New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-10
The TALK OF TIE DAP.

THE TALK OF TIE DAP.
The ship Canade which was launched in Halifax.
~ S.. the other day. registers 2,4Oo tons, and win
cost S111 So Her length IS 27J feet, depth Of hid
| q feet and breadth Of beam As feet. She Is the
largest vessel ever launched in Canada.
@Now, gentlemen said the chairman Of the con.
let us examine It again carefully, section by section
There Is much In IL that we cannot afford TO consider
How much Is there in ito inquired the Alderman
from the 'steenth Ward absontly.- tChcagO Tribune.
lot Of vegctarans held convention recently in
London, and during the sessions number Of hymns
appropriate TO tho vegetarian cult sung Here
| a. bit from one Of these hymns
"The wheat meal bread for infants,
| 1t should be finely ground;
| No particle be larger than
| Tho staff OF life Is wheat meal bread,
| For peasant, prince and peer,
| And children who on II are fed
| VIII have the best Of cheer
Hnrrah hurrahl hurrahi my boys,
| For good old wheat meal bread,
The children q. :3o VII sT SoS fat and fair
The women in Prussia, according 10 statistical ~
| ports far outnumber the The latest estimates
slow difference Of almost 100000 in favor Of the
women To the great regret Of the fair SEX each year
shows larger increase in the Of the number u
women. In 1867 there were only 229,415 mors
women than IN Prussia. At present Of every
| 1000 persons 1909 are men and JO91 are women.
The proportions are about the in the city and In
the country.
During the several freshets which have Occurred IN
the Susquehanna River the last spring vast amount OF
culm" from the anthracite coal fields IOated
the North Branch and It's tributaries. Large quaint
ties of this culm, coal dirt, which washed from
lodged at the heads Of the several Islands opposite and
above the city, and recently parties have secured tons
OF IL by digging IL out Of the sand and screening IT,
producing good quality Of pea and chestnut coal for
boiler considerable quantity Of egg larger
river, where it has lodged among the gravel and Il
removed In perfectly clean state. All the larger
action Of the water. Tons Of this material gath.
cred during the summer when the river is low.tIar.
nsbuTg PENN Star.
Here is "The st. Louis Globe Democrats little
annual essay on the fly The common house ny does
not IN the ordinary of the word migrate, though
Of individuals OF the species frequently travel
long distances. The remarkable fecundty Of the fly
is quite sufficient to account for its numbers during
the early summer A few individuals, in the torpid
state, survive even the coolest winter, and with the
first warm days of summer lay their eggs. When de-
posted under favorable conditions these Matched
in from twelve TO twentyfOur hours, and in twelve
days the changes into nymph. and in ten days
more into a perfect fly fly will lay four times dur
ing the summer, about eighty eggs eachtme and caro-
full calculations have demonstrated that the descendants
of single insect may, from the 1st Of June TO the
end Of September exceed 100000. We're it not for
bats, nsecteatng birds and the innumerable micro
scOplc parasites with which the fly is particularly
afflicted there would be no worse pest in the world
than the ly.'
married about year experiencing the usual dill
culies in getting acquainted and settling down TO do
other morning. al don't why 1t is Harry she
said, testify, 81 that You are SO ehangeable Some:
fiDnac hat4o tbap odtr 7 and
then again OF" You are worse wen great Scott
Nettie, what do you expectl' he grOwled. "Isnt
that what you married Inc for?"-Detroit Free Press
Captain ]. b. williams of Alabama, is in a peculiar
position. He was soldier in the Confederate Army.
In May, 1868, he captured and released on parole
"Now," he says "the strange fact is, have never
been released from that parole. And Of course, until
am discharged, am simply United States prisoner
on parole have taken the oath Of allegiance
that account But there need be no fear Of my TAX
ing up arms against the Government. The politicians
may go ahead and do say what they please IN
do no fighting aginst this cOuntry's Government But
If any one of those foreign people get into fight with
u.s. thens when Ill ont, get my discharge and 60
into the service" The parole is yellow with and
almost ont at the folds 1t Is dated at Meridian.
and is signed by Colonel W. B. Miles, for the Confed-
crate states and by Colonel Henry Bertram, Of the
goth Wisconsin, for the Federal Government
Filled the Bill-"We have no use for bear stories
said the editor our fedueES uCIIdhu souSHhNs
SWel.p said the man with the manuscript, g this
story is about cinnamon Indianapolis Journal
This is not so bad when you get through the
preface A professor at Ann ArbOr, Mich, was dis
cusng the process Of fertilizing plants by means Oh
insects carrying the pollen from one plant to another
and TO amuse them told how old MAIDS were the uItl-
mate cause Of il all The humblebees carry the pol
len the feIdmice eat the humbebees; therefore, the
more feIdmics, the fewer humble bees and the less
pollen and variation of plants. But cats deVour
feldmice and old maids protect cats. Therefore, the
more old maids the more cats, the fewer feldmice the
more bees Hence old maids the cause of variety
in plants.
Thereupon sophomore, with single eyegass an
English umbrella boxcoat, with his trousers rolled
up at the bottom, arose and asked:
81 sa-a-y, professah what is the cause-ah-of old
maids don't you knOw1'
Perhaps Miss Jones can tell you,' suggested the
professor.
Dudes n said Miss JONES' sharply, and without a
moments hesitation.
Lay aside the simple Convict made of some white
clnging stuff -. ,
with It's ribbons and its trimmings and its cunning
ruching ruff, 80, , ~,
For its usefulness is over and its owners filed with
For SHE'S read her little essay. and is now a sweet
"a b." -(LewlSt0n JOnrh1'
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