New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
THE talk OF THE DAY.

The irooorial post Of Austria has issued the JUDI
lee stamps commemorative Of the SIXTEEN ear VI
The reign Of Franz Josef. There are eight s'airp&
and these form a miniature portrait gallery ol
,-o, ~ Austria's rulers. The stamp Of the lowest
4a,o,,ina +ion-one heller-0ears the portrait or
charles " Maria Theresia's picture is on the
o-baTer stamp. AMI Joseph II, Leopold IL, Frah1
and Ferdinand on 3 6. 12 and 90 heller stamps
raanactfycIv The 30-heler stamp has portrait
81 Franz Josef as he appeared when he assembled
the throne sixty years and the 5-heller stamp
hears the profile portrait of the Emperor which
was taken shortly before his recent illness.
DO YOU believe that sl things come TO him who
start for him him bno but 5he sSf st to mfe he
man who waits. Houston foSt-
The anti-duelling league of Europe has received
an enthusiastic recruit in Count Geneva di Revel.
who was a lieutenant general in the Italian army
Minister of War and military adviser of Victor
Emmanuel H. The current number OF Rassegna
Razionale" of Florence contains an article by nm
entitled "A Veteran and the Duel in which he
1enounces the practice and says: His majesty.
our King In becoming the protector OF the ltaian
anti -duelling league shows not only MS hobiltE
of purpose but proves that he has no syihpalhy
for practice so out of keeping with the spirit of
our times"
Why is Ellington so unpopular with his fellow
clerks" H.. - 49,, ,,or,,
ing and the last to leave at night. suppose they
practising on the way tRf$ VIII nav t'btcaro ~
Record Herald
EARLY in March Mr.. Prce the South Australian
Premier will arrive in England on holiday trip
Mr. Price is picturesque personality. lie Is eS-
sentialy self-nade man, clever and Dorm
a. ator He rose the Premiership of South AUS
trali. from small beginnings. Born In Derbyshre
in 1852 ne spent the early part of his life in Liver
rcol following the calling OF a stone mason III
1888 he emgrated to Australia Ten years later he
was elected to Parliament, In 1901 he was appointed
Il. l.,d.. % "A
Premier in 1868. Mr.. Price helped to erect the
parliamentary buildings In which he speaks
Premier.
why is she getting divorce?
.(n the grounds of INSTRUMENTATION. She says
that before they were married he claimed 10 be
VIZ, Anu o what does he say?'
lie says he was. but didn't know it."-Iippn-
! cott's.
I-nder th, headline "Conried's Retirement" the
..RarIin4r. Tageblatt" SAYS: "Conreds fame as a
manager rea ched it's zenith in the winter of 1891.
when despite the curse of Bayreuth and in the
face or the council he took possession or
.p.rsifaI' The Presbvterian bishops % who wept
over the offence religion helped advertise It.
The rich were seized with PusitaT fever and
had TO see the performance The receipts up
to 2s0O0 marks. and the back-stair dramatists
wrote that Bayreuth had been outdone. The same
business capacity was shown by Conried VIXEN he
produced the Metropolitan stage the operettas
OF Johann Strauss and Millocker-"
"Bggins thinks he knows than anybody
else earth.
You state ii mildly answered Miss Cayenne
/ since the assertion that Mars * inhabited lie
goes further than that."-Washington star.
The M Spelin Ledg of Amurrika has says
The Glasgow Herald" just added seventy five
more wurds TO the langwage. 'Tiss' and tung'
OF ;he wood Civ us a six feeliu
about the diatram to eat an eg sTelt with &
We Set nunaess thru all Inns al the site OF
such loren wurds asasr and gard lam ana
indicted There are about sixty more. but these
are more than enuf for wun parragraf"
Man-Did you say mamma whipped YOU be-
cause you wouldn't tell a lie?
Boy-hes. sir She wanted me to tell me teacher
was sorry played hockey" when l wasn't