New-York tribune., 1905-04-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

building.
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Three French doctors have recently held a
sultauon having in view the adoption OF a code OF
rules for the treatment Of duests before going into
action. 1t Is laid down wise precauton to take
medicine over night, and on reaching the field the
combatants must first be creased all over, then
soaped all over, and finally rubbed down with
alcohol and sprayed with solution Of suhlinate.
so that all the personal germs which they may
carry about with them rendered incapable Of
multiplying their species. When they have now put
on suits Of clothes just out Of steriizing ovens.
they are ready to take up their aseptcized weapons
and straddle all over the field in advance, or re-
treat till one the other receives a scratch
deep enough to pink his seconds cambrtc handker-
chief when a halt is called and the whole party
go off 70 breakfast In the friendliest manner. 1t
seems hardly necessary 20 diminish the danger
of the French duel. which is about the safest
pastrne anybody engage in, but the method
may have its good points and advantages Any
how, the doctors recommended 1t. and it's adoption
can do no harm. even il it does not seem to be
imperatlvely called for as prudential measure
DIsILLUsIoNIzED!
do not claim Apollo's grace.
And yet the TtbF fact must f.t Pc S0assed
A not unpleasing cast OF face.
do not think that am vain.
And yet I could not but opine
That others, side by side with mine'
Were really singularly plain
Now all is changed A fearsome gloom
Has fallen on me like a cloud.
Dread, spectral. gaunt ana oeetie-Drowed
I see myself, till crack OF Doom!
Oh. is this awful visage mine:
This countenance. distorted weird
Wherein all form mas disappeared,
And Vanished every classic line?
Would had Stunned the banquet hail.
Nor sat- with calm, seraphc Iooke
eOOoa abandoned YniScreanC
fiashlight photo Of US all!
Oh gladly would 1 murder him
That all lopsidedly 1 smile
Down in the lenses lowest rim!
The commissioners Of queen Victoria Park on
the Canadian side Of Niagara Falls. show proper
sense of the condition now Affecting that maJestc
cataract They have just issued their nineteenth
annual report and laid Il before the Ontario Leg
isIature setting forth that a halt must be called
in the granting of franchises at the falls and that
too many have been given away already. Three
No them ara now in the possession of private COM
panies and a fourth permitting the creation OK
100 OOO more horsepower from the Chippewa River
is under consideration. This will make an aegre-
gate on the Canadian side Of 4750OO horsepower
which the commissioners think should not. at the
present time be exceeded. If more are to be given
hereafter they should cost the grantees more, and
in particular care should be taken that the shores
above and below the falls be not marred oy un-
slightly buildings Canada appears to be trying
TO do its duty in preserving the noble features OF
the cataract and keeping the spoiIer within bounds
A Literary Phrase: Let introduce you to
tbat debntaEte" said the hostess. "She is poem" i"
Yes answered the eligible man; i feeI that she
ton Star.
The American editor tries to be polite possl-
ble in returning unaccepted manuscripts but he
does not reach the Oriental skill in making his
would-be contributor comfortable The Chinese
editor says:
I'VE have read it with infinite delight BY the
holy ashes of our ancestors swear that we have
never seen so superb masterpiece. His majesty
the Emperor. our exalted master. If We were to
print it, would command us TO take 1t as a model,
and never publish anything of less striking quail
itv As we could not obey this order than
once in ten thousand years, we are compelled 70
send back your divine manuscript. and beg thou
sand pardOns."
DO thoughts that came to you in II the ,IS long ago
ever return? asked me oFielnaIof or silly 9ue3s- 3
literary party.-tChicaso News
Chicago's north and west railway systems were
appraised for taxation purposes by experts at
S27 900 OCO and stocked and bonded by the owners
fer S7O0OOOO This $50 600 difference represent
ed the value of municipal franchises given 20 them
that s the use OF the streets privileges which the
city would now be glad 10 recover so to get the
advantage Of them herself But though she prac-
tically gave them away. the chance OF her getting
them back for nOthlnB Is aS M prospect Oh
her catching up with New-York in the matter Of
population
Mabel mot in her hrst youthl-First OF all he held
nv hands and told my fortune; and then, Evie. he
Eazed into my face ever so long and said he could
Tsad NV thoughts! Wasn't that clever OF him dear3
Evie-oh / suppose he read between the lines.
darling.-(Pun
A New-Yorb centenarian who died the other day
NJ the age OF 1O4 was accustomed TO take a light
breakfast always coffee and cruliers' and smoked
b,s nine IN pence and enjoyment for ninety years
The old fashioned but toOthsoHe cruller has been
mathematical SO long by food faddists that II Is
entitled 70 all the credit IL may acquire by this
example of It's health preserving qualities.
She Believed Iim.--Doly-why didn't you pro-
/ pose to Miss BulliOnf
Doiiy-TrueI I never thougkt or that.-Qliustrat-
ed Bits.