New-York tribune., 1902-05-13
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

do you know why carnations have fallen about
a. per cent In price IN the last year SOP asks
u florist quoted by The Philadelphia Record"
1T isn't because they less popular-they
more popular than they ever were-but II is all
account Of little wire machine, recently tn
vented. that costs about three and a half cents.
This machine may be described an automatic
tree box OF steel wire. II Is a couple OF feet
high and stands upon three legs As
carnation begins to grow it is slipped within the
machine and thereafterward 1t remains upright.
for there is Il series OF rings that take hold Of 1t
and guide 1t In it's growth. Before the invention
OF this device the majority or carnations spoiled
because when they became tail they fell over and
the flowers rotted in tho dust Now none OF them
spoil. and hence their present cheapness.'
Poor chlldg' exclaimed Mrs. Goodart. who had
been touched by the appeal to the extent OF a
quarter. and how did this accident happen to
so mu3h i money Ry one day hat he got drunk
But you told me his arms were. cut on,
'Oh. no. ma am. said aims. II hl'aoe'ph'o
Press.
A story Is told Of well known public man in
London who speak at meeting. The
hour had grown very late when he was called
on for his address Ladies' and gentlemen he
said. my address Is No. 5l25 Camberwen Road
and l want TO go home
Comment has not yet seized upon the. ssaturnine
swallowing Of pills has been patented in America
BY German i2yent9r There Gan sfereey S 9e
ship owner, the purchaser Mr. Pierpont Morgan
John Bull The bitter pill is a-rolins-u-ondon
Globe
number OF Duluth. Minneapolis and Chicago
men have organized the Saskatchewan Land Com
pany with a capital of $4,000 to purchase one
million OF wheat lands in the Saskatch-
evan Valley of Manitoba
Gayman-I wanted to thank you for the hand
beer mug you sent o 2n my yyoa Understand
meant II to be used only as an ornament.
Gayman-Oh. my wife keeps 1t fun for me all the
Mrs. Goodart-shs doesn't really? ,u.,s pnu,
Gayman-fes. full OF temperance U"c's'- " ma
dephia Press.
II is said that no less than 10000 settlers
have passed through St Paul this year. The
Pioneer Press has been interviewing the railroad
agents who keep eye on the movement. and II
finds that 5000 the settlers went over the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific TO points west of
the western line of North Dakota $4,000 stopped off
at Dakota points 1900 settled in Minnesota, l0OoO
located in South Dakota, while the Omaha and
Wisconsin Central roads hauled 1900 into Northern
and Central Wisconsin.
Church-How do you go down to business in the
Ciotham-On the elevated cars
..H9iy HH9W iGn9b an 9bonf GEeSS 1t take S0uF
% gGasTsy pressed s5e f9T ba m9? bo all
Vonkers Statesman.
The most delicious Of all the fruits of Java"
writes a correspondent OF The Ptttsburg Dis
patch : lis the mangosteen For years enormous
reward has awaited the who would bring a
basket to the Queen of Holland. but unfortunately
frht is too perishable and TO taste IL you
go to 1.-THE country where 1t grows. Encased in
hard purple shell. lined with an exquisite pink
gauZe. number of snow white sections some
thing like those of orange. only each one grow
ing smaller as they round the core. Each section
contains one seed encased in substance like the
pulp of the grape. To describe the flavor would
impossible but If you imagine perfect blend
ing of the flavor of the grape. orange. pineapple
and banana you may have notion of the delicious
flavor of the mangosteen"
Among the latest inventions of a French chem
list is a method Of cUmpressing air into taboids
These, thereforc, who wish for change OF air will
ard ouy bottle of NfarGate taboIds or or Saif
dozen Riviera pastilles. So long the drugs are
1t would be unpleasant to ask for Rournemouth
pastles and to receive instead the Cologne mot
enty-nine distinct smeIs.-<London Globe.
newspaper which sells for the equivalent of
half a cent has been started in Vienna It is called
die Neue Zetung," consists of eight pages
three OF which are devoted to advertisements and
five to news The newcomer is not a party organ
but will be generally progressive in tendency The
proprietor intends to give In tabloid form all the
printed by other journals, together with
articles and generally interesting matter The pro
pretor. who was formerly the of a leading
daily in Budapest, says that he requires a crcuIa-
tion of eighty thousand daily cover the bare
cost OF publication. This is an enormous crcula-
ton in Vienna where the most popular paper at
present does not exceed fifty thousand a day. and
where there are several dailies with a circulation
of less than ten thousand.
How is your boy getting along at SCHOOL,"
Splendid -spendidly! tell Tou, my friend
this boy of mine will make his way in the world
don't you fear During the time he's been going to-
scnoo they have had thlrty-two examinations and
SOW Evening Times,