achievements of
one Italian electrical inventor, there
passes from the earth in deepest OBJ
security another Italian to whom the
arts and sciences are also under obli-
cation, and the contrast is dramatic,
the Scientific American remarks. In
cidentally. it may be noted that the
country Of Volta by some curious proc
ess of heredity or continuance always
holds her own In the industry to which
Volta gave birth, but only the student
knows that alongside the cleaning
name Of Marconi may also be set those
of Pacinotti and Ferraris.
AS far back as 1864 the gentle Ital-
Ian physician Pacinotti introduced tim
idly to public notice small electro
magnetic machine, with toothed ring
armature, which, he pointed out with
prophetic Instinct, was available both
as motor and as generator. And
then nothing happened! But when
the celebrated Gramme dynamo with
its ring armature arrested universal
attention, seven years later, the unob-
trusive professor dug up his treatise
and his machine and showed beyond a
doubt he was entitled to the credit of
the discovery. although he lacked the
essential driving power to turn it into
device useful to mankind.
There perhaps lies the lesson of his
career. We need physical discoveries
and reverse those who seek the truth
for its own sake. But mankind with
keen instinct saves its warmest &C.
claim for those who also make discov-
cries Of some avail in adding to the
length of life, its Joy, its possibilities
and its conveniences.
Had not the hustling Belgian,
Gramme, come along with his famous
dynamo and sanguine French hackers.
yPacinotti would have let his model
slumber forever in museums and cab
inets, just where many things the
world is waiting for .linger now. The
fact that Y. Pacinotti so little realized
what he had done and what his really
great inventive ability meant. Is
shown by the curious fact that the
work and the studies of his later years
were devoted to vine culture. If
he did anything significant there the
records of our time fail to show 1t.
but meanwhile the glorious torrent
of electrical invention has swept on
SO fast and SO far to many people
even this bold recognition of the ami
able doctors genius may seem a bit
superfuous.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
Killing With Electricity.

The French people, scientists as
well as owners Of slaughter houses
and consumers Of beef. mutton and
pork. have become interested in expert
ments for the more humane killing of
animals-especially for food products
not only to save the creatures from
unnecessary pain, but to better the con-
dition of meats which go to the con-
sumner.
DR.. s. Leduc, who has been conduct
ing the experiments at the abattoir in
Nantes. has killed by electricity a
great number of animals-oxen, bulls.
cows, horses. hogs, sheep. calves and
dogs-using. q current of ITO volts.
with an intensity Of from 40 to so
milliamperes. The current was inter-
rupted 100 times per second, passing
each time during one-thousandth Of a
second. The result was satisfactory,
but no detailed report has been made.
because the experiments are to be
followed up at the abattoir at Rogens-
burg and also in Germany.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
DETECTIVE ADAMS STORY.

There never was job, said Detec-
tive Adams, worked in this country.
which could match the great gold coin
swindle so successfully carried out
upon the expert dealers In money in
Wall street. No class of people are
easier to beat than Wall street men,
provided they are met upon their own
stamping ground by fearless men who
deal with them upon an apparently
solid platform.
AS / recall 1t, the bogus coin dis
posed of was worth, face value, about
100000, and the thieves were kind
enough to go in and get the premium
upon this sum. The firm which ham
died the gold in this city was Wells &
Co., and they were above suspicion.
The coin was sent to them from Frink
e Beaman, an honorable London firm
of bankers, and every connection
from start to finish had all the marks
of a genuine transaction. There was
nothing to arouse suspicion except the
gold itself, and that was not critically
examined at the time, because 1t had
been shipped In a perfectly regular
manner. Inquiry would probably not
have been made into the transaction
for a long time If 1t had not been for
the disappearance 1of Nathaniel
Storms, who had completed the tran
saction with Wells & Co., and collect
ed the money for the gold.
k Storms came to this country with
the gold and had letters Of introduce
ton equal to the best certificate Of
character. He represented that he
was the agent Of syndicate of for
eign capitalists who had been quietly
gathering up all the gold they could
get hold Of in Europe at their own fig
ures, and had got together several mil
lions Of dollars which theyVvintended
to put upon the American market to
get the benefit OF the large premium.
When Storms collected the money
for the gold, he made an appointment
to meet Wells & Co. the next day
upon matter of Importance, and he
did not show up. He was stopping at
the old Astor House, and a letter was
sent there by a messenger. who
brought back a reply that Storms had
given up his room there IN the morn
ing. before he went to Wells & Co.'S
ONCE. His baggage consisted only Of
q handbag, and he took this away
! With him. It also was learned that
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
Early AeropIanes.

