New-York tribune., 1905-02-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Bill Nye used 10 tell o, an Indiana man who
successfully managed a skunk farm. Last year
said Bin. "he worsh:pped the Baptist church. but
this year the congregation has paid him s. a week
TO worship In secret
nondescript sa.ads the iandlady furnishes US?
Philosophical Boarder-On the contrary. never
cease 10 regard them With wonder and admiration
for their extra ordinarily cosmopolitan character.
Chicago Tribune.
The quickest growing plant in the world Is the
kudzu. species of bean. 1t IS said to have been
known TO grow sixty feet in three months.
WHEN Ny SHIP COMES IN
m 5q aaSs & sa's ssd % he G5 o:ss :ss.
i he loves that sood @ old 5ai Wafd w peSass S
10 bn Sha o. on OIsI @ pa tE WIN Yg oP9 S REV 9y EaS
Certain OF finding something new.
Although you We read 1t Ten times through
Or as all TIE 's Volumes s ~ Of 'oss ana aeFe se
Bu! those "herein. without effort, yonr eyes
knowing lhe page and exact position
The visar Of Wakeaad': and and ''F:gsiina, i
FGe ara IN MaidTg iEyS yves5waqd F5al
Ana Ana The 1s. r @ s;0Ty r,s, qf 6ans psO'
And plays and poetry !:.I lstt ard right right
Piain Jes and flmel bv rSyseIf Sf" win smoke.
Stained II at ail 10 pleasant brown,
a 6 S 5ges RI 3nd a. places @ 'ST % PTdsipg books down
Ana eaG TFG my 0' PoswsS S Ss PsndenhSs6 s Hue.
-tCornail Magazine
The largest diamond in the world that was re-
Gently found Is not Of the crystalline used as
gem If II it's value would be fabulous. for
II is seventeen times larger than the famous Vic
tOra diamond The largest of modern fnds. which
was sold for Sl5O000 Its value depends upon the
use TO which II be put when broken up. for Il
is Of the amorphOus kind, known technically
carbon.
Before Longfellow bought the house In Cambridge
so associated with his memory it was owned and
occupied by old Mrs. Craigie.
Mrs CraiGte was woman OF many eccentricities.
MoncvT D. Conway says in his recent book OF
Some one once tried to persuade her to have her
trees tarred to protect tsen from caJerpi.ars
which 50 invaded her ueighboTs' trees
she refused to be so cruel 20 the caterplrars
Youth's Companion.
Only one man In the city OF London outside
the Tower possesses he password which enatIes
m to answer the challenge OF the sertries AZ anv
time. 1t is the Lord Mayor. and the password IS
given to him by authority of the King
Before saving It looks to you as though the back
"ood.-cfhe Atchison Globe
The offending battery at St Petersburg which
fired case shot at the Winter Palace by accILent
or design has recalled anecdote of another Rus
sian battery. says The London Chronicle." II
Was at the siege Of Warsaw. where Russian
marshal ordered the battery to concentrate It's
IRE on a certain point. Nothing came of this and
the marshal rode up TO the artillerymen In great
wrath What inbecie Is In command here?'' he
demanded Il am said officer calmly CON
s.der yourself under arrest. Your shells are no
good What can YOU e4pect2" r,torted the Oil
Ger. They won't explode See for yourself" He
took up she'll lighted the fuse and held 3,
out to the marshal who stood with his hands be
hind him waiting the result II the shen had
oUTst both men would have been blown to pieces
Fut the fuse went out and the marshal remarked
simply: You are quite right"
PsNoBISMEq
Ut Is stated that a gentleman OF the rar,a a,
smith proposes by Wy OF differentiation 10 sS,,ot
the sishatLie Gf I'smith. On the analogy or the
mite p IN psalm , ~
Hear al ye countless sutas and sehrnldss
Who io1E 1;Ne Cxefc.sed ycuT wits
IN numerous mask mimic
Your w1rid pesvadlns patr1nymcl
We smits and sehn-itses smyths ard suyth.s
Or smiths twherea, ulY tongJ E. ZIP wrt6es1
Mr. Psn!th mas addict Rte4y
his variant when arrides me greatiy.
Il shouts aI5ad This silent ?
A patent OF gentility.
IT, match. VII. attie extra trouble
Those small initial rs Writ double.
seon IN n. LANDED Cent, bocxs
We sNeu he uue eft~E Pnokes ard psnooks
And last wltn rival ardor whettef
Ftfnpkins and Puaobs WIN 81 uebretted!
Punch.
A bar for prison windows which VIII resist ,hA
work OF saw has been patented BY a PhiladeInbf,
int entOr. II hHs uumbe~ OF lonsItud,nal bo,ss
near the surface. which are allied with glass Tsis
Is very severe ON the saw, and is likely 10 dis
courage the sawyer
Parting in HIS exertions 20 valk on III. t.s
coated pavement the wise man IN yestl -, a.
az assllrnt Insurance poucy which suited him