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THE SCKANTON TIUBUNE-SATURBAY, JANUARY 11, 1002.
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HISTORY Or Tim
LOUISIANA TROM MARCH
VENTS ami developments
of large slgnilleani'o ami
fur reaching Imiiuptnncc
tiiuile memorable the pres
idency nf Wasiiliigion.
The public cretin and
whole Iliutttclal system of
the United States was
created l.v Hamilton from llscnl chaos
ami founded on n rock as solid ami en
during us tht earth we Htand on. The
permanent seat or government wast
fl,cd. Political parties took their oil
Kin mill adjusted themselves m lines
of support or opposition to the policies
of Washington. Vermont, Kentucky
ami Tennessee were admitted Into the
national union.
lit April. 17!KI. the neutrality pro
clamation proved the wisdom oC a na
tion, like an Individual, attending
ntiietly to Its own business. The next
year Witnessed the over glorious vic
tory it' Anthony Wuyno over the In
dians at Fallen Timbers, and the sup
pression of the Whiskey Insurgents
In .Pennsylvania. The Indian peace
treaty ol' Greenville, by Wayne: the
.liiy treaty with England, and the
I'lnekney treaty with Spain, made the
year J7P5 a year to be remembered,
r.'j.ss agreeable to veiutmtx'r Is that, In
17!Jii, we paid the plundering Algerian
pirates Ihree-iitiarters of a million dol
lars for ransom of prisoners, for bribes
tmif tor (he ret'ognlllon of a consul.
jCiid all beeattse the Oregon, the Olym
IHh and the Mrool-.tyn were not then
afloat!
lt Is, perhaps, not widely known that
tj'i'e Infant republic hud a desperate
struggle to survive its infancy. The
Indisputable hlsturl- truth is that It
was set upon by as evIlly-deslgnlng a
combination or enemies and as ma
UkiI" a concentration of enmities, as
"vcv assaulted the fairest political
tuirk of human hands.
"George III, down to the dale of his
insanity, entertained n deep-seated
dislike Tor his disloyal subjects. Wil
liam Plit, who had gone Into oflice and
oGt of olllce with Tortl Sholburne, felt
nolle of his patron's ardent desire for a
lasting peace with America. lie was
playing politics for a permanent ten
ure of ollicc and hostility to the new
republic was the winning political card.
A .Mm of the Illustrious statesman and
orator, Lord I'hatam, Pitt was reap
ing the boneilt of the reaction that al
ways comes when a truly great man Is
treated with Ingratitude or injustice,
liesides this .aid, he understood the
power of the dlniifr-table better than
any nubile man of the last century.
While the eloquent fiinlam tried to
make his hopeful son :: great orator,
be succeeded in making him only a
great deelaimer and great politician.
The liritlsh cabinet from the date of
Shelburne's retirement In 1793, whether
I ho controlling spirit was Fox, North
nr Pitt, was openly or covertly hostile
to the new republic. Whether at war
with Franco, with Spain, or ostensibly
at peace, England was, until recent
years, always at war with this coun
try. That monarchy long tried to
maintain a cordon of stations and set
tlements to connect her dominions in
Canada with her dominions, past or
prospective, in Louisiana and the
Fiorldas. "With slnlntor intent she sent
agents to the Mississippi, to Kentucky,
to the Indians, and sent fur traders
everywhere, to foment strife and en
mity against the Inheritors of free
dom. In holding fast to the military
posts, contrary to express treaty stipu
lations, the unnaturr.l mother seemed
to be walling near by and eagerly ex
pecting to share the territorial spoils
ami political plunder from her off
spring's wrecked republ'c. To wit
ness brave men battling against odds,
which is said to inspire the sympathy
of the noblest gods, seemed not to de
velop a sympathetic' softness in the
heart of Mother England.
. France, too, was plundering our
ships at sea, and In her prir.e courts.
Villi all the alacrity and inherited
skill of the Norse pirates and land
robbers, from whom the inhabitants of
Northern France were chiefly de
scended. Tills once most helpful
friend was sending agents to Louis
iana to foment insurrection among the
French inhabitants there, with the
hope of prolltlng by the downfall of
Spanish power which was .threatened
by the virtual closing by Spain of the
navigation of the great continental
river. From and after the death of
fount de Vergennes, the tlrst, iirmest
Mid most serviceable friend this repub
lic over had in Europe, the policy of
Franco was reversed and that eoun
try was made antagonistic by Mont-
I could not rise to my
feet without fainting.
"I had suffered for three years
or more at monthly periods," writes
Miss Ella Sapp, of Jamestown,
Guilford Co., N. C, "It seemed
sas though I would die with pains
:ih my back and stomach. I could
not rise to my feet at all
without1 fainting ; had
'given iip all hope of ever
being' cured, when one of
my trieuds insisted upon
my trying Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription,
With but little faith I
tried it, and before I had
taken half a bottle I felt
better, had better appe
tite and slept better.
