New-York tribune., 1911-11-15
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The discovery of the remains of an old
potter's field near Eutaw and Preston
streets. I'm Baltimore. recalled to THE
Baltimore SUM-" political satire directed
against President Madison nearly one hun
dred years ago. After his hurried flight
from Washington. when the British capt
ured and destroyed the Capitol buildings
there, his political antagonists Jeered him
as a coward. Later, when Madison street
was named. his enemies pointed to the
fact of its peculiar situation. 1t began at
the poorhouse, and passed the penitentiary,
and the eastern terminus of the street was
near the old Maryland Insane Asylum,
which stood on the present site of the
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Closefst-No, sir; | respond only TO the
appeals of the deserving poor.
Openhand-Who are the deserving poor
Closefst-Those who never ask Tor ASSIST
ance.-T1t- Bits.
The Jewels of the ex-Sultan Abdul hamid'
valued at 81. 900 900, are to be sold at auction
in Paris NJ. Richeran describes In the
"Intransgeant" his impressions In the un-
derground vaults of the Imperial Ottoman
Bank, as grave Turks slowly laid out
long chaplets of pearls and masses of dia-
mcnds, cleaning and dancing I'm the light;
monstrous rubies, in which living blood
seemed to tremble. and heavy punches OF
emeralds, sapphires and topaz. All these
gems were heaped in piles before my eyes
TO the accompaniment Of sharp, rafting
sound. as the Sultan's treasures were
pollred forth Then came a collection OIL
'zarfs,' a kind of egg cup in gold lacework,
meant to hold the narrow. conelike cups
in which Turkish coffee is served. They
resembled open roses. These, ] reflected.
lad held the coffee offered by Abdul Hamid
TO his gucsts-a beverage which often
meant their death. The glittering whole
made an enormous prismatic scintillaton,
Which famed and twisted Ike veritable
fire What splendor!'
Marks-By the way, old man, how about
that cure for partial badness you tried?
Did il work?
Parks-You bet! I'm entirely bald now.
Boston Transcript.
Ex-senator Nathan b. Scott Of West
Virginia, is the only man left OF that
eroup." said a New York merchant point
ing TO "A picture on the wall OF his Office
II shows the interior of a small room in
the Fifth Avenue Hotel In which, seated
around polished table. are Cornelius y.
Eliss. Senator Mark \. Hanna, Senator
Nathan B Scott Frederick S. Gibbs and
joseph H. Manley. THAT was the Eastern
Executive Committee OF the National Re
publican Committee in the campaign OF
1900" he added, "and the men who worked
with and under them knew that the com
l,a.. Of
us still think it was the best Of it's kim
in the history of the party" When Mr.
Bliss died Scott became the sole survivor.
Mr.. Styles-I have tickets for the opera.
Mrs Style-Oh, good! I'll go and put my
hat on right away
'All right. dear l guess you'll be ready
I'm time. The tickets are Tor tomorrow
night. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
'Simplicissimus.' says the Hamburger
r'remndenblatt," has once more been
brought face to face with the fact that
some people cannot take q joke. Some re-
Gently published illustrations ana Jokes In
this many colored Munich sheet were con-
sidered so insulting to the Italian army
that at the instigation of officers and their
friends who sympathize with them the
paper has been boycotted throughout the
kingdom And now a news dispatch from.
Prague says that the police of that city
conhscated as much Of an edition as they
could lay hands upon, because the cartoon
on its first page was an insult to the Ro-
man Catholic Church"
What's the trouble with the maids?'
Servants are so silly. Seems the maid
who has charge of Ffdo has been snubbing
the maid who takes care OF baby.'-Wash-
ingtOn Herald