New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-20
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The annual convention OF the Eplscopal brother-
hood of st. Andrew in New-England, begins TINS
evening In Providence. The opening ADDRESS is 10
be given by the Rev. w. c. Richardson rector OF
G, pours Church Newburyport, Mass, who Will
also officate as celebrant at the corporate commas
sion tomorrow morning.
Mister" said the small boy 10 the druggist. GIN,
me another bottle o them patent pills you sofa Sn,
father day before yesterday Are tney DONG I'm,
whether theyre dom father good or not but they're
dom me good. They jis' fit my new sluhgsho'
-tDetroit Free freSs'
This is how THE Yale Alumni Weekly speaks OF
the agreement between Yale and Harvard; There
is no use in trying to express at any length the reel
ing which is universal in the Yale family over the
ratification of the treaty OF peace with Harvards
athletic mana cement Things are now simply AS
they always should be. and as trey always "ouo
nav dasiras of the great majority IN
both colleges and i'm both graduate Hs'S couu pe
always and at once effective. Whatever ones opin-
ION of the incident which separated Yale and Har-
ward or the responsibility for the alienation the
oplion WAS held without dissent that nothing had
happened which could justify the separation
81 spose the bills all right he said, as he pro-
duced a roll Of bills at the office of the gas com.
pany Cant YOU read your meter ,o earn oh
don't know The trouble is that the gas burner
ever it doesn't give light enough to enable me 10 see
the figures. Washington Star.
Daily NEWSPAPERS are published by students
I'm ten colleges and universities in the United states
Yale. Harvard Cornell, Princeton. Brown. Stan
ford Tulane, University Of PENNSYLVANIA, univer-
sity of Wisconsin and University of Michigan
Touching-"Behold" exclaimed the good fairy II
touch thee with my wand ana transform tnee from
Subsequently,. however, his beloved touched him
without any wand ana mace MN pcSear aSaih'
-Detroit Journal
There are forty State colleges in the United
States some States having more than one, and the
number of students In 1895 was $1,000, which Is about
onefth OF the total number Of students In all the
colleges in the country. Minnesota educates the
larges. number 3Ol+. at State expense, Michigan
being next with 2575 then California with AGO. fol-
lowed by Wisconsin with 1900, Nebraska with l5o6.
Iowa with 800 and Illinois with LOO Tuition fees
are charged in only six States. the fee In North
Carolina being $50 In South Carolina $40. In Iowa
s25 in Missouri 800, In Oregon So and I'm South Da-
kota 50
Fogg docking up from book)-The heroine appears
to be as versatile as one of those bottles from which
a magician pours all KINDS OF liquors
Fogg-Why, in one place It says she wept bitterly,
In another that the salt tears coursed down her
cheeks md In the very next paragraph we are told
that her tears broke out afresh. gifted woman
that.-(Boston Transcript
Perched high among the Swiss Alps Is the abode
Of a small and interesting community. the name of
the place being Aband Schenen. which, being inter-
preed signifies an outof-the-way locality. It's peo
pie have no Standing army and therefore never go
war They have fleet being hundreds OF
miles from the In every direction. They have
no political bosses wire pullers and consequently
such elections they have are pure. They have no
DOCTORS and rule only die of old There is
news and need of newspaper; the post comes
only a week; there no trades. ard there Is
little industry There Is no shopkeeper. blacksmith
wheelrght or public baker. no notary advocate or
policeman. Once a week Cheap Jack comes bring
Ing them al. the goods they want, and their herds
focks and poultry yards supply them with the rest
Having little money, they require no bank. but they
have a church. with bell. which, besides Its Sab
bath summons, rings for births and funerals and
festivals. It is or was, a NewAndoIra In it's print
tiveness. but with OF tourists thither its Ar
cadan simpliclties would vanish in a season
Man 90 denisp-I want you to kill this nerve
please I'm expecting some money In a few days.
ana then I'll call around and pay you.
Dentist tsarcastcally)-I can't Kill such a nerve
as you've got.-tfun
Two Swiss tourists were recently lost while en-
deavorng to explore the volcano Of Pinchncha
near Quito. which has sometimes been yelled for
days lin thick darkness by Its falling ashes. Hum
boldt assembled II. and describes 1t forming a
wall more than eight geographical miles long up
heaved over a assure In the westernmost Cordera
nearest 20 the Pacific Ocean. Ii IL surmounted cas-
west to northeast, called Cuntur-Graohana, Guaga
Pichlncha and Pchaco de los Ladrillos the proper
volcano being termed 1.-The Father" or "Old Man."
Rucu Pichincha. This is the only part which enters
the region OF perpetual snow. Humboldt ascended
II IN 1902 Sebastian Wisse In 1S45 spending several
days nights I'm part Of It's crater, and the Eng
lish mountaineer Whymper In 1876 Its activities are
intermittent occurring In general several times In
each century, but 1t has now for a long time been
reasonably quiescent II IL OF the most interest
Ing volcanoes In South America or the world. but.
as the fate OF the Swiss tourists atcsts It discour-
ages familiar approach and there is good deal yet
to learn about It.
Patron OF the Divorce Courts.-"Dld under
stand you to say that you are unmar ried madam"
asked the lawyer who was cross-examining a CHI
cago woman. IL do not know what you understood
me TO say" replied the witness but that In what
said ! have been unmarried four tines "-(PiIts.
burg Chronicle