New-York tribune., 1901-04-20
THE TALK OF THE DAT.

The Rev. Dr. George W. Lasher, OF Cincinnati.
denies the truth Of recent statement in 1.-The Gin
cfnnati Enquirer" copied in The Tribune TO the ef-
feet that the Rev. F. B. Meyer ". r. Moody and
others We're forming evangelist trust. He OBJ
Jected to the proposition TO raise endowment: OF
Soo.0oo for the Mount Hermon Institute In North
field Mass. because it seemed to him that the
result would be the gathering of young people at
the institute, and that after few years months
Of training. they would think themselves Moodys
and would undertake the work OF evangelists that
thus. with the endowment behind II, Mount Her
mon would become sort OF evangeiizns trust
But he did not intimate that any such trust of
evangeists was now being formed.
"Phew"' exclaimed the wood sawyer a. he
golf over there have mighty hard time OF IT.
Iney thlnk II is exercise. but it's darned hard
with sigh Of thankfuness that he had such
easy time of it.-tBoston Transcript
An indictment in a Texas case charged that the
defendant did then and there unlawfully and will
fully, by loud and vociferous talking and by other
noise to wit. kicking joint of Stovepipe disturb
a congrega ton.
Acknowledgements. thought l.
reoTsd sTreyn o tI Exclaimed these people have not
apostles of Civil Service REFORM"
Glendower smiled wany.
But the axe Of the apostles. you know he fall
h This remark interested For the quality Of
and not Scotch-Irsh. as he had claimed.-(Detroit
Journal
\ curious custom prevails at funerals in some
parts of Wales n poor person is hired-'a long.
lean. ugly. lamentable rascar'-to perform the du-
ties of sin eater. Bread and beer passed to the
man over the corpse or laid on it: these he con-
sumes. and Jy the process he is supposed take
on him all the sins Of the deceased and free the
person from walking after death. When sin eater
is not employed glasses of wine and funeral bis
cults are given to each bearer across the coffin
The people believe that every drop of wine drunk
at funeral is a sin committed by the deceased.
but that by drinking the wine the soul of the dead
is released from the burden of the sin. In
places IL is the to send to the friends of
family after death bag of biscuits with the card
or the deceased. These funeral biscuits often
small. round sponge cakes. known arvel
bread, arvel meaning ale. When arvel bread is
passed around at a funeral each guest is expected
TO put shilling the plate.
No Malaria.-'Ths place is advertised as a health
resort" said the arrival suspiciously. but it
strikes me there's malaria around here"
ho,o1 Oh nrn-o! You're m-m-mistaken replied the
What makes you shake that way them"
'T was afraid you were g-g-going away again.
philadelphia Press.
Ed Blair of cadmus. Kan. known locally as
''the melodious poet of the osage." has written
the following lines on the hen:
Cackle. cackle Plymouth Rocks,
Ye can have the wagon box.
NJ the smokehouse. n the barn.
Take 'm-we don't care a darn.
Cacke here ard cackle there.
Lay your just anywhere.
Every time ye lay egg,
Down the mortgage goes peg.
Cacke. cacke all the day.
Who kin find better way
Fer to git ahead again
Than 10 cultivate the hen.
A woman in Illinois town srievou.ly
stricken with disease that she sent each of her
seven children for different doctor with the re-
suit that during the day at least three physicians
responded her calls. The woman died the fol-
lowing day. At the coroner's inquest held the
body. the jury brought in the following verdict:
We find that the came to her death from
bowel trouble and complication of physicians
That's nice thing you say about my business
IN your paper this week.
What's nice thing asked the country editor
Read IL and see"
The editor read:
-. g" If you want TO have a fit wear Kip's shoes