New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
THE TALK OF THE DAI

aI have planted several thousands OF trces uurhs
the last ten years. says nurserymsn, anu haVe
seldom been called upon 20 replace one tnat mas aled
The success Is the result of very simple but sedoh
falling precauton. When the tree Is planted piece
Of wood not less than three Inches vide, and heh
ennCh TO reach the lowest branches should be driven
into the ground just south Of the tree Ths Keeps
the sun off it during twohirds of the day. and pre-
vents the sap and bark being burned up before ne"
roots have been formed. Any one adopting this plan
will he certain to have with his trees no matter
how poorly they look when first planted out"
An ignorant and demented man recently composer, 9
the aid of printed alphabet series OF words seieceu
the hands Of prominent Volapuk scholar who prompt
ly translated all the words except one-tflAueiphA
Record.
All Indians greatly dislike what they call the white
mans SMELL and can detect it with perfect ease' Il
have,n says a Western man, "eLtered tepees Oh tHs
Utes filed with Indians who had not bathed FOR year,
and whose aroma rose to heaven, and every one OF
them would complain of the odor that brought In wtn
me- Phe same feeling is manifested by the Chnese'
who themselves have very marked odor that Is ni-
tensey dIsagreeable to whites. AS matter OK iac1
each race has peculiar odor which Is not percepoe
by people Of similar origin, but which Is plainly no
ticeable by those of different blood"
Teacher-Tommy II had twenty Sollars Sciari ana
should pay ten dollars for n9nr aha 'nreo u0Na''
40i TaImpmy,Don,t you think Miss Trimmer, it's in bad
taste always to be talking about vulgar money Pue'
tons 7-(Boston Transcript.
What Is said to be the largest block Of stone ever
ouarried now lies the ground at the VinalhaVen
granite ouarries of Maine 1t is solid shaft without
crack or flaw 115 feet long and 10 feet square at the
base The great difficulty will be in moving 1t, for IL
is $50 tons In weight.
The Singular Grl-My only ambition is to write
The Practical Girl-weI, why don't you write one
'''f The Singular Girl-why, If did shouldn't have
any ambition left would I7-(Munsey's l Weekly.
The experiment of a Hamburg firm, indnced by the
high price Of beef in importing reindeer meat mas me'
with success The firm recently sold 10000 pounds AZ
cost OF Il cents per pound Our German frlehos'
however should lower their meat prices by admitting
American meats to their markets. According 70
statistical reports there are 10000 goats now on 'ho
island of Corsica The average yield of milk per goat
"a said to be two ntres day. The inhabitants oi the
Island have been urged by competent judges to In
troduce the goatindustry" on still larger scale.
uardtack-How are you getting along with your new
cierh ramhaIeHe works like charm DID you ever see
O charm work 49,,
Hanback, never did ~
Clambake-Well, that's him.-(Amerca.
uoro "a a catbrd story told by aIhe ST. Louis
| Globe Democrat, The mother was killed by cas
| while her young were still unhedged At first the
brsband and father was dazed, but after a time
| aeU away and was absent for a day and night'
| Then he reappeared with female catbird' VINO az
once assumed all the of the establishment pu
the Young and conducted herself generally as thousn
she understood perfectly what was expected OF hef'
Where the widOwer found his new wife whether sne
WAS an old-msid cabird spouse induced 10 leaNo
her Ieee lord by the urgent representations OF inc
r,dover and how the bereaved husband communicated
N her the state OF his affairs at home, are questions for
philosophers to determine, but tie moral seemed 10 10
that wdower Is able to look out for himself whether
| he wears feathers a Prince ALBEIT.
siudent-We want badges for car graduaIing ciass.
We have adopted design graduate surveying '"o
unysrsI IereIierAbout how large would you like tho
hgSteS think the graduate should cover about
b rec Sonrths OF The badge and the universe the ~
mander -(TravellerS Weekly.
al was consulted a few weeks ago. says Boston
broker. "by woman of wealth who was seeking IN
vestments She did not care 10 buy Boston Ci'y sS'
because she feared tho destructive effect OF oom-
bnrdment OF the Hub BY tho italian heet. . sug-
gested Chicago 5s. do you thnk tney are uupo
safe 7, said She afraid the Italian vessels VIII
| 90 mn the 81 Lawrence or up the Mississippi and
Sas,rov the city,, had hard work 10 keep straight
face but did and asked her how she thought Denver
| "a wonld do .Denverp said she. There isn't any
way they can get " Denver IS ueref tnlnR
Denver would be perfectly safe In case OF war; And
she bought $4,000 worth Oh Denver Us On Tue s'ens'n
| of Denver's remoteness from the coast
Thsrs il one regularity in the construction Of fire.
,,roos landings that few people have noticed refer
70 the impossbility Of keeping the floors level THIS
snnes TO ali buildings In which iron Is used for sup
Seting floors particularly 10 those In which steam
is extensively applied. 10 heating The steam plpes
running the iron girderS cause them 10 eAIani,
aud as the walls always strong enough 10 resist
she pressure there Is forcing up OF the ron. This
causes regular hills and valleys IN the hoor aith9ugn.
OF course, they are not very apparent-lsI Lopas
| Globe QeaAoess~>