Now I have taken two
bottles of ' Favorite Pre
scription' and one of
' Golden Medical Discov
ery,' and am happy to
say I am entirely cured,
and all done in two
months' time when all
other medicines had failed
to do any good at all."
Dr, Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets a pleasant and ef
fective laxative
for women.
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LOUISIANA PURCHASE IN TEN
WASHINGTQN'S SECOND
1793 TO 1797 YOUNG NATION ISL'SET BY ENEMIES,
morlii, Le Until ami other small men,
who wore not lining hut sloshing
around In the high plane of the great
Vorgeiinos: while still smaller men,
Hindi as Clenct, Faiiehot and Allot,
were sent to bring discredit and dis
honor upon France In America, Citi
zen Genet Introduced the bitll-ln-u-Chltm-shop
brand of diplomacy. Ho
landed at Charleston: began at once
tlttlng out privateers and opening re
cruiting olllces; got vesselH tu sea by
lying about their character and des
tination. Joined the secretary of slate
In organizing Jacobin or Democratic
societies In Pennsylvania, Kentucky
and elsewhere, which clubs, Washing
ton declared, "caused and encour
aged" the Whiskey Insurrection:
wound up his deningogut; diplomacy by
vilifying the government for its strict
neutrality ami threatening to appeal
from the president to the people, wns
llred out of the country suddenly, his
velocity being accelerated by the
s(uare-toed boot of the Indignant chief
magistrate.
And the once proud, but now pros
trate, Spain Joined the yelp and cry,
growing loud and louder against n
feeble nation Impoverished and ex
hausted by a desolating war, ready to
seize all the territory In sight, In the
crash that would follow the failure of
the llepiibllcnn experiment. Godoy, the
despicable paramour of the Queen of
Spain, was then controlling and blight
ing Spain's destinies: Gardouui wan
hostile at all times and everywhere, as
usual, and Governor Mlro was spend
ing Ida last days at New Orleans, prior
to his promotion, in tampering with
and tempting the hard-pressed frontier
Americans and promising them free
navigation, free trade and free every
thing If they would only bow down and
worship, not Satan, but Godoy and his
royal mistress.
Time brings its retributions and mor
tals are permitted to witness examples
not merely of poetic, but divine Justice.
The Spain which snubbed Jay, Short,
Carmiehael and other American agents,
a little more than a century ago. Is
about the last country In the world to
attempt such antics now. And singu
lar to say, the three leading monarchies
of Europe, that after the death of
Franklin in 17U0, abused our patience
and wronged us most, are now gently
playing second violin to llussla, Ger
many and the great republic, which
have taken their stately places as the
world's most potent powers of the
twentieth century.
Adding to these complications, nearly
sixty thousand savages in the north
west and southwest wen; lurking on
the exposed frontiers of the new-born
fuion. Hundreds of brave men had
gone down under their murderous rilles
and tomahawks at Blue Licks, at the
defeat of Harmar and on the retreat
of St. Clair. The pioneer families on
the frontier knew not, when their sole
Huppon weiu lorin eacn nay to win
bread from the soil, that they would
over see him again alive. 'The nightly
war-whoop startled the cattle in the
fields and the babes in the cradle. The
burning of Washington's, personal
friend, Colonel Crawford, at' the stake
and before the eyes of the infamous
Simon Girty, called for an end to such
unspeakable atrocities.
Yet worse In one sense and mani
festly more distressing than the hos
tilities of the Englishmen, the French
men, the Spaniards and the Indians,
was the war made on the first adminis
tration by the Virginia and other poli
ticians. That public men from his own
state, who know him well and knew
that his motives were lofty and pure,
should Jmpugn every motive and op
pose every net, was what the high-bred
Washington could never understand.
An unselfish patriot In every breath
that he drew, he did not know that
ambitious men played a cunning game
called "politics," and that they some
times played for as high stakes as his
own high place. Allured by such a
dazzling prize as the presidency for
eight years, what politicians of ambi
tion and ability would not play any
concerted combination game to win?
Three Virginia neighbors found the
winter evenincs long when far from
home and well adapted for developing
comprehensive schemes for their mutual
advantage. When the facts compel us
to afllrm that AVushlngton's trusted
confidant, Madison, reversed himself
in a night and from the lender of the
administration became the leader of the
opposition In the 'house of representa
tives, we net 1 not recall the treachery
of others to prove the first president's
distracting trials and mental agonies.
Opposed in cabinet, senate and house
In every lino of his policy by the throe
most controlling men of his own Btnte,
it need hardly cause surprise that
groans of pain escaped him, that "he
would rather bo In his grave at Mt.
Vernon than ho the emperor of the
world." The Constitution being on trial,
the fiercest fight came on Its right in
terpretation. This was the political
Valley Forge that Washington paused
through, conmarcd wltlj the sufferings
of which tho Valley Forgo of the Revo
lution was the seat of luxury. Rut
with tlm aid of Hamilton, Jay and
Ames, he gnvo the Interpretations de
clared true by Marshall, Story and
Webster, and from which have flowed
I unnumbered blessings to the more per
fect and more stable Union and to every
mum in inu i.imiaiunu region.
