The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Pug-noses and freckles ~.
great drawbacks to woman;s NJ
on earth. &lC>|
The Island of Elba, Nanol.
exile home, has been deysstssss
spring by an army Of locnss. !. ]
| Africa. E>|
The Rhode Island Lexisl,...
to present Governor Van Zandt =. 4.
he has used during his three -
Around a hedgehog killed q :
Starksboro, VI, the other day g. 3
coiled large snake wounded 4.
hundred and seventy-nine quilk NJ
In Logan County, Kentu.l.
little sons OF John w. Peck ~. ~
hunting birds, when one Of ths.. x|
dentally shot and killed the ot6s,
Samuel Beers and Weltbv1 =
both deaf mutes, have been me-
Alton, N. Y, a slate and pepc;5 Il, q
used during the ceremony toreco,; !:
responses.
What is said to be the fir,<
OF coffee raised in the United Nt,irs,
been grown by Mrs. AtzcrotS n 4
plantation on Indiana River. ris.2
The plants were furnished bv'fkS -:
cultural Department at Waskincls.
"A formation of porous wbil. =
in the st. Gothard Tunnel threrfss-.
retard its completion. Geoloc;ss.
OF the opinion that the trouble e, 4,
be overcome by CONSTRUCTING .
route around the white stone. ;..-
of through it as now.
The business OF decorating p.,..s
pays well. There is one Boston ~
who is making 800 week. and "a
out exerting himself much either q
paints bouquets and wreaths 81 -.
for New York firm, and il 49,.
forward to time of well-earped -.
in which she can paint her ideal pis% |
Italian statisticians calculuts ~
$4,000 Italians emigrate to the Va
and South America yearly. IN a al
South Americas had received 81 = I
Italian settlers. The number nov "a
ing the peninsula are alarmipr
landowners. During March 1 IA
steamer bore away to Montevideo / 8
and other steamers shipped nesrIy !
many az load.
The contractor who is to iuua
10000 tombstones for the Govern
has a marble shop at Factory ~
Vt, furnished with the necesssr1r
chinery to commence operations ~
waiting for the names which ~ IS
put upon the stone s. They ann.
three and one-half feet high, With -
ed top, ten inches wide and two =,
thick. Names will be cut on til
means of a sand blast, which N;
names in about two minutes. TA6& |
tractors expectto turn out three BID 70
stones per day.
The death of the late Hon. -
S. Foote was caused by an exoes1h
painful malady developed out a q )
jury inflicted by striking the top q b |
head, when suddenly rising, aeaint(k|
sharp point at the bottom Of ohnnh
lier, under which he had been -
This accident happened in Washhc
during his recent visit there. lssE
resort, his physicians in New 0I1n
performed upon his scalp mos .
cruciating operation, which. hou1x
giving no relief, he resigned hispcl1I1
in the Mint in that city, and cans ~
to die.
All old male orangs are coVnI
with scars inflicted by the formii&
canine teeth which these animal y
wholly for defense and offense, -
they are fruit eating. and hence dou
employ them in chewing. Their -
is always to seize the arm or head ~ |
enemy and draw the fingers or lipo ,
to their mouth, instead of advsnl
their own heads to bite. Almost m
specimen obtained of the matuIo &
mails had lost some fingers and too5lp
bitten of, and large pieces are sinItrl
torn from the lips. The baby ~
a like propensity when 40
and would seize q person by the ~
and try to draw the hand into It's ~
80 as to bite the fingers.
"A curious survival of an olti|r
Institution exists in some remote -
IN England, VIZ, the official ale ~
The ale faster takes an oath 70
taste and assize .he beer and ale p 3
sale" in his district, whether ths41
be wholesome for mans body" y
Did ale taster's method of " ansly1
beer for the purpose Of detectinS =
addition of sugar to the Hquor =
'ather primitive. Like most m
hose times he wore leather bree1
md when he went to test the ale ~
presence of sugar, a pint Of fui1
'pilt on well-cleaned bench -
aster sat upon it till it dried. i
Using, the seat of the brooches -
he bench, then sugar was prosenl
I not the beer was pure.
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