The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-13
MISCELLANEOUS.


s-Cockroaches are recommended Is
good bait for black bass.
"A London paper hints that mos
ouitoes are taken to England in Amerl-
can trunks.
Five Japane Sc have established Y
factory at Newton. Conn, wnere 'ney
will make Japanese articles.
The wife Of Syracuse grocer WHO
could only pay two cents on the doiiar.
had six pairs of silk stockings costing
thirty-iive dollars per pair. 50
"A New Haven lady of wealth dresses
in working garb and visits poor fami-
lies in order to relieve their distress
She does not wish that her friends
should know what she does.
The Tucson Star says that there is
a woman living at the Santa kita Mount
ain. Arizona, who is over 100 years old:
Every day she takes her pan. pick ana
shovel and goes to the placer digglngs'
earning from twenty-five 10 fifty cents.
Among the articles on exhibition
in loan collection In Lynchburg, Va,
is mourning ring once worn by Gen.
Washington for his brother Lawrence.
who died in 1862 at the age OF thirty
five, as an inscription of the ring shows.
All clergymen who served as chap
lains during the war, as well as all who
labored with the Sanitary Commission
and the Christian Commission, are in
vited to reunion, which is to be held
at Chautauqua on the 9Th and 9th OF
August.
james Finch, of Camden, N. j.,
utilizes his dog as means OF commune
cation with his daughter, who lives more
than mile away. A letter is tied to
the dogs collar, and he is told to take
it to Emma. 1t is promptly delivered,
and the answer is as faithfully returned
Edmond Lafayette, the only living
descendant of the Marquis Lafayette,
and member of the French Senate.
can not visit America in October to be
present at the Yorktown centennial, on
account of the French elections, but the
family will be represented by his
nephew.
Miss Dog Bull is said to be the belle
of the Indians at the Standing Rock
Agency, and several duels have been
fought by the young braves who ara
rivals for her hand. As her father owns
800 ponies, she is considered good
catch, aside from her superior personal
attractions.
-.Ah Say. Superintendent of the CHI
nese laborers employed in constructing
the Union Pacific Railway at Evanston,
w. T., is said to be the possessor of the
agreeable annual income of $4,000. He
is partner in one of the great Chinese
companies that contract for the labor
of their countrymen. He has so far
adopted Caucasian customs az to take
out life insurance policy for $4,000
in favor of Tiye Ulaye. his wife.
There is a gentleman living in
Rochester, N. T., whose parents given
names are the same spelled backward
as forward. Noticing this, the parents
decided to endow their children with
similar names, and as there are ten Of
the latter some research and ingenuity
were necessary to get enough to go
round. The given names of the family
are as follows: Asa, Aziza, Anna, Alta.
Alila, Aka, Emme.. Hannah. Harrah.
| Iri, Numun and Zerez. Harrah is the
name of the Rochester representative
of the family.
An int eresting contribution to tho
| literature of suicide is made in q PAM
phlet recently published in Berlin. The
suicidal mania Is spreading SO rapidly
in the German capital that the author
| tiles are earnestly considering in what
manner it can best be checked. The
pamphlet above referred to states that
in the wears from 1873 to 1878. 2S0 cases
of suicide were registered per million
$50 in Leipsic, and only 80 in London.
Paris. with 400 suicides, nearly APP
preached the startling figure Of Leipsic.
DIR. Paterson writes from the
Bridge of Allan. Scotland: II always
keep a number Of toads in my orchid
houses for the purpose of destroying
yermin. The other morning, while
watching two males, | was highly
amused to see them have regular set
to fight They went at each other in a
regular scientific manner, sparring and
boxing with their forepaws, and butting
with their heads. After a while they
seemed to get tired, coolly sat down,
and viewed each other with great COM
placency. From my earliest days
have been in the habit of watching the
ways OF toads, and never saw them
fight before"
"A pet canary bird belonging to Mrs.
w. S. Balch, says the Saratoga IN W
Eagle, escaped from the house Monday
and took refuge in the maple tree at the
south entrance of the Town Hall. Its
recapture was problem that for a time
bafiled all efforts at solution. Janitor
Mingay. however, who always +" comes
up to the scratch " in an exigency, util-
lied the hose. and. turning a stream of
water on the feathered fugitive. the lat
ter soon dropped and was eagerly
caught by boys who were watching the
sport. The new janitorial method Of