The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-08-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A careless farmer near Dublin, Ga,
found rats rest in the matted hair OF |
his horses tail. The young rats were |
nearly half grown.
1T is claimed that the Missouri Bo-
tanical Gardens near St. Louis have
complete collection of living specimens
OF all the plants mentioned in the Bible |
I'm illustration of the Scotchman's
love of country the Duke of Buccleuch
said: II would rather die in q snow
wreath on the braes of Yarrow than on
the softest bed on the shores of the
Mediterranean"
"A flower has been discovered in
South America which is only visible
when the wind is blowing. The shrub
belongs to the cactus family. and is
about three feet high, with a crook at
the top, giving it the appearance of
black hickory cane. When the wind
blows q number of beautiful flowers
protrude from little Jumps on the stalk.
Thomas Edmundson, of Harvard,
Neb.. hearing that his brother was con-
fined In a Buffalo IN. W insane
asylum, Immediately took the train for
that city, to take his brother home. He
had hardly made known his errand in
the insane asylum Office before he be-
came afflicted with his unfortunate
brothers malady, and he is now
raving maniac.-Chicdgo Times.
The north of Scotland recently
came in for the tag end of q shower from
Hecla or the other Icelandic crater.
Between the Orkneys and the Shetland.
ash has fallen so thick that it had to be
shoveled off the deck of passing vessels.
When Sknpta broke out violently some
years since the fine dust fell in such
quantities over Caithness that it cntirely
killed the crops.
The girls with half chance, and
under intelligent guidance. would make
as fair intellectual progress as the boys.
but it seems to be taken for granted
that they have no more intellect than
young chickens or kittens, and that it
Is quite in the fitness of things that they
should pose for hours over some MILL
merry plates and be ignorant of nearly
everything else under the sun.-Ptts.
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
"A Detroit wife of three months
standing asks for q divorce, charging
that her husband had won her heart
and hand by SAYING in this that he had
told her time and again that he was the
owner of a horse and wagon, whereas
she has discovered that be only has q
wagon, and a very bad one at that.
What makes her so mad is that she
threw away chance to marry q news
paper carrier, thinking she would be
able to sicken the other women in the
block by appearing in her own turn
out on parade days Detroit Post.
"A Berlin newspaper has got hold
of genuine sensation. 1t says that an
enormous hotel is soon to be built at st.
Augustine, Fla. 1t will be three miles
long, six miles deep, and seventy-fve
stories high, Guests will be taken to
their rooms by 500 balloons; the tables
in the dining room will be four miles
in length, aud the walters who serve
the meals will be on horseback. There
will be q cuspidor in the Office 100 feet
in circumference. The German doesn't
often try to be funny, but when he does
he means business. Chicago Tribune
Except for those who may have
wealthy friends living in the interior il
favorable locality, Australia has beer
practicaily found to be not . suitable
place for invalids. Any one who ha'
made acquaintance with bush hots
would be slow to recommend it as .
residence, even to man in health, ant
would certainly advise an invalid u
avoid It. The most eminent physician
in Melbourne has recently stated that
out Of hundreds with weak lungs VIII,
had consulted him during period o
twenty-five years, not one OF those VIII
had remained on the coast had mate
rally improved.
New York claims to have NOR
than a thousand women who speculat
in stocks, grain, oil, whisky and ever.
other way known to the sterner sex, bu
brokers, as . rule, refuse their custom
The reasons for this were expressed b
a broker thus: "Their risks are small
and If they lose-phe-w-w!' "Bu
supposing they make hit?'" Well
then they grow confidential. They tel
you they knew 1t was coming so. The
dreamed Of . black cat or the Dab
cried twice in its sleep, or somethin
like that. They swear by their dreams
If q woman has certain dream an
puts he. money on that dream, an
then the market goes the wrong way
she has been swindled by the onogator.
N Y. Tribune.