New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The wonderful antediluvian mammoth discovered
eighteen months ago in Siberia has at last. after
twelve months of labor and great expenditure been
safely secured in the museum of the Imperial Acad
envy in St. Petersburg. 1t discovered the
left bank of the river Beresovka, in region that
for ages has been the scene OF great landslips at
the melting of the SHOWS in spring The discovery
was made by Siberian hunter, who secured one OF
the tusks for sale II of almost incredible size.
Scientists estimate that the beast, entombed by a
landsp, been laid up for quite two hundred
centuries the Ice which has preserved 1t that
the hair and hide are still intact.
So Nice and sympathetc.-A gentleman. whose
one glass eye r SS T T man lot ~ Atoms ad 9s
happened when he was far away in the country.
place ria s't for him to GO ana get reftted
Why don't you f@ Upon s TIE fTa gi y0g we're @
has a first class reputation for making eyes
punch.
The editor of THE Chinese Daily World" pub
rshed in San raacisco is n graduate of Yale and.
while retaining all the characteristic retieence of
his race he is nevertheless. rather clever at
repartee, as was recently instanced when a rather
dapper young fellow called at the WORLD office
to sell a certain grade of paper. The editor at
fects the American style of dress. and the paper
house drummer thought he would be smart, and
opened the conversation by impudently asking:
What kind of a 'nese are you-a Japanese
Chinese?' The editor smiled blandly, and with
courteous bow retorted: Before l answer your
INQUIRY will YOU kindly inform me the kind of a
key you are and tell me if you are a monkey.
donkey or a Yankee" The drummer fled in
dsmay.
THE WHOLE SCIENCE OF FEEDING.
according The Daily Chronicle. American
e as nn dr9 a Psa true See''
Though I am mournful and depressed
It's not my sins give me unrest,
OF which remembrance you suggest
But all lifes higher hopes seemed dashed
Since with the mt ton. boiled and hashed.
And turnips bring depression
Now, though your mien is so austere
And your reproaches most severe,
There's really nothing in it, dear:
You have no cause to blame me.
MOI twas that envy breeding beet
Against my counsel you would eat,
Ny "golngs-on with Amy"
But all your food let carrots be;
You'll smile on Amy gTaciously.
AH nor nfV Sigh be . VlhIa% - w W.
And then I'll teach you, profess.
The truest, highest happiness
For we will batten to excess
on peas, though bottled daily.
-(London Chronicle.
The city Of St Paul will reach its semi-centen-
NAL next year. and several dates have been slIg-
sested for commemorative exercises. 1t appears
that March 1854 the bill Incorporating the city
was signed by Governor German; on April II the
city government put in operation and on Aprf
IS the first Mayor. David Olmsted. was inausu-
rated.
Rabid.-Noozey-I've heard a rumor that she is to
be married.
Oldbache-Yes.
NooZey-Who's the lucky one?
OIdbache-Neither Of them, if they only knew ~
philadelphia Press.
The death of the Pope has enriched the areot
of Paris with new word. A policeman Is
"camerlengo." The first constable who heard him
self addressed by that epithet was indeed nom
plussed. quite much as the gendarrae who was
called centurion" But the motto of the Paris
police is When in doubt. arrest your man" and
in this the innovator spent few hours ar the
police station before being released. According TO
one authority the connection between a policeman
and camerlengo is to be found IL the silver ham
used to thrice strike the deceased Pope's brow
A policeman is a 'cogne"-i e. he who strikes
and this furnishes the connecting link However
that may be. the fact remains that the word is
in common and in every street squabble
at present some one IS sure 10 shout En- va done
camerlngue!'
His Opinion.''I see that prizehghters tight in a
ring, remarked Miss GtddygirL What kind OF a
ring is it?
An engagement ring is used for sparring'' re-
piled the old bachelor. but when II is be fieht
10 hniSh a wedding ring is used, believe '-(Chi-
cago News.