New-York tribune., 1902-02-19
THE TALK or THE DAY.

There a mass meeting the other day of the
residents OF Cleator Moor a district OF London. In
favor of sunday delivery Of letters for the dis
trict ono ~ the speakers opposed to the measure
the vicar OF the parish who said: Il am here
iu the name II God Almighty. and those who op-
pose oppose Him This statement seemed to.
settle the question, for resolution in favor OF
Sunday delivery was once carried by an over
whelming majority.
Gity Editor-WhE s,, do yog, say, He ran into the
"iG n,oNlhk are s{n"L& nous
ing him up.-Cathoc Standard and Times.
There is a curious growth OF trees at Tilden's
Point. Ne Three yellow birch trees are growing
on pine stump. The tree. which was about TWO
and a half i'm diameter is thought to have been
cut down some nifty years ago leaving stump
three and half feet high. The seeds Of the birch
must have lodged on this stump. and they grew
they sent their roots down its sides to reach the
ground The three trees are respectively. five six
and seven inches in diameter.
Casey-Did ye near about poor Flannery?
Cassidy. .Sorra the word.
4. Casey-shprs the big stame hammer in the foun-
Cassidy-Well Ofm not surprised for he aiUays
had wake ch'SL Philadelphia Press.
\ bin now before the Massachusetts Legislature
requires the licensing of cats. The fee is fixed al
30 cents and it is provided that any one who shall
keep cat contrary to the provisions of the act
snail he fined s.. one-half to so to the .nformer
and one-haif 10 the city or town treasury. Be
tween July and 10 Of each year the chief execu-
tive Of each city town Is required 10 issue war
rants for the execution of all unlicensed feInes
Who is the puned-up feIow?'
President Men e he bga4a a4 Th9 b 5f9t Sto vat cat to the
the White HousH He got his naH mere rats ss,d IN
papers."-(C cleveland Plain Dealer name }" Se''"
The Mckinley Memorial Committee of Honolulu
proposes to devote $4,000 it's funds TO the i'm
Urovemeut of public park to be named after tbe
ha l,caI
this project believing that the money could he
better expended in the building of a childrens hos
pital.
I ,., see in come papers that new way of cutting
ms Viii he welcome news to collectors OF freak
stones There are almost as many new ways OF
bank at Monte Carlo. ana they are about as sue
Gessful. As matter of fact. diamond cutting has
known systems the brilliant and rose cuts 10
least waste stones are Brilliant cIttbaT T'n in @ tnf
with fiat TOP or table as II is called. Rose cut
stones are cut without the top table and are Nat
IN back, bigger diamond can be produced by
not possess half the brillance of the latter Rose
diamonds are used largely in ncrustcd jewelry
ting invented, but none will produce as fiery
stone with as little waste in cutting the brilliant
method. Stones cut 10y other methods are valuable
10 collectors as freaks but usually they would he
far more valuable if they had been brilliant cut -
philadelphia Record.
AT PIevna. Kan" says THE Kansas CITY Jour
nal "A joint keeper cornered the Rev w n
Houston in the postoffice and informed the rev
erend gentleman that he must take a licking on ac-
count of temperance sermon which he had
preached the day before An right. responded the
parson. cheerfully; and two minutes later the
friends Of the Joint keeper taking him down
to the butcher shop for The application Of beef
steak to pair of beautiful black eyes Showing
again the low down. deceptive wickedness of our
theological seminaries in maintaining physical cult
ure departments"
MortihCation- Surely, Edith" exclaimed the
minister TO his daughter. you are nor roine ~
attend a theatrical performance this evening" "
Yes father
shame! Do YOU forget that this is the peniten-
tial season. iH'''''ii-
oh no; that's just it, You see this Is an ANA
teur performance. '-(P Philadelphia Press ~
In Philadelphia kindergarten school A teacber
telling the little children all she knew about
a clock. Now. this" she said, lis the pendulum
this thing that swings back and forth. Did any Of
you ever hear the word pendulum before?' A child
put up her hand Yes. teacher" she said Pen
dulum Franklin I've heard it often"
1t is hard TO satisfy everybody Barnes who
hlres his snow shovelling by the winter, declares
mat the wind invariably leaves his sidewalk clean
after every storm, while Howes, who paws bv the
ths top OF the fenca--tBoston Transcript