New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-17

THE Baltimore Sun tells true bird story thai
comes from Gainesville. Md. Some time ago citi'
zen of the town picked up young hooking bird
which had fallen from it, nest. The bird which
had become slightly disabled from the fall. was
placed I'm a cage In the doorway. For three days
the parent birds have been lowering about the
premises bewalling in bird fashion the capture OF
a member OF their family. and endeavoring 10 feed
the lame bird through the bars OF the cage. Inc
other day the cage, partly open. was removed los
locust tree In the yard. Immediately the mother
OF, the incarcerated bird. carrying berry in iu
mouth flew into the cage and was entrappSa
Efforts will be made TO secure, through the sam
means the male bird so that the entire family
may be united.
He Understood Teacher-NoH an a n,nras,
is who is willing to subjugate his own mn 'gr ,s
boy here understand what an a!truist II .Lo.
The Kid-Yesm. altruist Is feller 'ha' "aAe'
a sacrifice hit.-tindianapolis journal
Tine Philadelphia Ledger says: AN almost IN
cred BILE but true story told OF skilled mechanic
with enough intelligence ID earn $50 per week VINO
has an idea that the ratio 10 TO means that ~
could under free coinage get Is silver dollars torl
gold dollar He sent a request last week 10 ths
cashier Of the shop IN which ne was employer 'n"
he should hereafter be paid one-haf his salary IN
gold. Asked what he wanted the gold FOR ne re-
piled that. being a single man. he could I'VE on
half his earnings and he had made up hts nina
event Of the election OF Bryan as President No
could get $50 for each 80 in gold he had saved
tbs man is OF at least average intellisen'e ana
good workman. and this ia his idea OF The ratio OF
l6 to Ia ratio whSh has no special ssnincanee'
but was adopted time when the market value
OF sixteen Of silver was supposed u De eaua
10 the value OF ounce of gold.
Lucky L,ft-"It's strange that Jane Godle
should fancy that Tom Rranscomoe hear 'ne'
are engaged.
81 didn't know he had any strength.
she thinks he has Shs saw nm 1sy rass Pain
Dealer
Occasionally science must admit failure. me
Hartford Courant" says that one night young
man IN Divinity Hall at Yale undertook with
toy rife hit lamp But his aim Was poor
and the ball passed through the window OF an
eminent and venerable professor OF science ana
imbedded itself In the wall. This was the oppor
tunity for the professor and for science lie too
SET TO work and computed the curve. and with tho
exact skill OF infallible figures he traced the oaI
right back TO the room OF an innocent COLLEAGUES
who didn't even know the rifle had been fred Inc
unfedged minister fatty denied all knowledge Oh
the affair But men. even ministers. have been
known 10 make denals I'm self-defence and Ws
professor had the proof with him. There was mo
buet there were the marks OF It's course. and there
was the computation worked out II looked as IL
a pulpit career was TO he nipped In the bud' p"'
the guilty student heard what, was going on. no
called on the professor. confessed the offence
pointed out that the OF science was 200 fees
out I'm his computation. and advised that the mat
tor he dropped right where II was. And that was
done"
Fuddy-Snapshot was showing me lot OF ph9'o..
graphs ne has taken. They are only passabe, guy
TO hear snapshot talk you would think them mar
wells ~ the Photographic art. 49,.
Dr,liy~Yes snapshot sn't much of an artist ous
then his views better than his opin. ons-tooS
ton Transcript
About two miles out from Washington. on the
Chevy Chase Road there is pretty villa. whers
they take summer boarders from the city. There
Is a high flight of steps. with rail leading down
from the porch. and a rounded newel-post. winch
Is pointed out TO the passer-by on the trolle!-0s
as The Kissing Post" This sounds truly roman.
tic and visions of moonlit ovemaking cling rouho
its unpretentious head. until the matter Is fuy eA'
planned. you see. says the iconocastic Informant
that last summer there was man staying the''
with his wife. and she one Of the deHo"-
strative kind. and newell. he wasn't lie use" "
hurry through his breakfast every morning snu
rush for the $50 car. TO be In time a' ~.
office In the city. He always forgot 10 say so'.
to her and she always ran out on the porch ai'..
him. just In time to catch him at that post anN
kissed him as II she never expected 10 see mn.
again and he-well he looked resigned ou' NV
happy under II. Ii got so that every pous IL ~.
trolley-car always watched for II as resu''i % -
fornance. The couple stayed out there Wv, !.
tober but they never missed a day. Ana ""'
why We all cali 1t The Kissing Post.
Not Inviting More Collisons-"No SIR 80 ride 8
man who had wavered. II won't learn 10 Nave
bicycle | haa thoughts OF trying IT, ou, = r,Sat
lust heard OF a peculiar trait In the machine VIZ"
caused me TO change my mind
Whats that a. - q, ride n
II understand that when you FIRST Try TO VOID
YOU see anything YOU cspeciaiiy WIS" W
you're almost certain 10 run into IL
There's good deal of truth II, IL have
Wall hat g.
enough trouble with bill collectors ~
Washington Star.