New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
THE talk OF THE DAY.

The following is referred. respectfully and SYM
pathetically believers in the divine origin of
betting An unsophisticated cuTate went to a
Yorkshire parish where horses only bred,
but raced asked to invite the prayers of
the congregation for Lucy Grey. He did so. For
three Sundays they prayed for Lucy Grey On the
fourth the clerk told the curate he need not do it
any more Why said the curate. ''is she dead?"
NO" replied clerk shes the steeplechase."
The curate became power in the parish
pa what is a dlettante?"
'Ona who would like TO be. but never quite sue
ceeds. "-ChiC2go Record Herald.
The Baltimore sun has collected a lot of anec-
dotes Of the late United States Senator William
Pinllney Whyte Marylaads Grand Old Man One
of them shows that the venerable statesman stood
in horror the mystic 1S. and particularly Friday
the 18Th. when about to seat himself at the
dinner table he noticed that he would make the
thirteenth person, and told those already seated to
procee,l-that he would wait while The reason
tor his hesitation being suspected his granddaughter
said why. Grandpa, sit down; with me there are
only twelve and half After this sally the grand
father laughingly assented And again. says
that his last illness should have come on that FIJI
day the 18th of which he stood in fear.
But that umbrella looks SO awfully cheap and
NV dear Sir replied the dealer that's the beau
" of that umbrella It's really the very best quail
ity is made to APPEAR cheap and common 50
That the depo?uIa OF the earth will be brought
about through failure of the water supply is the
conclusion reached by the French geoogist NJ Mar
tel He has made observations of suhterranean
cavere and saws the earth is gradually drying
nm They contain. he says. only the secret of
prehistoric life, nasmuch as they were the homes
of men of the remotest age but also bear ndicd-
tions of the endless future. VI. Marte1 has found
proof of steady fall in the level of the water in
these subterranean depths and from these facts he
arrives at his conclusions.
You wouldn't believe this p3ssible but st -
sour citizen. I've bought little law in my time.
Louisville Courier journal.
For many years. the Vita" of Rome. it mas
been the custom of the Vatican to issue medal
known as the PontihCate medal to commemorate
the most important Church happening of the year.
This medal is distributed annually St Peters
and ST Paurs Day worthy digntaries of the
Church. II was proposed to make Cardinal Massi
of Pisa $ work in the realm of culture the subject
of this years medal. but the proposition was re
iected in favor of the victory or the Church over
modernism" The medal. which will be distributed
in June shows the Pope enthroned holding an edict
inscribed 'Pascendi' Before the throne stand Two
female figures representing Germany and France,
and between them are figures typirying modernism.
Out of the heavy clouds which overhang the figures
shafts Of lightning strike and destroy it in front
of the Pope
"Chnriey. dear" said young Mrs. Torkins, "is It
the laws win money horse races?"
Yes against the laws Of chance. ."-Washrgton
Star.
Under the headline. ''InterpoIatec- Dismissed
the Berlin "Theater Courier" says: The case of
the actor conrari ia still spoken of at Darmstadt
II seems that the Grand Duke Ludwig OF Hessen
has taken = violent fancy for new operetta
eleven performances of which he Witnessed at the
Darnstadt Opera House. This displeased the actors
at the royal theatre, especially Conrad the come
dian. who took his when the grand duke
made his first appearance after his passion for the
waltz opera had been satisfied. He interpolated a
sentence which referred to the eleven perform
ances." The house roared with laughter. but-on
the next day there q vacancy a the theatre
and the comedians name longer appeared on
the playbills
Captsin-If l see yolr lace in my house again
shah slap 1t
Noble Foreigner-Ah, but 1t punishable
offence
C4ptain--of course it is. That is why want
To siaI it.-Jud.e