New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
7J{E TALK OF THE DAY.


A Philadelphia man suggests that trees Piah..u
l., ,,,,lic eo,ares and on streets should be OF the
rut hearing variety. He believes that sense Oh
honor would be cultivated in boys, even IN the
worst neighborhood. if it were explained 'it' I
nuts belonged them, and that they "oulu 80 80
damage their own property If they interfered VIII"
,bo,o before the proper time. Then, when the nuts
were ripe they would be taken from the trees
under the direction Of the city Forestry Depart
roent and a new festival day be naugurated' marx
ing their distribution
Casey-Wen ye can't prevint what's past an
Cassidy-shure. ye could av ye only acted QUICK
Casey-FIow could ye? l1,,ra5.,-
Cassidv-Shtop il befoor it happens-(Phiadei-
phia Press.
Tho rr,nerial University at Toxic has registered
eighteen foreign students of whom ten are chi
nese one Corean. six Hindoos and one f1iipho-
Two Hndoos are studying mechanical engineering
In Toxic; 300 Chinese are studying In the military
schools 20 Coreans in the various universities
most of them studying law and politics. and a con-
siderable number of Filipnos have gone TO Japan
this year for the purpose of study
"vveIl" unused the Defeated Pugilist, II have one
consolation The people who elevate the stage VIII
have spend nearly all their rscei9ts Ia ny t after
while they telling what hand they sot dA'el
the third act.'-CBaltimore American.
The faculty Of the University OF Virginia, upon
the suggestion OF the alumni residing In St LOUIS
will recommend to the State legislature the erec-
ton Of a State building at the Worlds Fair tnat
shall be a reproduction OF the Monticello mansion
of Thomas Jefferson The faculty will also ask the
i've thousand alumni of the university for funds 10
erect Worlds Fair building modelled after the
rotunda of the university. TO be permanent mu-
and hall of fame and TO contain a lhaIpie
statue OF Jefferson.
II don't see why Long Jim Jones shouldn't De
happy, said the beorsia hause, ee.bira sti1f that
hddes ten children ana Hoonslli1 mo- a1lania Con-
the government am spo'teu YET N
stitution.
Richard Hinton who is visiting London. was
asked the other day how the city compared with
the period of the fifties when 1t was his home
Il find" he replied. "a type of Englishman
which I have difficulty in recognizing see very
few of the light haired Englishmen OF my youth
men with massive. quiet faces and broad well naI-
anced frames. on the other hand, the dark haired
Celtic type seems almost universal-people with
short noses habby cheeks and heavy Jaw, a race
which is entirely strange to me. Then am amazed
at the large prevalence Of slight physical deforml-
ties especially the carrying of one shoulder higher
than the other l assure you that have stood III
your streets and carefully counted The crowds as
they passed. and the majority-say, six hundred out
of eight hundred-were imperfectly formed This
predominant type of yours seems bralny ana ner-
vous. but its physical basis is not robust. note.
too with sadness. the drinking habits of the wom
en- which are unknown in the States. On the other
hand l rejoice at the vast improvement in outer
London-the splendid parks and open spaces. the
wider streets, the partial clearing Of the slums
London is your strength and your weak
ness and 1 am convinced that It's wellbeing de-
pends the support you give to the great munich
pal movement represented by the County Council
a movement which I have closely studied and
which 1 cannot too warmly admire.
In the high school one day last week teacher
10 acting on 3hs that
mental review would lead him to correct con-
ciuSon, she said:
Now. go away back
Unconsciousy from the entire class there came a
resp ::bnd sit down"
smile and hardly knows yet whether the boys
answer right.-(Syracuse Herald.
Because pert telephone girl in Seattle refused
to connect subscriber with the Fire Department
when he wanted to give notice of fire loss of
$4,000 was incurred. and now the telephone COM
pany is being sued for damages by the person thus
served and by the insurance company which suf-
fered the loss
willis-What makes you 50 blue. Wallace?
Wallace-Why shouldn't | be blue? A fellow
offered 500 for a of catarrh he couldn't cure
and l let him him try try his his hand on me-
WHY. he cured me, confound t!''-(Harlem Life
Birmingham metal workers just
tremely busy upon the production of medals for
the coronation. 1t is probable that upward of
ten million medals will be turned out of Birming
ham workshops during the next six months to
meet the already pouring in from all parts
of the empire.
Madam" said the facetous boarder to the
landlady "are these storage eggs?'
Il think they must be- replied the lady; you
appear to have stored away five of them. ."-(Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Some years ago. says THE Kansas City Jour
nal" "a Kansas farmer concluded to put out a
crop of broomcorn. He wrote to the secretary of
the Kansas Board of Agriculture asking what kind
of broomcorn seed he ought to to reap the
hest results I haven't given the broomcorn
question much thought replied the secretary but
I would advise you to plant the striped handle
brand as that seems to be the best seller q"
Lady" said Meandering Mike have you any
Haven't YOU been here twice before?'
Lady have. I'm good a judge Of cookin'
| to let such performances yours go Wit out an
encore."-CWashtnRton Star.