New-York tribune., 1905-08-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Ihe Kansas corn stories are growing more and
more imposing. Here is the latest: "a sad home
prosperous farmer in Gentry County. near Albany
The old farm produced wonderful corn crop this
year. and Mr. Judd had selected the largest ear in
his fields to show his wife, who had been visiting
her mother in Albany. AS she returned home Mr.
Judd came out on the front porch with the great
ear of his shoulder. The porch broke
down beneath the weight. and the ear of corn fell
across Mr. Judd's legs breaking both of them
above the knees
BALI4ADE OF DISTINCTION.
I've sung Of the yesteryears SHOWS,
=. I've ai, da6bled in verse that was sweet.
I've sung of the man in the street.
AS fuil as bell i" is Stofpo Of dongs, ssp'e'e
=, AS full as nut is of meat
But L never wrote popular songs
Down, Down Where the Old River Flows"
The Peaches That Jane Used to Eat"
Where the Shade Of the Apple Tree Crows"
I've never made Annie entreat
81 Love My Dear Jessie So Neat
But L never wrote popular songs.
And heard whole audience beat
Their time to that metrcal prose
And the whole blessed chorus repeat,
OF e To rhe OF the feet
have heard 'em rhyme state quite" and
But never wrote popular songs.
o Fame If I'm not on your sheet
Give me place where q hero belongs:
Please pardon my righteous concett-
But never wrote popular songs.
-CPuck.
Japanese have many curious recipes for cookng
seaweed which. with fern. is almost staple article
OF diet in China. Japan and the Asatc archipelago
number OF species of seaweed are eaten Some
are soaked. others are dried. Many of the jap
anese ana Chinese sauces are made from seaweed
nd yhax
put up in neat tin boxes and largely sold IN the
Toxic markets
Chicago Den.-Dearborn-Ever been in Wa
La SaIe-No; what's the popularity Of #?
Why. he's got it papered with his marriage
ncenses."-(Yonkers Statesman
Massachusetts judge. who came from a rural
village, IN his home town had a reputation for
hberahty. He always kept up his interest IN his
old neighbors and glad to meet them no matter
how rustic their appearance. On occasion the
judge had some business in Boston, and there
met an old farmer from his birthplace, who was
taking an unwonted holiday and looking rather be-
WlIdered. The judge invited the old man to dine
with him at the hotel. When the farmer took his
seat at the table one OF the walters laid a bill of
fare before him. The old man looked at IT. and
then' turning round to look the waiter squarely
In the face he said, In a tone that rang through
the dining room; No need to gimme that young
Keller. Judge Brown cal'lates 10 settle my bill.
He came from our town. an know his ways"
on yGp bssys ssIeys in In the the snryya Of the ts
an undertaken !'-(Illustrated Bits.
young man at Gaylord. Kan. told his girl m,
other night that If she didn't marry him ba,d o.,
rope and hang himself right in front of her bous.
Oh please don't do It, dear she said you know
father doesn't want you hanging around here"
wife?' W. win 'inAs
No. his family proved that he was klento
maniac."-(ILfe. Sf'o
Japan has 7l3s public schools. in which 5osi oas
children tabout one-nnth of Japan's entire popula-
ton) taught by 1os.Soo teachers. says the Jap
anese official White Book. This is 80 % per cent OF
all children OF school age In the empire. In 1872 the
school enrolment 20 per cent. in 1883 IT was 81
cent and In 1898 50 per cent The chief growth has
been since the Chno-Japanese war; 1884, 1885, about
33 per cent In only years.
Good Motto for Them.--"We've got a good motto
for our paper. remarked kidder.
What Is IT. asked the slight acquaintance
=" What We have hold"
20! see; referring to your circulation. BY the
way, didn't know you were publisher"
Were not; We manufacture nypaper"-CPhiIa-
delphia PrssA