New-York tribune., 1908-02-06
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

n-eysnapers in Maine are ridiculing the fears
4 reonle in other parts of the country that there
will be a shortage in the ice crop THey declare
mat there is not the least danger Of scarcity In
tho frozen water next summer. The Kennebec
Journal" says: There will be plenty OF Maine ice
and there will be enough of II so that we shaii
all he mighty glad to see IL go and the winter
p-,a D1sce 10 spring. However we can all admit
+ta+ II has been a wonderful winter and that IT
will be greatly shortened by the mild weather all
through December and January.
y never told lies when I was a little girl,
When did you begin. then. mamma?'-LOndOn
Opinion
In renewing her subscription TO The Tribune,
an Illinois woman writes that the paper has been
IN the family almost continuously since the days
Of the old Log Cabin" In the fall of 1856.
she SAYS. we moved from Western New York 70
Illinois When reached here and had bought
wheat for one years supply Of flour we had 70
cents left AS came here in the fall II was q
Ionp time before we received anything from
crops and when time expired for the paper
We did not have money for renewal, but "nen
the next year rolled around my husband said he
would have the paper if he did not get enough 10
cover his back
.sDo YOU know just how high her voice goes?"
six dollars-at least. that's what l paid for
my seat at'-Cleveland Plain Dealer
There is a collection Of last words OF cele-
brated men which contains many beautiful and
s+a-tIine phrases Whether they really ut
tered by the men TO whom they have been cred
tied saws the BeTliner Post" is another matter
..-Tbus the words of Augustus. The comedy is at
an end-did I play my part we'll? are known to
nearly every reader The collection OF last words
of great physicians published by The British
Medical Journal gives Haller credit for saying,
The artery beats-it beats more. and says of
Nothnagel that he wrote: The night of July 6,
after violent attack Of angina pectors
I will die Of arterial calcination Cooper. Bright
and Brodie died with blessings upon their lips
and Darwin. looking death calmly in the face,
said I really do not fear death Locolzs last
words were fiippant-'Au reyoir. gentlemen-at
the autopsy we will meet again None of these
classic sentences, however. impress much
as did the words OF OF the few mortals who
to our knowledge went into the unknown with
mind undimrned He was an old man who had
lived a good and full life. With his last breath
ne said: II is not yet tme-I want to stay'-that
was the of nature
Grandpa-Now Jack what's the plural oI penny?
Jack-Two cents.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
They have "a curious way OF doing things In Italy
pay was week IN arrears, nit upon ingenious
solution of his difficulties. on the approach OF
train up went the red signal. denoting danger The
train stopped and the signalman made d polite
little speech 10 the passengers Gentlemen" he
said the company has promised francs day
have not received them. Unless pays
me. here YOU remain ! shall allow the train
o pass The 12 francs subscribed
Mrs eadsbv thukginE dogl-I don't know Shat
going 10 DO about poor darling FIdo.
Mr. fsadshv-Humph WHAT ads HIM
Mrs tiadsny Gin surprtPsN Why. haven't vou
noticed nov irrtated he becomes whenever the
habs eries7-Fuck