New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

trothed a prayerbook and many other gifts, which
usually include goose. She. in turn gives hlIr
especially In Sweden, shirt, and this he inVarla-
bly, wears on his wedding day Afterward he puts
It away. and under circumstance will he wear II
again while alive. But he wears It In his grave.
and there Swedes who earnestly oeheve not
only in the resurrection of the body. out III Ihe
veritable resurrection of the betrothal shirts OF
such husbands as have never broken any OF thelr
marriage The Swedish wtdower must destroy
on the eve of his second marriage the bridal SHIRT
which his first wife gave him
SOUND CURE.
prevent indigestion is to whistle without pause for
a quarter of an hour after dlnnerJ
In days gone by. when meals were o'er.
To guard ourselves from i'll,
The black unpleasant draught we'd pour.
Or bolt the azure pill.
But now we've found 1t seems to me,
We happy family.
We are, We are. we are!
A whistIed tune NJ. Ds have found.
So volumes Of the richest sound
Stream from our pursed up lips
Each chooses his own melody.
We are happy family:
We are. we are. we arel
NV father renders Nancy Lee"
My mother Dolly Grey
Ny sister, in different key,
NV 6rot brother er'n tries e ABIDE with me-
We are happy family.
We are, we are, We are!
And as the the .a.sry CHEEKY not nOtes Soof arise
Fell Indigestion quails and flies.
Dyspepsia holds aoof.
Our health, as far as 1 can see.
We are happy family.
-London Chronicle.
The old Bridewell burying ground. which Is now
the subject of legislation in the English Parliament
,e tbe resting place of Nine Creswel, often men
toned by the Charles IL dramatists. who died In
Brdewell Prison. and left f10 for a sermon to be
preached her funeral. on condition that nothing
should be said of her but what was well. Tne
preacher got out of the difficulty rather neatly by
saying: "An that 1 sha-. say of her is this: She
was born we'll she lived well and she died well; for
she was born with the name Of Creswen. she lived
in Clerkenwen and she died in Brdewel'
City catteman is c9nsideTipg i Il the sad a6visa
tie of the temperate Zone believing that the STOCK
so wVa OF the Vest He has been in
spondence with Lieutenant Peary on the subject M @
the project, 'The vast less of the present season
herds a on ehs the necey Of ty
ing to nfuse harder blood into American cattle
indianapolis News
man who has been travelling in Iowa has hit
upon an odd use of corncobs- He says: II made
trim throughout a big part of Iowa recently. and
found several grain shipping towns that had corn
ooh sidewalks In spite of what one would think
about it cobs make pretty good walk They
a little rough at first, but when the cobs become
trsmpled down the walk is smooth
School Inspector (anxious to explain the nature
canary. and told you it was blue, what would
Student with taste for natural history)-Please,
sir tomtit--(Punch
A loving cup with interesting history has
come into the possession of Sir William Treloar
According TO the inscriptions the 1t appears
IN have been present from Edmund Burke to
Samuel Johnson in honor of the atters stay at
Beaconsfeld in 1774 1t then passed to Oliver Gold
smith and on his death given Ito David Gar
rick and members Of the Turks Head Club as its
firing holders to be quaffed from by each member
nresent at cockcrow hour appearing" This club
was select literary coterie. and was founded by
Johnson and Reynolds in 1172 taking it's name from
an old coffee house in Gerrard-st. Now known as
.eThe Club" and of small but exclusive membership
il favors a hotel in Trafalgar Square. London
when its occasional meetings are summoned. The
present Prime Minister of England is a member
wicked but a Good Bet.-"The Parsons HERALD
notes that the Rev. j. r.. Brant has been placed
Years ago the Rev. Brant pastor of church
in Parsons. He was godly man. sedate and self
thusasm in a Presidential campaign. Like most
Methodist ministers. he was Republican In 1883
he earnest supporter or Harrison against
Cleveland. On the night OF the election he fore
gathered with crowd in hall where the returns
were being received Some betting was being done.
and he protested in his gentle way, but without
avail AT last party OF Democrats came whooping
favorable to the election of Cleveland. They offered
a big bet. and George Radcn who was standing
near the preacher, covered their money. George" !"
sad the parson. with great earnestness don't you
know that it is wicked to wager money!" Then his
fetched his Republican friend mighty whack on
the back and shouted: 'Youn win that bet. George.
hands downr'-Ikansas City Journal