New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


DR.. Paul Cohn. Dean Of the Imperial Museum Of
Technology at Vienna, who was a member Of the
international jury at the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position, has written pamphlet the educational
system in the United States. in which he pays
high tribute to American schools.
AT present" says DR.. Conn., 1.-THE educational
institutions in the United States. from the kinder
garten to the university, Of such a character
that the trip to Europe, in order to acquire
higher education, which a generation ago
| looked upon as necessary is superiuous. Even
European educators are no longer looked for, be
the various colleges, universities. polytechnic
Institutes and seminaries furnish all that
CURED"
The author gives the statistics Of the various
universities and dwells upon the system OF in
struction in these and in the public schools. and
also comments favorably the exclusion Of
Hgious instruction from the public schools.
His snarl-'TNow. these chaps that borry
money" began the Sage Of Plunkvile-
sucker an If ye DO expect it back they call We
shyIock."-Pittsburg Post
Maria Mitchell the famous astronomer, was once
directed by her physician to lager beer as a
tonic. On the way to visit her sister Mrs Joshua
Kendall, OF Cambridge, Mass, she stopped at a
saloon and purchased bottle OF beer. and after
ward asked her brother-in-law to open 1t for her.
The Mitchell family according to THE Boston
Herald" spoke among themselves after the Quaker
custom. Where did thee get It, Marian ques-
toned her sister. AT the saloon on the corner
replied Miss Mitchell, sereneIy. why, Martial
Doesn't thee know respectable women don't go
into such pIaces2' oh said Miss Mitchell, in
the manner Of one who has done all that could be
required, 7 told the man he ought to be thor
oughly ashamed of his traffic"
The Eternal Question-Mrs stingy-whas do you
want TO leave us for, Bridget? I'm sure we have
Bridget-Indade, an you how, ma'am. an Orve
stood II long enOugh.-Lne.
Somebody has been trying to dIsprove the old
story about the origin Of the British Order of the
Garter. The legend has it that Edward III Of
England picked up the garter OF the Countess Of
Salisbury, ard handed II to her with the famous
words: "Honi soft qui nal pense," the motto OF
the order. There has been recently found in the
Bbliotheque Rationale IN Paris a written account
made by command Of Henry VIII when he bestowed
the order on Francis 1 Of France. This story is
that Richard COeur de Lion while in the Holy
Land. fastened leather thongs around the knees OF
those Of his allies followers who had distin-
guished themselves by gallantry. The story does
fit the motto Of the order. which IS tribute to the
character of the fair fourteenth century countess
of whom and Edward alas. the French chronicIers
tell their tales.
ARROYO AIS ANTEDuJVIAN BRONCO.
was out a-ridin fences. the Freezeout Noun
When had a nights experience that call most
was sleepip near Bone Cabin. where the hills are
that beat The flood '-''0 '-'7''
was Weakened. long at midnight by most on
And 1 found my bronx had boIted-yanked his
m stake pin from the ground;
twas a sure onhoIy racket and my hOWin' locks
And f3t IKE that there Hamlet when his blood
Well. the moon shinin, pale like and I saw
Adjoining right before me-and there weren't no
1t was broad as this here clubhouse, and was twiot
A bone digger's since told me 'twere dinosaurs
make getaway
So walked up to the beastie-fer I'd drunk a few
And yelled Jest like a foreman. and he knelt down
And ! climbed NIB up on a bOwIder and then swung
So rode off IN the moonlight on my stone age
And put him through his PAGES. like racer on
I Quirted him and spurred him. and wished I had
! Fer, . snub a maverick or two when goin' on a
lOpe. 9 VII "
I rode tin blamed near daylight when my steed
And. hayiG3' nary saddle gettin' throwed was Jest
No. couldn't dream this story. fer when walked
! was Jest hundred miles from where I'd said
my evenin' prayer
/ Denver Republican.
! A Scottish parish minister met the laird's game
keeper one day and said to him: Il say. Davidson.
! why is it never you in church2' well sir
replied Davidson. Il don't want 20 hurt the at
! tendance" Hurt the attendance! What do you
/ mean?' asked the minister In surprise 'WelI sir
you see" replied the gamekeeper. there are about
| a dozen men In the parish that go to church when
| I'm not there and would 90 poaching II I went to
/ church
The French Baron Rothschlld once had IN his
! service a valet named Alphonse-hrst class blIt
acknowledged red" This valet obtained uernis-
sion on, once week to attend the meetings Of his
SOCIALIST lodge. Suddenly the baron noticed that
AIltoh7r no longer desired this of night and in
1 tblTltb mo TIE cause. tilaf' no
. salets late socialist colleagues had worked out "a
3 StlGgtaloh llat n all the wealth Of Franco were
Ha'l tb e9ealy per capita each individual would
! ne the po5sessOr OF two thousand francs ''Mon-
| seur," said Alphonse with dignity 1T rastFned
! have i've thousand francsi"-Bufralo Commercial