New-York tribune., 1901-12-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Bologna has been having sensation in the ru-
NOR that its great leaning tower. the pride OF the
city, is weakening. and may fall. This has caused
so large an influx OF visitors that IL Is said the
hotelkeepers may not be wholly Suiltless In re-
gard TO the rumor. The city has two OF these
square towers. the Asneln. which is sl5 feet high.
and was erected in 100, and It's rival, the Carl
senda. which built year later. and was
originally much higher. and is rendered peculiar oy
it's decided inclination TO one side IL is now only
153 feet high. the width OF side is % feet.
the walls at the base are feet inches thick.
while higher up they feet inches Its
origir is somewhat obscure, but II was certain
" intended to outdo the Asnelli, and both
were for retreat in troublous times. Some say the
original intention TO make 1t lean, but others
contend that either the ground has settled or there
was defect in the engineering. This unique relic
was little thought of by one OF Its later posses
sors that ii was sold in 12s6 for 22o lire something
less than $H
infant SON His mother was telling Tommy about
the apple and the Garden OF Eden when the child
sston EnG Ts'ad n wnd In af
SpS SsS SEe HSye one d Se so LIE
Ont OF the 142a2 Iivings in the Church OF England
4o1 that is TO say more than 10 per cent. OF
less value than f10o nearly half Of the en-
tire nurnber.-i8 per cent. TO be almost exact-are
under f200 and only 1859 worth more than fieo.
It IS a little surprising TO and that incomes In the
northern province considerably better than in
tho southern-in the former the average value is
f27i in the latter f234. The only doceses in which
the average exceeds $500 London. Rochester.
Liverpool Manchester and Durham The poorest
dioceses are the four In Wales, Hereford and
sodor and Man In these the average clerical in
come is below 800.
Artist-Yes that is portrait of Colonel Blue
cork But don't touch He isn't dry.
ever saw the colonel when he wasn't dry.-(Phila-
dephia Record
A Philadelphia man thought he would be more
successful than his wife in securing servants. So
he cut out number OF advertisements from the
situations wanted column of newspaper, and
started out in cab to visit the various addresses.
The first place he stopped 1T was in from o. lit
tie house in . narrow street, from which cook
had advertised. He saw her and was favorably
Impressed. II looking for good cook. he
said. Sure, an don't OF know IT.. exclaimed the
cook "Oi only left your house yestidday" He
made hasty and undignlhed retreat. and decided
to allow his wife continue in her direction of the
household affairs.
stranger-Apd don't your congregation consider
Kentucky Parson-It depends on the lie, stranger.
" dIn oS9 S Ia, besy sen harm r tos m
prohibiton district-(Philadelphia Record.
How entire" remarks The London Globe" rs
the confidence of the native Indian in the govern
ment may be gathered from the following anecdote
which comes from Lahore tiger had escaped
from the Geological Gardens and its keeper
hoping TO lure it back, followed it, When all other
inducements had failed he lifted up his voice and
solemnly adjured it in the name of the British
Government. TO which IL belonged, TO come back to
its cage The tiger, 1t is needless TO add obeyed at
once
An epgram-which was also In the nature of an
epitaph-quite savage the one we printed
yesterday was written by Mr.. Swinburne and pub
lished in a paper now itself defunct
He whose heart and soul and tongue
When above ground stunk and etunR
Now, less noisome than before,
Stinks here still, but stings more"
-London Chronicle