New-York tribune., 1902-12-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
King Leopold had a curious adventure with a
local hand in of the country districts outside
Brussels the other day. 1t is the custom with
these bands. when the King accidentally meets
with them in his walks, greet him with the
'Brabanconne." The Independence Beige" states
that while a party of rustic bandsmen
in inn the other day the King passed
and all rushed out greet him. The conductor
called La Brabanconne." but. none Of the men
knew it, each blew for ali he worth at
some air which he did know. The discord
tremendous, but the King stood through it without
moving muscle. and when all expressed
urbane thanks for the agreeable surprise af
forded him.
y Study of Rich Mani wonders how a rich
well. I'll tell you. He feel disaway: Now dat he
got IT, he can cant keep III H. en- ef he do keep IT. some
lanta Constitution.
One Of the most remarkable cities in the world
is Kelburg. near Cracow, Poland. for. besides be-
ing situated underground. it is excavated entirely
in rock salt The Inhabitants. the number OF
over three thousand are. of course. workers in
the famous salt mines. and all the streets and
houses are of the purest white imaginable One
OF the most famous features of the city is the
cathedral carved in salt and lighted with electric
lights. and when the late Car Alexander visited il.
eleven years ago ne was fascinated with the
magnificent effect OF the light upon the crystal
walls that ne presented the cathedral with jew
elled altar cross Such thing infectious dis
is unknown In Kelberg, in fact, the majority
OF the inhabitants die of old
turn has a baby. and he has announced the latter
fact ste, TO the world in these words ,.s ,o,,r,-
snapshotter developed; prints we'll
The likeness Is admirable-tLondon Globe.
ITO he sold.-For FIVE shillings. my wife, Jane
Heeband She is stoutly built. stands firm. and is
sound, wind and limb
she can sow and reap hold a plough and drive
a team; and would any stout. able man
that can hold tight rein. for she Is hardmouthed
and headstrong: but II properly managed would
either lead or drive as tame a rabbit
Her husband parts with her because she is too
much for him Inquire of the printer.
N. B.-An her clothes will be given with her.
1he foregoing Is advertisement of over
century ago. and first published in Virginia.
AN oPTIMIsT
You say the days are dank and drear.
You hint that it viii never clear.
You tell me with n hOrrid sCowl
The weathers something more than foul.
You YoG thought the 1s 3Sr Of Writing g to the press
You wonder too why 1 refrain.
Attention, then, and III explain.
The showers which my temper vex
Likewise annoy the Duke of \.
The fogs which follow when it's dry
And when the wind from off his head
Removes the hat of Marquis z.
His silent comments free
As mine in such a would be.
Professor B., I've not doubt.
Gets very wet when he goes out
The same disaster. / should say.
Has happened to Professor A.
Musician l.. and Poet NJ.
And yet these men of birth and brain
Scorn you Will notice, TO complain.
And so although the streets are damp.
And man is lost without his CAMP.
And by the pavement hansoms rush.
And though the days drear and dank
Shall such as I. when Brains and Rank
In noble silence bear their lot.
Expostuate? l fancy not; ,,,.,
The French Minister of Public Works has Just
forbidden the culture of all fruits or vegetables
destined TO be eaten raw ground which has been
watered with water drawn from sewers or likely
to be contaminated by drains.
This decision is based on the results of recent
experiences which prove that tuberculosis bacilli
which lose their viruIence at the end of three
months in river water conserve ii for ten months
in sewer water that bacilli that have been in the
ground are still harmful at the end of three
months and that. poured into the ground on which
fruit and vegetables are cultivated. they contami-
nate the products themselves
THE DISCOURAGER.
OF all the men beneath the skies,
Is he he WRo %ife views sS With scornful eyes
The little things that | ADMIRE;
Who when / fain would rhapsodZe.
Displays an intellect e obtgse a,o,
And grimly murmurs, What's the user"
What would Pythagoras have done
To stimulate the world of thought?
What battles had great Caesar won?
What lessons Aristotle taught?-
What would prevent each house and clan
From going wholly to the deuce
Were we to listen to the
Who sneers and mutters What's the use?"
-(WaShington Star.
The death occurred the other day at Moruya, in |
New South Wales of a Crimean veteran who had |
doa Of att from
papers at the time of the George Soy had |
for many years been prosperous settler at |
Moruya and popular figure In the district |
He was of the bluejackets landed from the |
Rodney In the Crimea, and had the clasps for |
Inkerman. Balaklava, the Alma and Sebastopol |
While Sebastopol was burning and the fighting still |
going on he regaled himself and his comrades by |
dancing a hornpipe the ramparts, and the incl |
dent was afterward made the subject of cartoon |
in Punch
.That last poem l has given awful |
pain said the first goat
writer's cramp. philadelphia Record.
Regarding the disputation on recent literature
between Sir Edward Clarke and Edmund Gosse,
''The London Globe prints this epigram:
The across the Bar has strayed
To sail unknown shores
The other quits the Board of Trade
70 Join the trade of BoTes.