New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

President Eliot Of Harvard has nominated Samuel
| Mcntef1ore Waxman as fellow Of the Ministry of
Public Instruction Of the French Republic for
| 1908-'0a The nomination Is equivalent TO ap-
| pointn,ent. Mr.. Waxman is twenty-five years old
| and is the of Joseph Waxnlan of Roxbury.
Mass. Since his graduation from Harvard he has
been instructor in Romance languages and liter
| ature at Syracuse University.
| The new field of endeavor of Mr.. waxman will
be the University of Paris. where. under the terms
of his fellowship, he will instruct I'm the English
| language and literature Mr. waxman will also
| have opportunity to pursue literary studies
Isn't Jehbs believer in the faith cure7'
rs true that he wouldn't have doctor for his
wife the other day when she was ill.,
a rss,s Int, into his is Gnss Hs, qst
London opinion.
An Instructive presentation of recent progress in
aerial navigation may be found in the anniversary
| number of "Aeronautics." which at the time
furnishes creditable specimen of magazine liter
ature. With its June issue this periodical enters
| upon its second year The occasion is happily
celebrated by the publication of several articles
regarding American aeroplanes from the pens Of
well known experts and of large array Of opin-
ions concerning the usefulness and possibilities of
the art to which the magazine is devoted. Among
| the contents Will also be found description of
Thomas Scott Baldwins California Arrow, an air
ship Of the gasbag type. and lists of ascensions in
America and Europe last month
The Village Idiot discovered trespassing)-Yed
better not hit me. Dye know fowks say I'm
here!
The Farmer-Nel COON awe oot here. then.
I'm -gon' to gle good hidn' to what ther' is
o ye.-LondOn Opinion.
Three women writer's from Europe have Joined
the newspaper throns gathered in Chicago to re-
port the Republican National Convention. They
are Miss Louise Comiskey, of Dublin. Ireland: Miss
Latham of London. and Miss Stude of Liverpool
England. They declare that american politics
air1t
it whatever, don't you know, In Europe, and at
times very exciting and SO droll.''
Little Wife-Grandad what makes man always
give woman diamond engagement ring?
Grandfather-The woman.-Phiadephia Inquirer
The custom of holding courts martial in the
British navy after every shipwreck has A
curious origin. In 17f1 the Wager. one of Com
modore Anson's vessels. wrecked off the coast
of Chill, most of the crew being saved The men
and of the junior officers held that thev were
no longer amenabe to discipline because their pay
ceased with the wreck but the captain. whose name
Dayy Cheap differed. treated them as mutt
neers and shot one of his mldshipmen. He was
three of the boats. Later. when 1t was proposed tn
proceed against the socaled mutineers SAYS Tit
Bits. the law officers of the Crown decided that
the men had been correct In their view This dis
covery led to the framing Section 81 of the Artt
cles Of War. which provides that in the case Of
shipwreck. destruction capture by the enemy
ship is held to remain in commission pending In
quiry By a court martial.
He says he Is an Anarchist" excIaim-, ,ba
citizen who Is always being shocked.
Nonsense. answered the calm and collected per-
son. He Is merely one of those impatient peopls
who can walt till the Fourth of July for the ex-
citement of promiscuous explosions. Wa shington
Star.
On the authority OF Wr. Wilfred r Grenfeu the
Labrador medical missionary 1.-The Boston Tran
script vouches for the story of DR.. Grenfelrs
ribe expeI ience with the ice and dogs as given in
the newspapers of June 4. The only substantial
discrepancy in the account is that the doctor hail
travelled sixty miles from st. Anthony across Hare
Bay and not from Battle IIarbor. This took pace
on April 20 and DIR. GrenfeIl is now at St Anthony
slowly recovering from the shock.
Yes. he said, after explaining to his wife that
the lodge meeting had been very important and
a somewhat protracted one, thus making il inpos-
sibie for him get home a minute earlier Than
he did and there two fellows there who
made tic worst fools of themselves YOU could
liashe, You couldn't find two worse chumps in
a ro" or counties clear across this state
suppose not, she replied. Who the other
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