New-York tribune., 1902-02-01
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

quoted by 1.-The Philadelphia Record" my horses
and cattle sleep Ghed. and sometimes wander
softly among them In the moonlight 1t Is strange
TO see how they lie, with every head pointed in the
same directon-the direction from which the wind
is blowing Do you know why that is? 1t is be-
cause they have in them an instinct OF fear. and
they front the wind so that their keen noses may
catch instantly the first breath of approaching
danger. Poor things! All you have to do Is to
approach softly from behind. and you be right
in among them before they are aware Of 1t. My
horses are more cautious than my cattle, for
they in addition to facing the wind. sleep also
with one ear cooked forward. Then have a dog
that sleeps not only facing the wind and with one
ear cooked. but with one eye open also. He Is for
sure. a coward
IeasIs that jumper your friend + ts riding 3G,srd
was the jumper-Oonkers Statesman
Among the strict regulations OF the German mill
tary code is one which forbids anybody to present
himself tefore a recruiting officer with a cane in
his hand. Some weeks ago a reservist so far for
got himself to enter the office Of a recruiting
sergeant major carrying his walking stick For
this henous offence the unfortunate reservist was
promptly court martalled, and sentenced to ten
weeks Imprisonment for insubordination
Donegan-Why. man alive! It's great luck he's in.
.'Phwat! Dye call It luck TO have wan o yer
SAy cOorse ZEN only cost him half as much now
for shoes and pants "-(PhiadeIphia RECORD
A benevolent society has been Incorporated at
Torrington Conn under the OF the Lieutu-
vszkos Draugystes Broliszkos Psgbos. Warden
Szv Vincinto
that ali farmers were overwork.d until went to
the county fair
And what did you see there?'
They had chairs covered with old postage
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thousand pieces IN H. Mfean ts a ro Te pegPS cbnie NE
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young Irish priest, in his first sermon. nkened
the Roman Catholic Church to a magnificent full
rigged ship II glides over the great deep ouret-
ng every storm. riding upon every wave and foat-
ing upon every tide. And why does 1t float? BE-
cause II IS founded upon rock"
his ne akSa With hp f. oarsh ins hos Eeih5f5 @
Look here, Turner exclaimed the clerk who
what Where do You get hat ou{landisn .,2 name?
plied ruTnSr niTily as he liz cigar That's my
same old name. written in plain English and prS,,
course. do it just to get them all guessing They
wonder what nation am II from; what my M name Is
It '.t' IS, as said before English spelling. Phth
is the 'ur', in colonel; 'gn. there is the n in
= RAJ dGs no S se spe urner what does it spe
-(Chat.
Queen NIargherita OF Italy did great many kind
deeds in aid Of OF letters and artists which
are gradually coming TO light. She disclosed the
musical gifts OF Puccini, and sent him to Milan
10 study at her expense She never missed
chance to make the acquaintance of eminent for
eigners. 4 funny story IS told OF her first meeting
with Gregorovius She invited him to dance in
quadrille with her. but the poor scholar could no
more dance than fly, and had To excuse himself
Whereupon the Queen remarked: Very well; since
you don't dance I will give up the auadrille. and
will have chat together.
Revised Anatomy.-"Who II wished all Rome
had one neck so TN, that ne, ne might eG6 It that
would like to have heads on the plan OF the HYDRA
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train the other Gay near Waterbury Conn
ran into and killed what all the trainmen knew
was a young deer. So elated they that they
joined In a feast the animal, which the
beautiful white pelt of the quadruped nailed
up the wall a trophy. Then a farmer named
Hogan reported the loss of.a prize white "alr.
Suppose" said the man with tho morbid i'm
agluation. that the trusts make everything so
expensive that the public can't afford TO buy; what
Now, whats the use of taking nonsense?" an
is taking peoples money from them. When they
get all the money, they'll simply have to give
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Some years ago a schooner loaded with rum In
temperance parance. but really with very bad
whiskey tried in vain to land its Illicit cargo in
Bangor. Ne the deputies were unusually watch
full Finally the skipper grew desperate and de-
cided bold move. He happened own a small
and unused barn in the suburbs That night he
caused it to he set on fire. and had some of his
friends set up great hullabaloo about the streets
to the effect that terrible conagraton had start
ed The police, deputies. small boys town dogs
members of the Board of Trade. secret societies
and citizens, on foot and in carriages turned out
and started for the fire. During the excitement
the clever liquor dealer ran his schooner up TO the
mic md bar fayKF
crowd back
Brown-1n my estimation. most pills and other
remedies advertised to-day n impositi1n
Green-Yes. And If Bunyan living there
would likely be a transpostion. He would call IL
the Pills Grim mProgress-(Advertising Progress
IF Los Angeles keeps up its present lick I'm less
than two decades 1t will have gone ahead of San
Francisco in population says a resident of that
city ''The building permits aggregate a week
ly construction OF 500 600 and there isn't enough
building material TO carry on the work
The completion of an interoCeauic canal Will make
our town the metropolis of the Coast We will
then be able TO get our fruits through 10 New-Yor
in fourteen days. instead OF twenty-eight as at
present"
The stockholders of the now famous apple butter
PENNSYLVANIA professor-Buzfuzz by name-has dis
covered a process by which the excess alcohol in
the butter may be distracted. and this means that
the stockholders will be millionaires IL will
be remembered that the company had ceased %
work its mine. because 1t discovered that the
apple butter contained than the 2 per cent
of alcohol permitted bv the Kansas prohintion law
the cider having hardened to an unI;siiai depree
The apple butter stockholders all aw-abidins,
faction with which they received the news of pro-
Iessor 6uZfuzzs new process.-tkansas City jour