New-York tribune., 1905-06-30

The Russian feet destroyed by Admlral 1880
seems to have had some unlucky names Those
Who know the language say the name OF Admlrai
Nebogatoff means .'unfortunate." and the name or
the torpedo boat destroyer Bedovy, to wnich Az
miral Rojestvensky withdrew from his flagship ana
in which he was afterward taken prisoner, means
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to others. presumably,
would be what was meant when 1t was named
SPECIAL WORDS.
My mother. she has special words
She's always using. but hnd
The ones that I've most often heard
Is By-um-by and Never-mlnd.
Whenever can't have my. way
And beg her ''when2" and tease her ''whyr'
The things she's likelest to say
Is Never-mind and By-um-by.
An when our picnic stopped becuz
It rained or sumpin, no Of II the s kind
Just By-um-by and Never-mind
asst when By-um-by would be-
s She pNh tod me : SO snd sn.
Said I'd discover By-um-by
My mother, she has special words
For question answering and such.
But guess that have heard
Don't really mean so awful much
-(Burges johnson, in Harpers Magazine.
An English magazine tells court story. A
sci In the middle OF his cross-examination.
handed telegram "Helio.' he said. he read it,
.'so-and-So has won the Derby" "Mr. A. said the
Judge severely, 'it is very unseemly that in the
course of solemn judicial proceedings, where
mans liberty and reputation at stake, you
should be talking of the winner of horserace.
Er-by the way. does the telegram say what was
second and third?
Overheard in 'Bus.-First Old Lady-He was a
bad character: but I believe he repented at last.
Second Old Lady-Oh, no, he didn't that he
died intestate.-Nondon Globe
Simple minded visitors to the Jardin des Plantes
the Paris 'Zoo,'' take a rather intimate view of
the Darwinian theory. according to "The London
Chronicle" Some branches OF the animal kingdom
represented there by skeletons. Said a painter
to model one day: II shall want you on Sunday
morning for the final sitting" Impossible mon
sieur." said the model 81 going to take the
children to visit my grandfather" 'Your grand
father! Why. how old your "Sxty-seven,
monsieur" And you still have grandfather
"oh. yes at the Jardin des Plantes. He's skele-
ton. take my own grandchildren to see him
once month. The keepers know us very we'll
They always say: Ah. you have come to see your
grandpapa. All right; you'll find him IN his usual
place. He can't walk very comfortably now SO
he's still there! +"
Voluntary Imposti tion.-General Sherman once had
occasion s to stop stop at country home where a tin
for the famly's abutions For two mornings the
VISITORS efforts at making toilet under the un une
favorable auspices. but when on the third day the
travellers grip he could suppress his curiosity no
longer so boldl. put the question: Say. Mister
air you always that much trouble TO yo'se'ff"I.
Uippncott's Magazine.
General Negley. of Pennsylvania, was q strict
diseiplinarian During one OF the winters or the
Civil War he concluded that certain guardhouse
altogether. too comfortable quarters for prison.
ers and ordered Colonel Marston. who later won
fame soldier. lawyer and statesman to bI,iId
a dungeon without much a crack or opening
anywhere, so that it should be perfectly dark The
dungeon was built with four solid walls according
to The Chicago News" One day General Nesley
came over TO inspect it. He was accompanied bv
Colonel Marston. ''Where is the entrance, said
the general and how do you get anybody into it?'
oh said Colonel Marston THAT is NOT INV ,oor
out. simply obeyed your orders"
with his knife" i GUS
Hush. dear. Uncle John is rich enough to eat
with fire shovel II he prefers to''-lDenyer Re-
publican. 'eA ~