New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

That "yeggmen" should not have hands OF no.
ticeaby delicate conformation unless their clothes
too. conform the popular idea TO the vocation
of their possessors is the moral which these knights
errant may draw from the conviction of John stan
ford in the United States Circuit Court, criminal
branch. last Friday. When Mrs. Jennie Noman, of
Highland Falls. n. Y, first met John who is known
to his business associates and police art galleries
'Pawtucket john she did not say right out.
What pretty hands YOU have for laborer,' That
in her store. where John buying food sup
plies because all-night dancing party among the
colored folk of tho village compelled himself and
three comrades TO go into camp and to defer for
twenty-four hours attack the Highland Falls
postofice. She thought so, however. and marvelled
to herself how anybody whose clothes seemed to
indicate the constant use of those hands should be
able to keep them smooth and white. Forget
those hands? Never said Mrs. Noman, when she
called TO testify. Stanfords lawyer could not
shake her Identification. and the jury was per-
suaded that she had the hands before. Had
II for this link it is likely that Stanford
would have escaped conviction for completely in
OF the most daring and most cleverly executed
blows that the postoffce inspectors in this dis
trct have ever got wind of.
PA. did you ever hear money talk?"
What did 1t say?"
Good by Chicago Record Herald.
II the ambition of the British Royal Meteorolosi-
cal Society is realized English people of the future
will talk Sliby about anti-cyclones and the course
OF "depressions. and will be able to forecast the
weather for themselves. The society considers
that the subject ought be taught in schools and
offers prizes for the best essays from elementary
school teachers or Climate and Weather" 1--WE
want to find out how much they know about IT."
said member or the society. Every one talks
about the weather. but few know anything about
IT, and a good deal of money is lost by this ig-
norance.'
Darling, said old Money bags. 81 could just die
pretty fancec, well cut out the OSCILLATION until
after we are married."-Chicago News.
Some startling statements about AN Imperial
Kitchen are contained in an article in the Paris
Revue The writer is spoken of editorially as "a
nobleman who member OF the imperial inner
circle One of the stories relates 10 the Cars
attack of typhoid fever in 1900. We were talking
about it says the nobcman, 'and wondering
when the Car could have eaten drunk the fever
germs when nobewoman in the party said that.
having the imperial kitchen. the Cars illness
surprise TO her. I had opportunity she
said inspect fhe Cars special train. and when
everything had been wondered and admired we
to the kitchen. There L wondered also at the
filth and the dirt and the utter disregard of the
rules of ordinary cleanliness I would have
eaten anything prepared there for the price of the
train" The writer tells also abous the insane
extravaganza in the imperial kitchen and of the
traffic which is carried by the higher servants
in wines and table luxuries. Great quantities of
these are sold at ridculously low prices people
whose friends wink when they royal marks
labels.
Brown-There are plenty of books telling how to
save life while waiting for the doctor.
Smith-Yes. What need is one telling the
young doctor how his life while waiting for
the patent--London Opinion
strange tale OF the given by the cap
tain of the British steamer Kilburn which arrived
at Yokohama on October T. When the ship laden
with coal was passing down the Red Sea on her
way TO Japan she went ashore the Arabian
coast where she ransacked by about three
hundred Arabian pirates. They made away with the
personal belongings of the crew, the ships furni-
trre even some of the portfolios. rggings, tackles
everything that movable-after which they took
the crew captive. the captain, of whom they
his head, parted with about $500 Later a few of
the British sailors escaped from the pirates and
applied for protection to the Turkish government.
which eventually conducted them to place of
safety Subsequently the Turkish government dis
Matched a warship to the scene of the wreck, but
tbe nirates had long since deserted the place.
curate was looking his church when he
met the verger. That morning they had sung the
Benedicite. ,,, x, =,
Benedicite closer than usual. and they mentioned
all things but the verger m 49,
..ciirelv said the curate, smilngly, they men,
top All green things upon the earth ?-ilustrated