Rut the Lord of Justice, slow to
wrath, at last allowed his hand to fall
heavily upon the demons of the forest.
In 1793, General James Robertson di
rected Colonel Whltely and Major Ore
to attack tho Chlckuninugn Bavagcs,
near their hiding place on tho Tennes
see river. These gallant soldiers deliv
ered a crushing blow, Tho same year,
General Wayne, aided by Plomlngo and
120 Chlcasiuv warriors, gained such an
overwhelming victory over tho north
western tribes, that they wevo nil eager
to sue for pence, This soldior-negntl-ator's
treaty of Greenville put an end
to Indhtn wars, until another great In
dian lighter and treaty-maker, Old Tip
pecanoe, nobly filled Wayne's high place
in hlatory, Tho Jay treaty of 1793,
brought about the peaceful surrender
Qf all tho Rrltish posts In June and
July, 171)6, and put an end to the Rrlt
Ish depredations, upon our commerce,
Although violently opposed by the
Spanish agents, by Citizen Genet, Citi
zen Jefferson, Citizen Monroe, in short,
by nil the foreign and domestic enemies
of the administration, It passed the sen
ute by u vote of 20 to 10. Spanish ex
uctlons, plotting and outrages were
temporarily ended by Thoinao Pluck
ney'u treaty of October ST, 1795, which
conceded the boundary, on the south,
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PAPERS.-PAPER VI.
TERM.
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established by the treaty of 1782 With
Great Urltnlii.
Huron de Ciiroinlelot became gover
nor or Louisiana and West Florida on
.Inn. 1, 1792. The population of New
Orleans at the mid of that year was
six thousand. The revenues were but
seven thousand. The lighting of the
streets and the employment of watch
men then began. The slave Initio with
the const of Africa was encouraged
by the Spanish King. Trndo with
Philadelphia was favored and Increas
ed by Philadelphia merchants estab
lishing branch houses In New Orleans,
some six or more subjects of French
extraction who showed an uncommon
Interest about .170:1 In the Republican
movement In Franco wore Imprisoned
In Havana for a year. Strong fortifi
cations wore built above and below the
city. Fort St. Philip was erected by
this governor on Plntiuemlnes. Citi
zen Genet's two expeditions planned
to move down the Mississippi, caused
some alarm In 17.14, but soon proved
abortive. The United States govern
ment suddenly stopped his active re
cruiting business, l.e Monltcur tie la
Lotilsintie made its appearance this
year. There was also completed tho
Cathedral built by Don Andre Almon
astcr at his own expense. A hospital
also had been built and endowed by
him. Tho scheming of the Marquis do
MalMonrouge, Gayoso de Lemos and
others, with Sebastian and Power, two
lenagade Americans, to separate the
western country from the United
States came to naught. An nttcjnpted
slave Insurrection In 17!.", was prompt
ly and summarily suppressed by Huron
Carondelet by killing 25, hanging 50
and Hogging 11s many more. The free
navigation of the Mississippi from its
source to the sea. under the treaty of
San Lorenzo, wns reasonably enjoyed
by the up-river Americans for three
years. With a view of inducing
French royalists and other desirable
Immigrants to settle In Louisiana,
Governor Carondelet made larger
grants of lands to Baron de Bastrop
and other men of consequence. One
of these Important grants of mineral
lands was to an officer of the royal
navy of France who had lost all his
property In the vortex of tho French
revolution, now in bloody progress.
James Ceran TJelassus In 1798 first ap
pears on the shifting scene, but is re
served to be discussed in the story of
the Upper Louisiana from 1790 to 1800.
which will appear in our next chapter.
James Q. Howard.
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SCIENTIFIC SALAD
"Inaccurate knowledge is a dangerous tiling,
So in all things let us be accuiate."
Headers of Ihe Salad would griatly aid mo
in my insK by asking iuest!oii9 I"01 iieces
sarily for. publication), which if possible will
be answered In full in an early isue of the
Weekly Salad and their receipt acknowledged
immediately by mail. All such communit u
lions mast, liowoicr, us a matter of court e,
bear the .writer's conect name and addrcm,
ui otherwise they cannot be taken into con
sideration. Valuable Hints for the Sick-Nurse.
