The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

II OiSScf ouc. - uttT OScttA.
1t is good to be rooted and grounded,
provided you are not rooted in the
ground.
The bones of the skull are arched
because in that form the greatest
strength is combined with the least
weight and quantity Of material
OF a dog should howl under your
window at night, would you regard it
as sign of death? "Yes; if it was light
enough for me to get good aim at the
dog. indianapolis Journal.
why don't you try to paddle you
own canoe" growled Brown as Jones
struck him for ten. II can't" said
Jones, "but I am trying to float loan"
Washington Times. m .u8T.
"A Violent Insinuation.-Ru
Harry told me was the first girl he
ever told he loved" Kitty-''When did
he tell you that9" Ruth Monday
night. Why9' Kitty-"O, nothing;
only he must have been lying to me
Tuesday night. "-Detroit Free Press.
M. Turpin, Frenchman, claims TO
have invented a gun which can exter-
inmate an army in very few minutes.
1t throws 100000 projectiles in min
ute, and can thus sweep an opposing
force from the ca nth as a tornado levels
u field of corn. f Eg
To brighten burglars, Edward Jen-
kins, of Louisville, kept a savage
canine, and displayed this sign: Look
out for the dog" Some thieves pois-
he, 90 oh rlrn
and made the sign read: Look out
for the chickens
The lions roar can be heard at a
greater distance than the sound of any
other living creature. Next comes the
hyena, them the screech owl, the
panther and the jackal in succession
The donkey can be heard fifty times
farther off than the horse.
The Florida gopher, a tortoise
weighing eight or ten pounds, digs IN
sandy ridges remote from water, his
burrow being eigh teen or twenty feet
long and descending at an angle of
thirty-6ve degrees Being long lived,
1T occupies this place many years.
-''Of course it's none of my business,
dear" said Mildred to Amy, but if
were yon ] wouldn't marry Mr.. Spat.
ters." ''Why not?" with all your
money, you ought to be able to get
really handsome manipulating
Chronicle Telegraph.
Atlanta, Ca, was originally called
Marthasville. It's name was changed,
it is said, to Atlanta, because of its
geographical position on the divide be-
tween the waters of the Atlantic and
Gulf. 1t is, however, probable that
the name was contraction of ATLANTA.
Authorship is pretty hard lines, "
he said disconsolately, as he brushed
his hair cut of his eyes. "What's the
matter now?" "A second hand dealer
just tried to sell me one of my owr
books" Rather compliment" 'sNo
1t wasn't He said it would make Q
very neat scrap book"
The number of birds killed by
striking lighthouses is incalculable
Over 1900 have been found dead at the
foot of the Bart oldi statue in single
morning, while from Fire Island Uone
Islan0 light we have a record of 2St
birds of one species-black-po war
blers-which met their fate on the
night of September 80, 1898. as ~
Several theories are offered to ac
count for the origin of the dollar mark
One declares that it comes from the let
tiers u. 8. which were placed on tn,
Federal currency, and in the hurry o
writing were run together, the S. be
ing placed over the q. A more proba
IL = = = 4 q
ton of the figure 8, and denoted piec
of reals, or 81. sK
Quill pens were made in the fiftl
century There is no record of thei
earlier use. Theodore, the Ostrogotl
king. is said to have been illiterate an,
unable to write his own name. A goldel
plate was made with the letters of hi
name cut through it. This was place,
over the document he was expected t
sign, and he traced his name through
the open spaces with a quill.
Bottled ale, rendered mellow b.
long keeping, was an accidental dis
covery. 1t was made by Alexande
Newell, dean of st. Paul's, in the reig
of Queen Mary. Newell was obnoxiou
diers to apprehend him; but it har
pened ont hat day Newell was out fish
ing, and in order to keep his beer coo
had buried it in the bank. Getting in
timation of his danger he fled, forget
ting all about the beer, and escaped t
the Continent; whence, returning som
years later, he remembered his beel
dug it up and found it wonderful
improved with age.
There is a, casino in Stockbridgs
Mass, which is to that town what ho
pitals and fresh air funds are to othe
towns That is, it is the beneficiary {
all entertainments arranged to enlive
the village. The other day larg
printed signs announced that ''Th
Ladies of the Casino" would give a r.
ception 'for the benefit of the Casino
tickets one dollar" What more natl