New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-19
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Rev Hugh Price Hughes, the eloquent English
or rather Welsh Methodist minister tells the following
amusing incident In his own family history. a Cal
whistle preacher passing through Wales on hOne-
back as was the custom Of travelling cvangelss al
that time and stopped to water his horse at way.
side pool. But, accidentally discovering that Mr.
Hughess grandfather Methodist preacher. had. few
hours before, watered his horse at the same pool he
refused to let his thirsty horse drink, the ground
that the water was contaminated by Armnaa
horse!
The twelve largest refractng telescopes are tho.s
the Lick Observatory, with aperture Of 80 inc1si
Yale University % United states Naval, 26; Lesa1
MccOrmc6 26 PrInceton 81 bsnye Go Go s
Warner IS; Washington, 1910, and Waryard, Is
The largest rejecting telescopes are those Of H1rysa
% Dr. Peate who IS an amateur maker, Is nOx
finishing up a 81 IL inch sllyer-0n- glass mlrrcr.
which viii be presented 20 the Allegheny College =
rejecting telescope In this country Ihere are 1nTer
I'm diameter The Clarks are grinding an Object
glass OF 40 inches for telescope to be mounted IN ~
observatory yet 70 be built on Mount Wilson, A.
southern California Though the Lick Observatory
possesses the largest telescope at p[csent Msrsa
College has the best %tr eGuPPq o seG oTs
lest in the world.-(Sderial Messenger.
eThe Boston Transcript tells of harvest festival
I'm a certain Baptist Church at which the altar
surrounded by the abundant fruits Of the eartl-al
canned.
Mr.. Pednash," said the fair young creature, ~
IS plainly evident to that You are greatly agtad
over something this evening. VIII you not she added,
earnestly disclose 10 the secret OF this strange
mysterious influence which seems TO surround You -
>" Since you ask me-" said the man. nervousy chang
ing chairs will tell you all. The fact Is. at this
moment have on brand new suit Of camelsbair I'M
derclothing "-(C oth.er and Furn!sher.
Bishop Brooks will deliver the opening address Of
the Episcopal Church Congress at Washington on No
vember II.
acly-Congratulate me, Old feI; I'm engaged
Fred-Ah! So am l.
Jack-NOl That sol Who is shel
Fred-Iulu smlthers. And yours -,
Jack-Lulu Smithers We're In luck. old man
Shase-(lIarpers Bazar.
This composition on trees written by Londoa
schoo,boy: "Trees very useful. There are al
sorts Of trees the cokernut tree and orange apple and
plum trees Coker nuts are very nico people. In
the pacnc and foreign nations live cohernuts ana
many other fruits. Apple IeeS and orange trees @s
very nice. Their are trees that do not bloom cas-
trees and hay corn trees and pine apple trees never
boo. Some trees are very tall they stand from the
height of 10 to 10 yds high and some are taller 'haa
that Trees are very useG for the wild rab.ts ana
bores and dears There Is no Wild beasts In Engaha
Only in foreign nations
~Con Won tell me- said the college youth 20 N:
village blacksmith, why the outside Of Wheei sOo'
l"S 10 sonny was the reply as he put the hnshln5
touches on The wagon nc was fixing unless mayos
rs because the outside has that Tired feeling '-Nass
ingtOn star.
Dr. Maclagen, the new Archbishop of York. hs
creved Churchmen Of the type of Archdeacon Dens0a
by publicly expressing his friendly feeling to"aa
Nonconformists lie would, he said never forget hs
great and unspeaable which they had RENDERED
TO the country at a time when the Church was nos
filing her place with the same diligence and devouoa
as thank God, she was doing at the present day Dr
Perownc, the Bishop Of Worcester, is also taking INC
same attitude.
at DON'T know what to make OF it." said WIG
Washington but can't seem TO get along nicely WI"
Miss PeppcIton."
"What's the matter now'' - ,-.ov
81 tiled TO pay delicate compliment, You snow,
and sent her box Of confectionery with caru' oa
which | wrote sweets To the sweet
And what did she do 7" .-.,.h
She sent me paper Of chestnuts and card VIE W..
read Simla similibus curantur.' '-(Washlngloh o'-