The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-12-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

In Swcden they always take a cold
lunch, accompanied by rather strong
spirits, before each meal 1t is said to
be an appetizer.
The deepest hole in the world is
bored at Schladcbach, Germany. 1t is
5,735 feet in depth, and is for geological
research only.
This is going to be a lively caucus
tonight" Think SOP 81 do. If you
want to see disorder wait till it comes
to order. IN. Y. Press.
-Harry-"Did they have mosquitoes
at the hotel where you stopped?" Jack
- think not; / wasn't charged for an
any on the bill."-N. Y. Herald.
The oyster, like good many other
people of fashionable prctensions, is in
the swim during the summer, only to
find himself in the soup when winter
comes.-Bcston Transcript
The eggs of the alligator are eaten
in the West Indian islands and on the
west coast of Africa. They resemble in
shape hens egg, but are larger, and
have much the same taste.
Miss Oathin-"Do you suppose Mr..
Glover gave Daisy her new ring?' Miss
Millet-"No; guess she bought it with
vegetables from her garden, for heard
her say it was an 1S-carrot ring. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
The colcolba wood or seaside grape,
a product of Florida, is becoming popu-
lar for knife-handles, the pink and
violet tint of the wood, added to its
great hardness, making it very desir-
able for that special purpose.
First Customcr-"Glass of vanilla,
please" Second Customers ame. "
Clerk-"Beg pardon, but we cannot
serve two persons with one glass. Per-
haps you mean similar. minneapolis
Journal.
Miss Dukkets-"Did you tell Mr..
Getthere / was not in?" Bridget
did, mum" Miss Dukkets-.'What did
he say?' Bridget-''He said, We'll, tell
her to come down as soon as she is in.
He's in the parlor. Funny Folks.
He had struck a match on his boot
heel, and his wife remarked: "You are
us spry as a cat, aren't your ''Do you
think SOP he returned, in a pleased
tone. Eyes, you light on your feet
You know" Washington Star.
Squeezing in America and China
Dellows-''Strange, the treatment o.
girls in the respective countries, China
and American Fellows-"What dc
you mean?" Among us we squeeze
their hands. while there they squeezt
their feet. Yankee Blade.
The free lunch eaters of New Yorl
city consume daily two tons of potato
salad, ton and half of beans, 25,
gallons of beef stew and hundred
weight of caviare, not to mention the
large quantities of cheese, Frankfurtel
sausage, pickles, olives, corn-beef, maca
roni, etc.
Her majesty the queen is mewha
sensitive in the matter of her authorit,
as sovereign of nation fast growing
democratic To member of her cour
who said, II suppose they will MAXI
several new peers now that Mr.. Glad
stone is in," Victoria replied with EN-
phasis, "They?'
The African is better protected
against the evil effects of the excessive
heat than his white brother in tw,
ways The texture of his cuticle is ex
ceptionally well adapted to encourag
free perspiration and his natura
temperament does not incline him t.
borrow trouble largely.
"A guest at Sir w. c. Brooke's lodge
in the forest of Glentanar, in Aberdeen
shire, recently performed the extraor
Cinary feat of killing two deer with on
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the backbone Of one stag and was de
Elected into the chest of another, bot
instantly falling dead.
George w. Childs, in addition to hi
recent gift of ''Child's Arbor" to Della
ware Water Gap, has bought large
tract of glens and woodlands nea
Dingman's, to be laid out and opene
as public park. The distinguish
Philadelphia journalist is often see
making the drive from the Kittatinn
house to Dingman's Ferry.
Paris anarchists are now diligeutl
cultivating the art of dining for moth
ing. Bands of them, it is said, no,
enter eating houses, call for substantis
repasts, dispatch them, and then refus
to pay the bill. When the landlord r,
monstrates they threaten to blow u
his establishment with dynamite.
Some years ago the burial vault {
the Chaplin family at Blankney,
Lincolnshire, was opened and it wa
ascertained that a large gray bat whic
had been found within the place o
several occasions when the vault wa
opened, was still a living inhabitant {
the said vault. 1t was calculated ths
the bat had lived in the tomb thirt,
three years
Little Italy, in Harlem, n. Y,
year by year more like its foreign nam
sake. The contrast of brilliant colol
is more and more marked, as the col
slant infusion of fresh blood direct frol
Italy prevents any general SOLDERING I
taste. Doubtless the knowledge of FL
glish spreads among the inhabitant