Daily Colonist (1888-01-25) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1888-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

A Now Printing Machine.

From France comes tho announcement, of a newly invented rotary printing ma-chino, which Is said to print, superpose and fold publications from two rolls of paper, if so desired. Suitable devices are provided—there aro four cutting and folding cylinders, two of which cut and fold tho sheets from one roll, while the other two operate upon tho remaining one. Each of the two pairs of cylinders are, however, capable independently of cutting and folding the sheets.—Public Opinion.

Possible Customers.

"No, sir," said the herdic driver, "I never run down a drunken'man. Why should I run down a prospective customer? "With ladles it is different. They never take a herdic. But tho drunken man docs. He comes to me and says:

" 'Please take me home,' and I say:

" 'Whero is your home?'

" 'Dorchester,' he replies, and he gives me his last dollar to take him there. No, sir; I ncVer run down a drunken man."— Boston Courier.

Degrees of Mourning.

M. Guibollard has just purchased one of thoso now square pianos made of unvarnished black wood without a single atom of gilding or color about it.

"Good heavens!" remarked a friend, "what a funeral piece of furniture."

"I must explain to you," replied M. Guibollun'i. "Wo havo just lost a distant relative, und so I thought It would be more suitable and proper for our little dances during tht coming winter."— Figaro.

Monkeys us Opium Enters. Dr. Jammers, in a memoir sent to the Academic ties Sciences, states that monkeys, unlike other animals, unless It is the human animal, readily acquire tho habit of taking morphia. When mon keys live with opium smokers, us they do in eastern countries, where the habit is more prevalent than elsewhere, and become accustomed to the medicated atmosphere, they acquire a taste for the pipe. One particular monkey, it is said, would wait for his master to lay down Ills pipe and would then take it up und smoke what remained. If not allowed to do so for several days it would fall into a state of depression und inactivity which would disappear ns soon as it was allowed to "hit the pipe."—Pall Mall Gazette.

No More- Express Itohhcrics.

I know that the time is coming when there will be no more express robberies in this country. The time has already como when the detective is sharper and shrewder than the export cracksman, burglar and embezzler and thief, and they cannot escape. This has been demonstrated quite frequently of late, and It naturally follows that such robberies will become an unprofitable business.—Globe-Democrat.

Corliss, the great engine builder, made no attempt at invention until be was 85 years old. 11 is first effort in this lino was a machine for sewing shoes, which was a failure.

In Alsace-Lorraine the vclocipeuo is universally used by the foot service orderlies.

Jack Farrell, who fought tho Belfast Spider last spring, and Jack Havetin, of Boston, are matched to fight for §500 and an added purse on March 5th,

SCRATCHED 28 YEARS

A Kjcaly, Itching, Skin Disease with i«Jndless Suffering Cured by Z Cuticura Remedies.

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