New-York tribune., 1906-10-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

In Chicago school class studying irreg-
ular plurals of nouns, when it was asked by the
teacher TO give the plural OF Child" Then It was
that little Edgar. who knew how It was at home.
promptly answered. Twins
The most religious state-Mass.
The cleanly state-Wssh
The most egotistical state-Me
The sickliest state-Il.
The most maidenly state-Miss.
1ne medical state-Md
The most paternal state-Pa.
The mining state-Ore.-EXchange.
Exactly. brother. and may add:
The bunco state-Conn.
The deep IN debt state-O.
The coy state-La-
The personal state-C.
The Swift Divorce States. D.
The liquid state-Flo.
The card-sharp state-Mont-
And the Oldest state -Ark-Boston Transcript
When Indian Territory pastor recently told a.
prospective bride and bridegroom to Join hands in
order that he might continue the ceremony the
bridegroom seized his wife by the hand and said
PLEASED to meet We" He was evidently nsv.r
married before.
He-A woman. notice. always lowers her voics
she-Yes. and raises her voice II she doesn't get
ft-Inustrated Bits.
A correspondent wrote to a Boston newspaper
to ask the author of this couplst,
How much the fool who has been sent to Rome
Excel. the fool who has been kept homei
He had barely written when he answered his
own query, having found the source Of the lines and
how he had misquoted them. They are from
Cowper's Progress OF Error and read:
How much a Ounce tina. hath been sent TO roam
Excels Ounce that hath been kept at homsI
We not but that as is frequently the
case with Interpretations. the popular version is
better than the poets
In Class by Itself.-Ths Doctor-You call that
your conscience umbrella? don't quito under
stand.
The Protessor-1t returned to me anony-
mousiy by a man who said he had kept II for q
year.-Chicago Tribune.
A Negro agricultural fair. the first OF the kind
ever heard OF in that part OF the United States of
America was held lately at Kinghsher, Okla There
were more than $50 exhibits in the main hail. among
them being heirlooms ranging from sixty-nve to
lsa years old Tho Free Press" solsmnly declares
that stradivarius violin was shown AN in
teresting feature OF the street procession" says
The Free Press. was about two hundred Indians
IN their wagons and on horseback led by Chief
Touching -the-Cloud who came into the city from
the south half hour before the procession was
to march. 10 join hands with their brothers In
black"
Signora Veronelli (seelzinx a servant>-why were
you sent away from your last placeG
Because broke a coffee cup"
Was that the only reason n?''
CeTtainly, except that on that occasion my mis-
uess mad little wound on the head III Riso,
Pusky' Is a new soda water fountain drink at
Eufaia. Okla Pusky was invented by the Creek
Indiana Corn that Is just hard enough to she'll Is
heated In pot until Il Is brown Then IT Is broken
In a mortar into nns powder. Mixed with sweet
milk or with carbonated water and syrups
pusky' says an enthusiastic local paper. is a
drink that makes a man carry his wife around IN
his arms Just for the exercise"
Ing the piano before open window and said to
her maid: Maria. do you thirk that Signor Stuz-
xini opposite hears me?'
Yes. signortna. / am sure. as he is shutting his
window."-n Diavolo
curious freak Of nature Is reported IN Jackson
wald. Penn From the side Of an old appietrse
grows a big red apple The fruit springs directly
from the bark without branch or twig. Last spring
the tenant noticed a small bud. which ne did not
disturb Presently a small apple formed. and to-
day It Is perfect In shape and very large Farmers
declare that they never saw an apple grow out
Of the bark bsSors and many persons have driven
miles to see It.
A Difrerence-Guest (going over the picture gal
lery and hating before portrait-And Is this the
s.Tv.ns.No. sir, that's tho AUD niAsuA-