New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-22
THE TALK OF THE DAP.

Dr. Francis L. Patton, president of Princeton
Theological Seminary. has reputation not only
for the excellence Of his sermons, but for the
short notice at which. on occasion he can prepare
them Some time ago he was conducting ''ques-
ton box at the summer school. when he was
asked by one of his auditors: will you tell me,
DR.. Patton, your method in preparing your ser
mons? Do you begin early in the week." Yes
said DR.. Patton. quite early" But" persisted
the questioner. "how early?" About o'clock
Sunday mornings"
THE PLANT OF WEARY WILLIE"
Dr stiles has discovered in FlOE The germ OF a1
"uncnarasis''I
Where orchids bloom, and pines grow Wild
When songsters hailed the East afush
frsked in fronds and lianas lush;
With tossing hair and dewy feet
When my lifesap red and warm
There preyed a mcrobe unciform
(Whose every antc begUies
The learned ned! leisure OF >, one re- Stlesl,
Evolved into the giant sloth',
As adolescence sped apace
stunned the vaunted dolar-chase.
And, like the cody los. in ohang'
7 built me ChateauX en- Espagne;
The Castles Of my Incidence.
Now. Weary Willie's' on the tramp
His , winter tTIyst the Union Tb gates
Doth one upbraid. answer this:
--CLondon Chronicle
French astrologists say that this is going to be
very unlucky year. because in no fewer than three
eases the 18th of a month falls Friday, and
last year, when the calamity only happened once.
had the eruption of Mont Pelee a perfectly
obvious consequence.
ozone?' asked the college professor. who was
looking for a chance to squander some OF his easy
- 7 low yew won't hev, no kick comm, ez, fur
git it fresh rum tn city evry morain' ''-(Chtcago
News
Transatlantic steamships are bringing back TO
this country thousands of bales of American cot
ton which shipped abroad. but have been
turned because the prices were so much higher in
this continent than in the older hemisphere. Mean
while, thousands of wage in mills in
this country have been thrown out of work recent
" because the cotton corner has raised prices of
the material here to such figures that the
facturers see no reasonable margin of profits
The Angel Child-"NIartha" said her mamma. II
trust that while you at your Aunt Martha's
y94 5 5a no. hG1ng " eered the angel child ~
was careful to say things which would make her
alone -
why. when she asked me if you folks had named
me Martha so that she would leave us her money
talked about that and that papa said We mustn't
And what did She say?' asked mamma eagerly.
Nothing. She just laughed. and said I
told her what papa said about her going 70 have
d pocket made in her shroud. '-(Chicago Tribune.
pretty story Illustrative of the change OF feel
ing which has come over the Irish peasant toward
the King since the recent royal visit appears in
the English press Two London journalists, on
their way from Dublin TO Cork accosted a shaggy.
farmer looking native at a Queens County station
with the words, well, Pat, what do you think of
the King of England now" King of England, is
it, replied the Irishman, and there stole his
face an inimtable expression Of drollery he
went in a stage whisper: Sure, avic yen
want a viceTOy there, I'm thinkin himself
an herself not goin' back TO yez at all"' An
other quaint arecdOte OF the epOchmakng
trip comes from Galway. An old dame in that
City of the Tribes who had spoken with the
King questioned to what she thought OF
his majesty. She delivered herself OF a long and
enthusiastic eulogy. to the effect that Edward the
First of Ireland was "a grand man entirely"
closing with the remark that she had 'only wan
thrilling fault TO md with him" And what was
this fault? och sure, they kept the poor man so
long in the Phaynx Park beyant that they have
him talilin with sthrong Dublin accent
Her Ambitlon.-''Won't It be splendid when we
can talk TO the people of Mars?' exclaimed Mr..
Mr. Meektop reused himself from his semi-doze
and exclaimed:
all through with the people Of this earth, have
you?"-( washington Star.
The president Of the Sugar Trust offers hand
some cup for the best exhibition Of sugar beets
grown in arid lands which have been made fertile
by irrigation
THE TELLING OF IT
THE proudest moment of my life'
He said IL We doubt il.
His proudest moments We're the ones
-Ghiladeiphia Press.