New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

a ghost story comes from Durham, South Africa,
where. it is said, spectre is haunting a house
occupied formerly by a lawyer few months
dead The tenant unearthly shape
about the garden and in the study of the late
yer party of eight decided to play cards in the
house and watch for the ghost. Suddenly Of
the players started up with a cry, What is that?'
Looking i'm the direction in which he staring,
the others horrible looking head protruding
through the doorway. The head was like that OF a
skeleton. 1t disappeared. The party went 10 the
door and into the adjoining but the spectre
had vanished.
He Started It-''Why are you going about with
lantern and a cynical smile asked the bystapder.
the original Investigating committee. Washington
Miss Mamie Howling Crane, the daughter of
former head of the Cheyennes, recently sold her
party robe to some curio collectors for $1,000.
The gown was old and moth eaten but its value
consisted in its decorations. 72S elk teeth As years
go by the number of elk teeth is becoming smaller.
Almost any genuine tooth will sell for 50. while the
choice varieties sell for high as $50 each The
top price is usually paid for tooth that IS turning
green with age. An elk of the male sex produces
only good teeth, and the robe therefore. repre-
scented S64 elk.
HOW DOTH THE COMMON GARDEN SNAIL?
with apologies to DR. Isaac watts)
How doth the Shiny common snail,
BY Canon Horsley viewed.
In back garden crawl about
Unpeppered and unstewed!
The moral DIT Watts. when he
The sluggard would assau,
Sent him, as remember we'll
To ponder on the snail.
The worthy Canon. though since then
las I learned arr s,I,i to know what's at. what
The gasterOpod 10 spot"
With salt and water fairly warm,
An entree OF nutritious Kind
He says he can produce
So if the sluggards wise next time
BY way Of reprimand
Hes told that he is like a snail
He'll eat it out of hand
The scarcity of labor in New Zealand is such that
the colony has asked its high commission in Lon
don to find and send out 1000 laborers for
the construction of a railway in the North Isl
and Three years work is guaranteed and induce
ments will be offered them to remain permanently.
There is also great demand for agricultural labor
ers in Western Australia.
Every one Iabors except our distinguished progentor
He reposes in recuubn position within residence
His pedal ezremiues idnE the bronze steam
serens engaged in extracting nebulous atmosphere from
tobacco receptacle Of mundane matter.
our Pe of cleansing eSi s'ed line" for the pur
And in this congectton should include dliaI Ann.
Indeed every oGlY Is eHTasso Ia some variety Of ocouna
Excluding as primarily suggested. our distinguished
progenitor
Country editors all have to write up many we'd
dings There is one wedding they all seem to en-
JOY describing. Here Is an instance of literary and
personal felicity from the "Leona Ckan) Hustler:
The bride wore beautiful dress Of French lawn
a least that's what they said 1t
THE groom that means 'weD wore the
tomary black-haud-me- down. and was about scared
to death.
There were no bridesmaid or best man. because
the groom did not think he could find better man
than himself
Miss Randolph is peach; most of her beauty IS
natural and she looks good TO us; she is one Of
schoomates ana we know throw a brick
with remarkable accuracy. A sample Of her rare
nerve is shown by her vowing 20 love honor etc
THE other interested party is a joke: he came TO
Leona Ia the fall OF SO. without clothes or money
and is now free from all financial debt There are
others just as bad and they are not in the peni-
Tertiary either"
A Necessary Utensil.-"Jones and his wife are
quarrelng again
"Oh, yts!"
II thought they buried the Ratchet"
We'll. they did but the M
Jones had 10 chop the kindlng. she dug Il up"
Puck