New-York tribune., 1902-12-06
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

WILLIAM, p Dunhann a prominent Denver mining
man. has returned from Mexico recently. In aaai-
tion to a tale OF the vast mineral wealth OF the
Mexico district. Mr. Durham also has story OF
Wonderful waterfall which probably enjoys fhe
distinction OF being the highest waterman III t'ie
world. The fall is known by the indian name OF
Basaseachic and is located about one hundreo anu
ninety miles west of the city of Chihuahua. near
the summit Of the Sierra Madre Mountains Inc
elevation OF the mountain is $500 feet above sea
level The cascade falls SIS feet.
Scientific and Nervous Visitor tat country hoteD
wsiter 1ouite equal to the occasion)-No, sir
We never puts that in unless specially oraeFeo'-
punch.
One OF the small States composing the Arsenune
Republic has no for bachelors. The law holds
that a man is marriageabe when he Is twenty
The exchequer gives point to the opinion by tax
ing all bachelors of between twenty and thTV
s q month. After thirty and up to thirty-hve the
tax increases 100 per cent Between thirty-hve
and fifty single biessedness costs $50 a month
From his hftieth to his seventy-hfth year a bach
elor may follow his wild road by paying In $50
a month. After that comes relief The vicious
example Of an unmarried man of between seventy
five and eighty is considered to be neutralized by
a payment of only $50 year. and when the
eightieth birthday is passed the treasury finally
ceases from worrying. A wtdower Is given three
years in which to and choose successor.
but a man who can prove that he has proposed
and been refused three times in one year is con-
sidered have earned immunity.
MODERN METHODS
The olden ways. they say. are loose.
TO limbo with good old Mother Goose
And the ancient fairy tale
II a wicked giant is be destroyed
No obsolete agents should be employed. D,p,L,ys.
But send him some poisonous alkalod
Anonymous through the mall
IT, In the course of your narration.
The hero % must tine, ngeds ts unde1EG Pivaon
That's up-to-date reasmi
Or, having to deal with loutish fool.
Pass by the once popular ounces stool stool
And the higher critclsm
1AA> And when. arrived at the story's close.
Exc exit the Princess of various woes
Why. give them decent quota
Of amps snoas aoS a9S for tbs day
Then let them msr5y ~sf %saa sase
-iBaitinore American.
siamese reporters are not quite def as our
own halfpenny specimens. says The London
Globe" but they hava n fine mpressionisttc touch
which charms the jaded fancy Here Is an ac-
count of a murder from that happy land:
"Shootng Outrage. oh. Fearful Agonyt khoon
Tong one of Phya Songs staff, wns on mission
to Lampoon. and on his return instantly shot dead
by some miscreants, scoundreis On uhtiiney
death OH fearful All friends expressed their
morne' The cowardce dog Is stiIl at large.
soldiers and six policemen were at once dis
patched"
Shell heard that you hurt in football
He-Oh not of any account. ! was only two
days in the hospital.-(Brooklyn Life
With the football season only recently over, this
story of George Woodruff. old Yale player OF
the strenuous methods Of boxing an end" prac-
tisad In his day, is timely amusing. 1t was
In 1886 and the game was played in Cambridge.
"Both teams played with ten only" says MIR.
Woodruff "because Victor Harding had been dele
gated to keep Yale's unrivalied end, Kid Wal
lace out of the game This he did by tackipg
him at the beginning of the game and keeping up
n continuous tackle until its close. The ball was
frequently put In play with these two ends
wrestling on the ground GONE forty yards away.
.The fools are not all dead yet" said the angry
I'm glad of it. dear" calmly replied the other
half of the combination. 81 never did look well In
black."-{Chicago News
The servant problem is different In Hungary
from what it is here. Apparently servants are so
plentiful that the Prefect OF Jaszbereny. a Hun
garian town, has dared to issue the following de-
cree: I'm view of the fact that domestic servants
are getting more and in the habit OF neglect
ing their work in order to amuse themselves.
want who is found out of doors, even the
doorstep OF the house in which she is employed.
after D. na will be summariy arrested and pun
ished by four days Imprisonment"
overwhelmingly can't occupy this fat
Wouid-be Tenant-Why not? We have only nine
dogs
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