New-York tribune., 1900-07-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE inventive genius of New -EngIanders Is as
alert as ever" remarked William Quinby. well
known patent attorney, of Boston, to a Washington
newspaper the other day. "New-England in
ventors still at the head but in years to come
1 fully expect they will lose their prestige. We
have many factories. where all kinds Of machinery
is made for the entire world The tendency nova
days is to guard the monopoly of patent
securely than ever, for the profit in making any
new device lies largely in the fact that 1t is
monopoly. With sixty days notice in a State like
Massachusetts, it is possible equip factory with
and tools for duplicating almost any kind of
a patent. and with competition the incentive to
manufacture is largely taken away
Chinese Questions. Are the Boxers armed?
Why; of course; how could they box without
arms? True. Then they have guns? Certainly:
selfdefence and the prize ring. doesn't it? It may.
AS ammunition, the Boxers go for any
number of rounds -tPunch-
"Apropos of the wonderful ancient ruins In Yu-
catan'' said New-Oreans college professor. there
is very fortunate circumstance which has pro-
tected them almost entirely from spoiation by the
Indians II is currently believed by the natives
all through that part of the that the ruins
haunted and that devils will carry away any
body who attempts to modest them. This supersti-
ton has been encouraged by explorers. and is
better safeguard than picket of soldiers
A young man named Sweet engaged to marry
previous to the wedding the happy couple attended
aisle the choir began singing the song Sweet
and Low entirely unconscious OF the musical
happened in a city in Michigan. THE Choir
Journal.
In the current issue OF The NewYork Observer
the Rev. John B. Devins. the managing editor Of
that paper discusses the Sheldon Christian news
naper' experiment. AS newspaper man himself
Mr.. Devins. of course. regards 1t failure his
conclusion being that. at least for the present.
there is place for Christian daily in the
/ sense of that term. He believes that the ideal
iS IgfOu
tional although it's activities should not be lin
tied to the work of single denomination.
LIES PROBLEM.
Life , is sd;o1: real nfs tfs ssnr is s&TneFf' est
We have got to work our dernest
TO succeed at playing gon
-(Philadelpha North American
1t may be question for the debating societies OF
that State whether Rhode Island clambake with
thunder and lightning and thirteen guests because
Mayor Van wyck didn't make the fourteenth was
unluckier in it's incidents and imports than IL he
had been there.
But SERIOUSLY" said the moralist, this is a
funny world" Laying all Jokes asde' agreed the
editor. '1t is.'-(Phiadelphia Record.
New composition stories are furnished by two
young Indians. whose efforts in this line are re-
ported by The Southern Workman The subject
assigned to the first boy the life OF General
Armstrong. Referring to the Generals bOyhood
among the dOlatrous. ancestor worshipping natives
OF the Hawaiian Islands. he wrote a follows:
The people OF the Sandwich Islands worshlpped
the Idols OF their aunts sisters"
The second boy. a member OF the same class.
writing upon different phase OF the same sub
ject. got the city of Washington confused with the
man for whom the city was named. Referring to
the retirement of General Armstrong from the ser
vice after the war. he said:
When General Armstrong finished the war he
wrote Washington and asked him IL there was
anything more he could do for him."
MY wife he said proudly. has been known as
the queen of hearts
No doubt" they answered; 1t Was because she
! took tina knava-"-(ChlcagO Post