New-York tribune., 1901-05-08
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

Although the Philippine Commission enacted a
provision last January making Il lawful for the
priest minister Of a church teach religion in
the punlic schools at stated times to pupils whose
parents guardians asked for such Instruction IL
is announced by the commission that thus far not
such request has been made. which is con-
sidered strange. inasmuch many of the Fill
pinos Roman Catholics and therefore pre-
sumably anxious 10 have religion taught in the
public schools.
He had recently lost his job in a hairdressing
in a furniture concern. one day a woman ap-
preached him and said:
''Yesm." said the clerk with vacant sort of
look; blond or brunette. ma am
He's looking for another place.-(Yonkers States
man.
VI. Roussel a young Partisan dentist recently
married in St. Matthews Church. Kensington
London. Mrs Harrison widow OF good family.
who had been obliged to earn her livelihood and had
acted his secretary. They to London for the
purpose of being married. and on their return TO
France NJ. Roussel Informed his parents. but they
refused 10 recognize the wife and instituted pro-
ceedings TO have the marriage annued. The cause
OF the wife was earnestly espOused by the British
Embassy, but the marriage was annuled in spite
of all that could be done.
Well, Ethel" said the caller. what you
going 10 do when you get big like your mamma 90
'Oh. replied Ethel II suppose I'll have to put my
teeth In glass of water and paint my face. too
philadelphia Record
In the rural districts of France every pupil boy
girl takes TO school I'm the morning a handful of
vegetables and puts them I'm large pan OF water.
They washed by of the older pupils, who
take turns at performing this duty Then the
vegetables placed I'm a kettle with water and a
piece OF pork and are cooked while the lessons are
going on. At II 80 O'Clock each member OF the CO.
operative association has bowl of hot soup. To
cover the cost OF fuel and meat. those pupils who
can afford II pay from two TO four a month
tOft tba Of mills In tha
public schools are furnished with their noon
day meals at school canteens.' maintained either
by the municipality or by private generosity.
Philadelphian-Do you mean to say you eat
New-Yorker-Certainly. They are a great deli
observation-disclosures. no! It would like
cannibaism!-(Chicago Tribune.
THE Usage County (Kan) Chronicle calls at
tention the fact that the price OF farm imple-
ments is going down in spite of the monopoly in
steel said TO be held by the trust and it wants
some of its Popust contemporaries to explain H.
I'VE saw" says The Chronicle" "a sulky plough
offered for S3s that brought $40 last year: a sl4
walking plough is s2 5O SIS listers are sold
for s2t cultvators that the farmers had pay SOS
for last year can be had now for s25 fs planters
are cut to Ss."
Burt-what are you doing nowadays, old man?
Rust-writing biography;
Rust-oh. haven't got so far as that. am now
engaged in collecting anecdotes ana wttticisu1s
When ! have got enough OF them II will be time
enough 10 make up my mind upon whom to bestow
them.-(Boston Transcript.
You may buck and gag a Kansas man and throw
him into a we'll" remarks THE Kansas City Jour
nal" but he will talk his fingers long his
hands above water. Andrew Carnegie wrote
eurtIy that he would give nothing 10 the Upper
Iowa University. institution presided over by
Guy Benton. formerly Assistant State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction in Kansas Benton went
the millionaire. but the millionaire wouldn't
hA scan Then Benton laid for him. and caught