New-York tribune., 1902-05-11
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

distinguished Episcopal clergyman was once
called on to oficiate at a fashionable summer re-
sort church. and, finding only short surplice and
no cassock in the vestry, was very much disturbed
at the thought OF having to appear in a We -ture
that to the frivolous would look like white shirt
and trousers But a happy inspiration came TO
him. Why not wear one OF his wife's black petit
coats? The portion thas would show below the
surplice would look exactly like the regulation cas-
sock and no one would be the wiser. So he
hurricdly sent one Of the ushers with explana-
tory note TO his wife in the hotel and in the nick
Of time the petticoat arrived. The makeshlft
turned out be perfect success. and no one at a
distance could tell that he not wearing a
cassock After the c,ose of the service he decided
TO go out TO the body OF the church without taking
of his robes in order greet some friends. And
he was soon the centre OF group Of fashionable
women, when green Irish maid from the hotel
came up, and IN loud voice said TO him: Yer
Reverence the missus sint aftheT her petucoat
that ye do be wearin', an l wuz to walt TIL ye
take Il on"
An Ignorant Captain.-oId Lady-What's the mat
Steamboat Captan-Wes run on a sandbar
what's your walking beam for Ia Ike to know
(New-York Weekly.
man took his little boy into London library
for the first time The child. having more interest
in the people than in the literature. noticed man
frequently mostening his fingers to raise the pages
OF the newspapers. and. being unaccustomed TO see
the habit performed at home, cried out to his
father. "Oh. daddy. look at that gweedy man tast-
ing those leaves"
Grant-Rogers IS evidently hard hit by the Widow
Bent-Always talking about her. I suppose'
Grant-Oh. worse than that; he actually praises
her cooking.-(Boston Transcript
Mrs Manderson. Of Omaha. ia the possessor OF
an old plate perhaps the only one of the kind IN
existence. which confirms the statement that there
was an effort made locate the National Capitol
on George Washington's estate. In her letter 10
Mrs Justine V. r. Townsend regent OF the Mount
Vernon Association OF the Union. Mrs. Manderson
SAYS: Il ask the acceptance OF a small plate that
came to me from ancestor on the paternal side
Experts believe that II is unique, and that all
others like il destroyed. II is of common
blue ware known at the time OF its manufacture
as semI-china. The face OF the plate has rep
resentation of capitol building similar TO the
FIRST capitol erected at Washington. which was
destroyed by the British during the OF 1872
on the back OF the plate is the inscription Mount
Vernon. the seat Of government OF the United
States "
6aVe areodp ' Been of twice co Because your
grandmother was dead and to-day you want on
oh. sir" answered the office boy. stEuggling
Watch the baseBa@ parade 'oh. sir. am panied
10 tell YOU that poor grandfather was bigamist"
Baltimore American
While the cable dispatches have been reporting
that Musolino the famous Italian bandit. is re-
ceiving thousands OF letters from crazy women
and that it is suggested to elect him Deputy
to Parliament the Paris papers tell about
other sensation of a different kind A reception
will he rendered by the pharma ceutical fraternity
NJ. DanVal his return from the pententiary
colony of New-Caledonia where he ha1 been sent
for life years ago for the murder OF his wife
He was pardoned recently as stated in a dispatch
from Paris by special decree of President Loubet
This pardon was obtained through the efforts of
NJ. Leteller proprietor and director of the Jour
nal =" the newspaper rival of the Figaro" A cor
respondent of the Journal NJ. Dhur. during a
voyage to New Caledonia. saw Danval. talked with
him and became convinced that another judicial
error had been committed by French tribunals.
But undeniabe proofs that Danval had not poisoned
his wife be furnished. Thereupon NJ. Letel-
ler, who is known in France being devoted
philanthrOpist we'll eminent hnancier and
an able director of newspapers. ordered that no
efforts should spared throw light on the case
An active campaign begun In the Journal
and followed up by the whole French press. Testi-
mony was secured and published from the greatest
chemists from the medical and pharmaceutical au-
thorities. the princes of science" who demon
strated that the official expert at Danvars trial
had made deplorable errors in his investigation,
and the result led to the pardon.
Mary" said the young matron's mother "t
seemed to me you were very cold 10 John this
"Yes,s she replied I'm beginning to suspect
''The idea, You have no reason to- I'm sure.
Haven't l. l dreamed last night that / saw
him kissing another woman. philadelphia Press.
Two Scandinavians in Illinois recently went to
law over a dog which one Of them had shot, and
the following is a transcript of a part OF the trial:
Q.-Mr. Peterson what was your dog worth? A
Dog wort? Dog ente wort noting; de dog is dead.
Q.-Suppose the dog was not dead then what
would you take for him? Avail. de- dog ente
dead. den va yust keep de dog. va like de dog
pUry veil.
Q.-But, Mr.. Peterson suppose the dog was alive
and suppose you wanted to sell him. what could
get for him? Avail. va can ente tell dat.
Dea ente amy dog market.
Dwell Mr.. Peterson. what is the dog good for
anyway? Avail. de dog is good for runnin'
skuuks and rabbits.
Failing to produce further evidence there on
cToss-eXamination the defendant asked IL the
dog was cross or attacked him. and If he shot the
dog in self-defence, which he replied: No va
ente shoot de dog in de fence. va shoot heem by
de tail, ven he jumped de fence"
our minister says that dancing is hurtful. Do
you peisNe dancing hurts any one?" said the
young thing in pink.
Well yes, replied the man who thankful
the dance was over; ut hurts the fellow who gets
his feet walked on."-(Yonkers Statesman.