New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-17
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Whittaker's "Churchman's Almanac for 1897.
just issued is complete encyclopedia OF the
Episcopal Church than ever before. a useful new
feature is set OF tables giving the location prin-
cipals scholarships and terms Of tuition in theo-
logical seminares and in schools for boys and girls
In the various dioceses. The tables OF Church hos
pitfalls and other benevolent institutions give infor-
nation difficult 10 obtain elsewhere, and will make
the almanac useful to the laity well as to the
clergy. All It's old and approved features have
been prepared with unusual care.
Artist natter myself this last picture Of mine
Another Artistry dear fellow. you don't hatter
yourself hall as much you hattcr the picture.
-(RoXbury Gazette
The logic OF the infant mind Is usually right al
though its theology may be wrong. Forr-yearold
Raymond lived in suburban town and In a frame
house that had an l.. From the roof Of that |.
arose a tall chimney. Almost beneath the Chin
ney stood Raymonds bed. one evening he
made to go early and alone to bed, a punish
men. He had not been long In bed. hardening his
stubborn little heart against the voice OF con-
science before violent gust toppled over the
slender chimney the roof with thunderous
crash that shook the whole house Close upon the
nois. Of the tumblins bricks tho startled house.
hold heard cries Of terror from Raymo"is room.
His mother rushed to the little fellows bedside
and soothei his fears When the fright was gone.
curiosity came to take it's place
Mamma. what made chmbly blow down."
he asked
THE wind dear"
What made the wind blow our chimby down.
God made Il. suppose SON.
What did God want blow chimby down
for?''
Here the mother. like many other religious teach
ers could not resist the temptation To use the
acts OF God a whip In her own hands.
Perhaps because Raymond has been such bad
boy to-day"
AsSursdlN "A "A
few minutes OF silence came this comment: well
tod needn't have blown down our whole chmbly.
lie might have knocked or few bricks and it
would have scared me just az much"
FIRST Small Boy.r wish had that Ave cents
srcon nd small Boy" what would you do with IT,
First Small Boy-Buy more candy.-nioston
Courier.
The site OF the Garden OF Eden is not Yet deter
mined with such authority as to command univer-
sal acceptance and the claims OF new localities
put forth from time TO time. perhaps with more
confidence than the proofs Justify. Colorado law
yer thinks he has found II In that State-in fact
at no great distance from his residence and law
Office He has. at any rate found evidences OF
early human occupancy there. and has personally
no doubt that he has lighted the primeva cradle
OF the race. He is convinced that mankind orgi-
mated In the chain OF mountains passing through
Colorado" and perhaps his reasons for his faith
sound - those put forth in proving Its gene
ss elsewhere. The tokens left by these early dwell
ers 90 not differ materially from those found In
other parts Of the world they knew the OF fire
and how to pile stones one on another making
walls and also how 10 fashion OF them some rude
weapons and instruments. These are the common
traces OF prmeval man. and. unsupported by other
evidence. may not assure everybody that Paradise
was I'm the San Luis Valley or that Adam and Eve
took up housekeeping In one OF its caves. leaving
the cloud OF their domestic hearth fire upon its
walls as testimony. stu. the theory Of the resi-
dent attorney Is AN interesting one. and quite AS
plausible as that OF King John Of Abyssinia who
always maintained when sober. that the GARDEN
OF Eden In his dominons. and that Adam and
Eve and the hrst-born Of the generations OF men
were Abyssnians. like himself. Precise testimony
on the subject is hardly TO be looked for and
among many learned and unearned conjectures
that OF the Colorado advocate is perhaps as we'll
entitled to a hearing as those OF Moses bar c.
phas or Origen.
Cause for Activity. what Is Bexton hustlng
around 80 In the interest OF n curfew ordinance
for?"
Ills boy him coming out OF variety thea
ire the other night and went home and told
about it."-(Indianapos Journal
A lawyer OF the CITY OF Mexico. in Wash
ington. Is thus quoted In The Washington POST:
AT present there Is great inclination among our
people and among those who come from other coun-
tries to settle In Mexico to invest in coffee planta-
tlOhs just lew uays dbo Hliuc SAFE OF very
fine coffee farm to parties In NewYork for 500 90
in silver The demand for such investments Is
active and constantly growing. The IL that
the production OF coffee IL highly profitable bust
ness and a great many citizens OF the United
States are prospecting in Mexico with a view to
engaging In the cultivation OF crop that Is always
In demand at good prices"
Benson. you know, went to Africa, and there
brought home and given a decent burial. wasn't
~" well. they hanged the canniba and then
brought home his body and buried t"-I-ondon
Figaro.
An infant weighing seven and a half ounces was
born the other day In Camden. n. j. 1t Is per-
fectly healthy and tho physician thinks that It will
live. with proper Gaze.
Fuddy-There's that Miss Rixter over there
She In rather good looking. but they say she is
very cold to the she meets.
Duddy-But what could you expect from a young |
woman with cool hundred thousand In her own |