New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-19
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

"The Kennebec (Me) journal" tells this story:
"The Committee on Library in the Sunday school
or a church I'm one of Portands suburban WI
lagos recently determined that some OF the DOCKS
in the library were not exactly proper Tor sunday
school books, and took IL upon themselves 10 eA-
purgate the library The books In question were
OF a very high class from literary standpoint
and the objection them was that they did NOT
teoch religion as Sunday -school books should The
committee went over the library carefully anu
picked out the volumes which did not meet their
ideas Of what the Sunday-school standard shoud
be having previously determined that they should
be burned. When they had been laid aside, how
ever It was decided that 1t was too bad TO burn
them. and the matter was finally compromised by
voting to present them the library Of the other
church in town. Now, was that Christian charityE
Maud Muller on a summer day,
Helped In the meadow raking hay.
But all Maud's daughters. and off,
Don't do a thing but Just pay goito s
Chicago Record
A writer in BIRD Lore' says: Several years
ago when In a Western town, was taken to a
neghbors to his birds. -Four cages swung In
the shelter OF a commodous porch. One con-
tanned a ed-winged backbrd that had been taken
from It's nest when very young and brought up by
hand His associates were a canary, a bluejay
and an oriole The canary had been purchased
at a bird store, and had there learned It's song.
The bluejay and oroie mad been taken from
neighborlng nests. and had. doubt, picked up
the characteristic notes OF their species from the
many other members of their kind that Inhabited
the vicinity but 1t many miles TO the nearest
swamp or lowland whore one might find red
winged blackbrd This red-wing had learned per-
fectly the notes of his Gagged companions, and had
picked up some notes Of other birds In the neigh
borhood. but not note of the red-winged black
bird did he know"
J-Do you believe the bowling OF dog is al
ways followed by death? Jack-No: not Always
sometimes the man who shoots at the dog Is q
poor marksman.-(St. Louis Star.
Says THE Times Of Cuba: THE sleepy village
of Philadelphia L. S. A.. has evidently not learned
to talk Spanish. Colonel Thompson and the post
Office authorities laughing over a letter that
was returned to the Dead Letter Department here
on Wednesday. The letter sent to the Sr.
Administrators de Correos GPostmaster), Phila-
delphia Penn and is returned with numerous In
dorsements such General Delivery Try Chest
nut-st.. Send to Egyptian Consul See If John
Wanamaker knows anything about IT, etc. The
last Endorsement however, takes the dulce. for the
letter is returned with the statement that there is
| No such man In Philadelphia"
| rs your town growing" asked the Pittsburg
! man OF a fellow-traveller on the cars
Well, no; ! can't say rs growing was the
Ing in It's tastes right along"
I You mean the people assuming higher
| Il do sir; yes. sir We now get bananas every
day from Cincinnati ana d Aye out Of the ,rs six
! Cheese We don't look for any building boom or
GRADUALLY work up to electric doorbelis and oysters
! on the haf-shel."-tCtica Observer
A physician tells the following story In 1.-The Lon
! don Chronicle: "A patient OF mine Mr.. c.. a
solicitor having given up the active exercise OF his
profession, retired some twelve years ago with his
| wife TO the country. He made welcome by the
surrounding gentry, and was soon on friendly terms
| With nil he set nv
patients wife received. for the first time I'm twelve
| years a call from Mrs x. who regarded herself
as the leader OF the county society. After making
a few vague remarks, apparently excuses for the
long delay In calling. Mrs. X. boldly came 10 the
point and asked for subscription to her voun-
tary schools Mrs. c. agreed with enthusiasm and
at once wrote a check and handed 1t to her visitor
so glad to help you l hope you will find this
right but have a poor head for figures II II Is
wrong please correct me- 1t has taken you Ions
time to get mere. imagine II Will take you
long to get back! have therefore postdated the
check somewhat. so that there may be difficulty
in getting 1t cleared! Goodby.' The check wa:
dated March "a, 1911"
A member OF the Louisville bar named smmond
/ son was In the habit OF intlmdating the opposins
| witnesses. whom. when they came TO be cross-ex
amlned. he harassed In every imaginable manner
! farmer with thoughtful eye. lie had watched
the batting OF his neigho S, In dead silence ans
son evidently set him down us a lout. and wher
the witness IN hssasS over some dSs,On mo
''Fraid Of telling lie, too. SUPPOSE y" witSoa
pp nksa haste and f hSSa "
mondsons head catching chi, him on the bridge Of tn,
was a-studyin about" he drawled. In the momen
OF dead silence that followed the act. Needless I,
was secretly pleased. and while the Judge ansd III
1d the s'SS @ Law is Journal