New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

OF pearls-known the Southern Cross" is owned
by a syndicate OF Australians. who value 1t at
$4,000. So far is known. IL occupies abso-
lutely unique position 1t consists of nine pearls
naturally grown together in so regular manner as
TO form perfect Latin cross. The pearl was dis
covered by a pearl fisher at Roebourne West Aus
tralia The first regarded IL with much
superstition that he buried 1t; but II discovered
in 1874 and five years later was placed on exhibition
in Australia.
Mrs n, NoopopZMy baby cries all night I don't
Mrs Knowitt-Tn tell you what did AS soon
all the gas That fooled him He thought IL was
broad daylight and went 10 seep-(Tralned Mother
hood,
In the face OF the war; Japanese commerce in
creased in June. instead OF falling off, Both the
exports and the imports showed gains. An active
and pushing people the subjects OF the MlkadoI
OSCILLATION A la MODE
swooning with wild love leaned above her.
some token OF Loves paradise to seek.
A furtvc pressure those red lips OF her,
Desiring still. but still afraid to speak
Long time / struEgIed with the urgent longing.
Hut feared that She would take my suit amss,
And yet at last with doubts swiftly thronging
l asked the gentle maiden for kiss.
"oh. dear" sh. said. ITS wrong for lads and las
w Rq, soGS yGa t stu d Insist We must grsD.r
Step in this room OF dlsnfeoted air.
please use this wash Of mild carbolic acid.
Potassium chorate's excellent for this.
And then We had our anti-toxio kiss,
-tSan Francisco Bulletin.
Suggestions 70 the effect that tho number OF
miles of good roads in the various States OF tho
Union would be handsomely enlarged In n few
years convicts put to work upon the improve
ment Of the highways renewed now and then
both in tho North and the South. the East and the
West. There may be sufficient and convincing
reasons why this would he an unuise policy but
these reasons are not Yet familiar 10 everybody
willie do you want one OF those Russian
NO. mammal I'm afraid might get whipped In
N"-tYonkers Statesman.
The storing of coal at Gibraltar is accomplished
by means OF n very curious plant which has Just
been completed for the pumping station at Land
port In the hugo rock fortress the coal store
boiler house and the engine room adjoining ars
worked under compressed air, and are necessarily
alright. Tho store to which the coal has to be
conveyed IS hewn out of tho solid rock and Is All
soutely bomhproot A special feature is the ar-
ranGement of the coal plant In such n way that II
does not interfere with the air pressure. The coal
Is Ifted from the coal tip ffty-seven feet below
the horizontal traveller. The skip by which tho
coal is conveyed Is raised by means OF steel wire
rope working over pulleys and around e. driving
drum. The time occupied by tho skip in travelling
from coal tip to coal store is two minutes Al
this end. and on a level with the motors a sentry
box Is hewn out OF the rock. where the man who
controls the gearing for hoistng the skip is housed
and has practically full view OF all three opera
tons
COMMITTED FeesL"Biank says that the last time
ne was married the ceremony cost him only ten
cents How was that?" Why he's led so MANY
women to the altar the minister gave him excury
sion rates "-(Detroit Free Press.
In Germany when person breaks down with
consumption, he is sent TO government sana-
toruIn, where he is kept until no recovers or dies
In the mean time his family receives a weekly
pension from a fund TO which the patient himself
contributed when he was in good health. BY this
means the risk OF spreading the disease is avoided
Widow Wixen-Yes; Henry died quite reconcilsd
accounts for it.-(Boston Transcript ~ ''''''
In recent visit to public institution pene-
trating to tho kitchen in the regions over which
the culinary genius presided. Queen Wilhelmina
of Holland. after tasting the food and nratsIne,
1t, wished to inspect the pantries and other re-
ceptacles where the materials were kept Tina
first door opened by the cook to facilitate this
examination disclosed the figure OF a man strong
and stalwart. who looked such are tha 1--WE
FERROUS devices of female cooks as If he ro,ebt
have been stored there for Interior matrimon,,I
purposes. But he turned out to be only q news
paper reporter. He had learned OF the interdad
royal visit and had tucked himself away In the
most promising pocket which the institution
opened to him. therein in stuffy. half sufYocated
manner awaiting developments. Ais we'll thar
ends we'll When the Queen found out who and
what he was she shook hands with him and asked
him to send her copy OF the paper CONTAINING
his report. Such a generous royal recognition
ought to have reconcled the cook TO his intrusion
and perhaps 1t did, but in the report OF tho oc
currence nothing Is said about It. The man COM
monty found in tho closet opening out OF the
cooks pantry is Policeman " a cousin his nrea
ence there too familiar TO attract much attention
But when its occupant turns out to he n renorter
explanations are naturally in order and n will
be cTedtabe to the profession in Low Countr,a.
IL the same satisfactory In fut,,ro casas os
the kind as they have been proved to be- In the
present one
Cast your bread upon the waters and Won will
realize how people are out for fha dougb -