New-York tribune., 1902-01-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The French were so much interested in Mr. Kip
| lng's observations sportsmen that the poem
| has been translated into French and published in
| some OF the Paris newspapers LIE Temps" renders
the famous lines with the iannelled fools at the
wicket the muddied OATS at the goals" fol-
lows:
"A void les imbeciles complete de haneIIe qui
jouent cricket
"Et les cretins soues de boue qu jouent au
football
''I met BIggins this morning" said the man with
the mpfIier. ITS good joke. He was so hoarse
You don't mean to tell me you glad your
Well, I'm not exactly glad. But I have one
myself, and II was great comfort to meet some
to do for it. All / had to do was to stand three
feet away and he was pOwerless. '-(Washington
Star
A pretty story was told in London paper the
|. other day of a young man who, at examination
drew such inspiration from portrait of his ancee
that he passed with flying Colors. Unfortunately
correspondent has now told the sequel The back
of the photograph bore interesting and valuable
assortment OF dates
Her I Point It Of M Xew,Mrs w, Mrs Hiram onen-How long
Application was there just a month, ma'am
Mrs: Hiram Offen-A month? What was the
Appcant-The trouble was. ma'am that was
Philadelphia Press.
A tramp the other day asked woman in Mas
sachusetts hamlet for meal and in giving 1t
him the good woman explained that she had no
milk for the tea. "Oh. num-" he galantly replied
you've gave me the milk of human kindness and
that's enough
The amusing NJ sn1,I mistakes that people make in the
The proprietor OF SansSm-st ON restaurant Gaudy
being distributed. containing this astonishing SEN
tence; The --- cafe Is not only considered the
excellence Of its service and viands commands the
Tsspec, OF all far minded people" It is suspected
}oSe 1 % ohs s n,p Wno dHPGd him into oeey-
quite recherche in fact-Phadephia Record
The report is current In Germany that there Is a
great scarcity OF poughs In England. because most
OF them have been beaten into swords
Special Work for. Navles-when the war drums
thTob no longer and the battle flags furled etc.
in the collection of debts. shell out or be sheiled"
Toronto Globe.
convincing allbi recently furnished by a
man in France. He charged with the murder
cf n girl at Nice. and he brought conclusive evil
denoe to show that ne at the time committing
a burglary at hotel
Doubtless She Was-Mrs Rrowne-And who ,s tho
president OF your club, now; Mrs. Malaprop?
brance. just now.-(Philadelphia Press
Richard Evans who was recently a candidate for
the London Common Council and defeated in
his report OF expenses declared that he had spent
only fourpence in his campaign. II he ever runs
again he says he VIII spend at least sXpenCe as
II IL foolish to let twopence stand in the way OF
a victory
Oficer-Is your brother. who was so deaf any
BIidget-sure; hen be all right in the morning.
Yes; he was arrested yesterday. and he gets
his hearin' In the morning "-(Denyer Republican.
Il won a case with one of James whitcomb
Riiey's poems" says Congressman Brick. of Indl-
ana who is a lawyer, and so l stand for him. |
was defending man charged with stealing silk
and II looked so bad for him that | decided on an
appeal to the jury. l did the best could with the
evidence; but banked most the fact that the
defendant n young man with a wife and child
ana that 1t would go hard for all OF them to have
him go to the penitentary for a term OF years NV
whole argument led up to the point where l closed
with Riley's little poem, Back from a Two Years
Sentence When finished the jury was in tears
and even the judge and the attorney for the pros
ecution were affected. The jury took just one bal
lot. and returned verdict of guilty"
W. II. Mclaughlin calls for a reunion this wear
of the survivors of that gallant band who voted for
Jackson seventy years ago; In Scarboro, the ban
375 who voted for "Old Hickory" is now living WHY
xo nr ~ De ntmg f9T & al dhe Maine Democrats
spect to his memory?-(Kennebec Journal
Commercial season tickets" are issued In Swift
ellers. enabling them to travel often as they
please all OF the Swiss railway lines The
charges for such unlimited service are absurdIy
lowf los for first class and fS for second class for
period of thirty days
Bad for Tom.-'It Is reported that Tom Reed
has taken to smoking cigarettes"
l., Graciogsi And Just the other day Southern
under oath"-(Cleveand Plain Dealer.