The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

The papers are asserting that
Mount Evarts, in the Yellowstone Park,
is named in honor of Secretary Evarts.
Mistake. The mountain is so named
in honor of Mr.. Evarts, of Philadelphia,
one of General Washburne's explorers
in 1870, who was lost on the range and
stayed lost for thirty-eight days.-De-
troH Post.
The main trouble of the Mexican
Boundary Commission, which has fin
ished its labors, was in finding the
United States monuments and deter
mining whether they were in proper
position. The natives had put many
of them to queer uses. In one place
monument had been used in construct
ing chimney, against which nestled
an adobe house.-N. Y. Herald.
1t is five years since H. b. Cook, of
Dallas, Tex, left his home to visit New
Mexico. His friends did not hear of
him again. Recently a party of tourists
ut the San Carlos reservation found
fastened to tree a key-ring medal
with the name III. B. Cook" engraved
on it, and under it, carved in the tree;
II am lost, lost, lost"
"A lady is transacting quite large
business in New York City as matri-
monial expert. She brings about de-
sired marriages, If possible, but she is
chiefly employed in deciding whether
pretended lover means marriage, or
merely wants cheap, well-warmed
and well-lighted place in which to spend
the winter evenings. She should open
a branch Office in every town in the
country.-N. Y. Times.
1t is an old story, but a good one,
of the retort made to Buchanan by the
girl who is now the wife of General
Crook. The bachelor President was on
his way to Wheeling in private car,
when the train halted at Oakland
Station. The young girl was presented
in her turn, and the President put to
her a question he had asked dozen
others: Sand what State are you from,
miss?" 'sFrom the same state as your
excellency," she quickly replied; 1.-THE
state of single blessedness. 20 Chicago
Times.
The principal idol of Chinese wo-
men is the God of the Bedstead, which
they worship religiously until the
youngest child is fifteen years of age.
This god consists of rice bowl, with
two pieces of red ribbon laid on the
bottom of it, two cakes of yeast, and
twelve leaves, culled from as many
different trees. The god is kept on a
shelf, either above or under the bed,
according to the fancy of the worship
er, and is appealed to at least twice
q month by the woman and her chill
dren.
Quite number of young cattle
have died in the western part of Wy
oming County. New York, of a new
and peculiar disease. One of them was
examined, and its lungs were found to
contain a large number of thread
worms. A microscopical examination
disclosed large quantity of eggs con-
tanning worms in a live condition.
Much interest has been excited in this
matter, as it becomes a grave question
whether it may not become epidemic
and affect the condition of all cattle,
and result in affecting beef to the same
extent that trichin@ affect pork.-Buf-
falo Express.
The little god of love was long
time in getting around to Jonathan
Davis and Elizabeth Elyett, of Georgia,
but his aim and execution were good
when he did sight them. Jonathan
was bachelor of sixty-five, Elizabeth
maiden of sixty. They had lived in
the same county all their lives. but met
for the first time at an evening party
last week. 1t was case of love at first
sight and on both sides, an infatuation
so ardent that Jonathan proposed, and
they were married then and there
Indianapolis journal.