The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-12-17
PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL.

"A colored preacher, who partici-
pated in the recent race troubles in
Kentucky, was fined $40 and is now
working on the streets of Paducah. KY,
with a ball and chain on his ankle.
Prince Bismarck is quoted as say
ing lately to an American visitor: II
should like above all things to visit
America For America and Americans
/ have the profoundest respect take
the greatest interest in your worlds
fair, and may visit America next year,
although it is yet impossible to form
ones plans so far ahead"
The king of Siam has recently pre-
sented to DIR. T. Hayward Hays, of Bal
timore, medical missionary to Siam,
representing the Presbyterian board of
missions, handsome gold watch and
chain, with locket, 10 recognition of the
doctors services at the birth of the
kings youngest son. The gift bears
the kings monogram inlaid with dia-
monds.
"A bicyclist has been sentenced to
seven months imprisonment at Glas-
hutte, Germany, because every night he
would cross the railroad track at some
point just in front of the locomotive, 80
that the engineer was in great straits
not to kill him. One evening he was
accompanied by another wheelman who
fell, and thus the offender became
known. 1t was impossible to catch
him before.
Louis Kossuth told a recent inter
viewer that he did not believe the Hun
an-Austrian empire would hold to-
gether more than one more generation,
and that the Magyars would form the
nucleus of the new state to be formed
out of the wreck. He had faith in the
nearness of a republic in Italy and an
other on the Iberian peninsula, while
the radicals of Great Britain are sure to
shelvc the Guelphs eventually.
Sir Edwin Arnold is an optimist in
most things, and includes in his opti-
mistic regard not only Japan but the
United States. To young friend who
announced to him project for entering
upon new business venture, Sir Ed
win enthusiastically exclaimed: 'Tm
glad to hear it Go ahead, my dear boy.
You'll succeed; of course you'll succeed
You'll make money; everybody makes
money in this wonderful country"
Henry Laurens Dawes, the senior
senator from Massachusetts,, who has
declined to stand for reelection, has
been thirty-five years in public Office,
NJ, ~, f1.o IN IL
is now seventy-six, but vigorous and
hale, and outside of his political career
he has been teacher, editor and law
yer. Whatever the grade of his states
manship, which most people have rated
very high, he will be remembered by
posterity chiefly as the Indians advo-
cate and friend.
Vice President Morton is a very pro.
gressive farmer. At his farm on the
Hudson he has In course of construc-
ton a barn two hundred and ninety-six
feet long by eighty feet wide; is prepar-
ing silo to hold two thousands tons
of cornstalk, which will be cut on his
land; has one hundred and twenty-five
cows now milking and will add fifty
later in the fall; is building hennery
ono hundred and ninety-six feet long,
and shows in various other ways that
his farm is living issue with him.
The famous painter Fuseli had a
great contempt for chatter" One
afternoon party of friends paid visit
to his studio, and. after few moments
spent in looking at the pictures, they
seated themselves aud proceeded to in
dnlge in long and purposeless talk
At last, in one of the slight pauses,
Fuseli said, earnestly: 81 had pork for
dinner to-day" "Why, my dear Mr..
Fuseli," exclaimed one of the startled
group, what an extremely odd re-
markr' as it?" said the painter, in.
''why, isn't it as interesting
and important as anything that has
been said for the last hour?"