New-York tribune., 1902-01-13
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

a story is told in a neighboring town" says
THE Troy Press" of the well meant efforts 10
do his duty OF hostler employed by local doctor
1t so happened that the doctor was attending two
cases on the same street one house which had Just
been blessed by heir and in the other existed a
slight OF scarlet fever The doctor instructed
his man TO take a contagious disease card and
tack 1t up the house where lived the fever pa
tient. Unfortunately. the messenger made a mixup
in the location OF the house, and what was the
astonishment OF passersby TO read on the house
where cooed a lusty new born infant: CONTAGIOUS
Disease. Keep Out"
II II hagpened in the County Clerks office
=, Certainly, replied the polite clerk. He knew
hng od oe Gr %S Gould aq not the tTf eG little thing Ike
EN- lottery tickets but, of course. they are much
lected $S.-(Chicago Post. W
There meeting OF Free Metbodi.ts n
Verona, Ont, the other day and one of the breth-
rem believing he had become sufficiently holy 10
emulate the angels. declared he could hy Pro-
ceeding to demonstrate his power he launched into
space. His head came in contact with large coal
oil lamp. The lamp fell the floor and the oil
isnited' AT one time five men and three women
were on fire. and five out of the eight were seri.
ously burned
one ARE cresures Of habt TsTP Prond s father Of
sr eertaln objects with certain things, On Sunday
that is, do the walking. and the baby is carried
on Sunday afternoons also wear my high S'4M silk
Wtb a1 mo tne paoy as come to associate the hat
severe attacks a Of collie. and had to get up and
didn't seem to have the desired effect and a tnS S
talk about going 'day-days only irritated him the
to bare head suddeny aaWSedy on and md P9at
en nk nst on snd was ] RGded to complete his happiness
enect was magical He fell asleep at once and
suit dare ay eu aaS very pyOrshs tns same re
his high hat and Pa1amas. and am rather tToubied
philadelphia Record. "p
New-Guinea win be the first Territory a, RI.
Australian Commonwealth. and as such entirely
subject to the control of the federal parliament
is residents Will be entitled share either OF
the privileges or obligations OF the Australians ex
cept such may be granted TO or imDosad or
them Its tariff its taxation and it's laws will he
lett 10 the discretion of the federal legislature in
"Mch II VIII nave no representation until II is spe
clally conferred The country is rich in tronical
products of all kinds. in gold and in pearI sbaI
hsheries- The prejudice against chartered com
paHhes Is strohg on the mainland so that the
speedy means or development which they afford will
only be employed under strict conditions rbsra
are some 350.000 Papuans to be reckonsd nt,h -.
only Few hundred Europeans. The experiment 30
governing II Will be difficult as well as cosr,, r.
cause II Will involve problems which distant
democracy can but imperfectly comprehend
Dicef Dcs tt Tsn 3 W. was IA able to write my name for
TomTS I'd'1 rafb sum on on .he Iaee OF a check.
pack OF that eheck.-(Boston TRANSCRIPT ' VIC
AT Fort Scott. Kan. the other day two man
were temporarily liberated from the co,ntv 49,,
IN order 10 NIL out the local football team. which
had game on hand The incident seems 70 ha,.a
been predicated on the old Roman custom OF taking
hardened criminals into the arena 10 nSht WITH
lions and tigers However. il was the beautt,uI
Roman custom 10 liberate the prisoners IN case
they survived the ordeal, whereas I'm Fort scort
the survivors were put back in Jail again
Mrs. Hauskeep-You needn.t dsn,, 4, r.,.,
night FNe'aa 10 MISS You last
h1 -AN coorse, ma am. Shure We wouldn't
Prsss ie resist an officer, would ye?-tPhiladeIphIa