New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-14
THE TALK or THE DAY.


o,cvc,opae,il, Of information In regard to foreign
commerce its methods and regulations, postal ser
vices and laws, foreign money ana us fheHSn anu
American value, weights and measures OF uHe'en'
countries. the shipping OF different nations for-
a,cn ports with their charges. depths OF water
nllotage ard principal traffic. and the tariits OF all
oourtr,os It contains Information for all meT-
ob,r,s vho have 10 do with foreign trade FOR ali
travellers abroad, and FOR all who Wish 70 DISCUSS
rteIIirentv the effect OF revenue laws in different
countries.
He-why did you cut my waltz don't THINK II
SherNo: a waltz is generally supposed 10 oe q
round dancc.-(Yae Record.
CONGRESSMAN McLaurin, OF South Carolina'
vouches for the following story In "Ihe Nasn'''5-
ron Post: 1.-THE late Constitutional convention III
South Carolina passed an educational quaIlNcA'lo'
declaring that n voter 10 register must peHeNe III
supreme Being and be able TO read or understand
,hn Constitution when read 70 him. In the county
Of Horny generally called the independent repuo-
lie an old negro came into the Supervisor once
to register.
well. old man that officer said to him; do you
know who the Supreme Being IS"
"'Oh yes replied the old fellow; DAT means dc
boss-de head oh de whole business.
"'VVelI. who is IIc what do you call Him" asked
the Supervisor.
Ion. him Is Mr. Johnny McDermott. de clerk oh
de cot"
sympathy-Captain TO stowaway-so. you Young
tasGa ,b ,n for leaving home and thrashed
again for getting aboard ship without permits
'Stowaway-PIease, sir. my sister commenced TAX
in music lessons an practsin scales On the plaher'
an I thought there wouldn't be no pianers on
ZONE to my arms my son, I. had musical
The half-tone portraits of Mrs Nellie Grant
sartoris and her elder daughter. Miss Vivian May
rinto On o
this issue arc from photographs by Gilbert Tho
portrait OF Miss Rose Mary Sartoris. in the same
article. Is from a negative furnished by Davis &
Sanford.
Keeping the Peace.-Citizen (breathlessly)-A lot
of roughs are riotng down the street, smashing
Policeman-Been smoking opium: Tn thinkin'.
I'll run around ard pull Chinese laundry-tNew-
York Weekly.
Syracuse is soon to have an art museum OF which
that city 1t is said. will have reason to be proud
In December 1896 the Regents Of the University OF
the State of New-York granted a charter 10 the
Syracuse Museum OF Fine Arts, and the promoters
of the enterprise are now getting their plans into
final shape. The museum will be conducted on the
lines of tho Metropolitan and Boston Art museums.
TIL, general plans originated with DR.. George +.
Comfort recently dean of the College of Fine Arts
of Syracuse University, who has been elected sec
rotary and director of the museum He will have
charge of tia administration and Of the various coll
ections After lis graduation from tho Wesleyan
University in 1S51 he studied art In Boston, Italy
and the Orient. He began the movement which re-
suited in the formation of the American Philoog-
teal Association. lie also organized the College Of
Fine Arts of Syracuse University He largely
instrumental in the founding of the Metropolitan
Museum OF Art. of which he was trustee and 4
member OF the Executive Committee until he
moved to Syracuse In 1872.
You have ruined my reputation az a literary
man, sir" exclaimed the frantic caller
"HOw?" asked the astonished Sunday editor. =
THAT story of mine YOU published yesterday wAs
a story with Il surprise at the end OF it, ! had IT
worked carefully up to a climax. and the reader
was to be kept in utter ignorance of the denoue-
ment until ne reached the closing paragraph. You
gaze away the whole blamed business In the head
lines you put over it,
And with a howl OF despair the ruined literary
man rushed out OF the offce--tChicago Tribune
In one of the Old London banks a box was re-
Gently found. containing money and valuables. which
had not been opened called for in 100 years and
which now remains without claimant. Incidents
of like sort not mfrequcnt in banking history
though there il no other recorded instance of "A
package held in trust remaining long unexam-
ined. Some years ago the Merchants National
Bank of Baltimore discovered box containing
$1,000 in bonds OF the Pennsylvania Railroad the
ownership of which could not at first he traced
Tho coupons for the preceding fifteen years were
still attached. II was finally discovered that the
bonds belonged 70 the Hagerstown (NldD Bank AMI
had been deposited as collateral. The president OF
the Hagerstown bank died the cashier was super
seeded and the institution lost all OF the trans
action. The disappearance OF the securities how
ever. always remained an unpleasant mystery until
1t thus happily cleared up. In one OF the prl-
waite banking houses Of Frankfort during the first
half OF the century. box containing large sum in
money and securities was deposited for safe keep
ing. and when called for few days aftcrward
could not be found. The banker had himself re-
celved IT, and. as he supposed put It In a place OF
security He was so overcome by the occurrence
that he went home and shot himself. The next day
the treasure turned up safe and sound. the recep-
tacle having In n moment OF absence OF mind been
stored away in an odd corner and overlooked
Yeast-Do you believe there IL such a thing as an
hypnotist?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that?
why, a person who can make you do something
which you don't want to do"
on. yesi my wifes one. She makes me bring
up the coal every night"-(Yonkers Statesman.