New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-11
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

,od,rc IN n recent report OF the "Archlvs fuef
rihh,uesen the entire length Of all the railroads
OF the earth on December 81, 1ool, was ooo'o' klo-
metres representing a distance almost hiNeh umea
the circumference Of the earth ut the equator, and
900 600 kilometres more than the mean distance be
,n.oon tho e,rtb and the moon. At the end az the
voor 1870 the length OF the carths railways was
only 35OO3l kilometres, that more IMAM $4,000
kilometres were constructed In one decade FROM
1885 to 1882 railways covering dltlnce OF loo,oo0
kilOmetcrs were built OF this Humper, oo'o'o nlo-
meters fell 10 this coG1trys share tanada Mexico ana
Europe follow in the order named as rcsa'us ue
Increase In their railway systems. Germany In
.ho, limo mt nm a 222 hlcmeters. At the end Of
1889 the United States, according 70 'le same
authority had o5o6s7 Mlometers Of railway Prussia
"a oes. Germany including Prussia, 4i,'93;
Austria Hungary, 26,50l: Great bl'inn ana
Ireland 81 Oss France, 3634S; RUSSIA ana finlahd
20 40; Italy, 1909; Belgium, Bra 9"l1erAha
31O4 Spain, $3.50; sweden I'9io' r-uopl" nu'
rev Bulgaria and Eumania, 1,7c5, and Europe No.
261.
When we get the blues weh Te ns re o 70
pd no one is making love to US, If asked Wfat would
improve our state Of mind IN nne lin 0u' u ' We
nnbeSJtatingly cry-mOney !-l"oManh
vinneanolis man says that rapid progress Is being
.aao ON the great convention han, which Will seat
90 ooo roonIe and which will be 30 conveniently ar
od tbot every one will be able to see ana near all
nat &c going on. " Hotel ACCOMMODATIONS he says
. will be ample. Between the hotels Oh 'hh'eapoli'
q Paul and Lake Mlnnetonka, with rapIo u"hsi' oe
.n those places 1t will be very easy 10 care or an
who come The Peoples party Is iuiy a. su'ns WIN
NJ a. n was two years ago, although about at stand
till The location OF the convention at NnheapoHs
was splendid roke Of policy, for the en'nu'i''m
bot will be generated at the convention VIII nave
Good effect FOR the Republicans. There Is ho u'uO'
the Republicans will carry the state
rho shining Of the Maritime Provinces has Dc
cIined ropdly during the last eight years ana tners
appears to be Immediate pro,p'cs 81 al cotiP had
g9IS vessels, ascrsgtng so tons whereas aas s
n,.icnt geet numbers only 2.71j vessels; OF 4"I'ot
pe"t IN NJ Isst New Brunswick had 1906 vessels,
907 7G2 tons while the present time ,he h T D.y
go vessels. Of ~ 400 tons Oh yeiseIs Of 70 Si3
.s,iiu 1..t ~ ig5 vessels of 23.35o tons Thus
appears that in eight years the s9PPs g tons from
totoi 81 s9O.-IO TONS or nearly "a per cent-tfmh
dephia Ledger
4 story Is current in Boston that an Eneish 'Erea
tailor lust after Bishop Brookss cOhsecia'1oh' WIZ"
IN the new Bishop. requesting nm orier for Olsnop.
shovel hat" knee breeches, black SIX s'ocNHs HN
caers with silver buckles. The idea OF BISHOP D'"A'
wearing such rig is eXqui5tey funny
suitor-I have come TO ask FOR your daughters
hand, and at the same time 10 deposit HS P'VP'''
Of 10000 marks in Your bank, ,oc,,,oss man va
Bankerwha and 70 such reeae,s NH pIas- ~.
expect me to inrust my daughter !-lfHeeeiue Dia''e
aThe World, seems to have poor luck in getting
,,ora II yelled don't to senator Hill, ana ne dd'
Then II yelled do to the Democrats OF Rhode lsand'
and they didn't
The Kudzu vlne.-This IS probably the most rapl a
rovrinr plant i'm the world II belongs to the bean
family The leave, look something like Lima Deaa
and was once called DolchOs iapOnicus III VIII glos
a"sv slxty fee; i'm three Tonths. IL was lnrNduce9
INTO America By the japanese during the tehtsnmin
Evbihton II Is said that In It's own country u
has flowers Ike lunches Of wlstara. FOR som,
reason American summers do not seem long chouei
FOR II II rarciy blooms 1t is used In Japan a.
forage plant Medicine IS made from us Josy,
Elonr also IS made from It's roots WHICH
/, AS nutrtve as that furnished by the potato u
- obtained by simply grinding In water, ana INC
storch falls 10 the bottom. The peeled stems aas
made into cloth. The roots grow 10 an enosin'vss
size The TOP dies the ground sometimes wleh u
seems like a herbaceous plant. Is extremely
,oiobe for raIdly covering anything In one season,
he.ides hclng always interesting To the lover .no
wonderful on account OF Its rapid srowth-(Meehans
Monthly
II is an interesting fact that the University OF u~
COW Scotland. is TO confer the degree OF Lib d. -
the venerable Roman Catholic Archbishop Eyre.