New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

NJ Ann,polis arc incensed at the reports sent oy
the special correspondents which represent the An
napolls women gushing over the Spanish prison.
ers Nothing could be further from the truth.
Untimey.-"Miss Blithelee,' said the elderly gen
emsn your Image Is i%prn.eG The on vo y
who had not been paying attention; lnterrupteu.
did YOU know that they can now photograph ."
1.-The buffalo EXPRESS" remarks that 1.-The only
thing Spain has left at is her Cabinet"
The Reward of success-Germany now takes
much more favorable view OF the Americans
than she did few weeks ago. The attitude OF the
press is changed completely.-Cabe dispa'ch'
Win and the folks are with you;
Lose, and they call you snide'
For it's been mems way
cleveland Leader.
"The Easton PENN Free Press" Is paying one Of
the penalties Of being published In city which is
dominated by college. One OF the professors OF
Lafayette College has prevailed upon Mr.. Andrews
the editor 20 adopt one feature OF system Oh al
Legged phonetic spelling, the using of tho "t In
stead of ed" in the ending Of words which are
pronounced as though spelled with Anal t. Now
THE Free Press" prints 'askt," "husht," pub
lsht." etc.
Edith-It requires lots OF courage for Laura TO go
away "a an army nurse.
May-oh, don't know: There are few men to be
can.
There is a bicycle path 100 miles long between
Calcutta and Lahore. in India.
sd Bf Siii southern poet ~'0'' ''A' s' en-.
saying that the verses were not worm ahytHl"s'
-(Yonkers Statesman
Curious noises heard by the residents OF King
q, orge County Va have been explained by tho
discovery that some one has been catching pu1-
zarda tying small bells around their necks and re-
leasing them. The noises had been referred to In
the country newspapers as war signs from
heaven"
wilkins ito Filkins. who owns to forty)-Ah, got
your mustache shaved on! Look ten years
Filkins (dellghted)- Nonsense! And how ole do l
Wilkns~Oh, somewhere about sixty two or
three-CBoston Transcript.
The military editor of the Berlin Deutsche
Warte," General Won Specht in summing up the
military results OF the landing and preliminary
movements before Santiago. as well as the state OF
unpreparedness In which the American Army was
found at the outbreak OF the war. and the lack OF
smokeless powder and other material absolutely
necessary to the foreign belligerent of the present
time, while giving the Americans full credit for
practical sense. dash and personal bravery, says
that the whole condition of affairs conclusvely
shows the absolute necessity Of permanent mill
tary board corresponding 10 tHc VI ''e
German Army. 1.-THE Americans says General
Won Specht, with their sharpsightedness and pro-
verbal cleverness, will undoubtedly learn this les
son Of their experience. and the finest fruit OF the
present war will be a thorough reorganization OF
all their military and naval conditions"
Mrs. sweet-lsn't It strange that Harry VIII never
permit Edith TO open his watch?
Mr.. Sweet.-fIumph. There must be another girl
in the case.-(Jewelers' Weekly.
THE London Spectator says that the families OF
the Dartmouths and the Washingtons were prob
ably united by marriage before the latter en Eng
land for America and 1t adds that one OF the Lon
don churches Little Trinity. I'm the Mlnories, was
the burial-pa OF the Dartmouths. on the walls
OF the edihce are still TO be seen the stars and
stripes" the coat-of-arms OF that family. and the
eagle as the coat-ot-arms OF the washngtons.
afterward to become the flag and emblem OF the
United States.
DO you know. Mr.. Gilley" said Miss Sears. en-.
Enthusiastically. that ! have ridden century,
"Oh come now Miss Sears" replied Mr. Gillsy;
you cawn't have done that. doncher know, be-
cause BICYCLES haven't been invented that long.
aw."-(Detroit Free Press.