New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-07
THE TALK or THE DAY.

A wine tank IL now being built In San Francisco
which will probably be the largest in the world 1t
| will hold $1,000 gallons. The head OF the tank. or
barrel. is eptcal In shape: Its short diameter Is
27ik feet and Its long diameter 30 feet The slaves
are 20 feet long. The oak used in It's construction
| weighs 20 tons while the iron hoops which encrcle
| the slaves will turn six tons. The order for the
tank was given year ago last October. but. owing
to the length Of the slaves required II took time to
select the 1t is estimated that the tank and
| contents will weigh 100 tons.
III it wasn't for me my class in school wouldn't
have any standing at az SAID Hunert o,,.r cav,
| you are the foot Of it
| II am said Hubert. How could IL stand II IL
| didn't have a foot?"-(Tfarper's Round Table.
THE London and China Telegraph says that In
| Otago New-Zealand where Scotchmen are In the
majority a contract for mending road was TO be
let and the most acceptable bid signed Me
| Pherson" Notice sent to the said Mcpherson
TO complete the contract. and To- he appeared In all
| the glory of yellow hue and pigtail! But gasped
| the president OF the Board. your name can't be
Mcpherson" "AlI lightee." cheerfully answered
John Chinaman. nobody catchee contact In Otago
unless he named Mac" The contract was signed
and the Mongolian Mcpherson did his work as well
as II he had hailed from Glasgow.
Husband ,at supper)-Can't you give me nap
| kin? I haven't had one for a week
Wife-Why I remember giving you one yester-
day lust before you said grace.
| Bobby (who has Just returned from weeks
| visitJ-Oh ma. was the minister here yesterday
| (Bay city Times
According to the "Novoa vremya" OF ST Peters
burg France will be menaced during the coming
spring with an invasion of the "tchouma.' or bu-
bonic plague which Is now prevalent In the region
round about Bombay I'm Asia Dr. Roux. Of the In
stitu In the Rue Dutot Paris announces that his
colleague. DR.. Yersin. has just left Paris for Ton
quin armed with serum which Will allow him to
combat successfully the dread disease. Concerning
DR. Yersin. DR.. Roux says: This young physician
went to Hong Kong In 1894 In order TO study the
pest and during the following year he continued
his psychological studies at the Insttut Pasteur.
As soon as he able TO unite the elements OF a
serum antagonistic to the tchouma he departed for
Canton and Annoy. The result OF his experiments
has been that OF twenty-'evsn cases treated he lost
only two or less than is per cert, whereas the
usual mortality OF the persons stricken Is So per
cent especially in Bombay. where the serum is not
employed" These experiments are the subject Of
an article which appeared last month In the AN
males de rInstitut Pasteur
An assistant lampist is about to be chosen for
the Postoffice Building. A. indicated by his title,
he will assist the 'Iampist" The only important
part of the proceeding Is that the Department pre-
sumably through the personal efforts OF Postmaster
Hesing is trying to force a new word INTO tne lan
guage. It has taken the Ordinary o Wo ,ha LAMP
person who doesn't know enough to be an electro
1n bT, who Is too So we" work. Of tho is to
care for the lamps or as many as convenient
Chicago Tribune.
Hard upon the that the promised Turkish
reforms In Crete not being carried out 10 the
satsfa cton Of tho Greek inhabitants comes the an
nouncement that King George has recommended
that Parliament establish permanent military
camps in certain provinces. and that In the coming
spring manpuvres shall be conducted in "a way
worthy OF the flag the soldiers may some day hght
under" The King purposes to call out the re-
serves II only for a few morths. and have them
carefully drilled.
After ALL" said the Cumminsvle sage. there's
not so great difference between me and dude
MOI said the grocery loafer
mo. He wears his clothes well. and my clothes
are well worn."-(Cincnnau Enquirer
All the Paris papers cor menting the
cess Of the bicycle exhibition now being held In the
Palais de rIndustre. A few Sundays ago N.V0
persons visited the exhibition. Among the novel
and interesting machines exhibited II an Ice sextu-
pet built to go on ice crusted snow at the rate
OF one mile minute. The wheels. which
spiked revolve through the centre OF pair OF thin
sleds the spikes just passing bereath the surface.
Thought observation-disclosures God night Gen
era! SO kind OF me TO have asked you.
Guest-Not at all so kind OF me TO have come.
punch
tho State OF Kansas into tho Union will occur on
January o. The Popusts Of the State propose to
observe 1t by holding mass-meetings to denounce
Eastern "bloodsuckers."
Dobson-Do you believe IN second sight?
Hobson-No. but my wife does When 60 shop.
ping with her she always says to the salesman:
IN come In and look At these again -tPearsons
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