The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-03-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

in answer to the question, "What
makes q Florida girl popular ?'' we
would state that her fathers orange
grove probably has as much to do with
~ as anything else.-Ocala (FZa.) Ban.
1t is announced that an English in.
ventor has lately devised method of
coating tin with a material, resembling
glass, which removes all danger Of
poison In canned goods, and the adop-
ton OF his process is likely soon to be-
come general
The marriage of girl ten years
and eight months old to man of thirty
years is reported by good authority
from Suwanee county. The girls
father is minister, and the ceremony
was performed by his consent.-Madi-
son (F1a.) Recorder.
If you are sick or think you are.
don't send for the doctor unless YOU
mean to follow his directions. You will
only worry yourself ILL by knowing
what he thinks Of you, while you do
nothing to better yourself. PnLddei-
ptia Bulletin.
a lake, comprising 125 acres, near
the village OF Riverhead, Long Island,
has been drained, and the bottom.
which is found to be sandy, is being
leveled and stumps pulled up and holes
hiled for the purpose of establishing an
lmmense cultivated cranberry marsh
N. Y Tribune.
The commission appointed by the
Spanish Government to investigate the
great Andalusian earthquake last
Christmas report that over IL, 900 build
ings were injured in Granada and
Malaga, of which 400 were ruined;
z45 persons were killed, and I,485
wounded.
"A horse was sent up from the farm
to be shod. Having a number of
ready-made shoes on hand, the Job, in
the absence of the boss, was given to
an apprentice. After an interval the
following note came to the superin-
tendent: This horse don't fit none of
our Shoes Carlisle (Pd.) Indian
School Mornina Star.
One of the largest manufacturers
of gloves in England recently issued
circular to the fashionable dealers in
London. pointing out that the haoit of
attempting to wear gloves too small
has grown to such an extent that it
has seriously affected the reputation OF
the factory, and urging the dealers to
exercise their influence against this
expensive manifestation of vanity.
Though the great West doesn't
suspect it, at the Eastern centers of
civilization the dude has been replaced
by the Gussie. he supplanted by the
Jimmie and the latter's successor is
the gou-xou. who is the reigning favor
lite. The name gou-gou is an exact
reproduction of the first sound made
BY All infant. We don't know whether
IT Vas intentional. Buffalo Express.
Frank Brewer, favorite negro
minstrel of olden times, walked into
the barroom of the Metropolitan one
morning, dusty and unkempt from
long journey, aud asked for glass of
brandy. The barkeeper handed out
the brandy, and then, suspicious of
Franks appearance, said: Just pay
for that before you drink it, will you?"
Frank, who was as well known in New
York rs any man about town, looked
W-w-what?' s'Just pay. for that
fbrsndy before you drink it" repeated
the bartender. 'sW-w-why," said
Frank, leaning confidently across the
counter, lis it so im-m-memdiately
f-f-fatal in its .effecte'-N Y Citizen.
There ought to be stringent stat
ute making it a felony to arrange a
prize fight in any State, to enter into