New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The endurance OF the music lover who sits out one
OF Wagner's long Ring operas has often been
commented upon. but perhaps forcibly
than recently in London Well up above the stage
burly figure in homespun evidently Scot
fish farmer who had come to London to see the
sights and hear the sounds. After sitting through
three long acts he murmured audibly. Twas
patient mon that wrote all this!'
Nothing Doing.-'NIiss May" began Mr. Hoam-
ley, would you.er-be mad If were TO kiss your
would certainly be mad to let you"-Philadel-
phia Press.
A curious story OF nesting place chosen by birds
comes from Germany. A pair of redthrOats.
correspondent says, have built their upon a
freight running between Marbach and He'll
bronn. 1t contains four eggs. upon which the
female is brooding The curious part OF the
story is that the wagon is in daily use, either In
transit or in loading or unloading The male bird
feeds his mate. flying 10 and from the truck while
in motion. and. unlike some human travellers who
pay for their tickets. he has never been known to
miss his train. The starting signal invariably
finds him at his post the nest.
Question for a Queston.-"John," said the dstin-
guished lawyer. severely have you been in swim
ming 50 early in the season. in spite of my express
Father" said John. earnestly. isn't it one of
to incrminate misunderstanding Journal.
Sir John Kirk was once the British Consul Cen
eral at Constantinope. The Sultan had a very
savage lion. and he offered It TO Sir john remind
ing him that. the lion of the support
ers of the royal arms above the consulate gate.
therefore the real brute should be very appropriate
But the Briton escaped the necessity of accepting
the unpleasant gift. II am sure that your high
ness would never mako incomplete present." he
replied, "and when you are able to accompany the
lion with unicorn I shall be delighted to receive
your munihcent Offer
FOR THE DEFENCE.
Vim,
missed By his empoyeT for Wns poety mas been dis
Some one once s mentioned that swallow
And incidentally Apollo
But rarely suscitates a plumber;
And when one comes to think of H.
The Public reaps the benefit.
But all the same It seems a pity
That Just through prejudice abyssal
Should therefore have to face dismissal
He shouldn't write much as l.
The PGnt e which sSdG I'm b quickly he SEEMING
The poets business is the plumbing
OF truths deep in the heartcore hidden:
In doing this quite well indeed.
Sing on. poetic Mr. Giddings.
List not unto the harsh forbiddngs
OF masters who are far from soulful.
a plumber. more than any man,
Should tinker at the pipes of Pan!
London Tribune.
Locusts are devastating Southern Algeria The
swarms great almost to defy imagination
II is not easy to conceive OF on almost solid pha-
lanX of insects 125 miles long by six miles wide
Unfortunately. the devastation which such myriads
of voracous insects must create in vegetation Is
not so difficult to appreciate. Wherever the host
has passed nothing green remains Even the houses
are becoming uninhabitable. The Oran Province
seems doomed for this year.
A Point in Extraditon Lava curious question
of extradttion law Is shortly TO be decided nv the
federal court at Lausanne. The Russian govern
ment has asked OF Switzerland the extraditlon of
Alexander Beneszow, the chief of the band OF revo-
utonarIes that held up bank at Moscow ana
carried off 10000 rubles and the question H.
whether robbery under arms can ever be regarded
as a political. and therefore not extraditab7e ~
fence. Beneszow. who is only twenty years old
member OF the 'Droutna,' which carried
out the nsurrection at Moscow II a bank rohbarv
is ever a political offence II in this case FOR
the thieves, according to the Courier Euronzen
benefited little by the theft that Beneszow hor
rowed the money enable him escape abroad
rather than 10 his personal the money thar
belonged 10 the revolution. IL is added that the
purely political character of his be sstah-
lshed by ineontrovsstibie evidsness-Dundss Ad-
vertissn-