New-York tribune., 1902-05-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Ping pong has been introduced in the imbecile
wards OF some English workhouses

Ping pong has been introduced in the imbeclie
wards OF some English warehouses.
THE PSALM or THE OLD SOLDIER.
The blue is fading into gray.
lust when sunset comes
Ana softly throbbng drums:
The shadows reach across the sky
And hush the cares of day;
Tho bucle caIl and drum beat die
the blue fades into gray
The gray is blending into blue
When. in the richness OF the dew.
The roses riot there.
Is lost 10 and you,
The blue is fading into gray
The gray blends into blue.
They're sleeping now the long long sleep.
The boys who wore the blue;
Above the gray the grasses creep
And in the twilight of our life.
The ending OF the way.
There comes forgetfuness OF strife
The blue fades into gray
Above each mound the lily glows.
And humble daisies nod;
The ruby glory of the rose
The tears-the tears-they are the dew
The gray is blending into blue
The blue fades into gray
baltimore American.
1T was on the unhappy island of Martinique"
says The London Chronicle" that the Kings
grandfather. the Duke OF Kent won his spurs as
a soldier. Prince. Edward. as ne then.
given the command of the 7th Fusileers at Gibral-
tar in 1871 but was soon afterward transferred
TO Canada In 1924 he sailed from Halifax to take
part In the expedition against the French islands
in the Caribbean. and after many hard battles
about the base OF Mont Pelee captured Mar
Unique from the valiant General Rochambeau.
Major General Prince Edward had the French
cOlors struck the British flag hoisted. and the
gallant defenders were allowed the honors of war
marching of the fort with their colors fly
ing They were shipped back TO France but the
broken hearted Rochambeau could face home
again, and went TO America to die
JsnksrI Ks should a think You hui, hTm0rists would get
Hugh Morlst-Not much It's really serious. If
earth will We have to Joke about in the summer
time?-(Philadelphia Record.
The late NJ. Xavier de Montepin the French
novelist. who died the other day i'm Paris. always
referred TO of his early experiences with par
ticuar zest. On concluding a long and ella borate
tale of adventure. he took II, full of hope. to
publisher. who promptly declined it on even the
most advantageous terms, to the writer's poignant
modification. Twenty years afterward this iden-
tical publisher besought at his hands a sensa-
tional stOry-One of those serials which were the
delight OF misunderstanding any price within rea-
son. We'll" said De Montepn. II will oblge
you. but my terms be somewhat heavy I
want f4.0O-" After many protests IL was paid. In
telling the story De Montepin added: THE best
of the business that II was the very same
story which he had previously rejected and which
had In various directions endeavored in vain to
dispose Of"
Yes, :r said the conductor 81 remember it very
well. That was in 1897, the year of the big fire
What big hre?' asked the other man.
Don't you recollect? Twenty-nine fellows on
our line were bounced for knocking down Chi
cagO Tribune.
A recent vacancy in the consular service which
attracted attention by the fact that there was not
the usual rush of applicants to fill II reminds
Secretary Hay of story. There was a post I'm
South America, he said. in the tropical region on
the east coast. which unhealthfuI that IL
is no small undertaking to get any consul to stay
there. AT last found who seemed 10
thrive the climate and the malaria; after a
number of years service however his less fortu-
nate wife succumbed TO the conditions and died
and soon he resigned and came home Several
years passed by, when one day the department
ceived letter from him. saying that he had mar
ried again. and had about made up his mind that
he would like TO go back with his wife to the
Ola consulate.
In the programme of a concert given recently by
glee club appeared the following number, Shall
! Meet You by the Stream?" (unaccompanied). 1t
reminds us of another programme we re-
Gently, where '"rhe Spring Is Come followed
S6y slowi Blowi Thou Winter Windi"-QLondcn