New-York tribune., 1901-11-19
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Sam Jones the revivalist was once taking
women to task for spending more time in prinkins
than in praying. IF there's woman here" he
screamed finally. who prays more than she prnks.
let her stand up One poor old faded specimen of
femininity. in the sorriest, shabbiest of clothes
arose. You spend more time praying than prnk-
ing? asked the preacher. taking her all in The poor
old creature said she did-prayed al! the time
prinked not at all You go straight home" ad-
monished Jones. and put little time on your
prnking''
January % is the birthday anniversary of Kan
sas. the birthday OF the late President Mckinley
versary Of the date that Governor Stanley slept
sa WITH he saq q me beTns above as banse
and the prairie grass as mattress-Brown having YIN,
Journal
Horse chestnuts contain about 81 per cent OF
albumen. this remarkable proportion being greater
than is found in any cultivated plants. but their
bitter taste. due 10 the presence of about 10 per
cent OF bitter rosip. has condemned them UNIT
for food BY extracting the bitter principle.
F'lugge. of Hanover. claims to have made useful
another waste material. After partial roasting to
loosen the shells, the kernels removed and pull
verified, and the powder Is placed in tight per-
colator. with alcohol for about week. To ex-
the bitter completely 1t mag necessary to
replace the fluid with fresh solvent. rha alcohol
dtssolves out the rosin, leaving pleasant and nu
tritious meal. which contains all the albumen and
starch of the chestnuts. and is valuable food.
Caller-And are your papa and mamma going to
take you to Europe with them when they go?
Caller-And aren't you afraid?
vaccina ted.-CCatholic Standard and Times.
Il s curious to read In the latest New-Zealand
papers OF an old Maori being sentenced twelve
months Imprisonment for practising pretended
witchcraft.' The judge In passing sentence said
that such practices be put down with an
iron hand. 1t was only by the imposition of heavy
penalties that the baneful influence of so-called
'Tohungas' upon the minds of the natives could
be counteracted-
Henry County man, W. H. Lewis. Of Lewis
Owned and v l ae od
The gran theT of a Mr. lewis
and who was M In charge & Of General Washns9ons
land for General Washington, and II was consid-
cred very, fine piece of mechanism in those days.
the duties of the Presidency presented the time
shed by the Lewis family ever since and its care
and ownership have descended from generation to
observation-disclosures City Journal.
When any one dies in Venice 1t is the custom to
fix pacard before the dead PERSONS house. as
well as In adjacent streets. of public
notice. stating his name age place of birth and
the illness from which he died: affirming also that
he received the. Holy Sacraments and died a good
Christian. and requesting the of the faith
full
No" said the cheerful man: "a man can't be too
careful about writing letters $1,000.
That's right, replied the nervous Individual:
I wrote that have kept me in hot water
ever since.
NO sir; l. o, U.'"-(Catholic Standard ard
Times
Across the North River there is a parish of New
York suburbanites who a valuable church
property Upon their plot stands what is perhaps
the smallest church building known to the de-
nomination. One of the women members declared
tn the minister charge that the building ought to
have a slit in the roof that she might deposit
her subscriptions in accordance with the traditions
of childhood little girl, her first visit to the
service received five pennies 10 put on the plate.
when she returned mother found that she still
retained two of the five pennies. Why did you
70, give It all?" the mother asked. 'Oh, mamma"
,p.s the ingenious answer; 1T was such little
-,nrch! l thought three cents was enough FOR it..
pretty story comes to The Listener from
I.aIy of a poor widow who wanted a pension On &C
count of her husbands public service apd who
ehrewdly sent petition TO the youth1ui tlincess
foanda The King told an o,eer TO d tsaa ab !. 10 the
h,Nnthins' '"Then she consents said the king.
ard he ordered the petition to be granted.Vooseon
Troy