New-York tribune., 1902-08-15
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

"The wfndham County Transcript heads It's re-
Hgious column From Spre to Spire." This re-
calls the story which the Rev. G. II. Ferrls' oI
New-Haven, tells about a lecture on travei Wnich
he delivered in a small upstate town IN New-foFA
The local paper describing the events tried 10 say
that 1.-The speaker took his hearers from shore to
shore" but the way it appeared in print was tnae
the speaker took his hearers from snore 10 snore
rnent of CITY train a little while back, and at a
feGaR fe6 his stsss2" ea opposite him When train had
started the focetgneTT ii T nqgng by one eh' o'rel
The Eng!ishman astonshed at the request re-
9c'an6y ny PeItg9 PIt fh hest he could find and t<ke
match from his pocket and light IT. Afer ibs eTms
bea1nng his companion through MS spec'aeIeS
= you'd not haf droubled you. but had a
match in men boggit. und did not kno" vat u
do nit tt.'-C'hums.
Great is the indignation OF the crows Of our STA
ton. writes correspondent OF the Illes oi
India" And the cause of it all is that new-fansleo
game that sign OF twentieth century degeneration
ming pong At recent tournament a ball was
lost in the grass Presently vtgiant crow espleo
that ball and. taking it for egg. swooped down
upon it. seized It its powerful beak. and bore II
of in triumph After a little prospecting ne
caught sight OF small stone post which appeared
10 be admirably adapted 70 his purpose. To this
he few. and. dropping the bah. pecked at 1t to
break it Instead OF breaking. the ball hoped onto
the ground the crow retrieved H. anu dS14I hdo
a peck at It, with the same result Having repeated
the process half q dozen times the crow grew
thoughtful Never before had he come across such
an obstinate egg, He then decided TO tackle 1t
upon the ground. here he met with no better sue
cess He next flew 10 a neighboring tree. and
from that altitude contempls TED the ball. which he
had left lying on the ground. happy thought
suddenly seized him. lie took Up the egg in his
beak. and flew with Il 10 a branch some six feet
above the ground and let IT fall. II survived the
toe, - aTN14-N nor her
that had been atteutlvely watching the first bird
He made a swoop at the ball snapped at 1t as he
flew over but since the first crow in hot pursuit
he missed 1t. Then followed long contest between
the second bird and the rightfuI owner. After the
struggle had continued some twenty minutes. the
first bird was seized with sudden At OF generosity
and decided TO let his rival have an innings. The
lattcrs score was ad larger than that Of the first
In vain he pecked at the ball, which bounded
away each peck, In vain he jumped upon II.
He clearly losing his temper when a third crow
arrived on the scene, and. little knowing what
In store for him. gayy tackled the egg. which the
second crow gave to him in the most self-de-
nying manner. Before he had quite exhausted his
energy more crows arrived. and forthwith at
tackled the ball. The other three crows remained
pla Cidlv looking from neghboring tree. After
a time the two newcomers. who had taken alter
Pecks at the cellulod sphere, left IT in disgust
and Joined the other three birds in the tree The
whole five Cawed in unison, In a betray-
ing the unspeakable disgust Most OF the
crows Of the neIghborhood know that ping pong
bail Whether they recognize its true nature
l know not but this do know-that they have left
1t in a most conspicuous place. and two OF
them usually hanging around waiting on the
chance Of seeing some unsophisticated crow go up
TO the ball and try break it. Then they begin to
look interested. and encourage him In his futile
efforts by loud of derision
An Extremist.-'Is Mr.. Fusse much afraid of mi
crobes?'
Well I should say; he washes the antseptic
gauZe gloves he in antiseptic fluid before
he handles the sterilized glass that contains
the boiled and filtered mineral he intends TO
drnk!'-( ltimore Herald
One of Philadelphias rich young bachelors
returned from a trip to the Pacific Coast with a
Chinaman valet having been induced to engage
him by San Francisco friends who said that
Orientals make admirable servants. remarks THE
Times" One morning the Chinaman found half
dollar the floor, and told by his employer
keep II for his honesty Some days later the
bachelor missed a scarfpin, and inquired of the
valet 10 its wherea bouts. Me found II on le
floor, an me kept it for my honesty" was the
planaton.