New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-24
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The civil list or salary Of King Humbert Of Italy
Is the largest Of all these paid by European nations
| to their respective sovereigns This is much
more remarkable. because Italian finances are at
| the lowest ebb. Humberts civil list v fixed an.
nually at 100000 francs. nearly s3oOo.oOo The
European soveregns who receive the highest pay
below that Of Humbert Emperor William of
Germany. with a civil list OF i20C0,0o0 francs auo1
| Queen Victoria with about 100000
keeper Il believe have got crank In the office.
| He came In and begged a couple OF dozen sheets
ss" m"Rsy s ts
and ali that sort Of stuff for over an hour"
COBB H ae' Is list wan Of thin Thsnkssvin posf
They is lots Nv thin list now"-tlndianapolis JouA
nal.
| A scientist declares that there never was, and
never can be. such thing as a petrifed animal
body. Fertilization Is not Transformation OF the
original animal into stone. II is merely the dis.
placement by mineral substances OF certain organic
tissues as they decay. But 1t Is only the bones
which thus affected. never the flesh Most
Of the bodies" he says. reported as found petri-
fed are examples Of II phenomenon long familiar.
They have been transformed not into stone but
into substance called sdipocere, or grave wax
This Is a true soap. into which the corpse OF
human being will ordinarily be metamorphosed II
buried In a graveyard or other place where water
has access to It. This 'adlpocere' is one OF the
most enduring OF substances 1t Is not subject TO
decay and the body which has assumed this
constitution may preserve is form for many years
and even for centuries. Nay, for ages since,
evidence on the point has been obtained from the
orthoceras-a mollusk that became extinct millions
Of years ago. OF large size and built after the
pattern OF the chambered nautilus but win
straight shell
| SONG OF TROUBLE
| IJttle bit of n fellow
! Couldn't get him to sleep; , , ..,s.
And the mother sighed as he tossed and erica:
| Little Bit OF fellow
| Couldn't get him 10 sleep!
Little bit OF fellow.
God smiled and kissed him to- sleep
And he wasn't a trouble TO keep!
| Frank l.. stanton. in Atlanta Constitution.
Eight cars ioad,d with human hair arrived in Paris
recently. consigned 10 dealers In that merchandise.
The hair came from India and China. whence
| thousands Of pounds are annually sent to England
and France. This traffic. foreign medical journal
,sys Is the cause OF the introduction Of many dis
eases TO Europe The hair In Gu, from persons after
death In China and Though Il Is dis.nfected upon
arrival France. H. often carries the germs OF dis'
ease Asatic hsir, owing in part to its coarseness,
can be purcha sed chespy. It selling often as low az
| a franc kjogrom The hair OF Europeans. how.
ever averages about 100 francs for the same
amount.
Nawvce-I don, quite understand football and
couldn't follow The game very wei. How can I
d ,ssir gSors5 e and blue"
| buffalo Courier
| An old London paper contains the following Curl
Gus advertisements: Wanted. man between
twenty and thirty years OF age. TO be footman
and under-but.er IN a great family; he must be Of
| the Church OF England ard have had the small
pox In the natural way. Also a woman middle
aged TO wait upon young LADY OF great fashion
and fortune: the woman must be OF the Church OF
England. have had the smallpox In the natural way
very sober, steady and well-behaved. and under.
stand dress getting up lace and fine linen and do
ing all things necessary for young lady that goes
into ali public places and Keeps the best COM
pany Inquire OF the printer of this paper.-Octo-
Der /. lT7t."
Deceived By Resemblsnce.-"Do you hear thatr'
said the stranger from Orange. ~ j; TO MS t WIG
Yes, isaiah said his wife;
AN yet" said the stranger in the accents Of dis
gust. they tole me they want no muskeetahs In
Chicago In November '-(Chicago Record
The rulers Of the miniature republic Of Andorra
decided recently that the country should possess
a cannon Krupp therefore ordered to manu-
facture one OF the most modern type. The great
gun arrived at its mountain destination a snort
time ago. ard placed on the highes; point in
the country" that the citizens could see thas
the valley was well protected. "A day was APP
polrted 10 try the cannon WHICH was azure W se"1
= ball eighteen kilometres Just as the two artil.
,srynen of Andcrra were ready to fire II occurred
"a ono OF the prudent citizens that the shot might
c.,.s sorc trouble The territory OF the republic
Andorra does not extend over more than SIX kiio-
metres To direct the shot, therefore. toward the
surrounding mountains would be the same as hrihs
n, France or Italy. as the ball would necessarily
fa,, on the territory Of one OF these countries. n
war might be tire result. 1t was then DECIDED 10
shoot the bail in the mir. but some one susses'sa
tho, II would endanger the lives OF too many pco-
Mo IN ira descent and possibly bore great hole
=, ,ha renub,,c Of Andorra. Good council prevailed
I'D tho TWO ortillerymen were commanded 10 M
,ood the gun The shot has not yet been hred' ana
Tho oood Republicans are uncertain what to do Win
the expensive gun
crcat uead.-Watts-I never buy from pediers
because most OF them are foreisners
Potts-I don't see any reason ~ 'na 90, selling to
W.ttsr-I do: because | Know IL "as s.in's ~
. WorsiSncr myself what sort Of truck | would sticH
him with il / could. scey-undlanapohs 'oo'na"
..1,he Philadelphia Record sys that Miss Marths
Carey Thomas VINO has been elected PRESIDENT OF
prvn Mawr College. to succeed pf. JAMES C'
Rhoads who viii retire during the coming year.
will be one OF the youngest college pres''ei's ~
the country She graduated from Corheh on'
yersity In 1877. and afterward studied at Le'ps'e'
Germany. Returning to this country, she soon
h.,o,,. connected with Bryn Mawr College. the
lao, os whose faculty she has been ever since the
irs,,tution WAS opened. Miss Thomas comes OF
,yoo,,bv baltimore family and her father, James
corov Thomas is one of the trustees Of Bryn Maws
College.
Visitor-Is this portrait OF Maoe'
V,sitor-and you say very famous arts, panted
",,o,herWeJ I should say so. We had 70 seno
for him 10 Ind out II 1t was reaiiy "er p'e'"'e'