New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


factory at some distance from New-York have been
kept busy by visitors whom no invitations had
been sent that they have prepared schedule. as
follows with postscript informing their friends
that they will attend to their own business between
sunset and sunrise: Commercial travellers. to IL:
solicitors for church subscriptions. II to l. book
agents. 1 to g.: stationery pedlers and insurance
agents. all day" An equitable and praiseworthy
division of time
Modern Feetbal-How to Play 1.-THE Centre
tck asu and sood OF s h @
instincts of bulldog and qualified to kill steers
other. some o. both feet. but the best stand with
ire starts the play He Should snap the BAH quickly
0a the saF of s e Should 5
iunge forward raise his head sharply. and butt -
phs e he should use his
head as , Sat.sriRs ram # his Opponent plays
are good he can hold his opponent and at the same
opponent is holding When man is BIT bard h i5
the he, usually grabs the man who bit him.
and attract the oficisis notice and it often re-.
is ago TSi nI because the 0'ner man
The st. Helena papers report an interesting in
cident. enlightening to pro-Boers. IN connection
with the departure OF Boer prisoners from St
Helena Lieutenant Colonel Hind. the commandant
of Deadwood Camp headed a deputation of the
exes to the Governor. and presented a hand
casket They thanked his exceency for the kind
and consideration they had experienced, and
in particular for the "seasonabe proclamation he
had issued, exhorting the inhabitants treat the
prisoners Of war with the respect due to hon
orable foe. They also desired to acknowledge the
noble manner in which the residents had re-
sponded to that appeal.
1T tell you the Rev. Longwynde is one OF
lures own preachers He is one Of the sort that
that orrfa for fha Iarp ffnr,
Herald
DR.. Louis EIkind writes in 1.-The London Times:
'It is rather curious that. though Professor Vir
elbows name has been well known throughout the
civilized world for a long period. very few people
know how to pronounce 1t. Germans themselves
being almost mistaken In their pronunciation
as foreigners Never this general as
plainly emphasized at the celebration held IN
honor of the great scientists eighteth birthday.
The delegates whom he received that occasion
had each his own way Of pronouncng V-i-r-ch-o-w.
Lord Lister for instance, speaking if the word
were spelled Wirtschau. Signor Bacce1H Wirkoff,
while his French and Russian colleagues pro-
nounced his name in such way that ii by no
means easy to understand whom they meant
Wirschoff. Wirhof and Wirchofr, respectively. At
the banquet which was given by Count Bulow
in the late Professor Virchows honor. and which
practically brought the festivities to close. Pro-
fessor Harnack addressed the guest of the even
ing as Herr F-i-r-ch-o-that is to say. the F. is
accentuated softly possible. in the English
fair and the Russian 'Feodor' while the w is
dispensed with. This greatly delighted the vet
eran pathologist and he remarked that never be-
fore had he heard his name pronounced properly.
Subsequently he dwelt upon the origin of his name
saying that he had been able to it to small
village and lake in Pomerania. both Of which
are named virchow, which word the natives pro-
nounce exactly Professor Harnack had done
1t may be OF interest If add that leading Ger
man philoogist devoted considerable time to the
subject of the origin of Virchow's name, and came
to the conclusion that 1T SIavouic. The Slavs.
he thought. who bore II, were settled in Pome-
rama about the fifth century of the Christian era
and gave of their to the village and the
lake.
ESCAPING TEMPTATION.
Meats high. we gods: but what's the odds.
Well have to brook it,
II 1t were cheap why bless your SOUL
Wed have to burn some precious coal
-CPhiladelphia Press
A Dorchester man. about whom The Boston
Herald" tells. in trying to escape shop his
vacation went to little hotel I'm Harrison, Me.
and promptly made this request of the proprietor:
May turn the map that hangs upon the wall at
the head of the first landing around so that can
not see its tracings when pass out Of my room?
Certainly. If 1t annoys you in way replied
the owner of the place.
We'll. IL does. for this reason My business Is
the making of maps. and happened to be en-
gagged this very one. and every time 1T comes
within the range OF my vision am reminded OF
shop Now, I don't like this. have come way
up here get rid OF all suggestion OF work and to
forget that I ever did labor but cannot enjoy
this Authorization long the red ard black
lines OF this map keep staring at me-
The accommodating landlord Immediately went
upstairs and turned the offending map toward the
wall and IT so remained until the Dorchester man
took his departure.
FATE.
They named her Eloise
While she infant lay;
Names count for little, she's
The wife OF BIZ to-day,
And sews and scrubs while he's
Out passing time away