New-York tribune., 1902-12-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

General Baden-P Powell the popular English war
rior, at a luncheon recently where a ceIe-
brated physician his fellow guest The doctor
chatting the soldier and said How do you
feel after killing a professionally The
general replied in his characteristic silky tone: oh
1 don't mind II much more than you do, 1 dare say
They go on only in this scene and spend less
n hsn pad an hour @ ra n the asc eae For % this Tor * they
week well dressed youth applied for Job a
ever being said about the rate of pay. His first
appearance vas Friday night. and on Saturday
the paymaster's window to get their envelopes The
velope, accordingly contained the impressive sum
of so cents. He opened the envelope and two silver
looked at them in surprise Then he spoke-to
said. that actors earned such huge Salaries .
Whereupon he Immediately presented his resigna-
tion."-(Chicago Tribune.
An extraordinary but we'll authenticated story OF
a bears freak from the village OF Saret-
schxe. In the district of Gdof, Russia The VII
lage lies the fringe Of forest whence It is OF
| frequent occurrence for bears TO make prowling
excursions both by day and night into the ada
/ cent settlements. Some ten days ago two young
/ girls. aged. respectively FIVE and twelve were
surprised by huge bear at short distance from
the village. Tho animal seized and carried of the
younger child while the elder. terror stricken fed
. home and gave the TO, unusual alarm Toward
/ sundown three days Iatei the bear and her booty
/ were discovered In dense thIcket. The child
perfectly unharmed. and reclining in a deep
messy couch made for her BY the bear. Although
naturally delighted TO be released from her strange
guardianship. the little girl had subsisted fairly
well on the nuts and other forest fruits brought
/ 10 her laager by the bear.
At Health Resort-First Elderly Lady On a
/ worn out to-day
Second Elderly Lady 0hrough a respirator)-Her
na First @ ,7 f. L7Yes Yes poor dear, She says he woke
Second e. always fuss
/ about themselves.
FIRST f L On the tone OF one who tries to be
jnst1Lso they do-stiIl7yog know my dear-the
/ Second +. L. dmpatienty)-Yes. yes. I know.
/ Very trying for him. Crhen reluctantly And of
! course-as you say-the weather!-(Punch.
The standard of spelling at ten OF learning
according to recently collated statistics is
rs follows: OF bad spoilers Princeton has a per-
centage OF 10; University OF Minnesota, 80: Uni
versty Of Illinois. 90 the spelling standard Cor
nell is high at Columbia's Schools of Applied
Science. ''atrocous''. the Massac chusetts Inst-
gtute OF Technology the percentage OF bad spelling
! is large; at Brown University II is large
as in the entering class OF Northwestern; Yals
the standard is high" and at Wesleyan and the
University Of Michigan II is fair"
Kept Guessing pastor preached
very caustic sermon this morning that seemed to
be slap 5dl Tf the so eonSrSSation Ssa ion 81.
Churchill-I forget. l put in all my time wonder
ing what his pretext was-tPhlladelphia Press.
Chinese doctors very particular about the
distinction between physicians and surgeons A
Chinese gentleman struck by an arrow which
remained fast In his body. A surgeon was sent
for, and. it is said broke off the protrudins bit of
the arrow. leaving the point embedded He re-
fused to extract it, because the case was clearly
one for a physician the being inside the body
GOODWILL.
What makes the janitor relax
And show by all and sundry acts.
To serve me he is keen?
yyrh,, +b,+ a.
AS he the razor stropped the while
With most unusual zest?
What spurs the walters eager rush
To help me with my chair.
To smooth the cloth, and wait my wish
With deferentia air?
With hI most str respecffaT s% p .sir@ Sir nat
Who. If his tips not very fat.
Is much inclined to slur? |
And am Why SesG sq alnd1e FL my Jasfs piscss now
For their affection is, l vow,
Not always SO, alack!
Why is it that-Ah yes; it's clear
To mel understand!
An easy mark am fear.
When Christmas is at hand.
-(Brooklyn Life.
1.-The Chicago Record Herald" tells story which
interesting in the light of conditions in
Venezuela. When Mr.. Russell, of Massachusetts,
was minister Venezuela he Secretary
Evarts that the only way to collect several hundred
thousand dollars due citizen of the United States
was offer Guzmar Blanco, then President, a third
or half of it. That dispatch got into the news !
papers Venezuela very indignant. Guzman
Blanco handed Mr. Russell his passports and sent |
him aboard a steamer of the Red d Line then lying !
in the harbor and had him guarded with a squad
of soldiers until the vessel sailed. There a |
pretty little romance mixed in the episode.
had a favorte nephew, who the comman- |
der In chief of his army and in training to succeed
him as President. The nephew engaged to |
marry Mr.. Russelrs daughter, and when he heard |
of how his prospective father-in-iaw had been |
treated he went to the palace to demonstrate Guz-
man told the bold lover that he could choose be-
tween his Yankee sweetheart and the destiny that |
awaited him in Venezuela. The young man broke
his sword his knee. threw the tive fragments
at his uncles head, dashed of the palace col
ected a of his cronies. got long rope, pulled |
down several statues Guzman Blanco had erected
n his honor then mounted his horse, rode over |
the Indian trail to La Guayra and Joined Mr. Rus
sells family the steamer few moments before
1t sailed Upon their arrival Boston the couple
married. and the ex-general of the Venezuelan
army went into the chocolate business.
WAS ECONOMICALLY INCLINED
Wantanno-And is your friend strong in the fac
uty known as Saving common sense?
DuZno-Remarkabfy When IL o saving |
common sense he is a regular miser I never knew |
American. 1