The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-12-17
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

I
ing the younger city upon its recent
successful celebration of the two hum
bred aud fiftieth anniversary of its
/ incorporation.
The <idewhcel steamer Goliah was
the first steamer that came to the
Pacific coast, her trip being made in
1S49, and later in 1871, she came for the
in use Us a towboat She still has her
| original machinery, which is in excel
lent condition.
The true Indian hume of Lake
Mohonk is Mogonck, and its meaning
is ''On the great SKY Top Sky Top, as
persons familiar with the region about
Lake Mohonk are aware. is the mount
ain upon which the lake is situated.
Sky Top. by the way, is an apt and
picturesque name for this mountain, fol
it is outlined with peculiar distinctnes.
against the sky when seen from certain
points of view
The founders of Phoenix, Arizona
territory, 'builded better than they
knew" in naming their infant town. In
some recent excavations there the ashes
OF prehistoric residents were found in
closed in urns. BY the way, this evil
dence of the practice of urn burial by
our predecessors, if not by our ances-
tors, taken in connection with our re-
cent discoveries, should silence the
complaint that this country has no past
-Fortuny invented the most compact
artists kit known to the profession. 1t
is little box scarcely more than 1Ox12
inches, and less than three inches thick
but it holds brushes, paint tubes, pal.
cite, and easel. Through the bottom
is thumb hole for reaching the pa
lette, and the lid serves as an easel,
while under the palette is room enough
for brushes and paint tubes. With this
an artist may make sketches in the
street without attracting much atten.
ton.
ices, according to statistician,
must, in order to collect a pound OF
clover honey, deprive so, 900 clover bios
SONS of their nectar. To do this the Co..
900 flowers must be visited by an aggre.
gate of 8, 100000 bees; or. in other words,
to collect his pound of honey one bee
must make $3.50, 900 trips from and to
the hive. AS bees are known to fiy for
miles in quest of suitable fields of
operation, it is clear that a single ounce
of honey represents millions of miles OF
travel
The march of improvement on the
edge of the annexed district in New
York, which usually involves the re-
duction of smiling fields aud shady
woodlands to treeless deserts, also in
wolves the frequent throwing open of
orchards as temporary commons. Az
this happens to be good apple year
the result is free apples for many of the
poor dwelling on the edge of New York.
The Italians are quick to profit by this.
and they carry off daily bushels of
fallen apples to be cooked over blazing
logs, also obtained free of charge, and
eaten with greens gathered without
pay from other peoples meadows and
fish caught in public waters.
The sight of man putting on his
hat is not usually impressive, but to see
an East Indian don his turban before it
is rolled is matter for interest and aston
ismeut to one unacquainted with Orient
al life. There is at least one man in
New York who knows how to roll tur.
ban. He takes it from its hiding place
in bureau drawer, long and wide
band of white and plant material, DEL
icately woven. One end he claps on top
of his head, and then by series of rap.
i'd, graceful motions that defy analysis
by any save an expert he rolls the cloth |
into the light and graceful turban. 1t !
is all done in a very few seconds, and |
the final touch tucks the loose end in |
such fashion between the folds that the |
turban does not fall to pieces when the !
wearer moves.
This country is rapidly gaining OF
the continent of Europe the reputation |
that England once enjoyed for demand. |
ing the best Equality in foreign products |
The United States and Russia receive !
the finest French wines for example,
and even Matthew Arnold's assertion !
touching the crudity of pottery made
for "the American and colonial mar
kets" is no longer true of the United |
states. The change in the quantity |
and quality of the olives imported into
this country is very noticeable The
of olives thirty years ago
was SO small as to he scarcely worthy |
of note in statistics of the period. Now,
however, there is an enormous demand |
here for the best French and Spanish
olives, and the United States are re.
garded by the olive producing countries
as affording the best market for their
products.
The town Of Buckingham, Ottawa
county, New York, was turned into a
veritab!e ''bear garden recently and
everybody joined in the chase. At the
upper end of the main business thor.
oughfare number of men employed at
the timber slide, which crossed the road,
saw huge black bear rambling along
the roadway, having evidently strayed
Down from the mountains. Armed with