The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-01-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A colored family in Georgia ar,
handicapped by having six fingers t.
each hand.
Workers in bleacheries wher,
chlorine is largely used are singularl,
exempt from all germ diseases, bu
suffer from special ailments induced by
inhaling that gas. = ? -
The Boston Commonwealth say:
that there are now a larger number Of
young persons from all parts of the
country studying music in that city
than has ever been known before.
"A burglar who went into a house
In East st. Louis to- do little business
complains that he was held up bv the
owner and robbed of S35 and a gold
watch. Things is workin'" around
all right. Detroit Free Press.
The burrashuta, a carniyerous f1y
heretofore confined to South America.
has made its appearance in Florida.
Its bite, though not poisonous. is main
fui' and the loss of blood comparatively
great.
In the province of San Pedro, Bra
zii, the destruction of all eucalyptus
trees has been ordered. 1t appears that
the tree favors the generation of a ter
rioiy dangerous dragon fly, which at
tacks all living creatures, and whose
sting is fatal within q few minutes.
That is a fine social feeling which
causes the man to keep carriage who
can not keep his family. put up coats
OF arms when ne can hardly keep arms
TO his coats, and'induces the cashier or
bookkeeper to enter into secret part.
nership with his employer.-M Y. Star
The aiarmist views as to the in
crease OF insanity, which. have lately
been forced into prominence. are not
countcnanced by the Commissioners in
Lunacy of England. They state in
their report that the apparent increase
is due almost wholly 10 aceumulations
IN asylums of the chronic insane. Il
"A citizen of Burlington, Me-, many
years ago promised his sons that if thew
would abstain from the use of LIQUOR
and tobacco until they were twenty-oue
years of age he would give them each
five hundred dollars on their twenty
first birthday. The elder son attained
his majority recently. and. having faith
iuiiy carried out his part of the agree
,ment, his father presented him with five
hundred dollars.-Boston Journal.
Our scientific visitors will hardly be
able to recognize the Canadian snow
shoe idiot In his summer clothes. but he
is here all the same. We mean the indi-
vidual who has himself photographed
IN fur cap, great-coat and snowshoes
whenever he wants to send picture TO
his friends across the Atlantic. His
ldlotic practice has had no little effect
IN giving to the Old World false i'm
pressions OF the Canadian climate and
the Canadian people.-Ioronto Globe.
e-"Subscriber" asks for directions |
Tor ebonizing wood. The following re-
ceipt is used by furniture manufac-
turer, and is said to be entirely satisfac.
tory: Logwood chips, eight ounces:
water, q. s.; copperas, half an ounce:
boil the logwood in one gallon of water
Tor half an hour, and add the copperas.
Apply to the wood hot, giving two or
three coats. In vanishing ebonized
wood little ''drop- black" must be
added, or the varnish is almost certain
20 give brown shade.-N Y. Post.
"a funny incident recently occurred
IN the New York Opera House after the
performance of the play "The Pulse of
New York" The final curtain was
'nng down, but the audience sat COM
olacently and made no movement TO
cave the house, being unaware that the
play was ended. In this embarrassing
situation, nothing was left the manager
'ut to announce that the play had come
o an end. He might have recited
lhackeray's verses, beginning sTbe l.
'lay is done. "-New York Sun. l.
DIR. George E. Post, medical mis-. |.
ionary from America to Beirut, Syria. a
las acquired on enviabe reputation for
kill among the Turkish officers, and /.
you'd have a large income if he was
Wiling to receive pay for his services.
'ut his work is almost wholly among the
cry poor. His numerous text books of
nedicine and surgery are printed in Ar
bic, and he is now preparing work
descriptive of the fora of Palestine and
yria, which is said to be the first work
the kind on this subject in any Ian
uage.