T'in: painless itii.MDVAt, or ai)iii:hi:nt
1 IH!lSIXfif.. The Dublin .Medical Piesj
and fiicular say.: Patients as well as
piaclitloniif, aie familiar with the Mifrcriug in
tailed by tlio removal of gaue dressings, thine
diessinss luvln? the .lr.1wb.1ck of adhering' ny
iovly to granulated surfaces owing to their
loose h'.Umi'. Anaesthesia In abolbhed Ihe
pain attending .smgical opeiatloiw, but le.nes'llie
patient e.io-id to the pain of reprated renewals
of the dressing. Dr. von Mikulicz, nf Ureslau,
suggests an easy means of obWaiing tills draw
back, viz., by wetting the orc'sings with oxy
genized water. This provokes a copious evolu
tion of tho bubbles of gas, the mecliaiilc.il ellect
of which It. to fiee the gauze and allow its ie
niowil without causing pain. The method U to
simple as to deserve the notice of surgeon:".
lir.Ds'llliKK If the nurse is competent, this
painful cfimplicatlon will rarely require tieat
incut, !t is advkdblo to 111I1 the parts upon
which 'lie patient le-U with alcohol, and dally
sponging- of the entire body with waim water
and llieu wllli alcohol will add greatly lo com
foil, should a suspicious spot of redness prc-cnt,
ivimno the piessure theieliom by an air-cushion,
and proicnt tho folds nf linen presnlng rodent.
liiy il.csslngs aro imfcrable to moist for bed
sores, and oxide of zinc in powder or ointment is
one of the most valuable remedies; acctato of
aluminum lias alo 11 very benclielal effect, At
times ion.sider.ible lo.s of substance Is found,
sUing lise to .1 ey foul odor; in thce easei a
charcoal poultice acts lem.irkablv well.
tin: cam: or tip: ii.iii.-in minus iiiuets,
thu phjjIc!au should vigorously oppOMi cutting
oft' tho hair, particulaily of women, as the ad.
vantages aie flight and tho risk of unpleasant
(omecpicnces great. The liair Mhoulil be combed
and brushed daily, unmindful of the amount of
hair falling out, and once In two to four weeks
tlio hair (liould be washed with the ordiuaiy
lliictuie of Ripen snap. Once or twice a week it
is well to nib into tlm scalp .1 pomade of pie
cipitateil Milphur of the stiriigth nf one drachm
to the ounce nf colli tiiuin.
Tftcts About Mistletoe.
There ii, or wis, a popular opinion tli.it tlio
inUtli-lt'ii is clililly paiusitlo on apple or crab
apple Ireis. As ,1 iiMttei of fact, it niakea It
self at Iniiie and !lmir!t.hen nu no fewer than
Ihlily dlllcinil tpui'-s of lices, of wl.Uh Ihe
fhoin is ,.iiil to be its favniife. it U a uiy
serious mitti'i for any lire when tho piLtletoe
takes 11 fancy lo It, for it Is a genuine parasite,
mil lias ihe power of asKlmllatlng tlm lUIng
tap of tlic kttndy 1 1 link to wliii.li It clings, to
that its uwu wood huumu Intimately unites!
Willi that uf he live,
Among noilh.ru nations the mUlli'tue, H'tms
to luvo been my gcneially tegaided with lev
orencci iimeasoui'ily, when one reflects upon Its
iilsrcputanio method of picylng upon other and
nobler snecles of natural life. The llolstelui
nro still mid to delicti' that llie jsoset-or nf a
uii-tleloe wuud tan not only clfcctivi'ly conjuru
slums. In appear, but run oompel lliciii (0 con
erse vith li i 111. Some one lu endeavored to
account for fhn U111tdlc.1l veneration of the
phut by nertlug (heir belief that amid thu
general l'4fli.u... of feiest glades in the win,
ler scuron it .became llw relrpat of sylvan del
His, betel! of other theltcr. In Java, it Is salil,
11 tpeiies ol luUtletoo llomUlu-s, and, singularly
enough, (lie natives ifjllivr It Willi tupcrctltloi'a
uui, M-ry much a) did Ihe llrulib, Mlcvlng
that (ho rhadts of their ancestors wander under
neath he liees where mistletoe is found. Jn
the tiopltu certain iiuiiibfis of the mUtlolot
uuler bear goitteoin (lowers,
Have the Dtdsles Got to QoP
The lUUici must go, llowem beautiful lli"jr
may be to the landscape, their extermination Js
to be biou-iht about in case tlio bill which waj
Intioduced by Assemblyman l.eggctt, of Niagara
comity, lit'cnncs u law, A daisy U a noxioiu
weed, and is delilmenta lo the agricultuial in,
tcicsts of the sta,te. Along with the daisy, the,
other "noxious weeds" which aie to bo stamped
out "e Iho wild carrot, the ronunou. Cana.U
thistle, thu ltustim thistle and the wild lettuce
and horseradish.
Kvery person who finds these "wceiV arow
ing 011 his land must uue a iqmit to the btate
commissioner pi turiiiylturc. If tlic peison who
owns mch wecly pupeny does .not kill the
weeds l.luiielf, the local tux ascascis aie em
powered to Mil Ihem and ilmrRC the, expense to
tlic owner alone uilh hla fuses,
Pearl Fisheries of Venezuela.
