New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The June number Of THE China Decorator" or
this city Is the twelfth anniversary Issue OF that
excellent publication. and 1t contains an unusually
large number OF articles interesting to china ana
glass decorators, among which may be mentioned:
Exhibition OF the National League Of Mineral
Painters. in Chicago" Also other notes on other
exhibitions; Figure Painting" New Shapes and
Decorations" Greek Ornament" Design Treat
ment of Raspberres. as Also Treatments OF Other
Designs" Answers to Correspondents" and
Studio Chat"
SONG OF SUMMER.
! sing the song OF the open car
And the at the end Of the seat,
or even retract his feet
He sticks to his plaee. the selfish s,mn chur''-
And his whole manner says. as plain as words;
Il don't care hang for YOU!
Oh he is a selfish selfish man!
He's s''i the ,' sort Of man who would kick cat
Or torture faithful dog.
hate and despise him with Al my heart,
Bonneville Journal
A packing-case which contained Peruvian
mummy Intended for a museum in Client. was re-
Gently opened by mistake at an English railway
station thereby causing the authorities no end OF
trouble Murder at first suspected but the
coroner's jury disposed Of the case in quick order,
rendering this unique verdict THAT the woman
was found dead at the railway goods station. Sun
St, on April Is, and did die on some date unknown.
in some foreign country. probably South America
from some unknown. No proofs OF a violent
death are found and the body has been dried and
buried in some foreign manner. probably sun-dried
and cave-buried and the jurors are satisfied that
this body does not show any recent crime In this
country and that the deceased was unknown and
about twenty-five years Of age"
One Grave Fault.-The milliner displayed the hat
with some pride. .,.
look at those flowers"
They're splendid limitations" protested the mil
liner. "They look like real flowers
Precisely" answered the patron. And real
flowers are so cheap at THIS season OF the year
Chicago Post.
THE London Daily News says that the Russian
man-of-war Gerzog Ednburskskij. whose officers
and men recently the recipients of Swedish
courtesy at Karlskrona, returned the same by Sc
cretly dead of night taking soundings. until they
were discovered by the governor OF the fortress.
Karskrona is the chief naval station OF Sweden;
its approaches are we'll fortified by modern naval
defences while II has also ship channel difficult
OF navigation.
Method is the offspring OF punctuaty.
If you fond OF spicy literature read cook
book
People who have no sense OF humor act very
'fhe pesslmist seems to be AFFLICTED with an in
The man who is honest merely from policy is
practically Observation-Disclosures News.
The Saxon Ministry OF Education has issued
regulation forbdding girls attending all the public
schools In the kingdom TO wear corsets. The rea-
son given for this measure Is that the corset Is
undoubtedly Injurious health II checks the
development OF the body The girls are expected 10
wear n loose-fttng jacket In the form Of blouse.
remarkable counterpart to this forethought on
the part of the Government Is provided by recent
decision of the Dresden municipal authorities not
to accept proposals for the construction or schooi
baths. The town fathers were OF the opinion tnat
as II has always been the task OF parents TO see
that their children are kept Clean II Is oecideuy
wrong to relieve parents OF too many or thelr
duties The vice-charman is reported to nave
given himself as an example Of one who had grown
up we'll and strong. although ne knew niue ABOUT
ba tbs In his youth.
obaut coddIng a man TO win his consent Accord
Ing TO YOUR theory scolding is the best medium for
Ms WiId"That nv dear. is in accord with one
of the laws OF nature. Everything mas 60. 20 ps
blown up before 1t VIII come NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Dispatch.
"A few DAYS ago" says an Englishman IN Madrid'
"r oa,Iod az the general postofice about letter.
ond wont into two departments before found the
right one In tho three departments that entered
I did not see a single person at work; they were
all either standing. looking out OF tne "huo"' vi
sitting down. smoking and chatting
MA. made so cleaning house yesterday"
Yes; Henry turned the plano to the wall by mis- mis-,
take and he gave me $40 II wouio ieaSe IL ''ia'
way until fall."-(Chicago hecoru'
The petroleum output in Southern California now
amounts to about forty-fve thousand barrels day
ga 4, I. oil consumed upon the Pacific Coast II
was discovered about ten years ago. and has been
in use for about Ave years. A tank steamer runs
regularly between Santa Barbara ana san FRAN
cisco carrying refined petroleum to the latter mar
ket The Southern Pacific runs Its local trains by
oil and II is also consumed fuel In several manu-
| ,,c,ur,ng establishments in this section. There is
M smoke and no cinders The locomotive tenders
| on the Santa Fe road big tanks. and the engi-
| neer feeds the fire with key
| One Idea Of the Occasion. do you insist
on making all this trouble about laying down your
II don't object 70 laying them down., answered
| II there IL any benefit TO be derived from the pro-
| ceeding -(washington Star.
Tho Rumsey farm" says THE Albany Argus. I"
(which has been chosen the site for the Buffalo
Pan-American Exposition. Is situated on Scala
quada Creek. scajaquada Creek. It seems proper to
add. is not far from cheektowaga. although more
remote from Montezuma, sempronius Bust and
| skaneateles."
at least in the country. date from the time when
pea SAINTS here serfs Possibly they are there
| fore in a sense. a badge OF servItude. But. what
ever their origin, they full OF gracious sweet
ness OF a clear old-tme simplicity. The abolition
OF serfdom. now nearly forty years ago, has. how
ever. wrought great changes, and its effects have
only begun TO be fully felt. 1t has started a dis
tinct impulse toward self government. the blood OF
a new life begins to circulate in Russias benumbed
arteries but there be with safety only slow
and sober movement toward the more liberal con-
| stitution which We may hope some future may
! bring (Correspondence Of The Boston Transcript