New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-05
THE SCIENTIFIC LIFE.


r"Rstore tbe breakfast has been prepared or after
- been Served and eaten the housewife should
add up the different AMOUNTS OF pr9sed Ia5 ane
cards sheuld be used at each meal In me e"sni[g
Of one kind of food or not enough OF another -
Mary Moulton Smith,
Mothers slow at figures. but she always has to
The 1roteds to see that we the right amount
She keeps pad of paper and neneis near ti'e
And Estimates our victuas-aIl the things we eat
She lists our carbohydrates and she scribbies down
And our specific gravAy-she always watches that
Mothers slow at figures. but she wants to do her
She's listened to the until she is possessed
And while she chews her pencil all the eggs are
She gets t' 6eWildered with It, and she has to bal
And the coffee is SO sturdy that 1T almost cracks
the cup.
Mothers slow at fgures--so breakfasts always
The proteids and the hydrates make the task for
We never ne! get a luncheon for she figures till
And finds we've overdone It, and that almost makes
Motbs TF stsbnlating every pennyweight we eat
Except the meals snuggle from the restaurant
''"ii -(Chicago Tribune
Among the thousands of gifts received by the
Gar on his nameday from loyal Russians in all
parts of the empire none touched him SO deeply
as small nutshell case. from remote Siberia.
tanning chessboard and complete set of pieces all
exauisitey worked In miniature from hone. The
author of this little marvel of ingenuity is con-
Wet Inquiries have been set on foot as to how far
the circumstances of the mans will justify the
Emperer's merciful Intervention
man to when IL Illness aaa was f inrsn
said 'oh. Doctor, dear. m
Wont YOU please make it beer7"
no, no. said the Doc That's Teptonie.
-Prineeton Tiger.
A naval officer recently returned from China tells
an extraordinary story about dereliet which has
been floating around the Eastern sea. The Fannie
Kerr Is a four-nnaste bark of 2426 tons, built OF
steel. She left Newcastle in April, 1907, with a
cargo of coal for San Francisco. She rounded the
Horn felv but her cargo caught fire in the South
Pacific and after trying for more than month to
extingIish the flames the ship became so hot that
the captain and abandoned her on June
s and took to their boats. They landed at
Kauai an island of the Hawaiian group. made their
wav to Honolulu where the captain made his report
and the crew discharged On March 10
last the captain of the steamship Heathdene bound
from Yokohama to Formosa, sighted vessel adrift.
from which smoke seemed TO arise. Steaming
ard her he discovered that she was the long miss
ing Fannie Kerr which had been gradually drifting
westward several thousand miles for nearly nine
months, with her cargo still on fire.
He-If I should kiss you what would you da7
Shell never meet an emergency until 1t arises.
I'D meet It face to face."-(Yale Record.
Clement A Giriscom head of the shipping COM
bine, gave quarter TO cripple not long ago. and
In a few DAYS was approached by the same mendi-
cant Are you any better off than you were when
gave you quarter Manday?' asked the mill
ionaire. Yes sir" said the cripple. "See that
legs" holding UP his wooden appendage Yes Same
leg isn't it?' at is, Mr.. Griscom," answered ths
man taking newspaper out Of his pocket ''but
see that lumber has gone up making my leg mora
valuable
81 was running my automobile just spiandidlv.
she said, in an injured tone. until that horr.d
hitching post in front OF your house got In nv
read"
Careless hitching postr' exclaimed the man.
philadelphia Ledger.