New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

means and limits OF upper class "dlsciphning OF
freshmen the students of the Amherst Agricultural
CoIIege are turning their attention to the proper
'disciplIning'' Of the faculty. What happened Is
described in the language Of one of the senior
"Aegies': I'm order to show our dislike to one Of
the professors went to class armed with tor
pedoes and revolvers and for the time being there
was a mad outbreak" Three seniors were sus-
pended for these disciplinary measures. The
faculty having thus lent its support to the dis
liked" professor the senior class has disciplned'
that honorable body by Withdrawing from college
THIS FEVER CALLED LIVING"
."Ths fever called living" said Poe in a vein
The phrase, though poetic, small knowledge dis
Of the symptoms that Indicate life nowad days
The way that citizens catch the disease
In old Philadelphia, solid and sleek,
Where Sabbath prevails seven days IN the week.
Where nothing is heard but the shores or the cop
And Clocks dare not run because running's I'M
Where Citizens yawn while the trolley cars creep
Life isn't a Fever-its more ike sleep
In Boston where only the chosen may speak,
Where the bartender seasons your cocktail with
Where the maid that you sits Minerva-lIks
And crushes your hopes with quotations from
Where the gateway of Heaven is called Beacon
Life ISN'T Fever-irs more like Chill
IN dizzy New-York. money mad with the dicker
Of and Of p1SOr-&Ti9sr
Are built in a day-and the next are torn down.
Where crowds meet and struggle like floods through
Life isn't Fevsr-its moro like spasm.
new beet root pest Is reported from Paris. It is
small b1ackish beetle. known as the Attca ubtalis.
which until recent years hardly known except
on the shores Of the Mediterranean and in Brittany
A solution which is to be sprayed on the beet at
sunset, has been invented, consisting Of tobacco
Juice 10 parts. by weight; methyated spirits. 10;
bIacIr carbonate o
1000 parts.
| One Too Many-"You say you wouldn't like TO
get 0ptT" exclaimed IL, the ,, prison visitor. why.
oh worse than that ma st replied the CON
waiting outside."- Philadelphia Press.
A London dealer in such wares last year received
from India the skins OF six thousand birds OF para
disc to adorn the hats OF the feather wearing Brit
ish women and to meet the export need. At the
same time he got about half million humming
bird skins, and equal number Of those of various
other tropical birds There is auction In
London where such things sold. and its recent
record for a third of year close to million
skins. all told. coming mainly from the East and
West indies and Brazil.
| THE BEST MAN
| s-Tne best man" at a wedding Is
| Always somebody other than
| The bridegroom; and now waits
| Is this why many marriages
| Turn out SO badly, pray3
II seems as though 1t might be So
| I really think it may.
The St Petersburg census taken two years ago
showed q population a trife 100000 OF these
about one-third unable to read write. Four
hfths, roughly speaking, Catholics OF the Creek
rite: OF Jews there only per cent, and Of
Roman Catholics only per cent. OF the popula-
ton 40 per peasants and 20 per cent house,
| holders. There are $4,000 workmen wages. with
upward OF $1,000 employers There are AS churches
| and four state theatres The principal manufact-
ures Gobeln tapestries, glass, porcelain surg-
cal Instruments articles OF maachte. embroideries
textiles, leather paper copper. iron. machinery etc.
Its health tables show the lowest mortality OF all
European cities Nearly all its growth has been
within the last century, but Its progress been
nothing like that OF many other Continental cities
some of which have more than doubled their popu-
iation with each generation In that period
The Mean Way It works-!'Tf you refuse to
marry me-" said the wealthy old man. 81 shall pine
'of course" responded the girl, bitterly. "And
bulldog Bat hs ss aSa way nS1s 70 5e f
Tribune.
Denmark has society for the determination of
rats. and its operations are considered 10 be OF
SO much Importance that Berlin is on the point
! of adopting them a corrective OF an invasion
| Of that animal from which 1t has recently suf-
fered- They appeared in certain sections of the
capital In such numbers that they became a real
| burden to the inhabitants. and in the hope of
RELIEF municipal decree passed Offering a
bounty of ten pfennigs for every rats tail de-
| livered. The creatures TO come and go In
| swarming multitudes, to which no effective check
has so far been found. though their visItations In
such numbers do not normally last long and so
far any individual locality Is concerned ars
i very infrequent. 1t is not likely that Harnelin
has had another plague OF rats since tho tina
when the Pied Piper OF imperishabIo memory
delivered II from the first to be recorded OF
it. Since the rat has been medically declared to
bs a bearer OF infectious diseases increased ef-
forts have been made for his destruction but
so far he TO survive them all and To show
no abatement OF his constitutional vigor An In
ternntionai league for his suppression has been
proposed. bringing all the resources OF science TO
bear upon the work. and this may DO able to
effect useful results.
Patio yez cit dlspondint. MoikeY
Mlke-Only whin Dim feeling blue" OF eIwayu
feel good as long as Dim seeilng foine. DO gobsl-
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