The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-12-25
MISCELLANEOUS.


"A train was recently run from
Syracuse to Buffalo. N. T., distance
Of 149 miles. in 1873 minutes.
"A man may read law and become
lawyer; he may study medicine and
be called doctor; but il he wants to
be blacksmith he must work at his
trade.-N.O. Picayune
In days gone by il was customary
Tor the servants Of the nobility, par
ticularly the gentleman-usher, to attend
bareheaded. On grand occasions coach.
men also drove bareheaded. ssRa-
Now, girls, stick pin here. Paris
ian ladies of the best families never
wear high-beeled shoes, nor any other
modern abomination. They are per-
fectly natural, piquant and charming.
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Engineer Ed Drohan, of the Gin
cinnati Southern railroad, will likely
have difficulty hereafter in procuring
substitutes. Four men who have at
different times made the run for him
have been accidentally killed on his
engine. Cincinnati Times. -
"A peculiarly of the older orange
trees in Florida this season is that most
of their fruit is borne in clusters in the
tops of the trees, where the branches
were most completely denuded of their
leaves last winter.
"A bit of paper stuck to the wheel
OF his buggy, and fiuttering as il re-
y0lved, attracted the attention of Jumes
Wood. of Portland, Me-. Just as he
stopped to get out He picked it of.
and found it to be one-dollar bill.
Professor Penck, of the Geograph-
ical Society of Vienna, doubts the COR
RICHNESS of the common estimate which
makes the water area of the globe
nearly three times as great as the land
area. He says we do not yet know
enough about the North and South
Polar regions to form an accurate idea
OF the relative proportions of land and
water.
In a recent storm thunderbolt
struck and killed man who had a
chestnut-bell fastened upon his coat.
Right here we volunteer to. raise a
purse for the man intrepid enough to
tie pink ribbon around that thunder
bolts neck. If there IL anything on
earth deserving premium 1t is the
annihilator. of the chestnut-bell crank.
-Ckicago Tribune.
Captain Clarence E. Dutton, of the
Geological Survey, has explored Crater
lake, IN Oregon, heretofore unsurveyed.
The crest of the ridge surrounding the
lake Is 900 feet above the water. Two
submerged cinder cones were found,
300 and ], 200 feet high. The greatest
depth found was 2,OO5 feet, and Cap
tain button believes this to be the deep
est body of fresh water on the continent.
AN Auburn young man. banjo
struck. was the cause of so much suf-
fering to the gentleman that lodged in
the adjoining room that the latter
bought wise, saw and q. file, and,
according to report. ''that night, when
White Wings sifted through the wall,
1t was met by sonata in E on the
saw" The duet was kept up until
late hour, when the banjoist gave in.
Buffalo Express.
Another veracious statement from
below is that young man went to
work for the first time on his home
stead, providing himself with good
sand-hy netting bar. The first night
he pitched tent, hung his net and went
to bed. For three days and nights he
did not stir. The mosquitoes had so
thickly covered his net on the outside
that it was perfectly dark inside-he
did not know when daylight came. =
Indian Rirer fila. san.
Mrs. limerick, well known flower
seller of Philadelphia, thinks that she
has good proof that she is direct de-
scendant Of John Nicholas Limerick, an
East Indian trader, who died years ago.
leaving millions of dollars; but, like a
sensible woman, she prefers selling
flowers to investing any OF her money
in an effort to secure this mythical
fortune. A society has been formed by
the other heirs. and Ex-Governor
Curtin's law partner is to be asked TO
take charge of their interests. Pbild-
tlelphia Press.
-Four years ago, says the Palmyra
(Mo.) Spectator, a bucket of butter was
accidentally dropped into cistern on
the farm of Edwin C. Spence, near
Philadelphia, Marion County. Recently
the cistern was cleaned out, and the
bucket of butter was found. When the
cover was firstremoved from the bucket
the butter was found in good state Of
preservation. and tasted as sweet as
when it fell into the cistern four years
ago, BURN few moments after it was
exposed to the air it changed, and was
80 rancid that no one could bear to
taste it.
Nobody outside Of the profession
has any idea how difficult it Is for an
editor to please some of his patrons.
For Instance: A Western paper an
nounces as follows: s.Mr. Mcguire will
wash himself before he assumes the
Office of sheriff" This made Mcguire
mad, and he demanded retraction.
which the paper made thus: "Mr.
Mcguire requests us to deny that he
will wash himself before he assumes