New-York tribune., 1903-03-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Six years ago Sas Fleming, prominent member
of the Methodist Church at Warren, Ind, bought
dne bell for the church edhce. He was Ill at the
time the church was dedicated, and made the pre-
diction that the first funeral at which the bell
would be toled would be his own. Strangely
enough a few weeks after the bell hung Mr..
Fleming passed away, and the bell tolled for
the first time at his funeral Stranger still is the
fact that a few days ago the bell tolled for the
last time at the funeral of Mr.. Fleming's widow.
While 1t being sounded that occasion It
broke at flaw in the metal, and had to he dis
Carded
Upgardson-On the strength of your recommended
ton / lent Bllcombe s. the other day. and now
find he's confirmed dead beat that never pays his
debts. You told ME he was Il man Of established
AtomEso he is. That's the reputation he has
Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
Listen Mr. Speaker and gentlemen" said Rep
resentative Donovan, Of Cambridge. in the Massa-
chusetts Legislature, the other day: 81 desire to
give a recipe for making rum" Bang went the
gavel and the dignihed Speaker admonished the
House to keep order And the House did remain
in order while the Cambridge gave several
recipes for making Never has the House
given more rapt attention. IT'S easy max
ing cocktail added the Cambridge man. When
he told OF loose scraped leather being used. and
occasionally old boots" the laughter became gen
eraL Mr. Donovan was advocating bill prevent
ing the adulteration of liquors.
Due TO the Cloth.-GeneraI Chanee was at one
e Rf 6 V tbeys m he d yea
fever. Now 1t is said the gallant young captain
Of SoW snGi JACK He Insisted hat
R9 bor 1F wbe at e as h @ ne In eas
the parish arrived and began to read as request
just outside the door became somewhat boisterous,
and an oath or two was heard in the sickroom.
Captain Chaffee raised up and said. Indignantly
Tell those fellows to be quiet there IN be =,
Mr. the zna With ii dcy Pshed f the 'ns but
he had hope of the captains recoVery.-Cdarper's
Magazine
pair OF catfish that were continuously watched
in a government aquarium made nest by remov-
ing the gravel from corner During the first few
days after Matching the fry banked in the corners
Of the tank, were at irregular intervals actively
stirred by the barbels OF the parents usually the
mate. Subsequently the parents were to suck
the eggs into their mouths and then extrude them
with some force. The predaceous feeding habits
of the old fish gradually overcame the parental In
stInct; the tendency to suck the fry into their
mouths continued ana the inclination to spit them
out diminished, so that the number Of young
dwindled daily and the 800 that had been left
with their parents had completely disappeared in
six weeks, although other food was literally sup
piled.
rPh The GO, other day little red FACED IrIshman ap.
estio and the thtrd FoTeign He iooKed at the
II hts F and aSs1 as his Rsa a
was heard to mutter, 81 don't know in which wan
she lives IN the city all right an she's fqrrner
can so in both Of tn three holes at wance."-(Co-
iuH1ba Jester
DR.. Cyrus Adler, librarian of the Smithsonian In
stitution tells of incident which, on the au-
thoEity OF Professor Solomon schechter took place
not long ago IN the British Museum AN English
provincial, who had visited London for the Arst
time went to the British Museum collection.
It was cleaning day and the museum was closed
to visitors. The Engllshman stormed-he was a
British taxpayer and yet was excluded from the
national collsctions polite official informed him
THAI the stan was absent and that the museum
was not open to the public That was no sort of
excuse for him. Where the members OF the
STAFF anyhow? demanded the irate taxpayer. At
last the ofhciai. in despair. said 'One OF the
mics IN the museum Is dead. and q mark of
respect the curators have gone to the funeral
The taxpayer departed perfectly satisfied.
In South Americs.-Pedro-What think you Of the
propogCd INV?
Migue-lYhat is TT
Pedro-It is to the effect that after y man has
taken part In ten insurrectIonS he shall be exempt
from further military servce.-<Puck