New-York tribune., 1902-12-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE Toronto Globe has issued an exceedingly
handsome and attractive Christmas number 1t Is
printed on heavy paper, in magazine sze and is
full of good stories and fine pictures with II are
given a number of colored plates. separate
Great sneee.-"You say he Is the only minister
in this section" interrogated the new arrival IN
the boom town. and that ne married thrty coupieS
Yes Stranger" responded the boomer. 'and we
cali him the torpedo boat minister.
Because Sc he made thirty knots an hour."-(Chi-
cago News.
According to Belgian paper woman whose
husband had lost his life in a railway accident re-
ceived from the company 10000 francs by way OF
compensation. Shortly after she heard OF trav-
eIler who had lost a leg and had been paid 10000
francs The widow at once put on her bonnet and
shawl and went TO the office OF the company
Gentlemen, how is this?" she asked. You give
2oOO0 francs for leg and you allowed me only
10 900 francs for the loss OF my husband" Madam
was the reply "the reason is plain Twenty thou
sand francs won't provide him with leg, but
for 1000 francs you can get husband
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
He was barrister
And she was maiden fair;
Fate the grave old judge
And Cupid was jury there
GIadness was in her heart
And blushes n spread t6 DER sGIrs her 3aesaa 3aes
And heard him present his case
Like a whirlwind her father came
And he made the furniture fly
a lover was there who longed
10 @tThe Chicago Record-Herald.
Tn France A novel method OF catching fish is
being tested by anglers. tiny mirror Is attached
TO the line near the baited hook The assumption
is that a fish, when it itself in a glass. Will
conclude that some other fish is trying to carry
off the bait and will make haste to secure the
tempting morsel itself the result being that IL VIII
speedily be caught the relentless nook FROM
experiments which have been made there seems
10 be some foundation for this assumption At any
rate some anglers say that they catch more fish
when they use the little mirror than they ever
caught before.
The Parkhurst correspondent OF The Aroostook
Republican declares that the drifts are so high In
meet hs to~h Iadywe fnp let him tell it He says: When
had got about half sd wdy CONN ons 'S and handsome
AS I did not want TO get into the snow up to to- my
nin11te' she said I will show you how pass;
put your arms AROUND my tSer nit her arms
around me and said turn as you would IN waltz.
obeyed& Ia and oar d TOO yepVtng SeGV is easy in this
world if you only know how said the charTner; as
-r,. shortage of doctors in Russia is the subject
of an article in a ST. Petersburg journal which
publishes statistics of the proportion OF doctors IN
ntber European countries per 100000 inhabitants
Great Britain heads the list with 49, switzerland
has 20 Germany 80 and Russia s. In order 10 pring
.l,a
Russian will have 10 have l5oV" doctolS' al pres
ent there are only about 1900
in the matter of godfathers than any other woman man
in the world she can and how she came to Obtain
s ,nanv is pretty story When she was born the
war of 1870 st Ws at the time Of her christening
father Prince Henry OF Hesse re9nesIeqb % bi an @ ,e
%a9d to sna stand mfn S5 bs Sg
mhnm he named Irene CPeace) in commemoratlon
~ of W3r.-tLOndon IdtJeT.
..rb,s story Is being told in Paris observes THE
,,-ast,nipster Gazette" concerning we'll known
nubic man who recently was presented by Sou
danese potentate with Labaksi-Tapo order or
Merit The recipient. anxious 10 display the deco
tion at the earliest opportunity, applied at once
to the ministry for permission TO wear it. While
readily granting the permission, the ministry IN
ouired with the ghost of q smile. DO you know
what the order is like? Certainly, replied the
delipbted applicant: 1T is beautiful gold ring and
hanging from it a small red enamel pipe of peace.
T ebould like to wear it of course you may wear
it but according to law you have to wear it as 1t
is worn by the natives in Africa And how might
that be?' Why with the ring through the nose
The new knight of the Laoaks-laro order mas not
been heard of since
No Comparson.-First Boy-My mamma belongs
TO one of the first families.
Second Boy-Pooh! That's nothing. Mine be-
longs to one of the last families.-(Life
on the eve of Minister wu's departure from
Washington a young woman of his acquaintance
said to him that she hoped TO visit China some day.
as what he had told her about his native country
had been so interesting But you have never ex-
planned" she added. why Cinnamon take four or
fiye wives" With grave bow the Oriental diplo-
mat said: MY countrymen take many in order
that they may find in all of them the beauties and
accom- plishments of such young lady you"
Iconoclasm.-"Well,' said the man who had come
in from the wflds. Il suppose you've took
your seat in Congress as in.
No You remember. had the misfortune to be
you don't say! And after me travelIn' forty
mile to vote fer you! The folks our way will
shore be surprised. So you amt goin' sit in
Congress more!
I'm afraid not"
well well! Things certainly gon' queer
these days. 1 reckon they'll be movin' the Wash
ington Monument next -(Washington Star.
There's glut of cocoanuts among the shelter,nr,
palms. and by curious coincidence, in New-Yorl |
restaurants. hotels and clubs cocoanlt pie is SET
forth more obtrusively than usual. Meanwhile the
lowly pumpkin. most modest. shy and coy of yege- |
tables turks in the background. But to your true
born Yankee, what Wand ever more delicious |
than genuine New-England pumpkin pie?