New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-17
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The managers Of an "Elks' Carnival in a West
city paid 800 10 a bride and groom who consent
ed TO be married in a Hons cage while the trainers
OF the supposedly ferocious animals kept the brutes
in check. II is probable that the beasts were
stupehed by drugs. The happy husband was pro-
fessional priEehshter. The whole affair was thor
ough.y discreditable to the managers of the So
called carnival
"A a Sacred Chinese coInIone Of the coins OF the
chinese Emperor kanght is very much sought
after by the Chinese. who use IL in making rings
other cash issued under the same Emperor in the
reEm OF pe qhs Of TIN the d thai nS1cae the
the Ih,e word L9-han being a transcript in Chinese
able the name applied to the eighteen attendants
Of buaahai VINO are frequently seen ranged along
the two sides Of the principal halls in Buddhist
temples. Az,
timately associated with European missionaries ne
became imbued with feeling OF contempt for
by having a set OF eighteen brass. Lie, han Images
melted down and cast into cash This brass Is said
the demand for the cash.-(Boston Transcript.
Tracy. Of Oregon. that amazing desperate. will
hold an evil emnence in crime for many a year
after he has met his well deserved fate. brigand
of brigands. bandit OF bandits an assassin of
wonderful daring and nerve and endurance his
villanies will not speedily be forgotten.
Love and Bamboo in Java.-The young shoots Of
the bamboo are covered with n number OF very fine
hollow and spiked like bayonets These hairs 50 are
resident in Java for the reason that murder Is fre
quently committed through their agency When a
JaVanese woman takes fancy to European she
will either have him or poison him If she gets the
chance she seeks any and every opportunity of
and they serve the purpose of irritating the whole
malignant dysentery It may take long te a na
many doses Of this so-called poison to effect the
death win surely result The male native will also
i Mail this method OF revenge for an afF0n0aDan
THE Cannon Ball Farmr' The very name sug-
gests burlesque. Only inspiration could have led
to the bestowal OF such title on a swampy
strip covered with marsh grass and skunk cab
bages, and much of the year only to be found with
a plummet a pole. There is a building on the
farm and 1t is said that there eight acres
never known to be submerged by the Delaware
One hundred and thirty-four of It, in water
and out. make up the whole parcel and the munich
pal council Of PHILADELPHIA has Just passed an
ordinance authorizing its purchase at $500 an acre
as a site for an asyum-"buying site by the GAL
lon.' one of the witty councillors called IL. No one
in Philadelphia except the lawmakers wanted the
liquid site. and the papers all shouting Job
The councillors don't mind. They used to such
accusations. Chairman McCoach who hurried the
bill through defends the sanitary features of the
site by saying the people who live on 1.-The Neck
are extraordinarily healthy. Cannon Ball Farm is
not the Neck" however, but two miles away
on Pettys Island. and moreover, Petty's Island
belongs to the State of New-Jersey. Suppose that
commonwealth should decline to harbor the sick
and diseased of Philadelphia. Even IL 1t does not
take TINS stand, the farmers or Pettys Island
test that they will not allow a microbe settlement
among them. The country down that way is pro-
tected by dykes, just Holland is. They are
private dykes All that the private have TO
do is to cut the embankment and let the water flow
In to cover the face of the country. This is lust
what the owners threaten to do If any attempt Is
made to build pest house IN that locality. why
did the Philadelphia Common Council buy this site
by the gallon? 1t did IN all the innocence of a
common council. Why common councils so in
nocent? "'Cause it's their nature to-"
Unspoiled by Education.-"I was at a luncheon
the other day.. said North Side woman, "where
the hostess was a laduate of Smith College
three of the guests were graduates of WELLESLEY
two went through Vassar, two had been Bryn
Mawr girls, and the other ladies present uera
graduates OF Northwestern the University of CHI
cago and Wells, respectively" - ~
''NVelI" one of her hearers said, sit must b,v.
been very interesting How wish I could have
been there What did you talk about?'
Let see. oh, yes. About how hard II e IN
keep help"-(Chicago Record-Herald-