New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
TIE TALK or THE DAY.

The Boston Transcript" says: The movement
looking to the federation of all the colleges OF the
maritime provinces and the establishment of the
Great Central Maritime University. inaugurated III
Halifax y. S. on Thursday, IS not new scheihe'
In one shape or another it has been engaging tne
attention Of representatives of several of the higher
institutions of learning in Nova Scotia for many
wears but it has remained for Kings. the Oldest
OF Canadian colleges. to give the movement oel-
ri.e shane This step was decided upon at the
semi-ar nual meeting of the board OF governors Oh
Kings College where the principal subject under
consideration was university federation After
discussion committee appointed to open com
lnunicauon with the various colleges concerned
looking toward the formation OF one cehtraI UNI
yersit-- The institutions included in the proposed
federation are Kings. Dalhousie, Acadia. Mount
Allison ST FRANCOIS Xavier. University OF New
Brunswick and Prince of Wales College blshop
Courtney is a strong champion OF the union
Kings IS the only Anglican college IN Eastern
Canada The governments OF Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and Prince Edward Island will be asked
TO aid in establishing a central university that VIII
be equal to the best in Canada.
The obliging shopman sent
The cheap present she .f had d. meant ns IT ought
But she learned TO her despair
That the price mark still was there. -, ,-.
" -(Phadelphia Press
.Tbe PekIng Gazette" speaking Of Chinese in
foreign lands SAYS. we dress and speak di1er-
entity from foreigners. just as foreigners DO VINO
come 10 China But nobody in the street calls US
Chinese devils The children in the street wish 70
see how long our queues but the police seeing
them annoy US scatter them When we go into
shop n buy anything are treated with even
more consideration than their own people we
enter their homes. it is the same They seek 10
nease US in every way. show us curios or play the
organ or piano for us The writer has been to
France England. America. Japan Spain and south
America and stayed years, and everywhere ne
was treated with the same courtesy II Is 10 De
feared that some Chinese laundrymen in this coun-
try- would not wholly indorse this view.
Percy vere-I still think there is hope for me-
JacF Newitt-Niy dear boy, that's the end Of
y9e yeiects 80 SYM Press
Professor schafer in The University College
Gazette tells story about Robert Grant the
comparative anatomst. quaint figure In his day
who always full evening dress. and worked
with Darwin. He used. says professor Schdier' 10
occupy a house in Euston Square, near the station
When the railway company obtained powers TO
open up the square as to give better access 10
IFS station the new street which was thus FORMED
passed the house occupied by Grant ana II might
be assumed that the increased traffic would dls-
trrb its uuietude, and that the occupler might De
fairly entitled TO compensation. At any rate, the
story goes that the company rendered such COM
pensation poor man like Grant was d soou
round sum. Grant, however, would not accept
stating that ne couiu n''' see 'iie' liz '0
which was to be made would in any way inJurl-
ously affect him.
Toward the latter part of RosSgttls IRE ne o
close circle of friends society. and in his own
wav was a sociable man but he preferred 10 seS
his friends and acquaintances by appointment anu nc
oo hetiGe the too intrusive stranger. One day an
enterprising called VINO was duly armed win VIII
letter of Introduction and the SerVant was ~
painter of Dantes Dream leaned over over mn TS dbo
ister and said in firm, metfluouS voice: Ell tie
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Magazine
The Philadelphia Mint reports that the demand
for pennies is so great that the output last week
went ahead of all previous records. amounting to
4 ooo coo Then this may account for the fact that
an MANY streetcar conductors of this city have not
hesitated to make change in pennies instead of
nickels recently
Prince orsini who is the owner of the beauti-
fni lake Semi near Rome, has facilitated in every
possible way the efforts of the Italian Govern
ment raise the two galleys OF Cahgpiia i is WnlGn
sheet of water. Sufficient has been recovered at
present to esc9sS tne rsectiyeIv aa5 feet
i6+t aii6 90 Their decks were evidently covered with
3t Pf5n ma head Of Medusa are to be seen at the
nrince's Villa where eventually a museum is be
organized objects in connection with the sunken
galeys.-(London Chronicle
The students of the Carthage CMo) High School
gave a ten course banquet last week at a cost to
the participants of 10 cents plate The menu In
GUIDED wine. of which thimbleful served to
each guest,
.-Subbubs-We've changed the name OF
1Citiman-Why, it was only six months ago that
you changed il to swamphurst :.
quently, so to get servant girls TO come out,