New-York tribune., 1902-09-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

walnut stunnps are assuming undreamed OF value
IN Tennessee. An Indiana concern has had men
travelling all the country buying every old
walnut stump that could be found. At first the
prices were small. hut they have now leaped out
of sight The stump Of tree that was fened sew
eral years a. go brought more than the trunk and
branches The odd part OF II is that the uglier.
knottier and more unsightly a stump is the moro
money It will bring. 1t is stated that the stumps
are made into veneering material and used in the
manufacture Of high grade furniture.
Trick Of Fatehsrs goes poor vs fe9w p% Tr,snS wh0
has hard work to make ENDS meet, says my iriehu
indicating portly person across the street
yes He is an artists model. and before he got
so fat he made good money posing as heroes and and
demigods but now he Is so ccasona no s
purse proud plutocrat for some cartoonst -tbatti-
more American.
A woman's right to her hatpin as a weapon
OF defence has been affirmed by Judge Rooulson or
St Louis. A may possess hatpin and
wear It daily without being subject to the law that
provides against the carrying of concealed weapons
Now. rather pride myself on ability to
read character said the man who was given given to to
It is really a very simple thing-requires nothing
but close observation For instance, II is easy 70
tell a mans occupation His facial expression, his
actions even his dress are stamped by his daily
work You that man sitting opposite us? Wen
l just sure though he had told me that
You are mistaken" replied his friend That
:'impossbie!" exclaimed the amateur detective
You never saw a butcher with SLIM white hands
perhaps not" admitted the other. but he is a
butcher, Just the same" -,
How do | know? Why. the scoundrel shaved
so you are not going to Europe again7'
'It is our intention to live in America thereby
calling attention to the fact that we can afford to
PaS toS star! ste hsneS' prices '0f every '""S " AS
big Steve Rowan. a Chicago policeman about
whom many amusing stories told, is the hero
OF an anecdote In "Lippincott's Magazine" On one
occasion he found weary individual sitting on the
curbstone "G'wan homer ordered Rowan
Cant" replied the weary one. and when he tried
TO get his feet it evident that he spoke the
truth He too unsteady for the purposes of sue
cessful navigation. 'Ha-ave ye tn money FIR a
cab?" asked Rowan. No answered the man.
'Ye can't sthay here" asserted Rowan. Cant go
anywhere else" said the man. For a moment it
looked as If the policeman would have to spoil his
record by making arrest, but he was equal TO
the emergency. Get up he said. TIL help ye.
The man got on his feet. and the policeman held
him up. Come on acrost tn r-road," was the next
order and the weary assisted TO the other
side OF the street. where Rowan gently put him
down the curb again and left h1m- lis bet
ther So" he said. Hes Casey's beat now. an
Casey's ambitious he likes to get up iV morn
in to go to tn polls coort"
Studied Incivity-''I do think" said the girl with
the Julia Marowe dimpe. Eta Savage be
more extensively discourteous than any woman
In what way?' asked the girl with the Gibson
girl neck
when she's tired of caller she makes such
an elaborate pretense of suppressing a yawn that
it's fen times more insulting than the yawn itself
would be"-(Chicago Tribune.
novel tournament was held at Avalon, CAL last
Tuesday Thirteen boats took part in 1t, and their
anglers landed ten thousand pounds of albicore.
few of which weighed less than twenty-five pounds.
In all 31S fish were brought in. The winning catch
was seventy
Too Late.-A North Side boy. five years of age.
who had recently become the brother of another
little boy was sent the grocery the other day
to get some loaf sugar. BY mistake the grocer
gave him granulated, and the boy back
TO have 1t changed. ~
How do you like your new brother? asked the
grocer as he was weighing out the right kind OF
sugar.
''Oh, 1 don't like him very much. the little fell
low answered He cries all the time
Why don't you change him, then, as you do the
sugar."
I'VE can't change him now, cause we've used
him three days."-lChicago Record-Herald.