New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-28
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

South Africa has a brand new national
anthem. The country endeavored for some
time to secure a composition suita bic
for that purpose, and out of $50 cOmpo-
sitions the work of Berthold kapolowitz
was chosen. and the citizens Of Johannes
burg had the first opportunity of hearing
It performed after 1t had been formally &C
cepted. The composer is not professional
musician. He is a civil engineer.
Why do they say AS smart as steel
trap" asked the talkative boarder. Il
never could see anything particularly intel
lectua about a steel trap.
"A steel trap is called smart. explained
the elderly person, in his sweetest voice.
because it knows exactly the right time to
More might have been said. but, in the
circumstances, it would have seemed unit
ting.-Tit-Bits.
Russia is the home of tragedy, but oc-
casionally," says the 'Russsche Core
spondenz'' "a case occurs at which even
the hardened Russians shudder. One OF
these took place at the prison in Wilma
An unknown man had been accused OF
completely in a crime and had been con-
victed and sentenced to death on circum-
stantial evidence, despite his emphatic de-
NAL of any knowledge of the crime A few
DAYS before the date set for his execution
January 2Sthe man poured the contents
of his cell lamp over his head and set fire
to it. Fearing that In tho agony which he
knew must follow he might scream or
give other signs OF pain. he stuffed his
mouth full of rags, and only after the fumes
had penetrated to the guardhouse was
the desperate suicide discovered. His name
will never become known. and several
iaiers who allowed the man to cheat the
sallows will go to Siberia"
THE LANES FINISH.
Mary had little lamb.
But it she could not keep:
For ere a year had passed away
1t was a great big sheep.
Then naughty butcher came.
Wise in the art of sham
And next day on his counter
The sheep again was lamb.
Chicago News.
Writing from Berlin. the correspondent of
THE London Daily Express refers to the
prominence attained by the Jews in Ger
many Among the Roman Catholics. he
says ''13 per 10000. and among the
Protestants % per 10000 receive a uni
versity education. but among the Jews
no fewer than 16O per 10000 receive aca-
dernic training. More than half the doctors
and lawyers in Berlin are Jews. and the
same numerical predominance can be no.
ticed in most great German cities. The
Jews predominant also as university profess
sors, as teachers, as journalists. as artists
and architects-in short. in all professions"
Quoting DR.. George Lorner. the writer says:
1.-The Germans must absorb the Jews In
Germany; otherwise the Jews will dominate
the country
Trouble in the Balkans. BilI!' the rural
editor shouted to his trusU foreman. Fix
her up and slap her in!'
All right. HANK responded the ink
grimed printer. Then he hobbed over to
the shelf where the two-column narrative
had lain with the Bernhard farewell tour
story, the destruction of the early peach
crop yarn and the various mother in law
jokes since the founding of The Clarion Z"
and slid the type upon a brass galley.
After that he unwound the string from
around the story, splashed water on il
with an ancient sponge and placed IT in
the form under the line, From Our Paris
CorreSpondent."-Puck.
Colonel A +. Perry, who commands the
ROYAL Northwest Mounted Police. was In
Ottawa recently in connection with tn. nro-
posal to increase the force The riders NJ
the plains at present. The Canadian Cou-
rier' says, total 65i officers. non-commis-
stoned officers and men; 240 men ara
posted in Alberta, 800 III Saskatchewan. 81
in Northwest territories, and "A in the
handled 5.S49 cases. The great indux of
population especially OF foreigners. into the
west has given rise TO a general Increase
IN crime Onences against women and
horso thleYing have been prominent Of late.