New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-09
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Twentv wears ago the best dinner-tabe takers
IN England were thought to be Lord Chief Justice
Cockburn Queens Counsellor Judah r. Benjamin.
Mr. Gladstone Cardinal Manning. Lord Rosebery
and Dean Stanley. Twenty years before that Mac
auIov and Carlyle headed the list. In Dickenss
,irs ba ranked as the best after-dnrer speaker,
and saIa enjoyed that distinction for few years
before his death. There is now rather deartn OF
,o,kers and sneakers OF the first lustre In that
country though both are likely TO appear at any
time The advent OF a new Brougham or Macauiay
cannot be expected every day, but the possibility
of II IS by no means extinguished. Should 1t ever
come to that she may import her talent from this
side though It must be said that the supply and
the quality are variable sometimes under the re-
ouirements OF the home market
Comparatively Speaking. Mamma, Uncle Hips
ley has lost his wife hash hasn't he?'
Well he's a widower, isn't he?
And And Uncle Peddicord has lost three wives
ha aYss he?'
Then Uncle Peddicord Is a good deal widower
than Uncle Hipsey isn't he, mamma -(Chcago
Tribune
A catalogue arranged for the sale Of the effects
of a dead theatrical manager in England describes
a LOT of three hundred manuscript dramas as fol-
lows: This collection contains, among other IN
teresting items. many reproductions OF unrecog-
nzed talent in the shape of rejected plays. when,
being unpublished offer a fertile field for the tai
ents OF the adapter, and may still be destined 10
make untrodden boards break forth and blossom
AS the rose under the broad empyrean or the loot
lights and the genial zephyrs OF reciame.
or First Importance.-"fes she SAID conneen-
to be- married next month. We've practically made
all our arrangements, - ho,saLe.n,np at once "
sussssted ~: dearest friend
Have YOU picked out a fiat yet?"
have .h a.ts sapan to the WSre VENT m
downtown oy" yesterday and picked out our tandem
wheel."-(ChicagO POST.
recent statistical estimate places the number OF
newspapers which are annually printed at the
enormous figure OF l2.0Oo.0O.VW A mathematician
apparently with considerable time at his disposal,
I'm order to give more comprehensive Idea or this
number has calculated that surface OF $1,000
souare kilometres could be covered with these pa
ners The paper alone weighs Sl,240 tons. In case
one machine was forced to print these millions at
the rate OF one second three hundred and thirty
three years would be necessary Placed one upon
another the papers would reach to the height of
eighty thousand metres. Assuming that person de-
votes five minutes a day to reading his paper the
time used by the entire population of the world In
reading newspapers each year amounts 20 one
hundred thousand years.
Up To His Limt-Mr. Truly Rural-They do say
your hotel be the putest In Ameriky. How much
Arable Hotel Clerk-we give you first
class room for $40 a day.
Mr.. Truly Rural-Wa-al | calculate you kin put
me down fer an hour and half. And how much
be dinner?
AGable Hotel Clerk-we can give you nrst-class
dinner for s.
Mr. Truly Rural-Gewhlzz. Jest put me down fer
a toothpick.-Judge.
Miss Taylor. young English woman who re-
Gently returned from Thibe and is now gathering
missionary recruits for that mysterious country,
says that men and women who understand medi-
cine will be most successful in that field. The knowl
edge OF drugs she adds among the natives is almost
equal to that OF the English themselves. The posi-
ton OF women, according to Miss Taylor Is higher
In Thibet than In any other country OF the Orient.
save perhaps Mongolia In place Of poygamy. so
common among the Mahometans polyandry rules
In Thibet woman being married rule to all
the brothers OF family. In consequence OF the
nomadic character OF the people. usually only one
husband Is at home at time. the others being ABB
sent in less distant parts selling the prod
ucts OF their lands. Women In Thbet. Miss Taylor
asserts. are never punished--a fact TO which she
attributes the saving OF her life on several oc-
casons.
A pttls fresh.air child saw Z herd Of cows for
the nrst time. and. after wstohin9 them chewing
thsT cyds In 4massmsnt 70 sMd dspsssangy n 10
fss az these cows to ehsw"-<chautsueue AsSsm'