The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

.s~SNsNeOO0s
Louis Kossuth's bonds, issued Will,
the famous Hungarian was in this conn
; ny, are Kept rs curiosities in many fam
In Western Nevada prospector
Pile up vast quantities of snow on tn,
mountains and cover it with brush. II
order to provide water supply foy
summer use.
Such thing as fashionable young
man making evening calls NOWADAYS !,
saia to be unheard of. and it is asked
wnither are we socially drifting.-N. Y
Maui and Express.
IL any person who is liable to poison
with poison-ivy will take pure olive oil
AFTER being exposed to it he will feel nc
pad effects, and the oil will neutralizt
the evils of the poison if few doses be
taken even after the poison has broken
out.-Cticago Herald.
The whale feeds by opening its ca.
pacious mouth and allowing the sea
water, with its multitudinous tenants,
70 NIL the oval cavity. Then it shuts
It's lower jaw upon its horny plates, and,
straining out the water through them.
swallows the prey stranded upon its vast
tongue.
Patients suffering from whoopine
cough are taken in great numbers to
the Albany Gas-Light Works to inhale
the gas which comes from what is
known as the purifying tank. The Su-
perintendent says that five hundred per.
sons underwent this novel treatment
last summer.-Albany Journal.
The editor in the East sits down
with malice in his heart and writes of
''our esteemed co-worker in Journal
ISM" The Western editor, leaving his
fellow-publisher with hearty grasp at
the nearest ''coffin-nail-factory." seizes
his brilliant pen and fires half the town
against his ''loathsome contemporary"
Current
All the ice that is used in Mexico
comes from the top of Popocatapetl, is
brought down the mountain on the
backs OF the natives and then sixty
miles on the cars to the city, where it is
sold at wholesale at ten cents pound.
At the bar-rooms iced drinks are very
expensive, and ice is seldom seen any
where else.
The thimble is a Dutch invention.
iirst brought to England in 1895, by
John Lofting. who began its manufac.
ture at Islington, near London, gaining
thereby both honor and profit. Its
name was derived from the words
thumb and bell. being for a long time
called humble, and only lately thimble.
Old records say that thimbles were first
worn on the thumbs.-M Y Sun.
Several years ago a very aged mar
died in the State Of New York. Mr..
Schoonmaker, the man who often took
charge OF funerals, managed this, and,
In giving out the invitation at the close
OF the services, said: "All who desire
can now have the opportunity of be-
holding the remains of the Oldest man
living in Ulster County.-M Y. Graphic.
The preparations for the cold
weather in the Northwest are a sur
prise to visitors. Fur coats and caps
are the rule for everybody; the houses
have duplicate sets of windows, with
lew inches of air between; the stoves
are Of enormous size. often reaching
nearly to the ceiling; and such diver,
SION as sleighing is scarcely known, as
nobody thinks Of spending time out of
doors for fun in winter.-Chicaqo Times.
i do not call healthy Young man,
cheerful in his mind and vigorous in
his arms, l can not call such a man
poor. l can not pity my kind as a
xind, merely because they are men.
This affected pity only tends to dissat-
sly them with their condition, and to |
each them to seek resources where no
resources are to be found, in something
Use than their own industry and frugal |
ty and sobriety.-Burke.
Terrible havoc, both to life and |
has been reported from the
ecent typhoon in Japan, and especially
IN the west coast. At place called /
Aurashiki 500 houses were DESTROYED /
md 800 persons killed. At Tamashi-
ma the sea walls were carried away, 100
ives lost and $50 houses blown down;
While at Imabari, Matsuyama and Two
81 houses were wrecked, 112 iunks
unk and 10 persons drowned.
The force with which the gas issues
rom some of the gas-wells in Pittsburgh
; tremendous, and in one instance a
rilling machine, weighing three thou
and pounds was brown high in the air.
he pressure is irregular, too, and there
, lies the chief difficulty in utilizing the
as for household purposes, as the dan
er of leakage and explosion can hardly
e overcome, though various contriy-
noes are employed to lessen it. The
stratum is in bed of soft
ebbly sandstone, at depth of LOCO
yet, underneath solid rock. The rush
gas is weaker in the morning and
sronger in the afternoon, and there is
$50 general fiuctuation correspond
g with the changes of the NOON
Post.