New-York tribune., 1896-01-15

The editor of The New Woman" buying the
mechanical outfit for her publication the first NUM-
Der OF which TO be issued In about three
You wish to get an entire dress for the paperr'
said the typefounder
Have you any preference as TO the style?" he
YES. sir" promptly replied the editor Il don't
want anything decollete. te.'-(chcago Tribune
The Harvard University catalogue has grown
with the growth OF the university I'LL it is now
very considerable volume. The issue FOR the cur
rent academic year just a; hand contains more than
$50 pages Within is scarlet covers (Which are
made too brilliant TO be the Harvard crimson iA
contained much information OF interest 10 the
graduates and friends Of the university. The total
number OF students In the regular departments OF
the institution excluding Radcliffe and the sum-
mer courses) is exactly $500 There $50 teachers
ranging in rank from professors TO demonstrators
and assistants. OF whom 81 are professors. With
the increase Of attendance the number OF subjects
taught and OF courses given has also largely In
creased until al the present time the list OF them
fills sixty pages. and the list OF collateral
lectures given within the precincts OF the univer-
sity hut In the regular course OF instruction,
ten pages more. The professional schools. whose
work Is fully outlined take up large proportion OF
the catalogues space The issue for 1886 Is
striking Illustration ~ the expansion OF university
lie and activities at Harvard.
rural visitor at a Fourth-ave. restaurant the
other day had his first experience with watfes Hs
had stumbled upon them somehow In his hl-ot-
fare and seemed TO he oNertoyed with the flavor
Warn" consumption that he kept his walter a,
lively pace between his table and the kitchen
Even then the waies didn't come fast enough 10
keep up with his appetite and he made this heptul
suggestion to the waiter: Say. mister. bring along
powerful good catin an | ain't goin' TO stop III 7
stop to put that prntin on 'em-jest send EN- IN
plain. K Louisville Courier journal.
,.,,,,,, =, tn. Wi,ua,arsr,pi cold Nalfs from
1897 to the close OF 1894 was according TO the oicia
figures Gl9S 6' ounces. theyeld in 1887 being -S'0'
and in ls9i lSS113 ounces having thus In the com'
paratveiy short interval multiplied seventyfold'
with no prospect of diminut.on in its rate OF in'
crease The estimated yield OF the year just closeo
not yet officially certified. but approximately known
is in excess OF s5oooo.ooo and this amount IN ths
opinion of competent judges. is certain of gradua'
Increase up 10 slWOoo@W year. The highest minus
authorities declare that the gold bearing congomer'
ate In the Johannesburg gold fields already surveyed
and tested contains from three to five thousand m''
lions of the precious metal. Such deposit makes
the Boer territory and the Beers themselves objecu
OF much more interest than they would be withAu'
II. and WILL no doubt. have as commanding forcs
In shaping the history and destiny OF the region -
California experienced from her own gold disco''
cries nearly half a century ago. The Boer system
and poity Will not be found equal to the Crisis any
more than the Beers themselves were equal to tns
discovery and development of the wealth benea'n
their feet. which might have lain there unregaroeo
for ages II 1t had not been for the Uitanders IRON
whom they would now like to withhold every CIV"
right.
Fireman Samuel Moore OF the Shawmont pump.
ing station. claims to own the most wonderful Ss'
In existence Tabby was raised around the WORKS.
and from "A kitten was great pet of the en-.
ployes; Every rat or mouse that formerly maae hsar
depredations on the mems dinner baskets has peen
Sausnt by the agile mouser. After all the rouenss
nnoS naa neen exterm.nated Tabby began to o,sS ia
around the neshborhood for something more pr paias
apte IMAM the cast-of bread crusts ana cfosew
picked bones supplied by the men. II was sooS
observed that hsh of the carp species consu.u'ee
ner iaVorte Diet How she caught them was
matter or no small mystery until Monday lssSs
Mm, Mn1n sam perceived her sitting on the tNH
pahh wnere the hot water runs in from the stauo.
In a Jny she clawed at something In the wa.sh:.
anu, anu, nuch to the astonishment OF the fireman. "a
pulled out a two-pound hsh.-(Philadelpna heco'~