The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-12-18
MISCELLANEOUS,

INV ACOOuSAys ~ uVc nun
dred yards, struck squsrely the head Of
a pin stuck in the center OF an envel-
ope.
There was q street illumination in
q Western city recently. and the re-
porter called 1t "a revelation from some
planet where the sortlid things of sense
had never seen the light, but where the
superbly aesthetic had ever held full
sway. ~ Chicago Times.
The word seismic lust now m
prominent in the description of earth
quake phenomena. is from a Greek
word meaning Ito shake" Without
stretching things, an attack of malarial
fever might be called the seismics. -
Springfield Mass. Union.
"A peculiar sand known as squeak
ing sand'' is found at the boiling spring
on the Ira Hill farm in Dayton. When
rubbed or pressed in the hand it emits
q succession of sounds which it would
defy tight-titting door to outdo.-
Biddeford (Me. Times.
louisville has 40, 900 colored peo-
pie. many of whom are prosperous and
some of whom are rich. Some of the
best real estate in the city is owned by
colored men; there are three or four
large furniture dealers and many coal
yards, groceries and saloons owned by
negroes. -L0nisUiiie ourier-Journal.
"A farmer near Lawrenceville Can.
recently mounted horse to rescue a
couple OF drowning sheep. He was
just entering the stream when his horse
pitched him over his head. He appears
to have been struck BY the animals
hoof and stunned, for he sank at once.
and when the body was recovered there
was black mark on his forehead.
1t is said that in Maine town the
postmaster was Republican aud APP
pointed his wife, who is Democrat,
as his deputy. With the change of adj
ministration the husband lost his place,
az an offensive partisan, and the Dem
ocratic wife was appointed, and she
has reciprocated the favor by selecting
her husband as deputy, thus keeping
the Office comfortably in the family. in
spite of the revolution of parties
Boston Traveller.
"A Boston whisky dealer bought a
cheap coffin. put Al gallon key Of rye
whisky inside, screwed a plate on the
lid of the coffin, on which were en-
graved the name, age and birthplace
OF the alleged corpse, boxed the coffin,
as is usual. and shipped it to town in
Maine. There an undertaken took
charge OF the box and drove ten miles
into the country before the coffin was
opened and the liquor removed.-M. Y.
Sun.
"A lady had q peculiar experience .
lew days ago in Portland, Ore, while
riding horse. The animal was high
'pirited and, becoming unmanageable,
threw the woman entirely out of her
riding habit. and ran off with It hang
ng to the saddle. Ayoungman caught |
he horse and led il back, and the
voung woman took the habit from the |
addle. put it on, mounted the horse
md rode away,
The irigate bird is considered to be |
he fieetest animal that flies. Indeed. |
Is speed is such that seamen have a |
'elief that it can start with the peep of |
lawn from the coast of Africa, and. |
GLOWING the trade winds, land ON the |
coast before sunset. It can
undoubtedly fly more than two hundred |
niles an hour, but there is no trust /
worthy record of the speed of which it
J capable. = Chicago Times.
"A physician said lately in o paper
t Saratoga that it should not be sug-
ested to children that they are nervous.
here IL any amount Of wisdom in the
entence. Children with either physical
r mental infirmities should not be
INSTANTLY reminded of them. The
hind brooding over such troubles fixes
hem upon the system as chronic and
the trouble by wise
reatment would be outgrown and for
often. Troy Times.
The following is related of an East
bridgeport man: He went home q few
lights ago, and, not feeling well. took
hat he supposed to be four pills and
len slept the sleep of the Just. When
is wife awoke in the morning she be-
an to search for four shoe buttons
hich she intended to sew on baby's
hoes before the little one awoke. She
ould not find them, and the husband
lined in the search, Finally he re-
WuCAC Ic udQ lOOuO Inc OIIlS
nd said: "Good heavens! / swallowed
lem buttons. "-BIdqeport (Conn.) |
0St.
In Oregon the catching and can
ing of salmon employ two thousand
hite men in various capacities. 1t
nploys two thousand five hundred
hinese. 1t employs fifteen tugs and
and makes business for =
slf dozen mere employed regularly
the traffic of the river. 1t employs
ssides hundreds of boat-makers, sail
akers and net-weavers. 1t is the basis
the prosperity of the city of Astoria,
I'd attracts much of the foreign CON-
cree Indirectly, its benefits reach
cry business and nearly every person
the State Of Oregon. San francisco
aronicls u
In Washington Territory there are
present only eighteen counties, and
'out all Of these were taken from Z
RECON when il was made q State.