New-York tribune., 1903-03-17
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

The surviving soldiers who served under HeneralS
Taylor and Scott in Mexico in 1876 ana lo4'' are "
vited to be present at the thirty-seVenth hA A.ioi
encanpment of the Grand Army Of the Republic IN
Co.. Tr.rc,eco next August The pension rolls
show that $500 still live. and 1908 dV7ell on the
Pacific Coast The managers hope TO attract at
least four hundred Of them to the reunion oeheV-
ing that it will be the last they will ever attend
In Montana hotel there is notice which Tssds; TSs:
who do not nay promptly will be taken by the
neck"-(Tit-Bits.
Lobby" that word so often seen IN newspapers
in the season of legislative sessions, has such an
air Of newness about it might suppose It was
coined expressly to denomnate the third mouse.
Tho case Is far otherwise for its origin Is monastic
according to the latest part Of the Oxford D'cuon-
arv" 1t occurs in 1853. in Becons Henques OF
Rome" The dictionary defines the word then' WIN
a query, "a covered walk coistef IN a thoi1H S
+erv" In this country, however. occurred the hTst
use Of lobby as verb and in its later poitlca1
sense. It is so used by Goldwin Smith and by Mr..
Bryce in his american Commonwealth
WHAT TO DO WITH OUR GIRLS.
TG. H. Ellwanger has Just published book en-
tined pleasures of the Table,, in which ne SAYS
cdoSefy 5oSef Is n2 He Sefq appeals 70 s rom
this shs not ms5e ms' Cf s
kind by nvnting new sauces. nsted9 ad1 OF Of met
her eneTgies to q to woman that
must look for the Improvement OF cookery.
There are no cooks in England-none
A sad and weary sameness
Pervades our dining rooms WIN uh-
The Jone~'s dinner, which I eat
Tonight with pain and SORROW
shall inevitably meet
At Robinson's tomorrow.
Tho skill which made the steak dream,
which made the common outlet seem
A poets inspiration: r
The hand of cunning when cculc call
Ambrosial savorE-haye they all
These prosy shores forsaken?
I'm. Woman, up! Behold thy sphere!
The saucepan and the kettle
Provide a glorious career
For any girl of mettle. .
Then wherefore ape the poets part
M8Ze By sSrD0lindf GsdD and sub is snG the
OF mayonnaising salads
All, do not seek to wiring from men
The suffrage, I implors you.
Nor aim at county councils when
You've nobleP, de5,e aims 5ast,ons before Ston X9%
And pife learn instead to grin the chop,
And boil the new potato. <oL
4 little book entitled NEGRO Aiumnse and Sta
+,e+ics" complied by Edward A. Johnson. recently
published at Raleigh, N. c., gives much valuable
information concerning the negro. NO attempt
has been made to puff certain individuals, says
tba publisher "but simply to give the creditsole
deeds Of the race that will help raise 1t in the est-
NATION of the world" Under the head Of "Educa-
tom a table is given showing the number or col
lepe graduates male and female among the South
ern negroes, with a view to proving that there ls
no ground for the statement that the negro Is being
..overeducated." The negro population of the
Southern States Is given as about eight millions
and the total number Of college graduates one nun
6re6 and twenty-seven, OF whom twenty-five are
women These figures are given to show that there
ia no foundation for the statement that 1.-The coun-
trv ia being overrun with negro colegIans who can
And no employment in keeping with their training.
FLORIDA Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West
Virginia have negro college graduates. Georgia,
with q population Of 1888, has nine; South Caro-
lima with population Of 7S2S Szl has twelve; Missis-
sippi, with 907.6S0 negro population. has hfteen
while North Carolina with only 6Z4,46S has the
largest number, namely, thirty-nine men and four
women college graduates.
What supports the sun in the heavens?" asked
'ne .vby its beams OF course" replied precocious
youngster.-(Kansas City Independent
In regard to the story which has been going the
rounds Of the English papers lately as to a LIVER
pool man finding a message written upon an egg
bv The packer a widow in Manitoba, whom he ulu-
rnetelv married, '"The London Chronicle remarks
that many true incidents OF the same kind could be
related. In 1899 a message was found in a barrel
Of apples that had come from New w-Zealand. In
this message the packer OF the fruit. young
woman, stated that her ancestors. whose names
were given came from Kent and she asked the
finder TO ascertain II any Of her name and family
EtiIl remained in the county As stated In the pa
pers of the time. the finder was able to give her
full particulars as to surviving relatives. But Mr..
Tew. of Leeds, member OF q Yorkshire banking
family, had at one time = collection OF thaae mes
sagts In merchandise" some Of them being very
tragical. and being q survival OF the days when
peaceful traders were caught by Algerian pirates
and sold into captivity ard slavery. One such mea-
sage had been written in blood q COARSE canvas
bag that had contained gum arabic; another Gp.
peared as sort Of tattoos6 stain on large cork
that had fastened Up vesse! containing altar of
roses.
4 Bigger Family.-"Yes" Miss woodhy was say
Ing, my eldest sister married one OF the Van den
Giits OF New-Yo
you don't say?' replied Miss Pepprey. - nrst
cousin Of mine married one Of the JoneseD e the
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