The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-06-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

On hiD yesterday" Van Pelt-"HoW
was that?" Wool-"She gave him a
piece of her mind and then bound him
over to keep the peace."-N Y. Herald.
BY the passage of what is known
as the Vandever bill by the legislature
of California. the Sequoia Park Forest
and Homer Park Forest have been
saved from spectators In the tract
saved are what are known as the
Fresno Big trees, including among them
the Gen. Grant, said to be forty feet id
diameter.
Large families are very common
among the factory population OF Lewis.
ton, Me. Henry McCraw has raised
nineteen children, of whom thirteen
are now living. The mother is a
healthy woman Of forty-three. Noel
Gaudette has raised nineteen children.
of whom fourteen are living the young
est eleven years of age and the eldest
thirty-three.
According to the Boston Transcript,
the Mercantile Publishing Company OF
Chicago will soon have new building
which will resemble the book that it
publishes. The front of the building
will be curved like the back of the
Register" when standing on book
shelf At the tenth and eleventh stories
windows will be cut in the Shape of the
letters spelling Mercantile Register.
w. r. Close, Bangor genius who
has invented successful automatic fog
bell, announces that he has patented
an improved lime kiln which will effect
saving of IS per cent in the amount
of fuel used over those now in use at
Rockland. He proposes to utilize the
vast amount of heat which now escapes
from the kiln chimneys in generating
steam for heating and manufacturing
purposes.
1t has often puzzled the uninitiated
to give a reason why musicians tune
their instruments in public, and not be-
fore they enter the orchestra. If they
tuned their instruments before entering
the theater or concert room the temper.
ature is very apt to be different in the
place of performance, and therefore
the instruments would not be in tune:
A piano that is in tune in cold room
would get out of tune if the room were
suddenly heated.
When the grandfather of John W.
Wise, of Conway Springs, Kansas. died,
ten years ago, his death was SO sudden
that he did not have time to inform his
heirs regarding the hiding place of his
wealth He had no faith in banks, and
therefore preferred to hold his own
money. There was prolonged
hunt for the old mans treasure, but
without success; Until the other day,
when John found it in a nail keg, buried
in an obscure corner of the farm. The
keg contained $50, 600 in gold coin.
One of the most prominent railroad
men of Pennsylvania was Christian
Long, of Shippensburg, who recently
died, leaving an estate of s., 900, 600. He
commenced life by peddling clecks, one
of which, it is said, he frequently
traded for Cumberland Valley Railroad
stock, at a time when the company was
threatened with bankruptcy. Some OF
his shares, which were SO numerous
that he found himself In position to
dictate to the board of directors, cost
him as low as twenty FIVE cents each.
Traveler-"Yes, the most impressive
thing saw in Japan was an idol.' An
Auditor-''What was it like?" The
Traveler-''It was the figure of a wo-
man, seated, and resting her chin in the
palm of her right hand. Couldn't find
out what she had done to be so irinof-
talized." Another Auditor (married)-
81 know. The Japanese are wise peo-
pie, and they erected that idol as ex-
pressing their reverence for a woman
that can hold her own Pitts
burgh Bulletin
AT one of the Partisan theaters there
was performance of Cleopatra" 1t
CHANGED that the heorine's part was
wretchedly performed, and when she
was about to commit suicide, with the
aid of the historic asp, the audience
seemed to think that it was about time
for the Egyptian coquette to close her
career. On this occasion the asp was
an ingenious mechanical contrivance,
and as Cleopatra raised it to her bosom.
the touching of spring caused it to ex-
tend its forlxed tongue and Overwhelmingly
hiss. A hush of silence fell over the
house. and spectator in the orchestra
audibly remarked: THAT asp expresses
my opinion"
This winter in southern Idaho is
reported to be the severest since 1870.
The hills are covered with snow from
two to five feet deep, and the cattle
that were not driven to the lowlands
before the snow set in are perishing
from cold and starvation by hundreds
The sufferings of the animals are terri
BILE. A ranchman, coming into Boise
City few days ago reported having
seen hundredso of dead cattle in hollows
and depressions where they had taken
refuge from the bitter cold. On one
ranch 500 horses were unable to find
food for nearly two weeks They wero
on big range and could not be reached
for several days. When found they had
eaten each others names and tails