New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
James Carlton Young of Minneapolis. makes a
fad of collecting books with the handwriting of
the author on the fly leaf Mr.. Young has already
collected several thousand volumes in all Ian
guages, every of which is so inscribed. BY
searching the book stalls of Europe and America
and by gifts from other collectors he has also
ceeded in obtaining valuable collection of works
whose authors dead, but whose volumes bear
upon their blank leaves autograph inscriptions re-
vealng their sentiments their personality. Many
these presentation copies sent by the writers
to friends. who for some another have
disposed of them Mr.. Young hopes to add many
of the sort TO his library, and has stand
ing orders with every dealer of consequence
throughout the world
COIN BAREFOOT.
It's more fun goin' barefoot than anyfnn' I know
There amt single mother thing that helps yer
Some days stay in muvver's room a-gettin' in
An when I've bothered her SO much. she seq. "oh.
I say, KIN so barefoot?' En- she says IF y
Men / aIwqz wanter holer when I'm pullin' off my
shoes!
It's fun a-gon' barefoo. when yer playin' any
Cause robbers would be noisy an Indians awful
Unless they had their shoes off when they crep' up
An f9lks sant know they're comm till they get
An I'm surely goin' barefoot every day when I
An haven't got a nurse to say I'll catch my death
An il yer gon, barefoot; yer want t go outdoors
Like you kin dig en- in tn dirt! An where tn
TIL blades feel Kinder tickey and cool between yer
So when I'm pulIin' off my shoes I'm mighty 'fraid
Cause then, know mad stop me fore got my
If Y often 60 round barefoot there's lots o things
OF how I curl yer feet on stones. so they won't
An when tn grass is stckley an pricks Y at
Jas' plqnk yer feet down solid, an it don't hurt
I lose, my hat mos every day. I wish I did my
Ell else Tisht vas 50 poor hadn't none to LOSE
The postmaster in Howard Kan. prints a card
urging people to seal their letters before mailing
them. The other day" he says. lone person
mailed five or six letters. all unsaaIed. Every day
several letters dropped in unseaIed. The post
master has to lick the Flaps and stick them down
in order to be useful and friendly-for of course
he doesn't want to send them out wide open Then
he is too busy this hot weather to read them all
patrons of the office urgently requested to
seal their letters before mailing them"
Not That sort.-A good story is told of one of
the cape Town volunteers He had been at the
tired OF the endless travelling lack Of ratio2s. etc
80 that he considered he was lucky when day
he came across the general. who was doing a tour
He, shouted; "Huro mister, You, I want to
The general, turning. found he was the Mister"
We'll my man" he said, what do you want
I want to get furiough mister. that's what
want" was the reply.
''''Wen, | want 70 go home and see my wife"
How long IS IT since you saw her?'
Ever since l enlisted nearly three months ago?"
Why, my good fellow, I have not seen my wife
The bold hero looked increduIous. and then
'Oh, but you see, me and ny wife amt that
sort!'-(GlassoTE Herald
A model school for the deaf and the blind viii he
a feature of the department of education at the
Worlds Fair in St. Louis. How the afflicted are
taught to read and write will be practically shown
for the benefit of visitors.
Facts and Figures.-Tom-I had nv fortune toI1
the other day, and my hanoee broke Off the en-
I@eE-Tny; is she hell! believer in such nonsense
mercantile agency.-(Chicago News. 9"
Chicagos Two Million Club" has changed IL,
name to the Three Million Club" on the claim
that according to calculations based on the Gi-
rectory. the first figures are already exceeded Ac-
cording to this reckoning, Chicago has a popula-
ton OF at least 2,6l6G02.
Metropolitan Bee Keeping /. The pleasures of life in
number inquiries respecting the OF keeping bees
within the metropolitan area -tDaiiy Paper
The fashion of keeping a bee and thus having
ones honey fresh every morning is rapidly spread-
ing and il Will soon lie difficult to find he1se in
London in which one or more OF these Ingenious
and industrious little creatures is q favorite
The ordinary place TO keep them is of course a
bonnet but they have been known 10 affect even =
new silk hat. Agriculture. like everything else Ia
to be learned and would impress upon n1,,
readers the unwisdom Of thinking that a bee NAV
be LETT entirely 10 its own devices. collar and
chain are not necessary. but il must have foOd
Where ones house is near flower garden the nee
can trusted forage for itself but IL one lives
say in Chtapeide or the MEores ones little net
must be aTtihciGltV nouTished. Messrs Buszard
furtunatelr make an excellent bee biscuit Of com,
pressed sugar and Messrs- Burroughs & Wei
comes sacchaTine ana heather mixture moIassoi,I
tabloids G4oTd AvebuI. brand are already a boon
TO millions Of the humming classes now ha pnil1,
domiciied IN our mdst.-(Punch.