New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-07
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Many Engshmen have said that the phrase 81
admire" with the meaning, II wonder" is a ''vu-
gar Americansm" But 1.-THE Boston Journal"
notes the fact that IN letter written by Lon
doner Joshua Barnes in 1882 the sentence occurs
''I admire you should take clerk for law term.
which is nothing but Glorious -; and THE Buff
falo Commerciar' adds that admire" In the
of ito like very much"-"I should admire to
go'-has been used IN New-England. and It is
thus used to-day. John Pickering in 1916 said 1T
is never thus used by the English" He mis-
taken. The word has been used commonly in
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire; ''Ah should
admoire to see 'er well took-to" q should be de-
lighted to her well scolded); II should admire
to go to London TO see the Queen"
An Englishman haiIing from the north went into
tously asked the price of a whiskey "One franc.
soda?' Zone franc. sir All drinks are the same
price" The EngIishman sat down and. to his as
lean lines. and that the customers helped them
bottle of whisky till it was nearly empty AS he
went out he paid down his franc. but the manager
your change IT thought that the drink was a
frame: That is SO. SIR was the reply; mat Is
you buy Wholesale And he handed back five
sous-(London Chronicle
The twentieth century. which will begin on Tues
day January l. 1901, will have twenty-four leap
years the greatest number possible. February will
have five Sundays three times-1s20. 1913 and 1875.
The earliest possible date which Easter
occur is March II. The last time 1t occurred
that date was 1878 The latest that Easter can
occur is April 25 1t will but time in
the coming century that date-l94s The middle
day of the century will be January l, 1881. There
will be $50 eclipses during the coming century. In
1885 there will be seven eclipses. There will be
eight solar eelpses visible in the United States
1873 1923 1926 1915. 1854 1879 1884 1894 There
will be twelve transits of Mercury. There will be
no transit of Venus until 2G0
L<aDSas Citv wouap urhoSa hair 0rav ryaDt
to New-York recently and took a ride on trolley
S S8 Wt6 Of AS she stood there's ee hs aT f
strap and swinging and jerking with the motion
to be o entirely hidden behind their neWspapers She
though as she stood ;7. there that in Kansas City
difference was painful contemplate Finally a
said: ''N' WV >' |''' - NV ''''O ~ anu
'Take this seat lady"
full distinGtness, Il will not take the seat of the
The newspapers dropped suddenly, and six men
Jumped to their feet Apparently they had just
choice Of seats-CKansas city Star.
A suburbante is thus quoted In THE Philadelphia
Record: "It would be interesting to compute. IL
could do It, the thousands Of dollars which
layer OF snow over the country saves 10 the inhab
itants thereof. Where does the saving come IN?
Why, in light. In my house before this snowfall
had to light the gas at o'clock in order 10
read the evening papers. but soon as the snow
came could to read till $50. II Is because
the snow you know, forms the most powerful kind
of a reflector. Now. there is about Is cents worth
OF gas saved to every night by the snow and
to every householder wherever is lying there
is like saving"
Miss Matilda Snowflake sat at the piano and sang:
An Wants Is Ma Chicken"
Zeke Darkleigh, who had paid a nocturnal visit
to Miss SnowhakeS papa's hen roost the week be-
fore squrmed uneasy In his seat and finally asked
Isis dey anything pussonal intended in dat
song, Miss Matilda ?"-(Baltimore American.
A woman OF Bath. Me-. has just written to tho
Mayor Of Galesburg. ILL.,, that in 1895 she rode
through his town a bicycle at night without a
light. and would like him 10 tell her a suitable
fine which she can pay and thus relieve her
stricken conscience.
One thing that has never been understood by busy
people, VINO only have time to snatch bite and
run. is why poets pad their poems. For example,
here is verse by a Kansas poet, who is in
spired by the mistletoe season;
My eyes VIII see the motion Of her lips
Inc mouon or her lips my eyes VIII see
long 10 feel my own their kisses pressing
WITH Kisses mine TO pressing be-
might have been kissed lot quicker II the poet
had reached for her in the two following lines.
which Which contain cont IN exactly the same words
long TO feel their kisses mine 10 pressing be-"
In one or the current monthly magazines Is a
poem which examples the same illesitmate process
OF word stunning, stanza OF which goes follows:
Down thy valleys. Ireland, ireland.
Si DOWN thy valleys green and sad,
sun my spirit wanders waling,
Wanders wailing wanders mad
II not repeated the words OF this verse would M
only the two following lines:
Down thy valleys Ireland green and sad
still thy spirit. wailing vanders mad"
However there Is some little satisfaction In know
long term in jail. lie imagined himself 10 Be a
second shakespeare and wrote some blank In
which he outraged regulation of the United States
as