New-York tribune., 1900-01-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


nouncement: THE churchyard where interments
have recently taken place now resembles French
cemetery. Glass shades graves are un-Eng-
sh; the custom ts borrowed from the Continent
The vicar is therefore obliged, in the best inter
of the parish and the churchyard, to state
that he cannot allow the churchyard to be further
disfgured by the introduction of any more glass
shades, and hopes that the many who have placed
them their rea atives graves without fuI knoWI-
edge of what they were doing will kindly remove
them. The vicar has legal power to remove all
glass shades which placed in the churchyard
without his consent and would prefer the people to
remove them e their own free will"
Hicks-7-oh, get Out Dumleigh never had an idea
Wicks@You do him wrong. I know the con-
Hicks you believe he has had an idea. What
Wicks-An idea that he had one.-(Boston Tran
script.
child in Arkansas recently having disa at the
age of ten months a coroner held inquest over
the body and in making out the certificate OF
death stated that the child was unmarried. and
that it's occupation was keeping its parents awake
O. nights.
stubb-I am a little puzzled over the remark
young woman {9a mage 4S 5his morning
stubb-Why, I went to see her over til the IN muddy
Penn-Did she thank you? ..o-.
gentleman left-(Chicago News
There Is an almost complete failure of the olive
crop In Southern Italy and in Sicily this season,
owing to the ravages Of the oil fly which appeared
In unusual numbers account OF the prolonged
drouth of last summer and fall. The loss 10 the
provinces of Bari and Lecce alone is estimated at
GO OOO COO lire or $12OO0OOO There will be a CORE
spending scarcity of oil. Of course. The country
people are having their eyes opened TO the conse-
ouences OF their wholesale destruction Of insectde-
vouring songbirds.
The artist placed the easel in front of his model
oy,dI cd IVA
Uncle Ephraim" he said. II this picture is a
success I shall give you besides the half dollar I
promised the finest and plumpest young pullet IN
grin overspread the shiny face Of Uncle Eph'm
not quite what he had expected
An inspiration came to his AID s,. r,o-r,rzm he
went on II saw the fattest 'possum that was
ever brought to this town. 1 am going to get II
ior "GoiYr' SIH
And the picture was a magnificent success.-CChi-
cago Tribune.
Among the living people who have seen Sir Wal
ter Scott is the Rev. Frederick Buick who has
been minister of a Presbyterian church at Ahoghll
near BaIlymena Ireland. for the long period Of
sxty-four years, and who is still in active service
Mr. Buick. when at school at Edgeworthstown. saw
Sir Walter Scott. who was then visiting Miss Edge
worth Sir Walter visited the school where Mr.
Buick was a pupil, and the old clergyman still re-
membered him as a large in size and build,
somewhat lame, aud with his hair massed upon his
forehead.
A Lewiston girl who has never tasted the weed
and who diskes the smell of mueh-smoked pipe,
has one Oh tne ne TOs' mo- taie sbe began to collect
them when she little girl, and has kept up
them And what is more She has sent them around
the that world smoked 6oP sde6bs by Bmapck by the
of Wales and her pipes, which are all new when
men in America. When her girl friends gather at
her house she brings out her pipes to display and
ETY., but really her collection is remarkable-CKen-
nebec Journal
A bill has been introduced in the Maryland Legis-
lature for the reestabshment Of the boundary line
between Maryland and Pennsylvania, commonly
called Mason and Dixon's Line. The bill. which
appropriates 5000 requests the superintendent OF
the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey TO
provide for the accurate re-establishment OF the
line and to remark the same with monuments.
When the line was originally run in 1767 by two
English astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah
Dixon II cost than $4,000. After years of
bad feeling and bloodshed over the boundary and
a frutless effort to settle IL In London, Penn and
Lord Baltimore employed the men named 10 run
the line. At every fifth mile OF the line Of about
two hundred miles a stone planted, bearing
upon face the OF Thomas and William
Penn and on the side toward Maryland the arms OF
Lord Baltimore. The intermediate miles were
marked with stones bearing NJ and P. on the sides
facing each State Some few of these old mile
stones standing. but many gone. In Wash
ington County Md. a farmer has two OF them
IN doorsteps, Near Highhelds, on the West
ern Maryland Railroad. stands another.
Judge, Your Honor" said the prisoner before
i enter my plea I'd like to ask few questions"
you have the Courts permission
IF I go to trial. viii l have to sit here and
listen while the lawyers ask hypothetical questions
of the jurors?''
Certainly"
And then hear all the handwriting experts?'
"Of course"
"And follow the reasoning OF the chemistry and
insanity eXperts?"
Very probably"
We'll Judge. Your Honor. I'm ready to enter
my plea"
"What Is itf'
y"-(yVashington Star 10