New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

An ofrertory bag in English rural cnurch was
rooa,,Iv found 70 contain a very rare specimen OF
. seventeenth century token made Of copper Whlcn
had apparently been dropped into the recep,acIe
IN mistake for a farthing The curio was valued
by a local dealer at fourteen shillings uesC'lP-
ton OF the article and the circumstances unuei
which Il was found were affixed 10 the churcn
norch but the donor seemed ashamed 10 turn up
and explain matters. A few days afterward the
clergyman received a typewriter letter from an
address a long distance from the churcn, statihs
that II the token sent to * T. H. care
NJ the householder remittance OF half sover-
eign would be received in exchange 1t was duly
sent In a registered letter and postal oroer LOT
ten shillings arrived in return.
Miss Dreamier-When you stood on the brink Of
Niagara and looked into the seethng. surglng,
unfathomable depths below. did you not feel that
yoG " TonrerrNo; Hadn't received my hotel bill
then-(New-York Weekly.
The new sect of Enochtes in the Russian prov
| ,nce OF Astrakhan is giving the Government con-
siderable trouble. Some OF the members nave oeeh
| Transported TO Siberia while large numbers OF
| others are shut up in the prisons OF the district,
| without least doubt in their own nihos 'n"'
! ,hav are being prosecuted for Righteousness sake
| az Il may we'll 1t that they are. The immense
| number of sects constantly springing up IN NUS
sia would be OF somewhat remote interest 10 Amer
,o,s ~ thew did not mostly all lean to the idea OF
|
lis their tabernaces. the standards OF their re-
spective faiths
| orom the pen OF Admiral Dewey, or General Law,
ton or some Of the heroes now IN the ta n iso
! we haven't finished up the war In CUBA ye''-'|hi-
| ago Tribune
| One Of the sideshows Of the Paris Exposition VIII
be a reproduction OF the notorious beggars nau','
| OF the Middle Ages. which will be known as rai'7
q
| nup of Violet lie Due and the same architect VINO
| nodelIed the mock Bastle for the last exhibition
| The district between Notre Dame des VICTORIES
| near the Bourse and the Porte Saint-Dennls mas
| been reproduced in panoramic fashion with appro-
priate limitations in miniature OF various Hionu'
men,s and buildings. On the Cour oes hlrd
| itself there is a theatre for the performance OIL
nlava nv the "truands'' and other bad characters
| ~ the epoch The Mayfair OF the Middle Ages IL
also shown and the exhibition on the whole prom
,.os 70 nrove an attraction as a curious recon
structon of picturesque portion OF old Paris
Jennie-Herbie II says here another octogenari
ans dead What's an octogenarian? 49,, 49,
A ,Ssy must be awfuiy sicky creatures Yot
never hear OF 'em but they are dying'-crit bi's'
The English Legitimsts announce that mere arr
now living LIZ persons who are descendants o.
Mary Stuart The list Of these is contained IN th'
"tlaiendar'' published by the Legitmists. OF these
| /
the throne than Queen Victoria. for the latter On
lows only parliamentary utle." and the Lesiti
mists do not recognize the people queen VIC
toria is a descendant OF Mary Stuart; but inasmuci
"a she represents the female line and traces oacf
her title through James rs daughter elizabeth ah'
holds the throne by virtue Of the act OF Parliamen
which excluded the exiled male line the Lesitimist
regard heI as "usurper.
Communication had been established at last Wit
Mars The man at the interplanetary telephone
called out:
| Hello -
Hello" came the answer back
Am speaking TO MarsT
, ITO whom"
Mars" g..
| little further away from the phone, please.
81 say-hear me any better now?
Yes"
rs this Mars"
''What?' =.
''Marr-fourth planet In order OF distance fron
the sun-Mercury. Venus, Earth-this is the Fart
. Mars That's you, you know , -
mo. sir. You away on. You hayent go
the names OF any Of them right This Is the tourt
planet from the sun. but It's name Is not Mars
CBut the world is ripe for this knowleds
yet)<Chicago Tribune