New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-24
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Tho Russian Minister Of the Interior. as was ex-
nected has issued a decree requiring the city and
state officials Of Liyand Nivonial to transact heloc
forth all business In the Russian tongue Inc mem
bcrs Of the city councils, only, IN the various clue'
are allowed to use their native laUEase. But e'e'
this concession has been denied 10 tine city Of Darplt
fhe seat Of the famous university. The decree mas
caused great regret and mdiguatlon
Lot, Of Fun in Afcca.-ror 100 years past at
least tribes I'm Africa have been At war WI" '''
can Ice had any day IN the ween by going out and
tutoring whOop. and all prisoners are Pl 1HpIil an"
satisfactorily roasted ut the stAe-iDtlrVt fIec i''''
That the spirit Of poetry is not Yet dead Is proVei
by a circular just issued by Canadian railroad 81
which the following /, a sample: Mature
has shoWcred on this land her choicest Ei'''
tho countless charms which make THIS earth So
fair and beautiful are here IN rich pro!us.on, and a.
Of old whc, God first created the world, one mas say
.Behold! it Is very good Not the least Of oar AZ
fractions are Wild flowers which ddom the pialre'
from early spring to autumn, ever chthsIhs' yet
ever lovely from the pale lavender crocu', wluch III
natures floral book Is the opening Leaf, pushing IL
way through the brown earth and blos,oulns into
A lovely flower to gladden. the settler, heart By pro
claiming that spring !, here to the goldcnrod wlcA
nugcr, after the Other nOWciS faded and gone.
Come, oh, Gomez
one Of the srangcot hpldaran freaks that has ever
come within the nnowlcd5, Oi diamond experts j.,
Africa me stone is shape and size lac pi.eon >
cg. Of dark color externally, AMI At hI~t sight
O,ncr light placed tIat the rays pas through the
stone before falinS the rcni. however, one sees
distinctly the IMAGE OF a man from the waist upward
Turning the pebble he At another point woman y
face partly concealed by heavy uc,>e and set again.
on another portion of the surface being appd Ia TIE
eye, "A moDnlit cloud sketch !, clearly dclncated
The stone wa, found in debris Nashup ana so
yG been war I SS IL. Of H ESn sS oa
Jewellers Weekly
Malah Jones, Of The ST. Louis Republic who
believes mt once in Grover Cleveland aud tree coin
age Is in a peculiarly embarrassing situation Just
now; but he is man Of many resources, and he
may be trusted lind some nice. comfortable fence
on which to perch until the cruel war Is over.
An old man who takes ash barrel, for "a family
I'm Newton was suspected hy thc ml-tcs, OF having
stolen some amarndN she had III me cellar; she sent
for the man 10 come 10 see Her, ana on bclS charged
"Waal i sav 'cm aud wanted EN-. and l took
em. and | ate 'em. and they done me good
The last clause in the confession OF theft was re-.
waricd by gift of more tamarlnds-tliarvard
LampOon.
Dear Wife, said sam Jones In a dispatch TO his
wife the other day, Il licked the Mayor of Palestine
Tex, this morning; will preach in Taylor tonight. >
My wife has a saving disposition" said Hicks.
when We got our uprleh piano she MADE red
plush cover Tor H. so tnat the rosewood wouldn't get
scratched. Then she covered that with sort Of
linen buster arrangement, 80 a. to save the plush.
| tell You women have great big ds."-(lla!p crs
BaZar.
The natives OF India says old traveller, have
a method OF gambling which admits OF possibility
OF cheating They bet the next rainfall When
ii In India 1t rains there is no halfway business
about t-n0 mist dlizzle 10 leave matters doubtful
but heavy shower at all. The natives wager
that there will be II shower before certain future
hour The settlement Of the wager depends entirely
upon nature and the elements, you see and there is
10 opportunity for chcauery. The eminent fairness
OF this form OF betting has made Ii popular that it
has practically superseded all other gambling games
IN India, and the Government OF Bombay has passed
u stringent law prohibiting betting on the weather.
Isidor, the antiquarian dealer. ha, bought up cheap
| "A lot Of urnS OF extremely antique character. Bat
being DESTROYS Of selling them goods extraordinary
value he decide, 10 bury them IN the earth To be sub
Seuucntly dug up some nting OCCASION That there
may not be- the least doubt ~ 10 their pennncncss he
get, the services Of poor student 10 aiA short
Latin inscriptions, especially impressins him to
make the date of their manufacture as ancient as
possible. The student chances to be aItful fellow
and he plays mean trick avariCOu, lSidOr. When
later the urns are eXhumcd In the presence of pro-
fessors aud archaeoogiso, 10 each bears the fol-
lowing inscription in classical Latin: Manufactured
IN Rome In the year GOO Il. C."-lFlieGende Batter.