New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-09
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

Sundry loyal BTitors in England are unhappy be.
cause IN this year Of jubilee very few Engl.shmen
can be foIad who REPEAT the Wnoie Of God
Save the Queen" frcm memory. Noticing this fact
Tho St. James's BudscV f. ccuraGccnS enough 70
gay that from literary lo'af q View The song Is
not worth committing 10 memory.
Moro and More-"Jore:niah," she gaid to her
husband. who disl!kes Pr y'r H .t ,nat yov
think great deal more 81 iint "o5 ma" you used
That's true"
''I'r? glad TO hear you say So"
EVERY night now b. rtfnses TO let ne think Of
anything else."-(WashnGton Star.
Edison may read with interest That in i7@ r.
Lirquet de La Bas.!.le iss'eG = prospectus. pub
lished in the GORE. pord"nco secrsie, London.
1893 Cyol xiv, D. 3)9 Of "a singular machine or
experience Of the propagation OF sound aHd the
voice through trbos prolonged 70 great distance"
II Il succeeded. he announced. people would Se
able % maintain with their sweethearts and friends
Mt a distance Of scrne hundreds of leagues con-
versation which would become somewhat public
on the way. but hy sUppresslng the names 10 one
would be IN the secret o. the i1t"riocutcrs. But
Il Is not recorded that the scheme was put into
practice In u paper published In IL iiisirat!oE'
for 1851 by VI. Charles Eouracul he says: Let Us
imagine that person speaks near 70 mobile
plate sufficiently flexible not 10 lose any Of the
v!bra lions PRODUCED by his voice, and that this
plate interrupts ard establishes accordingly COM
rqurlcat!on with a battery then W might have al
- distance another plate which would give al the
eare lime the same vibrations. IN electric bat
terry two vibrating plates and WIRE would be
sufficient" In appOrtioning the h2nor5 81 teie-
phon!c discovery u. Bourscui AZ least would seem
entitled to share.
\ w,cll-known Philadelphia phys.cion has DIS
party. ard w!.!le closely r'senlh-.ng nervous pros
traitor 4 is superLnd IsGq G ecu, cPYI St.
tcrG1y. us usually caused W worry oy.r financial
ho;osc,ss have been bira;ed and whose fondest
billions have bot1 u4iea IN tnc c--I @, oeied' o -
lie other hand. tn" sufferer from n"r'o y pros
pcr.;y ls The man whose head has been turned ny
success or. In other WORDS. me man |Ao cannot
stand prosperity" -iPhiladelphia Hecofc'
II Is estimated thar there are $4,000 blind people
IN the world, or TO every 1900 Inhabitants. Latest
reports show 1900 blind persons In England or
so for each million Inhabitants. Rhad infants OF
less than five years lc5 for each million; between
Ave ard hftce1. 2ss: between twenty and twenty
FIVE 1927 between forty-fve and sixty. 40 ana
above sixty-ave years. 1000 for each million. nus
STA ard Egypt are the countries where the DINO
constitute the largest rroportIonate huhoe' -
total population. IN Russia on account OF 'he "a"
Of experienced medical attention and n EGYPT De-
cause Of ophtha!rnla due to irritation caused o.
movements CT the sand by the wind
Getting out Of It-And now, ladies ard gentle dMI-
man think he is under the influence OF alconoL
But the subject sat still, and apparently sorrow
THAT doesn't look much like Jas 10 me-" said
the rednoscd man IN the front row. ,,. cha, h.
has a lead on his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Journal
1ordon nossesses . collector Of queer titles OF
hooks who Displays the following from an Old cat
aloeue of n weil-krown Enslish publishing mousse
How TO Cook onions IN TWO Hundred ana Nlhe
Different Ways" and How TO Get Out OF New
gate b. One who Has Done 1t once and can DO
Il Again" 'Codva on the Horse and Five MIN
ates in China; Twelve Volumes. Quarto.' are IAN
ciful nttu,atiors representing real DOCKS ou'
they are hardly novel than these actuai ones.
the latter clol-ly belonging to the literature OK
movement and action, and being valuable man
ual for sugar brokers.
An Intorpretation.-"I wonder said Mrs. cum cum
iadv means by putting p. +. c. on her caro-:
THAT meons she Is going away, re repi ne know m
that she is going to travel in Pullman palaces
car."-(PittsburS Chronicle.
A Paris court has recently acquitted n young
married woman arrested for stealing nearly two
hundred black silk cravats for men, In the course
Of the trial kleptomania was discussed and shop
tbcfts divided into three classes-Coscious, SEMI
conscious ard unconscious. Conscious theft. 1t was
declared may be prcmedtated or unprecedented;
type e the former the professional shoplifter Win
her big pocket; OF the latter the woman VINO suo-
denly yields TO an irresistible temptation SEMI
conscious thefts are the result Of temporary modl'
ncatlons in the intellect with momentary diminu'
ton Of the moral sense" and these are frequently
committed by respectable women under ce-
termned conditions Of sanitary trouble. Partisan
shoplifters have Of late taken to pleading pres-
nancy and an overpowering desire. but the medical
experts ard others apply an infallblc test. The
professional takes all she can lay her hands on
and seeks to dispose OF 1t; the pregnant woman al
ways steals the same thing, and. having stolen "
and satisfied her craving, makes no attempt 20
profit by the theft. Frequently, as In the case OF
anz
she affects. The unconscious kleptomaniacs OFTEN
make no effort 20 conceal TIE article stolen. This
condition is frequently the symptom OF the begin
nins OF a mortal organic affection.
An Applied Axlom.-"My erring brother" said
the Salvation Army worker. do you not know that
d Dc II T?"' 80 S''''' < '''' - ~'@ ~ -
Guess you got 4 about right" said ply ,s II:
Dill After this ! amt gon 10 steal nothin tnas
amt worth nothin'.'-iCincinnau Enquirer
Concerning the Polar basin. whereto. with the
opening of the season. the explorers are again
scurrylng from all quarters, Sir George Mares says
that it is locked-up bay continuing out OF tho
narrowed Atlantic channel. with warm stream
OF water constantly pouring into ii between Spi1--
bergen and Norway and cold. icy one as con-
stantly running out between SpitzberSen ana
Greenland and also through the narrow straits De-
tween Greenland and America. the first convey
ing enormous source Of heat toward the ho''h
the latter causing the intense cold of Canada ana
that the side Of Greenland and Nor'h
America.
At Mountain Resort.-Pgoprletor- tell you. sis'
this is the grantost site on the race ot the tdtn
The elevation Is simply incompatible. You can ooS
as far as the eye reach, ana you VIII ran 10 SEQ
any thing higher
Guest-Wth one exception
Pro.rietor-Thcre is no exception, sir. ,,s,
Guest-Bcg pardon, but this bill You nave In
handed me proves that your cnarsos are very i'"N"
hgher.-(Richmold Dispatch.
NJ Eugene Deoosc. OF the French Navy, mas
recently published paoer in which he says '"as
Robert Fulton launched submarine boat namea
the Nautilus at 4 point near Rouen on July :"
1900 His experiments with the craft on that oa'
lasted three hOGrs and the stretch Of water occu.
pied was between EaHnapul ard the woodyaro
CT citizen Thibault' whore the depth was twenty
five feet The experiments were succeSstul, ana
the next day The Invcntoc wont down The SEINE