'IV pend ilshtrle ol the Wmnl ol Mnotltn,
tlm t-nnsl of Venezuela, Into become nulla lm
poit,int within rfrent jnn, mill me now t.
leiwhcly worked. The x.irk nf JlJi-gflrlU I'l.tml
liave Ijpch Known eer nlme the discovery of'tho
country. The lmllaiu of the time of Colunibii
wot already iroldcd with omoincnUt ohJcoU
In which pentl flijincil jiionilnenlly, iiml It
scum fo lime lietn (lino pearU which UriiicU
tmmiliienll.v, otrl 11 :enu to have bee'i the
peiirln which occioloiifd ilio first difficulties be
tween the S-pnnl.mN ntyl the liihaMt.intn. Dm
liiK the last few yc.m flic ojiter lied of tho
Maud have been iiuui! mid more ncthelv worKrd.
At prrwnt llieie nre nbout 40(1 jail I10.U1 with
native ciiilmicnls working nbout the H.inds of
Murttailtn, Coche and OihaRiij. The pilnclpal
oyler bedn nre those of CI Tlrano, to the
northeast, ami Jhirmiao, lo the northwest of
Margarltn. It l estimated thlt at prvwnt m
iimny n 2,Ouo men are' occupied In the ojjler
fMicrlrii. Metallic ilrairn nre mul, whleli me
1lr.m11 ncr the oyster' heu. The twit luxe ii
tonnaite of three to fifteen, ami pj.v .1 ta. of
if.1 11 ,iear lo VciipmicKi. The pe.irl aie of a
fine iiuallly, generally white or yellow. Some.
tlliii-H a black pearl Ii found, hut Dili N Lire,
ami It tiring n hlh price. Xnt Ions ago 11
while petrl wa told for lienily (2,000. The
shell of flic prin I njnlcr in not of any (ireat
value, at it lo I, thin to be utilized. The
MarnnrlU o.uter has n lelitlvvly flmrt life and
on mi .ueiflite doe not exceed clclil .vejrf. A
Trench company lim lieen lately fonncil for Ihe
pearl fhhci.v. II will opciate, not by ujliii;
didR, but by dhcr, with inu! without MilN.
In thin way Ihe Mimller o.iilers will be spared,
and the beds will not be depopulated. The
x.ilue of the a11nu.1l production of the Marirarlla
Hand region is over ijsiaiiyioo. Mot of the
pearls arc pold Jn the PniN in.nkel. where (ho
rale appears to be the most aclbe and tliu best
pilccs arc obtained '
Tho New Port for Transatlantic
Steamers.
'The purl of llerili.iven. at the southwestern
coiner of Ireland, wheh it Is intended to con
oit Into 11 terminus for n transatlantic" licet of
llner., is now biought within tlic same stilngent
regulations that prevail at all the oilier dock
jard ports of (1rc-.it llritain, and tlio whole
anchoiago within certain limit's Is icseived for
defens" purposes, 'fids port is fo be mulcted
a llr-t-class natal base, and will be the head
quarters of Ihe Channel squadion. The wnteis
aie to lie decieiied at cnlalii points, and heiuy
nrlillciy Is to be installed to adequately pio
tcct them In c.tc of iiuergeney.
It will be feiuembeied lli.il by touching at
llercliateu Instead of tjueenslown anil sl.Htini;
or landing on this ride fioin some port nn Long
Island the ocean voyage between l-hnope an 1
America can be considpiably shortened. A
gl.ime Jt Hie map will show this.
Snow Crystals Photographed.
lVtfeettnn of micro-photography is leaching
lite weather buieau many new and inteiesting
facts about snow. It is now possible to detei
mine, from photogifiphlc enlaigeiuenls of niiow
ciystals, (he rharactciof tho cloud from which
the Hakes arc falling, and, to some extent, the
character of Hie stonn producing them, It ii
nl-o being learned that each crystal bears the
ear-marks, so to speak, of Ihe particular heighth
of the clouds whence it fell.
The laboratoiy for this interesting rtudy is a
windowle-s loom directly beneath a skylight, 0110
pane of which is left pen to allow (he mow
Hikes to fall tlimugh, the interior atmosphere
being as cold as tli.it outside. Dlretll;,- beneath
this skylight is placed a broad blackboard of
ebonite or bant rubber, and over the latter is
mounted thu photographic niicioscop.'.
Ilci'iimo of (he coldness of the room Ihe fall
ing snow- crystals retain their form Mitllciently
long to be .studied and photographed. The sensi
tized plates used ale the most rapid known. Tlio
microscope is sullklently powerful to enlaige the
molest pin volnt of 11 flake to the apiuicut size
of a golf ball, and yet show its most delicate lace
woik irnil filagree of ico.
Some of those beautiful stars, hexagons, lii
angles and other geonieirie.il figures are perfect
ill symuicliy. Some ate dishgmed and deformed.
It has been discovered that their (oniplexitles
of foim arc due lo their falling through layer
after layer o( clouds, cadi sliatum of floating
tapor adding Mine embellishment. Oilier
changes are due to piesM-ie of the air bearing
upon all . ides alike. While the.se changes are
going on, air molecules enter all sides of the tiny
irystals simultaneously. rinally, water pir
tide's add material for new- brandies, and thus
hip piodueeil tho finest lace like designs.
