New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The boodhounds which the police ofhcers OF
Maryve bought several months ago nave never
caused a criminal TO be caught, but they have got
Iames Storms a wealthy farmer and stock raiser
Of that place. a handsome damage suit for de1ana-
ton of character Mr.. Storms lives Just at the
edge of Maryvie. For some time he has been
missing chickens and other things. which he sup
posed were taken by petty thieves. when last oc-
tober a particularly enterprising forager TOOK
good sized hog from his pen one night outcnereu
1t in the road only short distance from MS mousse
and hauled it away. The next day Mr. Storm got
the bloodhounds for the purpose of trying to eaten
the thief They took a trail at the place where
the hog was butchered and followed 1t without
stopping until they arrived at wagon "hch
stood in the back yard of a farmer who llVed nine
miles distant The premises of this farmer were
searched hut no sign of the missing pork was dis
covered Now the suspected farmer has prought
suit in the Circuit Court against Mr. storms lor
$4,000 damages He charges that certain remarks
which Mr.. Storms made about him while search-
ing his place slanderous
Do They Really Want This?-"What we want"
says a woman who is besieging the Kansas legis-
lature for right of the ballot is not the W9T
peces china only to be put on mt the mSnGl
piece to iG4K AT t man and we will be satisfied
with the treatment accorded by man TO man: is
fed for instance, with the salutation ordinarily
accorded by man unto man we thlhk 1 not d. We w
think faes Sfn nnmediateY after had
fhPpeWN fz Wbefen efe OF baHes M did you come
sas City Journal.
The lecturers in ethnology and geology Of Cam
bridge University England, have just announced
series of lectures and practical exercises 10 serve
as training for persons wishing to undertake ex-
poration or desirous of contributing to our knowl-
edge of foreign countries The series Will include
the history of geographical discovery. principles
of physical geography. map making and map read
ing. geography of Europe. anthropo-geography'
practical ethnology, geo morphology, geology,
nIane table Photographic and geodetc surveying,
etc.
Cause and Fnect-I.a Montt-Children so
much worse than they used to be. What do you
La Moyne-Improved ideas in building
La has sbnee 5nde 70 are Go and you
can't spank a boy with tin roof-Philadelphia
Record.
The Rev. w. A. Spooner. an English clergyman.
is afflicted with habit of mixing up words IN
absurd fashion. He astonished his congrega-
ton by saving that present doubtless
had in his heart "a half warmed fish, He meant
to say half formed wish" a hymn beginning
.-Conquering, kings their title take was turned
into "Kinkering kongs their titles take" and the
ffty-frst Psalm announced as "fusty-hfth.'
He Was Lucky.-"Young man. said the pompous
individual Il did not always have this carriage
When l first started in life | had TO walk ~
You were lucky chuckled the youth. When
I first started in life l couldn't walk."-(Chcago
News.
Japanese is the latest language to be added to
the list taught at the University or Chicago FRO
fessor Yashiaka, a graduate of Northwestern Uni
versity has been selected to teach the language.
There are a number of students in the university
who expect to go to Japan as missionaries.
Conclusive Argument.-First Office Boy-I guess
de boss will raise my pay
Second ONCE Boy-Nhat makes yer tink so?
First Office Boy-I give Kim ter understand I'd
stay till he did.-Oudge
The new German steamship. the Kaiser Wilhelm
II is to be more than 700 feet in length
and 72 feet In beam. This leviathan is to have
Imperial" sets of rooms on the upper promenade
deck for which s2O1 trip will be charged. and
In many ways the latest word in luxury of ocean
travel will have been spoken when this colossal
vessel takes it's place upon the ocean ferry. And
IL is expected to keep up uniform speed OF twen-
ty-five knots hour. New-Yor<ers may we'll
gret that so superb boat will find Its American
home In Hoboken, in the State of New-Jersey and
not at a spacious pier on the Manhattan side of
the North River.
''Widowhood makes woman unselhsh."
why sop
Because she to look out for No. / and
begins TO look out for No. 2.'-fTown and Country.