New-York tribune., 1902-04-17
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

One million five hundred thousa nd Russian chill
dren every year receive their education in ele-
mentary schools maintained by the Orthodox
Greek Church This gives average OF less than
forty pupils to each school. but with this
limited number. the of 200 rubles. or about
slO5 n year which is the amount devoted
TO the maintenance of school. appears to be
absurdly inadequate. Ninety-four per cent OF the
teachers are themselves uneducated and one-third
receives less than s25 year. The schoolhouses
are almost invariably miserable nuts. and of
the schools have neither books for the pupils to
read pens and ink with which they can write
Nevertheless TIE Russian Government favors the
schools maintained by the Orthodox Greek Church
far more than the more efficient schools main
tanned by the local authorities.
Waiter-No, sab We don accept no vulgar
tips. sah We is free bohn American citizens We
Il glad to hear that.
same sS as SAN iawyers. sah h'|5New-York weekly.
King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy had curious
adventure the other day in automobile tour in
the Roman province. AT Conhgu his car was
stopped, and a summons furious driving was
served upon his chauffeur, Giuseppe Faruh. AT
the famous falls Tern the King, after ad-
miring the scene distributed quantity of newly
minted silver pieces among the peasants. The
people. who had never seen the new coinage.
angrily gathered around the King shouting that
the money counterfeit. Well said the
King 'if the coins false. is your King. Do
you not recognize your King" Thereupon
soldier who had served in Rome. stepped the
front and after good look at the young SOW
eregn took off his ragged cap and called three
cheers for Victor Emmanuel which given
with much enthusiasm. Some papers in telling
the story express displeasure at the Kings mpru-
dence in thus mixing with the people. AS matter
of fact the police charged with safeguarding his
royal person sometimes driven to the verge OF
despair by the Kings recklessness. He is
tinuay giving his special police the slip. for. next
TO books and his wife and child his greatest de-
light is TO mix unrecognized in the crowd OF his
subjects.
How Be Happy.-Jinks-Wha do you con-
slider the secret Of happiness; >, h,,, r ,,,e0
everything she waats.-(NewYork Weekly.
The original map made. by George Washington
in 1775 of the lands the Great kanawha River.
West Virginia. granted to him by the British gov
ernment in 1863 for has services in the Braddock
expedition. is now in the possession of the Library
of Congress-" says The National Geographic
Magazine" THE map Is about two by five feet.
and is entirely in the handwriting Of Washington.
The margin is fitted with notes also in Washing
tons handwriting. describing the boundary marks
set by Washington and different features of the
tract
run me mp Nth the river Said Gloucester fisherman
yesterday. I'VE have learned that it isn't much
Weather may be- until Mr. Fish Hawk sWoops
down us. When he comes sailing up the bay
down Jersey would never think to start planting
Hn sRsr Rs ss &
work their way up the coast from Florida and
the other Southern waters early in March, when
the fish begin 10 come North. They follow the big
schools of herring, rule. because the herring
swim close together, and the hawk has easy pick
ing The he shad follow the herring .h and when the
behind" -(Philadelphia Record
When William E Chandler Secretary of the
Navy he issued order that officers should not
permit their wives to reside the foreign stations
TO which their husbands were attached The order
promptly rescnded upon the receipt by the
Secretary of the following from Commodore Fyfe.
in command of the Asiatic Squadron: 1T becomes
my painful duty to report that my wife. Eliza
Fyffe, has, in dsobedence to my orders. and in the
face of regulations of the department, taken up
her residence on the station and persistently re-
fuses to leave"
Charley, dear" said young Mrs Tori1ins that
horse you bet on
There's need of bringing the matter up. 1
know that my Judgment was very bad and ali
that"
might have been beaten worse. You give him
credit for getting around ahead of the horses who
were entered for the following race."-(Washington
Star.
German has just compiled handy little book
of insults. The work contains two thousand five
hundred invectves. which classed under the
headings of insults for men. insults for women in
suits for either SEX insults for children, and COL
lective insults for syndicates. groups and corpora
tions.
Native Pride.-"T suppose" said the fastener,
sarcasticaly. you never have a single cyclone in
Right you are replied the Kansan. boastfuy,
we never have anything less than b-cycone or