New-York tribune., 1902-12-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

T, ia curious how the little letter 'y has proved
a huge dinerenuum, For, whereas the Smiths as
a rule have been money making, the Sinyths
have shown themselves chivalrous and aristoeFapc'
while the Smiths were Rou.dhead, the SnYths SUI
fered for Tory Jacohite principles according TO
The London Mall Apropos of these variations
In the spelling of the great patronymic MI Comp
ton Reade pronounds theory which should prove
OF comfort to both branches OF the family He
hotly eombats the notion that the Smyths, smythes
and Smiths have assumed a variation OF sneiihs
20 lend an aristocratie favor 10 homely name.
Nothing" he declares. can be further from the
truth The original form WAS smyth, Just as the
modern elder is corruption of the ancient
-Cyder So far from the smyths having Smythee
themselves. ] can discover barely one Retanie IN
stance of the change from ! to y, but can trace
numberless instances OF EIsaeethap Smyths haF-
ins become Victorian Smiths The roco spelling OF
the word Smith Is apparently due to the lhgeh-
iousness Of medieval clerk who, IN wr1uns
smyth took upon himself to dot both points OF the
y. thus producing Smith.
Am 70 understand that you were discharges Cd
from the army Ier fr,sns r.ers ofea'n oI
Yes SIR" boldly asserted Colonel Blupher-
.'Turnins my back TO the enemy"-CPhiisdel-
phfa Record
Dresden is proud of itself for It's last municipal
impreyement says The London Globe" 1t has
started linguistic cabmcn, who indicate by badges
an the arm the number of languages they know
One man has many as eight badges however
linguistic accomplishment depends an ausllsy no
less than quantity. and for quality OF Fneapuisf9
we cannot believe that the Epglish caooy mas
a,v competition to fear, from Dresden II he
isn't linguistic what does the word mean!
TO ONE IN DECAY,
fRain is wearing the Sphinx away.-Daiiy Paper1
Unchanging one, remote, sublime.
statement | may venture is
That o ySa nssl1 a1vf orsS mScesa eenarss anu
Mocked yielding only TO those foes
Some feet Of your capacions nose
But now the traveller sg7asI1 g7risyins sore sors
You lose the looks -yeu had OF yore
About the time of Rameses;
AID losing you through getting rain
Sad Egypts loss Is Egypts gam
Hence. lest you may lf Be Tines Tim spoil
oh! should We smear you a,f per E with OLE
Or we might deck you out, perhaps,
In ornamental oilskin wraps
Or since ". drew to you the rain,
Can scientists prepare way 4
Or turn it, say. sahar4 way,
While still my burdened spirit sinks
TO think that we may lose the Sphinx
To save you seems to my sad soul
a @ task too pig, no VOW; 1.i Tor HoIE us role
And riieois solve III this riddle Idle aew for US;
For all al Ss own ,rbt ana 9%s Dysslrysfys Ia siys
-Nondon Chronicle.
punch" publishes these "meroifu escapes: In
d
a. candidate was pelted with dirt, mud thrown In
the face Of his wife, and his daughter struck with
a stick daily paper remarked that the police
had difficulty in preventing a breach OF the peace"
A CORRESPONDENT sends a brief account of various
other episodes In each of which, by equally mar
row margin, contretenips was similarly avoided;
''The extensive premises of Messrs Blank &c Co,
oil and tallow merchants, were completely gutted
bv fire last night all fve stories being ahlaze Mt
once II needed all the efforts OF the local brigade
to forestan what promised to be eonftagraton,"
"A motor car. proceeding along the Htgh-st- tho
other evening, took fright, II Is supposed. at
stable on point TO point duty and exploded, blow
ing the occupants in various directions the
adjoining buildings The policeman is to be con-
graduated upon averting what might have been a
serious accident" THE whole OF the earnivora
confined until Wednesday iast In BarnwelPs
Menagere simultaneously escaped from their cages
on the date in question. and invaded the space
usually reserved for the patrons Of the show A
great many of the latter present and
caused considerable annoyance. 1t is said that the
turnsties at the gates literally hidden beneath
more or less fragmentary articles OF clothing left
by the audience in making its exit, The authortie.
had no easy task In staving off veritabIe sauve
dui peut
& Too Common Attitude-A small girl who has
Just begun to attend school recently brought homo
teacher said thar although the seed was white the
pumpkin would be yellow
"And what will the color of the vines be-" asked
The little girl replied that the teacher had not
sBut' said her mother you know dear, for
we have pumpkin vines In our sarden.'
"Of course DO but we amt expected to know