New-York tribune., 1906-09-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Statisticians estimate that twenty-one acres OF
land are necessary 10 sustain one man on rresn
meat The same space of land. IL devoted 10 wheat
culture. would feed AZ people; il to oats. So po-
tat0es Indian and rice 16 and II TO the plan
tain or bananas. over 500 PEOPLE.
The Hobo-PIease. mister will youse gimme er
Old Bachelor@Not me- In the first place haven't
got any pennies In the second place l have n,n9 no
place don't want wife anyway-Chicago News
A telephone girl tells '"The Philadelphia Record
OF A new use of the telephone Three women Oc-
cupy house near where the girl lives They had
been away in the country for some time when one
day the operator surprised TO hear one or them
call I'd a pay station. asking for her own home
number. The girl says: II rang the phone several
times but as the house closed there was no
answer Then my curiosity got the better OF me
and disclosed my identity and asked why she was
calling her own number. when she knew the house
was closed. That's Just the point came the re-
sponse over the wire rather tartly: we wish TO
scare any burglars away if there are any IN the
house "
Household Hints.-Never allow the cook 70 wear
her diamond ring while knead!ug bread. The stone
will spoil the flavor Of the most carefully prepared
s little Portland cement added to oatmeal while
IT Is boiling will give II body ,, ,, -
Cut glass should always be polished with sand
Do not fail to clean the inside of the incandescens
The odor OF cabbage onions and many other vese-
tables while being cooked is offensive to most per
with with rGbber.Gst PS5 II Joseph News-Press.
An old woman bearing the name Pleasanoe Rix
and living in Norwich. England. has Just attained
her 1O4th birthday. She has been twice married
and Outlived both husbands. Several hours OF
each day she spends sitting by her bedroom win
dow watching people so by. while she devotes
portion Of the morning 10 the perusal Of the daily
I'll.
fact that she has always had a contented mind
She swears by the simple life
Gloriana's First Experiment.-Mr GoovIus
pushed his plate from him and folded his napkin.
Matilda he asked. who cooked this dinner?'
"Gloriana. said Mrs. GoOvius, She insisted on
doing it all herself. You know she has just COM
pleted a course at an expensive cooking school
WeI: rel0ined the husband and father. with
is the best dinner ever ate."-Chicago Tribune.
Now. johnny said the teacher. "can you tell
what a Mormon is?''
Yes ma'am.' answered tine little fellow a
Mormon is man whose wife is twins or triplets So
An Artists Handicap-"what is the reason tbs
public doesn't take greater interest IN Shake
The public axes too much interest in Shake
speare. answered Mr.. StormingtOn Barnes. The
Ing Of how much better he could do IL h he tried -
Washington Star
There is I'm Connaught. Ireland, a remarkable
curiosity which gives example OF Official over
sight When the great famine OF 1877 was upon
the land the government OF the day conceived the
idea OF opening a line OF navigation from Galway
10 Ballina. by way of Lough Corrib and Lough
Mask 30 as 10 avoid the dangers OF the western
coast. From Cong a canal actually made to
Lough Mask as part OF the general scheme The
work gave great deal OF employment and far
the canal served the purpose But when II was
completed IL was found the canal would not hold
water The fact that the rock OF the district Is OF
very porous character had been overlooked.
His Dilemma Was HOrns.-An editor OF a Western
etchanse recently began worrying about how he
NOu1 get his shirt on over his wings after reaching
Parsdlse An envious contemporary sarcasticaily
observed that his difficulty would likely be In finding
OUT how he could get his hat on over his horns =
Guyman (Kan.) Herald
tree that r. freak Of nature Is the Asiattc
star tree II grows from sixty TO eighty feet tall
and for a height of about forty feet the trunk Is
wholly bare From that point there spring a num-
Der ~ tangled limbs which shoot out clusters OF
long pointed leaves. and these. grouped together.
emit A. night n phosphorescent Hight
Is II Doing Well Nowe-F -Friend-Do you raise egg
plant IN your garden
Amateur GsTdsner-No, ry eggplant Il IN the
henhouse. out behind the harn-Sofnervihe Journal