New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Supreme Court of Missouri. IN a recent de-
cision. says that the sunfower is a weed. This Is
particularly unkind. inasmuch the neighboring
State of Kansas has adopted that familiar blossom
as the State flower. What has Missouri beau
tiful that the chief glory of Kansas Is weed
In comparison? The Supreme Court of Missouri
may have hazy notions regarding flora as 1t has
regarding boodlers At any rate, whatever may be
the botanical grade of the plant within the con-
fines of the great State OF Kansas by legislative
fat the sunfowers a flower!
visitor-You must have remarkably efficient
Board Of Health in this town.
Shrewd Native Zone of the many)-You right
&c. GS9mp,Gsed Of Of scientists I gFssgmeT,
Physicians, perhapS?'
mot much. We don't allow, doctors on our
"Huml What sort Of men have you chosen.
then g.. ,r.,,-.o. ,o,+. -. Vol, 1v..S,v
Chicago has been patronized by the East for a
generation, but 1t Is new for the Pacific Coast to
rise up and jeer at the biggest city OF the West
This from THE Portland OTegonian" should make
the hUnbest worm turn: Chicago, the homo OF
thugs and visantcs, union hearse drivers and scab
motormen. tall buildings and low morals, ward
heelers and divine hcalers. winds and bluffs blessed
with stockyards and cursed with a university
Chicago. the queen city of mid-America-'
"Oh, yes I've opened an office" said the young
lawyer; you may remember that YOU saw me
buying an alarm clock the other day."
Yes replied his friend, you have to get UP
early these mornings, eh?'
to go home."-Philadelphia Press
An Indian who has just returned from England
expresses surprise at the ignorance he found there
He went to London to take part in wild Western
melodIama. He ran across newspaper man In
Philadelphia. and the latter says 1t amusing to
hear him describe the ignorance regarding his
race that exists abroad. AN Englishman." he
said thinks that a red man from 200 to
225 miles day without effort He thinks Apache
overtake deer. In fact read in London a
short story describing how in fifteen mile run
Apache caught deer, choked it to death and
ate its heart raw The English believe that an
Indian is generous he would give away the
clothes his back. accosted by hosts OF
beggars In London, and they couldn't understand
why didn't hand out a half-crown to each OF
them. They also think Indian will endure the
severest pain without hinchng. out of pride. A
young English girl stuck pin IN my leg at
restaurant one night. and was surprised when I
said Ouch and swore."
The woman was doing her shopping, The eoun-
tertumper handed her a package and she slowly
absentmindedly asked You have just bought
you viii Need e re Ga nk
The recent sale in London of a pair OF canaries
for EGO has directed public attention the boom
now raging in London in these diminutivs pets
Since King Edward took Up the hobby of canary
breeding prices have been steadily rising and IN
many instances blrdS nave changed hands for four
times their weight in gold.
The most expensive variety are those with crests
or topknots of feathers. Perfect crested canaries
very difficult to breed and they are subject to
blindness. the being cultivated such an ex-
tent that IL grows over the eyes and hides even
the beak Prices for good "crests' range from IS
To f40
Norwich plainhead canaries are far more popular
but do not realize such nigh prices. At Hudders-
field show recently young bird. in It's first season
was sold by auction for f15 los. Painhead Nor
witch are bred almost exclusively for color proper
ties. the most highly colored specimen invariably
heading the list
Correcting Bunder.-He was given two very I'M
portant letters TO mail, addressed to Cleveland
Ohio, and the other TO Liverpool England. As he
was about TO place them in the receptacles In the
Postotilce, the clerks eagle eye detected that his
employer had made slight mistake. He had
placed a cent stamp required for foreign post
age on the Cleveland letter and the 2 cent one on
the Liverpool mtssive- The alert clerk was OF
course equal to the emergency and soon had the
matter adjusted all right. Then he fairly flew down
MaEket-st. TO report the mistake that had been
made to his employer.
You're brick. my boy" said the busy man.
and you don't know how much 1 Appreciate Won
How did you fix it2"
ooh. easily no replied. ~ Just changed the ad-
Dresses Philadelphia Telegraph.