New-York tribune., 1909-05-19
THE TAIN OF THE DAY.

"Au the world is gossping about the arrange
meut which NJ. Chouchard. the chief owner OF the
great Paris business house known as The Louvre,
has been making for years for his own funeral -
says the Paris correspondent OF Brussels paper.
1T certainly good advertisement and will keep
the business house Ia the public eye. Since many
% tho funeral details have been made public. al
though he who will he the central figure is en-
joylng good health. people clamor to sec the 2ao0
franc coffin. tho bronze bust which will mark the
grave all tho other costly paraphernalia Tor the
funeral upon which the good merchant has for
years expended z fortune. What a DAY II will be
for the curious when the funeral takes place with
its four thousand employees Of The Louvre. the
specially constructed coaches and uniforms. the
services at the Madeleine where all the great
opera singers will take part-what day IT with be-
what advertisement for the who planned
it all. but who must die in order that his plans
may be carried out. Poor dead mani"
Jack-Heno Tom. old man. got your new hat
Tom-Not quite. Say. do YOU know where can
buy folding toothbrush ?-Boston Transcript.
An exhibition Of daring riding and nerve such as
has been rarely equaned waS shown 10y a cowboy
named West. who Is attached 10 Buffalo Bits Wild
Wet Show. In Of the performances West at
tempted to ride High Tower. reputed to be Of
the widest two broncos known After ten
minute struggle the cowboy managed to leap into
the saddle. No sooner had he done this than High
Tower reared up and fell backward. West slipped
of his saddle in time to himself. and was
astride the bronco when he This time High
Tower reared like a fash and threw himself over
again. falling backward and sideways. The horse
had been too quick and caught Vests leg under
him. Although painfully hurt the plucky rider
succeeded in mounting again after High Tower
had been lifted off him and this time rode his
mount the length OF the inclosure.
"Dey sez poverty is blessin' in disguise" said
Brother DiCkey, but wen | him comm
do Tpu dat | he nut hOTfea
an home. Atlanta Constitution.
Chicago's French colony has unveiled large
bronze tablet in memory of Marquette and Joliet
The memorial is at the base of a cross erected at
Robey street and the south branch of the Chicago
River the historic high ground where, in 1874
Father Marquette spent the winter. The inscrip-
ton reads:
In memory OF Father Marquette, s. j.. and Louis
Joliet of New France. Canada first white explorers
Of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers and Lake
Michigan 1873; navigating two thousand five hun
dred miles in canoes in one hundred and twenty
days In crossing the site of Chicago. Joliet rec
commended il for its natural advantages as a place
of first settlement and suggested lakes to the
gulf waterway
ITO do and suffer everything for so glorious an
undertaking "-Marquette's Journal
MUCH NEEDED.
She owes more calls
Than she can pay
Agd g6o 1t usfes befaais tnsv
Who make the laws
Would note this fact
And pass social
Bankrupt act.
Louisville Courier-JournaI.
Something unique IN the line Of a strike or boy
colt was recently reported from small town i'm
Burgundy The physicians OF the pace raised
their rates 80 per cent and meeting of all
the aing folk was called at which II was decided
10 dispense with the medical mems services and
trust to luck get well. The opportunity seems
a splendid one fo- Christian Scientists to step in
and make hay while the shines" says THE
London Standard" THE doctors of the place are
said TO be determined on holding out for their in
creased scale Of charges, and. of course no col
leagues from nelghboriug towns will commit so
gross a breach OF professional etiquette as to turn
backIegs and poach the other physicians pre-
serves But the medical attendants playing
perhaps. rather dangerous game. Where will
they he il their patients get we'll without them?"
They say Thelma's husband is very amiable
mani
man 10 laugh at a joke when he taking down
The stoyepipe. Baltimore American.