New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-04
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

John D. Crmmins. No 62l Broadway; James r.
| TAYLOR No 2ss Henry-st.. Brooklyn j. warren
! Greene No. Broad-st and Theodore r. Starr.
No zoo Fifth-ave will receive subscriptions Tor the
! purchase OF a house In Cherry-st. for the accom-
| mediation of poor persons suffering from cancer.
| the appeal for which was published In The Tribune
! yesterday.
The new form Of judicial oath in Maryland
which dspenses with the use OF the Bible, went into
effect Wednesday,
officer Ito new servano-Murphy have have left sdIsd my
| mess boots out this morning. ! want them soien.
private Murphy-Yery. good; SCR. ..
officer dater in the day)-Did you take those
Private Murphy feeling in his pocket and put put
bought them said ne would have given two sh!!ings
had been pay day. Collapse of oficer)-(Tit
At schkendltz in Prusslan Saxony. the Burgo-
master recently gave orders that on Sunday people
should dress In manner behtlng the DAY, ana
when a mechanic appeared In the streets IN MS
everyday working dress he was arrested and con-
dcmncd n fine OF three marks or one days Inn
prlsonment. The decision was set aside on appeal.
but the Court admonshed the culpr!t that he was
an insensatc dot. and that tho grace of tho Iord
was not in him. The tribunal evidently leaned TO
the conviction that he had got what he deserved
though the letter OF tho law did not sustain the
penalty
oh Il Is nice to live IN me Subufhs. sdlh
the other man. but walt until you get to pushing
the aHn-mower and all that sort Of hard work
who S wSp Jus! Rh ova sH y now has ssa ns run
Of them. 50 made contract with him that IA II
him run the mower all summer."-(ndianapolls
Journal
The abandonment OF the postonice at Kaskaskia
H.. for OF patronage. calls TO mini the fact
that this is tho oldest town in the State having
been founded by Ia Sale In l6S2-the same year In
distinctvoly French to this day. and the modern
movement seems TO have avoided It.
withers--I did not see your daughter a, church
Deacon KNOX, am sorry to say that she wen
bicycling think she greatly respects your opin-
Ion and K may do good when tell her you
expressed sorrow that she did not attend divine
As Wlthers was with the girl on that bicycle ride
they mcet.-( f5oston Transcript.
Professor Starr OF the University OF Chicago.
Gently declared that Spain has treated her bar
barous colonies moro kindly than any other nation.
and that the Philippine Islands would be much
better or In her hands. But Profcs sor Dean {.
Worcester OF tho University OF Michigan who has
spent some time in the Philippines denies this.
"Dclinquent taxpayers" ne says, ARE treated with
the utmost severIty. The first step Is usually 70
strip them TO tho waist. tie them to a bench or
post AID beat them numerically. l have
women subjected 10 this treatment ]
forty-four men deported from Squljor because they
owed taxes varying in amount from Sc to $40"
Patriotism and business ST like this pattern we'll
enough" said the customer. who had dropped In to
look at some ginghams. but I'm afraid the colors
will run.
Run ma'am," Indignantly answered the sales
MANFRED white and blue? They never rum
Whereupon the woman with tho flag pinned 10
tribune '."U' '''''' '''' y '' '"'''' ''"''
The volunteers who think that sls per month is
small pay may find consolation in the knowledge
that tho common soldier in Russia receives three
ruhles per annum-about 81 %. Tho day ratlons
consist OF two pounds OF suchary. which IL a very
coarse kind OF bread made OF cracked rye baked
hard at first, then cut into small pieces and
further dried In a heated oven; small quantity OF
salt and some SOUP
II see every little while certain big sign on the
street which reads thus: Xapatos and Sombreros
This is tho sign of n Cuban gentleman who deals
In hats and shoes II is easy TO understand why
shoes are zapatos and hats sombreros In
Tampa but why should they he connected with the
English conjunction? This was mystery until IL
dawned upon me that tho thing had been done by
an American sign-panter. to whom the copy, IA
been furnished lie had spelled out with the
unexpected polygot result. But the Cinnamon
whose signs run thus Hop Sing, Tren de La
vado. are more consistent In their Spanish. so
are the milk carts In Ybor city, which bear only
tho words recho Frcsca.' And yet strange 10
One wonders whether there IL no Cuban equivalent
for this term. There is undoubtedly considerable
Cuban consumption OF the article. "-(Tampa cor
respondent. Boston Transcript