The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

invitation; "Kum buy or lie bust
baltimore american.
If man could only catch fish as
easily as he can lie about it," laments
Texas editor. He could, if he only
understood fishing as well as he does
lying Chicago Daily Business
The actual number of persons en-
gagged in agriculture In The United
States, including their families. is
placed at 25,000,0O0, an increase of
5000, 600 since the last census Chicago
Tribune.
During the American.civil war Sve
hundred horses were destroyed or rem
dercd useless for every twenty-four
hours. The Confederate army was
crippled for want of horses, while the
Northern army was able to secure its
supply from the Dominion of Canada.
-Byooktyn Eagle.
The little town of LAFAYETTE,
Chambers County, Ala, is taking on
airs. A horn is blown at six o'clock in
the afternoon as signal for the closing
OF stores, and few minutes thereafter
scarcely a soul is seen on the streets.
The boys play baseball from six o'clock
until Columbus { Ga. Enquirer
Sur.
The London Truth gives the follow.
ing original observations on astronomy
from sermon of a Welsh curate
preaching to an English congregation;
"A starr is but ldl dot in the skyee
Saw many stars mex one plannat.
Saw many plannats mex a constel-
lesshon. Saw many considerations
mex one milkee we. Six milkee ives
mex one rorriborriallis.
The Austrian Government has re-
fused to authorize the establishment OF
private cremation societies. on the
ground that they might encourage
crime The decree states that murders
are often detected by the elimination OF
bodies. and that, even if bodies were to
he examined before cremation, there
would be no time to apply in every case
those delicate chemical tests which arr
used where poisoning is suspected.
1t is related of distinguished
lawyer who observed that his wife
always delayed ten or twelve minutes
before she came down to dinner, being
loath to lose so much precious time
daily, he commenced the composition OF
awork which he prosecuted only while
he was thus kept waiting. The result
was at the end of fifteen years book in
three volumes quarto, which has met
with a large sale and is much needed
1idbits.
The hedgehog is very fond of fruit,
and adopts curious way to obtain it.
1t is known that they often climb walls
and run off upon low boughs. and in
stead of scrambling down in the same
manner, they boldly make the LEAP
from the top to the ground, sometimes
ten or twelve feet. They coil into a
ball in the air. strike upon their armor
of spines and bound away unframed.
In taking this jump, they have been
seen to strike upon fallen fruit, which,
thus impaled upon their spines, was
carried away by them Chicago Herald.
The first of the five-inch breech-
loading rifle guns built at the Washing
ton Navy Yard for the new steel cruisers
was recently tested at Annapolis with
powder invented and manufactured by
a prominent American powder maker.
This gun, designed by the Naval
Ordnance Bureau and built of Ameri.
can steel, developed an initial velocity
of over 1900 feet a second. with q
pressure of only twelve and half tons
per square inch, which is better than
has been done by any other gun of it,
size Washington Posi-.
An almanac three thousand year.
old, found in Egypt, is in the British
Museum. 1t is supposed to be the
oldest in the world. 1t was found or
the body of an Egyptian, who hac
reverence as he did the Egyptian Bible
THE Book Of the Dead"-and, in
deed. it is strongly religious in charac
ter. The days are written in red ink
and under each is figure. followed b,
three characters signifying the probable
state of the weather for that day. Lik,
the other Egyptian manuscripts: it il
written on papyrus. 1t is written il
columns.
If walking alone is adopted as the
means TO counteract the effect of toe
much sitting, then care should be taker
that system enters into the walk.
slow. desultory sort of walk is of nc
earthly use; it simply tires one without
any beneficial result. The walking
should be brisk. with the head up ant
the chest thrown forward. The breath
ing should be regular and as free as the
swing of the limbs. The distance i:
optional. of course, but two miles ough
to be no task for the man who wants t.
improve his health. The distance car
be increased as the pedestrian begin:
to feel the benefit of the walking.-N
Y. Star.
1T is singular fact that the popu
lation of France is decreasing instead
of increasing The mortality among
infants belonging to the poorer classe.
is appalling. So, also. is the death rate
among the orphans or foundlings left t.
the charge of the communes, who ART
placed out to nurse. and drop out o
life i'm large numbers during the frs