New-York tribune., 1903-11-23
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

There ninety-fve vacancies in the grade OF
second lieutenant of the army. of which ffty-fivs
in the infantry. twenty-five in the artillery and
eighteen in the cavalry. OF these vacancies fifteen
to be filed from civil life. and if enough of the
candidates 0here hundreds of applications on
file in the adjutant generals office qualify. there
will be only eighty vacancies for the West Point
class of 1904. which now numbers about 125. There
will probably be additional vacancies in the junior
grade before the class OF 1904 is graduated next
June. is doubtful If there will be enough for
all its members. in which case some will remain
the list of 'additiOnals" until vacancies occur.
There two candidates from the ranks Of the
army waiting for appointment One of these IS
Manfred LAMA Ga of Countess LAMA and
grandson of the late Surgeon General w A. Ham
mOnd). corporal of the 4th Battery Of the
field artillery. The other candidate Is Sergeant
Anton c. Cron, of the 9th Infantry. Under the law
Of June S0 1892 several changes have recently been
made in the regulations governing promotion from
the ranks to commissioned grade Hitherto
candidate has been eligible for examination and ap
pointment UP to and including his thirty-frst
birthday: but hereafter a candidate must be at
least twenty-one and under thirty years old Other
changes provide that the candidate need testify
whether he has has not ever been apprenticed
to trade; there is be grading of the general
average such subjects physique. moral char
acter and antecedents. and the preliminary
animation must be competitive. which it has not
been heretofore.
Who ate onions club cheese and senne-senne.
TIL bad fright day
Took her breath quite away.
And we hope she won't hnd it agenne.
-(CorneH Widow.
In the interest of making Australia "a white
mans country government bounty is paid for
sugar grown by white labor. OF the last years
sugar crop of hundred thousand tons. seven
tenths produced by Kanaka black labor.
A Pertbsbire farmer lost his wife when his child
born. Two years later he married her cousin.
In course OF time tney hau d son. ana heleH, the
II was decided both lads should study for the
however the farmer had some severe losses. Both
boys were in the same class. as the elder ones
had been settled that they should go together 10
the farmer decided that only one could go coll
lege: the other must stay and work on the farm
placed the responsibility of the decision his
| had strong feeling in the matter Helen his
wife. had a hard struggle To use her own words:
ony hep. He He teit me tae pick masei'. an a.
nicht l went up their room an sat doom at the
prood wummln wad hae been to see him preachin
the Word o God frae the PooPit! But then lookit
tst couldna think O. pittn, ma ain Gallant afore
lad bide wi his faither."-Cv. c.
W. f Shaw. of Brooklne. gave on electrical
party the other night, the feature OF which was
the exhibition Of electric clock for blind and
deaf mutes. Mr.. Shaw is deaf and dumb and he
assisted In demonstrating the workings OF his
invention by Tommy" Stringer blind. deaf and
dumb who is making great progress IN the sci
ences. The clock tells the time and alarms the
sleeper by agitating lever which is connected by
a string to n pillow. causing the pillow TO move
up and down. the vibrations being communicated
to the sleeper by touch a circuit is closed nv
which electric current is sent through a small
incandescent lamp in front OF a paraboIic mirror
the rays of which thrown into the face OF the
sleeper II releases a spring connected with a
hammer which fails upon a Illuminating Cap the
loud explosion of which at close quarters is Ter
cept5Ie to a deaf PEI son IL would seem to All the
bill as an alarm clock which would rouse the heav-
lest sleeping commuter.
Barnes-You are looking uncommonly cheerful
this morning. HOwes.
HOwes-I have reason to. have the proud salts
| faction of knowing / don't a cent TO any man
| In the world. have gone through insolvency.
| you know.-(Boston Transcript
A boy who was required to write an essay on
| hens produced the following; Hens is curious
| animals: they don't have nor no teeth nor
! no ears They swallow their whittles whole and
chew II up in their crops inside Of 'em. The out
side Of hens generally put into PLIERS and into
feather busters. The inside of hen sometimes
| hIed with marbles and buttons and ssch A
| hen is very much smaller than a good many other
! animals but they'll dig up more tomato plants
than ANYTHING that amt hen Hens Is very use
| full to Law eggs for plum puddings. Hens have
! got wings and can fly when they get frightened.
cut of q hens head with hatchet. and 1t fright
ened her 10 death"
Exert Testimony To settle a bet" said the
! visitor how long can a man go without fOcd?'
Ask the there" said the snake ed
| tor.
| us he the editor who answers ausstipnsg'
| No. he's poet. et.'-(Philadelpha Press.