The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-02-21
Foreign Notes.

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Foreign Notes.
"A Zulu Princess-Amazulu-has ar
rived in London with her suite.
IA -Thes Princess Louise will be accom-
panied to Canada by two newly ap-
pointed ladies-in-waiting.
Wives are being looked for among
the rosal families of Europe for Prince
William of Prussia, eldest. sonfofI the
Crown Prince Of Gefmary,and' for the
Prince of Orange, heir to the throne of
Holland. - --.'-'-
Mr.. Judah p. BENJAMIN, who has
been retained for the Tichborne claim
ant, expresses himself confident not
only of quashing the sentence, but of es-
tablishing Orton's identity with Roger
Tichborne. Important witnesses and
facts not presented at the first trial are,
it is reported, to be forthcoming. +
-Forthe first time in English history
police agent has been attached to the
personnel of the sovereign, and rooms
have been fitted up for, him and his
family at Windsor Castle. The palaces,
within and without, have always been
guarded by police, the military being
chiefly for ornament. The new agent
will always travel with the Queen. -.
L. of Belgium had an eff
fective way of meeting discomfort. He
intimated on more than one occasion
that Ringing it was asmatter of very
small moment to him, and that due no.
tice being given he was quite ready to
90 at any time, if the people, through
their representatives, expressed the wish
that he should do so. IS iEss
M. de Freycinet, the new French
Premier, is about 55 years old, native OF
the Ariege, an engineer by profession.
He is an unbelieving Protestant; his
wife is fervent one. He lives in a
gloomy house in the Boulevard Hauss-
mann, and has a. charming daughter of
IS, who is DISORDER as beng mignonne
gentilette pretty, fresh, refined, highly
heducated and very natrIral.ldI 'sgl
n -Dronmore Castle, the lately COM
pleted residence of the Earl of Limerick,
has been under construction since 1865,
and is a perfect reproduction of a
stronghold of the fourteenth century.
The interior corresponds in the minutest
details with the outward design, and
the furniture is consistent with the style
of the fourteenth century SO far as the
exigencies of the present age will admit.
II is two miles from Shannon, in County
Limerick. Lord Limerick is descended
from Speaker Perry, of the Irish House
of Commons. '''-
/ L.. .II
Odds and Ends.
The chicken that swallowed a hooE
for fun will never go fishing again OF
Sunday. ,;..sa .ier ~ .c,,s 49, /
A South American plant has beer
found that cures bashfulness 1t should
be promptly tried on the man who
leaves the hotel by the back window be
cause he is too diffident to say good-by
to the cashier and clerk .3sr 7nhsis !
rsAWhen Mr.. aWilliam Winter of the
New York Tribune was about to leave
the shores of England he, mounted tht
bridge Of the steamer, and, taking of
his hat to the crowd assembled on tht
jetty at Liverpool, exclaimed s'Gen
tlemen, if there's any body in you
island whom have not given a shilling
now $ his time to speak!' A gentleman
on the dock shouted back: I'm tht
only man in Great Britain that yor
haven't beaten out of the drinks
1T is related Of well known Nmer
chant of neighboring city that, aftel
making his will and leaving q large
property to trustee for his son, ht
called the young man in and after read
ing the will to him asked if there wa
any alteration or. improvement he, could
suggest. !" We'll, father" said tn,
young gentleman, lighting a cigarette
ssI2 think. as things go nowadays, i
would be better for me if you left tn.
property to the other fellow and made
me the trustee. - The old gentleman
made up his mind then and there tina
the young man was quite, competent t.
take charge of his own inheritance, anl
scratched the trustee clause OUT os
tom Commercial Bt,lletis.l xfga'1
fis THE OLD MAN OF MoxrRosE. saA
There was an old man of Montrose II
Who had a remarkable nose,
fs So long and so thin, a., Ell u 3. 4
And so far from his chin,
| Is Twas always in danger OF blows. =
3 One day the old man of Montrose
Went out without muffiing his nose;
! $3.50 And IL grieves me to tell 3ssnE ]
That this organ of smell
AS stiff as an icicle froze. - "a
Soon after, in sneezing ker choo,'
His nose into smithereens few, p
And left but a stump, VI
1 - A ridiculous limp, 7'fHi3 r 4f<fs- &
That even in summer looked blue.
4 .t- 4tAat4-t = ti1I " - att -lHA'I sl-t
| The frost bitten man of Montrose
| Used words that we're equal TO blows;
| And so great his disgrace,
p ,t He soon quitted the place,
| And where he has gone no one knows.
-Hqrper's Young People.
Indians as Landed Proprietors.
The Ute outbreak has resulted in ,