Not so very long ago a deliver
among literary antiquities turned up a
notebook of Leonardo da vinci's in
which appeared sketches of aero
planes, and now comes an amusing
Frenchman with citations to prove
that Dante must have flown. They are
genuine citations. You can find them
for yourself In the seventeenth canto
of the Inferno. where Dante and vir-
gil go riding on the back of an i'm
mense beast, which is obviously poetic
license meaning an aeroplane. Says
Virgil to Dante: Thou hast need to
show strength and audacity;" then to
the alleged beast, Describe a wide
circle In descending" Says Dante:
"The beast continued to descend,
slowly. slowly, turning as he went
down. was aware Of motion
only because Of the wind that whis-
tied around me and over my head.
I ventured to look down a
moment, but was chilled with ter
ror. Q. E. D.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
COMPANY DISHES.

What feeling of security 1t gives
a housekeeper to have in her store
room, pantry or cake box some OF
the needed accessories for a meal
She is a more gracious hostess and
one which 1t is a delight to visit Be-
hind the forced smile of welcome, how
many heart has sunk because there
was nothing in the house to offer a
friend.
Just have few things that are kept
for emergencies, and If used are
quickly supplied. One does not like
to offer boughten cakes or cookies to
guests, as the recipes which We con.
slider so choice and of which we are
Justly proud. make such delightful
things at much less cost.
A small cake which can be put into
the store room in a Jar and covered
to keep from drying will keep for
months. and be sure your friends will
always ask for 1t. The recipe is:
Fruit Cake.-Seed and cut In quar-.
tiers a pound of dates, add a cup OF
cocoanut or other nuts as desired: two
cups of flour, a cup of shortening, a
teaspoonful of cinnamon. grating OF
nutmeg. teasponful each of vanilla
and lemon, less of lemon II it Is not
agreeable. teaspoonful of soda dis.
solved in half cup of boiling water,
cup and half of sugar, a teaspoon.
full of salt and three we'll beaten eggs.
Add the soda and water the very last.
Bake In gem pans, a tablespoonful In
each. This recipe makes about thirty
small cakes, which will keep and
grow better with age.
There is something uncommonly ap-
petizing about sardines used in sand.
wiches. One may always have few
boxes of these on hand for q quick
lunch.
Pimento cheese, with saltines and
coffee. is a dessert which will be en-
joyed.
A cup of dry cheese grated and
mixed with little tabasco sauce or
cream, red pepper and onion juice or
other seasonings. will keep. If covered
with cloth dampened with vinegar.
The delicious sauces which may be
added to ice creams and make them
so much more elegant may be put up
in fruit season. and will always be
ready when needed.
Salmon mixed with cocoanut and a
few chopped pickles, moistened with a
small amount of salad dressing,
served on lettuce, makes a very nice
salad, and not a common one.
A few cooked peas left from dinner.
If washed from the sauce in which
they were served, added to slice or
two OF tomato, bit of chopped onion
and lettuce leaf makes another salad
good enough to set before company.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07

