New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-22
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Amen Rasi n handsome Christian Assyrian who "a
now lecturing in this country, says that men In his
country live cents day Women are sold as
slaves to work with oxen the plough In Damascus.
he SOY s. there are 10000 Christians 10000 Malom-
etans and 5000 Jews There Is in It building haunted
by John the Baptst's ghost The door Of the room in
which he Is said 10 have been bebeaded is never opened
The Mahomctans say that once long one
opened II and the Baptists blood flowed out the
city To depth OF five inches. IL was the custom Of
vorshippcrs 20 leave their shoes outside the temple.
There were sometimes 300 400 pairs standing in
row. and the poor people hurried through their prayers
first and then carefully selected the finest footwear in
the row. thereby Illustrating the great cleverness Of the
Assyrians.
People call me crank, but don't mind it. have
been IL miller for years ana nave made plenty OF
have personally distributed to young men all over this
along the railroad routes across the Continent
345 900 little books containing the Proverbs Of solomon
and few Gospel hymns That's my way Of trying 10
do GOOD on this wicked earth. Maybe I'm crank and
penny Testaments by the Thousand, always carry
oBt tell qI avhng Gs about it, mi show yon another q
my schemes for spreading the light in this darkened
land enG man 01y ssnG At the chute sang T rho
stuff has pile Of assorted tracts buy em In London
before him. ara as rg f SACK 6p e Feed y rain
am crank guess Pm harnless-(A miller in ST. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Rev. G.. A. Cartcnsen until recently the general
missioner Of the Episcopal Church. says that the for
tunes Of his family seem to centre in or near Forty
scconds in this city, His father was the architect Of
the CRYSTAL Palace, which stood where Bryant Park
now is His brother is the controller Of the New-York
Central road whose chief Offices are Just of Forty
econdst and he is the chief OF the
snlendid Parish House Bartholomew Church, now
in course Of erection in East Forty-second-st
NO WONDER HE LOOKED SAD.
What did the telegram say, papa What did the tele
You look so worried, pale and i-wlty should We
Is something wrong at the store, papai Is mother
What did tie telegram say papa, that you look SO sad
Nothing you say. Now tell me true. Something's
For isn't often you look that way, often you
But he answered not the pleading child and never
The telegram read aThe gray mare won and we're in
the soup to-day"
-QIorseheads Bazoo.
A clergyman at summer resort the other Sunday
preached an eloquent which pleased every oooy
except one lady, who openly declared that she mad
heard the same sermon preached ten years ago oy
visiting clergyman in her own church. Things looked
little bad for the clergyman Until he proved that he
was the visiting clergyman in question In the In
terval he had grown stout and raised heavy ful
beard, so that she did not recognize him.
Ny name is Old Subscriber. I was born in 1867.
know all about the Baltimore convention Of 1854
I IEu w wished Hannibal Hann Andrew JOhnsot
nominated. But am eccentric am a strong Ghar-
aeter man Of simply tgnendOa a VIII avn 3oInr 10
brace myself and shut my teeth redutey tosethe ana
keep saving TO myself courSse my oSy Soipa to
show this poor, weak world that TIRE Is one man VINO
person to whom Mr. Lincoln intruted all his political
secrets. will be resolute. WILL by gum Will
detroit Free Press
"A hale hearty and lively oil gentleman says
9TH Boston Gazette" "who hs Just passed MS
eghty-frst birthday is George Pemiman who is known
10 hundreds of our citizens, especially those Of tho
elderly class. For many years was manager anu
treasurer of the Quincy Granite company. and in thaa
canactv he furnished the material for constructing
many buildings conspicuous at the present day. Among
them were the Custom House. the Court House Oh
court Square the old City Hail. the Astor House. Oh
New York-having made the contract with old John
Jacob AstOr-and other structures too numerous 10
mention in this paragraph He is native OF Ded-
ham, and is very familiar With the history OF the an
cIent Fairbanks house in that place yet standns ana
with one or two exceptions the Oldest house IN MaSS
chusetts.'
The Human Eouation.-H!cks-Oh. well. Of course.
all men can't think alike. If they DID, theyu saS '
WicSsMNonsensei If all men corld think alike
they'd agree with me and say i eOWa a,i Ro uOI'
Hicks-Al sensible men can thlnk anAo'
WlckS-Yes. think rs do. MA. ,rnorscr,nt
Hicks-No sir think as do.-(Boston transcript
One of the largest pearl fishing grounds IN mo
world is in the Gulf of California. The pearls says
corre spondeut ARE not generally regular IN shape
up very pnre in color but of large size' ana
many of the rare black pearls are found Inc diVers
are nearly all Indians and their equipment Is OF the
snnIAst kind consisting only OF a baset hung around
tho neck In which to collect the oysters. khte 10
dniacb them from the rocks and stone with ooFu
attached When a diver goes down he takes tho coia
between his toes the weight of the stone carrying MIN
at once 10 the bottom lie gathers oy sters rs ohs 10
his breath holds out and then rises TO the surface
70 descend again in fifteen minutes some OF the
divers are wonderfully expert. and can remain uhder
vater for as much as two minutes before rising TO ths
surface The mortality among them is fearful FOR the
Guli OF California Is infested with huge maneatnS
sharks. who carry on scores Of men every year.
4 wellknown clergyman Of this city was asked 70
Solve ne following puzzle few nights ago II az
the children that King Herod killed were buried IN
such a manner that only their arms from inc elD9"
IN the fins 90 their fingers visible ABOVE tle
ground how could yOu distinguish the arms OF uio
boys from those Of the girls! The reverend sv'. 4.
worked nj il faithfully but obliged To give " up
. For shame doct Dr' cried the inteIrogator. ~ ING
idea that YOU should forget that the children mat hc'ou
killed were ali b3ys."-(HuRglo Commercial
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DuT THE GOSPEL HAS SPREAD MEANIiMH.
From The Boston Herald
Fran Wagner appears to be a very shrewd woman OF
10 make more money out OF