New-York tribune., 1901-08-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Yes, I come blame near losin' my hired
last week. Rattlesnake bit him"
Did you try the Pasteur treatment on hin?'
"I think we did, but I'm not sure Is that Latin
for whiskey y?'-(Chcago Tribune.
.Pahson Potter say las. night Dat hit gwinss be
dat cong CATION des TUX one look at de tn monien-
an den backslide fer all dey wun- baltimore
American
Law Notes tells OF a trial. in which the fol-
lowing remorseful letter appeared in evidences:
Mr. Bidweu Dear Sir: This is what never
expect to come to. But IT is trouble. and no one
TO help NEE out. So want you to have this young
woman Buried But NEE, let me lay top Of
ground. for the Turkey Buzards TO eat; for 1 have
did rong- JOSEPH BRADLEY"
OTTO AND THE AUTO
IT'S strange how fashion makes US change the OBJ
5ects we admire; -,
We used to ss 4 the nreesS steed but now the
So Otto bought auto. as not to be an
But the thing was autOcratic.
AS well automatic,
And the auto wouldn't auto as it ought to. so
TO speak.
zSa s 2gs !a s an taas sR sss &
For he knew a circus drove fifty horses
And If be shifty
Enough to manage fifty,
It's palpable enough he ought to manage one
horse-less.
As for the Turk. It's also plain. deny it If you can
He ought to run an auto since Turks an Otto
Twas all no use. so Otto moved to Alabama
That he might say: I'm Otto,
From Mobile, and my motto:
Mobile otto ought to run an automobile
Then Otto sought to auto on the auto as bs
But the auto sought to auto as Otto never
So Otto. ne got hot. OH very hotI as he ought
And Otto said: This auto ought to auto. and IT'S
And Otto fought the auto. and the auto it fought
Otto
And then. great Scott! the auto shot to heaven
so did Otto
-CEdmund Vance Cooke. in The Smart Set.
Sir Harry Poland recalled. in a recentlv puh-
lished lecture. an anecdote OF Maule J. The baUIe,
of the court had been to keep the iurv
locked up without meat drink or fire candIas
only excepted" A juryman demanded a glass OF
water. The bailn scrupulous man. asked the
Judge whether this refreshment was pernissib1a
Yes" said the Judge, 1T certainly isn't meat
and l should call it drink"
HE WAS TOUCHED
think of you IN the daytime;
! dream of you in the night
"EsEsTsr Towsrd yon am; iakes my its iaafy figbt
As faces in memory rise.
Until can plainly
The gieam OF your touching eyes
mink OF you IN the morning.
And fancy your steps l hear,
And wish that the falling echo
Were bringing you near.
wish that the hand Of fate would
Fulhl every hope that lies
Within my breast and again bring
The glimpse of your touching eyes.
Your eyes. with their glanoes touching,
our WORDS. that appealed so much
II all comes back-all exceTttng
The ten that made UP your touch"
So think of you in the daytime
And wonder II you forget
That touching affair of last summer.
And II you are touching yet.
Baltimore American.
The municipal government OF Milan recently
established a peoples hotel which is 70 be con
ducted along the same lines the Mills hotels In
this city The late King Humbert bestowed a
large sum for the erection of the building. which
contains $50 bedrooms. besides dining. reading and
smoking rooms. bathing halls. library and large
kitchens
The disagreeahle smell OF the common black beetle
is familiar In too many households and a mOurnful
interest therefore attaches the erudite re-
searches OF French entomoOgist. ". Bordas. who
has mtnutely described the ramided. dichotomOusy
branched glands that secrete the disgusting volatile
liquid that provides the insect with an effective
means or derence against its smaller foes. Tested
by htmus paper, the secretion shown TO be
strongly alkaline, as the majority OF similar
punsent substances, with the object OF repelling
animal enemies. Its formation Is conttnuous
though the approach OF enemy aceelerates the