New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-19
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

"The Kansas CITY Journal tells how Miss Ethel
Hoskinson the other day started from Corning TO
Seneca to take the examination Tor teachers.
Reaching stream which had been swollen by the
floods her horses and buggy were washed away
She kept her head. however. and the horses man.
aged 10 swim out on the other side after floating
quite distance down the stream, though all the
time the buggy far below the surface tnat
the water mp to her armpits. once on the
ba nix she drove hurriedy into Seneca. borrowed
some dry clothes from acquaintance, ran over TO
the courthouse. took the examination, and trium-
phantly bore of a rst-grade certificate.
An Oversight.-'we might as we'll make up our
minds to accommodate ourselves 70 new connl-
lions said the Greek soldier thoughtfully our o,
old ideas OF generalship are absolutely lnenecual
"That's true was the reply "Eyer c;si1 Is
done by machinery nowadays Mhat we or rfnn,s 10
tIon and get up a scheme 10 surprise the Turks
with a troley-car."- tWashngton Star
THE setting apart of an Episcopal deaconess in
Connecticut says a correspondent mas given
rise 10 the statement that she had taken orders In
the Episcopal Church, whereas women are not
ordained or admitted orders in the Episcopal
Church. and deaconesses are not in any sense min
listers but only authorized helpers In the charitable
and guild work OF the Church and are not allowed
to preach to conduc. public services.
An occasional benefactor of this department OF
The Weekly" relates that number OF men were
recently discussing present conditions at tneir CLUB
One Of them advanced the proposition tnNt w
Mckinley Administrator
about any marked advance In the countrys pros
perlty. 49,. ,..,,,. ,ho,, ,,o, o,,icl,lv observed
another. 1--WE arc already sending hay 10 Eng
land and porter to France" , ,-
.Se bsnehcent influence Of our sending
an angel to Turkey"-(Harper's Weekly
The Medical Record" of this city quotes some
statistics on the morphine habit from work re-
Gently published In Paris From this 1t would
seem that morphnomania IL most prevalent In
Germany France and the United States, although
IT has victims in Russia Sweden. Turkey and the
remote East Statistics show that the medical
profession supplies % per cent Of the male morphn
lists which is the largest proportion; after which
follow men OF leisure Is per cent. merchants. per
cent: while peasants. clergymen and politicians &C.
cupy the lowest positions numerically on the list
Among the females addicted TO the habit. the
largest number. - per cent, are women OF means
and these are followed In number by the wives OF
medical men, who make up 10 per cent OF the list
1t Is said that there entire villages in Germany
whose Inhabitants are all addicted 10 the use or
the drug. but the general belief that the morphine
habit is extensively practised In Paris than
in any other city is contradcted Morphinomana
with the greatest frequency between the
ages Of twenty-five and forty years.
Lady Ito applicant for position domestc)-My
goodness This reference is signed by Mrs Up
Appicant-Ys, mum, she signed 1t herself num-
after ia been there walk Fem mum" dead for twenty
years" -, ...
another Owe been gettin on that character Iur
twinty-foive years an OF niver heard before ,na'
the poor Teddy was dead. Hven rest her sowl.'-
(New-York Weekly
In a late number OF Science" Dr. c. Hart Mer-
Ram closes an article. which critlcises IN rather
destructive way some Of the geological theories OF
Theodore Roosevelt with an appeal TO museums,
sportsmen and naturalists to take advantage or
every opportunity before 1t is too late to secure and
preserve specimens Of our larger mammals from
remote parts OF their ranges Many species have
been cxtermnated in Europe by man. and in this
country the process has already begun The ia
miar story OF the vanishing buffalo Is only Of
many. The giant grizzly OF Southern California.
the largest carnivorous animal OF the United
States is about exterminated and II Is doubtful II
a museum specimen will ever be obtained. The
large wolves have been exterminaed more
than half the they formerly possessed. and no
one knows what forms have disappeared. An UNI
known form of elk waplti, which within the
memory OF men still living inhabited the Ale
ghenies from North Carolina TO the Adlrondacks
has been wiped OFF the face OF the earth
prisoner Of the Sessions had been duly convicted
Of theft, when it was seen on proving previous
convictions" that he had actually been in prison at
the time the thief, was, committed. why didn't
you say so?" asked the Judge OF the prisoner
angrily Your Lordship was afraid OF preju-
dcmg the jury against me."-(iousehold Words
one OF the recent marine inventions Is a multi
keel vessel, a form OF ship with a fiat bottom,
provided with Ave or seven keels. The inventor
claims greater carrying capacity and increased
floating power. with higher speed. than any other
form OF ship The bow and stern spoon
shaped the vessel has two sternposts and two rud-
ders linked together as to move simultaneously.
and two propeilers. 1t Is also claimed for this
model that II can be turned In It's own length.
and will. IN smooth water. steer equally a. we'll
whether running ahead or astern.