New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The French Admiralty has just ordered some re-
markable experiments in naval gunnery. they are
to be conducted by the warshp Conde. from the
ocean which borders the great gun ranges near
LOrent. to armored barbette turret dismounted
from the ship 70 the ranges. The distinguishing
feature of tests is that the turret VIII be oc-
cupied by the usual fighting complement Of officers
and men while under fire. The shell OF a 6&l-inch
quick firing gun will be used The tests will sup
pement those recently conducted board the
suffren when sheep were in the turret The latter
tested the indirect effects of modern shells upon
living organisms. Those Of the Condo will test the
effects of conclusions the turret itself and on
human beings.
That VIM Help-Josley- Is your frs FIST xisi.
is going TO enlarge II a bit.
Poikiey-Is ii possible?
~ yes tb PoSS B and DE eTe% na1 no
them philadelphia Press.
An Atchison man tells 1.-The Globe about his
uncle, Irishman. who suddenly became rich.
The first thing he did to buy the best pew in
the church When Sunday rolled around the Irish
walked grandly down the aisle. carrying a
silk hat and elegant overcoat. He found two
strange women occupying his pew Come out"
he said. imperiously. The women were very much
shocked. and walked out their heads hanging in
shame Now then, ladies'" the IrishIhan said.
'obllge me by walking back I just wanted to
show you who owned this pew"
f1ONOh IL W rtOM FONOh-
r. Jan. cakebread' and TOttie Fay, both
did more toward securing 1895 than any
others"-Report OF ths Inspector under the Inebrtaes
When through the annals of the past.
Posterity. you stray;
When your judicial eye is cast
on England of to-day.
Mid all our greatest whose the name
Ye most shall o hasten ste to-. to ACCLAIM s In
Jane Cakebread. Tottie Fay.
Others have done their humble best
Sir Wilfrids keen crusadng Eest
C.-B and honest John have tried
To cure the i'll which denied
Jane Cakebread Tottie Fay?
Great martyrs of noble cause.
Heroic parts We play
Who TO reform your country's laws
The cell, the van the Judgment hail.
The terror 1, Of Go the prison n wall
Jane Cakebread Tottie Fay.
Then let no other claimants boast
Which ye alone have won-at most
Immortal amor twain With Write tooth the and claw
And blo0dy scalp hdr and ID broken n jaw
Jane Cakebread, Tottle Fay!
Lake Erie is the most dangerous Of all the lakes
both for vessel property and human life One hun
dred and nineteen disasters were charged to that
lake in the last year, nearly one-fourth of the
entire list. Lake Michigan next. with ninety
three disasters.
Gritty George-Poor Dusty must have lost his
sandy Pikes-How so?
.,i GTitty GsorgS-W Why he read about a man dat
wid soap, an he says he's going to do de same
Chicago News.
A Kansas school teacher is on probation in
grave danger of losing his situation because he
insists that Ann is eighteen years old and the
trustees know better. The teacher gave the prob
lem to the pupils and demonstrated clearly by
algebra and plain arithmetic that Ann must be
eighteen. The children took the problem home and
of the trustees discovered that Ann was twelve
couldn't be anything else. He called the other
trustees in council and convinced them OF the cor
rectness OF that conclusion. Likewise the school
teacher was proved to be- II not an idiot. an ig-
noramus. UNIT to teach anybody's children The
trustees put the alternative OF resignation before
the teacher II he could not reduce AIMS age by
six years. But the teacher refused TO change his
figures, and appealed to the county superintendent
to keep him In his position. There the question
hangs at present The teacher Is stiffnecked and
unaccommoda ting. He should consider the wise
adaptability OF the pedagogue who said he had no
preiudlces and would teach that the earth was
round or fiat as the school trustees preferred
CONPLACENCY
I'm worried sometimes in terrible way
By the things that the other folks do
The enough fna n9 a a oSs blue each day
I have my own weaknesses, let US be fair
But nothing ali that would ever mere Compare aa there
with the things that the other folks do
And yet Il is sometimes a comfort to think
OF the things that the other folk do
OF reform have frequently been on the brink
A leaf I'd turn over anew
Were II not for the fact very candid 10 BEL
That the things for which people have criticised me
Seem quite unimportant whenever / see
The things that the other folks do
-lWashirg ton Star
The Editor OF THE Annapolis MD CAPITAL
seems to be in deep water over an unfortunate
typographIeal error which may bring him into IN
ternational complications. Here is his explanation:
our apologies are due 10 Mr.. wos Gil whose
name appeared in this column yesterday as Wosy
GIL We doing the best We can by the gentle
man"
Suitable Text--"Dr. Thirdly is certainly an IN
locate clergyman" said Fosdick ~
So?' said Keedick.
;, Yes sir. one OF his parishioners was killed nv
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