New-York tribune., 1906-12-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

In the Figaro" fanaticaI statistician under
takes to answer the question 70 how much a
citizen has TO pay for the head OF his state. The
Frenchmau pays for his President annually the low
sum Of centimes (not quite 2 cents. Consider
ably higher is the amount which every German has
10 pay for his Emperor. namely. "a centirnes an
nuauy In Russia each subjects annual contribu-
ton is 30. in Italy ~ and IN Austrta-Hungary %
centimes- The dearest rulers are. however those
OF Greece and Belgium. for every Belgian or Greek
contributes so centimes annually the maintenance
OF the royal house in his country.
You can't judge by appearances Can't YOU.
though. How else can you judge an actor but by
Ne ,Nsvsr say die Nice prosperous undertaken
ycS maze T TL9 sta taat a motto wquIdnt you?
maEEied 5lEs men me- donf do{ have bi an any leisure
''seeins is believing - Not always Your v-tra
sees you when you Come home late from asittins
up with sick friend but she doesn't believe you.
OF Il? Ours is a brunette.-Bostou Transcript
The University of Illinois has lately added a
number OF relics TO its Abraham Lincoln collection
Among other treasures in the Untverstty's posses
sion is yoke made by Lincoln at New Salem
H.. in 1890 when he was twenty-one years old 1t
remained there until 1873 just after Iincoln's re-
turn from his only term in Congress. Then Lincoln
and his brother-in-law. Clark NJ Smith visited
New Salem together. While there the two attended
a auction sale Of farm chattes. among which was
the OK yoke. When the yoke was offered for sale
it treated novelty, because made by a
Congressman Lincoln acknowledged having made
the yoke, and Mr.. Smith bid it off, saying "it was
worth taking home q souvenir because made by
his brother-in-law and a member Of Congress-
Il suppose R said l,s Ascum. you took in all the
''of course replied skorcher.
What's new in the way OF motors over thereT'
chickens and things that we havs here. .'-PhiIa-
delphia Press
In letter TO The Lancet" DR. Ranking OF
oxford. tells Of the use OF frog skin for grating
For more than twenty years. says the physician
"ths frog has furnished with gratis in all
cases requiring such treatment Ny first use OF It
was IN my 1 had suffered for nearly
three years from obstinate liberation OF the skin
OF the foot. which had resisted all treatment and
steadily refused heal I began using gratis
Of frog skin in the middle OF January. Iss5 and
in less than six weeks had q sound covering of
skin. At the present time, than twenty
years having elapsed, the cicatrtx is perfectly
sound and has OF the puckering and stiff
ness often in cicatrices where human gratis
have been used" Or. Ranking so encouraged
by this result that he used frog in every case
OF the kind after that and at q rough estimate
must have used it in some three hundred or four
hundred cases.
schoolmaster Cat end OF object lessonl-NoW. can
any of you tell me what Is water?
Small and Grubby Urchin-PIease, teacher.
waters what turns black when you puts your
'ands in it!-Dundee Advertiser
German statisticlan who made INQUIRIES To md
out in which European country people live longest
arrived at the following conclusion Germany, with
her IS COO inhabitants has only Ts persons who
have passed the age OF hundred. while France.
with her population OF 4OOOO0OO. has 2l3 centsna-
rlans England has l46. Scotland IS. Denmark 2.
Belgium .. Sweden 10. and Norway with her $780,
co nhabitants has % Switzerland boast OF
single one, but Spain counts 40 among her
Is 10000 population. The number OF centenarians
il astonishing IN the Balkan states Servia has 57
Rumania 1,Os4. and Bulgaria beats the record with
2ss3-one 20 every hundred inhabitants
I'm sure don't know what he saw In her Her
face is decidedly plain
that
Figure? She's positively scrawny, she hasn't
amy figure
You're wrong there. She has ak hsureA and
the .rrst ons's I'VE e"-PfallzdelphiaF Press