The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-03-02
puNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

Manufacturers Oh LIT
,ofrae will be interested to know 'na'
here is no duty on chicory OF ua''1
ion root.-Tsras Siftings.
Only poor men write books on
H. 70 Get Rich.'' The rich men
themselves will not give 'ne '"
,way.-N O. Picayu''e.
While the modern husband nss
,ucb to answer for, it can not DC s''u
,r.;rst him that he ever goes through
his wife's pocket. -Bosscn 'o",' en-
III anybody wants to test the io.'s
= gambling let him take chances a.
= Ir;tv fair. The experience Will Do q
Naaa :. ooh;ect-lesson.-BaltSnsor Amer
cdn.
m the granite powders that make
sha Falls Of Niagara should ever wear
.r thew can be replaced by the
,,'e:ts Of Niagara hackmen ana %
' e. last forever.-N. o. Pscay~fe-
..will the coming man perspires
-. an exchange. Not unless ne IS q
,,'ds II he is an ordinary everyday
. .;t;rsn he viii simply sweat--Burt'"g-
clBlZSu uO W 40 -"
On Free Press. al,
-Elsie-"Bob, wish yyou woula 'ea
ma how q handkerchief iAu.''lon
-o,.tsdn Bob-"Easy ano simple
rouch. sister-with two fools acu Two
bandkerchiefs. "-7 0Uw Topics.
-Wife-.What lovely little BON
net! Who brought it upF Hussnu
ga small boy. my dear" Wiie
.D;d he bring the bill?" Husband
20 no: I guess they'll send that up on
= hand cart. - Washington foss'
--..George" writes to inquire what
athletic game he had better cu''lvaeo
in order to improve his appetite. Try
Draw poker. my boy. Stick to it. ana
you will be hungry most o. the clne
Tsrre Hautc Express.
Young Doctor B. is run down WAN
busiuess. .sYou must earn a mint Oh
money! said a friend to him one day.
.Not at all; my patients don't pay
"Nop But their heirs ought to staan
something handsome. Judge. :
-Freshly-"Betwtcn you and me-
Springley, Miss Rosalie is charming
girl. I'm really quite gone In ina.
quarter" Springley-"O, you don
know how that will please her, one
told me the other evening that wnen
YOU called she always thought you
would never go. "-Boston Post. /
1T is said that in eight cases out OF
ten if man gets $50, 900 all OF a sud-
den he will either go cracked in the
head or make a laughing stock OF him.
self. That's doubtless the reason why
Providence keeps $4,000 away from
90 many Of us.-Detrot Free Press.
Newspaper humorist (sarcastically
| to his best girl)-"People may sheer
and laugh at my special line OF work.
but it brings in the dollars just the
same" Best girl (reproachfully)-
hope, Charley. you don't include me. l
never think of laughing at your work. "
IN T. Sun.
-Impatient Observation-Disclosures in the
world have you beens I want my din
ner.n Wife-"Excuse me, John, but
ran down to the sewing society at five,
and to my surprise it didn't wind up
until eight" Husband-''Y moan it
was wound up at ave and didn't run
down until eight "-ErchG I,
-Paterfamilias Cat the supper-table
to Mr.. Thomas Catch, Susie's beau
1T is said that Spaniard can live
upon an onion and few olives day.
It seems surprising to US, does it not?"
-Susie's Little Brother-''M Catch.
know what you live on" Mr.. Catch
What Tommyp' Little Brother
ION your aunt; pa said So Yaakee
Blade. I
The Governor of Alaska, in HIS
annual report to the Secretary of the
Interior, states that the white popula-
ton has greatly increased. and he es-
Inmates that there are $4,000 natives.
The total population is 1850. and Of
this number there. are $500 whites,
1900 creoles, and 1850 Aleuts. He
further states that the climate is favc.-
able and the soil rich. and he sees no
reason why Alaska should not soon
take its place as q rival of Montana and
Wyoming territories.