New-York tribune., 1900-05-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The wounded British soldiers often amuse them
selves during convalescence by knitting and doing
! similar work At The Gables. Surbtton England
! which has been opened by its owners Mr. and Mrs
alfred cooper, as a convalesCent home for returned
| soldiers. man knitted a pair of stockings for
| his baby in day. Others knit for themselves and
| their wives, and tavorie article is Berlin wool
! belt bearing the name Of the and that OF
! the action in which he wounded
LADY said Meanderng Mike, did you remind
| be chopped
II said So
Lady. didn't you know dere wasn't any exercise
in de world better dan chopin woodT'
,ud do good, But I'm proud to come e here
payin' YOU cent fur it."-Iwas6ngton Star ''''
"The Shipping world'' says: "A good story.
apropos of the visit of the Japanese Prince Is
being told In Parts about a former Japanese EN-
bassy which France 10 arrange about
three free ports which to be opened To trade
in Japan and France. respectively. The French
Minister for Foreign Affairs chose Yokohama.
Yeddo and Han-Yang. The Japanese Ambassador
smiled and went away. Soon afterward Japan
signifed that she had selected the three French
ports OF Havre, MurseileS and Southampton The
French Foreign Office went into fits of laughter
at this blunder. and pointed out that Southamp-
ton in England. We perfectly 81
it. replied the Japanese Ambassador. and Han
Yang is in Corea.
The Recruit Was Raw but Foxy.-'I take no
not only well thumbed Bible but a greasy pack
He now felt secure against the roeman's bullets;
but there was the embalmed horse meat vet TO be
reckoned wth.-(Detroit Journal
The following communication" says The Phil
adelphia Record" signed G. c.. which Is repro
duced without alteration, reached The Record
office several days ago: edior OF the Record
pleas answer my questions Does 1t requer educa-
tion to become poet or not If so answer. Is
tn eny Place that byes poetry songs SET
Com. 1esed and what prices they bring
Your a Conent
Reader Of the Record
'Roxborough Phil
do not publich my name my enishnals Is c. G
Consent Reader.
answer in your Correspondent Couiom
Yesterday the first poem turned up. II Is called
Dewey Day and. owing 10 it's length the eager
genius must be content with but a small portion OF
the whole Here's the way II starts
the first Of may is Dewey day
the children have no school
for the hero Of Manila Bay
the people made Rule
they show there honor unto Others
these Noble honest hero Brothers
there's Washington Franklin fulton and davis
they all fought for the country and tryed hard 20
but there others just as good for on this
famuse day
then we shall all show honor for the hero % ma
nla hay
we II make the wide world ring and sound the
trumpit to and all sing out the praises ~ the
past sing dewc~ "A hero and shall not
cast a side Just because ne Is candidate at
last
Please sign nv innicles adds this Roxborough
poetess forgetting how she had spelled q IN her
former communications"
''Rut don't YOU think this bonnet win catch the
dust?' asked the lady viewing herself In the mih-
.'rhSt's vhnt il was made FOR growIcd the hus-
band reaching down IN his pocket Tor hts wallet
Nonkcrs Statesman
She London Spectator" says that the need -
Siege coinage Is a regular feature ~ the blockades
OF isolated towns to-day It % all -iegrs
three centuries ago In Khartoum after six months
of siege Gordon had In October about S5.ro In
cash which he supplemented by 500 90 IN paper
In the second week In November he had about
81 coo IN cash and s2locoo In paper and had nsgo-
tiated $4,000 In paper IN the Il call this state
Of finance rot bad after eight months Of blockade
he wrote IN his diary The Spectator asks
whether this paper was ever redeemed. or were
the lenders OF the cash murdered when Khartoum
sacked
Evx Communications .-Alce-I DO wish Edgar
wouiSpt associate with doctors.
"Oh some doctor he knows has told him where
his appendix Is. and now he thinks he's "A pain
A correspondent graveiy asked in recent issue
OF a religious journal whether II was right for min
listers to write their when the Apostles
were forbidden by Christ 10 carry scrip on their
missionary Journeys The Journal In question M.
gravey explained that scrip did not mean writ
ing but the receptacle for food carried by travellers
OF that day and age.
Mabel always said she would never marry any
but professional man"
And has she fulfilled her desIre?.
has an educated goat ava trnined mnnL az m re
exhibits on the staSe."-SCheaSo Times Herald