New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

~, ~. oueston OF Incorporating Zululand with
natal Mr. Escombe. the Prime Minister OF Natai'
saws THE decision will rest with the co"9'
encies at a eral election to be neo III oepe'"
her The feeling In the colony Is tnat' assu'iis
the necessity for the return OF the exiies iioi" o.
ua,ora repatration should follow and not precede
the union. Objection has been taken IN the coio"y
o., tho ner,od Of five years for which the lands are
80 h. Locked IN Mr. Chamberlain, In naming this
nerod has presumably had regard 10 the 'i'he
which will be required 20 lay OH iocatiohs i'i ia
lives and to bring the natives into the location.
without undue hurry
One of the public drinking places ereften py by ,
rather unique design. In the form OF man race ace
rather gro,esqYs in me 2pef hs ,s aeo water
gushing forth from the mouth Of tne stens
Two chnamen tron Of the thf fountain yes
terday and seemed deeply ads 80 ons
cooked their funny o te ey possible
point OF view and. after moment OF comt damnn,
live RrSce saare TO bss aoo said
Yes replied the other Inc dal Ree Record rim a
alongee my laundly '-'Phiiaoeipiha ne'o'o'
"uarner,. Bazar" tells this story of the tene-
ments: ~ ..,,,.s
A lady who Is a city missionary became mucn
interested In a poor but apparently Respectable
IrIsb family named Curran, living on the top moor
of n great tenement-house In the slum district
Every time she visited the Currans the MISSION
ary was annoyed by the staring and the whispering
OF the other women living in the building. one DAY
she said to Mrs. Curran:
"Your neighbors seem very curious to know VINO
ond vhat 7 am and the nature Of my business
with you"
"They do" acquie.ced Mrs. Curran.
DO they ask you about II!
"Indade they do. ma am
| and do you tell them?'
Faith thin, an OF do not.
"What do you tell them?'
90, inst tell thin YOU are me dressmaker an let
1t go at that"
,na an undereraduate making Of profane lam
guage rushed him frantically exGlam'ne; inn
Won aware sir. that you are imperllilns YOU. M ~
mortal soul and. what is worse, mourning nhe Vi
Ave shillings - Household Words.
The railway between Cape Town ana nuIa"aso'
which will be completed about the END OF Octoper'
will shorten the time between the TWO points I'm
26O to IS hours. and Will place the cap''ai =,
| hs,e,and we'll within three weeks or England.
Amela-swear not by the moon. the inconstant
'h3 IVmmgrstus-Then what shall swear by, ,..
Amelia-swear by that which you . hU Hi, bn ya'u'
Auo,istis-Then Amelia, ! love you! swear IL
by my Observation-Disclosures
The virtue Of consistency Is giving the citzens OF
somersworth. ~ H. lot Of trouble First Mayor
| Hanson caused the arrest Of those who sold candy
|
day ,aw might be consistently enforced Then one
or tho men arrested thought that consistency re-
ouired the arrest Of the Mayor. who runs livery
stable which hires horses on SUNDAY. Inc Mayor
was fined S. Lastly, citizen threatens 10 nave
| tho authorities OF the Methodist church arrested
for the unnecessary ringing OF the church bell on
sunday The result OF all this Is that nearly
| overvhodv IN the town Is angry with somebody
else.
MADAM think lack Is going to propose 10 me
'o Wer Wother-why do you say. that?
wheels last evening North Amer
lean.
It Is estimated that the population OF Kansas
| CITY Mo- Is now l69 30, and Of Kansas city. Kan.
43475, making total population OF 2i-'os' TOT
Greater Kansas City. During the last year the
| population OF the TWO cites mas ihcieaseu At '"e
rate of 1000 month
the battle OF Pievna, offered to soldier the choice
between 100 rubles and the Cross OF st. George
fG Ths s" cr"ss Of St. Ges!sc? Wha. worth r.
Cross OF St George? Replied Sk St lien ,n,nSy
but but for the honor. that | offer 1t to you. The
cross Itself Is worth no more than nye ru6,es
then iii have the Cross Of ST. George and ninety
Ave rubles. "-(Philadelphia Ledger
! Kansas Populist Orator. tell you. my friends
the sturdy farmers OF Kansas are standing face
| to face with hunger and want
Voice-Why don't they make kick?
| Kansas Popuist Orator-Wef -er-they're so bus,
harvesting their enormous WI Eat crop that they
| haven't time just now.
A Sudden Rise In Temperature. why Jimmie
what was that yelling heard from your back yarc
| this morning."
| ut was n sunsruck case, ma'am
| "A sunstruck case?' - -,
| Yes maam. I'm the son."-lCleveand Plair
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