New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-20
THE Talk or THE DAY.

The TEskescc Negro Conference will meet ~
Tuskegee. Ala. under the auspices Of the Tuskeses
Normal and Industrial institute Wednesday.
February 20 1885 All the States in the Black
De-" OF ~, South VIII r, represented.
one Sure Rue.-Interyewer-i understand, Ne
that case you can. no doubt. give the public some
valuable rules f., the a'tsInment OF long life.
'"'only onsf 50 much the bst.sr What t. it'
Oct born In Or.and."-(New-York Weekly.
ut is surprising" says a commercial travelIsA
how general the use OF potatoes as benholders -
becoming In hotels / have them In use -
great hostelr!es OF the East whose owners wou!dnS
hesitate FOR a norer. 10 s2ead $40 for desk ornae
ment TO hold pens used by the guests In registering
The mixture OF starch glucose and water in the
potato seems well adapted 10 lake up the mpurt.
tier OF ink. and 10 keep the pen-Do!nt Gear and
bright while the akllold OF the potato, known ~
so FAMINE doubtless has something - do with II in
the same line These elements readily take up the
tanna;e of iron. which i the body substance Of ink.
Chemica.,y speaking. starch Is the first base OF
potato. AMI sugar glucose ir It's second base.
Thus IL the humble potato finding another way in
which to serve the uses OF mankind There Is
rather Pleasing susyestiveness in big ten-inch
potato when fellow cones IN tired and hungry
from .Jng run
why Is It tina; YOU girls sem to think 80 much
more Of the who come In here tHan you 40 OF
the women" asked tn man VITA al interrogation
point In hi mind. rs L because the men are more
"oh no. replied ,he ss:e.;ady. with toss n.,, Of
that they dom know what things are worth. II
think they're awfu.y bright or awfuly good look
ing."-(Boston Transcript
The latest electrical girl to be heard from b
Jennie Moran. who lives near Sedalia. 40. One Of
her many alleged wonderful powers is that OF
Illuminating b. her presence. This she can
do DO, just she chooses. The most mar
vellous thns however about the feat is that human
eyes have not yet been able to see where the light
comes from. On entering dark room. II is at
once light AS day If she Wills. but when she goes
out the light is extingushed. When producing the
Phenomena nobody dares touch her. on penalty OF
death. She seems to be charged with all the cleo
trcal bolts OF n live wire The personal atmos-
phere that surrounds her at such times repes. and
thus has saved many from injury. cat was
picked up by the girl while charged, and was
Instantly killed. In fact she Is admitted to be an
actual living human dynamo. Even during or
binary times. when she is the normal ~
she gets, terrific shocks experienced %
those who take hold Of her hands. One gentleman.
Henry J. Ashcroft. who was investigating the case.
cndeavored to undergo the torments OF the girrs
powers. but at the end OF few seconds was un-
conscious After recovering he found that his solo
watch had turned black. So. at least. the stories
In the local papers
A precocous and laxative boy In Toga who al
ways places himself In evidence, no matter IN
fntSs WHEN bore 'V the legend little children
ss9SS ss m
Yesterday his father had occasion to visit the room
carsfSily inisrrosat.d. and with an air q conscouY
dumb children in the asylum at Mount Airy
philadelphia Record.
The Youths Companion reprints the following
composition on the character Of Englishman By
Japanese schoolboy. explaining that by the phrase
Testimony OF English is meant the New TeStA-
ment: THE England which occupied Of the largest
and greatest dominion which rarely can BE- The
Englishman works with very powerful hands ana
the long legs and the eminenced mind. h1
chin is so strong u, ,erved iron he are not al
lowed 1t to escape n he did seized something Being
spread out from Europe to Australia to America
his dominion Is dreadfully extensive 50 that his
countrymen boastfuly say the Sun are never sete
our dominion The Testimony of English SAID
that he that lost the common sense. he never any
benefit though he had gained complete world:
The English are cunning intention to establish
great Empire OF the Paradise. The Englishman
always said to the other nation Give me your iane
and will give my testimony 50 It IL not =
robbed but exchanged
There was quite a fight in front of the store To-
day" said Rockland man at the supper-taolss;
then the crowd gathered. The man who was struck
and grabbed a cartstake and rushed back hs
them The young heir had given over owe eating his
right out OF his head. He was proud Of his fathers
vaor and he cried: He couldn't knock any nrsin s
long and earnestly at the heir but the lads counte.
nance was frank and innocent and Open When y
sna resumed hs a,ss n