New-York tribune., 1898-12-16
THE TALK or THE DAY.

"A medical friend" says London Truth" "calls
my attention to article that appeared in The
British Medical Journal on the defective medical
arrangements during the Soudan campaign. Many
OF the allegations there made (by an eye-witness)
are Of so serious Il character that they demand
further notice. for the only conclusion from them
Is that the medical stan and the hospital
arrangements utterly inadequate for the de-
mands made upon them. Had the casualties at
Atbara and Omdurman been more numerous the
consequences must have been shocking. Even as
1t was. a vast amount Of unnecessary suffering
seems to have been caused the wounded and
dying after those battles" Yet the American
critics OF the conduct Of the Spanish war have
been calling attention to the English system
faul,less
a Hopeless Case-Fond Mother-Three years ago
I gave him n chain. and he's worn it out; two
it. and last year l got him a watch. and he broke
It,, Now, what can give that boy that Will last?
Fond Mother-He couldn't keep them He pawncd
mine four years ago-(Jewelers Weekly.
A returned miner from the Klondike says that In
the latter part OF October -four was selling at SIG
per hundredweght; cornmeal. % cents per pound;
bacon from 95 to 50 cents per pound beans. Is
cents per pound; rice. % Gems per pound baking
powder 81 per pound: canned butter. 81 so per
pound milk s. per pint can; heefsteak. 20 cents to
81 per pound; moose meat. 60 cents per pound;
sugar. IS cents per pound potatoes 20 cents per
pound; green apples. o5 cents each; watermeons,
So each: cranberry and custard pies. 81 each.
There are only two mich cows In Dawson. and al
though feed is high, hay being 500 per ton the
owner Is coming money.
Miss Brown-whut foah's Lie Jackson putin on
sich airs?
Miss Johnslng-Hain't yo' done heerd dat her
lashun~ descended frum dem Flypeens whut
Mars Dewey done Observation-Disclosures North
American.
At the Paris Exposition in 1900 novel exhibit
will be made OF falconry. installed in the historical
department Of the section devoted to hunting.
There will be shown all the implements used in
the ancient sport such gloves hoods. bags.
uniforms, etc There Will also be noted pictures
Of hunting with falcons such Darnet's. In the
Orleans Museum, representing Anne of Austria,
surrounded by her Court women. all with falcons
on their wrists. There will be portraits OF noted
falconers preserved in the collections OF prom
inent families. and tapestries on hunting subjects.
Marion. four years old is cunning little Mount
school. Not long since the golden text OF the
week to BE the from Nheg Wss" sSSny
came the little maid trotted off to Sunday school
with her older brothers ana SISTERS ana wnen h the
promptly slid from her seat and convulsed the class
CTruth
yarn comes from the Far West about a slot
machine bearing the announcement Put quar-
ter in the slot and get n surprise" Sometimes n
tenderfoot who thinks he wants "A surprise drops
I'm a quarter. He gets the surprise all right. for
the mechanism points loaded revolver at him and
displays this notice: Drop in all your money and
your watch. or I'll explode In thirty seconds"
Harry-say. old man, I'm in a horrible fix.
Harry-rve gone and got engaged to two girls.
How the dickens e,.s am going to get out out Of IT.?
get them together so that they can compare notes.
-(Pttsburg Chronicle
Partisan journalist, Alexander Hepp. having
noticed that the persons who suffer from gout and
rheumatism delight in discussing their maladies.
has come TO the conclusion that this diosyncrasy
might supply the iden for a magazine. lie has now
given practical effect TO his notion. and the first
number OF the Revue des Rheumatisants" has
appeared. The object OF this original publication.
set forth In its motto. is ITO amuse, and. II
need be. cure" those to whom It is addressed.
Belshazzar the second.-"But think OF your
health urged the physician. Read the hand
The merchant prince buried his face and wep..
an invlolabe rule OF business not to read any
thing unless 1t was typewriter or printed"
And business is business.-(Detroit Journal.
When dramatic company played The Little
Minister" the other day at Kirriemuir CThrums).
Scotland where Barrie lived. and where the scene
OF the play is laid many OF the old inha bitants
stayed away, regarding the playhouse as an in
vention OF the devil. particularly the Aud Lichs.
Only three Of them. far could be gathered.
present. An Aud Lcht elder who was there
interviewed after the show expressed disgust with
what he called the "releegious aspects OF the play
"A carlcature sir" said he. "a gross caricaturc."
And he was particularly strong In his denunciations
OF the antics Of the Aud LIGHT elders As for
the Scotch OF the performers the people Of Thrums
enjoyed It immensely. and when Snecky Hobart
remarked sal. tai" there roars OF laughter.
though the expression IL unknown In Kirremuir.
The receipts were the largest ever taken at per
formance In the town. and the farmers from the
glens drove ten. twelve and fifteen miles In the
rain to attend.
Why She Sorrowed.-They had been watching the
pretty girl. she seems to be very dsconsolate."
suggested one.
She s:' replied the other
"Oh, Jack offered to bet box OF candy against
a kiss with her on something or other and she
took him up
And lostT'
NO; she wor>"-tcAieaso Post