New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
THE TALK OF. THE DAY.

The presence of the Boer prisoners in ST. Helena
caused boom times on the historic island. 1t Is
suffering severely from the reaction so that the
local paper The st. Helena Guardian" one of the
smallest sheets in the world is full of pessimisu
Now that the six thousand Boer captves are all
gone. there is no longer a remunerative market for
st. Helena produce, and vegetables left to
rot" To make matters worse. the visits of ships
the principal source of income to ST. Helena be-
fore the construction of the Suez CanaI-are get
ting more and more angelic in their infrequency
The Editor OF THE ST. Helena Guardian declares
that everybody is getting disheartened the island
is very dull. there is very little amusement beyond
an occasional cricket match"
Vegetarian-Don't you know that the strongest
animals are all vegetarians the elephant being
weren't SO strong they never would be able to stand
vegetable det.-(Boston Transcript.
One Of the largest checks ever drawn was used
in completing deal in Kimberly mines 1t was
drawn up by the De Beerses for the round sum of
f5,OOOooo (s25 COOOOO At the time it was supposed
TO be the largest check ever drawn representing
more wealth in the smallest possible form than
any other object in the world. Since the drawing
of the De Beers check, however several new rec
ords have been made including check for 10000
900 G5oOOO,O0O) drawn upon the Bank Of England
by the Chinese government in settlement of the
Chinese-Japanese war indemnity.
HER REASONS.
a pam ptIin ana nat
With feathers trained willingly;
1t hid her eyes like disguise
And touched tiptIltngly;
hSm yey thng r0 OF stray and string
Twas all made clear by her oh dear!
Another woman wanted it!
She wears dress-it cost no less
Than ninety-fve simoleOns;
That afd sqea afn co @fd Of
1t FUCKERS so, and flares as though
1t has style-but she will smile:
Another woman wanted t!''
OF bric-a,brac she has no lack
And still she's always buying more;
Weird wall designs and ugly stems:
o5t ra ms hd TO9S DDS, always trying
A fake Maltese, We tainted her.
She sighSd: Il know I'm beat but oh
Another woman wanted her,''
Her married life is naught but strike
But what's the use to moraiize?
And has ,d an aTf 5RspiFRg jaw ewes
Threats of divorce or shows OF force
Have never even daunted him
ana aI5 sheH confess confess Vel | said Yes
wv. D. Nesbit. in Life.
Charles Gibson, the Indian editor claims that
consumption never known by the Indian ,,nt
he began to try TO live like the white man a. -
house. ITO cold an Indian went To n r,o,,,
tain to camp and hunted and ate wild meat 70
forty-etght hours. which is the easiest WAY 10
cure cold on earth. You never contract a cold n,
a camp. 1t is curious. but is nevertheless trua
Try it and be convinced. No one ever saw a te,ea
Indian with a cold or cough Nature will cure you
II you are not coward. and will go into canp
and give nature chance"
"A Real Gibson Girl.-Mrs. Gibson the notber ~
Sharies Dana Gibson, says that few DAYS since
After playing copehedy for some oHg5 s 10 she see her
UP to her and said: S NAiA'o
SraSdma. must go home now"
But why so soon. .dearie?'
Well, you see, grandma 1 must look after ,a..
he an alone there with nobody but his wife and
the baby. philadelphia Ledger WIG anu
The story OF the mutllated telegram. which wa.
transposed from 200 leviathans'' to 100 live CATS
reminds correspondent OF The London Globe.
of an incident said to have occurred sornA vaar.
ago. An Italian gentleman sent to friend in Az
rica for "one or two monkeys" or as IL was writ
ten in the language OF Rome. Il o 2 monkevs" Rv
next mail he received note saying that IS had
been dispatched. and the remainder should ,oIou,
by another boat.
RONDEAU.
A Freshman is a source OF glee
To all the university.