The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

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plum tree in Georgia recently, and
the owner, being somewhat timid about
eating or selling the fruit, had it shaken
to the ground. f-s
Seven hundred thousand quilts are
sent from Connecticut quilt manufac-
tory each year to warm the Southern
and Western States. Mexico, Canada,
the West Indies. and even the different
cities of the South American States
Hartford Post.
1t has been decided in Ohio that the
husband is the legal owner of his wife's
clothes. So absolutely is the power in
vested in the husband that one man.
who wished to deed his wife's clothes to
her. could not legally make the transfer.
-UeUeiand Leader. ss
I'm the largest library in the world,
| in Paris, there is Chinese chart of the
| heavens made about 600 years before
Christ. In this chart 1,460 stars are
found to be correctly inserted, as cor
roborated by the scientists of the present
day.
Recently Government transport,
with a full crew. many wounded soldiers
and valuable horses, was kept waiting
in Suez Harbor three full days for a
mule which somebody or other had pre-
sented to Queen Victoria, and without
which the ship had orders not to sail.
Two new type-wrlters have recently
been brought out in England. Each is
about eight inches square. and weighs
not to exceed six pounds. They can
be carried in sachel, and are afforded
at so low price as to be within the
reach of almost any person. Chicago
Times.
Boys. as rule, are nuisance, but
there is always something about our
own that makes them little superior
to others. They are of finer quality
of material, and the noise that they
make is not the harsh. and nerve-de.
stroying kind that other boys make
| MIR, Sanford Pullen, of Oakland
sided on the farm in that town which i.
now his home for eighty-four years. We
he has lived in two States, three coun
ties and three towns. That is, the
names of the State, county and town O
his home have been changed that mum
Der of times.-Bost0n Globe.
The only countries upon the globe
to which cholera has not been carried
are the islands of the South Pacific
Australia. the Cape of Good Hope, the
islands of the North Atlantic, and the
western coast of South America. These
countries are all separated from India
by wide expanse of ocean, and hav,
no commercial intercourse with tina
country.-N Y. Herald.
The following admonitory notice
was recently published by French
editor in his paper: THE wine mer
chant who last week sold me bottle O
lemonade favored with vitriol for ;
bottle of champagne is requested II
send me within twenty-four hours {
bottle of genuine champagne, failins
which his name and address will b.
made public /" The result was that h,
forthwith received almost unlimited
contributions of frst-class wine. ~
Some persons are apt to look upol
Mexico as a half-civilized nation. Jour
nalism in that section varies from tn
sensational work put into some Ameri
can papers A murder is briefly an
nounced, with only the leading fact
and names. and with no artistic elabora
ton of details. The taste of the Mex
can reader does not incline towar
crimes. Still less does he delight in tn
miseries of unfortunate families. TIL
family circle is the last place the re
porter invades. The rattle of the famil
skeleton is rarely heard. and when it is
S truth is rarely lost sight of in an ur
seemly scramble to be the first to ez
hibit it, Philadelphia Press.
u -"How many people," inquired
Buffalo philosopher, ''begin readin
I their daily newspaper at the beginningP
The question excited considerable dis
l cussion. The result of a comparison G
ideas and experiences on the subjec
was that quite as many people opene
their dailies and began at the middle G
the last page as there were readers VIII
started at the beginning of page. Sal
participant in the discussion: IF yo
observe adozen men who take up news
papers you will hardly find two who bt
gin to read at the same place, Go int
restaurant, hotel Office or clu
room and make few notes on tn
methods of newspaper perusal Big
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