The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20
MISCELLANEOUS.


was danced by the nobility and gentry
at Tenby in that year.
safely Through Another Week"
was written by John Newton. 1t was
originally intended for a Saturday
night service, and has been materially
altered to adapt it to Sunday.
-Perugino is noted for the remark
able versatility of his style This was
due to the fact that he moved from city
to city,and wherever he went he adopted
the style that was popular in that place.
30 might my lot be cast with these
Is part of hymn by Charles Wesley on
the primitive church. 1t had originally
thirty verses. Many of Wesley's hymns
were very long, some having forty or
fifty stanzas.
-Leadville was called California
gold-producing point, and from 1864 to
1876 was almost abandoned. The dis
covery of the great beds of carbonate
gave it new life.
"A spoonless mustard pot is a recent
invention. BY pressing piston rod in
an air-tight receptacle the requisite
spout mustard Is forced through suit.
able spout. The air being excluded, the
mustard is always fresh,
The public building of Philadel.
phia, when finished, win have the high
est tower on any building in the world.
1t will be So feet high. The building
covers four acres, and will be finished
next year at cost of sl0,O00,00o.
Ben Jonson was the Bricklayer,
from his occupation. He was also des-
ignated Father Ben, Honest Ben, Old
Ben, Rare Ben, Young Horace, the En-
glish Juvenal, the Father of Poets, the
Soul of Numbers and the English Cory
phaeus.
We'll Worth the Winning.-Albino
Lady-''The Armless Wonder looks so
happy! He must have won his philo.
pena from the Fat Lady. What was
the forfeit, anyways Wild Man of
Borneo-''A box o. gloves, l blieve."-
Puck
Landlord of Bulls Head Ito GUS.
toner who has rendered him a bad
fforin)-'T knows as how you're the
cove as steals my pewter pots, but hang
me If it amt adding insult to injury tc
bring 'em back by installments." Lon,
don Spare Moments.
Bismarck is credited with having
recently said: MY trust in man, my
trust in the future, rests in the atti.
tude of German women. The convic-
ton of woman is not SO changeablc.
1t forms slowly and not easily, but
once formed it is less easy to shake
The railroads of the country carry
in year 900, 600, 900 passengers and
transport 100000, 900 tons of freight.
The earnings from freight business are
about three times greater than from
passenger business The railroads OF
the United States earn, from all sources
of revenue, about Sl,20C, OO0, 900 in
year.
The greatest known depth of the
ocean is midway between the islands of
Tristan d. Acunah and the mouth of
Rio de la Plata. The bottom was here
reached at depth of 40, $50 feet, or
eight and three-fourths miles, exceed.
ing by more than II, 900 feet the heighth
of Mt. Everest, the Hottest mountain
in the world. The average depth of all
the oceans is from 1000 to $4,000 feet.
An ingenious inventor has provided
himself with pair of bicycles for his
feet. The wheels are about four inches
in diameter and are strapped TO his
feet like skates. They have rubber
tires and glide over the concrete pave
ment with great ease. They are very
superior to the common roller skates
and the owner moves along almost as
fast as the bicyclist.
Jamaica Nong Island) has lately
been invested by a Jack the Hugger.r
who was brought to bay the other
evening by Miss Remsen. He threw
his arms around her in dark part of
etreet as she was walking toward her
home, when she suddenly did the same
for him and yelled the high forte in
staccato style. The gentleman who
captured him land who also gave
him a very nice little thumping) recog-
nized him as Michael Ferrao, a young
barber of the place. When it comes to
hugging--well, he isn't in it just now.
Attendants of all sorts in the law
libraries of this town acquire a note
worthy acquaintance with the dates
and uses of law books. This is true
even of the boys, whose duty is merely
to fetch and carry, while the librarians
come to know constitutions, statutes,
and even decisions almost by heart
William Winters, of the Law institute
library, is, perhaps, the most famous
for his knowledge of law books, but
there are others who can pick out
needed volume almost instantly from
among thousands, and can name at call
the date and compiler of the latest re-
vision of laws in any state of the Union.
One hundred years ago Benjamin
Franklin left a bequest of $1,000 to the
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