New-York tribune., 1901-10-30
THE TALK or THE DAY.

For the las, two years members OF the Baptist
Church Of saco. Me. have been annoyed by a
sound in the church building While il was not
especially troublesome. 1t annoying from the
fact that IL was constant and could not be located
The sexton hunted everywhere for IT, but with
out success until the latter part Of last week In
making a more thorough search than usual he
found tucked away in a gable end a swarm Of
bees and about hfty pounds OF honey.
Answer to Correspondent: Birdie G.-No. the
bqsands S%n who captured Miss Stone Il is picture
OF one OF me strongest Ioot0s tsS @ M
(chcago Record-Herald
venerable woman calmly putting away at an
old clay pipe WAS Of the sights. now much less
frequent than formerly, in the Carthage (kan0
Courthouse the other day She had come in from
some Of the backwoods corners Of JASPER County,
where there are others OF her kind. From Ten
nessee? Why sartnly,' she replied 10 the local
interviewer's query. And from South Ca'liny 70
Tennessee when little girl. You see. us girls
learned 10 smoke the tobacco raised and the
bows the.- chawed IT, and there wasn't objections
from the old folks. When come out TO Missouri.
along afore the war. pipes come. too. Yes,
reckon amt the only old lady in Jasper County
what smokes pipe
Etta-Edith is as mad as she can be with Mr..
Golfer ne mas mas placed hsr III 'e''''S
s0TrT a sss sS 90 Su 2ey Sa@ to
come 10 town together the other evening. and ne
eourss tverybody must have supposed them mar
red. II places Edith in most & awkward situason; S
She cannot afford 20 lose any chances that happen
20 be going.-(Boston Transcript.
Speaking OF the trade in relics Just after
the close OF the Spanish war. Havana corTe-
spondent of The Boston Transcript" writes: "Ons
live American We know of gave II out that he had
bought the last Spanish flagstaff from Morro
Castle: week two later-as soon as shipments
could be got from the States-this same man was
selling walking sticks said 20 have been turned
from the aforesaid flagstaff. Some Of those sticks
were of oak others Of ash; some were mahogany
and others OF ebony-but nobody in those days
questioned little things like that. The man might
have made a fortune had ne confined his business
to walking sticks He didn't. though lie began
Offering small articles OF household furniture, then
larger ones and at last becoming real bold, he
tried TO float a general furniture factory-all out
of wood from this large flagstaff. That was his
death knen. and though the man is alive now his
sales few and far between. and are limited 10
walking sticks again.
Obvious Reason-"N Now. then" exclaimed the
candidate. In voice OF thunder, i nave told you
the principles and policies my opponent stands Tor
You have right now to know the o'her SIDE
because nobody's told YOU to go way back and
-(Chcaso Tribune
THE Philadelphia Record thus quotes husi-
ress man: Unless man has specially schooed
himself memory bound 10 be treacherous some
times. | don't trust mine at all any more. IL mas
gone back on me too often Besides, postal card
only costs e cent and I always carry lot of them
around with My end of the business calls me
away from the great deal, and. no matter
where l may be-ridinG on streetcar. walking, or
in one of the numerous places OF business which
freauent-when an idea occurs to me that requires
my attention l jot a memorandum of il down on
postal card address IL myself and drop in the
nearest letter box Some days will send dozen
postal cards myself. and the next morning they
are on my desk awaiting me- 1 have been doing
this for three years. and think it's
pretty good system"
Clifford was good sized boy. but was still in
knickerbockers. He had lost near and dear rela-
tive, and heartbroken. A wealthy uncle, a
visit TO the family, undertook TO divert his mind.
Clifford my boy" said the uncle. wen
downtown pretty soon and / want you TO think
up something you would rather have than anything
else in this world. Make up your mind now. and
We'll get H. no matter what II Is.
Clifford reflected for several minutes.
Then his face frightened.
"Ciet pair OF suspenders. uncle he said
(ChicagO Tribune