The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-09
PuNoENr PARAGRAPHS.


the ridiculous Dick (rather flattered)
"A baseball club they call a team,
out they call the umpire everything
Philadelphia Times.
why do you think SOP" Cora-'I
noticed you smiling at yourself in the
mirror. N. Y. Herald.
-Bessie-"That young Mr.. Skimplcy
has over million" Kitty looking
over hin)-'sWell, he needs it!'-
Vogue.
-Gunson-''Another increase in your
family, Ell? Son or daughter Bill
bee (gloomily)-"Son-in-law."- Wash
ington.
-"What did you say when he kicked
you downstairs?'' Say? Why, we
are not on speaking terms "-Boston
Transcript. f
lis your daughter improving her
time at college?' Mamma-''rma afraid
not. She still spells her name Mary"
Inter Ocean.
Many a young man has q great fu-
ture ahead of him. The great difficulty
is that it persists in keeping there
washington star.
When offered something for moth
ing be sure there is an intended fraud.
Everything valuable, even experience,
costs something.
Not essary.-Jones-"Do yon
call your wife your be tier half?'
Brown-"O, no; it isn't necessary
Detroit Free Press.
Brown has the job he was after
plenty of light work" whats he
doing?" Attending motors at the cleo
trio plant. atlanta Constitution.
Cant you give poor
blind man a few cents?' Banker
mo! The outlook is SO bad that you
are to be congratulated" IN. Y. Jour
nal
Mister, gimme dime. I'm vic.
tim of the Indianny train robbery y
''How were you victim?' II didn't
get any O. the stolen money, see?'-
Chicago Record.
"A Gentle Hint.-Young Senior
"You wouldn't take me for married
man, would you?' Miss Flyrt-"I
rather think would If you should ask
me. ''-Boston Beacon.
isn't that clock little slow?''
asked the man who was setting his
watch. Possibly" replied the jew
eler. at just came in from Philadel-
phia. Washington Star.
Not So Filling. -Londoner-"I get
so hungry here in Chicago don't you
know Chicagoan-"Yes our fogs
here aren't thick enough to eat, don't
you know" Chicago Tribune.
AN eminent physician says IL IL
often dangerous to lie ON the right
side. It is also unnecessary. Any pc.
itical speaker or writer knows the
wrong side needs the lying, if any
Buffalo Courier.
%, the gold in the locks Of my love.
II Is brighter than stars to behold;
But the misery that mocks
All the gold in her locks
Is-the castiron locks on her goldi
Atlanta Constitution.
81 have often heard this spoken Of
rs light literature, "he remarked as he
read his gas bill through for the second
time, "but it always comes right home
to man, just the same.
Star.
He was walking on his uppers, was the philo
sophie man,
But he never let sign Of grief appear;
For he simply said, according to his philosophis
plan,
"Thy, haven't felt so foot-loose in year"
Grinder is about to realize sill the
dreams of his life" Snubley-ssR
uncle dead?' sNo; his wife has grad
uated from a cooking school that
teaches the making of thirteen diff.
ferent kinds of pie.'
Pretty Loud.-Reginald = "Rosie
do You like the architecture of my new
trousers?" Reginald's Sister Inspect
ing the garment)-'Tm not good
judge of their architecture. Reggie. but
their acoustic properties are simply
magnificent"