New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-31
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An em0UuB luctoeuS u1ppe4eo ~ u D0050DI0k
Of the nsw Meshodist Victoria Collees. m Tugoats.
Canada, the other day. The dedcatory exercsss w.
held In the Largo eonveeatioa hall Of ahs eseo. 81
went without hitch until General superintendent o.
man asked DR.. Bishop to read chapter from ~
bible. Dr. Bishop ct once instituted husslsA aeassA
for Bible. but 1t length was Obliged 10 whisper y
DR.. Carman that there was no Bible to be had.
When the audience learned what the trouble wss Ae
was general smile, bat the programme was immsd,
ately carried out By Dr.. Car'aan reduns portion d
Scripture from memory.
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bee Journal.
The first Thanksgiving proclamation OF the season
has appeared. 1t Is issued by Governor Lyman z.
Knapp. OF Alaska, formerly Of Vermont. In appoint
Ing November "a as Thanksgiving Day. he says: awe
have been In receipt Of Gods tenderest during
the year. No destroying pestilence or wasting d.
ease has cast its blight upon US. No devastating
storms or commissions Of nature have desolatsd
homes or despoiled US Of the fruits Of our hbora
Tho Garth aud the have yielded up their treasures
In abundance. . Marked progress has crowned
the efforts Of philanhropasts and educators Let ~
gather about our nresdes and Ill the day with ~
jocing not forgetting duty and privilege to help
the needy. restore the erring and. Is far as In ~
lies to satisfy the cravings Of the human heart ~
human sympathy"
O winter overcoat thou relic Of lest year.
Hide not within the closet corner lorn.
f sou hast since Sy sy limp and
Come out from thy becamphored den
What! Art thou then SO shabby
Where are thy buttonsi Speak! Ana taens
The lining OF the sleevcs--s gone
Thy seams are faded-faded badly
Out Of shape thy back Is drawn
The buttonh0es are gaping sadlyp
There Is a sheen.
Br' En ts sg0 eo sIssn:
VIII make 1t clean
For dollar!
It was IN idle hope. Thou art
As dingy as before.
IT'S time to quit thee, time to part
Get back into thy corner dfear.
And crouchlng to the inner wall
Wait till that hour doth appear,
When the ragman makes his weekly call.
-(Chlcago News Recor4.
Just before the sermon the other evening, In 3
Cambridge, Mass, church. the electric lights went
out But they were not initiated In that respece
by the congregation. On the contrary, everybody
stayed and listened to the pastor. while he threw
light on the subject he had chosen for his sermon.
When the young essayist began to read III" .Si
world form rry Inhabited By immortais put meg
arr all dead" he VAS interrupted by the teacher
who Informed the young man that his essay va nct
remarkable so much for accuracy for originality
of expression.-(Boston Transcript
Some curious facts about the history OF the Paris
theatres during and Immediately after the war NJ
1901 will DO brought out for the first time In .
history Of that period. written by Albert Soubies II
Is surprising learn, for instance that during the
first siege OF Paris by the Germans both tho Amblsu
and the Beaumarchais gave performances almost daily
which were generally profitable. While the Commune
was holding full sway AMI devastating the Inflated
city the Gymnasc closed its doors only on Good
Friday.
In Vino veritas.-A Oar Ilarbor man came before
the county court last week intoxicated and Bas
IlarbOr lawyer attempted TO speak for him, saying:
" May IL please the court, l know this man and ne
Is not often In this state" Yes. am,. exclaimed
the drunken fellow. with hiccough, i live In tis
state!'-(LewstOn Journal.