New-York tribune., 1900-08-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


home in Bethel, Conn the birthplace of P T.
Barnum, and 1t is said that while two OF his men
were cutting some bushes the other day they found
big swapping turtle. The turtle tried to escape,
but it was cornered and turned on it's back.
In order to examine the prize the turtle turned
right side up again. and it found that there
was something engraved the back Of It's shell
After the thick coating of moss had been scraped
away the initials "P T. b" and the date 1880
found cut in the shell and still perfectly legt
BILE Barnum was twenty years old at that date
Don't trihe with me. Miss MeCurdYi' pleaded
the young man. desperately Wait till i l have
weeks, how completely and absolutely your image
fills my heart? Have you not seen? Do you not
bR the Of not y BY hs @ my Joy
Snt up oyo my m fsss es You no 0e MISS
'NIr. whitgood." interrupted the young woman
"Glycerine McCurdy.' he said drawing himself
this on a bet7-(chicago Tribune. emma 1''''e
The original bell OF the Alamo Is now In the pos
session OF Miss Adina De Zavala. OF San Antonio.
president Of the Texas Daughters OF the Republic
II discovered three months ago at Goliad
when offered for sale old iron by Moses Open
heimer Reports OF the discovery appeared In the
newspapers. and correspondence at once
opened with Mr. oppenheimer by Miss De Zavalla-
The result that the bell delivered to her.
II is 1s inches high, IA inches in diameter. and
weighs about thirty-fve pounds. The date TIP
Is engraved It. together with the words San
Antonio" and the Spanish coat-of-arms. The clap
per Is missing The bell will be placed in the
Alamo.
"of course, I expect pay for them" said the
funny man; you don't suppose write these things
foF Jun 90 rSGed yTu the editor handing n.c, .,s
dismaliy. Philadelphia Press.
There is one utterance of Lncoln's that Mr..
Bryan is not likely to quote 1t made IN 1858.
when the Democratic leaders protested against
sending Vallandigham across the Federal lines to
the Confederacy. and is follows:
HE who dissuades man from volunteering
or induces soldier to desert weakens the cause
much he who kills American soldier in
battle. Must l shoot simple minded soldier boy
who deserts. while must not touch hair Of
willy ag1tator who induces him to desert7 This Is
none the less injurious when effected by getting
father mother friend into a public meeting
and there working upon his feelings till he
is persuaded to write the soldier boy that he is
lighting in a bad cause, for a wicked Administra-
tion OF contemplate Government 1 think that
in such case. to silence the ag1tator and
the boy is not only constitutional but withal
great mercy"
THAT Fuddlethwait girl makes the hattest re-
marks Of anybody ever saw. And people laugh
at them. too l can't understand it. 1t must be
Whats she been saying now?"
Il telling her the other evening that my
parents had thirteen children"
are yda Rs sRs % me rSsh ns a9f d sn9
cred. Now. will you kindly tell what there
was funny about that?"-(ChicagO Times Herald
The wornout uniforms of the British army are
sold at auction each year. and bring back into the
treasury nearly $15O,OOO
Fuddy-A fellow can't think much OF a girl TO eat
onions bga Just preyiSus Gus to ] calling upon her
OuuuS-On' uoh hhOW II may be ne Is so
sure of her he doesn't care; perhaps there could
be stronger proof of his devotion than the fact
that he could not keep away after eating
onions.-(Boston Transcript.
THE Hartford Courant' thus presents the other
side of a much discussed question, 1T would be
interesting TO know how many men. women and
children have been killed because the horses be-
hind which they were riding had 'docked tails
Nothing makes horse behave ugIier and more
unreasonably than to get his unlocked tail across
a rein. Down goes the tail. and the more the
tail presses the annoyed is the horse or
he goes, kicking and running and whoever is he
hind in front of him is in for trouble The
situation is fun of danger. Dumb Animals may
be especially interested in the fact that human
beings imperiled. but some consideration
should be had for the horse"
having acquired English had changed his cIotbes
day. and in doing had FORGOTTEN to tTsns1
fer from one garment to the other the KEY 10 his
desk. This is how he told his friend OF II.
II have forget the key my other trousers
Another. when told that friend had lust been
in town, inquired:
Did you walk at the foot or at the car?''
The Cambridge jokes are not all on the (,uhars
the teachers for approaching concert President
Eliot, standing by thought ne might possi5Iv at
tend, and extended his hand for ticket The hoy
gave glance at him and remarked scornfullv:
You amt ('uhanl''-(ROSrOp