New-York tribune., 1902-01-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A correspondent OF The Living Church CEpis-
copaD. OF Milwaukee. hopes that there will be
a general observance. January 80 OF the ami
versary OF the execution OF Charles OF England
whom he "our own, royal saint"
May God speed the day. he adds. when there
shnll in many parts OF the country churches
dedicated TO the name Of st. Charles the Martyr"
This" the salesman said. handing out another
package. us also an excellent substitute for coffee.
Haven't You, somethIns." asked the young
blood?'-(Chicago Tribune.
The young people of the North Greenfield Ohio
Congregational Church gave hugging social the
other evening and raised S5 toward paying OF the
church debt. Following the rates charged:
Girls under fifteen years OF age, Is cents for
minutes hug.
Girls under twenty years. so cents
Twenty twenty-five years, 20 cents
Another mans wife, 81.
Old maid. cents and time limit.
Adelia Dennison. who prepared the schedule of
prices. was probably the most popular OF the young
women. The girls OF the congregation set another
meeting for February l. but the older members
say II must be called off, the bounds of propriety
have already been overstepped The recent hug
ging match has widely advertised the affair and
the girls say that If the arranged for February
l is given they will pay off the entire debt The
social more largely patronized by middle aged
and old men than by the young men.
What's Worrying your" they asked Of the
II trying" she answered thoughtfully ito
make up my mind whether l am at sanitarium
or a sanatorium. .'-(Chicago Post.
Speaking OF the charges of cruelty made against
the British army, widely current In Amsterdam
the '"Telegraf." of that city. says: War always
breeds excesses but the behavior OF Tommy At
kins in South Africa up to the present has not
been of character to incur these terrible charges
The English trooper. Individual has
repeatedly shown that has destroyed his
| better nature"
Mrs CrImsonbeak-I by the paper that the
French people have introduced automobiles into
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures! Can't they kill 'en,
off quick enough with guns?-(Yonkers Statesman.
'Will the coming coronation evolve a new comic
poet?' asks 1.-The London News" IF So his work
will have to stand comparison with Mr.. Barney
Maguire's Account of the Coronation Of Queen
Ingoldsby Although sixty-five years have
passed. at least of the numerous personages
mentioned in this rollichng efrusion is still with u.s.
Mrs; Jones-How do you like your new cook
Mrs. Brown-Well, I'll tell YOU She is a perfect
failure at cooking; but then, there always
that she can't her own cooking ii really is
quite saving, you know.-(Boston Transcript
During the last year Paris consumed SOC tons
of snails. The animals are bred In Burgundy and
Savoy. where they kept in Enclosures formed
OF tarred palings. which they cannot climb over
and fed upon vine leaves. 1t is said that thew
thus acquire the delicate flavor of a superior Bur-
gundy wine but the flavor Is in practice generally
overwhelmed by extensive admixture of cbopped
garlic
Buffalonian travelling in the Northwest drops
a friendly line to The Commercial" as we wish
more of its friends would do telling of paraivz-
ing announcement he made by Minneapolis
firm: "As passed a grocery store on a prominent
corner he writes; II saw big piles of paper
covered plays of Shakespeare in the window ac-
companied by this Notice; A Shakespeare book
with every purchase of 10 cents worth of Gum
CBuffalo Commercial.
'The Southern Congregationalist" righteously
jealous for the purity of the ministry is made by
the types to say something IL had not intended 10
say in the Following sentence: When a pastor or
evangelist is guilty of Immortality and espe-
cally of impunity. expose him and let him suffer
the penalty"
John she whispered. there's burglar in the
struck several keys" ~ u
you don't say. I'll right down" said he
"Oh. John. don't do anything rashi"
Rash? Why. I'm going to help him You don't
suppose he can remove that plano from the house
without assistance do your'-tPhiadephia Press