The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-04
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dumb barber Warrington Capital.
Now, really, what was the most as
tonishing thing you saw in Paris, Mr..
Spicer," asked Miss Gusher, and without
. moments hesitation Seth answered,
my hAtel bill. Boston Bulletin.
"A lady drove la.ely to the front OF q
drug store and vigorously waved her
hand for clerk. When he appeared
she asked for = bottle of anti-fat. While
paying for it she said che had heard it
would grow lcanness" on a person, and
Is she weighed $50 pounds she thought
she would reduce"
The Animals Institute at Knights
bridge, England, founded in 1887
chiefly by ladies, undertakes that ani-
mails shall be killed or cured in the
most painless manner. The only differ
cnce In the treatment of the donkey of
the costcrmcnger and that Of the count
ess Is that tho coster pays nothing and
the lady pays the ordinary fees.
During rec6n mt thunderstorm near
Memphis, Tenn, negro was severely
kicked by vicious mule; and, just as
he was picking himself up, stroke Of
lightning hit the mule and killed him
dead on the spot. "Well, dar." ex-
claimed the negro. ''of dis chile haint
got pow'ful frens to 'venge his insults
den doris no use trying to hab faith in
snyt'ing!''
Akron has ''powwow doctor" 1t
is q woman and she PRACTICES her pro-
fession only at night, going out stealth
lily and digging up roots. Then she goes
into the house, gees through some cere-
mony, comos out and digs hole In the
ground, where she buries the mysteri-
GUS medicine tied up in white rag.
This is supposed to effect euro. 1t Ia
said that . lot of people have great faith
in her treatment.
The pet of family in Now York is
venerable parrot Of surprising intelli-.
gence and loquacity. The parrot was
presented to the family twenty-five years
ago by q sea captain. 1t can call the
members Of the family by their first
names, and can repeat the habitual ex-
pressions used by these persons. Many
Of the family are now dead. but the bird
continues to reproduce the words and
phrases 1t picked up from them in their
lifetime.
Elephants have been known to live
to the great age of four hundred years.
When Alexander the Great had con-
quered Phorus, King Of India, he took
= great elephant, which had fought
valiantly for the King, and named him
Ajax, dedicated him to the sun, and let
him 60, with this inscription: "Alex-
ander, the son Of Jupiter, hath dedi-
Gated Ajax to the SUM-" This elephant
was found with this inscription three
hundred and Atty years aftorwsrd.
The brave action Of woman is re-
corded by the Philadelphia Press: MRS.
Hutchinson, the wife of Captain Hutch
inson, of the schooner Jennie Howard,
Is heroine. The schooner sprang q
leak while at sea, and for q week the
men were unable to leave the pumps
During all this time Mrs. Hutchinson
stood 1T the wheel steering the vessel,
not going below long enough to eat or
change her clothes A boy brought her
the soaked biscuit which was her only
food. When overcome she dashed her-
self to the wheel and slept beside 1t ON
the open deck.
Come on" called bridesmaid to
the bride, who was standing before
, mirror, touching and retouching:
they're waiting for YOU" "All right"
the maiden, without moving.
Don't say all right but come on.
What do you want to see yourself for2
You look beautiful" 20, yes, know
that; brides always do" Well, then,
what are you standing before the glass
Tor, when every thing is wsiting?" "Be-
cause, dear, she answered, with provck-
ing patience, at il we'll for one 10 in
iulge In some reflection before one gets
you Known. Y. Ledger.
lit is quite possible that one Of these
lays the European railway passenger
may hear the cry: Change here for
Siberia, China and Japani' 1t may be
that in time one will be able to step into
he train at Paris or Berlin and travel
BY the overland route right into the
neart Of japan. The Trsnssiberian Rail-
way from Europe IL being cut to the
Russian town of visdivostock, directly
opposite portion of the Japanese coast.
The Japs sre projecting line to Maixuru,
he harbor on their side of the water.
md special line Of Japanese steamers
will convey passengers from one ter
minus to the other. Japan is to be the
new pleasure ground for tourists
"A singular Circumstance recently
st Biddeford, Me-, which re-
minds one of the days when people bar
cred in beads and wampum. Two men,
me . small. slender person and the
'ther Of proportions in the neighborhood
II 300 pounds, we're employed by one Of
he women in that locality to dig grave
N her family lot They worked rapidly,
md ere they we're aware, the excavation
vas 20 large and deep that the fat man
vss unable to get out of the hole. A
Machine was constructed, and after quite
J struggle the big man was once more ON
op. In payment for their services the
voman > short time after gave each OF
he two men I'VE quarts Of gray beans
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