not suit MIN. Inc money tnaI was
made from these rejected dies would
have passed anywhere except among
experts, but Billy was in the game to
beat experts. In my opinion he had
not his equal in the world as an en-
graver and tool maker.
But the fishing was good, and we
could afford to live on the fat of the
land; so the whims of Billy did not
bother us much.
If Billy was a crank in his way, he
was an angel compared with Frenchy
Kline, who was the most mysterious
man ever met, and I have seen a lot
Of curious specimens. Frenchy was a
dangerous fellow to go with, for his
manners were so strange that he was
sure to attract attention and arouse
suspicion. I have known him to go
for weeks and never speak a word.
He was an expert chemist, and could
have made a fortune in the business
by going on the level, but he preferred
to be a crook. There we're two things
he could do better than any man in
the world. He could make genuine
paper. for use as money. and a COM
position of metals which resembled
silver and gold so closely that it would
require an analysis In the assay office
to prove they were spurious. While
Billy was making dies, Kline was mix
ing up pots of metal and turning out
bars Of yellow gold.
Billy finally finished his dies, and
then had the parts of stamping ma
chine built In different foundries and
machine shops. We brought the sec
tons to Ravenswood on our truck,
and they were put together in barn
on the place. We got an engine and
boiler to run the stamping machine,
and were ready for business. But
very few people ever passed the old
house. and we were just as safe in our
work as II we were in wilderness.
It requires a heavy pressure to
stamp a coin. and our machinery was
not quite as weighty as the machine
in the mint. but our $40 and $40 coins
were just as good as any that ever
left the mint, with the exception that
the impression made on the front and
back Of the coins was not quite as
heavy as the genuine. After the
stamping the money was put into
milling machine, to corrugate the
edges, and an oiled roller. to give the
coin the appearance of age.
The coin, as fast as it was made.
was put into kegs, and when we got
enough the kegs were shipped to Eng
land, and after satisfactory arrange
ments had been made upon the other
side, were reshipped to this country
through a regular broker. Gold was
at that time selling at premium of
from $50 to $40, and the kegs Of gold
were consigned to Wells & Co.. reput-
able brokers in this city, to the credit
of Nathaniel Storms, the representa-
tive of a foreign syndicate. There
were any number of bidders for the
gold when it was offered for sale, and
we got rid Of the whole lot for about
100000. It was one Of the prettiest
deals ever run on in this country.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
WELL PEOPLE TOO
Wise Doctor Gives Postum to Con-
vaIescents.

A wise doctor tries to give nature its
best chance by saving the little
strength Of the already exhausted pa
tient, and building up wasted energy
with simple but powerful nourish-
ment.
Five years ago." writes a doctor
Il commenced to- use Postum In my
own family instead of coffee" Cts
. well-known fact that tea is just az
injurious as coffee because 1t contains
caffeine. the same drug found in cof-
fee.) Il was so well pleased with the
results that had two grocers place
1t in stock. guaranteeing it's sale.
II then commenced to recommend Il
to my patients in place Of coffee, az a
nutritious beverage. The consequence
Is, every store In town IL now selling
1t, as 1t has become household ne
cessity In many homes.
I'm sure prescribe Postum as Oft
en- as any one remedy In the Materia
Medica-in almost every case of indi-
gestion and nervousness l treat, and
with the best results.
when l once introduce It into q
family, it is quite sure to remain. I
shall continue to use 1t and prescribe
1t in families where practice.
In convalescence from pneumonia,
typhoid fever and other cases l give
1t as q liquid. easily absorbed diet.
You may use my letter as reference
any way you see 1T" Name given By
Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
Read The Road to Wellville." in
pkgs. There's . reason"
Ever read the abeve lettePS A DsW
enc 0pDoaFs iron tine 70 time. Th0y
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
Valuable Document Stolen.

In the Spanish capital the police
have arrested q Frenchman named
Castor, on a charge Of stealing price.
less historic documents in Paris. He
attempted to sell three documents,
which wer seized by the police. They
were the secret treaty between Louis
XIV. of France and Philip w. Of Spain,
signed in 1859; the marriage contract
Of Maria Theresa and Louis XIV, when
the latter declared. The Pyrenees no
longer exist" and a parchment of the
Emperor Charles v. The Paris
police had given notice of the loss OF
these documents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07

so you took your wife to the base
ball game"
YES" replied Mr.. Meekton.
did she enjoy it,"
'Only part of it. She thought they
wasted great deal of time running
around the lot, but she thought the ar
guments with the umpire were quite
interesting. Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
KIND Man.

