New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-27
THE TALK or TIE DAY.

There is no truth In the report that L'eu'e""',.
Irobson Is writing a book, to be ent''eu " o'"'"
I Have Kissed.
She Had Her Doubts.-"He's very wise young
man" said Maud. .," arswcred
Nor,ic "He lectired for ten minutes on mistletoe
and get h. doesn't seem TO recosni~e IL WV"
sees it."-(Washingion Star
A Philadelphia dealer in birds. dogs and go'ansh
hos nov sncc,es OF the nnny tribe imported from
ro,on which svims with the head down In the
water in nearly perpendicular position "o''f''
stonned before the aquarium the other day. ana
ofer viewing the new variety went into me store
and ordered the dealer 10 make the iishcs SWIM
with their heads elevated The dealer oecaf"e
angry over her Interference with his business anu
ordered her from the store She ''iio' ''e" ~.
clety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
officials and an officer sent to Investigate.
The fish still swim perpendicularly
one Of The New-Oreans boys who saw service az
Santiago and when the hot lighting ,, was of
pppestaslcs Near-sshted people always have an
abiding dread Of losing their glasses kno% nh Wnr
told by one Of the NewYork club contingent tnae
Roosevelt took pariicuar pans before leaving
He had been In the habit OF wead'hf ui ho the
slangcment was entirely unsuited e camgaisn
where the glasses themselves would De laoIe ~
So he substituted very large round spectaclcs with
Steel hooks for the ears and had a dozen pairs
and equipment trying TO distribute them so no one
accident could include them all %, one Da,5 n
his hat - two In his saddle-bags and so on.
AT the fight at tuasimas his horse was haTksd
ey De' AGAINST wn,s e tree Colonel Roosevelt
rushing anSsy and be ST, P 5s nag un s
said the orderly i know replied the colonel with
in his voice but blast en- thsy0e smashea
At the English Church Congress OF 1888 IT was
announced that the name Of the chedoraomer OF
the Book of Genesis had been found on some clay
tablets from Nneveh. The reading was not free
from doubt and no one thought much Of it until
NJ the end Of 1896 Father Scheil. a Dominican
monk published the translation OF tablet IN the
,'onstantinope Museum IN which Chedorlaomer
was distinctly written. Since then the opponents
OF the higher critics have used these facts as es-
tablishing the historical character OF the chapter
In question But an EXPERT demolishes this
argument by showing that the name on the Con-
stantinople tablet Is not Chedoraomer but Snukh-
samat and that the Nineveh tablets do not help
the matter.
All About Ordnance-The Judge-You have been
P Bm9e Sn@tGe iTT fist what charge Coin
to load me In the wagon. or fire me out o town
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The following curious advertisement recently APP
peared in English paper;
TO GENTLEWOMAN INTENDING SEI.F-HELP-
4 vacancy TO learn OF other ladies machine hatch
ing and poultry breeding Cottage In secluded pine
woods PLAN accommoda ton. Service in house
and bird work taken In lieu OF premium Pupil
partly Kept
Sam IIodgkns" says The Lewiston Journal"
was in his day and generation much-respected
citizen of Hancock and Ike mis- son. Dudley, better
known as Uncle Dudley, well known all over
the eastern portion OF the county An amusing
story is told By some OF his old ac1uaintances to
an Eastern Maine paper Of how he once made his
will It happened 10 be done at time when the
old man was In of his happest and most gen
erous moods. and realizing. no doubt, the uncer-
tainty OF human life. concluded that he would
be1ueah TO his seven sons-Dudley, Zachariah.
Moses. Sam shem. Gee and EllIot-his worldly
goods and possessions lie very anxious that
the will should be legal and careful lest any
OF his children might he left unmentoned in some
way. So the old man drew up the instrument. In
part like this Half TO Dud. half to lack and all
the rest TO Moses. Shem IL blind. Sam IL poor
Gee has moved 10 the Falls Sullivan Fals) and
Elliot Is the baby As the will was never pro-
bated 1t answered the purpose just as Well
any"
Mrs. Bacon getting ready to go ouD-I can't see
when Mr.. Penman gets time to do any literary
Mr. Bacon~Well. understand he finds time to do
his writing while his wife Is putting on her hat
(Yonkers Statesman.
1t is estimated that there 1919 900 old style
copper pennies somewhere. NOBODY KNOWS what
has become OF them. except that once In while q
single specimen turns up in change. few years
ago $4,000 bronze two-cent pieces were set anoat
Three millions OF them are stl outstanding but
are never seen. million OF three-cent silver
pieces are scattered the United States, but II
is very seldom that comes across any OF them
or the 500 90, onehalfcent pieces not has been
returned 10 the Government for coinage is held
by the Treasury.
Presently she spoke. and the tone of voice she
elected to tremulOus and pleading.
"Gustavus, dearest. do-do you ever drink"
Reluctantly he admitted that there occa-
sions when he glanced carelessy upon the wine
when It ready.
All dearest" she continued, with anxiety de-
picted her lovely features, what do you sup
pose papa would say II he should discover that his
only daughters future husband drankY'
"He discovered 1t yesterday afternoon" re-
sponded Gustavus. with some OF the same old re-
luctance. -
"oh. and what did he say" she inquired. breath
lessly.
He saId"-the manly young fellows voice trem-
bed-"he said We'll. Gustavus my boy don't
care II do. Mines the same. with just a dash OF
There was silence for a moment-possibly two
Observation-Disclosures American.