New-York tribune., 1901-11-09
THE TAIN or THE DAY.

"A now kind Of moose call says The kennehec
Journal" ''is in use down In Washington County II
is the whistiinc buoy near the entrance OF Moosa-
bee Reach and it IL said be the cause of the big
bull moose which for several weeks mas neeh
known TO frequent the shore in that section lin
gerns in that vicinity. With the wind blowing
from the east the blast Of the buoy is heard sew
era miles inland, and the sound at this distance
Is said by old hunters to closely resemble the trum-
petings of moose. 1t IS alleged even. that the
wandering moose has been heard to respond with
answering call when the sound of the buoy is
heard"
yes. I've got little money put away said the
talkative speCulator. I've managed to get in on
Me. too whispered the burglar who sat next
to him in the train. "Shake''-CPhiiadelphia Press.
1t is estimated that the worlds almond crop ex-
elusive of California and Arizona. will amount this
year to about forty-one thousand tons The nuts
come from Italy Sicily. Majorca. Spain. France.
Portugal Morocco and Algers. The highly priced
Jordan almonds como from Malaga. Spain. Physi-
clans say that the almond IS the most ndisestible
of all nuts. and contains very little nourishment.
A cold boodcd scientist has just administered a
death blow TO the traditional belief in the blue
Danube" He watched the big river for a whole
year giving to his studies an hour every morning
The result OF these observations was that he found
the water to be brown eleven times: yellow. forty
six; dark green. fftynine; light green forty-five
grass green twenty five; srecnsh gray. sixty-nine
other shades of green 10, and that 1t never had
anything like the hue with which it is credited
by the hards-
What is Gurnsey doing with the fortune he in
Wen he buys a book from every agent that calls
on him, and he's making about a dozen poor souls
happy every day."-{Chcaso Tribune
The Baptist minister of Phillipsburg Kan. adver-
tses in the local paper: There still remain few
vacant seats the regular services in the Baptist
church of this city. The pastor will. and can,
preach better sermons If the seats are all filled
with worshipful attendants. VIII you not Gomez"
This fatuous letter appears in contemporary:
ing at a map | discovered how devious the Thames
is Cannot our English engineers. who are so well
river thus shortening the distance between points.
decreasing the friction and increasing the now? In
ventor. - London Globe.
In the catalogue of library in a large hotel in
Europe are to be found a number of books at
tributed TO an author called Bart. Closer inspec-
tion reveals fact that both 'Ivanhoe' and THE
Last Days of Pompeii were written by this
author, and the truth is forced home that on the
title mage of the former written Sir Walter
Scott. Bart and in Continental edition of the
latter was Sir E Bulwer Lytton Bart
az wonder what has become Of the bicyclists who
used to go m ssns few to the
Don't you know!
why, they're running the automobiles. In the
same old business you see."-(Chicago Post.
The old courthouse in Williamsburg Va. where
Patrick Henry made his famous speech the
Stamp act. is still in existence 1t is used for ju-
dicial purposes and every Saturday morning petty
offenders tried there.
Teacher-Tommy in the sentence, "A microbe Is
a minute living organism" parse "microbe.''
Tommy Tucker-'Microbe" is a common noun,
possessive case
Teacher-P -Possessive case?
Tommy n. First person. microbei second
person your crobe: third person, his
Teacher-Thomas. go and take your seat.-(Chi-
cago Tribune.