The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-26
euNcENr PARAGRAPHS.


Acting the part Of the blackguard
often secures brief distinction for so
ciety men" h.h,v 90
counts for the spectacles some young
lovers make Of Observation-Disclosures
ton Critic.
Jones Ito barber) "Wby don't YOU
initiate your shears?" Barber-"hows
tbatp" Jones-"They shut up 10 40
efficient work" 80
When a man wants to find fanit ne
will do 80 even if he has to stay up All
night looking for it.-Richmond ne
corder.
There is a good deal OF difference
between the scum and the upper crust.
though both are at the top. -bos'on-
Courier. 80,
III there is any thing which VIII
make q young man query whetner
evolution is not failure it is to see g.
pretty girl kiss pug dog.-burins-
ton Free Press.
"A wife is never so happy as wnen
abe il a successful humOrist. Inc
more she humors her husband tnes
more, usually. she has her own way
Somerville Journal.
-Manager-..How many characters
did you say there are in your play!
Author-.I didn't say there were any
This is q French society DRAMA
Puck.
After the amateur fisherman mas
ceased telling his story one has grave
doubts that there are still as goca nsn
in the sea as ever was caught.
Courier. :.
III this world were made to suir
every critics wishes what deformed~
bullying, lopsided. depressed. Irregular
dime museum affair it would be!-bai-
timore American.
-..Well, Mr.. Assessor, what are you
going to make out of your boyF u
think he will do for a policemen. be-
cause can never find him when l want
him. "-Fliegende Blatter.
--Wife-.'I hate this horrid dust that
is blowing; it makes me keep my
mouth closed" Husband-''Can't YOU
take some of it home with your
Omaha World.
Mrs. Hashcroft-..Did you ever
see any of this leatherette, Mr.. Bill
ings. the latest substitute for feathers"
Billings-"I have often seen leather OF
as substitute for piecrust. Mrs. Hash
croft."-Terre Haute Express.
Mr.. Brief-.'Your uncle has direct
ed in his will that you shall have one
cent" Mr. pendthrift-"Good, kind
uncler' lin sudden alarm) Are you
sure, Mr.. Brief. 1t isn't q counterfeitP'
-Harper's Bazaar.
-'.Sir, always aim to tell the trutE."
remarked politician whose veracfy
had been impugned. THAT may pa
true" was the quick retort. ''but justice
compels tho observation that you are
mighty bad shot, IN. Y. Ledger.
Ethel (musingly)-"I wonder why
Jack Forrest paid me so much atten-
ton at the hop last night" Laura
Perhaps out of pity. You know he
has most absurd ideas about doing his
Chicago Journal.
Brown TO Black, who is preparing
for a European trip)-''How do you
get on with your languages, old fell
lowP" Black-'Capitally.-Why Eve
got so now l can think in French"
Brown-"Well, that's blessing. for
it's more than you could ever do in En-
glish.
"A French paper reports a case in
which tuberculosis was transmitted by
the earrings of girl who died of con-
sumption to another girl. Shortly after
the second girl commenced to wear the
earrings, an ulcer containing tubercle
bacilli formed on the left ear, and she
subsequently developed pulmonary con-
sumption.
-Larwin-"Do you believe in evolu-
tion" Jarmin (whois man modist)
mo; I've seen too much OF fashion,
Larwin-"What has that to do with
itp" Jarmin-.Well, fashion makes
fools of some, towards of many and
monkeys of all. IT'S the last that shat
ters my belief in evolution. nc incin-
natl COvo