New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal says
that Boston physician was recently called 10
family which ne found in such destitute oircum-
stances that he gave. in addition TO his prescrip-
tion. s. bill Happening in the next day. he dis
covered that his gift had been thus spent, Three
dollars the priest which. OF all right.
and g 70 get another doctor
Too Chanseable.-"fere. young. man; said, the
old Old woman with fire in aId her eye I've hruns back
WHATS the matter with it?' asked the clerk
one t6ns m and the neS time it iSaH saws a anotheT
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Hartford Times prints letter from
japanese CORES sPondent who has something say
about the troubles in China. AT the time
tho foreigners visited the royal palace" ne
they old curiosities and other valuabIas. and
even took the gold ornaments off the pillars with
the points Of their swords The special of
American newspaper found seven chests each
tanning 5000 taels Of silver. and carried them away
on horseback 10 Taku and sailed back his home
country. Amid these outrages, the Japanese troops
alone behaved themselves very creditably In cbAdi-
10 the instruction Of the Minister"
Hogan-Did We know the paper says the Oirish
Grogan-O know it cannot be whin II has carrots
in it-Qndanapohs Press
'.New-Orleans is the greatest caret drinking CITY
in the world" says gossper in The ew-Orleans
Times Democrat" 1t consumes more than San
Francisco and Chicago put together You will find
no other place in the country where small
grocery order red wine in lots of from fifteen
TO twenty-five barrels at time yet such pur-
chase is everyday incident here IN New-Or
leans What is known the family trade of
these humble establishments would amaze grocers
elsewhere. There is continual struggling process
sion of children and coored servants with pitchers
and buckets filled with claret. exactly heer
is bought in Northern cities. The sight is COM
mon that it attracts no attention. but it seems
strange to an outsider. Thousands OF people here
drink wine at breakfast. something almost unheard
of anywhere else. and this is the only city know
Of where 1T Is commonly called for at first class
bars"
while travelling on the Continent last summer"
said gentleman who has just returned from a Eu-
pgSd" gagcd the services of courier and one evening
on arriving an inn in Austria sent him to enter
tions of that country The man replied that he
had already ANTICIPATED my wishes and registered
But. how did you write my name? asked
carefully from your portmanteau. sir
But it is not there I said. Bring me the
book ,-,.
wra' WerY plain English name Of two syabies. the fo
lowing p0rtentous ,,sj entry, MSnsieur Warranted
THE Canadians are far ahead OF us in the mat
ter of packing fruit for export" says a business
quoted by The Kennebec CMe) Journal"
land consequently they have less trouble in dis
posing of their fruit, Look at present method
OF shipping apples. An old flour barrel. dngy and
dirty on the outside and white with -four the
side. is the usual way apples are packed for
the foreign market. AS the fruit shrinks they be-
come loose in the barrel and the rolling of the
ship jarring Of the causes them
bruised and dshgured. By the time they reach
the buyer they are badly damaged or at least pre-
sent an unsightly appearance to the eye We
never build UP European trade until this matter
Is remedied."
1oax-What you thinking about?
Joax-t was just wondering.
Joax-can g. man be said to be on q terra Gotta
bust when hes painting ths town red ?-(Phiadel-
phia Record. "