The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-09-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Pennsylvania court has decided
That. as elections are not under the
common law, bets thereon are not for.
feit. -Philadeiphia Press.
Enough land in the United States
is owned by foreign syndicates to fur.
hish 100000 families with eighty acres
OF land apiece.-Troy Times.
The Odd Fellows of Maine have a
membership of 1866, and since their
organization in the State, in I843, have
paid for individual relief S477.323.
-'How can / find out all about the
young lady to whom | am engaged?''
asks prospective benedict. Has she a
younger brother? If so, consult him.
Boston Post.
Large quantities of timber are now
creosoted at the West, in a special
manner, for railroad purposes, the
effect being to increase the tenacity of
the wood for holding spikes, ETC., as
well as its density. and its ability to re-
sist mechanical wear Chicago Jour
nal.
"A gentleman who imagined that he
recognized lady friend, advanced cor
daily. and addressed her: IL beg par
don, he said, ''but isn't this Miss
Greenleaf?" mo, sir,'' repljed the
lady, my name is Redpate.n .Ah.
excuse me, must be color blind,.-N
Y. Sum-
The prose of war differs from the
poetry to the extent that martial music.
huzzas of victory and the cleaning OF
banners and the tramp of armed men,
differ from the groans of the wounded
and dying. the CHASTITY corpses, the
blood-soaked fields, and the weeping
and mourning of those whose loved ones
have been laid in CORY graves.-N. Y
Observer.
From some experiments made AT
the University of Kansas it appears thai
the average person can taste the bitter
OF quinlne when one part is dissolved in
4oZ.0o0 OF water. Salt was detected
with one part in $40 of water, sugar in
2So OF water, baking soda in forty.
eight OF water In nearly all cases fe.
males could detect smaller quantity
than males.
during a very tedious ride on s
railroad out of Memphis the passen.
gers, tired. dirty and thirsty. ali cussed
the company with the exception of one
single passenger. His NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
commented on this and asked him WHY
he didn't cuss the road, too. at woulS |
be hardly fair" he replied. .'as 1 an |
travelling on free pass; but if the,
don do better pretty soon I'll 90 Out |
and buy ticket and join you." -St. |
Louis Globe.
DR. Backus, of Rochester, N. Y.
stepped out one spring morning to sur
yey his lawn, which he had neatly ter
raced and sodded the day before. A
pair OF swine had broken out of their
pen during the night and rooted the
lair surface until it looked like a battle.
field where several nine-inch shells had
just exploded. The doctor was too old
TO cry and too pious to swear. and he
therefore observed with some emotion
Wen you never can lay dirt to suit
hog!'-Atbany Journal
"A farmer living near Howe's Cav.
N. T., had surprise recently. He was
blowing field about half a mile from
me caves mouth. He stopped for a
few minutes to rest himself and his
horse under the spreading branches of
tree. Moving on little distance, he
urned, and looking back was dumb.
founded to see that the large tree WIS
gone. He ran back and almost fell into
! great chasm, which had swallowed
he tree and piece of land. 1t is be
leved that this will lead to the discoy.
Try OF an outlet from the rear of Howe's
Iave.-N Y. Tribune.