New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

As in the Eastern Church Lent extends for forty
eight days before Easter and the fast IS most rig
orous its observance Will entail considerable SUI
ferinE upon the Russian soldiers in semi-arcto
Manchuria- All flesh must be abstained from after
Sexagesima Sunday. and from the Monday In
Quinquagesima until Easter neither cheese nor
eggs may be eaten. Any infringement Is severely
regarded. For the murder Of hts mother a mouJlK
was sent to Siberia; on the way the convict gang
halted at an Inn for food. 1t was Lent. but the
landlord. being a Jew. brought out meat DOG Of
a Jewi'' swore the murderer. Il have killed my
mother and I would Kill my father also rather
than eat meat IN Lent"
remarkable Industry Of Paraguay Is the prep
nrotion OF essence OF orange leaves More tnan
who then ruled that secluded country. Imported
orange seeds and planted sT1y5Ss Wcn nave .ab
ushments for extracting the essence, which Is eX-
Soap and rerfumery making. It IS also employed by
the natives Of Paraguay as heaHng ointment ana
a hair tonic.-(Ths Lahore unGia) tribune
This oid,ims almanac, with It's predictions OF
snow I'm December. cold IN February. rains IN
April and heat in July was taken half seriously
IN bacllwoOds districts IN America half century
ago. To-day such an almanac Is too tri;e subject
for Jest. Yet Nine. de Tribes. OF Paris. has
issued an almanac, whose pretensions to prophecy
make the humble attempts OF the American
weather rrogno<tcator Of haIs n century ago seem
Insignificant. indeed. For March she predicts ex-
travagant and exciting stock exchange deals; for
April. unexpected and ridiculous marriages and
divorces for May. crisis IN France and The death
OF the German Emperor. while Austria will be
rnenacCd IN June. u Is scarcely necessary 70 60
through tho year with Nine. de Thihes'S list o.;
oalamlties end tho many tragic signs she pro-
fesses 20 see FOR America. including some physical
catastrophe which VIII bring much mourning"
Prophecy IS a. easy business TIL the inventory as
to results and fuIflment is made out
Tho pay % the Nkado's soldiers would hardly
tempt foreign enlistment and even tho Ereenest
'rooidc'' in the United States Army would thlnk
twice before no gave up his Sls a month for the
two cents day which japanese private receives
varcei 20 SIX cents a dav, and when Re reaches
sergcsnt's rank no gets ten cents for bis twenty
ihis sun and az extra service sergeant Is the happy
posse.sor % 30 cents each day This Il as h.sh as
en- enlisted man rise without being graduate
OF the military officers scaoOL-GLsesl!s's Weekly.
virriria does not want her schoolTnastors TO
drink ana n bill 20 that effect Is now before the
legislature Their need 81 high ball or anything
OF the kind Is 20 be determined by a doctor Of
medicine and by their private interior yearn-
inga and they must show prescription before
any tavern or saloon keeper is empowered to give
them one II they violate the ordinance they are
20 be removed. and II the trustees fail TO carry
this out they 10 be fined for dereuction- The
old commonwealth is very much IN earnest IN tho
matter. convinced that the general OF It's
teachers have taken sugar in thsirn" quite long
enough
One Of the largest cottonwood trees ever in Mis-
sourf grew on the farm OF Arson Merrideld near
lila rdln. Ray County. Il was felled last fall and
has been sawed into more than Ave thousand feet
OF lumber. The first knot the tree was sixty -ve
feet from the ground. and three logs more than
twenty inches in diameter sawed from its
limbs. Mt. Marrihed sold his lumber for 81 % 4
hundred feet. and got average OF SO each FOR
thirteen cottonwood trees. oil OF which stood on
forty acres.-(Ilansas City Journal.
successful rat show recently held at Chel-
terham. England. There were sixty exhibits Of
black. gold. gray, white. piohald and tan rats.
Some agricultural journals. commenting IT,.
maintain that the rat has economic future. and
may become table dainty IN England. as Il IS IN
China To many people the show IS the first cor
rection Of the impression that rats all alike.
whereas the varieties OF them. all less alike
In characteristics. are quite numerous. Tho first
display having been n marked success. others viii
no doubt follow, and the rodent be studied with
Increasing attention. the prospect however OF find
ing out anything good about him being not at all
promising.