New-York tribune., 1901-11-05
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

| In HarolCswick in the Shetlands a whalebone
viking drinking horn in good condition was found
| recently in grave that contained human bones.
together with those of horses and dogs. The grave
is probably that OF king buried with his horse
! and dog in the time of Harold Harfager. a thou
/ sand years ago.
| Neglect to wind it up?
Tom-Better than that. set II a couple of hours
| John-And wake yourself out OF a sound sleep?
! Don't see much sense in that ,
| Tom-That is because you don't understand the
science OF the thing or course II isn't nice TO oe
you haven't got 10 get up for two hours makes up
| for it many times oVer-tBoston Transcript
! THE Philadelphia Record" tells of little Sunday
! school boy who always receives a nickel from his
father place In the collection plate Last Sunday
his father gave him nickels saying: lone for
the Lord and the other is for yourself AS it was
early start for Sunday school, the little boy
sat the porch steps in the warm sunshine. play
ing with the nickels After a while he dropped
| one Of them and it disappeared down crack
| Without moments hesitation, and still clutching
remaining coin in his clenched fist he looked tip
at his father. exclaiming. "Oh, pop! There goes
the Lords nickel!'
The star boarder, who was reading his paper at
breakfast, suddenly gave low Shrek and fell to
Kind hands lifted him to couch and somebody
The curious among those present picked up
the paper and saw what had shocked him. 1t was
an item reading:
Will
prunes the Eastern market this year"-(Balti-
American.
TT takes lot of thinking get up a name
for cigar" says a cigar manufac acturer quoted by
The Philadelphia Record " The popularity of a
cigar Influenced less by the 1udcious
selection of a I referring, of course to
the cigar that is retailed at nickel I've known
some that didn't go at all under name
have quite large sale when put the market
another brand A good name for a cigar is one
that is short and catchy. 1t must sound nice,
a that jars the will hoodoo any cigar.
We do a lot of studying when about to In
troduce low priced cigar to the public. At
the factory prize is usually offered for the best
name and there is much consideration given to the
selection of the name. The smoker won't stand for
a clumsy. unwieldy title and have to judg-
ment if we want to enjoy his patronage"
Johnny-A good boy will save his mother all the
Mother-He certainly will, Johnny
Johnny-When you whip you always say 1t
hurts you more than it does me. Suppose next
(Boston Transcript
THE Belle Plane Gan9 Defender" remarks:
"Horseless carriages wireless telegraphy. smoke
less powder hornless cattle. seedless raisins and
brainless dudes have long been the but this
year the fad seems to have taken hold of the
farmers all the country. and they have raised
earless corn
Haven en- wo was here re- at The teachers conve
ton, illustrated point he wished to make with n
Boston story that may be interesting. The scene
is well off Minots Light, at break of day. on a
foggy morning. As the fog begins to HIT two yes
sells discover themselves within hailing distance.
one a soop, the other big square rigger. The
captain of the small boat halls:
IA -ho-o-y a-ho-o-yi What ship is that?'
Reindeer Captain Jones' Calcutta to Boston,"
How long been out?'
lone hundred and fourteen days.
Then the big fellow hailed:
"A-ho-o-y. a-ho-o-y! on board sloopi What ship
is that? r,.-.,
buster, Captain Smith, Gloucester to Boston"
How long been out?"
ALL night '-(BoSton Herald
Attached to the door of the parish church OF
Scale, Farnham, England is the following
notice: BE In time. Come straight into church |
Kneel down. Do not look around every time the |
door opens. Stand up directly the hymns arc