The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-30
MISCELLANEOUS.


will find that most Of us are. Demo
rests
"A divine person is the prophecy OF
the mind; friend is the hope of the
heart Our beatitude waits for the full
6lment of these two in one. Ages are
opening this moral force. All force 10
the shadow or symbol of thst.-Detroit
Free Press.
"A London letter says that it is
noticeable that the Prince of Wales
dresses more quietly now than in past
years. We presume that he has dis
missed the brass band that used to
play while he was putting his clothes
on.-Boston Transcript.
He Named Her Rightly.-"Simp-
kins, old boy, what would you call
young lady who insists upon sitting
upon the grass in front Of our house,
when there is plenty of room on the
steps?' "Well, I declare, WEAKLY
don't know, but should think she
was the maiden all for lawn AR
kansaw Traveller.
The province held by Gorges after
the division Of tho New England terri
tory he named New Somerset. He
sent out his nephew, William Gorges.
as deputy governor of the domain,
which extended from the Piscataqua
to the Kennebec. He assumed rule
over the fishing bamlets there, and
held . general court 1t Saco.
-Of most stones rigidity lone Of the
marked characteristics, and it IL hard
for uniformed people to believe that
there are any stones that can be bent.
There are some. however, that ere
more flexible than wood and bend
readily under slight pressure without
breaking. The most abundant OF these
is itacolumite. or flexible standstoue,
which is found in large deposits in
Brazil.
The mosquitoes have made raid
on Maryland this summer In unusually
large swarms, especially In the vicinity
Of Drums Point F. w. Dixon, who was
bothered by them, was told that IL he
would burn tobacco stems in the house
they would leave, and he tried it. The
remedy was effectual. in that it not
only drove the mosquitoes out, but the
entire family, for he burned down the
house. W
The citizens Of Sandoval, Ill, will
not allow any negro to live In their
town. Several weeks ago two strange
negroes were employed by . new car
penter who was not acquainted with
the color-line law of the place, but II
did not take him long to learn II when
seventy-five of the 'sbest people" Of
the town waited upon him and threat
ened to lynch the negroes If they did
not leave at once.
The members of tho Alliance Of La
fayette county, Miss, several days ago
passed this resolution: I'VE will make
our sub-treasury It home, store It with
corn, hay, oats. fodder. pork, potatoes,
peas, cabbage, turnips, onions. beets.
rice, parsnips, molasses, pinders, and
then, II we have any time left. we win
put In one or two bales Of cotton. Then
we viii have sub-treasury that win
be Of some benefit to us."
, "A farmer away down in Somerset
county, Nd, finds that his straw IL
worth more than his wheat. He pro-
duced $50 bushels Of wheat ON So acres,
or about 10 bushels to the acre, which
at the price ruling when the calcular
ton was made indicated for the crop :
value Of s12 per acre. His straw
weighed two tons per acre and was
worth es per ton, or SO per acre. The
aggregate value Of the grain was e403;
of the straw, eS9a ~
-Thirty-two schemes for : site for
the proposed international exhibition
In Paris in 1900 have been considered
by the commission having the matter
in hand. It IL considered most likely
that the site of the exhibition Of 1889
will again be selected, although the
available space win be greatly en-
larged. It IL proposed In one scheme
to include the Tuileries gardens, which
would give space for an exhibition
twice a. large Is the last. The Eiffel
tower would be an sttraction.
-Genealogy Il still favorite topic
Of conversation south Of Mason and
Dixon's line, and many IN old lady can
trace her own and her neighbour de-
scent for many generations back. The
southernsr's family pride has. however,
this mitigation, that with fine courtesy
he stakes IL for granted that his guest
or the friend Of his guest has the same
genealogical claim to respect and con-
alteration - himself. To be sure,
everybody cannot be . Breckenridge OF
. Mason, but doubtless every man
whom Breckenridge or Mason meets
in the company of his friend has q
family tree concealed somewhere about
him.
The registration and sanitary com
mittee Of the board of health of Phila-
delphia has issued the following sig.
niAcant notice: Physicians are re-
quested not TO place on any certificate
s'heart failure" as the cause of death.
but the disease Of which the patient
was suffering prior to the heart failure.
This term has never been placed on the