New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-20
THE TALK or THE DAY.

farmer Of Ford County. Kan. writes thus to
tho State Board OF Agriculture: There Is not
farmer In this county but who could pay on MS
debts from this years crop and sul have money
enough left TO pay family expenses FOR the next
twelve months Tho price OF cattle Is out or slght
Prices OF certain farm products are higher nero
than IN Kansas City or Chicago. because OF home
demand, not on accoun. OF the bubonio plague IN
India"
swindiing his Classmates in wholesale fashion He
took the whole country for his field OF work ana
from whom he extracted SO Although wel-to-do.
tho Californian did not Ike to waste 80, ana re-
Ills next visitor was classmate who was known
the dig in college eshteen, years 6e51re hs
Classroom. and the Californian scented another ap,
asked how the world had used him. related dole;
ful story OF bad luck. debt and poverty ne must
hS oy Gseb s' RSts'
mate turned and said NoW tS Son tss from me
TO use until you strike better luck ! really don,
hS " s do with tho bs 70 70 y yo
have It." There. was an awkward pause an out
s%T and ,s S suS 20 talk Il and the
fornian learned how his old classmate had struck
really Fyh ready %t sSs away
rette
IN tho old colonial times there were only seventy
nve postoflces in America Ten years later there
were 900 Offices; in 1880. 1900; In lSS 500" ana
to-day about seventy thousand have regular post
masters, receive and deliver mail matter and en-
ploy 100000 employee men and women
PEoSe% 9Sy' ssa a tss
YES replied the theatrical manager. that's
%na he ny ns TSA What he taking
tho receipts cover the railway ana hote bls Keeps
me doing arithmetic twenty-four hours a day.
washington Star.
nrsna mn
."There have been deaths from yellow fever. but
tho sanitary condition Of this city has been such.
and It's general health excellent that in spite OF
the fever tho death rate OF New-Orleans has been
we'll below the average. Pestilence Is scarcely the
word for a city where there has been less sickness
and fewer deaths than usual. and which. In these
respects can invite comparison with many other
American cities" Tho record" says Tho Chat
tanooga Times" "justlfes these conclusions and
shows very clearly that the fever was moro terfy-
ing on account OF its name than II was deadly.
Tn. DEATHS from diphtheria alone in Chicago In
sentember outnumbered the fever deaths In New
Orleans In tho Same month by about two to one"
very deaf old lady. Goodman, In handing vege..
tables No to hs deaf sa doads
stlli no answer from the deaf party. but, placing
at gsnc1g down and seeing e, the
S sS6 SsS. she Il.
Bits
A oueer industry has sprung up In Michigan !
namely the conversion OF pine stumps into |
shingles It IS stated that stumps OF trees which |
were cut twenty or twenty-five years ago remain |
enduring and obdurate distractions to the cultiva-
ton of tho soil They still sound and turn
out excellent shingles when so utilized.
When a certain general was camping on the
lower mississippi his negro boy. Harry. was one
day asked by q friend whether the general was not
terribly annoyed by mosquitoes. mo sah! said
ca ted no don't mind the skeeters and In the morn,
In the skeeters is so 'toxcated they don't nina
Mars aeorge"-tSan Francisco Argonaut
Tho 'IxIhin-K ai" or Society for Welcoming For
e,guers. OF Japan, has for It's object to provide
strangers with every facility for transactlng their
business or pursuing their pleasure without dis
comfort or exorbitant expense. On application at
an office which has been opened in the chief hotei
n visitor can procure all the Information he re-
ouires rntroductions supplied to personages OF
distinction and to business firms Honest guides
are provided. who will prevent extortion on the
mart OF nn-keepers curo Dealers and all the other
classes who prey on the innocent native Of the
West No fee IL charged. the society willingly In
curing considerable expense with the conviction
tina, the whole community will reap the benefit.
1T goes TO show how ayarice VIII overreach
ITSELF remarked the man who Is always pVm nnn
moral MI GrpPer has Just wasted enud ms " os
doctor told him he needed little mountain ar
He wouldn't think of SO expensive n trip, SO ne
went to a show that included q Tyrolean warbler.
-(Washington Star