New-York tribune., 1901-03-20
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An investigator declares that in Great Rritain
the form grey is the more frequent in use not
Wlthstandlng the authority Of Johnson and later
English photographers. who have all given the
preference TO gray In answer TO uuestions as ~
their practice. the printers of The Times stated
that they always used the form gray: Messrs
9po'tSwoode ana Messrs. Cloves always used
grey other eminent printing firms had no fixed
rule Many correspondents said that they had used
the TWO forms with a difference OF meaning or an
plication. the distinction most cenerauy -acoa
nized being that grey denotes n more delicate or
lighter tint than gray Others considered the
difference to be that gray is a warmer color or
that 1t has a mixture OF red and brown There
seems TO be nearly absolute uuanirnity as to the
spelling of the Scots Greys,' "a pair Of grevs."
upon curious thing in volume OF United States
supreme Court decisions The case not one
had written the opinion OF the court. He concluded
adopted the line of argument laid down in an
opinion rendered by Judge Harlan" Then followed
the number Of the precedent the volume of the
report and the page. so that any one who desired
might read in detail what Justice Harlan had said
later opinion rendered by the Chief Justice the
stalwart Kentuckian recorded In all Of the
msa Gf ae % MSa G havpE Saarey
when his attention was called to the report? MY
@ W bn b9 Gqshn hs to n haVs in that WAY
tice's eyes twinkled.-(st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
One of the most ludicrous mistakes made by the
telegraph was caused by the loss of single dot in
telegram from Brisbane to a London agency
AS 1t reached London it read: Governor General
twins first son." which the news agency edited
and sent around to the papers In the following
form; Lady Kennedy, the wife of Sir Arthur
Kennedy. Governor General of Queensland yester-
day gave birth at Government House, Brisbane TO
twins. the first born being a SON." The telegram
arriving in the small hours of the morning there
was no time check it or refer TO Debrett and
1t was published by most of the newspapers i'm
London and the provinces, and caused an unex-
pected sensation. Sir Arthurs friends pointed out
with conclusive force that one had blundered
as there never was a Lady Kennedy Sir Arthur
being a bachelor. The repeat message which fol-
lowed, read: "GovernorGeneral turns first sod re-
ferring to a railway ceremony
Jack" Sullivan q soldier and a good follow
withal. but in'the opinion officers and men itira
he was certainly getting insane, for when on l,,ty
at drill he would suddenly break from the ranks
but himself shouting as he did so .sThare
IL goesi there's the paperi"
This at length became so frequent an occurenca
that the matter being brought before the medicaI
authorities he by them declared 10 be sufferna
from monomania. and in consequence given his
discharge. ~
that there some method In his madness p Sor
$ he quilted the service forever he fourisbed
his discharge crying:
Faith, boys. shure I've got the bit of paper I've
been running afther this long time."-(Tit-Bits
In Japan professional story tellers go from house
house 10 spin their yarns. In the city of Toxic
there are about six hundred of these professional
romancers. Their pay averages % an hour
When story teller discovers that his romances are