New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-18
THE TALK or TIE DAY

During the last thrty-ive years more than 100
varieties Of postal cards have been issued
But what can you do. young man? Haven't you
some special talen: or iaste-sone De"'' d. ''e'
Applicant ,dubously,-N noi thai can t F,.
of-eNcept that am little o'"-'eSse' '''-D'''
Tho oldes, woman voter in the last municipal
election Of Boston was Mrs. cotharne steaEhA
aged ninety-four
Jus,-The weeping relatives gathered ar2uS a. me
'9 '%o' he sad to the mother = may consider
your boys parton but it is better for aT aas "a 70
LEI him out now. he would be Just in time 70 e'e'
tract lat case OF sweet Marie, ,,.r,,o, and with
ew.-0ndanapolis journal
The Belgian Minister Of War proposes an increase
In the army. which would be composed OF 49,"
men. on war footing Eighty thousand OF them
are to be kept in reserve for the defence OF ior'
tresses and 10000 would form the offensive or army
OF campaign The projects Of General Minister
Brasslne are to be submitted TO the chambers
Valid Excuses -Pennsylvana Farmer-Cousin
Jim your place looks as If YOU didn't take care OF
Kansas Farmer-Gosh. Pete. hain't 90; time 70
,ake care of H. II keeps nc busy all the time og-
ron' bills for the benefit Of the farmer through
the darnei Legislator .-Philadelpnia Press
The First Parish. in Dorchester. Mass. over which
the Rev. Eugene r. Ship zen was recently instaAed
"a pastor. is the Oldest church religious society
IN
ally w.ll-lnformei religious weekly II Is set down
as Conversational. II IL more than 80 years Oh
and has had only eleven pastors in It's history mo
invarlable Gus; )m has been 70 install young man,
and not 70 call minister from another cnuFch MI
Shipper Is the ~ the Rev. Rush L. Shppen
pastor o, the Unitarian Church in Washington
lie Is graduate OF Harvard. and for the last year
has been studying AZ oxford Previous 20 hat
however he was settled over congregational
Church In Wichita. Kan The Rev. r.. K. >hppen
preached the sermon at the installation OF his son
Miss Matte Garman. living at Kanevle H..
who has been cripple all her life, Is rec'l.no
letters by the wagon load daily. contanlng an
ceed postage stamps a collection ~ which ne IS
making In order that she may receive me ZIG ~.
an institution having offered to treat Miss Harn'n
II she would collect locoOo0 stamps for them
lCilObe-Democrat.
\ japanese contributor in The Popular science
Monthly" says: when was young boy the custom
of eating beef began to spread As blood was reS"'
Cd as unclean and also as Japan had been strong
agricultural country there was deep-rooted 'lsin-
clinatlon to eat beef In this of course one mas
also 10 recognz, the influence OF the vegetarian
nrinciple Of buddhism But 10 anybody who rad
eyer tasted beef II was so delicious that he couid
hardly control his natural appetite by his religious
scruple. My father was one OF those VINO Nne"
It's taste and and then we used 10 treat our
selves 10 beef But where did we eat III We oa
not eat II inside OF the house. We cooked IL ann do
did not use the ordinary utensils but used the spe
cial ones kept for the purpose Why all tnese
things? Because beef was unclean. ana we 'd
not like 10 spread its uncleanncss into our mouse
wherein the gols-shelf is kept and into our ordinary
utensils which might be used In making offerings
to the gods The day when we ate beer my ia'ner
an not Offer lights to the gods nor say evening
nravers TO them. he did usually Tor he kne" nc
was unclean and could not approach the gods
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shaved = lively Imagination recently. During h ny
performance the machine was heard TO say halt.
hhi,or nroudiy in response the question naturally
nut sis the voice of Napoleon Bonaparte giving an
Z, order at the battle or Waterloo -''pr"s"e' ~"
publican.
The other day the people OF Logan Coun.''
W. Va. held a grand barbecue to celebrate mo
division OF the county. Tables were spread III INC
street and all traffic was suspended huhdre"s u
stalwart mountaineers came In with ther wv.
and children from the region roundabout T'e"'
big black bears had been shot within mile OF '"o
of the town. and their carcasses. served IN oar
becue style were the piece de resistance OF ."s
,oost Tn. hears were thanked and surrounded
with roasted and baked 'possums. wild turNe's
pheasants quail. rabbits and all SORTS Oh oo'''
fowls Potatoes by the barrel We're roasteu a
numpkin pies by the hundred lined the 'au''.
Hard cider was the beverage. Devil Anse nav
ne,d the noted leader OF the Hatfeld-Mccoy 'r"
data was master of ceremonies lie $1,000 ~ '"e
head OF the table with half-opcn Va"Se ~"
which the butts OF three big revolvers pro" .,
Though there is a generous price set upon i
Anse's" head, it is said there was not d's'"'o
word snoken, and that the barbecue was Il -,
,oo.ss The popular satisfaction with the pies"-
inc officer largely grew out OF the fact ina, -
are over score OF graves on the adjacent n'n''"~'
,as,,fv,np TO his deadly skill with those piS'o's'
Riot-The crowd surged about the locked u00''
OF the bazaar. -, 49,, no,.sr
Two deaf and dumb beggar whispered Dreait"'s "a
": There is a bargain sale eolng on TS:y DO
Sc Baahaws 500 wives are attending ~. ..iiiiirsS
say that the carnage in there 70 Simply sVpS'
-dndianapoiis journal.