New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-19
THE TiLK or THE DAY.

THE talk or THE DAY.
There is a bank in Toxic. Japan. with a capital Of
81 900 900 and n reserve fund Of S@.2WOOO which
advertises the following Board of Directors. Baron
H. Mitsui Gennosuke Mtsui. Genycmon Mitsui,
Takayasu Mitsui Hachirojiro Mitsui. Saburosuke
Mitsui. Fakutaro Mitsui. Morinosuke Mitsui. Tax
enosuke Mitsui Yonosuke Mitsu and Tokuyemon
Mitsui. The frst-named is the father. and the
others are his sons. Every share Of STOCK belongs
to the family. and II is announced that they assume
an unlimited responsibility for all the liabilities OF
the bank
In Cuba-The Paymaster-This is. you say. the
Cuban Army of the West?
The Paymaster-That is the general on the right
The Interpreter-It Is senior. O,o..
And all those officers about him him are his staff:
His STAFF and his sub-stan senor;
And that large group over there?
THE lire officers. senior:
And those men to the LETT?
Captains and sub-captains. senior. o.
And that very large body at the extreme Iignt:
"Iieutenants. sub-lieutenants and brevet Ieu-
That SENS to be ALL Hold on whs is that
soldier with the gun in the left background? p,at,
That's the army. senior. '-(Cleveland pam
Dealer.
The Hull England Mail tells this story "A
short time since the daughter Of millionaire drove
up 10 the door Of jewellers shop went in ana Sc
lectod a turquoise and diamond ring valued at t'O
made
it TO the assistant The alert young man glanced
AT IT, and then looked inquirngly up at the young
woman and said: There is some mistake here. |
think The young woman flushed and asked If
the check was not for the right amount. She was
told II was but But what? she exclaimed frg
idly DO you mean that my check is not accept
able? The assistant ACKNOWLEDGED that he knew
who the young woman was. but explained that the
check was not made out just as it should be. And
he handed 1t back. The girl ran her eye over ii.
and then turned deep crimson. on she ex-
claimed I see" And then she proceeded to make
out another check. She had signed the first one
Your own sweetheart. Jessie.
During Mr.. CIevelands tour OF the South shortly
after his marriage. Mrs Cleveland and he were
driving one dav through the streets of OF the
larger towns escorted by two Of its oltlZens some
one threw bunch OF volets TO Mrs Cieveland ana
Mr Cleveland bent forward to catch IT, remarking
as he presented 1t. Il wonder why no one gives ME
One of the gentlemen present CALAMITY replied:
I'VE think you have won the fairest flower IN al
"Ah. yes" returned the President. but. you see
I can't keep her IN water $500. ,...., ..r e., s,,o,
1T IS not necessary. since you Keep her IN sucn
excellent spirits was the reply , -, 49,,
Here Mrs. Cleveland interposed saving = an, am
afraid you are guilty Of iattery. whereupon came
the I reply madam aat,ery is fulsome compliment, and
frank or too fulsome," The charm of this response
Mrs cleVeland's maiden name being Frances Fol
som.-0.adies Home journal
Boutet de Monvel the French artist. says: why
have American painters never made use OF their
twenty-two-story buildings in their pctures Some
thing fantastic and imaginative could be done with
them"
The Case Not Fully Covered.-"Well, ala that
fortune-telcr who advertised that she could reveal
your past. present and future carry out her agree
mcnt% -, .,,, : had hoep IN
love with a beautiful dark-cyed girl; that am
now in love with another. and that viii marry
! have been in love with a beautiful, dark-eyed
girl. and the one love now Is unfortunately me
child of honest. but poor, parents. don't see why
the fortunc-teler forgot to mention that tall blonde
and the little Iooser girl used to be engaged to,
though."-(Chicago News
Prince Hikof. the Russian Minister of Railways
and Telegraphs, saws that when the Trans-Siberian
Railway Ia finished 1t will be possible to travel
around the world In thirty-three days as follows:
Bremen TO St Petersburg and one-half
DAYS
st. Petersburg to vladivostock, travelling by
rail at the rate Of thirty-two miles an hour. ten
days
.:vladivos,ock 10 San Francisco by steamer ten
days
san Francisco to Now-York by rail. four and
one-ha;f days.
"New-York to Bremen by STEINER. seven days"
A natural soap mine and a paint mine are two
of the latest mineral discoveries in the Northwest
near Ashcroft B. g. Their bottoms and shores
encrusted with natural washing compound
containing horax and soda No two analyses agree
exactly As 10 the composition of the material A
New-York analysis gives ~ per cent boraX. while
q Montreal chemist. from the same sample. gives
Is per cent borax. An Ottawa analysis showed
only a trace OF bOraX. Tests prove the substance
TO be equal TO the washing powders in common use
for cleansing purposes Trials by blacksmiths and
farm workmen show that IT will remove grease
syndicate Of British Columbia men has been
formed put the product on the market. one OF
the members IS now IN New-York for that purpose
About two hundred and seventy-hve tons of the
compound have been cut and taken out Of one lake
II is handled precisely ice Is handled The blocks
more than nine inches In thickness are sawed
I'm blocks fifteen by eighteen inches. and weigh
nifty pounds each. 1t is estimated that this lake
alone contains twenty thousand tons. proving that
the Industry n successful. will reach large pro-
portions.-( Record.
THE London Telegraph" tells this Monte Carlo
story: "A woman entered the sale while a Prince
whom she knew winning In a sweeping style
that seemed destined to break the bank 4 am so
glad TO see you here Prince and in such luck too
she exclaimed. DO tell me a lucky number: 1t IL
win. for you now in the vein The
Prince generously placed pile OF gold louis before
the vivaclous lady. whose beauty had successfully
dened the effects OF thirty-six winters and said:
golden harvest The lady reflected. hcsi,atcd and
then placed the pile on twenty-seven. An Instant
later the croupier sang out. 'Thirty-six red winsr
The lady muttered. An, mon Dcu: thirty-sx Is
exactly my age and tainted on the spot
Recently II rccounted that spelling match
between the Methodsts and Presbyterlans AT Fort
Scott came TO nothing because the last remaining
contestants on both sides fell down the word
ptisan.' Last Saturday match arranged
between the Methodsts and the Congregationalists
which was won triumphantly by the Congregation
alists. the last remaining Methodist brother going
down when he tried d smell weird" hy MIA