The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Withini the last decade the popula-
ton of Great Britain and Ireland has
increased eleven per cent
Jerusalem existed 700 years before
Rome was founded, 800 years before
the seige Of Troy and 500 years before
the hanging gardens Of Babylon were
built. -. +.
The palace of Versailles cost Louis
XIV. more than $500, O0O,O At one
time 30, 900 laborers were employed on
the grounds, which were sixty miles in
circuit.
Some Arabs have offered to present
to President Grevy pair of white
horses. The, President has refused to
accept them. His representative tried
to buy them, but the reply was that
ARABS never sell their horses
When tribe of Bedouins goes out
to fight it is-ttieiraeustom to place one
or two young maidens on the best horses
at the front. These dusky Amazons
encourage the desert cavaliers by their
cries and GESTURES, and plunge into the
thick of the fight. Wherever the dam
sells lead the Arab chivalry follows, but
if they are killed or captured their fol-
lowers lose heart and retreat .baa
"A couple whose family occupy
high social position in England were
actually at the altar of the chapel in
Arlington when the clergyman dis
covered that the requisite notice had
not been given, and the ceremony had
to be postponed to, next day. The
wouid-be bride and bridegroom consoled
| themselves in a very sensible and philo-
sophical manner by returning home TO
consume the ssbreakfast, after which
they drove. ont to spend the afternoon
at picturesque spot in the region. E =
IA good story comes from Madison.
Wis., A young man of that city who,
either through snobbery orlaziness, will
never carryi.a package through the
street, made purchase the other day
| of six collars and a necktie, and, as
usual, ordered them to be delivered at
his residence Soon afterward a two
horse freight wagon was backed up to
the door and the package laboriously
placed on the steps by the driver and
an assistant, who inquired whether it
fshould be left in the hall or carried up
Y stair As the young mans sweetheart
was witness Of the scene, it is likely
that he appreciated the full force of the
joke. sasA ;dos 81 ,i.sI -
Here is the lastdiscovery in photog-
raphy. A Frenchman takes one mega
tive of a sitter with open eyes. Then
She makes the sitter shut his eyes and re-
main exactly in the same position while
another negatives is taken. The two
negatives are printed on the same paper
one on each side, exactly coinciding.
When this. .double-faced picture is
held in proper position before
a lamp and the lamp is rapidly
moved or caused to flicker, the curious
effect is produced of long continued
winking. 1t is not claimed that a per-
son looks more beautiful when he keeps
winking, but it cannot be denied that
it gives one a very interesting appear
ance. 'i7t'i" +" -'s >
As the most valuable wealth q
country can possess is its healthy popu-
lation, the tables of mortality are worth
4 study; and from these we find that on
Fthe first day of life seventy-eight boys
die to sixty-three girls. In the first
week of life 1863 boys die to 1862 girls
In Prussia the mortality among females
is the greatest from ten to fourteen
kyears of age; and from the twenty fifth
to the fortieth it is greater than at Other
periods of life, and yet at all periods d
life the census of females compares ia
vorably with that of males. InEngiand
taking period of seven years, there
were eight men to fifteen women who
were alive at the age Of 100 years; fivt
men to nine women at 101 years; three
men to five women at 102 years; two
men to three women at 10S years of age
and no man to two women who lived tt
1O4. It is observed that only one per
SON in 1000 born lives beyond ninety
four. ~ 30
The lines OF railways in the FIVE di
visions OF, the earth cost, in round mum
beers. $4,000, 900, 900, and would, &C
cording to Baron Kolb, reach eigh
times round the globe. although it i
but little over half a century since thu
first railway worked by steam wa
opened between Burlington and Stock
j ton, September "a, 1925. and between
Manchester and LIVERPOOL, Septembe
10. 1880. 1t is shown that in France
n previous to the existence OF railways
there was one passenger in every 335,
600 killed, and one out of every 30, 0O(
wounded, whereas between 1885 an,
1875 there was but one in 5,17S. 89'
, killed, and one in $50, 450 wounded, s.
that we may infer that the tendency t.
accidents is yearly diminishing. Rail
way travelling in England is ATTENDED
with, greater risk than in any othe
, country in Europe. A, French statisti
clan observes that if a person were t
live constantly in railway carriage an
, spend all his time in railway travelling
the chances in favor of his dying from
q railway. accident would not occur I'll
he was. $50 years old. -
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