New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-04
THE TALK or THE Day.

minister n country town once instituted
series Of reform treasures against the local or
eanization analogous 70 Tanmany. de began MS
political campaign. according 70 "Harper's Maya
zine by sending to the chief boss Of the district
q card upon which written the number and
chapter OF a verse in the Bible When the boss
and his associates looked W the text they found
II to be a fire breathing threat against evdoers.
Tho worst resort In the town so-calied hotel
known as The Frs and the minister preached
hotly against the place for months preceding
election The eyiidoers. however, not only re-
fused to tremhle but they won the election.
Some months afterwsrd. when all was going at
the lively pace Of old, the minister received a
postal card which read thus:
Dear Sir: We respectfully refer you to the xivth
chapter Of Isaiah. sth verse. THE FRS
Upon looking UP the text, ne was amazed to read
the following:
Yea the fir trees rejoice thee. and the cedars
OF Lebanon. saying, Since thou art laid down. TO
Teller IS come up against US
Couldn't Keep Thern.-''How many servants DO
You keep asks the first matron.
the worried Observation-Disclosures American.
Representative Lamb. Of Virginia tells story
about a little girl and her prayers. She lives il
Petersburg and Is just four and half years old.
Like all other good little girls. she kneels every
night her mothers and. after reciting the
Lords Prayer silently adds little prayer o. her
own. One night her mother. rather curious asked
her daughter what she had told the Lord.
Mamma said the youngster. Il asked the Lord
to please remove that mole on your face, but
added the little one. Il also told the Lord that /
thought the mole had come to stay"
tombstone Bartlett. lighting rod agent. called
on the prosecuting attorney to-day and asked that
warrants be issued for the arrest OF twelve Atchi-
Atchisor \ week ago with team Of good horses
bad new ssa o Of 0u nv eaf In me ras
horses, and was compelled to walk back TO town,
The prosecuting attorney said that getting the
Iest OF d nG'S For the Et ssT BANK ~ prss s9
nal
The duel cavalry ride of more than eighty miles
between Brussels and Ostend in which horses were
forced at top speed until several of them fell dead
has provoked the loudest complaints in Europe.
and the demand for the punishment Of the
offenders ts growing stronger every day There
can be no excuse for such barbarity in a country
Of modern civilization. Nothing gained by IT,
So extreme and merciIess a test Of the endurance
Of horses in time Of peace and merely FOR prize
was wholly without warrant OF reason hui
mainly.
There quite E joy rs ya sbrR party out our
Enjoyed themselves did they inquired the sec
ond @ dont know but we certainly enjoyed them
although they did taste triAe too alcoholc.'-
philadelphia Press
Several Of the Western States are sorely troubled
b., the rapidly increasing colonies of prairie dogs
which al amazingly promo considerable re-
wards are offered their destruction. but it is
mot lilseiy in any event, that these vermin will be-
come so serious a plague as rabbits were some
80 ago in Australia. when the tempting prize
- go .o was offered for the discovery of thor
o,+l,, practical and satisfactory means Of relief
c,rnnarativey little has been heard of late in this
rarr Of the world of the pests which did so much
damage in Australasia
c,rs+or,er-I expect to take trip abroad. and I
l7i,3 Ter seasck. a friend Of mine told he
t6Gnrbt YOU could fix me up so that I could keep
cHrnH7Lipyr on my stomach
s0Tm re,,isfoAh! yes what you want is of our
hot water bags Philadelphia Press
r7,,r.,, the swimmer who nearly succeeded in
ut, .++eropt to cross the English Channel. spent
- than twenty two hours in the water and was
Is b,, tidal currents to swim at least thirty-six
IL Nothing dauuted he is determined to
-. tho task again. II is estimated that he made
t-s,+,.-fve thousand strokes before he became 50
,,a,,stej that he could do no more. A notable
go ~ endurance. fTolbein has ridden bicycles for
+-er+,-fol!r hours at stretch no feeble prepara-
tta, FIR long efforts in the water.
NJ CAVES. I know my husband can't afford
III tbesa things. but I'm buying them TO please
hun. ..,~,a1-To please him.
MS Mr' Ga19Yes. there's nothing that pleases him
more than d chance 70 tel ms people what a
narfvr he is.-(PhIlade!phla Press
Predecessor John Trowbrdge of Harvard has late
- series of experiments with electric sparks
=. 1eneth whi2h he thinks show that
=. - .ave- strikes the surface OF the ocean.
70, -t,,ents were undertaken with view OF
,,l.+ fizire water for the purpose OF obtaining
s,ro,y snectrru1 OF water vapor. The conclusion
that he draws from his experiments Is that " does
80 see-, D-obable that lightning discharges pass
-, -a;ons in the air of heavy downfall.
E,.hsr-what have you got to show for all
the money you sP'
S5endtbrift son-why. have whole lot of rain
ctacks ~ shovy fathss.-(Ohio State Journal