New-York tribune., 1902-03-18
THE talk or THE DAY.

The recent arportmcut Of a commission 10 con-
slider the whole question Of Russian agriculture and
tho condition Of the poaSartry marks a new de
partLre I'm The internal policy Of Russia. The
unvyers accorded TO the commission are Of the
widest possible and. lu f2nt. amount 20 q charge
To- conrlntc thc work begun generation ago with
the fr,sluE Of the serfs. Thus the entire manner
Of life of tito Russian muIik will form one of the
principal matters of consideration for the commis-
sion which is empowered to present its proposals
FOR the bettC-IuE financially. CducatonalIy, eco
nomicauy and IN general culture OF agricultural
laho- IN an ts phases
No rividcrIs.-TarIHev-I SEQ Western genius
has discovered new process for extracting gold
H. III, isb como ono ,r,,,r1 discover
q process ror oxtr9ctirr some gold. or even silver
from mining sharos--tCathoIlc STANDARD and Times
a traveller in Tehuantcpcc. Mexico. says: Zone
evening some If our party Of sixteen kindly
given "a nights shelter. Mexican fashion at a
hacienda. or farmhouse. Sitting on the wide
rauda 10 receive hchcld the entire family.
on the right OF the door the lady Of the house
in white cotton gown smoking n cigar; below
her were the daughters and haudmadcus also
smoking. On the other side Of the door were the
rauchcro. or master. himself. with his sons and
men servants. Every one was employed In rolling
tobacco leaf into cigars and every one was smoking
iccludinE little boy not quite three years old who
had full sized cigar in his baby mouth which he
puned at most professionally while in his left hau5
he held a banana from which ne took bites he
tween puffs, occasionally stopping to play with "A
small dog"
DO you think vaudeville should be refor1ned?'
asked the callow youth.
NO" gruntei the baldheaded man. but thinl,
some of the souhrettes should be rc-formed."-
philadelphia Record.
The British vessel Ban Righ. which recentlv cot
into so much trouble in South America. was named
after the late Queen Victoria. The Celts of Scot
land had made provision in their language for
a reignng Queen. and as 'righ" pronounced .'rceo
IS Gaelic for king, way had to be found out OF
the difficulty. and ban" prehxed; the word
sgnifying fair" woman" so that Ban Righ
means Woman King
It was in country, village that the swain had
had been successful ana carried off the palm lie
mac hso pouEht no @nEakeEent ring and was hurrylug
home Of his adored a friend tried To stop him
Hello, t6Sre .Bob 'i;f IS there S '';iS' a fire?'
.. eS rGph%d hoo wi WITH what breath he had left
village belle"-(Yonkers Statesman.
Mrs. Sally Bunnen. of Provo Utah. has the dis
tnction OF having 29 living descendants She is
ninety-two years old. and has seven children. sey-
enty-three grandchildren. hundred and thirty
five greatgrandchildren and four great-great-
grandchildren.
can gentry trade without derogatIon?" is a
9a[Sno4 9n IN raised use IN an eighteenth century MAGAZINE
SiqSd that; IN any case. they can. for the town is
and bonnets. sweetmeats flowers and tea. 1t seems
strange IN We" OF the prevailing taste for ohjets
judges, that some OF them have not gone into tbe
a nav torr
one. Mr. Partridge for instance who sold the
LOCO guinea chair last week. began business in a
very modest way not very long ago Tb. only
way In which persons of higher class have on
tered the business hitherto has been by svStenatic
collection, with view 10 sale. OF such COLLECTORS
Mr. Bernal father of Bernal Osborne was nroLa-
bly, the most successful. His collection which sold
Tor some 10000. was reputed to have cost him
f2'ooo.-G-ondon Chronicle
The Ea' SAYS The Philadelphia Record % ..s
said 10 have the shortest name for a vessel I'm the
world. She is Spanish steamer, and she reached
Philadelphia laden with iron last week after
voyage so rough that three Of her sailors were
incapacitated by scasckness. The Fa was named
by Spanish Hohemau after his daughter Fs-
meralda She belongs to line that has set in the
matter OF short names. example that other lines
are beginning now 10 follow. The EoIo the Aro
and the Oria sister ships of hers I'm all the
heet there Is not name that is more than five
letters long"
MINI, Was dhrty thrics. annyhow." growIed Mr
.rhwat's thot?" asked Mr. O'Tunder
-, NE py Terry is playin' tn dhrum In IN Sly
tinteth Neglmint Band. an tn bandmasther knew
me Tbadden ZEN play amy Gnrman chunes an so he
81 OsIiTu out IN toitle Tn Watch on III Rhons'
an an al IN other Gurman vans, an marked thin as
IN NSarln av tn Crane an sooch loiIIe an.
tyiIry prayed loike tn divl all tn tonne Pr-r-rinca
LLliLI} was mere, niver KNOWN but phwat he was
laHuin out good Oirish music. An now m b'v has
.pIICk IN ms han an har-r-d wor-r-rls in his
'aIne AID Is hunttn' III bandmasther.'-