The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-10-25
GENERAL BREvFTIEs.

6ENEkAI BkEvIVlE0s
SURGEONS say that the tongue and
jaws can never become weary from the
action of talking.
ZULULAND has cost the English army
the lives of 48 officers; So by disease and
exposure.
A SPRINGFIELD (Mass.) man has
named his four boys Ara, Era, Ira, and
Ora, and they are " all alive and as mis-
chievous as If nothing had happened"
GEN. MCLEOD, who recently died at
Cleveland, was personal friend Of Lord
Byron and mourner at the famous
burial of Sir John Moore He fought at
Lundy's Lane in 1918 and afterwards, at
Waterloo. se
= JOHN NICHOLAS took the two Misses
Blumenear out riding, at Ellenville, N.
Y, and they requited him with GOODNESS.
By way of retaliation, he sued their
father for 81, which was his valuation of
the ride, but the magistrate decided
against him. =
A ZULU aseegai is between five and
seven feet in length. The pole is made
OF wood, and the spear head barbed
shape, of metal or stone. The wound it
leaves is of the most frightful character,
and can be better understood by COM
parison with fish hook torn ont OF
flesh, magnifed one hundred times.
THE purchase OF the famous Castle of
Johannesburg, on the Rhine, has been
effected by Baron Rothschild, the Vien-
nese banker. The celebrated estate,
presented to Prince Metternich by his
generous sovereign, during the Con-
gress OF 1915, has not remained long in
the hands of his son. 1t was sold for
1900, 900 marks. -
THERE is newsboy in San Francis
co, James Handley by name, who is
rapidly acquiring fortune by the sale
of papers. He is but fourteen years old,
yet owns two houses and several build
ing lots on Telegraph Hill. He.recent
" built third house there for 81 800
and sold it to his brother for 5000
The brother, also q newsboy, sold i.
again for $500. Jimmy aspires to q
profession, and attends the Lincoln
school, where he stands high in his
class.
u,- u;.. h
worthu wss v , ,,rnrhss. , ' end o.n 1t hs
relied upon, since they have been in the
business considerably longer than Old
Probabilities. When they are disin-
clined to leave their hive, even though
the sun shines, rain may shortly be ex-
pected. When they return in larger
hsnd 70 thay 't .eka a;ah. ' ~ " = Al, ~
,rarr;n, ovnoc. -, 600 tba .,,,, srraar -
tror haS;rJ The c,o,Ss o sun -rf'
80 - 'o ~
The night express from Nordhausen
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t;,as :. dsmror 80 ha;n~ 90" ,hro 1r oT .h :,
~a;is hv The dear wh;ch svsndar ~, - t ti,s
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ths S tho I;ehts erc;ss tha;r cr ~ a.
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nod tdssed mn ~ - ~ host;,s SoS. wosr
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IN the principal Continental countries
it is not the corn crops alone that are
damaged. IN Italy, France, and Spain
the SIX crop Is an utter failure. In
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sra Tha r;ras az sA sas;a ~. 'h he. ..nsr
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sI,v 49, 80 s.;l, 49, - .n aa0I soncl
az e.A HoPcs 'nas .ne wine
Gar 49, WI " sPy io.o ~ nnehlsn
Lee Am.,s. . srS So.. !. - saiu .nas un-
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A FARMER found board placed so as
to cover an opening ia q hillside at
kaynham, Mass. Removing the board
and crawling through the aperture, he
entered an underground room, which
was neatly boarded on all sides. and