New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Harbin. ManchurIa. IS but three years old. but It
IS one Of the greatest cities Of Asia. and has the
largest European population OF any Asauc city,
containing $1,000 Russians, besides the soldiers. and
5000 Chinese II Will be the great uour H44ilHs
city Of that region.
DIsHEARTENED.
oh Russia's sending notes with words that end In
or ana 'Nltcn
And JaPan is yery prompt pr 1 Tn s you can't
tel wll 1.s = clc1ss in ths Asiatic skies
And the quaint Coresn muses. with melancholy
And feels much Ike a mouse that's IN trap
He nurmurs he contemplates the Oriental
7 wonder what will happen to the map
And in the Western Hemisphere the silent school
Al 9C $3.50 SO hi, hook with an expression gr4mi
He's thinking Of the skating rink or fishing or base
And when he's learned his lesson, and he hears
- Of doings strange sr.. ,,,,,. chan.
He says: why should ! study when the answers
They are always doing something g the msgi.'
A c.--aln PbuadeIphian. who is at once a min
lister OF the Gospel and registered physician had
an amusing experience in his attempt 20 corner q
Christian Scientist according TO The Philadelphia
Ledger"
Every time they met this scientist took occasion
20 scon 1T medical science and TO dwell upon the
wonders that could be performed through faith.
do anything" said the medical man ono day.
YES" he replied. faith win move mountains."
A week later ne IN the Doctors offlcs with
swollen Jaw. duo 10 toothache.
What You hereT' the doctor exclaimed with
feiEned establishment.
oh doctor" he said. I have suffered agony all
through tho night simply can't stand this pain
any longer"
Have you tried faith7" the physician asked him
You know you told me faith could move noun
tains."
But this Is a cavity. doctor"
Ills Little Joke-.'Doctor" said tho patient. after
paying his bill ~ there IS anything IN the theory
OF tho transmigrauon OF souls you'll be warhorss
THAT sounds rather nattering" remarked Dr.
ives. you're such a splendid charger"-CCathogo
Standard.
The four thousand telephone girls in Germany
are government employees. Each must be OF good
character and live in a respectable family. The
pay is t2lS cents a day. with advance OF six
cents IN two years and those four years in service
secure u cents a day. Applicants for these posi-
tons usually wait two years for an opening
Free from "Help."-"Aunt Jemima," as every
booy ce4ed heT vas the Oldest person IN me neigh
| years old. and insisted thai she vas nearly ore
hundred and twenty: but In spite Of her advanced
| age size was Sun vigorous and in the enjoyment
Moved by that feeling Of curiosity which people
have about anything that Is abnormal or unusual.
several nne ladies from the city went one day to
The little village where lived aud called on her
Tell us. aunty.'' said OF them. what Is the
secret q your great age and your wonderful
:" 'Desd: honey" responded Aunt Ienirn9 with q
hain't nevah had 20 trouble Wild hiah'd guls -
youths Companion.
| A lie sueur MINI. man met with an accident
recently which shows the perils OF cat hunting at
| 80 degrees below zero. The frame-
| work supporting a water tank when the shot was
| fired. The bullet killed the cat and pierced the
! bottom Of the tank and in instant tho water.
Vrraft
pIete shower bath. in n temperature OF 80 degrees
below zero. Instantly his overshoes froze to tho
| stone foundation on which he standing. and.
STOPPING 20 uubuckie them, he was changed by the
| spray, freezing the terrible cold fast it
| fell into a helpless statue Of ice. EtiR and i'm
movable as a stone Only by his STOPPING posture.
which kept his face free from the ice, was he
raved from sufocation. Soon the flow OF the wuter
| was stopped by the sediment in the tank flowing
into the bullet hole, and little OF Mr. Willie.
who had seen the whole affair. ran for assistance.
| II was necessary to loosen the unfortunate mans
| feet with chisels and wnen he had been carried
into the house by three strOrg men tho ice had 70
/ be broken from him with clubs. He was badly
frightened by tire experience. but otherwise I'M
harmed The body of the cat WAS found frozen
/ TO his back.
TIE last sentence shows the painstakng atteu-
ton OF the correspondent to the veracous details
/ Of his story.
At the operate me Wagner is a religion"
| 'sYes-that is 70 say. what can't understand I
take on trust - brooklyn Life.
| The Congressional Library has received from Mrs
| q " Fall OF Nashville Tenn. a large box con-
tanning the papers and letters OF President James
| x polk The letters bequeathed to the owner
bv the wife Of President Polk. and have in her
| possessiOn for a number Of years The Congress
sional Library has been trying TO gain possession
Of them for time. as tho collection is a very
| valuable one Recently Mrs. FAN consented 10 turn
them over TO the government. The library officials
decline TO state the price paid for them. but IL is
understood the figure was $1,000.
| The fact is broug.- out by The Educational Re
,,fevr' that over 13000,O00 persons are enrolled in
tbs sunday schools OF this country. In the public
schools the enrolment is OF nearly 10000 or only
no SsO more. The accusation that the religious
education OF children is neglected in America with
fha consequences of inevitable moral degeneration
! In our society as alleged by the Rev. Mr. Geer is
not sustained By these statistics. More attention
seems TO be given to the religious training OF chill
dren In this country, by churches and IN schools
and by home instruction, than In any othar OF