The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-02
ptjNoeNr PARAGRAPHS.


She-sDo you smoke cigarettes9"
Hoo. no. come from Chicago !
smoke hams"-Godey's
do You take this man for better
or for,worse?'' asked the minister. II
can't tell until have had him for III
tie WHILE" returned the bride.-Har
per's Weekly.
"A Little Exaggerated.-Tommy-
My mamma gives mo birthday party
next week. Did your mamma ever give
you one?" Lucy (contemptuously)-
''Oh. yes; more than afty."-Leslie's
Weekly.
Mamma -.sAnd how did my little
pet get to sleep last night without
mammal" Little Pet-"Papa tried to
sing to me like you do. an hurried up
an went to sleep SOS not to hear 1t.
lis your business good?" asked tho
burglar Of the counterfeiter. ''Good?'
repeated the counterfeiter. well. !
should say IL was. I have been just
coming money Somerville Journal.
lss-"But why are You so bitter against
the police?" asked the caller. ITS
Just this" said Mira Owskeep. "As
soon as have taught'a girl how TO be
good cook one Of them comes along and
marries her."-Indiannpoiis Journal
|aI -Bond-''I hear that Miss Scadds re-
jected YOU" De Broke-"Yes; but 1t
wasn't so bad as It might have been.
She loaned me Eve hundred, and said
she'd be sister of charity to me.
Ro<a E;o1dss Wa shiu Otnu
How hard it Is for different people
to agree even upon matters of seem
ing1y small Importance. The man at
the bat struck the ball. and, while hall
OF the crowd said It was . fly. the other
half declared It was q fowl-Bostop
Transcripts. Hts
-Amateurus-''Rc Realism, the strictest
| realism, is my ideal of an art For In
stance, In painting storm scene
should use water colors." Cynicus-
ITO be sure. But what would use for
mud?'' ''For mud, why, why, hardly
know. How would best manage that?''
sSign it my dear fellow, sign tt, Of
coursel"-N. Y. Herald.
! The Limited. -She-"Kneel not tc
me, dear George, but come and sit In
this chair, which is large enough fol
two. Papa had IL made ON purpose. >
| He-"What consideration! What fore
sight! How could he have known?
Shs-"O, it is easily explained. W.
haze always lived in q nat."-Detroi'
Free Press.
.-Poet-"And what did the professor
say to my tragedy?'' Professors VIII
(sdsnewhat embarrassed) 10, we'll
he was, in short-spsechless." Poet
"Speechless? What does that mean?'
Professors Wife-"Sir, it means goot
deal for man who can speak sever
i languages Tit Bits
Tired Traveller (alighting from
train)-"Which do you consider tn
best hotel here?" Drummer-"Y 70,
see that building over there? That 1
the worst" Tired Traveler-"Bu
don't want the worst; I want tn
best Drummer-"Then dom
know what you're going to do. There
is only one."-Presbyterian.
The Madeleine church is one of tn
most beautiful buildings In Paris.
was begun by Louis XIV, and compile
ted in tho reign Of Louis Philippe. I
is of Grecian architecture. The prin
cipal facade looks upon the Rue Royal
and the Place de Ia Concorde, and l
very magnificent. The interior of tn
church is richly decorated in gilt ant
marble. It conta ms many painting
and sculptures illus trative of the Lift
Of the Magdelene. In May, 1871, 80
insurgents were driven by the Vel
sailles troops into this church an
there killed.