The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08
ENTERTAINING VARIETY

ALARMS OF fire are given at Nogales, A
T., by the shooting of small arms.
A CYNICAL Elglishman. who has been
spending some time in New York City, says
that half the citizens are honest and re-
putable people, and the other half are poll
ticians.
A PHILADELPHIA oculist advises the
sparing use Of opera glasses. He claims
that they have tendency toward weaken
ing the optic nerves and laying the founda-
ton for blindness.
The English skylarks, imported by citi-
zcns Of Brooklyn, N. z. several years ago,
and which were missing for time, have
established themselves in the interior of
Long Island, and are increasing in numbers,
apparently acclimated.
THE most youthful bank president in this
country, if not in the world, is j. NJ. Bailey,
Jr., who was recently made president OF
the Minnehaha National Bank, ut Sioux
Falls, ID. I. He is an Illinois boy, barely
out of his teens, and has already shown
capability as financier.
THE Fish Commission car reached At
lanta, Ga, the other day when singular
incident occurred. Change Of water was
found necessary, and artesian water was
supplied. Inside of an hour 5000 young
fish were dead, and near three million eggs
arc supposed to be killed.
A LETTER received at the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad Offices at Baltimore the other
day. and referred to the passenger depart
menr, was from man out In Wyoming Ter
ritory. He wrote to say that some years
ago he stole rideA ON the road to get West,
and that he has now experienced change
Of heart and wants the company to send
him bill for the stolen travel
IT is reported from Detroit that lad six
teen years old, has such mania for thrust
ing pins and needles into the right side of
his face and neck that it has become
necessary to send him to the lunatic asylum.
At the time of his departure he had from
thirty to forty pins buried to the head in his
cheek, besides an unknown number of
needles that were out of sight.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, is soon to have one Of the
most important and perhaps best~endowed
charitable institutions in the Union. 1t will
be an orphans home for both sexes, COM
bincd with an educational and technical
school; the endowment amounts to 5000
600, and was subscribed by Bryant Howard,
E. w Morse, Judge NJ. A. Luce and c. s.
Hamilton. all of San Diego The city has also
givcn one hundred acres of land in the city
limits worth nearly s., 100000
AT Prendergrass, Ga, cat-bird was
seen by little boy to dart down to
the ground for something, and at oncs
began fiuttering and struggling as il
to free itself. This continued for per
haps minute, when the struggle ceased
and the bird settled down motionless. The
little fellows curiosity being aroused he
went to the scene and found the bird nearly
dead and pinioned by huge black spider.
The insect had seized its winged foe by tho
tongue and bitten the end Of it OF. The
bird died.
CoLoRs used in scaling way are said to
express a certain significance. White is
used for weddings; black drab and purple,
for mourning; lavender is coincidence; din.
aer invitatians are sealed with chocolate
color; blue denotes coustancy; green Xxx
presses hatred; vermillion signifies bust
ness; ruby or cardinal denotes the most
ardent love.