The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-09-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A young man in New Haven has .
collection of 1000 birds eggs, en-
bracing nearly 1900 varieties.
There are said to be twenty-five
thousand lawn tennis players within
radius of ten miles of New York.
-Cabul is pronounced Kawble; Merv
is Mahriv; Herat is Hermit; Kurrachee
is K'rahchy: and the accent of Afghan
istan is on the second syllable. In all
of these words the "a" is pronounced
as in "ah. 30 Chicago Herald.
The tropical gooseberry, which is
cultivated in Florida, grows on hand
some tree from ten to fifteen feet in
height. The fruit is rather smaller
than the Siberian crab apple. and the
shape flattened globe. 1t contains
one hard seed. The fruit is only mod
erately valuable, but the tree is orna-
mental.-N. Y. Tribune.
"A certain father in Middletown at
tended one of the meetings Sunday with
his little son. When 1t was announced
that the collection would be taken the
father gave the boy money for that
purpose, but what was his astonishment
when the box was passed to see the
little fellow hold on to the money. Upon
being asked the reason for so doing. he
replied: Saving it for the circus.
Hartford Conn., Times.
Concerning the perfumery manu-
factories at Nice and Cannes it is relia-
bly, stated that these establishments
annually crush and squeeze no less than
$4,000 pounds of orange blossoms.
13, 200 pounds of acacia blossoms, 154.-
900 pounds of rose leaves, IS, 200 pounds
of jasmine blossoms, $4,000 pounds of
violets, $500 pounds of tubc-roses and
relatively large amount of Spanish
lilacs, rosemary, mint, lime and lemon
blossoms, thyme and numbers of other
plants and leaves and flowers.
"A letter describing the markets of
New Orleans says that everything is sold
by the eye, and there is no standard of
measure. Nine-tenths of the hundreds
who sell in the noted French market of
the city do not know what bushel or
peck is. They buy Their vegetables
by the lot, and place them on little piles
on tables. These piles are of different
sizes and prices. The buyer looks at
the piles, and buys that which he thinks
is biggest and best. Sometimes buckets
and boxes are used to measure. but they
are of all kinds and shapes. IN. Y. Post.
An exchange thus classifies crimes
of peculation: Taking S1,000,00 is
called case of genius. Taking 800. 600
is called case of shortage. Taking
$4,000 is called case of litigation.
Taking $25, 900 is called q case of in
solvency. Taking $4,000 is called a
case of irregularity. Taking $1,000 is
called a case of defalcation. Taking
$1,000 is called case of corruption.
Taking $500 is called case of embez-
element. Taking 800 is called case
of dishonesty. Taking $50 is called a
case of thievery. Taking s25 is called
case of total depravity. Taking one
ham is called case of war on society.
For ingenuity and originality it
takes down-east Yankee to perfect
plans to shuttle off this mortal coil A
Massachusetts man, having determined
to die. set about his arrangements, de-
termined that there should be nothing
lacking to make it a perfectly original
suicide, unique and complete. He pro-
cured piece of brass pipe, and firmly
fixed one end of it in the root of tree.
He then loaded this improvised cannon
to the muzzle with powder and ball, ap-
piled a slow-match, and calmly lay
down with his head in range. The
whole arrangement was perfect, and
he was dead as a door-nail, but some.
what disfigured, when found. CHICAGO
Inter Ocean.