New-York tribune., 1907-11-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The bell which hung in the tower Of the recently
demolished old church at Suresnes will not be
transferred to chapel In the vicinity, some OF
the people who had heard it's tone for many years
desired. 1t will be broken up and the metal will
be used in casting heroic bust of Emile Zola
which will be mounted on an artistic pedestal at
Suresnes The tuneful metal" says Paris
paper, could be put to no more appropriate use
than 10 become the likeness OF one whose words
rang loud and clear throughout the land"
IT'S a deplorabe thing. this greed for sold"
.'of course answered Mr. Sirius Barker IF
the greed for gold We're not so general. you and
too many people recognizing good thing and try
ing TO get in on it."-Washington Star
'The first game OF football witnessed upon my
arrival in China said a consular representative
at home for a visit recently. "I mistook for very
serious riot, and you wouldn't have blamed me.
either. In the first place. not aware that the
Chinese had any such game but later found that it
very popular I'm Northern China II is not played
as is the American game. and instead OF eleven
players to the side there are fifty These Northern
Chinese are almost giants. and every man tho
team is six feet or over in height, and they weigh
on the average 200 pounds. There no goals.
side lines halves. The game lasts until one side
is the winner, and frequently this Is not accom-
pished before two three days. The idea OF the
game is TO force small wicker basket which takes
the place ball into the territory Of the other
sIde-this territory being One-half of tho town
and mp and down the streets the fight RACES.
Each man is equipped with n whistle with which to
summon assistance when too hard pressed. Stealth
as we'll as main force may be used IN getting the
ball into the enemy's country. and / know Of one
clever player who did so by passing the roofs
Of the houses. AS you may imagine, 100 giants
yelling and fighting in tho streets create ex-
citement"
Walking" remarked! the physician would be
But" responded the patient, think of the auto
dodgng you've got 10 dol Couldn't you recommend
something less vioent?"-Washngton Star.
THE men who wrote history on tablets OF stone
In ages gone had difficult task to perform. and
had TO cultivate the habit of brevity," says a
writer in German paper. 'but what they wrote
was preserved 1t will be different with the news
papers and books OF the present time. The paper
upon which they printed will disintegrate in
a few years, and~the records. historical scientific
and literary will become dust. 1 saw two papers
last week which told the whole story. One con-
tanned an account of the death of Napoleon Bona
parte It was printed in 1921. in a state OF per
feet preservation and looked though II might
last with ordinary care, a hundred years The
other paper was kept because it's leading article
described the surrender of Sedan, which had taken
place a day before. Although 1t had been printed
nearly fifty years later. the Sedan paper had IN ha
handled carefully to prevent its tearing In the
creases One of these papers was printed on Old
fashioned paper, and the other on the modern kind
With the two specimens before me cannot rafra,r
from urging more that few numbers of all
books and newspapers. enough for all first class
libraries be printed on good paper for the beneet
of those who will live after US"
Hell wish that you were poor. so that YOU would
BE willing 10 marry me.
| wish you rich, so that I might be Willing 10
marry you.-Chicago News.