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

The other day three shabby tramp musicians
nlaved on the terrace OF hotel IN Elgersburg.
fashionable watering-p place In Thurinsia. after
which one Of them took up collection In his nat
A famous physician who was present recognized IN
one 81 the shabby looking fellows former com
rade who had served with him in the same regi-
n,ent thirty years ago Astonshed and pained. he
approached him full OF sympathy. But soon he
burst into laughter The three men turned out 10
Zoe high Berlin police official. a sculptor ana
doctor who had conceived the original Idea or trav-
Cling "a bohemian musicians through All the Thur
ingan bathing places. TO earn money for a Brahms
monument TO be- erected In Berlin. They slept for
twopcncc per night at places of very doubtful char
acter ami had many amusing adventures Al
Plauen hey stopped by the police. who had
been Informed from Kd,hen that a theft had taken
place and that the three who had spent the night
there were suspected as the malefactors
First Domestic There's Mrs Cameron. that you
live with over on the other side OF the street
second Domestic Gracious. | hope she won't
see mo II will Dee Just Ike her 70 30 and get IA
bonnet Ike mine-(fioston Transcript
Hay is so plentiful this year in some parts OF
Western Connecticut that II is offered for sale at
81 a ton.
Any one who has visited Canada realizes the an
ference between Yankee husting and the easy-go-
Ing way they do things up there. 81 should love
III the people there ever went to bed" They
never go to bed. and they never get mp comment
cd a Hibernian who had been there. Something
must be- wrong with the old axiom OF how to be
healthy wealthy ana WIS., or me irs' 20 at ~ e1 hsJ
much before midnight nor breakfast much before
down ana comfortably enjoyed. The $40 p. m.
bedtime Of American domesticity is there unknown.
ana Inc 'G Iss "oh VS. feri splendid this
morning / got to bed early and had good sleep.
WEAKNESS and lack Of rest What time did you
retire. asked the inquistive American |Oh. real
early" was the reniy soon after the CLOCK hau
struck I2,'-(Troy Times
Tho weeping tree" owned by the Duke Of Devon
shire Is made OF copper and Is so dexterously con-
trivcI and cunnngly painted that at careless
glance one does not distinguish It from real tree.
It drlps water tourists who wander meath It's
shade
Ills Approximation, said Mrs Corntossel.
what's a lay -igger?'
Well" replied her husband after long and seri-
Gus thought. Il couldn't do no moren make a
guess at 1t. But eggs is only bringing us l2's cents
a dozen now tWashington Star.
Tho opal production OF Queensland. Australia. is
becoming very important. More than 100000 worth
OF rough stones exported last year. In the
western districts OF the colony the opal deposits are
very considerable. The Queensland opal is OF brill
liant quality. and experts pronounce II to be equal
TO the best Hungarian varieties.
Pmctilious-"So you don't want breakfast badly
enough to take off your coat and pull few weeds
Madam" said Wandering Mike deprecatingly.
luck has O',n sr me co, IN I'm the S 9o much
lady."-Washington star.
Alderman Coughlan. OF the First Ward OF Chi
cago. better known as "Bathhouse john" Is
strongly impressed with the political possibilities
OF Cuba. and the Chicago papers say that he has
already gone there. He longs" says THE Jour
nal" for n prominent part In Cuban reconstruc-
ton il is said. As "A political scientist. he knows
what Cuba needs. To him the island Is one gigantic
First Ward that has never yet been properly repre-
sented and has suffered for the vigorous political
methods OF Chicago politics. Perhaps the recon-
centrado vote will be the best thing Bathhouse
John ever struck and far ahead the lodging
house colony At any rate there Will be no civic
federation annoy him. and primary election
law TO make afraid
Wlfc-Icre's letter from the Scots. asking us
10 H spu see Fares SIS II they'd r,h :,
two weeks or pay the fare one way. we could do f.
-(Brookiyn Life.
A Cordele (Ga) paper OF recent date said: The
Elbera peach crop around Cordele this wear is
far larger than the demand. Thousands of 10 ane
fruit az grew in Georgia rotting IN the
orchards. Two-horse wagon loads are hauled out
and fed to hogs. The very choicest fruit can be
bought here tor 20 cents per bushel" ..This ="
says The Charleston News and Courier ..is
an advertisement OF thriftlessness and bad man.
agement which the orchardists OF Cordele should
be ashamed to make for themselves and for their
community. The Cordele peach growers are sim
ply wasting their opportunities at their own ex
pense. and that of several millions their near and
fruit-hungry neighbours"
But you can learn to love me, MICS Knisely-
lisa bel?'' ~
~ S aim afraid ts mot Mr. Crete could searn
iIais .. 'Aa' demanded ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS