New-York tribune., 1902-08-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The friends of Frank Holme. IN" newspaper an"
magazine Illustrator. who Is stricken with con
,,,t,, have adopted novel way OF "hnanc-
ing him as an Arizona institution lheY nave
INCORPORATED him His corporate name Is ne
BardeIorg Press" and the coTporators are MIN
T, shcua George AIDE Finley Peter Dunno and
arpustus Thomas. The capital stock is subsrrlosu
at $15 a share. and is to pay per cent llie
incornorated Holme survives and retains his earn
ing capacity in Arizona.
The Honest Coal Dealer.-"No. declared the
honest coal dealer Il shall no: increase the price
Al nnlIe mani exclaimed The listeners You
are true friend 10 humanity. You may take our
- vii take Your orders If you desire. said
the dealer. but / have no coal IN my ydFdS-
The Brown University committee in charge oi
the John Carter Brown Library OF Americana mas
recently had under consideration proposition tha'
.h ,,-arv should make ar offer of $1,000 for the
first map containing the name America me
man TO which this extraordinary VaIue Is at'ace
is the property OF Prince Woidenburg' OF NoI'eAs
castle in Wurte1nburg. Germany. a short time as D
an aren't OF the Prince approached the Lohuo'
,-.,, ~ the Brown Library with the proposition
that the Providence institution should oiief tIo'
for the map implying that the price hafHS" "or'N
secure this great geographical relic IL Is NOT 'e
ueved that Germany would permit the ro'U.IIs"' M
70 go out OF the domains of the empire me map
,,,o,y, as Waidsee Muller's map. was dlScoNeie"
In the library Of Prince Wcldenhurg two years ago
1t was made in 1901
Tho states Trouqers-J w. Rout a nilitiamahn: an
has been arrested at emporia i2r ..,dss l,t
trousers, Says aafenre is that he had no other.
snd had 20 wear the States trousers or stay IN
bed and if ne stayed in bea ne |ruiH rs s''t "a
Htte @ ,t Is tba courts II viii rever end."-(kansas
tity Journal
Tho site of the lost Indian city MascoutenS,
which was reported as having twenty thousann
inhabitants in 1915. has been determined oy the
DArt
have extended over many years II was the
lersast city in all Indian history, so far as United
states territory is concerned. and the descriptions
Of the Jesuits in the course of the seventeenth
century closing with Marquette ana Johet III A''''
are said to have been verified
Monster sawnshINot far from singaporie ',din the
Smith. secured the saw from perhaps the largest 5
fish OF its kind ever chnsht ,Ta, m NAY ibe weSther be-
ine very fine the chief officer Mr.. Dewitt bated
sirEn arEo fhhgs al1owihg the line to trail behind
the bait taken, and from the great strain ramon on
tho the ns hssp hSoed a. TEe sh proved to
and It was feared that 1t would be impossible to
get II board The tumult caused IN the sea 0y
er's propeller when partly out OF the water ] Inc ne
line vas sd to the wire .ock @as
placed around its body. and it hauled onto the
aSGS to be eq q feet n length saw winch on
and preserved measurHI t II set IN tseb varyn
from one to over two inches in length. Captain
Smith intends hand the trophy over to the Mel
bourne Museum.-(The Straits Budget
Charles Henry Gibbs. keeper of the bug light
at Nantucket annually about July 20. receives a
check 81. his yearly salary. The old lighthouse
has been put out OF action by shifting sands on the
south side of Nantucket Harbor. but the govern
meut allows the aged mariner live In II and pays
him this smallest all federal salaries give him
official sanction. In his youth Captain Gibbs chased
the whale for a livelihood, Now he breeds
and hens.
The Hopping Rheuma tism.-"Yes' said the old
man. - 'Peard lax he wuz give over inter de hams
er Satan. en- Satan 'hicted him wild de hoppin rheu
another: but he went ter prayin ter be relieve of
Pint ter another it hoped into his wooden leg an
he pulled eft de leg an thow wed it III de fire, 1t
en- de rheumatism WIZ tetotay consumed TAT
lanta Constitution.
The Largest crab in the world" says a Chinese
paper has been sent from Japan to the American
Museum of Natural History. Its body is about the
size of a large dinner plate and Its two great
would go around a man. The longest measurement
of the whole is II feet. The jonted limbs resemble
bamboo and carry spines and hooks well
claws The crab is said disguise itself initiate
the sea bottom by sticking pieces of sponge and
seaweed on body with a glutnous saliva"
A "Iragcdy."-A ST. Joseph paper gives an ac-
of an amusing little TRAGEDY" which il
wife were riding home streetcar. He was
rending his paper when another lady got on. The
arose and gave her his seat, receiving a gracious
smile in payment The mans wife Immediately got
m the r e whsn he srk osea her %
learn the cause OF her anger, he discovered that
s fhs W to Ss ha Rs s
They walked the rest OF the way home. and he is
still explaining .-Ckansas City Journal