New-York tribune., 1902-02-02
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

Miss Nellie Stone married by phonograph
the other day to ]. +. Duncan in Oswego, n. Y.
The regular ceremony could not take place be-
the house in which she was living was quar-
antined for smallpox and the delay made her so
nervous that her physician advised a phonograph
marriage which is asserted TO be perfectly legal.
In her at the house where she was quaran-
tined Miss Stone. In the presence OF witnesses re-
peated into the phonograph the words; I. Nellie
Stone do take this man, James F. Duncan, TO be
my lawfully welded husband. for better or for
worse till death do us part" The register
then removed fumigated and taken 10 the Duncan
residence. where the bridegroom and a clergyman
performed their part OF the ceremony.
HIS face darkened by the ,vengeful frowns OF
;6Siorsy @ S1 S rboseS tbe gentle Des
demona 80
Now for me r-r-r-revenge! This pillow will serve
me We'll P5e9aEs 70 Se Ieapn from the
couch in an agony OF desperation; What Othello.
p9% SO fSa tt' never % Will be- pretty again And
after had worked on II for three weeks TOO!
Crushed by the merited rebuke. otheilo skunk
from the room. followed by few more remarks
to how husband should conduct himself toward
II was such points as this that Shakespeare had
10 struggle Observation-Disclosures American
Under the auspices OF the Bagavath Katha
Prasanga Sabha," says an Indian paper, "a Ka-
lakshipam Ramadoss Charitram will be per-
FORMED Dy bfdnHlAsTl NIlSllHd bdBuNhtHdI Ol
Tanjore. on Sunday. the 22nd instant (Vaikunda
Yekadasi night at $50 p. in the ThOndainan-
dalam High School Hail. Mint Street"
Toward the end of the mince pie stage Willie
put down his spoon and pushed away his un-
what's the matter? You look quite mournfulr'
Yes" replied Willie, that's just it-Tm moren
body laughed.-London Globe.
The officers Of old St Johns Church. on Church
HIN. Richmond. contradict with much warmth a
published story to the effect that the venerable
structure is to be sold to make way for block of
commercial buildings The senior warden. Captain
Cyrus BossIeuX. says that the church does not
a to any 1t was In this church that Pat
rick Henry made his celebrated Give me liberty
give death" speech in 1775. and II is the delight
OF all visitors 10 Richmond to stand in the pew in
which he uttered the memorable words.
There has just been another bonfire OF NJ zola's
books In Melbourne. The local Supreme Court has
decided that certain OF his novels are Indecent
literature within the meaning OF the act In con
rives from London Paris 1t is promptly seized
yard. where the books are piled into a heap and
allght. The process is primitive. but effective
-(London Chronicle.
General Hughes. who recently returned from the
Philippines tells a story about Irish volunteer
private who acting guard over a captured
Spanish storehouse. and had received orders to
pass without special order from the
provost marshal Of Manila General Hughes was
provost marshal at the time. and when he drew
near the storehouse he found his stomach very
close to triangular Springfield bayonet and heard
In rich Milesian brogue:
Halt! II yez come step fnrdher I'll jam this
inter yez!'
why nOt?' asked the general
"Niver molnd." said the private II know me
orders 'Tis a pass yez must have from the provost
marshal"
well. I'm the provost marshal" said General
Hughes
TITS 1 that don't care If yez be the President
Div foot ven sit inside here till yez show me
yer pass"
The general drew out bankbook and scr,bbIed
a pass.
The private surveyed 1t and passed Camera,
Hughes with the remark:
why didn't yez do that without all this nal
aver
The Biblical Hero my wife calls her little
Sampson? l thought she admired schIev"-
on you don't understand She calls him Sam
son because he'd be nothing without his hair -
Catholic Standard and Times ~
David Carson, of Kansas. who is teaching school
In Aambales. near Manila. writes home: Il teach
in ruined church. with bare brick walls and No
floor. and with benches like our forefatbars -,
two hundred years ago. We teach by objects and
pictures mostly. and every morning | go 10 scbooI
with a pocket full of rocks sticks and leaves 7
suppose my work has pleased the department for
they nave raised my salary to Sl5 gold per month
l have four native assistants and one Apor,oa
teacher though the latter is to be transferred and
two girls, one from Boston and one from the
Colorado University. sent here to take his place" "
A rather amusing anecdote is told by Sir Henry
Roscoe or Professor Bun sen, the German nhvsic,sf
Al An eng EnsnsR woman who met him during his STAY
IN Great 6rltaln mlstook him for his Cousin tbe
SneVahef me t buhsen and at once inquired: Have
tory? No replied the prof~ssnr hi, loo III ms ms
~ 1IieiieS In rS HSasn prevented me from donS so!E