The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-05-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

verdict in the case of a man charged
with peddling spectacles without a
license.
According to the estimates of Prof.
Dubois Raymond, person can endure
a temperature of l22 degrees. although
104 ars likely to prove fatal in the atmos-
phere saturated with moisture.
"A large meteor fell recently neal
Gainesville. Ga. Its course lay directly
over the town, and as it passed so in
tense was IFS brightness that it rendered
objects in darkened rooms plainly WIS.,
ible.- Chicago Times.
The diaphragm of new telephone
through which conversation has been
held between New York and Cleveland
is made of cork. The extreme sensi-
tiveness of this substance to the tones OF
the human voice is late discovery
Cleveland Leader.
During the seasons when game may
be killed the markets of Cheyenne have
for sale elk, venison, antelope, mountain
sheep, grouse, ducks, rabbits and other
game Killed in Wyoming. The game
laws are rigid, however. and the seasons
are short when it is lawful to kill game
for any purpose except the individual
wants of the hunter.
Recent facts and figures in the
Times Democrat concerning the popula-
ton of New Orleans will create consid-
cradle surprise. In population OF
every six white men, and four female to
three male negroes. This is the largest
excess of female population of any city
in the Union. not even excepting Boston.
The consumption of chocolate in
this country is largely on the increase,
one manufacturer stating that last year
he made 100000 pounds and used a
ton of sugar per day. The best cocoa
beans come from Venezuela and Mexico.
and the cheapest from San Domingo.
The two great chocolate consuming
countries are France and the United
States.-Boston Journal.
Persons who read the death notices
in the newspapers from day to day must
observe that whenever the weather
grows suddenly cold the mortality
among old people greatly increases.
This occurs SO often that it is hardly a
coincidence. Indeed, it seems to bear
out fully the assertion of many physi-
clans, that the secret of long life after
three-score years and ten is to keep
warm.-M y Tribune.
DIR. Crudclli, of Rome, gives the
following directions for preparing a
remedy for malaria, which has proved
efficacious when quinine has given nc
relief: Cut up a lemon, peel and pulp.
into thin slices, and boil it in pint and
half of water until it is reduced to
half pint. Strain through a linen
cloth, squeezing the remains of the
boiled lemon, and set it aside until cold.
The entire liquid is taken fasting.
The practice of carrying revolver
is now very common in Paris. A gen.
tleman belonging to one of the most
fashionable clubs of that city said the
other day: II left the club at one
o'clock. There was no porter in the
hall and did not know where my great
coat was, but thought should recog-
nize it because / had left revolver in
one pocket. Well, l touched twenty
greatcoats and in all felt revolyers,
and / was still searching when the
porter entered and gave me mine, which
he had forgotten to hang up"
1t is asserted by some wicked per-
son that it is now the custom for lovers
to write peculiarly affectionate remarks
on the outside of envelopes, and to
cover such remarks with a postage
stamp. Thus young man may write
a note which any young girl could show
to her mother, while at the same time
he could use the most affectionate Ian
guage under cover of a stamp. All the
young lady has to do is secretly to re-
move the stamp without destroying the
writing underneath. = Philadelphia
Press
"A guest at fashionable reception
narrates that he overheard sixteen
year-old dandy say to a still younger
belle: II am glad my family got out
of the trade fifty years ago. My father
was never in business, but devoted him.
self to science as hobby. He made
several discoveries, you know, that have
got permanent place in the books. "
Then he looked into the girls face for
admiring wonder, but saw only gentle
commiseration. $50 your poor papa
had employment she said, and then
with CLEAN of proud disdain she
added: my father never, never did
anything at all. IN Y. Sun.
"A Dutchman came into our office
last summer with paper in his hand:
"Vill you please, sir, read me der names
of der beople vat hat the cholera?"
Certainly, ifyou are anxious about it. {"
''Vell, am so anxious dot i don't know
vat pc doings." The clerk very oblig-
ingly read the list, the Dutchman in the
meantime perspiring and wiping his
forehead. When the clerk had finished
the anxious inquirer asked: Den you
don't find de name of Hans Geinsen
dere?" mo, sir.'' "Vell, / veel all
right now. Ivas peen drunk for ten
days, und didn't know but dat / vas
dead NIT the cholera. boston Sunday
Times.