Another interesting di-cocry is that dining
snowstorms spi ending over largo areas of conn
try the most beautiful v.uicty of snow- crystals
will fall from the western or northwestern edge
of the dishnbed atmosphere.
The gic.it. cnjn.0 grains nf snow, which some
times cover (he ground, foil from the clouds of
middle height, l'nder tho microscope these ap
pear as huge, irregular uystuR Hailstones ap
pear, also, to come from the simp middle! t-1 t-.i -turn
of the atmosphere. This is shown by their
white coies and alternate outer rings of white
snow and transparent ice. Tho lower the tern
peratine in which snow crystals form, the
smaller and mote lompact ihey are. Tiimgubr
crystal-, .up Ihe most tare of all.
All of this ta-cinating snow lore lias been
contributed to Hie weather buieau fund of
knowledge by IV. A. llentley. Ho has made tho
laigost and most elaboiato series of snow crys
tal nikra-photographs known in science. After
making upward of 1,000 prints he has failed to
find duplicates.
A Bival of Steam Engines.
In (he opinion of I'l'ofcssur Thurston Hie gas
engine is a formidable rival of tho steam engine,
and is capable of further development. Kach his
given a horse power for nbout one pound of coal
ami the efficiency of both, between (lie coal plio
anu me point or delivery, Is about 2'1 per cent.
The sleam engine, he sajs, has so nearly 1 cached
its limit that further progress under commercial
conditions would seem to be tory slow, hut its
lanje may lie increased by employing very high
pressiitcs and siipcihcillng combined with them.
In Sibley college work, 1,000 pounds per square
inch have been usid, and 1'iofessor Tluiislon ex
protscH the view that twice (li.it piessure may bo
successfully used eventually, or with sufficient
experience in Its management. These factors
would mho tlm efficiencies neaily .10 per cent,,
and reduie the coal per horse power hour to
about tluce-fourths of one pound,
Definitions.
DOIXCi COOIi. One. can he understood but by
n few. If to these he tiling light, courage, mil
sliength, he Is blessed In himself and In ills work.
Life for hlui Ii ialr and sweet. He need not
seek a wider field or 11 lucre splendid name, Ha
can be but in one place, lie cm do but a llttln
good; ami the tpkcie is pleasant eilough, sluie
he docs the little good he can do.
Cail Svdkr, M. 1).
SUFFERED. FOB BEUGION.
Frenchman Refused to Enlist
Was Imprisoned Twice.
I'ails (Viichpondcnoe of the London News.
Tlm minister of war has just
and
sent
home r soldier mimed Gontaudler,
wnose story is not commonplace. Gon
taudlor emigrated to the United Status
as a lad and joined the Quakers, When
his time camo to servo In the French
army, ho returned to Franco and be
fore the military authorities stated
that his religious principles forbado
him carrylnara rllle. Ho was court
martialed and sentenced to two years'
Imprisonment. Having served tlio sen
teneo out. he was sent, hack to tlio regi
ment. There ho stated that his rolig
lous views had not altered, and he was
again sentenced to f;wo years.
Probably this second penalty for one
offense was Illegal, but legality, as
everybody knows, is held by courts
martial as n thing to he honored rather
In the breach than otherwise, He bad
served tho greater part of this second
sentence when attention was called to
his case by tho Aurore, General An
dre, minister of war, at once dechlod
that ho should be sent to servo his
three years in the ambulance corps, n
now turns out that Gontaudler being
thu only sou of on aged mother, was
llablo to one year's service only, and
ought to have been sent away long ago.
The minister of war has .just reeog-.
ulzed this.
AN ENTIRE C
OVER A SEE
John Hunter.
FACTS VERIFIED
, Dili!
Now
An Investigation by the San Francisco Examiner
Truth of a Cure That Almost Parallels the
l-ull Significance to All Nervous
Tliu toivn of CHiuo, In lluttc County,
Cnl Is In a Htato ol excitement over a
miracle soiniirvplouii as to lie alinoMt
beyond belief. The local papers lmvc
Klvim caluiniiH to the cllmtsslon of a
case that, with all reverence, might
Justly bo comparel with tho miracles
of old, for here Is a man who was blind
and lie sees, Hpeeohless uud he talks,
powerless to move and ho walks and
works. Pronounced Incurable no later
than the (spring of last year, he is this
week shlnfe'lliiK a roof and repairing a
building.
So widespread became the fame of
this miracle of modern times that a
San Francisco Examiner representa
tive visited Chlco and made a thor
ough Investigation of tlic case. Kvery
scrap of evidence was sifted and the
most searching Inquiry served only to
establish the truth of a cure, that, al
though miraculous, Is unquestionable.
Caused by Paralysis.
John Hunter, who lias suddenly be
come one of the most Interesting per
sonages on the coast, is a veteran of
the civil war through which lie served
In Co. C of the liOth Illinois Volun
teers. He Is sixty-one years of age,
by oeeiifiatlon a carpenter and builder,
and resides on Orient Street, Chlco.
