New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-16
THE TALK or THE DAY.


costing 49, will supply over 1900 half-pint cups and
In addition the beverage is vastly superior to that
of common brands. The intrinsic value OF imported
teas rarely exceeds that figure, but In certain In.
stances where the tea market has been cornered, q
high as $40 for pound has been paid In LondoH
Society people have lately declared in favor q
the EXPENSIVE teas and the dainty 4 o'clock teas
are no longer the economical social OF yore"
M,rtha-urs Skrimper was very thoughtful In
inviting you to her house 10 supper last evening.
You ought 10 make her some little present some
thing inexpensive; you know p9t appropriate
.John-How would cookbook do?-(Boston Tran
script.
Jaggs-The present policy Of the Democratic rarty
is difficult.
Baggs-Dificut. 1t ought to be impossible
AN INTERNATIONAL HYMN.
My country! lis Of thee.
Sweet land Of liberty.
OF thee | sing.
Land where the wheels are tied.
Land where industries died.
And to the English side
Took rapid wing.
My native country. thee.
Land to which paupcrs fee.
love nS th hS'" cleveisnd frins.
Thy no-trade tariff bills.
Thy Greshams, Smiths and Mills.
Born from above
Let music swell the breeze!
Democrats, To your knees
And swell the song.
Their medicine take straight,
And three years longer wait
To right the wrong.
Our father Grover c..
Mogul Of misery.
To thee. sing.
Bear with If you cans
But If not, like a man
Say you don't care dam
For anything.
-(Norwich Bulletin
The new Modern Church had its first services
last Sunday in the Brlckayers' Hall Of Chicago.
1t will have no creed altar incense liturgy. but
will conhne Itself teaching the principles Of I'm
muiabe morality. Until it erect a building Of
its own It Will hold services every other Sunday
which Will be conducted by clergymen who arc
willing to ofclate. The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones
preached last Sunday.
Rapid Growth Of the California Redwood Trees
We have evidence In California that Redwood trees
cut down sixty years ago nave made sprouts winch
trees from three TO FIVE feet in diameter.
feet high. 1t is the rapid growth OF some Of these
trees which leads people TO doubt their great age.
the method OF calculating by annual rings OF wood
is sound. and that the great age imputed TO some
of these trees has solid ground work to build on
Nleehans Monthly.
The little leahet called "Our Language" Is still
engaged in promoting the reform Of spelling It's
scheme Of "digraf alfabet' Is very well illustrated
in the following extract:
Bal fonetk aifaabet a chad mel BIZ toat dbl
aart ov riiding-not fiuuentli. but we!-boeth In
fonetck and in oardlneri bucks. in Thrill munths,
al oftn In twent thuroe instrukshun-a
task hwlch IL rserli akompsht in Thrill yiIrz ov
toll bal dhi Geld alfaabe Hwot faadhuar oar itch
vii nit gadli he'll and uarnestli wuark foar
dhs greit bum tue edyuukeishun-dhis paurfuol
maashiin foar dhi dihuzhun noiej? Dhs paraa-
graf konteinz oal dhi saundz in dhi Inggsh lang
gueij.
Necessity for Outstanding It.-Eldery Maiden
This is SO unexpected Mr.. WeIialong. that-that
you must give time!
Elderly I.over~Tme Miss Rebecca? DO you think
there is any to spare?-(Chicago Tribune
A Southern man says that the Rev Mr. Jasper.
Of Richmond. who believes that the do move"
Is the author OF original and unique explanation
OF the story OF Jonah and the whale. 1t is fol-
lows: Dat country shoah. an de hotels
dey was named aftah de tings OBJ de Dab
de Sailors Rest. de Mariners Retreat. de Sea-
faring Mans Home an lot oh SIGH places jest
yo' kin fin EN- at Norfolk now Among desc
places one called de Whales Belly Jonah
come along. an he didn' nab scrip in his purse
He stayed dar days an when de landlady found
he didn hab any money she spewed him out. II II
glib TO to show how when don't treat
man right kase he's pore We may be kickin'
angel unawars'
Adee-Would you marry a man simply because
he's rich?
Mabelle-No. but would try very hard to love
Journal
The Albany Evening Journal" says that one effect
OF the hard times has been stimulate religious fer
vor Within few weeks there have been revivals In
Greenbush Cambridge. Saratoga Cobleskill. Cats
Kill, Greenwich. Syracuse, Peekskill. and Brooklyn
in this State. II this interest in religion should be-
come general because of the Wilson bill the Demo-
cratic party could plausibly claim to be a Society
for the Promotion OF Religion. in the spirit OF the
chld's definition OF salt something that makes
food taste bad when you don't put any on 1t.
Whoever mas seen the Washington monument In
baltimore, with the crouching bronze lion OF Barge
near Its base Will appreciate the story they tell
about the rustic huntsman his first visit 70
town. lie was shown all the objects OF interest IN
Baltimore one by one, but gave each only pass
ing glance ana not even much word OF conn
ment. When he came in sight OF the Washington
however new light shot from his eye.
AZ last II was obvious that something had been
found 10 interest him. He scanned the shaft for
some minutes running his eye from the base 10
the point on which the statue stood and back again.
then fastened his gaze on the crouchng lion. as II
fascinated His lips parted. and his city friends
drew near TO hear his criticism OF the sculptors
art. AT last, out came the words: Bgad. he's got
the old man freed, amt he?'-(kate Fields Wash.
ngton.
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