The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-06-16
MISCELLANROUS,

Carpets rolled up during the hot
weather can be kept free from moths
by wrapping between the folds pieces
Of flannel dipped in turpentine.
"A man in Winthrop, Me-, plays the
piano, organ, violin, banjo. cornet. fife,
xylophone, bones and guitar, and whis-
ties like nightingale. The Maine peo-
pie are proud of him.
"A party of burglars invaded the
town of Essex, Mass, mounted on
noiseless bicycles, the other night, en-
tered number of houses, and rode OIL
with considerable plumber, without hav-
ing awakened any of the inhabitants.
The skeleton of Pilot. the defunct
elephant, should have been purchased
by Jerseyman and turned into sofa.
Why? Because where malaria Is prev
alent little bone-settee in the house is
very desirable.-N Y. Commercial At
vcsfiser.
Smoking has become 50 prevalent
in South Australia that q measure has
been introduced in the Legislature to
check the practice in youth. 1t i'm
poses fine of five shillings to five
pounds upon any person under eighteen
who shall smoke pipe, cigar or cigar
cite.
A New York surgeon has resusci.
tated a man who was almost suffocated
by gas escaping In his room at hotel
by means of TRANSMISSION of blood, The
blood was pumped from the arm of .
healthy negro into that of the almost
smothered man. The result is regarded
as valuable to medical science.-N. Y.
Sun.
An old Spanish lady named Julia
Benites recently died in San Francisco
OF osteomalicia, or mollities ossesum-
a disease in which the bones lose their
salts and become like 50 much gritty
gelatine, so that they may be bent into
any shape and even tied in knot. The
disease is rare, and results usually from
q scrofulous faint ~
Criminals are becoming 50 defiant
and hardy and crime is exhibiting itself
in SO many unnatural and monstrous
forms, that the public cannot afford to
be specially romantic, nor even scien-
tific, in its treatment. In plain truth,
the public does not care what the scien-
tific treatment of crime and criminals
is.-St Louis RcpublicG,s.
in many parts of Spain farming OPP
erations have made little or no progress
since the expulsion of the Moors. The
same sort of pillow Is used now as then,
oxen tread out the corn after the an
cient Oriental fashion, and women sep
arate the chaff from the corn by tossing
the grain up in the air during breeze
of wind.
"A Deputy Sheriff named Hess treat
ed Chinaman condemned to death In
California, not long since, 90 kindly
that he said he should report him to
POO Sot," the Great Savior" and
persuade him to send for Hess. When,
few days after, Hess died suddenly of
heart disease, the Chinese believed that
Sing Lum had kept his word and that
the Angel Of Death had been sent for
Hess. IS
Something new in the funeral line
Is the holding of the regular church
services in the evening, all the friends
and acquaintance attending. The
next morning the remains are taken to
the cemetery, the family and most inti-
mate relatives being the only persons in
attendance. Another innovation h the
using of sons and nephews for pail
bearers. Chicago Herald.
There was once in Georgia q most
remarkable old man who ut the age OF
one hundred and one years, became the
father of boy whom he lived to see cast
q ballot. This SON is now seventy-ive
years of age, is as full Of vim and en-
ergy as person in the prime of life,
can split rails as well as anybody, and
is said to be able to outrun any man OF
his age in the world. His oldest brother,
were he living, would be $50 years Of
age.-AtlantG Constellation.
Drowning 4 bear was the feat &c.
complished recently by James Hum
phrey, of Cohoes. While rowing on
Long Lake he saw bear on . small
island in the middle of the lake. He
thus describes what followed: II
jumped ashore and loaded up with q
lot of stones. / had just got back to
the boat, when Fred shouted Here be
comes gave the bear fusilade Of
rocks, but he paid no attention to them
but started for the other shore. W.
followed, and peppered him pretty
lively with the rocks, and finally drove
him back again to the island. HI
again started for the other side. W.
headed him back with stones, and wen1
for him. gave him one that luckily
stunned him. Before he recovered
grabbed him by the ears and held hi
head under water until he was dead
The bearS weighed two hundred
pounds. Troy IN. y Times.
Postal Notes.