Arizona republican., 1901-12-15
TALK OF THE DAY

discordant notes of the first tune be- gun to be audible when a country horse hitched near by reared up in agony and fell dead on the pavement. The Great Qualification-Thea animals were preparing for amateur theatricals. 1T want to be the heavy william" said the sheer.
 Your snorted the intelligent horse. You'd make a fierce looking william, wouldn't you."
 Maybe not retorted the sheep" but I'll bet none of you can beat me saying 'Bah.' "-Catholic Standard and Times.
 A publisher in Amsterdam, Holland, is getting out a book which contains in alphabetical order the names of many aristocratic Englishmen who have been killed or wounded In the Transvaal. He calls the work "The AL manach de Botha-''
 Ut isn't hard to account for Dowie's riches" said the man who had his feet on the table. His followers are illit- erate.'
 That isn't the reason" replied the man in the macintosh. Hes rich be- cause he's illiterate himself. He spells it. Physician. heel thyself.' And that's the command he's been obeying.''-Chi- cago Tribune.
 A novel form of charity has been in- augurated in Budapest-namely. the distribution of bread and milk among children up to six years of age. The distribution, which is to be continued daily, takes place, morning and even ing. at a shop in a by street. The milk is first boiled in four large boilers. whence it runs into a cooling appara- tus. Fifty children are allowed to en- ter at a time. either with their mothers or alone. while the others wait for their turn in a neighboring Warmestube. an- other charitable institution. These large. well warmed rooms are found in many places in Austria Hungary. The children are told to bring their own mugs for the milk; but there are drink ing vessels for those who have none which. after use. are cleaned and disin- fected. Both the bread and milk must be consumed on the premises and very sickly children receive a second DOT tion. On the opening day a number of medical men. as well men and wo- men from the upper middle classes, as- sisted in the distribution.
 In reference to yesterdays commem- oration at Westminster school one of the boys writes to us: What attarcted the visitors attention most were th.. birches, which hung out prominently in their accustomed places in the old oak table drawer which belonged to the fam ous and severe head master, Dr. Busby and which many a boy who had the luck to be at Westminster in his day must have known pretty well. The star chamber door case" adds our cor respondent. and the famous pancake har Nx.bf fpH ha lxa fc on Shrove Tuesday,. when fellows greeze for it, as well as numerous names inscribed on the walls, also at tracted a good deal of attention."- London Globe.
 Stamp collectors will be interested in learning that one of the German states will disappear as a stamp issuing coun- try in a few months. At present tn. kingdoms of Wurtemberg and Bavaria are the only states of the German con- federation which have their own special postage stamps. It has long been the desire of the German emperor to have uniformity in this respect. Quite re- gently the "reichsanzeiger announced that after April 1. 1902, wurtemberg will cease to issue it's stamps. and will use those now in use in Germany gem orally. Bavaria has been approached on the subject. but the Bavarians will not listen to the proposal to give up their own stamps.
 A friend of ours relates us the follow ing (true) story. which. In turn. we cannot help quoting. for the benefit of home readers, on account of the de- lightfully naive sense of humor it con- tains. so characteristic of the"heathen Chinee" Our friend had bought q young cock fresh from the market, and this young tyrant of the poultry yard. forgetting. apparently. his mission herald of the dawn" started the same night growing between 10 and II o'clock. Our friend, quite surprised asked the cook the next morning in somewhat the following words: How fashion," he said, this cock makee crow night time. Cock never makee crow night time. Morning belong proper time.''
 Oh replied the cook. blandly, "he belong bally fool: he savey.''- Shanghai Mercury.
 In his recent lecture before the Royal Geographical Society of London. Sir Harry H. Johnston said that the region of Victoria Nyanza. in Africa, is simply swarming with game. "We saw large herds of elephants first, then many rhinoceroses, then literally countless hartebeests, water buck. reedbuck. Co., bus antelopes. bastard hartebeests and oribi. Herds of zebras would follow the caravan. snorting and kicking up their heels. There were lions. leopards. wart hogs. jackals and many ostriches. Last of all. in the middle of the Gwas 'Ngishu Plateau. where forests of aca- cia still fingered, and before the ele- vation of the ground had led us to the region of the confer. we came upon giraffe: upon this five horned giraffe between Elgon on the west and Lake Baringo. on the east. Seen from a dis tance these giraffe appeared, when adult, to be black and white black with white bellies and limbs. Here and there monsters stood on the tops of large ant