New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-22
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Ducal Court Theatre at Dessau was recently
r-opened for the winter season with performance
OF Waguer's Nibelung cycle. The rehearsals Tor Il
were conducted under the personal supervision OF
Prince Frederick OF Anhalt. who visited Bayreuth
las, summer obtain information in regard 20
methods OF stage management there
Jealousy-"Potics. as I must admit. said said The
gentleman with a face that showed traces Oh
the grease-pant habit. politics Is "a serious III
,erierer with us OF the profession. 49,. 90,
asked the non-p .ofessional ~, ,.
ina, il the mere Tercenary effect But me
damage TO art is greater still IL crows W. ou' Vi
the papers. sir"-1nd!anapohs Jourhai
4 German newspaper asserts that about thirty
| thousand OF the Inhabitants OF Berlin hear con-
siderably better with their left ear than with their
rie ht This has been observed in continually IN
creasing measure for fifteen years. When the
cause sought for. II appeared that those VINO
are thus affected frequent users OF the tele-
phone. The listening part OF tho instrument Is
generally held in the left hand and put 10 the LETT
ear while the right hand Is often used In taking
notes etc In the cases observed the subjects
heard the slightest sound through the telephone
with their left ears but could understand little or
nothing If the instrument were put TO their right
ears 1t is therefore concluded that the telephone
has an npprociaby stimulating effect OH the audi
tory nerves. and the recommendation Ia made that
| the instrument DO used alternately at the right
and LEFT ear.
The Change It Makes.Merchan, Tailor-Good
morning Mi. Truepay What can / do for YOU
Mr. Truepay-T want a sui, OF clothes.
Yes, sir. John, the tape and book please"
"Oh. | don't want a suit to measure. | want
a ready made suit
"Eh? Ready made?
"Yes--a cheap one.
Certainly certainly. Right this way please
! hadn't heard OF your marriage. "-tNew-fork
Weekly
The Southern farmers says THE New-Orleans
Pcayune." 'in spite OF the wild cutlery about hard
times. have never been in better condition fnan-
c!ay. The urgent necessity for economy has forced
them to abandon the wasteful and shftless meth
DDS that long the rule IL used TO be stgen.
uously contended that cotton could not be made
and marketed for less than cents pound Now
1t is loudly declared that cotton Is made a cost
OF not than cents. and so at cents it pays
a profit. Cotton has gone above cents, and 1t
be readily seen that the farmers who know how 10
conduct their business are prosperng."
Open to Discussion. -.He-They say that ill-tem-
per Will make a woman grow ugly In appearance.
Shc-More likely 1t il the other way. Losing her
looks will make a woman grow tll-tempered.-Qn-
An American mining engineer living In Johannes
burg says 1.-The colored men in this country are
far superior to their black brethren In Africa as
laborers | would be willing to assert that one
negro workman In this country would be worth
four of the lazy kafirs that perform the drudgery
in the mining operations OF South Africa. They
are about the most INDECENT rascals on earth and
| have to be driven all the while"
Child Of the Age.-"otto you have a bad re-
| port; what does that mean
Yes. papa teacher must have something against
! you"-Flicgende Batter
The Archbishop OF Canterbury is referred TO az
Ills Grace" and he writes himself Archbishop
etc. "Divna Provdentia," whereas other preiates
use the phrase "Divna Permissione" He Is the
| first peer In the realm. At coronations he places
| the crown on the head OF the sovereign and the
| King and Queen are his domestic parishioners
| The Bishop of London IL his provincial dean,
the Bishop OF Winchester his sub-dean the Bish-
| op OF Lincoln his chancellor, and the Bishop OF
| Rochester his chaplain.
Cautious. Observation-Disclosures Cousin George
! don't Kiss me: there's an echo here.-(Fliegende
| Blatter
The town OF Fayetteville. Tenn, hai, become
prominent as the home OF many Presidential elec-
| tors Within its limits live Ave electors on diff
ferent tickets
Good Performance "While We were In the
country We went to the theatre. The play was
inc Robbers, and II was naturally given that
-(F.icgende BlAtter, ~