The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-09-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

Free Press.
An English doctor says that Of
l,o4O GASES of govt only one was that
OF total abstainer, and his ancestors
we're beer and wine drinkers. :.
An old lady residing in Michigan
mas very large white cat over ten
years old to which she has become 20
attached that she has made provision,
In case her demise occars first. that It
be put to death and buried with her.
An Alabama woman heard ghost
In the house. Her husband heard moth
Ing but rats. She stuck to ghosts and
ne TO rats, and they began suit for
divorce the next day on the ground Of
ancompatability of temper.
American machinery n many re-
spects seems unsurpassed. yet We see
1t stated that the United Kingdom ex-
ports over go. 000, 900 worth in q single
year as compared with less than &c.
OOO.OQc sent to other countries by the
United States.
"A young lady of Mount Ayr. Ind,
challenges any girl in her Congress
sional district to gum-chewing con-
test, promising that she will show ''the
most marvellous performance on record
chewing in any poeition. on two sides
at one time. without getting my jaws
glued. and talk at the same time"
The absurdity Of applying the title
mister" to all sorts Of men, on all
sorts Of occasions, is well illustrated
In recent issue of Southwestern
paper. in which 1t was declared that
the late Mr.. Hank Brown was hanged
yesterday In the presence of large
and interested audience"
"A Questionable Success. - Ange-
lina-"And now that you have visited
her school. Edwin, what is your decis-
Ion regarding Nine. Franchise for our
childrenp As to discipline, does she
give that proper attention?" Edwin
Indeed she does, my dear. was
there the whole morning. and Madame
seemed to devote the entire time to
preserving order" Maya.
zine.
1T 10 not generally known that the
young nat fish have an eye on each
side of the body, and 1t is only in the
adult stage that the eyes are both on
one side. There has been much dis
cussion among scientific men as to the
mode in which the change takes place.
but in the founder 1t has been OBJ
served to travel over the ridge of the
head, while In some other fish it passes
directly through the soft tissue OF the
Young fish to the other side.
- The history OF the many attempts
10 raise American cotton in other parts
of the world IL q series of failures.
Some years ago England was at large
expense In attempts to introduce this
cotton into India, or to engraft its good
qualities upon the Indian plant, but
the seed refused to grow into thrifty
plants, and imported plants declined to
transmit their good qualities to the
Indian plant.-Manufacturer's Record.
The death Of Mrs. Tyler leaves
but four women living whose husbands
were at any time Presidents of the
United States. These are Mrs. Polk,
Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Garfield and Mrs.
Cleveland. There are two other
women still alive who also acted
as mistresses Of the Presidential man.
sion-Mrs. Harriet Lane johnson and
Mrs. McElroy. The former, who was
the NIECE of James Buchanan. did the
social honors for our only bachelor
President. while Mrs. McElroy acted in
. similar capacity for her widowed
brother, Chester A. Arthur, when he
was In the White House. Only two ex-
Presidents are living-Rutherford b
Hayes and Grover Cleveland.
"A fashion paper says that hair
work is again fashionable, and instead
of giving your autograph it is the
proper thing 10 give q lock Of hair,
which is preserved in an album. When
q young man gives . young lady one
Of his locks, she knows whose hair she
Is getting; but when q young lady pre-
sents q young man with one Of her
tresses. he doesn't know to whom it
originally belonged; and this is calcu-
lated to weaken his interest In the new
''fad." This fashion in hair-work. by
the way. was evidently originated by
the Indians. The red man has long
been engaged in the business of MAX
ing collection Of looks of hair. But
he is not proud. He doesn't preserve
'em in an album. A cheap belt at the
waist is good enough for the untutored
child Of the forest-N. Y. Ledger.
Enormous Waste In Smoke.