New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-11
THE TALK OF THE DAT.

When General Louis Botha passed through vry-
held a few weeks ago." says The London Chron-
icle." 'the impression given by his good spirits
that he pleased with the terms. while
one Of the officers OF his staff confidently declared
that peace would be proclaimed in a fortnight.
The English commanding officer went out to
change courtesies with Botha, and our infantry
gave him a guard OF honor until he joined his own
burghers few miles out of Eryheid. All this is
might be expected; but a strange incident
CURED. The English officer in charge OF the escort
was presented General Botha's secretary.
Jacobus de Wet who had been three years Ok
ford and to his aide-de-camp. Louis Eslem. also
varsity man They evidently anxious to get
speech with lieutenant, and their first words
were Who the boat race?
''What'u you have to-d;y. sir?" asked the
waiter we've got some nice lamb with green
peas" -.
mndedly, ''let me have little lamb with green
ba cks."-(Catholic Standard and Times.
''All hail to w Lexington Comfort" says an ex-
change editor quoted by THE Philadelphia Rec
ord" He is the hnny-on-the-spot of the
century For this has already written a novel
based on the Mont PeIee eruption. and the work is
appearing in serial form in Chicago newspaper
1t was expected that this catastrophe would be-
gin. ere long. figure in fiction but who would
have thought thst. when It only happened
May S. the sixteenth chapter of novel about 1t
would be appearing May 81. The of the
novel is The Wrath of PeIee' The story concerns
the virtuous Whitelaw. millionaire's and the
vicious drunkard Gfday, newspaper artist.
These two. cruising in Whtelaws yacht. stop at
St Pierre, and the millionares meets and
falls in love with fine girl named Wall Pelee is
rnuttering and belching smoke, and Whiteaw tries
to get the Wall girl to come away with him in his
yacht. She won't do it. though, because she thinks
there is no danger. That is as far the story
has advanced I hope Whtelaw and the girl get
saved somehow. and I hope that W. Lexington
Comfort makes whole lot of money out of his
book
Eugene F Ware, the new commissioner of Pen
ESTABLISHED his reputation as a wit and writer of
verse. has been much interested for years in the
Recently r. " RichardsoR secretary s Of the
INC ~ lake good roads constrIction train across
the continent, said to Mr.. Ware:
How do the farmers in Kansas stand on the
phia Post ''
1.-The Americanizing of industries proceeds
apace" says The London Chronicle The next
interest threatened is the London omnibus. Any
one proceeding along Hobom yesterday. about
noon would have a motor bus pass. 1t
contained the directors of one of the leading bus
companies making trial trip on the latest Amer
lean importation. 1t is problematical whether the
directors felt quite comfortable. despite the lux
nature of the conveyance as it is under
stood that unless the company gives a large order
the American syndicate will itself proceed to place
these motors the London streets"
Sir said the young man. II assure you I would
love your daughter just much even If she were
penniless.'
"That settles you cried old Moneybags: "I don't
want fool for son-in-law .''-(Phadeph
Record.
This spring and during the winter says The
Kennebec CMe) Journal "Bowdoinham folks may
have heard a peculiar blast from OF the loco
motives which through in the evening. Well.
that's ,Jim's' signal to his mother, and every
evening when he goes through he pulls the cord
and his mother, far up the hillside. comes to
the door and waves the lantern. and it's a signal
that alrs well home"
Making 1t Simple.-The scholarly looking
with the big eyeglasses had been invited TO ad-
dress the Sunday school, and was making a few
remarks concerning the lesson.
Il see the word line occurs here, he said
Will some give definition of line'?'
Nobody answered.
1T is very easy he proceeded. encouragingIy.
though you may find it little perplexing to con-
vey the idea in simple terms. Try again
Well. the ordinary Specification of the word is
longitudinal extension. but here IL denotes pre-
determined boundary. / am sure. my young
friends you can remember that-"-(Chicago Trib-