New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

tho educational movement II has Teen estab-
lished In Paris. with the object Of teaching. not
letters. but poteness. The scLoolroom IS fur
nished with chairs. tables and rugs. to give the
necessary local color tho surroundings. The
dog pupils trained to welcome visitors by
jumping up. wagging tho tail and giving a low
bark When the visitor leaves. tho dog accom-
panles him 10 the door and bows his farewell by
bending hts head to the floor. He IS trained like
wise to pick up a handkerchief. glove or fan that
has been dropped and return It 10 the owner. He
is taught further 20 walk with proud and pranc-
Ing steps" when out with his mistress
TIE MIsFIr PEOPLE
They kept WHIie's hair Ia the Fauntleroy curl.
TIN all OF the real boys called him a girl.
They kept little Mabel n socks TO her shins
In fact 10 the nel@hbors It seemed they would never
Discover their Kids were not babies forever.
baltimore American.
The United States is not tho only country to
make quacks and quack medicines. The
German police have begun systematic campaign
against them. They estimate that in ten years thu
population has increased IS PER cent regular medi-
cal men 70 per cent and quacks 1857 per cent
There are more women quacks than men. Nearly
20 per cent OF the men cited appear at the police
bureau have been in jail. and OF the women Is per
cent. More than one hundred samples OF quack
medicines were anayzed by the police. and SO
per cent we've OK absolutely medicinal value
NeI-Jack Is always talking TO me about tho
Belle-The depth wouldn't interest me so much
as the Observation-Disclosures Record.
The police court OF s. Heller, the principal town
OF Jersey Is remarkable IN several respects. First
the proceedings always opened with prayer:
second, II frequently happens that after prayers
there is no more business. and every one goes hCme
There is SO little crime committed the island that
tho police force Uweuty stTOns kept up only fer
visitors The beautiful carving in oak which forms
the rostrum Of this court IS the work OF Il lady
named Coxedsc. a resident of the island. The dock
vlroIr
authorities very lenent with their prisoners.
who kept here. for court and station are under
one roof. In the words of the genial Old turnkey
When gets 'en brought in drunk during the
day. If they behave we'll let's EN- out at night"
Every bobby" is obliged to know the Psalms. It's
all he has to do.
THE NORsK NIGHTINGALE
Wild ban the night. but wilder night
Hung round the Russians pillow.
III his bosom dar ban q fierctr fight.
sum scrap on dis bounding 6lllow
Ay s'pose dey ban old buttinskys.
And wipe DER bearded chinskys.
Dis Russian yen'ral ban having dream.
And he teuk he ban Winning battle:
Dis fighting in sleep ban qvite guide scheme.
But u va San fe rum qs5 Of bae ho bottle
In yure back ven yu ban retreating
And you got less chance of a beating.
Wild ban the night. and Cossack chaps
vie I he i'i ban dreaming dey Say. "perhap,
Our army skol du some scoring"
Dey knew by dis sleepy yeu'rafs look
BY his orders yoyfully spoken
He ban dreaming OF days nations shook.
And Yaps ban smashed and broken.
Wild ban the night, and yenral woke
From dis har yOiy vision,
And say, Eff ay taking anoder smoke
Den Russia SkOl get dectsiOn!"
So the CossackS vISper in corner of tent
And after dey du some schemnS
over the Yalu desc falers vent
So yen'Tal could du more dreamingi
Milwaukee Sentinel
Matignon Is the oldest park pest in Paris and is
proud of the title "doyen des vasabonds." or ac-
cordIng 10 the slang word. ''doyen des piIons" He
has lust been in the Villette district for
the 10th time. according to 1.-The London Tele-
eraph.. He started life pest at the age of six
teen and he is now seventy. Matgnon is
also known among the broken down people of some
education who are his associates In restitution as
old Daddy Diogenes. When captured lately the
vagabond made a short address to the police su-
perintendent He said: II sorry to trouble you
So often NJ 10 Conmissaire. but then. you know
the poce force Is so very efficient L remember tho
time when you only a simple secretary In the
notice office nj Saint-Ouen Since then have often
been in prison. 1t gives me great pleasure to see
YOU again. NJ le Commissaire. On revient toujours
A ses preIniers amours" After this little speech
tbA senior vagabond Of Paris was sent again to
nrIson He states that he has thoroughly enjoyed
his irresponsible existence. He has hardly
slept In a proper bed AID his best spells of noctur
nal repose have been obtained on prison planks.
In the summer weather he sleeps on the grass near
the fortihcations where Ire runs the least risk of
being interfered with by the police
An old lady was noticed by the vicar always TO
bow her head when the name OF SATAN was men
toned He asked her the reason OF this strahge
habit OF hers. and she replied
well. politeness costs nothing ana you newer