New-York tribune., 1902-12-08
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

Nevada Mo. has n school OF magnetic healing.
and It's mail was recently held up by the local
postmaster under fraud order Issued by the
Postoffice Department. But the school brought
suit 20 prove that It legal ana legitimate
concern. and the Judge before whom the case was
tried decided that there no fraud In the claim
that the mental powers OF one person could he ex-
erted TO cure the disease OF another. whatever
might be ones belief the reality and extent
of those powers; that there was no standard by
which to declare such claims false and fraud So
the concetn will go on for the present as SWIM
nninely as other healing orders so numerous among
us as TO impeach the claim that we are a healtny
people no matter how great we may assert our
selves to be.
''Up at Wellesley you can't call on girl after
nine-thiTty. . , p.,,..n
"Gee They must be a lot or cure" oelies.
(Harvard Lampoon-
Gentlemen" said judge addressing the jury
in a recent Irish case reported In Law Notes,
'you have heard the evidence. The indictment
says the prisoner was arrested for stealing pig
The offence seems TO be becoming common one.
The time has come when II must be put a stop to;
otherwise, gentlemen of you will be safe"
Patient-You mean to say that it is to you that
DnetorNI consider myself the instrument in the
Patient-or rather the middleman-the party
who usually gets the p-ofts.-(Boston Transcript.
Attention has been called to the survival of folk
lore in rural parts of England by evidence given In
stabbng tried at the Essex aSSlZeS- 10
quicken the healing of the wounds the knife with
which they were inflicted smeared with grease
and laid on the bed of the patient. The purpose
served by the applicati of grease or oil to the
knife or to any steel instrument that has In
hicted wounds is to prevent it from rusting. For
If the steel is allowed to become rusty, the wound
is supposed be affected. and fostering and NOR
tfcation follow the progress of the rust. Another
quaint belief Is that the application Of an oiled
knife is a certain and quick remedy for scalds and
burns.
How would you like a foreign consulship?"
The ex-postmaster, who wanted nothing better
than his former job again, twirled his hat in an
IF it's ali the same to you he said: Td rather
Tribune,
It is said to Dr. Winkler lawyer of Lucerne.
Switzerland belongs the honor of having settled
what is probably the longest lawsuit in the history
of any country. Since 1870 boundary dispute has
been going on between Hungary and Galicia- The
area in dispute is tract of land about seventy
miles south of Cracow, owned partly by Prince
Hohenlohe, a German, and Count Zamoyski,
exled Polish noble from Posen. This dispute of
five hundred years duration has led to much Bit
ter feeling in the neighborhood. both Hun
garians ard Poles have hoty contested the ques-
ton and loudly asserted their claims. The arbi
traitor has decided in favor of the Galician claim.
and allows Hungary only twenty acres to straight
her boundary.
F. Uny-Funny thing about missionaries.
E. a. Sy-How's that?
F. Uny-why they usually go to the bad.--Penn.
Punch Bowl.
The Rome correspondent of "The London Tele-
graph" regrets that the historic OF Rome
are being changed to commemorate modern per-
sons and events. Now" writes, Rome has
bought the Villa Borghese. and i. will bios
som forth as Villa Umherto I. Let us hope that
the other members of the royal house will die in
their beds if for nosother reason than to leave
the Eternal City some of what should be her cher
ished names To foreigners. from the Atlantic to
the Pacific and from the North Pole to the South.
the Corso and the Villa Borghese meant certain
street and certain villa IN Rome, and In Rome
only with unique associations and history. while
to the next generation they will only mean the
GREETED memory of modern monarch"
MY goodness graciousi Little boy. do you smoke
cigarsY
mo need hintin'. lady. de butt is prom
ised."-CHarvard Lampoon..