The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Boston girls never giggle. They
merely express their delight by q
dreamy, PARKWAY, north-pole smile
Chicago Times.
-Ex-P ostmaster-G General James made
application for the first of the new
postal notes, but Postmaster-G General
Gresham got it.--M y. Swn.
You must be quarrelsome fell
low" said . phrenologist to q man
whose bump he was examining. Say
that again and I'll knock you down."
was the response.-N Y. NesUs.
"A Southern gentleman has trained
q pair of pet snakes to catch mice.
His premises are free from mice, and
the snakes are family pets, taking food
from the hand fearlessly.-Detro1
Post.
MA, is Mr.. Thompson respecta-
ble?" Certainly, my child. Why do
you ask that question:" Because he
wears such poor clothes" You should
not Judge persons by their clothes; none
but silly people do that" Then every
body's silly-ain't they. ,mar-Harper's
Bazaar.
AT the close Of . missionary SER
mon preached In country parish, the
whole audience was affected to tears,
except one peasant. On being asked
why he was not affected like the others,
he explained that it was because he
was only . visitor and he did not be-
long to that parish at all.-Bdpttst
Weekly.
A Concord school philosopher has
shown that ssreality signifies existence
in and for the world of phenomena,
while actually is reality, plus POSSIBLE
ity of potentiality." That's plain
enough now. These Concord philoso-
pliers are pretty smart, but We don't
believe they can tell the age Of dough-
nut from the corrugated appearance of
its back. -NorvistosCn Herald.
Young George Vanderbilt, fourth
son of the millionaire, wants to be .
newspaper reporter. There it crops
out again--the natural, educated and
hereditary greed for gold; the insatia-
BILE thirst fer wealth, the passion for
amassing millions by the easiest and
quickest methods, and reaching fabu-
lous competence by the shortest ways.
It's a family trait.-Bsr'irg!on Ha'0s-
eye.
Over the sunderins sea, whose wind-blown
Sweeps backward to his home fond adieU,
Comes : tall stranger; once by much the
9stSete in England. Though the hair is cut
Round his mild face even the stern shamp0Q
In former times our voice must pierce be
Loois that hung thick Is the white winter
Down the calm front Of sheep on stormy lea,
Ere We could guess what treasure there lay
~ Life.
III brought my aunt inter the city
to-day to show 'er round, said . rustic
to q Boston police officer, land She's
got kinder tired walkin', SO / wanteI
find some place where she kin sit dowr
an rest . bit an have bite of suthine
toeat. Kin yer direct me ter any placer
Certainly" responded the representa-
tive Of Boston's esthetic and literary
police force. "What you want is res
your aunt. Go right into that eating
saloon The pair went in.-Bosto'
Transcript.
Mr.. Brown took home splendi'
doll one day for his little daughter.
was provided with that wonderful piec
of mechanism which enabled 1t, on be
ing squeezed, to emit the squeakinI
sound supposed TO initiate the huma
voice, 80 dear to childhood. That sam
evening the little puss was sitting o.
her fathers knee, and several time
pressed her small fist upon her parent
shirt front. Producing no effect, sh
looked up in the gaternal face, saying
"Pspa." YES. What e 1t, my child!
be replied. "Why don't you squeak
papaw-Hapsr'S Bazaar