New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-20
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

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dinner in London that fifty years ago he had
pelted Lord Kelvin with snoWbals the great
scientists first appearance at Glasgow University
professor recalls stories of student mischief in
the famous scientists classroom. 1t was not al
ways scene of scientific calm. many of his old
students will remember with a smile. Whether 1t
was his detachment from merely Mundane matters
his sympathy with the young need not matter
now; but Sir William Thomson's lecture room
regarded by too many place of not infreQuent
amusement Students sometimes srnuggled in dogs
away in the back benches, and one undergraduate
was detected by the master consuming bottled
stout in the secusion of a skied seat. The de-
lfnquent who launched a paper pellet which found
its target the bald spot the professors head
never made public confession like Lord shand-
The Whole Thing-"Then you've been to Nj
Yes. I was quietly married last Tuesday week.
and the next day we reached Niagara. Soon as
wife"
YOU bet You should have seen all the other
men turning around to look at her as she passed -
philadelphia Press
The gun made and used in Mafeking during the
siege of that in the recent South African
and deposited by the King in the Royal United
Service Institution Museum, has had the following
description attached to 1t: This gun made IN
the railway workshops in Mafeking during the
siege The core IS a steel steam pipe. round which
were Tapped bars Of iron, which were hammered
and turned into their present condition The trun-
Mons and breech castings Of brass For the
castings a blast furnace improvfsed out OF
iron water tank lined with fire bricks the draught
being forced through the pipe of vacuum brake
off a railway carriage. The shells for the gun
similarly cast. and loaded with powder. and
exploded by slow match which ignited by the
flame of the discharge. The powder also man
ufsctured in Mafeking. On one occasion the breech
blew out. and repaired and fixed with the stout
iron holding bands which may be seen connecting
the breech to the trunnion block The gun was
made by Mr.. Coglen. of the railway works. under
the supervision of Major Panzera. British South
Africa Police, who commanded the artillery Of the
defence. It mounted by Mr. Gerrans. the
we'll known wagon builder In MGfeking, the
wheels Of a threshing machine. 1t was named The
Wolf after Colonel Baden Powell whose nickname
this was among the people Of the North. Deposited
by his majesty the King"
THE PRAYER OF THE PREDACEOUs.
Now this is the prayer OF the Bull and. Bear
At the shrine of the God of Gold
And the westering suns effulGent fire
Down narrow street unrolled:
Of 9F on 5e and Gf9 da and s5am nPd Pool
Man cannot live by bread alone.
So, give us our daily lamb.
1--WE need his fleece to keep us warm
His fat when the nights are cool;
And twin brother to fool
1--WE won't do thing to the fresh young sheep
But teach him to gambol and play;
And beautiful long baled hay.
He shall not Suffer the the RanFs q thirst
For Innocence We love and prize,
And always water our stock
The lion lies down with the lamb dnside).
So why not the Bull and Bear?
We will show him cover well take him in.
We've plenty of room to spare.
"tls mint sauce let him bring VT With him.
And he IA jDi RTnNutpg
And learn what IS in a name
'"Then let us return to our mutton;
With &C current funds (Which hi, is jam. 200,
And come a steel spring lamb.
30 slightly Alleged Auriferous God
Hear Thy humble beasts who prey!
Thy Knights Of the Golden Fleece are We.
And worship Thee night and day"
-CW. z. p French, in Life
NJ Fremiet the far,ors sculptor. has received
commission for a monument to be erected in Paris
in memory of the pigeons which carried messages
during the siege according TO The London Chron-
icle' At its commencement the instituton Of the
pigeon post Of marked service, and thousands
of letters and dispatches were sent out from Paris
by this means. Writings were photographed and
reduced to so minute a size tLat a word could
be read without the aid of a very powerful mag
nifying glass; hence one bird could carry MANY
mtssivCs in instance a cage containing
couple of homing pigeons appended 10 a hal
loon. with a notice offering reward of leo francs
any who would send them back with news
of the outer world But the Prussians captured
the balloon and sent back word that the pigeons
both welcome and tender. and had made
good pie.
John and the Church.-The minister was look
ing for a sober Janitor. and he found john. John
is a strappng fellow. clean and wholesome look
ing. The minister mucn pleased with John
And John had some good recommendations. and
seemed to know his business so thoroughly that
the minister engaged him.
DO you know where the church is?'
John shook his head.
We'll. It's down OH the south side of East End
ave, JeXington-s st. Now do you remember
"Aw, yis.' said John. It's the wan just across
from Mike Sullivan's saloon."-(iarper's Magazine