New-York tribune., 1907-01-31
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

In the roof OF Durham Castle England. there mas
been discovered a bucket containing bullets ana
gunpowder. It is believed 10 have been walled up
about the year 1641. when the castle was oe'hs
prepared 10 Withstand Scottish raid The Due'S
are moulded spheres OF two sizes and consist OF .
little over 80 per cent OF lead with Iron ana silver
and traces OF bismuth. arsenic and antimony' Inc
gunpowder is not granulated Ike that OF the pres
ent day. and was evidently prepared by simply
mixing the ingredients. II contains about per
cent OF moisture. and the proportion OF tho con-
stituents calculated the dry powder Is praeu-
cally Identical with that of the black gunpowder OF
to-day-that is. nitre. 70 per cent? CARBON 10 Per
cent. and sulphur. 10 per cent
Ministsr--so you go to school. do you. BObby7
Bobby-Yes, sir
Let me hear you spell bread
The dictionary spells IT with an "a Bobby
Yes. sir but you didn't ask me now s JIe r. aicPit st
fag Bits. spells H. you asked me no" ''''
firm in Athens imported Ave hundred pairs Of
American shoes last year land sold them readily
They were cheaper than the Greek shoes and
much more comfortable The Greek shoemaHers
became alarmed. besesed their legislators and sue
ceeded in forcing the imposition OF a prohibitive
tariff duty on American shoes
''supposs they discover the North POle7' said the
We'll" answered the public spirited citizen. IL
on not cleaning the of their sidewalks -
Washington Star.
Rich deposits OF asbestos covering hundreds Of
and containing thousands Of tons OF the valu-
able mineral have been located IN the mountains OF
Northern Luzon. Philippines. Samples examined In
the bureau OF science at Manila, The Far
Eastern Review, are pronounced excellent In quail
hy with only or per cent Of alloy Ths de-
posits are inlaid between talcum and silica (both
valuable d.posits) and the fields OF asbestos
within a few miles Of excellent harbors
Hs-Marriage without love IS terrible thing
(sighing
love without marrtage-BOston Transcript
A Bangor man saws THE Kenuebec Journal" in
his effort describe the coolest place IN the world
spoke OF a shed that too oold TO keep wood
IN" and this tho limit until this correspond
IN from Mount Desert concerning the
weather down there last week: A fisherman OF
otter Creek says biz Goldfish wss so attracted by
the warmth OF gasolene heater in his dory that It
jumped into the boat and tried 20 wrap itsek
around the heater II froze in a half circle Jed
Jenkins OF Trenton. 20 the barn 20 water his
stock. He fell and upset the pail. Before he could
step out Of the water his boots froze 10 tho floor
lie had 10 take his boots OFF 70 get away,
she-There was. at least one spOd thing 20 be
He|whst Was that ia Ike TO know?
She 'herngyW6hsp 81 co6Dp helm he was GagSns yias
saDphirH's fault.-BaltimOre American
In the course OF ths campaign preceding the
municipal election at Frankfort on Main the
Clerical party leaders said that compact had
been formed between the Free Masons and the
Jews against Christianity. writer in a Frank
fort paper denounces the alleged compact as
'ridieulOusly preposterous." and says further AS
matter OF fact all but OF the twenty-five
candidates OF the Liberal party Christians
The only Free Mason candidate among the re-
dictionaries was Christian church member
The Doctor-Professor speaking as a thinker and
q man ot sctence. what would you call this age OF
the world?
The Profsssor-I should call it tho car short age
Chicago Tribune.