New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-19
THE TALK Of THE DAY.

The philanthropic ST. Paul who has just
left 81 900 to charity guarded by the pro-
vision that no politician shall ever have the hand
ling of a farthing of ii, was wiser after the
manner of the children OF this world than most
of the children of light in the ranks OF which
she belongs in virtue of her good deed, which
will smell sweet and blossom in her dust peren-
NAL as the returning rosemary which decks her
turf with its pous invocation remembrance.
THE LIGHTNING LUNCH.
The latest threatened terror from the Land Of
Lunch It is claimed that the Quick Luneher may
B pert deieaoies inside three minO'eS'Oa'iS "a
p'''' The lunch may be quick
For these Yankees are slick"
But that doesn't settle the question;
At h the 5 dGFe eH g9t He R6u 4g'h dgeson
Who w2 3a6 ,0: try s sY Rfs rPn lan
Who so grossly would err
Of t this rs "gaiioping' sort of Consumption
The thousand dollar dog belonging to a Wall
Street banker which was recently hit by
express train at Stamford and thrown end over
end in yelpng and straddling canine revolutions
for a distance of two hundred feet, after which
it picked itself up unharmad and took refuge in
a church. is pup do its well as
the town and commonwealth 1t fnhabits and the
kennel whose tag it wears no end of credit
The shrewdness of one Of the founders OF IA
NOUS estate in Maine gave rise to many amusing
stories, one OF which has recently been retold
One day the man. who was a large luInoer ope1r-
ator. experimenting crew which was break
on which he was standing slipped. The lumberman
dropped out of sight in the water. and the logs
The nearest Frenchman saw the accident. Hop
ping briskly over the slippery logs, he helped the
Nothing was said about the accident, After an
because the reward which he considered due was
a3d png eums1 at Rs
II see you fall fall H. 1sleur, an run queek to
you'd been tendRg to business as you'd oughter
you wouldn't have seen me fan in!'-Youths
Companion.
Paris has been interested recently in a lawsuit in
which the Sultan of Turkey plaintiff It is
not usual 10 have lawsuit about corpse. to
begin with, and this concerned the body OF the
Sultan's brother-in-law Mahmcud. who died in
Paris and duly buried in the famous cemetery
of Pere Ia Chaise The Ottoman Ambassador. who
demanded the restoration of the body the part
of his royal master, said that he acting like
wise the part of the wife of the deceased S. \.
I. Seniah. who her two sons Sabaheddine Bey
and Loutfoullah Bey. who had caused their father
10 be buried IN France. under condemnation
of death for rebellion, the responsible head OF
the family. The defender OF the two Young
Turks in question, however, pointed out that not
only the princess in question a prisoner in the
house Of the Sultan. which would pitt the hypothe-
SIS lnat Sne was acting on her free will out of
the question, but that in any case she had right
to the body of her deceased husband. Among the
Turks said Maitre Berton the instant that the
breath is out OF mans body his widow has no
further right to. her husbands corpse So much
that it is forbidden by the law for to remain
near it without being yelled just as she must al
ways be before strangers; she has no more any
thing to do with him who has been her husband
The body is TO her that OF a stranger and it is
not for her but for his descendants to busy them
selves about the question of sepulchre" The court
lodged the issue for lack of jurisdiction
Lord Russell once asked Mr. Hume: "Mr Hume
what do you consider to be the object of Iegisla-
The greatest good of the greatest number.
And what do you consider the greatest num-
Number one" was Mr. Humes repIv-f5reen
Bag.
The Picking papers announce that the Empress
Dowager has issued edict commanding Prince
Cbun, brother of the Emperor to prepare him
self for journey TO the St Louis Exposition and
that his two younger brothers. Prince Tsait'ao and
Prince Tsai Hsun. have been commanded to make
their arrangements to accompany him. They will
be accompanied by hundred or more aids seq
retarles attaches and servants 1t REQUIRES more
than a year for a Chinese nobleman 10 get ready
for such excursion. Prince Tsal Hsun is to be
married this month and will take his wife with
him. At the close of the exposition he will return
10 China bat Prince Tsait'ao will remain i'm the
United States for three years. completing his educa-
lion. 1t Is understood In Picking that Prince Chun
will offer a petition to the throne for permission
remain in the United States for the same pur-
pose
The danger OF carrying an argument to It's logical
conclusion is thus set forth They We're at ii picnic
as She Helped herself in demeeate fashion he laughed
Yes = he admitted mite and people We're made be-
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