New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A factory inspector Is thus quoted In Inc Fhia-
delphia Record: MANY are the strange sights !
see and one Of the strangest was not lohe aso' a.
Cramps shlpyard There was an enormous p'e VI
soft coal. and a crowd OF cultured loohhs men
were going over It and selecting certain Jumps u
amazed mo 10 500 these fellows, with their high
collars eyeglasses and pointed boards picking coal
In that way. and | demanded an eNpia'a''0'i
was told that the coal was being gone over anu
the very best OF It being selected Tor use III ti'c
trial trip Of a new man-of-war. wise ana 'aieh'eo
mon were choosing the coal. because II was 10 DC
used in the trial Of new warship the contract ~.
which called for n certain speed. Success depended
largely on the quality Of the fuel, ann 80 1t Is no
wonder after all. that there was such " Pi'N''H
over Of the coal heap by the well dressed experts,
who did not intend to take any chances OF taiure'
The Cannlbal and His Captlve-The cannioaiS
captive now had recourse to aTga nfTIcv vegetable
diet i conG%riSS to 1ss%aEded the cannba with
In me native state mans sense Of humor s often
stronger than his sense Of proprlety'-V'euo'' jour
nal
while the country at large says THE Phiia-
delrhia Record" has mourned such losses as the
death Of General Lawton, there have been many
pathetic incidents Of the war In the Philippines
which have gone unheralded and unnotced. Inc
closing CHAPTER Of one Of these will BE- marked nj
the Schuylkin Arsenal on Thursday morning wheh
the personal effects OF Philadelphia boy VINO
served as a private in n cavalry regiment VIII be
sold Mt public auction. The soldiers name was
Jones and he fought in n number of battles around
Manila until he was stricken with fever. lie lived
TO return To this country. but died In hospitai.
The poor fellow had no relatives. or Mt least none
can be found. his little stipend of back paw ana
the rlne that win be realized from the sale or MS
effects Will revert to the Government The enure
outnt consists Of canvas telescope, four photo
graphs Of scenes at Manila, which were prooaoy
bought as keepsakes; a copy OF The Manila free
dom a pair of SCISSORS. razor and strop. Few
sewing needles and two or three trinkets ana
relics picked up during six months campaign
General" excaimei the Filipino. 81 have just
made highly. important discovery
Il arr an informed on undoubcd authority that the
world Is round
well General it night be well to take precau-
lions against rereating so fast that we VIII mar IKE
enemy rear guard. Washington Star.
THE Indianapolis Press publishes letter to a
friend from an American business man In Johannes
burg I'm which he says: II do not agree at all with
the statements see some American papers
about England having real cause for war with
the TransyaIl. II SHOULD have come to this point
long before It did. England took slap after slap
from the wrctched little country which she would
not have taken from any ether am sure and had
the United States been SC treated by another ma
! ton our whole people would have been up In arms
months ago and the question settled, have heard
many Eug!.shmon say this. too, ana many OF them
ia Johannesburg said they wished she United states
! had the settling - affairs The great mistake
| England made was IN ever giving the country back
| 10 the Roers | have heard people say ever since
! | have been here. Never trust a Boer and | am
! afraid I must believe It. AS nation certainly
! do and that must mean they are individually un-
! trustworthy They have been greatly mSTepre-
! scented as a God fearing people There Is an over
! whelming amount Of Zip service to be sure and
| the speeches Of the Voksraad members were sick
| cnlng to US living here. we knew the holowness
! OF II all"
A man discussing literature with n second
| hand bookseller I'm PaternOster Row yesterday,
nnd n bystRnder overheard the following conversa-
| ton: by the by, who is the author OF 'Ecce
Homo" The bookseller paused for n moment and
| rubbed his chin rehectively. Well he said.
| that's hardly n fair question. There's only a few
~ Ne ne have the secret and It's not supposed 10
! bc known" The inquirer Immediately apologizcd
for his rash question and the bookseller forga'e
| him london GLOBE