The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-09-26
MISCELLANEOUS.


AN Arizona man has stopped tax
ing an agricultural paper. He wrote
to the editor asking how to get rid OF
gnats. The answer came in the next
issue of the paper, "kill them. ~ +.
Tribune.
Catherine Pussey was struck by
stone from quarry blast at Ellington
and instantly killed. That shows the
error of the popular belief that pussy
cat has nine lives.-Binghamto'a Re-
publican.
The hog-pen should be always lib
erally bedded with straw, not only
where the pigs sleep but the yard out
side, where they run. Unless this yard
is well bedded much of the liquid ma
nure will be lost.-Prairie Farmer.
Newfoundland has population Of
$4,000. In 1874. when the preceding
census was taken. it had a population
of 16l, 374. During the time the Cath
olics have increased in numbers sixteen
per cent. and the Protestants thirty-one
per cent.
"A bicycler fell from his machine in
the early part of twenty-mile race in
New Haven a few days ago. and broke
his wrist, but he didn't discover the ex-
tent of his injury until he had arrived
home. He finished the race, and came
in first.-New Haren Register.
An Indiana lady has been dec
Grating a set of dinner plates in novel
manner. On each (of eighteen) she
has painted bird of different species,
and on the border of the plate verse,
in old English text, of poetry. written
by one of the best authors about that
particular kind of bird.-Indianapoiis
Journal. -
in regard to the operation for di-
viding certain fibrous bands in the little
finger so as to give pianists more
freedom in the use of it, the British
Medical Journal says that in the
fourteen cases of DIR. Forbes, OF
Philadelphia, good functional results
have been obtained. but it suggests that
1.-The effort necessary to stretch any
fibrous band existing between the
fingers is itself useful. as tending tC
stretch all the muscles attached to
them"
"A good old deacon in Connecticut
was very pious and fond of clans
When once upon time he attended 8
Rhode Island clam bake he overtaxet
his capacity. and was sorely distressed
But his faith in prayer was undated
Leaving the party. and going dowr
upon his knees behind tree, be wa
heard to supPlicate: Forgive me, c
Lord, this great sin of gluttony. Re
store nv health, and l will never ea
any more CLANS" Then. after |
iudicious pause. Every few, if any
Amen. Christian at Work.
Some time since, Newton Irvine
living in a cabin near Blocksburg, Hum
boldt County, Cal, received a presen
of aquarter of veal from some unknown
party. His suspicious were aroused a
such an unwonted act Of generosity
and he fed a piece of the veal to dog
which died soon afterward with all tn
symptoms of poison He buried tn
veal. and day or two subsequently h
was shot near his cabin. the murdere
putting seven rifle-balls into his body
The reason for the murder and indentit
of the man who committed it are alik
mystery.-San Francisco Chronicle
"A New Yorker has patented raj
road indicator to be used to indicat
the time at which trains pass a station
The indicator is composed of cloc
set in case about eight feet above tn
ground. The dial looks like an ordinar
clock; the hands are stationary exccT
when train passes on the track wher
the indicator is attached, when til
hands suddenly move to the hou
minute and second. giving the corret
time when the train passes. The hand
point at this time until another trai
passes, when they move ahead as b.
fore. The invention has bctT sati
factorily tested.-N. tribute.
The Texas Congress once took e,
ceptions to Pre- Sam Houston
habit of giving them his message
orally, and insisted :hat he should wri
them out; that the habit of deliverin
them orally was highly dictatorial. an
lacking in respect for Congress Hou
ton agreed to conform to their wishe
and as the next day was the one 8
apart for the delivery of his inaugura
he made his appearance in the halls
Congress with a roll of paper in h
hand, tied with red tape, and markt
in large letters. Inaugural" He a
dressed them with the roll in his han
waving it gracefully that all might s.
it. and on concluding handed it with
bow to the clerk, and strobe out of Il
chamber. On being opened it W
found to be a roll Of blank paper.
Chicago Herald.