New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


Ito dope" Its original vogue was on the race
tracks In this country to designate the drugging
OF Just before 70 increase their speed
AZ all French sporting slang is English. dope
came to be used in the same sense at the
tracks by Paris. Now, however, It is in general
use II n Partisan takes cab and the horse does
not 60 fret enough, he says to the cabman. "Je
dope" .e horse begins to go II by magic. The
words mean increased tip to the cabby.
OUT THERE WITH JOHNNY
The wise and cunning diplomats go on exchanging
And yet the warning navies try to keep on sinking
The monarchs in their stately halls unmeanins
On bowling women. richly clad. whom you left long
And In the country Mother Earth her goodness
Oh. would that I were there to-day. with Johnny,
digging worms.
The eager miIlionaires contend for all the golden
The bold adventurers set sail for strange far dis
Around the pr where hopes are wrecked and hearts
are crushed the cries
OF men who seem half-frenzied in a crazy chorus
While statesmen eloquently name the dangers
And irony and scorn are heaped upon them when
they've done.
The world is full OF trouble there are wars and
more 10 come.
And many, man who proudly boasts tomorrow
Ambition goads the eager crowds; the Judge. in
Who yesterday was cheered. to-day is hooted
From small 20 great we toll and let our masters
And envy care-free Johnny who is out there dig
ging worms. Chicago Record Herald.
The Dowager Duchess Of Abercorn has lived to
her grandchlld's grandchild, according to THE
Pail Mall Gazette" The OF six generations
living is given by Tennyson thus:
Daughter arise. thy daughter to her daughter take
Whose daughters daughter crieth.
imagined descent more. for in his Apologize
he writes that the mother said to her daughter,
Daughter bid thy daughter tell her daughter that
her daughters daughter hath daughter" cred
ible injunction in the case Of a centenaran only.
They say that faith is dying out
And have been told
But yet consider the amount
-CTown and Country
A story regarding King Edwards first game OF
golf is told in THE Court Circular and News"
His majesty (then Prince Of Waes) was attending
classes Edinburgh University. when. escorted
by Sir James G.. Baird. he visited the links at
Musselburgh Tom Brown, famous caddie or
the older school. carried the royal clubs and on
one OF the green's his majesty gave the ball push.
instead OF a legitimate stroke. This too much
for the caddie and Brown reproved his royal en-
ployer in the free language OF his school Sir ]. @.
Baird thereupon informed the cadde that he must
be more guarded in his language, to which Tom
to the Kings intense amusement. at once retorted
II done
that in a match he would have lost the hole
Her Status Explalned.-Bobby is a little German
town boy who is seeker after the wherefore OF
things. Some days since he was questioning his
father as to the nature Of a weapon.
a weapon my SON; explained his father. 'Is
us ma your weapon. pa?'-(Philadelphia Ledger.
A preacher who went a Kentucky parish where
the pensioners bred horses was asked to invite
| the prayers of the congregation for Lucy Grey He
did so. They prayed three Sundays for Lucy Grey.
On the fourth he was told he need not do It any
more. why" said the preacher us she dead?''
NO." answered the man. 'she won the Derby"
How old would you say she wasY"
well. let's see: When we were in high school
Now I'm thirty-seven. and UNI WELL should
say she was about twenty-eight by this time
Crown and Country.
Dr. L. o. Howard. chief entomologist OF III.
United States Department of Agriculture. says the
boil weevil cannot be exterminated and that Il is
only question of time when it will invade -very
OF the cotton States Ploughing their fields In
the autumn and keeping up a constant study OF
and warfare against their enemy are, he saws the
only remedy the cotton planters have against the
pest. Man has often been confronted however
with somewhat similar conditions. and notwitb-
standing DR.. Towards prediction. 1t seems probable
that effective remedy may yet be found
against this minute foe.
A Southern planter employed negro to work
On account OF the high price of cotton the negros
half OF the proceeds amounted 10 The plant
er knew that 1T would ruin any Afro-American TO
get such sum of money. and decided that half of
il would be enough. Upon further reflection the
conviction grew upon him that $500 would ruin any
negro in the world he cut the in half again
and. piling four hundred shining silver dollars on
his desk, for the negro and brother and said
that he was ready settle. The man came in and
fairly gasped ct the amount of wealth In sight
"Fo Gawd, boss" he said 'is dat money all
ours7''
Yes"
Well den, divide il in piles, and you take
youah half and I'll take mine, "-(Minneapolis Trib-
une.