New-York tribune., 1900-10-23
THE TALK OF The DAY.

Bv order Of the London School Board. the teach
ers in all the schools that city have tested the
sight of the children under their care. over z5 per
cent were found to have defective vision Ihese
children given notices, in which the announce
ment was made TO their parents that the pupls
were suffering from serious defective vision ana
that their eyes should be treated by oculsts with
out delay.
Mrs, Bloomer-1ts shameful! Mr. Silent ~ who ,s Is
deaf and dumb, is going to marry MISS Quie''' anu
she's deaf and dumb.
why just think! Their children may be deaf
and move in next door to em. ."-(New-fork weekly
Mr. and Mrs Paul Reicke. of California, are in
charge Of a signal station the brow OF lo1'y
peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where they
keep sharp lookout. field glass in hand FOR nres
which might break out in the snowsheds that skirt
the railroad through the rocky wilds- If small
flame should pass unnotced for an hour the whole
chain of sheds might be consumed and the tracks
endangered The woman watches by day and her
husband by night.
ch Daughtsr wopdnt fn & you trust your father 10
NO. indeed, papa. You would consider any man
eligible who would listen tc YOUR talk ABOUT your
rheumatism. m."-(Chicago Record.
recent issue Of ''The Melbourne Journal of
Commerce" says 1T is the height Of folly to send
-four to South Africa in 200 pound bags that being
country where the natives not disposed to
handle heavy packages Especially is this true at
present when handy packages are so much in re-
quest for transport by mules. pack horses, etc
The fifty hundred pound bags of flour from
the United States arrive out white clean and taste
fully branded with chance Of rough jute fbres
finding their way into the material The Australian
bag, the other hand is unwieldy. out of all de-
cent shape, and looks dirty and uninviting We
assured that repeated consignments OF Ameri-
can flour pass through the Durham stores while
one Australian importation is being got rid Of"
Two sides.-."Yos, sah." said Uncle 'Rastus. Y
preached 70 dat cong cation two yeahs, an All
ey22h got I'm ee membahs wuz SO. Ten dollars
THAT was misera6Iy poor pay" replied the lis
, Il do don't know Teioned Uncle ,Rastgs scratch,
preach boss?"-(Chicago Tribune.
A correspondent of The Boston Transcript"
writing about Magdalen College. oxford. says:
Perhaps not all Americans know that the English
st cling to the old pronunciation and call the
college Maudlin At least this true Of one of
our cOmpa triots and the men still telling this
story about her. On first seeing the college and
grounds she exclaimed ecstatically: oh. how per-
fectly beautiful. how exquisite" Her companion
an English. aid: We call that Maudin.' Where
upon she replied: Not at all! It is not maudIin
TO think or thing is beautiful and I think
you are very rude 70 say SOL
The professor. who, thought his system was
nng down. asked his old enemy the doctor, to
prescribe for him.
after listening TO recital Of the symptoms. rs a
tonIT .aIJdI1 N !he shape Of fresh air; --,., ,-
tated. what is the shape of fresh ar?'-(Chicago
Tribune.
The census enumerators in many failed to
realize the Importance of mortality statistics. In
one OF the Eastern States" says correspondent of
The Chicago Record IAN enumerator had only
two deaths in population of than 1900 for
the entire year. which the supervisor thought was
not sufficient. so he sent back the returns The
eHumerator responded with the following explana-
tion Dear sir: There four more people that
died but they widows Evidently he did not
consider widows Of sufficient Importance to be in
Cluded In the census
Borroughs-Say. old man. got a SO bill about you?
HauSkeep-No. but I've got a 50 bill
Borroue ehs-Come off, There isn't any such thing.
Hauskeep-I wish you right. but my coal
dealer has down in black and white, DIR.
one ton Goa" -(Philadelpha Press