New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-07
TIE TALK OF TIE DAT.

The French courts are wrestling with the Ques-
ton. rs frog a fsh?'' Tho average man would
think that there could be no doubt about the mat
ter and that a frog IS not n fish But IN law
things are not always what they seem, and sew
eral Judges and a number OF barrstsrs and solicit
tors have been exercising their Ingenuity and
Iearnedly discussing the matter The facts OF the
case we're as follows: In June last two men were
surprised by private keepers fishing for frogs In
private waters At ! O'Clock In the morning. and
they were subsequently summoned for poaching.
In their defence the men argued that frogs were
not FISH that consequently they were not fishing.
and could not IN any way be convicted according
TO the fishing laws. The police court adopted this
view OF the and dismissed the summons The
owners Of the private waters appealed, and the
case heard yesterday, an inspector OF rivers
and forests arguing that. although frogs were not
Ash. strictly speaking. they were placed In the
same category by Law. The Appeal Court declined
to accept this view. and confirmed the decision Of
the police court. but it appears that the prosecu
ton was not satisfied with this Judgment and Will
ask tho Court Of Cessation TO declare that frog
IS a fish.
ENTERTAINING CHAT FROM CHAT.
Tho chat correspondent Of THE Merrill Cwis)
Star reports as follows:
With. spirits light and gay.
To Tomahawk they say.
But Matthew Barr had sooner far
co to Bloomville fair.
And Sunday he took IN
The great attractions there
our Sunday school on Sunday
With great success crowned
It's leaders new are wise and true.
No better can be found
\ happy crowd OF people
We're, there from far and near;
y Bullock, from the city
OF Merrill did appear.
The M'ehaels delegation came
Up from Tug Lake station.
our Sunday school to share
And also Annie Johnson. from
And clever Laura williams.
4 Merrill girl, was there
Mr.. johnson Is busy building
a dwelling, large and grand.
And everybodys busting
In Chat on every hand
And If you would succeed in life
And Danish melancholy,
Then come TO Chat Is the advice
YouIl get from Pretty Polly.
-CChicago Record Herald
Newbury. England is restoring its Jacobean
Cloth Hall memorial to the late Queen. and
Sir Nicholas Throckmorton has presented for the
restoration fund coat which is curious relic of
the cloth making days Of Newbury and the district
In 1911 ancestor of Sir Nicholas-Sir John
Observation-Disclosures Il 900 that on June % he
would dine in coat that had been fleece on the
Sleeps back at o'clock the same morning
Newbury helped him to win the bet Two sheep
were shorn in the morning. In eleven hours the
fleece had become cloth Two hours and twenty
minutes later the cloth had become u coat and Sir
John sat down to dinner under the eyes Of five
thousand people who had assembled to see this
remarkably quick change. The question Of ft. We
presume. did not enter into the con litionA
The Adored one.-''Talking Of ships" said M
Phunniman. 'T suppose courtship might properly
be considered a transport
Sometimes" replied Miss Loveylipz dreauoiIv
philadelphia Press
The ordinary camel which will never hurry, ~,
der any circumstances. has been transformed in
Southern Algeria into animal so different An
size. temper and appearance that IL may almost
be looked upon as a different race This Is the
racing camel priced for its speed The result OF
many generations OF careful breeding which has
been encouraged by valuable prizes 1T can be de
pended upon for nine or ten miles hour which
IL can keep up for sixteen or seventeen hours al
most without stop Its value is five or ten times
that Of the beast Of burden. The camel races ara
popular sport, and are made exciting BY the evi
dent interest of the creatures themselves in win
ming.
Aceon1Ta n men - you dislike the smell
oL Sdso!eIls tLdt goes with an automobile?
with it."-Washington Star
It is told of East Indian law student that he /
once threw his examiners into confusion by de-
clarIng matrimony to be an Illegal state Glow
so: How sop he was asked by the perturbed
examiners many OF them married men The stu /
dent smiled beatihcally Marriage" quoth he 'i4 !
= lottery. and lotteries forbidden by law
Good Substitute.-"Fether should like 10 trv |
one OF these systems Of physical exercise that are
advertised in the papers. They are chesp and /
YOU don't need any apparatus"
IN furnish you with one my son. that tried
with great success when / a young man. and
III warrant II 20 be as good any in the market
Yes; that is OF it's chief merits
ANY apparatus necessary?''
Yes. but it's quite simple. I'll furnish n"
Can take IL in my room?"
No: you take IL out az ths woodpile you will
son-"-(Chicaxo TRIBUNE