New-York tribune., 1902-02-08
THE TALK OF THE DAT.

The Russian scientific expedition 10 Thibet. un-
der Lieutenant KotzlofT which returned the other
day to Moscow, spent altogether two and a half
years In Central Asia, covering a distance OF over
eight thousand miles Astronomical observations
were made at forty different points A meteoro-
logical station established in Tsaidam. and
records were obtained for thirteen successive
months. The geological botanic and geological
collections are extremely interesting and were
brought on the backs OF ffty camels to the from
tier station of Urga. From the central region Of
the Great Cobb Desert thousand geological speci-
mems have been collected.
. Discussions are still going on as 10 the right
french translation OF Mr.. Kpling's The Politics
real nut 70 crack let them try this description Of
Writes the n6Ses ne5heT IN He was clad
double fakements down the side."-(London Globe
The latest golfers yarn is the statement that
Joseph OF old was the original golf player In the
hrst place. we are told that he wore a coat OF
many eolors which certainly must have been
golf suit; and tho statement that he was put into
hole by his brethren is declared at St Andrews
to be merely tgurative expression and signihes
that they beat him at his game.
When Lord Kelvin was on his schooner yacht
system Of simplifying the method Of signals at Sea
he he asked S Miss Crum, whom he greatly admired
understood his code She said She did. IF / sent
mink yo Could h9 reaS aSkfd T @ IRON g my yacht do you
well would try" she responded.
making +, out and in transmitting the reply The
swer was: Yes '-(Leslies Weekly
The great German iurist. DR.. Kekule Won stra5-
onitz. tells the following story: In nv schooldavs
l had the misfortune to look like an EncIishman
My father. subsequently professor of chemistry at
Bonn, had lived many years abroad and for some
time in England My maternal grandfather was
an Englishman. My clothing and appearance may
have been somewhat foreign. At any rate my
appearance earned for me many a bitter expert
erce 'Beefsteak' and English grampus' were the
mlldest terms of abuse; many stone and other
missile was thrown at Once indeed an espe-
cially hot tempered German boy banged NV head
against the wall because he could not bear an
Engshman.' He did this with such force as to
infiict a serious wound. the marks Of which carry
with me 10 this day These experiences are taken
from the years between 1871 and 1850. Only when
l became soldier did this style of hostility alto
gether cease, And all this happened on the Rhine
Where the people are certainly not specially hostile
TO the British. 1 must therefore maintain that
In the widest circles of the German population a
feeling of aversion-for that is what it is-has for
a long line existed for the kindred nation OF the
British Whence comes this feeling, and wherein
does il rest? 1 do not know. Something of the
aversion from the other side of the ditch out of
the time of Frederick William has certainly de-
scended to us. Certainly this aversion is NOT
justified. Twice have Great Britain's great GEN
erals at the head of their army assisted to rescne
US from the French danger-Marborough in 17o.
at blenhelm and Wellington about q century later
at Waterloo"
II am at the door" said the Wolf in n loud
voice, and am coming in " - N
All right" responded the meek man. ..bpt ,,ou
ndu Detter wipe your feet the mat before my
wife catches you."-(Philadelpha Record my
or Sir William Harcourt, DisraeH once said in
his affectedly cynical way: HE has the tbrAA as
sential qualifications OF success In politicsa hna
person loud voice and no principles" To This
when 1t was repeated to him, Hareourt reioined.
Leaving out the first two qualifications II might
almost be applied to Dizzy himself"
A correspondent contributes another ~ ,hA
series OF umbrella myths. During a smart shoUsr
a gentleman who was unproVded hurriaSIv over
look an acquaintance whom he CHANGED to So
some distance ahead of him. Carrying an umbrsIIa
its 10 dsh II ne might be permitted share
denly the other turned round and with a e,5tItt
LOOK thrust IT into his hands and vanished -1Tnn
don Globe. ~ LION
An elderly man In the reading room OF the Brit |
ish Museum the other day asked the superintendent
"hat was the name of the man who had invented |
a flying machine II thought" he said. that his |
name was Dumas. but the catalogue only gives a |
lot OF rotten novels under that name"
An ola farmer, threescore years and ten one dav
birthstone ~ Ao' pouiu OF
The storekeeper, a rather eccentric character
soouS, owing 70 lack of opposition. 49,
AIIer receiving the birthstone the farmer tan
t eIeu d snllIng Tor payment. and he received
me cnahge remarked that he could get IL at hair
the price at the neghboring market town - NAN
ne storekeeper glared at his customer for a
second and then replied -Oi
Yes, lad, so tha' might and some dav than -.
IL TOT now t!'-u@ondon Spare Moments eS