New-York tribune., 1908-02-28
yYF TALK or THE DAY.

r,.is,,i the famous Moorish brigand who capt
,,red and kept in captivity Tor seven months kaid
Sir Harry MacLean and In the end secured from
the British government . generous ransom an"
official recognition. is to appear in new IlSht. lie
is about to enter upon less exciting but decidedly
marc legitimate form Of industry. As the outcome
oF NEGOTIATIONS which have taken place since the
release of Sir Harry MacLean between the manage
rnert of the London Hippodrome and iialsul ar
rangernopts have been made for his appearance
within the next few weeks at that place of amuse-
mont Iiaislli will appear in the Arab and Moor
isl equestrian game called Powder Play.
First Lady acknowledgements that what I've
lust revealed 10 you was told me iii Str'c1esl
Sa@ond Lady Confidante--Tn remember. That's
one secret l owe you.-JudSe
Tho Denart,7,ant Of Agriculture has issued
through the Forest Service q circular on the sub
ioct Of Decay in Woods in which strong plea
is made for the use of preservation treatment Ot
The actual saving in dollars and cents through TINS
method the fence post Is selected as on" OF the
exar77rles The post" SAYS the circular. rs OF
loholIv nine. and costs. untrcated. about cents
or including the cost Of setting, II cents II lasts
about two years. Compromising interest at peT
cent the annual charge Of such post Is 80"
cents. that is it costs 153 cents year 10 keep tho
post in service prescrvattve treatment costing ~
cents will increase its length Of life to about elSh-
teen wears In this tho total cost Of the post,
sot is "A cents which. compounded at per cent,
gives an annua! charge Of 2o4 cents. Thus the
saving due 10 treatment is 549 cents a year. As
s}Inlin, that there arc two hundred posts d mile
there is n saving each year for every mile ot fence
Of sum equivalent to the interest ON $2i9 GO
vicar-wcll. Mr. stoggins. how you to-day:
iraT3And What is The matter?
C0bbIer-Ab. sir. tts my legs. They ne wonderful
Ticar-Dear me-, How long have you been like
tSort-r-Nvhv. sir these legs. if yor believe me,
I've had en- and Off for the lsst Thirty years.
ruarh
some foreign papers have been discussing the
rost of tho recent furcrai OF King Carlos and the
crown Prince o: Portugal incidentally recalling
tho ranorted outlay on other royal obsequics. Tit
t}i:s' SAYS thst no modern ruler has been buried
al the cost e NcVandy tie Great ~ whose
r,u..-,, s. 0A0 oGo vas surut. part OF tEc money
,ffr= toward providing ID solid SOLD coffin Tor the
dead ruler. Emperor William Of Germany was
hf;red ~ a cos; Of Sf25.ooE and the last rites
of the Grand puko Nicholas used 40 about 100000.
At the funeral of President tarnot &'e.oeo was
sre,r ON flowers alone. When he Duke oi W.
lafon was laid rest in lS52. SS7o,oo9 was spent
giving hin, what has been described as the most
splendid funeral Of the nineteenth century.
say aS&ed the first messenger hoy, got any
- got .Uis e. niUs Revenge replied the
- it 'ons story?". ..-. - .u., .u...--.,-. e..
-Thiadelphia Press.
Prompted j'T the action q the Royal Academy AZ
Ioins, in Offering prizes for tho hest examples of
Unrestricted visiting cards. N,ortz Won Wcittcuhtler
recently read = paper before the Ey Ibris Society
Of Austria. the course Of which he said that the
Illustrated card not new idea, but simply
the revival of an old lie showed many
specimens Of oldtime cards from his collection
and from that og Prvy Councillor Won H0fkeu and
expressed the hope that the artistic card might
"GuI favor everywhere not only because it would
be "A benefit to the artists and artisans who are
ready TO design and execute the new style Of cards
but because it would break a monotony which
considering our artistic tastes il seems strange
should have been endured so long
Mrs Benham--Dont I you think write as talk?
Benham-i think YOU would il you had paper
enough Pick Ale-Ip.