When seen by the Examiner represen
tative, he related a story that, were It
not substantiated by his sworn state
ment and corroborated by all the
prominent people and ofllelals of the
town, would seem like a talc of fiction.
"About four years ago," said Jlr.
Hunter, "I was suddenly stricken with
paralysis. I lost all sense of feeling
and all power of movement In my
right side, from head to foot. 1 also
partly lost the power of speech. I
soon became totally blind and was so
perfectly helpless that for three years
1 was confined to my bed.
Given Up as a Dead Man.
"Anyone In a more hopeless condi
tion It would be hard to find. Jly
stomach' refused to perform its func
tions without heroic measures and in
tense suffering.
"Doctors diagnosed my case as loco
motor ataxia and my family physician
gave me every care and attention pos-
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JOHN HUNTER.
slble, but all his prescriptions dining
two years were powerless to alleviate
my BitlYeiingH or in any way afford tlio
slightest relief.
"After being virtually given up as a
dead man by friends and physicians,
and resigning myself to my apparent
fate, my niece read an advertisement
of Dr. Williams' Plfik Pills for Palo
People. I discussed It with my family
and, almost hoping against hope, de
termined tu try tho pills, 1 mentioned
It to my doctor and Ho not only gave
his consent to my trying Dr, Williams'
Pink 1'ills, but strongly advised my
doing so.
Now Sees, Talks, Walks and Works.
"You seo the result. From a blind,
helpless paralytic, tiuablu lo move and
so broken duwn and hopeless that llfu
was a burden, I can now walk, do any
udd Jobs about thu place, go down
town, and most wonderful of all can
see. And I owe It all to Dr, Williams'
Pink rills.
"Improvement began while I was
tuklng I ho second box. I continued
taking the pills and l'liun that time on
It was gradual but sure, My awful
stomach troubles have disappeared,
my eyesight has been restored, my
brain Is clear and active, and if. over
a man should be grateful and anxious
that others should know tho wonderful
properties of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
that man Is myself."
(Signed) JOHN HUNTMU.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
C. Ii. STKTSON.
Votary Public.
ITY EXCITED
MING
d and Helpless
ees, Walks, and
BY THE MAYOR
AND OTHER PROMINENT MEN.
Interest In this miraculous cure la In
tense In Chlco and vicinity where the
townspeople have tho evidence of their
own eyes' as to Its authenticity.! News
paper space Is too limited to give ex
pression to the many who aro willing
to bo rcard, but the following promi
nent citizens voice the sentiment of the
whole community.
THE MAYOR OF CHICO.
Gives His Endorsement to the
Ac-
count of the Miracle.
One of tho most prominent and pub
lie spirited citizens of .Cliico, is the
Hon. O. L. Clark, now serving his sec
ond term as mayor and president of
the board of trustees of the city.
Speaking of tho case related above Mr.
Clark told the representative of tho
San Francisco Examiner that he knew
of John Hunter's former helpless con
dition and said It was generally con
sidered a hopeless case. No one was
more astounded than Mayor Clark
when he met Mr. Hunter on the street,
able lo walk, work and care for him
self. He considers the recovery noth
ing short of miraculous. In conclu
sion Mayor Clark said he believed the
cause of suffering humanity could be
helped by any publicity given the rem
edy which restored John Hunter's
health.
A Clergyman's Opinion.
The Itev. W. G. White, pastor of tho
Chlco Presbyterian Church, of which
Mr. Hunter Is a member, has known
the latter during and since his illness.
When asked for an expression on tho
case, Mr. White wrote and signed tho
following:
"The recovery of Mr. Hunter seems
very remarkable and his present con
dition is the wonder of his friends."
Prominent Banker's Statement.
Mr. A. H. Crew, is cashier of the
Bank of Chlco. He is a sound, con
servative, able financier, whose ad
vice Is sought after and followed
by his townspeople. Mr. Crew told
the leporter that he bad known John
Hunter for a number of years and that
his recovery was shnp-.y marvelous. He
knows Mr. Hunter to he very enthusi
astic over Dr. Williams' I'lnk Pills for
Pale People, anil was willing to cor
roborate Mr, Hunter's sworn state
ment. "I had never expected to see
hiin recover any of his lost faculties,
much less to seo liliu able to walk, see
and work, us he now Is," concluded Mr.
Crow,
The Postmaster of Chlco.
The postmaster of Chlco Is Mr. W.
W, Wilson who, when Interviewed,
said: "I cull only corroborate the
statements you already have. Every
one you meet and ask will tell you the
t;a nu) thing. 1 was at .Mr. Hunter's
house and saw Ills pitiable condition
with my mill eyej, 1 Intve also seen
hlui today, walking the streets' and
practically, well, 1 know euouuii of
John Hunter lo say that ho would not
inakn an untruthful statement, nor
would ho mislead anyone as to thu
means that brought about what we all
consider ono of the greatest cures of
the age. HI'i aflldavjt can therefore
be absolutely depended upon,
A Marvelous Cure.
