New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
THE TALK OF THE DAT.

South America has frog of peculiar habits
Dwelling in the virgin forest. at the tops OF the
highest trees it chooses the site OF its nursery
some hollow stump and then proceeds to line Il
with rosn procured from trees in the neighbour
hood. This lining serves to catch and hold the
rainwater with which it quickly becomes flied
AS this takes place the eggs laid
therein, and here they undergo development into
tadpoes How the rosn is collected Is n mys-
terry nor is it yet known how the separate pieces
become welded to form the watertght basin neces-
sar the safety of the treasures deposited
therein
Little girl Cwho has just kissed her father good
nightl-Oh. father. your beard is scratchy!
can't he very bad shaved It this morning
Little grl-Well. then father its-its very tall
for its age.-Punch.
Probably the most extraordinary band earth
is that which is stationed In the Imperial Palace
at Moscow. says 'Tit-Bits" A famous composer
was recently taken into darkened room TO hear
Of his compositions played by this band.
The composer mystifed until the lights were
raised. when two hundred soldiers revealed
each with a horn or trumpet in his hand varying
in size from IL inches to % feet Each instrument
and each performer produced only a single note
but the playing perfect that the sound
just II from one grand instrument played upon
by master hand
Why did : gOH charge sls 20 for boothbisek
stand worth SsVt apitoI conudStor was aSke1-
charged any more he replied. pleasantly ANY
thing else you're wanting 10 know to-day%-Phila-
delphia Ledger
Preparations are being made to furnish the sol
ders of the German army with paper kettles. which
are japanese invention. Although the utensils
made OF pliable paper they hold water readily.
BY pouring water into them they be hung
over the FIRE without burning for length OF time
sufficient 10 boil the water. One kettle be used
about eight times
II am afraid you don't like work"
Yes. do, answered Flooding Pete; i have so
much respect for work that when / see a piece of
it to be tended to aus feel like turnin' it over
II as / wouid"-Washington Star.
The young folk whose springtide fances win soon
turn toward wedding bells and honeymoons will
rejoice TO hear that the Midland Railway Company
has fits fatherly eye them. and hence honey
nooners' carriage has been introduced into the
service OF the railway. says The Dundee Ad-
vertiser." Happily the carriage IS not con-
spicuously labelled and therefore Il ought not 70
attract the unmercIful curiosity OF other passen-
gers. II IS just a plain cosy. first class compart-
ment. the coupe principle. and IL holds two per-
sons-and more! These two seat compartments
will enable honeymooners to obtain the advantage
OF reseryed compartment at the price OF two tick
cts. The new compartment is in the middle of
the new composite coaches which have just been
built. they are linked up by a side corridor with
the otbSf compartments OF the coach. At present
these carriages are known In cold official language
composite corridor coaches"
Miss Bluegrass-Father, did you give that Young
man any encouragement when he called 10 ask You
Colonel Bluegrass-Ene encouragement? Well.
should say so daughter / led him 10 the side
board three ttInes.--ChicagO News.