New-York tribune., 1903-02-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

o8cers of the navy who have seen nucn serves
IN the West Indies although disappointed tnaI tne
United States did not acquire the sites ior ioui
naval stations in Cuba, was the original propo-
.,ton feel gratifed that two suca Cesiraoie SITES
.s Guantanamo and Bahia Honda have been agreed
TO. Guantanamo, which is about fifty miles east OF
Santiago, on the southern coast mas sfatssIe
,roportanee that was appreciated when tne paI-
+a1ion of marines. under Lieutenant colonel HUNT
ington, landed there early In the war VILE opd1i'
in 1898 following the arrival of the United states
Navy feet off Santiago. Its haroor is large anu
:, - and it is 60 nearly landlocked that it would
seem to be good base for naval operations etner
oransive or defensive The Bahia Honda site Is
between forty and fifty miles from Havana, on the
northwest coast and is also we'll adapted 10 naVai
purposes having deep water and fine natural DE-
fences.
Uncle Charles-Boys, how can you associate Win win
that Binks boy? | understand mes 'he "'iS'
We-Huh + It wasn't for him me Sicaro or I4Iny paIly
News
most uncertain of American industries in the At
lantic Coast States south of Cape Cod Winter
after winter may come and go in latitudes below
the parallel of Long Island Sound with snowfals
SO scanty as to be hardly worth counting. But at
long intervals a genuine old fashioned cold snap
comes and then the sIeighbells fill the air with
their merry music.
Depressing.-"wers, there laughter and cheers
during your speech?"
''Well.'' answered the youthful statesman there
weren't many cheers. but now and then people In
the audience looked at one another and laughed"
-(Washinston Star.
Sound the loud timbrel and chant lay OF honor
to the American hen. The faithful creature has
been working overtime of late in the face of every
discourag cement, and has sent the wholesale price
of eggs In Western markets down TO figures which
delight the consumers. But too many of the retail
dealers in the East seem to be closing their eyes
and eli 20 he tidiQgS,
He's Still Bacheor-It was at social The
young woman said starting home. that she
needed something more around her; The young man
now the of four interesting chidren.-tRich-
Professor Buck. of the philology department of
the University of Chicago. has been looking into
the linguistic conditions of that city, with results
that are somewhat astonishing. OF all the cities
of the world he awards to Chicago the front rank
for cosmopolitansm. there being no less than four
languages besides English. spoken there by
colonies of at least ten thousand persons each
Newspapers appear regularly in ten languages. ana
church services may be heard in about twenty Ian
guages. Chicago is the second largest Bohemian
city In the world. the third Swedish, the third Nor
wegian. the fourth Polish the fifth German In
ALL there are some forty foreign languages spoken
by numbers ranging from half dozen to half a
million. and aggregating over a million
She Thought of Hm.-Coamley-I didn't know you
were acquainted with Miss Lovett- She asked me
Hoamley-Taat was nice Of her. What led her
to ask you that. l wonder?
coamley-Why-er-I had gust asked her if sha
could imagine any one uglier than "BHl Thomp-
son.-CPhiladelphia Press.
An English speaker related this anecdote to an
audience of theatrical employees: "Mr. Gladstone.
when Mr.. Beerbohm Tree was introduced 10 him.
hardly knew upon what topic to converse with
him but length asked Mr.. Trees opinion
the politics Of the stage, whether II is. rule
Liberal or Conservative. Well SIR said Mr. Tree
. w have M He'd fba aSfflr
but I should think the actors are mostly Con-
servative' Dear me- replied Mr.. Gladstone. L
wonder whether there is any exception TO that
ruler should say replied Mr.. Tree the scene
shifters are Radicals to mani %
Not Worthy OF Note.-The Creditor-why didn't
you pay that note when il presented to you
yesterday?
The Debtor-Well. I'm sort of superstitous. you
know and that rather an evil boding present
ment.-(Columba Jester
Great herds of elk starving In Wyoming.
1t is proposed to raise money to supply them
with food. Great numbers of human beings
starving in Northern Sweden and in Finland.
among them hosts of helpless little children.
Should they not be cared for bountifully before
the hungry elk fed?