New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Western Civilization" tells q an American who
having lived in China for while. was unable 10
endure life In his country. Il had an Ameri-
can friend in China who died only short time
aeo" saws Mr. WI. The story OF his life Is rather
interesting. He went China when he was a
young man. He learned the language Of the coun-
try and became accomplished Chinese scholar
He adapted himself to ways and habits of those
among whom he had cast his lot and thu. became
10 all ntents and purposes Chinese in his mode OF
life After spending ;he greater part OF his life In
China, he made UP his mind that he would pass
the remainder OF his days IN the land OF his birth.
among the scenes OF mis- childhood Accordingly, he
left China, with intention OF returning But he
reckoned without his hest. No sooner had he found
himself in Ncw-York than the noise and hustle of
the metropolis of the New World drove him to dis
traction lie did not know which way 20 turn TO
nnd and quiet and he took the earliest oppor-
tunity 10 go back China. Thus IL is possible
that a man born aud bred in strenuous America
may prefer the quiet surroundings OF China
THE FASHIONABLE QUERY.
I've got cold With snuffies in:
What kind o., o. 2 .st sold @ haTe you? -,
BY craving fi2Zes made OF gin
And so, o,hsF s, st0f s with a,d pad abb booss a in
I've got the kind that makes one hoarsei
What kind OF a cold have you?
Nv @S Voice is Fough and harsh fSt anG Coarse
And strains its iaryngitaI source
What kind OF a cold have you?
I've got cold that makes mad
What kind of cold have your
That makes me retcent and SAD,
The worstest cold I ever had
What kind OF cold have your
baltimore American.
remarkable popularity OF the redwood (sequois
sempervirensl is it's manner OF increase which is
from dormant buds at the base OF the stump
well from the seed When a tree was blown
fell, its period Of existence reached,
several shoots pushed upward from the crcunl-
ference of the stump and. OF course in a circle.
These In time becan,> fully grown. six. ten
dozen feet in diameter. In after years. these
trees have fallen, each would have circle of
surrounding It,
The Anlmus.-A1iss Jt--Im sorry. No doubt.
you'll find some other girl who'll make you forget
Mr.. kIosernan-oh: , but can never y forget you:
without any troube.-Ghilad deiphia Press.
They have a humorsome Burmah Of
Furnishing an accused person first and trying him
afterward Or speak more exactly. of carrying
out the sentence OF a lower court while the case
is under appeaA Here is the Judgment OF the Ju
diciaI Commissioner of Upper Burmah in the
Maymyo riot case. 1t seems that there ap
peal against certain sentences and also
plication for what is described the revision of
the findings of the lower court in the of those
prisoners who were awarded "non-appeaIabl BILE SEN
tences." We read:
"Of the twenty-five accused who received only
non-appealable sentences of whipping which had
already been carried out, fifteen acquitted. the
judge remarlsing that # TO be regretted that
they had been convicted insufficient evidence.
and had received the whipping for which there
no remedy
This revision Of mona appeaable sentences which
have already been carried out be a mock /
cry. or what is IT a judge pronounce
innocent after they have been punished on
the assumption that they guilty? 1t may |
save the face of the victim of fogging but does
it heal the stripes?
The Old Mans Idea.-'Why. pa what are you
doing out there with the gun. and revolver. and |
''Ifs ali right sis. I've told that beau Of yourn
TO keep away. and m here to that he does it
But why aTe @ 6d y6n SO thi much armed % pa2 r
German commanders would call pacific blockade /
cleveland Plain Deals:.
Arizona engineers regard the Grand Canyon of =
the Colorado anording one of the greatest fields
in existence for the development OF electricity from
water power. In addition TO the immense power of
the Colorado itself. large stores OF energy are
available in the smaller streams that leap into the
vast chasm. The plan by which the power of the
main stream WILL 1t is now thought, eventually be
utilized is that of picking up the fall river
by Of tunnels At point about seventy
miles north of Williams it is said that fall of
five thousand feet be found in a distance but
little exceeding mile.
Mrs. Muggns-Mrs. Bjones expected her husband
10 give her a new wrap on christmas, but she was
disappointed
wrap for her.-(Phladelphia Record.
Venezuela's prisons modelled on the Black
Hole Of Calcutta. according the description of
Captain Davidson. who says that than
score of persons were crowded into a room sixteen
feet square. with nothing to sit This
would be bad treatment for the worst type OF local
but when applied to innocent victims of
politics and revolution nothing in Dahomey any
province of Jumbo Land was ever more aboninsbie.
Styles-Suppose you've heard the about
TIda?
Bates-Heard she got religion, IL that's what Won
mean
Styles-That time ago: she's got a hus-
band |
Rates-we. that's something ike!-CBoston Trsn-