A local philanthropist ordered fan
for himself, a nice electric buzzer.
He also took the key out of the door
SO that some of the air could go
through the keyhole into the adjoin-
ing room. where there are eight per-
spring clerks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
WAYS TO USE PEANUTS.

Peanuts are good with bread crumbs
prepared as q loaf baked, served with
tomato sauce as a meat loaf.
When the nuts are ground and
mixed with creamed butter or sweet
cream. very good sandwich filling
results.
For salad, they are good in combina-
ton with cabbage or sprinkled over
lettuce, served with French dressing.
Peanut butter makes a variety for
the flavor of soup, using the peanut
butter and one tablespoonful Of but
ter with two Of -four for the binding
of cream soup.
Peanut Nougat.-Shell and remove
the skins from a pound of peanuts;
chop fine and sprinkle with a fourth
of teaspoonful of salt Put a pound
of sugar in a clean granite sauce pan
and stir over the heat until melted.
When a rich brown. add the nuts and
pour into a creased pan. Mark OF In
squares. If the nuts are added as
soon as the sugar is melted. the candy
is of a different consistency, liked by
many.
Peanut candy-Prepare quart Of
peanuts, as above; roll them with q
rolling pin until like coarse bread
crumbs. Boil together six ounces Of
butter and a pound of light brown
sugar for ten minutes, stirring con-
stantly to keep from burning; add the
peanuts. and when cool mark on In
squares. II carefully made. this IL
by far the best peanut candy one may
make at home.
H.-. ~ III
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07

To prevent Malaria Is far better than
to cure 1t. In malarial countries take .
dose OF OXIDINE regularly once each week
and save yourself from Chills and Fever and
other malaral troubles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
unmanageabie.
She-Can you manage typewriter!
He-No. l married one.

Red Cross Ball Blue makes the laundreS
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07

Even the man who is his own
worst enemy is always ready to for
give himself.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07

THE CRIMINAL Tells
How He Planned the
Deed and Sought to Close
Every Avenue of Knowl-
edge Leading to His Guilt.
The Detective Shows How
Futile These Efforts Were and
How the Old Adage, Murder
Will Out, Always Holds Good"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07

LEST be the hands that tot
to aid
The great worlds ceaseless need
The hands that never are afraid
To do a kindly deed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
|UeKTFGHEN
|2sABINET
kall|IIA|| I!|l||)| l';@;i1il||

EVER bear more than one kind
Il Of trouble at a time. Some
people bear three-all they have now. all
they ever had. and all they expect to
have.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
Economy Al. Mode,

Economy = La Mode.
There's an economical girl for you"
"As to how?"
Eats scent lunch every day"
"Y,s: she's trying to save $50 to
buy 1 willow plume"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07
N<k:-M-,<..eN
eusy EIremen.

You have fire department In
your village. l suppose?" asked the
visitor to Mudvflle.
"Oh. yes" replied the proud citi-
zen.
"And Is the department kept busy?"
BUSY! 1 should say so. Why. we
have four parades o year!"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07

Leap Year Suggestions.
He-Two are company.
She-But q trip to the marriage r.
sense bureau can easily make them
me.
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ward of $4,000 for my scalp, but I
won out easily.
left the train IN Newark and drove
to New York In a cab. I kept under
cover for few days in New York,
and then moved over to one of the old
houses In Ravenswood, L. l., which
had been practically deserted for sew.
eral years. The house was near the
water, and we stuck out the sign of a
fishing club on the mansion, and hired
a sloop to give color to the fake.
Then the counterfciting scheme was
put in motion. Frenchy Kline and
Billy Wallace were the experts, and
Billy had expected to have die for
either q $40 or a 500 gold piece deliv.
! cred to him in Washington. Failing
to get this, he decided to make the
$40 and $40 dies himself. and put up
the coin for the tools and to take care
of the gang.
Making die IL very slow process
and we had dandy time sailing and
fishing while Billy was doing the
work. He was the most painstakins
workman I ever knew. but as he had
worked In the treasury department he
knew the kind Of game he was UP
against, and did not want to make any
mistakes. He made two dies and
threw them away. because they did
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15
THE CHURCHES AROUSED
And Mayor and Other indianapolis
Officials Face impeachment.

