New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-21
THE TALK or THE DAY.

7, . race,tIr nubIished book Reginald Brett. Of
England says that Queen Victoria once impa-
iently remarked II am no longer queen MI
Gladstone il King" The grand old man always
had an air OF aoofness about him, even when ne
was I'm the presence OF royalty. Beaconsfield. on
the other hand was always welcome al ihdsor'
The Queen didn't like him at first II Is true but ne
gradually her over. How? Mr.. Brett puts II
pithily and witty. I'm tries Disrael never forgot
the sex OF the sovereign In great AFFAIRS ne never
appeared to remember It,
After a Trip to I.ondon.-Archie-We Sandy.
an hoo did ye pass the time In Lunnon?
Sandv-Richt brawly mon. An forbye. when ia
clapplt a stoveyipe on my head and put on frockit
coat deed Archie II there Southron but
didn't take for IL Cockney born ana bred -
Punci.
Amt Sally Carrot. who died the other day at
Macon Ga In Der ninety sixth year was Il rail-
road switch-ten for many years During the
war and until a few years ago she did the work
alone and though there were 100 trains to pass
each day she never had switch misplaced she Is
said to have been the only woman In the United
States TO hold such position
An Effort to ExDlan.-"Phwat's the good av
thrraty?' asked Mr.. Rafferty, who HAD been de-
voting some reading to international topics
WIN" replied Mr.. Dolan: ITS sometolmes
harrud kape the shiraght ay n q h al. os
| threaty makes II plain az day, an fur mot II : Il
But how does 1t work."
'Supposin' you an mesf wus two covenants
al we II
nothin' but arg,imints An supposn'. OF Kit riled
At something YOU do an shtart in ty lick yez
"Yez couldn't do IT, Dolan'
AN phwat tnin -, .,... a., ,,
part. an yeZ could go ahead an hex me II ye wor
able wild a clear conscience. "-CWashington star
The most powerful modern fleet that has ever
been seen on the OF the Baltic Will assemble
there this spring under the nag OF Russia Accord
ing to Admiral Tyrtor. Minister of Marine the
hottl -cht Can N
Peter the Great Admiral Gregh. Admiral Spiridow,
Admiral Seniavine the cruisers Abrek and Soke'
the gunboats Khabri and linen. ard ten torpedo
boats and torpedo destroyers
A Cold Wave.-"Talkin about sudden cold
waves" said the man with the ginger beard y
sudden We lost every drop OF whskey in the camp
Il spose. said the grocer that the cold sneaked
prise an froze before 1t knew what 1t was dom
"Whiskey said the man with the gng;sr psn nn
ne ;er be- But 1t happened like this here; The
FUR I'm so short II time that every durn jug an bot
tie in the camp exploded from the Internal pr. ssre
so much hotter than the air outside OF 'em.-tlnd-
annapolis Journal
Secretary Carlisle has decided that the picture OF
the late Mr. Mccormick. the manufacturer Of reap
ers cannot appear the new So silver certificate
He has also decided to omit the portrait OF Whit
ney. the inventor of the cotton gin. according TO
CORRESPONDENT OF THE Chicago Record and Will
return the old practice OF ignoring none but
statesmen and soldiers in this way. The Secre-
tary - Withholding his formal decision IN order
TO give an opportunity FOR Louis A. Dent VINO was
formerly Mr. Blaine's private secretary. ana Is now
writing a biography OF cyrus II. Mccormick. to
file brief in reply to the allegations OF Mr. Rob
bins and other representatives of the reaper In
icrests They ali.ge that Mr.. Mccormick was not
the inventor of the reaper. that the commissioner
OF Patents has so decided and thai II Is not Just
| to the competitors of the Mccormick company
| for the Government to advertise his enterprise
| Mr. Dent desires TO submit evidence on this sub
| ject but the Secretary OF the Treasury declines
| 10 hear ANYTHING on the historical side OF the
controversy lie bases ais decision against Mr.
| McCormick's portrait solely upon the fact that
| II would be advertising live Industry.
| A master of hounds. in England now no more.
| used relate with great glee how small girl
her first lessons In Scripture from her grandmother
| whose textbook was a pictorial Bible the passage
| OF the Red Sea the subject OF TINS particular
| lesson and the ancient woodcut showed the Red
| S,a banked up each side And here. said the
et,udmother lis Moses directing the lsraelites 10
! make the passage What do you think that he Is
| saving to them to exhort them to courage the
| little maiden looked up artfuy. and remembering
| ,he Language of her fathers huntsman when the
! hounds came to brook promptly replied YOGI
| over lads; yool over!'-tBunalo Commercial
ruropean papers ray that frozen milk Is becom-
| ing very popular II IL frozen In different sized
bricks and In this way lis purity ana freshness ar"
| insured The Belgian Government intends 10 In
crease the trade at an annual outlay OF 10000 and
| I'm copenhagen the capital OF Denmark. Il company
| has been formed and arrangements have been com
| p.t-, for the regular export Of frozen milk The
necessary plant has been erected. and contracts
! have been made already for the delivery OF 10000
pounds a week which will he sent to all parts Of
| the world In bricks blocks like Ice.
Reassuring the 'Cioth."-Mrs Cohn--Ikey. who Is
| dat In de frond room nit papa?
Ikey-A divinity student vas looking Tor fur-
nished
Mrs Cohn-Ikey. 80 oud ny der hall undi yissle .
hymn.-LJudgs.