In the Chlco Record, published by
Iticliards &. Deuel, an article appeared
from the pen of one or tiieir reporters
sent to Investigate, tho case and verify
the facts. The article was headed:
"Dlliul John Hunter lleeovers Ills
Siglit," "Story that Heads Like Fic
tion.'; After reciting the euro of Mr,
Hunter, the article continues: "Mar
velous us this may seem to his friends
and still more marvelous as his story
MIRACLE
from Paralysis,
Works.
Demonstrates the Absolute
Hiracles of Old Its
Sufferers.
of his recovery may appear to every
one who reads It, It Is all true, though
it would not bo accepted If It wore not
for tho fact that he Ih a living witness
with scores of friends to corroborate
him." The article concludes with the
statement that Mr. Hunter desired the
credit for his cure to bo given to Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills.
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.
What the California Miracle Means
to Every Nervous Sufferer in the
Land.
No more astounding cure than that
of John Hunter has over been accom
plished by human agency, and the sig
nificance of it Is that Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills are not an ordinary medi
cine. They are wonderful In thplr po
tency in nervous troubles, small or
great, and as they are on sale In every
drug store throughout tho country,
they are within roach of all. Tho cure
of such a severe nervous disorder as
that of Mr. Hunter, proves the power
of the remedy In lesser troubles, such
as sciatica, neuralgia, nervous head
ache, St. Vitus' dance and nervous de
bility. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have a
double action on the blood and on tho
nerves. It is not claimed that these
pills aro a cure-all, but tho very na
ture of the remedy makes It efficacious
In a wider range of diseases than any
other. It is a scientific preparation
designed to cure disease through a di
rect action on the blood and nerves.
Impoverished blood and badly fed
nerves aro the cause of nearly every
ailment that affects mankind. If the
blood is strong and active, disease can
not obtain a foothold.
If you have any reason to believe
that your dealer is not supplying you
with tho genuine Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills for Pale People, order direct from
the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Sche
nectady, N. Y., and the pills will be
sent postpaid for fifty cents per box
or six boxes for two dollars and a half.
Remember that the genuine Dr. Will
iams' Pink Pills cured John Hunter
when hope had been abandoned. Pills
sold ns substitutes have never cured
anybody.
MELONS IN THE WINTER.
Regarded as Being at Their Best
About Christmas Time.
"And, now, children," said Dean
Peek, "let us cut a melon,"
Even the youngest child snickered,
for outside there was snow and ice, and
with Christmas hardly a week away
how could the good dean he so funny
as to suggest melons?
But the wise dean only smiled and
Introduced a quiet, pleasant man In
gold-rimmed spectacles, A. L. Hitch
cock, of California. And Mr. Hitch
cock hud under his arm an oval bundle
that might have been the basest egg
of the biggest ostrich that ever shed a
feather as high as an elm tree. That's
what It might have been, but It wasn't
that. It was a melon, a musk melon
and in tho winter time.
Now, letting alone the fact that It
was a. big melon to begin with, it cer
tainly did seem as though there was
something strange about tho melon.
All the children had some, and they
ate nnd ate, yet when they were done
there was still enough melon for tho
dean to take home. And ho had some,
and his family had some, and only the
nurso asked for more, so there was
really something wonderful about that
melon besides its being just ripe, a
week before Christmas.
There was another wondeful thing
about tho melon; It grew in a desert.
"Tho melons are called Khiva win
ter melons," said Mr. Hitchcock, "and
the headquurters for them in this coun
try Is at Elgin, rtah, In the great des
ert. "There J. F. Urown, who has raised
all sorts of melons for years, has taken
up the raising of these winter water
melons and muskmelons for seed. They
have become so well known now that
he can hardly keep up with tho de
mand for seed, even tit 25 cents an
ounce. Yet five years ago these mel
ons were unknown In the United
States.
"The government got the first seed
from Khiva, Russia, and sent a samph
to Mr. Urowu to try. To everybody's
surprise, the melons did exceedingly
well In the desert, though at Itocky
Ford, famous for melons, they failed.
"They are picked In October, and re
quire almost two months to ripen af
ter they are picked, Then they will
keep until .March,
"Everybody In Utah knows of the
winter melons, 1 have just como from
there, and 1 have been eating melon
every day. Green Hlver Is the nearest
station to Klgln, and It Is one of tho
sights, when the train pulls In, to see
the people rush for the piles that nre
kept waiting for their arrival,
There Is a watermelon and a musk
melon, and each Is equal to the best of
the summer melons,"
A Trip to California or Florida.
Those contemplating such a trip need
but to call on the local ticket agent of
tho Luckawanna railroad and ho will
arrange every detail, Including trans
portation, berths, reservations and
checking oC bagguge through to desti
nation; also will furnish rates, folders,
descriptive literature and any other in
formation desired on tho subject.
Through sleepers and day coaches to
Chicago. Only one change of cars to
California.
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