New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08
THE TALK or THE DAY.

TO mos, people" says The Hong Kong Tee-
graph" "a tallow candle appears more In the way
q a necessity than luxury but the Russian blue
Jackets who enjoying shore leave Just no"
from the Rossia and the Admiral NakmoH appear
20 find IN assimilatins candles Of Chinese make as
much auso ss An English child would have In eat
ing a sugar-stick. The other day a party Of stall
wart lfuscovite blucjackets were 70 be seen going
along Queens Road. and the avldity with which
they polished of joss candles was sight for the
gods Some Of the who were evidently petty
officers elected dine Of candles IS thick ns ones
arrn-recular Nc / Joss pldsin arrangomsnts-and
streams Of grease tricked from tho corners Of each
mans mouth British and American Jacks Ike
their beer and bu, they draw the line at Chi
nese made ,allow candies
Enie-Unce John. are you an authority upon tho
lnugnage Z Aowcr+ a., ,
employed ~ tn, woman who receives them or by
the poor devil who has 10 pay the blll?-tBoston
TransoTipt
Tho 40th anniversary Of the discovery OF Trn!-
dad by Columbus which VIII occur on July 81. will
he commenoratcl by the issue Of special postage
stamp. SIR Hubert birmingham. the Governor Of
Trir!lad submitted the scheme to Mr. Chamber
lain. who has approved the proposed special issue
OF 10000 two-ponny stamps, which arc to be sold to
the public After they nave been thus disposed
or a two-penny stamp OF tho ordinary Trinidad pat
tern VIII be Issued.
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pleased with the watch sold You?
Fond Fathc- Very well. sir. he isn't -cady to
have II pu' together yet. bur be- patient. I'll send
him around with II In i day or t"o.-tJewellers
Weekly.
At the Paris meeting 81 the international Medical
Congress. 70 he held presently. treatise will bc
read composed by Emperor Mcnc.ek OF Alysaina
on Smallpox and Preventive Vaccination as It
las been practsed I'm that country for two cen
turtles Tho discourse may bring forward the claims
OF some Abyssinian Jenncr. hitherto un,icard OF.
pointing the moral that there Is no new thing under
the sun. and never has been even tho English doc
tors bovine lymph being but a pagiary and weak
aftcr-thoucht The debut OF the Emperor as an
author Of medical tractates may be more interest
ing to Abyssinians than 10 Western doctors but
to both 1t Is noteworthy Incident an native or
alien !nattentlvc 20 his postulous opusouum Is first
10 be pted and after that neither endured nor en-
braced
United By Cable He wanted to ask her TO be his
ownest own. but The conven,iona words ne h ,,
studied up careful.y failed him; she guessed his
purpose. but saw no chance to help hin ont s,,ao
Yes she said "lts cut"
There long silence.
soft asked.
splice en- he answered.
She gave him timid sidelong glance
a ale TS't set ir splicedr he hastily cried
Ana the ordeal which had worried him for many
weeks suddenly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Plain
Tho wife Of Maxine Gomez was Miss Pink Mar
tin Of Nails Creek, Tenn Her widowed mother
went 10 Havana after the war because her brother
was In business there.
81 haven't seen you for ages" said Mr. Gladstone
on meeting Lord Houghton. adding. Il lead the life
OF n dog
Yes OF a st. Bernard. tho savior OF men," re-
piled Lord Houghton.-( outh's Companion.
The appearance OF black robed npparitions in
Bellevue Hospital ia toleraby clear sign that tho
nurses there are overworked. and that tonics and
shorter hours should be given them. II that does
not clean out the spook visitors II will be time for
the doctors to elaborate some formula OF exorclsm
powerful, enough to drive them forth. even Il they
have TO fall beck the bel. book and candle of
tried efficacy In such emergencies. no ghost yet
appearing In history having been able TO stand up
against tho combination.
Hardly Complment-"Yes he said that the
new bnttle-ship reminded him OF me-
Which new batt.e-ship?'
The AmaZonas. Only he pronounced II 'Amazln
asst "-(Cincinnau Enquirer.