New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

That is puzzling form of sensitiveness which
certain university students in Athens exhibited
when they broke out in rioting because 1t was
proposed to play some OF the ancient tragedies
in modern Greek. Such grotesque madness in the
City of the Violet Crown. the city Of the serene
majesty and calm of the Parthenon. is hard to
account for. Several OF those tragedies have been
represented upon the stage in the nineteenth
fury and in other centuries in transations into
English. French German and Italian. But the stu
dents fall to fighting over productions in modern
Greek.
A Volcano-'What is a. volcano?' asked the
"A mountain with fire inside said one.
A smile of comprehension spread over the puzzled
face of the smallest scholar asked surprised
ly, us that mountain range%'-(Harpers Mag
azine
Under the old age pension law of New-Zealand
a person to draw pension must be sixty-fve years
OF age and must have resided in New-Zealand for
the previous twenty-five years; must not have been
imprisoned for a period of four months during the
last twelve years for any offence punishable by
imprisonment for year, and must have led a
sober and respectable life for the previous five
Years His yearly income must not exceed $3.50,
his net capital $3.50, and he must not have de-
prived himself OF property or income to qualify for
a pension. The full amount OF the pension is $50
year, payable monthly.
EDDYFICATION
II Fortune gives it to you in the eye,
The bruse. Deny yourself. your fortune, eye
When some ono (-else. Of course), abstains from
breath
Through death
(AlIegedD breathe lusty disbelief In breath!
Should such will YOU his mnany-shekeed Shoes
Since, lacking death. there dead mems shoes
Marguerite Merington, in Life.
The following example of a quaint. phiIosophic
Scotch character is related in THE Scottish Amer
1 Ily- HrI
one for farming, but in country church not far
from Arbroath the officials lad resolved according
custom. hold the annual harvest thanksgiving
service It noticed that on that particular
occasion Mr.. tombstone regular attendant and
pillar of the church (whose crops had mtserably
faied) was not in attendance The minister. in the
course of the following week, met Mr.. tombstone
and inquired of him the reason of his absence
from church or such an important occasion. Well
SIR replied Mr.. tombstone, dinna care ABBOTT ap-
proachin' my Maker in a speerit o sarcasm "
JUST THINK,
When you think of thinking,
You think YOU think you're thinking
OF your thinking. do you not?
You think you're thinking Think OF that.
The thought tt,I has come at to v y0u ,1,r,,
In thinking as you do?
In thinking that you think ou think
1t makes you think you thought you thought
But then. suppose your thinking
OF thoughts you did not think
Perchance unthought thought you thought
Was just on thinkings brink.
You see. you'd think of thinking
OF the thought you thought you thought
Thoughts that came unsought.
So, did the thought you're thinking of
Come thinking at your call.
Or do you think you think you thought
-(Chcago Tribune.
Toronto Ont. has q church which does some
thing which probably no other church in the world
does. 1t is. Of course. exempt from taxation yet
it insists paying taxes each year II is the Jar
Wis Street Baptist Church.
An old farmer once took tea with a former Duke
and Duchess of Buccleuch, at Drumlanrig Castle.
bis graces Duntriesshlre estate. His first cup of
tea gone almost before the duchess had poured
1t out Again and again his cup was passed along
TO the head OF the table. At the sixteenth the
duchess became uneasy about the supply on hand.
how how many cups do you take john she asked,
Jamess Budget.
The Minister OF Public Instruction in France has
taken the lead of all the world In measures for
| the prevention OF consumption in the schools
| new law requires that examination of every
pupil shall be made in three months and tine
height. the weight, the chest measure end the
general physical condition OF eyeVy one shall be en-
tered on the pupils report. The schoolrooms re-
ceve the preventive attention. Carpets are
prohibited curtains must be of cloth that may be
frequently washed; dry sweeping is allowed md
| dust must be removed by wet cloths; all school
furniture be often secured books are regular
y disinfected and book that has been used bv a
eonsumptive child may he used by another person.
Young Wife cat dinner)-I didn't tell you. Adolph-
US, cooked the dinner to-day myself.
| Husband-Indeed Then in my thoughts I have
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