The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-03-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

All scientists still assert that IL
would take cannon ball eight days to
reach the moon.
The curry-comb is source ofpleas-
ure to the horse, or an instrument Ct
torture, accordingly as it is handled.
"A man was fined one dollar in q
New York court for calling lawyer a
liar, and yet the offender had sworn to
tell the truth. Terds Sitfings.
The largest carpet in the world
has been on exhibition at the Cincin-
natl Exposition. 1t contains 200
square yards.
Fully 5000 miles of railroad will
have been constructed this year in the
United States. and the prospects are
that next year will witness large in
crease in these operations.
1T has been found that goose can
stand the weather until the thermome-
ter goes to sixty-four degrees below
zero. Then her feathers won't save her.
Wild ducks can go twelve degrees lower
and come out on top.
The Marquis Tseng, former minis
ter to London and Paris, lately cele-
brated the wedding of his daughter,
Lady Blossom. when, for the first time
in Chinese annals, the brides consent
to the choice of husband was actually
asked.
We frequently read of some per-
SON whose hair has turned white in a
single night through grief or fear, but
the white-haired old sinner who goes
intosa barber-shop and comes out in
half an hour with hair and whiskers
black as the ravens wing never gets a
line in the papers.
"A Pittsburgh physician wrote aqua
fortis (spring water) in prescription
in place of the more ordinary express
sion, aqua pura- The druggist sent
back the prescription saying: You
take that prescription back to DIR. -
and tell him that he's put enough aqua
forts into that prescription to kill ten
men"
There are only two carpenters in
New Boston, Neb., town which is
small, but growing rapidly. One OF
them was taken sick a few days ago,
when the other man promptly gave it
out that he would lend his services TO
the highest bidder. Something like an
auction was held and the lucky carpen-
ter dropped the hammer at $3.50 a day
for job of three weeks.
Western man-"Yes, I'd like to
buy nice house in New York, but
have no ready cash. Will you ex-
change for Western land?" Real Es-
tate Agent-"Y-e-s." "Glad to hear
that. How much would you want for
say an eight or nine-room house on
Fifth Avenue?'' Real Estate Agent
''Well, if it Is good land three or four
counties will be enough"
Miller stands near the wheel look
ing disconsolately at the dry channel,
with beautiful dam extending from
bank to bank. Sportsman--"'Pears to
be a big drought in this sectionF
| (Silence.) All you need is a little
rainP (Silence.) You've got good
site here, and you've damned the
stream WELL" Miller (feelingly)-
stranger, hain't done nothin' else. .
Detroit Free Press.
Young lady Tin dry goods store)-
"1hese goods will wash, of course, Mr..
SpindleP" Mr.. Spindle (who is de-
yotedly fond of young lady. while al
the same time in easy hearing distance
of his employer)-"O. yes, indeed
that is, l think they will-er Of course
you know they ought to wash. they're
high enough wouldn't like to say
though they would wash If they won'i
wash but er-m-ah." Employer (em
phatically)-"You may say to the
young lady, Mr.. Spindle, that the
goods wiu wash" Mr.. Spindle IRE.
lieved)-.'Yes, Miss Withers. the goods
sciH wash. Epoch.
"A negro OF Washington. Ca. wa!
driving bull in harness through the
streets. A dog attacked the bovine
and the latter Immediately took aftel
the dog. The bull was attached to 8
bale of cotton on which the negro wa
seated. The bale few onto the bulpi
neck, and the negro still retained hi.
seat, filing the whole village with his
cries. Nothing, however, retarded thu
animals pursuit of the dog, until h
collided with load of cane. After thu
collision the street was strewed for rod
around with negro, cane, cotton. bull
broken harness, etc. Nobody was hurt
PLAYED 'POSSUM.