New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-04
THE TAXI OF THE DAY.

Judge Harlan and James b McCreary eanvassed
Kentucky together as the Republican and Demo
cratic candidates for Governor. thirty years ago.
They travelled about the state on a Joint debating
trip. and IN many email mountain places had "a
sleep in the same bed. They were warm personal
friends and SO did not object to this intimacy One
night Mr.. Harlan got into bed FIRST. Senator Nc
Cresry not far behind. and Just as he entered
the bed Judge Harlan raised his bulky forna-he 4.
& large man-and said IN his stentorian voice. Nc
Creary. there Is one thing certain. the next Gov
ernor OF Kentucky Is IN this bed" As he spoke
the bed Stats broke and Judge Harlan rolled TO
the hooT Senator McCreary caught and held him
self In bed and, as Judge Harlan reached the floor
said: John. you are right. the next Governor OF
Kentucky Is stu IN this bed
A wagsish occupant OF the gallery shouted the
ether nisht to pretty but indstinct lady ertist.
otber tbsafrs ons % ne .vods o ss1i l' a. an
sctor who had just finished making rather a long
speech: VIII you say that again. please? didn't
hear it-"-Nsw Idea
More than a quarter OF a century has passed
slncs Ned Kelly. the 'fronclad bushranger O. Aus
traIia." quote the title OF a popular penny
dreadful. hanged IN the MelbOurne ts- The
northeastern district Of Victoria which he e ter
rorized. and which humorist OF the period called
"Kenlfornia," Is now largely opened up and occu-
pied by farmers. according 20 The indianapolis,
News" One OF them received shock the other
day. He burning OF some OF the deuss brush
his land. when suddenly there was a tremendous
explosion ana giant gum tree nearly three hun
dred feet high, scattered into space. The
Kelly gang had followed out a portion OF the trunk
and used IL OF their secret receptacles for
the storage OF gunpowdsr.
Pat-what be yer charge for a funeral notic. In
yer paperf
Good heavens! An me poor brother was s,x
feet high-"-Ttt-Bits-
The Editor Of The McCuns Herald. remarks
Editing a newspaper Is a nice thing. II we pub
lish Jokes people cay rattle Drained II
we don't fossils II We publish original
matter they say We don't give them enough sslsc-
tions. II we give them selections they say We are
too lazy 20 write. II don't 50 70 church we are
heathens- II we co go we hypocrttes. II We
remain at the Office ought 10 be out looking
for news items II We go out then we are not at
tending 70 business II wear old clothes they
laugh ~ US. II We wear good clothes they say we
have a pull Now. what 70 do? Just as
likely not some one VIII cay that We stole this
from exchange So DID
Followed Instruction. -Ten-yesr-oId Fred Wa
going TO q party for the first time
Here's half dollar. Fred" sald his father. -
II rains. De sure you take cab home"
When Fred got home he was thoroughly
WY DIDN'T you take cabr' exclaimed hi.
I did. father" replied Fred. and sat on the
box all the way home II was glorious e. Phladel-
phia Ledger.
The manufacture OF tantalGm one Of The hardest
metals known. into sheets and bars is now il Is
said. being practlsed IN Germany by the sauirtnx
process the material IN It's original powdered form
being mixed with water and gum tragacanth and
then successfully forced into rods and shapes as
desired.