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

charles Ben. Of Albion. Mich. became so con-
frmed a believer in the efficacy Of faith that he
believed himself able 10 take poison without any
in effects So he took twenty four grains OF NOR
phine the other day. The morning he ap-
peared sick but triumphant, and told OF his feat
He said he had vonited up the morphine and felt
no serious IN effects from taking It. The success
OF this test probably encouraged him go further
with his experiments. for ne bought revolver and
declared his intention of proving that he could
shoot himself without fatal results. He then
to the front yard OF his house. and. placing the
revolver 10 HIS temple. fred, Death instan-
taneous.
sitting for her photograph
Your expression -pnrdou ule-is Il trihe too Sc
we're" said the photographer looking at her over
his camera Relax the features tTife. little
He came back made a slight change in the adj
justment of the head rest, then stood OF and In
'Now. then Ready. Reg pardorr-tbe expression
trfe \ little more. please. Direct your gaze at
the card this upright post All ready; One
too severe Relax the
.Jemimar' roared Mr. Cbeeseman. coming out
from behind the screen and sl1ring at her
aseiy smile confound you, smile''- -tTit Bits.
An American officer who has inst returned from
Cuba SAYS that the political parties Of that island
have the prupeuslties OF all Latin races That Is.
they cannot have two sided fight. but instead
divide up into three four factions Thus in
Havana there are four parties each with diff
fercnt shade OF principles and a different leader
Among Latin races as I have studied them in
South America, II appears to be question or
leaders more than of principles. new man comes
70 the front with an engaging personality. pro-
claims himself a leader and man OF destiny. and
the crowd falls in behind him. The idea OF 4
battle OF principles of ISSUES brought TO them
from the United States is to the Cubans. and
I believe il will take them many years 10 accustom
themselves TO It,.
RURAL SCENE
The herd IS heard TO low high,
Mounting the mountain steep;
The weary shepherds hie below
To get bit OF sleep
The little swallows guIp and choke
While penned within the baruyard pen
Inc pe"S'' Harvard Lampoon.
man connected with large department store
Is thus quoted In The Philadelphia RECORD
have under me about one hundred ana hfty girls
salessirIs wrappers and clerks All OF them are
healthy looking and vet noticed that they got
s,ck n tremendous lot The other day l had oc-
casion to go to their cloakroom. and there saw
sort Of roster neatly typewriter on one wall
Mondays Il said. Miss Brown. MISS smith MISS
Jones: Tuesdays-Miss Rell. Miss Willing, Miss
GRAY, And So on | wondered what i, meant, and
then all OF a sudden the scheme dawned on me
took copy of IT. With that copy can now tell
beforehand what girls will plead Illness on any
particular day of the week \ wonderfui th'hs'
The general health OF my department IS much
better than II was
"Av all drissmakers In the ,wurld
Says Casey. shes the oldest
That makes the ladies' bathin suits.
-CPhiadephia Press.
\ correspondent of THE Lewiston tMeD Journal
suggests that some enterprisng individual could
get abundant wealth by starting an angleworm
farm In the height Of the season al Rangeley
these sell at 81 q quart. and the supply IS
never equal 20 the demand
Doctor-There's nothing serious the matter with
Michael, Mrs MultOou. think Httte soap anu
water will do him much good as anything .,
Mrs. MuldOon-l IS. doctor; an viii Oi give "a
Z him herOOr uftheT his males -(GlaSSow Times
A mob at Wichita Kan. wrecked the tent OF
fiji hi. "a wild man. because he didn't eat raw liver
as the bills said he would do And local police
judge upheld the act. the ground that when
people pay out good money man eat raw
liver. they have the right To see him eat raw
hver know the reason why,
Jim" Hopkins of Knox Township. in town
on Saturday. and incidentally told story about
Bill Sawyer. who lives i'm that community.
'Hilr' Is a good natured fellow and has strong
vein OF humOr In his composition. but he STAN
mers SO that II is almost painful to near him at
tempt 10 saw any thing BIZ was talking 10 q
woman the other day with whom he was only
slightly acquainted, and, being somewhat embar-
the woman exclaimed My goodness Mr., Sawyer
40 always stgtssr I,ss ths,r n,n,g.1Ss,
--Punxsutawrey Spirit