New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

In a group OF visitors 70 the royal tombs at
Vienna recently tourist from Mexico who
showed great interest in the resting place OF Maxi
milan There" he writes. where n ray OF sun
light can strike IT, I for the first time the
imperial crown OF Mexico It was on the unfortu-
nate Maxmilian's coffin. Under II was the IN
scription In Iaun: Born at Sch6ubrunn July 6
1882: made Emperor IN 1854; died q hero June l9
1851 So 1t VIII he forty years soon since the
tragedy which was not 70 be averted was enacted.
I heard the people tell about the young princes
courage; how he had to console his father con-
fessor and how he spoke words OF cheer 10 Dr.
Hosch, 10 whom lie said: Take this ring back to
my people and tell them all THAI took place. You
Will bear my love 20 my parents and VIII say 70
my mother that died u Christian and n soldier
1 heard them and synpathized with them in their
admiration for who fell tho victim OF another's
crime Napoleon III, Bszane, Juarez the chief
actors in the tragedy Of Queretaro dead, but
I told my Austrian guide that the music which
Macmillan brought TO Mexico still lives there. and
even some OF the musicians who first made Mex
lean blood tngle with the strains OF the Radetzky
march"
have ~ for sS5e Sne have ya aa 1e naughty lady
Sure, ma'am." replied the grocer; six cents a
"Oh. I must have the most expensive kind: it's
for n very fashionable wedding phia
Press.
The list OF microbes continues 20 grow steadily.
That OF whooping cough must now be added to the
list. Dr. H Alhrecht OF the Wilhelm Hospital tho
other night spoke the subject before the Vienna
Medical Society. declaring that he had discovered
the specific agent that caused the complaint There
had for some time been suspicion that a kind OF
bacillus at the bottom. but Dr. Albrecht felt
himself able to assert that tho whoopug cough
bacillus was Identical with that Of Influenza Tho
doctor able also TO give number of interest
Ing details Of his experiments and their results
which seem to be parallel lines with work done
by Drs. Bordet and Gengon OF the Brussels Pasteur
Institute.
Tourst-What do tho people round hero live on.
PatP
summer.-Punch
An inventory of the jewel treasure left by the
Shah Persia shows that .the precious stones
collected by him valued about 10000 600
The collection contains a number of unrivaed dla-
monds and other stones The Ole crown Of the Per
sian dynasty holds ruby big as a hens egg.
A belt studded with diamonds. worn only on great
state occasions. weighs eighteen pounds and Is
valued at millions of dollars. A wonderful silver
vase is decorated with hundred emeralds one
Of which is so large that 1t was possible 10 en-
grave on 1t the Shah's numberless titles sword
with diamond covered scabhard is valued at
f250.o00 remarkable feature of the collection Is a
square block OF amber OF 400 cubic inches. which
Persians say dropped from the skies in the time
or Mahomet.
machine" ~ - ---S
So he wouldn't run over people. suppose?''-
What then, was the reasoa?'
why, the last few times he knocked manila
down he damaged bis radiator. ."--CfeveIand Plain
Dealer. '''
4 Hindu revolutionist who aroused the fanatics
Of the PunJab TO great excitement BY circulating
the fantastic statement that the plague epidemic did
not exist and that the hundred thousand deaths
weekly attributed TO II were really caused bv the
poisoning of drinking wells by government ennis.
saries sentenced the other day 10 two wears,
rigorous Imprisonment An accomplice who dropped
harmless balls into the wells alleging that he did
so by order of the government was condemned %
eighteen months imprisonment.
II never saw such a rubberneck" sneered Mrs
Gabble. Just because the doctor stopped AZ our T
house yesterday she Immediately wanted to knov,
what the matter" - 'N'0'
Yes" replied Mrs. Naybor; 81 wonder how she'd
like the rest of 10 be that curious abont ~ u
You know the doctor stopped at her house TO-DAY
too" ~ 'S'
You don't say7 wonder what's the matter
thsrsG'-Catholis Standard aud Times,