The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-04-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

An old pine tree that was cut down
recently near Meriwether, Ca. meas
ored sl5 feet from the stump to the top.
Ladies' who wear gloves of medium
or light color are cautioned against the
use OF umbrellas with silver handles. as
they will seriously blacken the inside
OF the glove, and 1t is quite impossible
70 remove the stain.--Chicago Journal.
New Workers who have been buy
ing alta high price, and eating with
great relish, California fruit. have
their faith in their grocers shaken by
official statements in San Francisco that
.~only four car loads have been sent to
New York this year.
A manufacturer of Breslau, Ger
many, has built an elastic fire-proof
chimney, fifty-one feet six inches high,
entirely of paper. The blocks, instead
OF being brick or stone, were made of
layers of compressed paper, iointed
with some silicious cement
king Theebaw, of Burmah, says the
London Graphic, was great patron of
the drama in his palmy days, and in
troduced a curious method Of awarding
the actors. Before the king a table
was placed bearing number of silver
Imitation cocoauuts filed with Jewels,
pearls and rings of various values. The
king then called each actor to the table
and bid him chooce one of the cocoa
nuts, the player taking his chance as to
the worth of the contents.
metropolitan poverty is naturally
on la,ge scale. The New York Chari-
ties Organization Society reports that
Ut found on single street (between
Houston and Fourteenth streets) 1928
cases requiring relief, or with the aver
age Of four to each family. population
of 5000 people in a single street only
five blocks in length, and the section
referred to is generally regarded as one
occupied bypoor but respectable work
ing people.-N y Tribune.
The amount Of water in food IL
very large. A beefsteak contains
seventy-seven per cent. of water. In
buving pound, only one-fourth of that
pound is dry solid meat Cabbages
contain cighty-five and ninety per cent.
Of their weight of water, and succulent
fruits sometimes more than ninety per
cent. Of substances most commonly
eaten, rusks or biscuits are the driest
and watermelons the most watery OF
ods.-Toronto Mail.
The International Criminal Con-
gress, which has been in session in
Rome, has brought to light many in
teresting statistics. 1t appears that
Italy has an annual average of eight
murders to every 100. 200 inhabitants,
against nine in Spain and Hungary,
two in Austria, one in France and Bel
GUM. and only 0.5 in Great Britain In
crimes against public morality the rate
of average for Italy is four, while that
OF Germany is thirteen-the highest
figure on the list.
Referring to the use of corrosive
sublimate as surgical dressing, the
Philadelphia Medical and Surgical
journal cites the following remarkable
fact: A child was brought in with his
leg so mangled---bones crushed, etc.
that that three prominent surgeons
decided that amputation was impera-
tive" They told the parents that the
child would die if the operation was
not performed. But the parents would
not consent to it, and, under protest,
the surgeon dressed the wound in BIZ
chloridized sawdust. "The result" says
the journal, twas an absolutely per-
feet limb y