New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-24
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

=. T., rasnoc,,u,Iv suggested to Rmdyard Kpling.
the author Of the story entitled Inc o"ip ZIG"
Found Herself" that there Is abundant ",a'e',"'
t hand for another story In his most spirited STYLE
| IN no entitled THE Ships That C0udnt rihu O"o
| Another"
/ A c,or,ous Dsh-"Wel" said the star boaIder, as
| tho landla1y passed MIN MS o'Sn Vi
| II see you're patriotic"
| Won give us the National colors at our meals
These strawberries are red the sugar you po' "A
,hst tho milk is ue"-(Cleveland Leader
| Tho International Institute of China. promoted
| nv the Rev. Gilbert Reid. has received some help
| in this city and State. Besides sl5W raised ~
| China Mr. Reid has collected here some *iooo. ne
| 1900 subscribers are william r. Dodge w. ~
| Jefferds George b. Cuett and j. Pierpont morgan
The $50 subscribers are the Rev. Dr. W. a. r.
| Nar,,, and IN. American Trading Company. The
| 500 subscribers are Mrs Arson Phelps Stokes
Morris X. Jesup. Francis and MISS eaue no
| Horace B. SIman. Mr. Reid also learns tnat
| Thomas Hanbury OF England. subscribes. under
| conditions 5000 Upward Of $4,000 Is sui heeoe'
Brown Bros. OF this city, are the treasurers
Juvenile innocence was illustrated at tho srm9ry
Friday evening where mother naa ,ansn me me do
tic seven year old girl with her 10 witness ne ~
new recruits descending the stairs the s'' sau
to .w Her moa are they eoins?"
''Ofr to tho war" tho mother replied 49, A..
What are they going TO the war for?' asked the
'Oh to kill people" sad tho mother;
Amt there enough people mere % k' wHor,nsiv
Yes but it is another kind Of people they are 60
'57Wei I'm glad am this kind OF people" replied
the child.-tOswego Palladium
Tho Buffalo Commercial says that the phrase
"Rlood IS thicker than water not original with
Commodore Tatnall. but with Sir Walter scott
When Dandle Dlnmont once rode up 70 Edhpursh
%t,tt n ND
that another had been preferred. the shock ne re-
eeived contained a magnanimous declaration. whch
he nrohahly was not conscious Of having uttered
aloud 'Wee. biude's thicker than water; she's vel
come TO tho cheese and hams Just the same mo
American naval officer at tho battle Of the Taku
forts. made the expression famous.
Tho New star-Miss Birch-who was nrst IN war.
FIRST in pence and first In the hearts OF his country
Miss Blrch-ot course you know Now who
u?
Moro silence.
Grand chorus-Dewey. maam,-tCleveland Plain
Dealer
Tho word Admiral IL derived through old French
from the Arabic Amir-al-ma commander OF the
wator In the thirteenth century admiral in
English meant simply any saracen or inndeI ruler
or commander. and this use lasted three centuries
Thus Iydsate spoke In 1880 OF "Old Hannibal which
OF chartage was chief ADMIRAL" II was In 1850 that
Capgrave wrote The Fri OF Arundel. Richard was
mad amyrel OF the Sc" And the last Lord Hgh Ad-
n,ral was the Duke OF Clarence. afterwari William
" Then there Is the meaning "a naval officer OF
tho highest rank"
Dream OF Spring rark, Her husbands foot
s,er sounds upon the stair He is going down Gel
lar, Presently he sings hliihely 49,
Are you olling your bicycle, DEAR! sne Calls 70
him: .... .L ,.,,
@ ring Of Joy IN his voice.
Then she awakcs with n stsrt.-tDetrot Journal,
Fourteen prisoners recently escaped from Mana
Mana New-Guinea attacked a native village and
killed and ate eighteen men.
Unclo sam which oil lie picture makers Is not
characteristic o, anything American, and wants II
replaced by a and contomporaneous conception.
II complains that the cartoonists represent the ns-
IRE that should typfy American courage. energy
cheated s,raggle-beardcd nondescript" with trous-
ors half up 10 his knees and attended by disrep-
uahlc turkey buzzard. There u some basis tor the
complaint hut tho hope Of undermining Tncl" Sam
must he faint even among persons who would Ike
10 SEQ IL done. Tho figure IS historically reminis-
Observation-Disclosures Representatives There used 10
be many Uncle Sans In New England. and the type
IS by no means extinct there even now'-tHarpers
Weekly.
queer exhibdcn has been opened In Berlin.
that OF the Vegetarian Society. In which sixty
children were shown who have never touched other
nutriment than vegetarian. There was a speaker
there 70 complete tho demonstration that vegsta-
rian diet Is tho only suitable for children from
the physical intellectual and moral points Of view.
Horrors.-Frst Ploneer-A!nt II awful tho way
them Cubans has been treated?
Second Pioneer-Awful Is no name for II. Wy.
wouldn't treat a lot OF lntuns any worse than that-
Cincinnati Enquirer.