New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-19
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A modern church built upon the site of an an
cient at Landerard, Wales, had no bell, and
one OF his barns 1t turned out to be the bell that
had hung in the tower of the ancient church. and
had not been rung for three hundred years
bishop in full robes of office with his gown
reaching to his feet teaching Sunday school
class Al the close he said he would be glad to
little hand went up and he asked: We'll, my
..::GGan | ask, said the boy.
'Wel?'' asked the boy. is dem all you've got
on. or do you pants under dem ?''-G.adfes'
Home Journal.
recent authority asserts that the generous use
Of apples will improve the disposition removing
all disagreeable' feelings andro making existence
more enjoyable for all. He also declares that ap-
Piles are nfalble cure for the drink and to-
bacco habits. and that their daily article
Of diet will have wonderful effect upon the whole
system
T9WmyS Pop explaining the mysteries Of
Tommy-Gracious! I should think it would hurt
to sit on Observation-Disclosures Record.
Bees are excellent weather prophets. There is a
common saying that "a bee was never caught in a
shower" When rain is impending bees do not go
far afeld, but ply their labor in the immediate
neighborhood OF their hives.
Good Pay for Literary work. again give it as
wrote a rhymed advertisement for the grocery
man and received therefor a whole ham and a
barrel of hour.-(Whitsett (Ga0 Courier.
When a new consul had been appointed to repre-
sent France in San Francisco before leaving Paris
he called the official having charge of consulate
affairs, who said "Oh. by the way, the Governor
General Of Tahiti is a great friend Of mine II
you ever down there to spend Sunday. be
to call him. 1t takes only about four weeks
for steamer to sail from San Francisco to Tahiti
This recalls the remark Of Robert Louis Stevenson
IN n Samoa where he lived long and
eventually died. While the novelist paying
his last visit to his native land friend, whose
recollection Of geography was rather shaky, asked
Where the deuce is Samoa, Stevenson" It's the
second turn to the left after you leave San Fran
CISCO" said Robert Louis, whose memory Of maps
only ran to recollection that in going to Samoa
from the Pacific Coast one always stopped first at
Honolulu
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH
Under spreading chestnut tree the village smithy
stands
The smith, a lordly man is he. with wide and
fertile lands.
No more his brawny back he bends beneath the
horses weight; u,osuo 10 -,,.s ~ ,or,,
strength eate.
No more his face is covered DER with blazing
Nor beaded with his honest sweat us channels
there to cut.
Adown the street he sits at ease before the way
side inn
And 5ingles in his custom mades his stacks of easy
For wise was he within his day and seized the
chance that came
BY charging seven prices when the motor cars went
ct S varnum, in The Auto Advocate
An eminent man of science has recently declared
that red haired people far less apt to grow
bald than those with other coored hair The aver
age crop on the head OF red haired person is only
90 200 hairs Ordinary dark hair is far finer and
over three dark hairs take the space of one red
one: 10000 are about the average. But fair haired
people are stin better off, 10000 to 10000 quite
a common number of hairs the scalp of a fair
haired woman
Question of Proportion.-Colonel Peppercorn
(who is touring in France with a hired chauffeur
and car which has broken down)-Confound ii all
you say it's nothing Then why don't you repair 1t?
Alphonse Legros-Mais, monsieur, pas possible he
break below! I cannot arrive therel He is only
quinze centimetres from re ground, but me-Vola-
have one metre round re chest!-tPunch.
A German geographer calls attention to the fact
known to few. that the Rhine gets some of its
water from Italy. Some miles above the Via MaIa
the Rhine is augmented by turbulent mountain
torrent whose chief tributary is brook that comes
from the Val di Lei, which politically belongs 10
Italy though separated from the rest Of that coun-
try by glacier covered mountains over which there
is trail TO Chiavenna.
A Chestnut-st shoe dealer explaining the
merits OF different kinds Of leather yesterday
when he touched upon Wei Kid III was a long time
learned from what source it derived It's name ana
1he funny thing about II TO me was that had
which ii taken-Julus Csesars famous ex-
camation. 'Veni, vidi, Wei, The inventor of the
process by which Wei kid is prepared was a long
time perfecting it. and when at last he had achieved
success no thought it appropriate TO name it I CON
0uered '-(PhiIadslphla RECORD