New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

"As for me-" says NJ Flammarion. speaking of
the inhabitants of Mars in The National Maga-
zine Il rather envy them. a world where it is
always beautiful. where there neither te-npestS
nor cyclones. where the years twice long as
ours. where the kilogram is of $40 sTans, and
whore. therefore men and women who here weigh
seventy kilos there weigh only twenty-six, and
where in word, everything Is lighter. deli
cate and more refined" And in another place he
goes further. pointing out that ii the Martians
wished TO communicate with us they would have
doubtless made the effort many times in the past.
and probably long ago abandoned it, deciding il a
hopeless business TO attempt communication with a
planet so stupid.
The young man stood before the great steel
magnate. A moment later the latter looked up.
He stared at the rough clothing. the mudded
shoes and the unkempt hair OF the youth.
The youth retained his presence of mind He
wa9ted ante job ID because "a Sc he needed needle II
He got no further. A smile irradated the mag
That's all right" he said; the job is yours
afraid at first that you might be one of these
worthless college graduates ,.,,-.-.-
And when the youth: the valedietorian of his
class and tho pride of the university again faced
fiection.-(Cleveland Plain Dealer
THE Rochester Post-Express'' says: THE fifteen
Porto Rican boys TO be educated by the United
States are TO to the Carlisle Indian School
rather than West Point Annapolis. for the
boys not yet well enough educated to pass
tnSlr entrance examinations III may De tnat Car
Isle may he developed into a colonial school to
which boys from all our colonies may be sent 1t
would be good idea. The boys would only be
we'll educated. but would go back home thoroughly
Americanized. able to exert powerful influence
for good among their countrymen
Julius Caesar had insisted an unconditional
surrender
You are so hard.'' groaned the conquered GauI
''If you think I'm hard" chucked Cesar. wait
till you tackle Sallust and Ovid"'-(Chcago Trib-
une
The report from Lawrence" says THE Kansas
City Journal that Professor Charles Sternberg
has sold two Kansas fossils to the New York
Museum for $500 suggests industry of great
profit those who will first work among those
left by the late Populist party
What saving of time and other things there
would be-" remarked the Observer of Events and
Things. IF a man could take his first ocean voy-
age and his first smoke at the same tme."-( (Yon-
kers Statesman
The Pennington (Me) Chronicle says: lone of
the leading religious Journals of New England de-
scrbes with detail a wedding. and after tell
ing of decoration. gowns. etc, says: These
the visible settings of the old picture when
true hearts Join for lfe's combat Doubtless the
many friends of this young pair glad know
they have determined 10 'hSht IL out on this line
IL II takes lifetime. Meanwhile are reminded
of the epitaph the tombstone erected over an
aged couple who had lived long years together:
Their warfare is accomplished IAN
wife-what do you suppose baby is thinking
about?
The Brute-I s'pose he's thinking about soma
thing to cry about to-niSht--(Ttt- Bits.