New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-17
THE TALK or THE DAY.

4 Methodist minister of Iowa recently refused l"
accent large contribution to the church. nlaHe ny
promincnt gambler and urfrian But wheh MS peoP'o
told him that IL he didn't accept it they woud name
IL hot for him, he concluded That there Is Ho'n"s
immoral per sc about cold cash.
Educational Item-Proessor OF MISc s, gvi a,
y you coming 1enlSrs o. o'u i''o"D
Professor Of Langnages-lcs, give French LESSONS
when I've got nothing to do.
How does IL pay - , -, ,o,,,
have different prices for the rSs sons. tor some
charge fifty cents lesson; for Others i've dollars
Five dollars lesson! That's steep price for
Yes hut nobody takes any OF those 50 lessons'-
Texas oftngs.
When a young man. Charles Bradlaugh was strong
believer i'm Christianity and a member OF b'oio
class in the parish sundayschool While thus study
ing the Bible lie came across ono or TWO apparent
contradictions and went the rector for light. But
the rector was a stern OF the old school, ana ins'"i
Of helping the young out OF his difficulty rebukcd
him severely for daring to find any difficulty in CONS
Cook and advised him to believe every thing ne rean
In il without asking any questions. The adVlcc was
well meant. but was the worst that could nave been
given in this particular The young man at once
ou studying the Bible believing in 1t, and the rest
OF his career is known to the public.
Youthful sccpticism.-Bje nkcnson had Just returned
from church In a dim religious frame Of mnd ana 10.
the instruction III, four old daughter he told
her in graphic style the Blbal story OF Jonah ana 10
his fac. and eagerly said: 49,,
"Now. papa, you listen. and SEQ n can't tel
YOU a bigger lie than that.'-lSomervllle Journal
"The streets Of Melbourne and sydney" says
gentleman from Australia. SWAIN with the unen'
Moved They are not vicious or lazy-on the contrary
are many Of them, intelligent TO degree 1t is com
mon 10 find among this army OF unemployed grad
mates Of English unycrsit!es-young men OF culture
whose families stand high in social circles at home.
These young lurcd 70 Australia by ina TO-
mantle charm that 10 enyelop new countries
at distance, and they expect To secure a competence
in a very brief time. They go there. live high while
their money lasts. and only learn their mistake when
every shilling Is gone | could secure the services
OF 800 intelligent, young healthy men for los. a
week and board The ranches gutted with help
and experienced help at that
Thomp-on-I can't see why You find it so hard to
Dcdway-I don't; l find it hard to dodge them
(Munseys Weekly.
Enormous piles OF bones collected at the rail
road stations tho plains. At some points they are
ten or fifteen feet high and cover acres OF ground
From the thigh bones Of cattle are made knife and
para,ol handles fan sticks and the handles of tooth
and hair brushes while all the small bones are boiled
and then burned for lamp black The matter extracted
by boiling is used TO make glue and much OF the So
called bears grease used in BARRIERS shops IS made
out Of the marrow and fat Of these bones. The bone
black IS used by sugar renlcrs 10
commands good price. The popnar idea that bones
are ground up as fertilizer IS erroneous. They are
too valuable for that
ANY Man Can Do It-Codbags docking out at the
Observation-Disclosures IL must be very hard 10 be poor
Ncntman-On the contrary, It's c0nfOundedly easy
| TO be POOR American Grocer.
Although the Rev. John Jasper, Of Richmond stu
believe, that the do move' he refuses TO let his
salary move several times his people have raised it,
but he has always refused 70 accept the raise, de-
clarng that his present salary, $50 month"; Is ample
for all his needs Altogether the Rev. John appears TO
| be good deal Of a man. though his views OF al
| tronomy may be q little inuhOate.
There are a great many business men who fear that
the free and unlimited coinage OF silver would put
| gold at "A premium. should THIS view prove to be
correct IL would prove 10 bc very great calamity
IL would practically dcmOnitZo S1OOOOO.OOO OF gold
In the United states. The extreme advocates or
free coinage, WHO iusi>t tina. nothing else VIII save
the country rlicule this idea For our own part, we
believe this fear Is not well grounded at the same time
do not like 10 dlsposilo To rush rCchIeS'H
into experiments Of grave natule IN the iaoe OF
| warnings from Of the best men and ptUioundc>t
| thinkers the country produce and who are lust
IL anxious TO promote the general prosperity OF the
country any Of can be. How can We claim 10 be
The only patriots How can We know that we are
right, when Others. equally wise. think we arc
| pursuing the wrong course 10 bring silver mp TO Il
| parity with gold.-(Denver Northwestern Financler