New-York tribune., 1891-12-20
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

In quaint little churchyard in Maine is hand
| some headstone with the epitaph. Gone, but Nes
Forgotten" Years ago went of fishing ana
never returned Finally one morning there was cast
upon the shore of the lake where he had fshed shin.
bone, covered with a piece Of red sock. His wife
| vowed that she had knitted this sock with her ox1
fingers In spite OF opposition, the town hearse
brought out, the shinbone, sock and all, care
| fully placed in box, with due ceremony It was
buried, prayers prayed over it, hymns sung
1t, and above it placed the headstone bearing
| the inscription " Gone, but Not Forgotten
Popular Mu;c.pPeroI wa: gsy9s som: sSs:
| the company suddenly stampeded.
Smith-Where did they gol
Piper-They went down into tho kitchen to hear the
| cook sing "Maggie MWphy's Home. Blade,
Tho question whether Mr. Beecher once said In bio
pulpit It's id hotl" seems to be settled by NJ
Gently published letter purporting TO be written BY him
in which he denies ever having used the expression
Whether that letter was authentic not reunahs
be proved. AT any rate T. X. Hatfeh 3
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, comes forward with q Asr
to "The Boston Journal saying that somevhsc
about 1850 he met his brother, John Smith Hat
field, after some years Of separation, in Liverpool.
Tho brother was 4" a very pi0us man," and shortly
before that had been In Brooklyn and went hear N
Beecher preach. 1t was a hot day, and according u
the letter, the preacher passed through the cw&
he wiped his perspirng brow and made the remark
quoted following it up by saying that he had Just
heard IL at the door Of the church, and proceeding
preach an eloquent sermon from this text. Nj.
Hatfield says that his brother is shipowner t No,
IL Borthwell-st., Glasgow. Of the firm Of Hs1eld
Cameron & Co.
There Was More Of it.-Lattle Mamie. whose psrenta
are poor Is eating dinner with rich relatives one
@Weii, Mamie. how DO you like your dnna-Settss
ut doesn't taste much better. but don't nt
through soon as do at home."-CTexas sfdngs.
The college in Springfield, Mass, for French Cans'
dians of New England needs $4,000 this year fc'
current expenses. Says Professor Egbert c. smyns
OF Andover: "There French Canadians in all our
ffyone States and Territories there 5000 French
Canadians even In Alaska. The chief centres OF our
French Canadian population are in New-Eneland ana
in New-York state There are 100000 In the FORMER
and 100 900 in the latter. There are 10000 wlmh
radius OF thirty miles Of u.s. They own sloo'oV"v~
of reslestate The number Of their voters has douoe
| in very few years. They are factory operahVee
carpenters, grocers and bakers. They enter pon'c'
| and become policemen, shenfs, commissioners T"
specors Of customs, registers Councilmen; tne' "'
lawyers, teachers, physicians, ministers uhe' a'
thrifty The tenementhouse gives place 70 ue 0v. y.
iage Material comfort takes the place OF tne Wv
Canadian poverty
Fogg-I think that Brown is about as indlgen. az S
band as there is going. He went home last eSsna eSsia.
ow s9a sGuS and HS didn't make st a Of fuss about
Mrs Foeg.Then all rve got 70 say U.s. tae I% sias,i
he Why didn't he Kick the old rascal down Tsnna on e
contrary And, besides what would you think 20; q ;
father who Kicked his first and only baby down s'S"'
| -(Boston Transcript
| An American bOatbuilder who has tust bula :
| small steamboat for the Magdaene River, IN v.
United states Of Colombia, says: "They get - % y
hundred for freight $40 miles and $50 for passens
| $40 extra II they take room. But there IS ha'u.
| one who wants room. They all carry their oes
with them. 1t consists OF q straw mat fou "
| see them come aboard with beds under theT s'"'
Along this river there IS some very fine land. h'.
thing grows without aid. They never plough OF Nv,
| but Just put the seed in the ground ana 60 o" a.
leave IL till II gets ripe They can raise tn'es ..
| OF corn year. and fine potatoes. Vesetauon " ~
| kind grows the year round The climate ls !u'' -
| same, never varies more than 10 degrees s.l
| rs degrees Mosquitoes and aigators are ponesI
! on the river. IL Is amusing 10 The monse's
PLAYING on the trees pass, and the al'sssn
| plurging into The water. There is no system soVS
| boating down here. They are never an hurry -
| take no care Of anything. II they had run CIV.
| OF our steamboamen they would get rich In '"''
| time"
Pot Calling the Kettle Black"sa Say, dar y,a. 20 Az
whaffor yo' act dat way; what yo noidih pe"''
| packI ,,,
Muffin, daddy -, , .,.,o, ,xb.i y1
Yes yo' IS yo' got Ter lag oh de chicken , wn. a.,
uore tired ole daddy nearly got shot fer tsnn - M
| night. How yO' spec anythin' fer Crismus' w ~
| an, steal like datir-(TexaS sifungs.
Great preparations have been made in the s%S. ~.
French city, ChcIsye-Ro for the celebration u ',s
| Tooth anniversary OF the first publication Oh .no
the "Marseillase which takes place April 20 ieyS
The authorities have issued invitations TO the oo".
towns and villages OF France 10 take part N ~
exerolses. The author of the song, Roueet de Iiss
lived for twenty years in Choisy-le-Roi and ouns.
there The inscription on his grave reads a. ~iD" ,e,s.
When the French Revolutionists had 10 nso' 80
Il, I7oc he gave them the song of tie Marse'ilais''
| that they might conquer"
Realistic Plsying-Petted Daughter-fhey sxea a.: -
| to play Mt Mrs. Ighupp this evening" anu
but -, -, a,francdt
Fond Mother (proudlyl lyl-were they not snuapa Tps an
Petted Daughter-Humi When l piay% ~ ,hs
| the Ocean Wave with variations nan Oh 'o'" "'
room. -..l.r<uA -
Fond Mother tecstsveauy -TnsSs wQceSs