Indianapolis, Ind, July H.-Rec-
concentrations of the committee on
social service that proceedings to inns
peach Mayor Shank. members of the
Board of Safety and supt. Hyland be
started at once have been adopted by
the Federation of Churches. and a fund
for prosecuting the charges was started.
Saturday. The Impeachment proceedings
will be based on the refusal of the mayor
to enforce the law prohibiting immoral
resorts.
Several attempts were made to delay
action on the resolution of the Rev.
Joshua Stansield, pastor of the Meri-
dian Street NJ. L. church, who moved
that the recommendations of the COM
mittee be concurred in that steps to inn
peach the city officials be taken at once.
A. III. Goddard. secretary of the Y. M.
c. A.. led in the attempts at delay, sug-
costing the appointment of a committee
to investigate the legal aspects of the
case and make certain that the outcome
of the impeachment suit will be success
full
This suggestion was defeated by a
large majority after C. 5. Denny, chair
man of the social service COMMITTEES, read
the statute under which the suit VIII
be brought The law was found to be
plain. and the vote on Goddards mo-
ton showed the overwhelming sentiment
of the federation was against delay
Goddard then made a motion that COM
mittee be appointed to investigate the
question of employing additional eoun.
sci and preparing a plan of procedure
which was passed The committee has
been instructed to report at meeting
of the federation, next Friday night
Following the appointment of finance
committee, contributions amounting t
several hundred dollars were made t
the fund for prosecution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

announced that his decision will fol-
low within week of the time he re-
eeives the briefs.
Since the close of the trial Thaef
has been confined in the county Jail IL
the custody of Sheriff Doyle as he has
been since a week before the hearing
began June Il. BY order of the justice
Thaw is allowed riding and walking
exercises daily
lie went for a long automobile ride.
Friday, with Warden John II. Sill for
the most part over unfrequentea
country roads. Saturday afternoon, he
went for a long walk through the
pretty country about here, leaving
about , o'clock. in the afternoon and
not returning until after six.
As he walked through the main
street of the village toward the open
country with the warden, smoking !
cigar and wearing a cap and an old
blue suit Thaw was recognized by
very few people in the crowd
He has adhered strictly to the or
ders of his counsel and steadily re-
fused to give any interviews, but he is
very hopeful of the result, having sal I
that he believes that Mr.. Shearn has
made by far the strongest fight for
him of any of his counsel in the num-
erous trials.
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw is still stay
ing at a local hotel but has denied
herself to interviewers.
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Lorimer Says He Is
Going Back to Work.

Washington, July H.-"William Lorimer
is going back to Chicago and going to
work"
That was the brief announcement
made, today. in behalf of the man whom
the Senate, yesterday, stripped of his
seat and title as junior senator from IL
linois.
Whether he will re-enter politics and
seek a vindication at the hands of the
Illinois electorate Mr. Lorimer has not
decided. Some OF his former colleagues
in the Senate have suggested that he
seek return TO the seat In the House
of Representatives, which he left when
the Illinois Legislature, in 1909, sent him
to the Senate.
Lorimer takes the view that he may
ask to have his case re-opened on the
ground Of newly discovered evidence at
any time he wishes. lie feels that the
Senate in re-openng his case after 1t
had once declared his title valid estab-
lished precedent it cannot ignore.
The appointment of successor, of
course, depends upon Gov. Deneen of II
linois. The suggestion has been made
that Deneen might resign and be ap-
pointed a senator by Lieut.. Gov. Ogles-
by, who would succeed to the appointing
power. 1t is understood that Lorimer,
when the suggestion was mentioned 10
him, pronounced it unlikely.