New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
The announcement that certain city churches viii be
closed during portion of the summer gives various
persons an opportunity TO ask the time questions
Are we TO understand that the devil takes vacation
in SUMMER"
Church aflrms that the standing posture IN puonc
prayer is the proper attitude sanctlonea oy
~ tbe primitive church and by mmemorial usage OF
Presbyterians" There Is still room TOR variety Oh
the psrble both stood but the standing of was
quito different from that OF the otfer III tne Iuusdi'
Of the L0rd.-(CongregatlonallsI'
According to "The Boston Transcript" scarecrows
are a misnomer; for they don't scare crows. DEAD
crow hung up by the feet it says "wt scare some
croys-no doubt females, Of superstitious turn OF
mind-but it won't keep of the canny old agnostic'
among them. farmer whom the Listener knows once
had shepherd dog who, at the command 60 down
and keep the crows out of the corn field woud
take charge Of the field and keep out every Olu Oh
them eRectualy. Dogs, especially collfes might DC
trained easily to perform this duty though oc-
casionally no doubt, the crows would divide their
forces and give the dog moro work than he coud DO
Few of our farmers, by tho way, realize the amount Oh
help in their work that they can get out OF good
dog"
Grinnen-see that man across the street, t H rs
worth 300 900. Three years ago he hadnt cent ne
IS the inventor or the mahulacUrer' Aoie0' "'
of a patent medicine" .,.
Barrett-iTow much did you say he is worth 7
hundred thousand dollars" -, r,,
aThen he isn't the inventor. "-(ChcaSo Tribune.
Saws a cigarette smoker People who object to
cigarettes are continually talking about the peculiarly
disagreeabe odor Of the burning paper This is sheer
| nonsense man could smoke cigarettes made en-
trely Of rice paper and there would be no odor ao
ALL The difference between the odor OF ogaretOe
and that of cigar lies not in the paper but IN the
tobacco good cigar tobacco cannot be used Tor
making cigarettes as 1t is Of entirely different
kind. and is not prepared in the same manner. The
difference in the smell is generally placed TO the credit
OF the unofendng paper, which has no odor at all"
The Golden Text.-Elizabcth, three ear-oid,
walked out OF the house yesterday morning and made
her first appearance at the Covenans ohurcn 9oua
| school. She put in class OF nice little girls
ana po o' yon know the golden text'' inquired the
''' q Yesm,p responded Elizabeth promptly
| what Is It'll" asked the teacher, very encourag-
&Twinklo twinkle little star. how wonder what hat
you are" proceeded Elizabeth with confidence anu anu
then the teacher stopped her and called on one Oh Ve
| regular Standardization Courier.
"No animal that walks four legs is as big fool
as a sheep" says a sheep-raiscr. ave have to watch
them every minute and II vigilance is relaxed for an
instant the entire flock is likely TO practically commit
suicide In handling most animals some degree oil
| self-help or intelligence be relied on TO aid the
| owner in saving their lives, but sheep seem to sci
deliberately 10 work to kill themselves. II caught II
q storm on the plains they will drift before the vino
and die of cold and exposure rather than move loO
wards to windward obtain shelter In their corral
To drive sheep against the wind Is absolutely i'm
possible once lost 1000 head because could
not drive them TO q corral not 200 feet away In th'
corral they are stu more foolish. II storm comes
| I'D they all move down wind until stopped by th'
fence. Then begins the proceeding so much dreaded
by sheepmen, known 'piling' The sheep VIII clint
over each others backs until they are heaped up er
feet high Of course, all those at the bottom an
snothered Not one has sense enough TO seek shelter
under the lee Of the fence as horse or dog "ouO
do Again, II sheep gets into quleksand us iaS
teaches nothing those that come Immediately AFTER
but the whole flock will follow its leader TO destuc
ton No more exasperatngly stupid brute than
sheep walks"
An Egg Hpisode.-Thc young woman Who writes he
name and address on the eggs before she sends then
| TO market has received a proposal. 1t came from
man who proposed that hereafter she SEM sulcIsN
fresh eggs Instead of the stale ones she had been i
the habit Of selling. She longer counts her chcheh
before they are hatched.-(Detroit Free Press
"The small sire of the screw says a boilermaker
ais not due to the perception OF any inventor OF 10
greater effect as compared with larger one, bu
purely TO accident When | first engaged In TN
machinery business for steamers were mao
as large as possible, ii being the theory that Tn
greater the diameter the higher the speed vesse
was placed Lake Erie with a screw SO large that
was deemed best 10 cast each blade In two parts, an
then weld them together. During storm all thes
blades OF the propeller broke at the welding, reduein
the diameter by more than two-thirds. To the SUI
prise of the captain the vessel shot forward at spec
such as had never been attained before Engineer
then experimented with small propellers, and dis
covered that they much effective than larg
ones Had it not been for that accident we Nigh
have gone using large-baded screws TO the preser
day."
A lady, who was otherwise quite RATIONAL was troubls
with horrible feeling that snake was gnawing ava
her vitsIs, she explained IL. Efforts were mad
to convince her OF her error, but without avail and
finally decided to hum0r her out OF her trouble
small snake was secured and one day. 81
told the necessary operation would
gone through to relieve her OF her troub.
ChlOrof0rm was administered and when she revived,
scratch made while she asleep CAREFUL
bandaged up, and the snake exhibited rs cvidenc
} Of the superiority Of her diagnosis over that OF th
physicians Her Joy painful 10 witness and sh
went away thoroughly ourod--lst. Louis Globe DenS
eah