New-York tribune., 1903-05-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

=, ar article on "Historical Houses In the May
issue Of ..The House writer calls attention TO
curious relic of the days when the NORTHUMBERLAND
pastor was compelled TO live In fortified mouse II
ne wished to preserve his worldly goods from the
Numbering bands of noss-troopers who were con-
t,nusilv crossing the Scottish border and raidng
the homesteeds of defenceless villagers One OF the
best examples Of these fortified rectories originally
built in the fourteenth century still exists in Roth
hurry It is described in list of fortets IN lo2 as
..to,rs and a little barmekin being the man con OF
the p'sonage Of Rothbury." II has walls eleven feet
thick at the base and six feet at the top. II has
t,,rrets at the corners and a chamber with stone
floor into which the rectors drove their cattle at
night or on the approach OF the raiders
Lady ito blind man)-My poor man. what made
'TrampNLooking for work. maam.-(Cook County
Jail Journal
Lord Iveagh, OF Dublin. and Alderman Pirrfe. Of
Belfast both men of wealth. have decided TO put
in effect at enormous expense to themselves. a
wisely constructed plan by which Industrial con-
ditions and the general welfare among the people
of the green isle Of Erin will be aided bountifuy
These two benefactors will establish a system by
which Irish farmers and others will be helped by
opening central stations from which produce and
other freights will be distributed by the use OF
collecting and forwarding wagons Motor cars will
be enployed later. This philanthropic undertak-
ing will surely do much good
PA. what does Sioux Falls. s. p, meanf-
And what's s. D.?''
swift Divorce, Of course."-(C1eveland Plain
Dealer.
A-,ar th. close of the Boer war In South Africa
nearly twoscore thousands OF army horses which
had been used by British troopers were sold for
not much more than az apiece Nevertheless. Cape
Town experts declare that sound. strong animals
IN the enormous region through which the hos
tiIities ragged for years bring better prices
now than at the time of the KRUGER outbreak
The breeding of horses with discretion and 1uds-
ment is stin profitable enterprise in almost every
part Of the globe
Quite Dinerenee--"what, Is the difference be-
'"ge@ "I cant give YOU the exact figures but It's
small fortune."-(Chicago Post
The baseball summer boarders at the bulletin
boards have already taken up their warm weather
quarters In the open air. Until the last egg
Ca ,sid upon the diamond and the melancholy
winds of desolate autumn set In. these enthusias-
.io admirers OF the game will be gaping open
mouthed at the scores displayed by the news
papers.
We must not 0ek on sd hs broad med 81
citizen Let remember that some OF our sbiest
Yes" answered the man. who is painfully pre-
else 81 don't object to rail- splitter IN statssInan-
anhoys me ''-CWashington Star.
1rhs old Liberty Bell is to go to Boston TO take
mart I'm the celebration Of Bunker Hill Day 1t has
travelled ID many parts Of the Union on similar
patrtouc mSsloNss cct eA'sS N---'~ - - - .
novelty. The ben is 10 be accompanied by twenty
four OF Philadelphia's councilmen.
English as She Is Dehned-rhe tedium OF an
English teachers work not infrequently relieved
by the unconscious humor Of her pupils. The fol-
lowing are definitions culied by Jhe Enghsh Depart
ment OF a school not far from Boston
The word ''buttress'' occurs IN the lesson and the
teacher, upon asking for a dennltlon receives TINS
response: A buttress Is woman VINO makes
butter" -, No.,
Even more choice than this Is me ldea little
girl has of a Illuminating animal one graVsIy
writes. "a Illuminating animal il one that cnsws its
cubs. s."-CHarper's MagaxtnA