New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE London Chronicle casually drops the bit
OF information that the people of Missouri are
called Pixies after their great Peak Thus is
American history made IN the English papers.
The Chronicle" also tells how the University Of
Philadelphia" has just made Miss Agnes Reppiier
a Doctor OF Letters
Not One OF His Tra,ts--"A Darwinian, are your,
said Slopay. argumentatively: Then you don't
believe made OF dust.
Il don't believe you We're. replied his tailor
Dust settles occasionally. you know '-(Phiadel-
phia Press
A rich and eccentric man who died the other day
In Berlin left a VIII which to be opened mme-
diatey and codicil be opened after the funeral.
The will said. Every member OF my family who
shall abstain from attending my funeral is 10 re-
ceive 800 marks" As n result the funeral was at
tended by his housekeeper distant cousin On
the codicl being opened It found 10 enact that
the residue of his fortune 10 be divided among
those who Notwithstanding the loss OF the 800
marks attended his funeral Hence the house
keeper gets ALL but the heirs threaten to dispute
the VIII.
I've worked around animals more or less all my
life until the trolleys did away with horses. said
the the mote nan dTn,en nam man has on them
horse hates man with a jag worse than the devil
dqe he sn respcnsb for himself and acts
cordingy. A dog no matter how fierce he Is,
by instinct when man Is under the weather and
THfs him horse sch it's as d In horse treats
drunken with contempt-doesn't want TO
an old bum who loafed around the stables. and
who somehow or other always managed to keep
creep into stall and go TO sleep in the straw
The oa aWav ne be ready to drop in
stalls. but never knew horse that would sleep
him the horse would stand up all night"-(Phila-
delphia Record.
II have great deal Of respect for the Moros.'
says a teacher the island of Mindanao. They
are very sbilful with tools. They know how to
at u, 10,
lost art. They brave. too. I tell you we shall
have Job when try to conquer the Moros.
They know how to handle weapons: they can make
gunpowder and have cannon OF their own manu-
facture. They like the Americans They think 1t
is a great joke for troops to use the conventos
as barracks, On the other hand the Visayans say
they treacherous and are great robbers. So are
most of the Mahometan tribes. A great many of
the Morcs have been to Manila, they ex-
ceent sailors-much better than the visayans.
A number of them have been to Mecca They
very strict In their religion abstainlng from pork
and other foods used by the Visayans. 1 want to
more Of them. and l shall think"
What do you think of my idea of making Chris
tans Of the Chinese" ,. co,oa,,a, ..,,.,o,...
from what I hear of NewYork and Philadelphia
politics l must say am inclined TO hope for more
or less heathensm among Americans. "-NNashing-
Star
Within a few days fire in London destroyed
property of the estimated value of 100000 Pos
sibly the London Fire Brigade might learn
useful lessons from careful study of the methods
of the Fire Department of New-York. and possibly
the insurance companies of England, like those OF
America sometimes too lenient In granting X
cessivey liberal terms for policies buildings
which are not freproof
Mrs Hiram Ofen-What made you leave your
last placer
The Cook Lady-'Tis insultin' we are. a'am.
Nothin' could make Fave ma'am. OF 60
whin OF plazes--(Philadelphia Press
II the cable reports be trusted implicitly
Princess Louise of Orleans is by all odds the
bravest and most accomplished Of present day
Dianas. AS the story goes, she saved the life OF
her brother bv n well aimed rifle shot at Il wild
boar that about to STAY the well beloved
prince The goddess of the chase in classic my
thology especially destructive of wild bears but
few modern princes fortunate 10 be sure
of the aid of dauntless sister when a furious
tusker charges with eyes aname and jaws afoam.
Is it absolutely certain. however, that the cable
reports contain nothing except the cold hard facts.
wholly free from embroidery and the foreign aid
of ornament?
Above the voices Of the spring
hear this song
Monotonous that starts with ping
And ends with pong"
-phiiadelphia Press.