New-York tribune., 1902-02-10
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE Rev F. J. Crosland Fenton.' says The
London Chronicle" writes from Brooking Parson-
age. Totnes After weighing variety OF possible
alternatives. feel convinced that the best avail
able expression hitherto proposed for Signor Mar
confs system is supplied by the word "neography'
and it's kindred terms "neograph, neogram
Should you in this opinion, perhaps you will
aid In initiating its adoption We are not sure
When the thing is perfected. the word will no
doubt evolve Perhaps shall wave where now
We wire"
contemporary gives some surprising details
concerning the spread Of the candy craze" the
.LSst =, - arnoUn,ad aortbx q, ,bs
name can exist for half an hour without the com:
almOnds, The SDPsaEa1ss OF sugaFsd 5 s%Gads
comfortable. They look so pebbly.-tLondon Globe.
quaint and interesting custom was observed
the other day at the Guildford Town Hail. England.
when two domestic servants threw dice 20 decide
which should be the recipient OF what is called the
maids money" left by John How. two centuries
and half ago. 20 reward the female domestic who
remained at least two years in one situation within
the borough and who should throw the highest
number with two dice IN competition with another
aspirant for the money. Clara Howard and Flor
ence Ansell. both Of whom had been in one ser
vice eight years. entered the lists. and the
former-who threw seven against the latters five
was declared the winner. and received a check for
twelve guineas somewhat similar award.
amounting TO els Is 1od, for the apprentice who
had served for seven years and had taken up his
certificate as a freeman of the borough. pre-
sented TO Sidney Fowler Fairmaner.
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
o EYES the best to maP gives res most DSS to 5S GSs
GLADDEN. the world and add new Joys 10 heaven:
So with exalted aim and grand design
To flow throSghout bout the ne land he loved 50 we ,
OF knowledge boundless as the eternal years
OF wisdom stored in tones OF sages venerable,
BY parchment bound and clasped with bronze or
gold
And ancient faiths by reason overthrown:-
Words mperishable on olden vellum writ
with all their wealth ., Of CLASSIC IS, ss lore
annals 81 Of centuries & OF men e that t lived bpo and
Records OF empires risen and decayed.
And All ae aeq and all the oys ana
That mark the march Of dom doIminating man
Adown the wreck k-strewn avenues OF time:
In oceans depths and csvernous domains:
In In aerial space and starry spheres remote,
Their snow-crowned brows beyond the towering
Cosmos concrete with all its awful powers
Held subject 20 one everlasting will
And study man and mans immortal mind;
David Banks sickels
An experiment in marine fog signalling Is shortly
to be carried out off Egg Rock. Lynn. England A
large bell is TO be fixed below buoy, so as to be
rung fifty feet under water. II will be worked by
electricity from the Egg Rock Light Station, so
required. The theory of mariners Is that bell
ringing under water is heard at a much greater
distance by sailors out at than when il is rung
while suspended in air. At the same time. the loud
ringing will no longer disturb people living in the
neighborhood.
Repartee.-"Can you make four revolutions in the
air before alighting?' asked the curious stranger
I'm no South American repubici"-(Ohio state
Journal 'e
OF the beer tax 1t is said that when the con-
sumer has drunk enough feel IL he will be so
cheerfully exhilarated that he will not mind IT,
The brewers complaint of il as a war measure
oppressive in times of peace set forth before Con-
gressional committees. seems TO import that he
doesn't drink enough OF his own mixtures
,FatalitymWhen 81. I began business" said the
Plufoerat nn YEARLY i made VOW that whenever I
Why. you've done that. many times over long
age said the other man. yet you are sun e ace
That's It's the cqTse f, Of t. Whenever think I've
either little more or little less and i've got to
And he sighed heavily.-(Chicago Tribune.
AT the Shanghai police court recently a c,,r,ous
object was handed up to the bench for inspection
1t was contained in a square yellow box ana re-
semoled nothing more than a piece of black wax
IL weighed about two ounces. and the policeman In
charge OF the case explained to the court that il
was a Chinese medicine compound of monkeys.
toenails boiled down and hardened by being buried
underground for a number OF years 1t had been
stolen from native apothecary's shop I'm Nan
King Road Monkeys toenais. it appears are a
we'll known remedy among the Chinese for stomach
troubles.
,Preparation.-"I saw Professor Antique going up
the street thlS morning smoking big black nine
something he has never been known to do
yes ne 5 also learning to chew He has ioned
an exploring expedition that leaves for the Fiji
Islanas next month, and somebody told him the
Baltimore News. ~ ''