New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-09
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Lawrence Scientific School. Of Harvard Uni.
yersity has Just issued catalogue OF its graduates
from 1851 10 1895. The Scientific School was FOR many
years after it's foundation. for various reasons
rather a neglected child Of the university, with
small CLASSES and took an altogether insignificant
rank IN It's work. Within the last six or seven
years however there has been great growth in
it's attendance n growth that has been accompa-
MED by a vast increase IN the work or the school,
and it's scope. This is reflected in the class regis
tsrs. as given in the present catalogue Inc an
nual enrolment. which was from fifteen to thirty
five in the clacses OF the last fifteen years has nov
increased TO over 800 The names OF some OF the
most prominent men who have been graduated
from Harvard In recent years are to be round u
this catalogue. Among them are Alexander Asassi@
william NJ. Davis, Joseph lie Conte Ernest W.
Iongfellow. Simon Newcomb. Edward c. Pickering.
Edmund Quincy. y. S. Shaer, John Troweridse.
william r. Ware and Burt C. Wilder
The Poin, of view.-"AraOella"
do you remember when asked you to be my
wife and you commanded me 10 ieeve You ln'
stantly?'
Women he unused. do not talk the same after
marriage that they do before"-lDetroit Tribune.
There are only half dozen houses in Langtry
Tex" says gossiper In The Philadelphia Rec'
ord" and one OF them is combination beer and
law shop. presided over BY Judge Roy Bean who 10
the most autocratic and most original judge in all
Texas As the name Of the town is Langtry. the
Judge who reads the papers. has quite appropriately
named his place the Jersey Lily His business
sign bears this sign: Ice-Cold Beer and Law West
Of the Pecos' The Pecos River Is the eastern
boundary OF the Judges circuit. which embraces
500 miles OF widest Texas He was made Judge
probably sclf-appointed-wh re was young man.
and he is about sxty-fve years old now Nobody
would dream OF holding an election for the posi-
ton Judge Beans method OF dispensing law 10
In honi- fpra u
Texan pleaded guilty before him Of killing China.
man. the Judge said: There amt any law In Texas
agn KILN a Chnaman. Prisoners discharged
On another occasion a man was brought peioTe
him for stealing COW valued at about 81. 'WeA.'
said the Judge. you'll pay $3.50 fine or hang. The
prisoner protested that the was only worth a
few dollars. Shut up. yelled the Judge Come W
with $3.50 or you hang The prisoner came up
suspicious.-"who is this Professor Rontsen the
discoverer OF X rsys?'
Hes a German scientist"
people to write Xmas for Christmas? "~(chicaso
illustrated journalism says The Buffalo
Courier" has at last reached the Orient. s. 3
Sar>s. Syrian resident OF Cairo. is the Editor OF
paper. Al Musheer' cThe Counsellor) printed In
Arabic. and Intensely ani-Tu:kish in its views. In
recent issues brought to The Courier by
Syrian now living In Buffalo there cartoons
pokng fun at Turkish ofncialdom. In some respects
these caricatureS crude but the idea IN one Oh
them Is very clear and forcble So far as is known.
these are the first examples Of political carcaturs
published in Arabic newspaper. Mr. Sarkis.
the editor. fell under the d!speasure OF the Turkish
authorities while ago. and fed to England. whera
perhaps. he got his ideas OF illustrated journalism
These Art went with her maid to
She selected at the picture dealers painting rep:
resentng bouquet OF flowers with pie cut IN
two and a half-penny roll. She paid 500 francs for
the M Isi whispered the Sonn. you s.v. mad.
like that sold for 400 francs"
And was It as good as this one*
"Of course It was: there was a lot more pie.
(Moniteur Oriental.
"A good many Of the ignorant country people N
SPAIN" says THE Boston Transcript" ARE very
much more courteous to Americans than to English
people, for the curious reason that they consider
them subject also to the crown Of Spain. It has
been found In out-ofthe-way villages Gibraltar
especially where the English occupation of that fort
Is still looked upon as temporary and offensive In
truson OF foreigners Spanish SOIL that the whole
tone OF the people will change when It Is found thae
a tourist is not English but American 'Ah. have
brother In Havana grm-browed viager will
say. with an infection that implies that his Ameri-
can interlocutor must Of necessity DO from Cube
! toe"
Hicks-It would be a comforting thing II the dead
could revisit the earth to tell US about the great
man rst,,rns from nnow ABOUT tnat Mny, T s he.
comes pestilental bore for years afterward. Gould
one return from heaven or the other place there
script.
recent issue Of The London Times" contains
the following unique advertisement: Young Lady
required as Governess for little girl. aged ten.
As she has unnappy lost Leg II is considered pos
spie that more sympathy will be shown by LADY
IN similar position; preference. therefore. sivsa
to such"
One has to undergo q great deal to secure :
muhcal education," remarked the young woFnao
VINO hopes some day to be prima-donna.
put ones neighbors have to undergo GTest
next nat-(Chlcago Post !