New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-07
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

ten Governors, eight United States Senator'S ten
national Representatives. fourteen Secretaries of
State, six State Treasurers. three Attorneys Cen
eral six presidents Of the State Senate. eleven
Speakers Of the House. three Cabinet officials and
Speaker OF the national house
TO MY THIs-sUMMER's GIRL.
The twnghts growing longer every day.
sign sweetheart that you're p not no1 far tbas
Am to run across you in July,
About the ffteenth the sixteenth. say.
The breeze a-swishin round your dresses. white.
And, as 1 pass perhaps you'll sorter smile
That night l hang around the desk while
And read the register TO learn your name
wonder. dear. will you be dark or fair
This summer you are due to be ca, blonde.
But. '' to proceed Next night there'll be dance
4 4o introduce at ' Gs Then III dance With YOU
And get rid Of some second handed wit
And when we leave Wen know that We are TT"
A week or two will wear off some restraint
And then some night III make sudden f ffpt
III bet you'n kick and say IT isn't right
That I'm a triner-but I'll swear I amt
Sweetheart. II is predestined we VIII meet
And love each other through tho summer sweet
As ons time shall las last and we are living
Wen write each other Tor month or Two
Ana the" Will cut 1t OUT "O''' IG lj; Widow
The British Medical Journal suggests that las
Iuxuries should taxed rather than necessaries.
supernuty of fat. which is mostly the result of
luxurious living, may not unfairly be regarded as
fitting object OF taxation" One municipality IN
Sweden already taxes superiority OF fat
Ear splitting.-'rWe've got a dandy college yell
What is itT'
1--WE give four Russian battleships a sissIooom-ah
and then two Jap generals. '-tPuck-
Two whaling stations have been established IN
the British Isles. and three more TO be- AS
whaling station costs $4,000. there must DO some
evidence OF a stock OF whales sil in British waters
1t seems only a question OF time. however. and no
very long time either. when these mighty and
harmless mammals shall disappear altogether.
Their path is In the great deep and they man
aged to hold their own against the old class of
whaleship and harpoons thrown by hand; but II
must 60 hard with them before the modern fast
whaling steamer, armed with swivel guns for the
discharge of harpoons. 1t is only since the nven-
ton in 1866 of Foyn's destructive bomb harpoon,
explosive proectile which bursts within the
of the animal. that the Norwegian whalers have
dared TO attack the formidable blaahval. Sibbalds
rorqual. or blue whale. Even with this armament
the pursuit of the most gigantic animal in the
world is far from being without danger. Talk of
big game shoOtingi What yarn the most
perienced shikari spin equal to one communicated
by Thomas Southwell TO the current quarterly num-
Der OF Tho Annals OF Scottish Natural History:
- blue whale. harpooned by a Newfoundland
whaler in Placentia Bay in March. 1893 not being
struck In a vital part. lowed the steam whaler
Puma distance OF 122 miles, the being re-
versed at full speed the whole time; and not until
twenty-six hours had elapsed was it exhausted and
killed"
One Of the last stories told TO Andrew Carnegie
before his recent departure fer Europe amused him
greatly. Don't give unless you really feel YOU
would enjoy doing So" said father to his young
ton box FOR You know the Lord iovet3 only the
cheerful giver", The boy was silent for moment
on Andrew negie!'-(Argonaut
There are 1927 professional beggars IN Spain
In of the cities beggars are licensed to carry
their trade. Seeking aims is recognized as
legitimate business and tho municipality demands
percentage upon the collections. Seville is the
only city in the kingdom which forbids begging In
tho streets.
F1ipp-I hear that they use all sorts OF materials
in the manufacture of illuminating gas. nowadays
Flopp-True: They even make light of the con-
sumerS' complaints.-(Chicago Daily News.
The customs OF restaurants and OF diners In
Paris different from those OF New-York, for
such a story the following Is unprecedented in
the lobster belt:
Three ladies taken by "fetard" to supper
at a fashionable restaurant BY breakfast time the
banquet had just to end. The glded
youth suggested tea and toast, which was brought
and took the party to the hour for luncheon
That meal was ordered. served. and dispatched
Afternoon tea time still found the party In tho
same restaurant rooms. Toward in the evening
cash.
a clean shirt and dinner. The landlord lent 500
francs A shirt brought in a salver. and the
youth retired TO dressing room to freshen him
self up for dinner. The latter meal was duly
served and eaten. Then the three ladies' and their
host considered It time to go home. having
spent exactly twentyfour hours in the restaurant.
Before they the landlord sent in his little bill
Meals and wines 407 francs loan. 800 francs: per-
fumery, 80 francs 50 centmes; gentleman's
dress shirt. Is francs; cigars and cigarettes. g
cal frances
francs 70 .entimes The ''fetard' said the charges
were exorbitant, and refused to pay. But the res
taurant keeper having brought the matter into the
courts. the latter have decided that his account
not. all things considered. excessive. and have
ordered defendant settle TO the full amount of
Sl66 49,
Odd-"That's Brightley: he raised quite a for
tune on a patent mud scraper." HE doesn't look
very prosperous" No: he afterward sunk 1t all in
skyscraper. '-iPhadelphia Ledger.