New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-10
TALK OF THE DAY.

In Decatur Mich the population OF which Is 1,50.
the president Of the Council Is woman. and all OF
the town Offices. except that OF dog-catcher, are
filed by women. Nearly all trades and professions
and other occupations represented by women.
and the control the saloons. allowing the sale
Of nothing but soda and pop.
me an account for ball costume how Is mat!
Wife-Oh! don't you remember II Is for tne green
Husband-S-o-o.o! and now am expected to pay
for the net with which was caughtVL Annunzia'
tore.
A little girl Of Metz. fourteen years old, has ~
Gently been condemned TO eight days imprisonment
for having insulted the German Emperor The In
suit consisted In writing private letter to one Of
her little friends in which there was something dis.
respectful to Mis- Majesty. 1t Is said that such
sentences are common in Alsace-Lorraine.
MISUNDERSTANDING to think" said the Police
Magistrate that this is little Willie Jones' who
than year age; In the vernacuiar. may say that
'c yes" admitted surething Bill. II guess am
When came here was a jay but now / am q.
robbin' 30 Cincinnati Enquirer
Immortal youth in heaven is found!
The preacher said and Tom looked wise
Guess that must be the reason. then,
Sis wants TO go there when she des!"
Apropos Of irish bulls weekly contemporary
ing back along the trackess pathways OF the future
he deserted the footsteps Of an invisible hand"
The form in which 1t has long been familiar TO W
is: whenever we look back on the untrodden pages
of the future we see cIeb se
THE Barber Of Seville" the famous opera Of
Rossini was produced for the first time on Fehre'
ary 16. 1916 According to the italian law which
fixes the duration Of the right or ownership Tor
dramatic works at eighty years. Rossinrs MASTER
piece would have become public properly iew
weeks ago. But In Italy no opera Is more popular
than The Barber" and the revenues from lts
production constitute almost the whole income OF
the musical academy at Pesaro, Italy, the resduary
legatee OF the composer. Owing to this fact the
Government has issued decree proonging the
right of proprietorship two years in order to save
the institution financially
How She Managed.-"I like that girl said Wood.
by witte because whenev vgb, ts ner a"s'"'ns
Yes replied his friend sne to'd me no" sn'
she says she always watches you and laughs >
when you do Nv ashlngton Star
..rhe Home Journal" OF this city, was fifty years
old on February g. and appropriately celebrated the
interesting event by issuing beautiful jubilee num-
Der Of sixteen pages. The contents are OF uNefss
and entertaining character. covering the heid OF
literature art and society," and the Issue Is en-
bellshed by large number OF illustrations, incud'
and present. 1t also contains interesting anecdotes
"reminiscences sketches and portraits OF it's two
founders " p. Willis and George r. MOTHS inc
Home Journal" has always been good. clean, ram
fly paper and its many friends will be glad TO know
that while 1t holds fast to Its old principles 1t
nodernized In al. its departments. so as to bring u
In line with the ideas and methods OF the day.
In Poster Land the girls are queer
And marvellous their precious gear; ,
Their gowHs are made sc Of 9srk ns a s% asr
With here line and there a smear.
| Their features are not always clear.
| One needs nose one lacks an ear;
But etill We love the giddy girls
In Poster Land.
| In their high-colored merry sphere
They lead gay gay, Though SS r brief career syls
And yellow scarfs In gauzy twirls,
Jolly lot the g pIs,a appear
-(Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Several graduates Of Harvard living in New-Yor1
have been both amused and indignant at the pro-
cedure Of a certain manufacturer OF guidebooks
in another city in his efforts to sell set OK
| process reproductions giving views OF their alma
mater. They have received this important work OF
art through the mail. accompanied by litho-
graphed letter requesting them send him merely
a dollar" otherwise kindly to mail 1t back to him
which he styles the privilege Of returning" do
not hesitate. he gracously adds. Ito return 1t II 1t
does not readily appeal to you as being worth ito
cost" This form Of nuisance has barely been toi.
Grated IN connection with charity concerts. where
the end might have justified the II Is hard
! to believe however. that the good nature OF the
public will permit 1t to flourish an adjunct OF
| the publishing business.
Somebody" she faltered. may come between
whoever would do such thing" he herceiy ex'
claimed, would be contemptbly small"
And with that he moved even yet nearer to her.-
| Detroit Tribune
Since the Babylonan eponyms there have peen
numerous less interesting events than the plrth OF
the baby hippopotamus In the Park. occurring near
enough to the extra day in February 10 JUSTIFY
thankfulness that 1t escaped 1t. hippopotamus
with birthday anniversary falling only once IN
every oympiad would be new thing In naturai
history far the record Is concerned. 1t might
bear this we'll as the burden OF exile and cap
tvify to which 1t Is born. but it must be set dowa
as a piece of good luck that 1t escaped 1t. II can
go celebrating ITS natal day once year
like its forbsars. instead OF waiting through TWO
administrations for its first and half that dreay
interval for It's 1t is tender weakiinS
as yet. and cannot know what 1t has escaped. per-
haps never may. but though a miss Is as good as
mile the peril Is worth an afternote OF deliverance
| Everybody is interested In the newcomer. and VIII
be glad that It is to have normal succession "a
birthdays unaffected by any tricks of the calendar
or any Of the chronological irregularities OF leap
year.
A Canadian writes to remind Americans that Ins
North Pole belongs to Canada. He recalls the Eng
lishman In Utah who stuck his finger In Salt Lake.
British possessions-this wafer is salt! These ca
nadians are capable OF claiming the North Star De.
| cause their North Pole points toward It, There
is something admirable, sublime about this tendency G
OF the British possessions to extend themselves au'
tomatically. 1.-The Listener once knew some Eng
lish people who emigrated to Chicago They had
| young cousin who was officer In the British
army Before they left home in England this
young officer came to tell the girls OF the family
and the girls inclined to be fearful I'VE shaw
| said he 'our regiment may be ordered out TO Chi.
cago at any time" He didn't mean conQuest-he