New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-18
THE TALK OF THE DAf'

o.-os,ondent OF The Waterbury American
-. ,ba, the religious services appropriate u
,harksrivlng Day be held on the evening Oe'o1e'
=. GO 70 leave more time for 'he women 10 pre-
paro the Thanksgiving dinner
NH. girl whose father was dead e ana wnESs
rrandfather pursued the calling OF shG Hnarenis
Fsther Who would care toE her In the
an earthly father. and had got 'himsS ,Se vlIaSo
mixed IN e 9st me-; at the house where she was
staying and some OF the So9d wO eha She bore
in5 ,O sOSu whe Su, nay out With; bs sn
ssintah.e5n;ak eve Waterbury American.
In tho University OF Heidelberg students OF chem
,,,rv and physics arc now obliged to take out ac-
~ ,.s',r,nc. nollclea The premiums. which
..,y. from IL cents for those who engage IN prac-
,o.I governmental work down 10 IA cents Tor stu
d.n,. who only listen to lectures on chemistry ana
wltness the accompanying experiments must 10
na,d At tho beginning OF each term and entite the
insured to a yearly annuity OF 'io IN case ne 10
injured 40 as to be incapable OF working
Want. vs. Needs-,-I!,,le DOtnoh. mann mamma the he
organ grinders monkey is at the window an ne
has a flttlo round box In his hand; 49,, ~
Mamma-Well. my pet. what DO you 'h'hA 10
Little Do, (after glance at the organ, grinder,
I dess he wants 10 borrow some soap-(Ne"-ioih
Weekly.
On. OF the torments OF the postage-stamp COL
AmeeT
Afghan stamps are rare and costly. and new issues
ors continually being made In vain the phila-
tel,.ts try 10 put a stop TO It: and even the last
international postal congress In Washington deaI'
with IT, Tho Ameer's ideas In postage stamps
are put forward solely with view TO ming MS
purse BY selling them to collectors His latest
order Is that each province and each principal city
I'm his dominion shall have different stamps In
different colors and Furthermore that every post
master shall peel the stamps from all the letters
that come 10 his Office and send them TO the pcsta!
/ Headquarters at Csbul. Thence they are sold In
india. and md their way into the hands OF col
lectors.
Briton-vooy VOC dcnny mwaw--
Tho Propretor-Pardon Monsieur can speak the
BfitonNwhy sol Can't you understand my
The Observation-Disclosures. I am from the South.
and find It hard to comprehend the true Partisan
accent. -Me-Up
The Rev DR.. c. ]. Ryder. OF this city. secretary
OF the American Missionary Association. began
on Tuesday IA course OF three lectures before the
/ divinity students OF Oberlin College on the his
/ tory ana growth OF tho association. That his
/ tory Is now In It's ifty-second year, and DR.. Ryder
stated that ne would treat Il In three chapters:
/ First tho period from organization In 1916 TO the
beginning OF the Civil War In 1861. Second, the
period covered by the war; 1915, and third. the
/ period since the war.
! 81 can tell when my wife buys something she
| considers cxtravagant"
"She always explains that she bought II with a
nve-doar bill she happened to have tucked away"
Chicago Record.
Umhiopisa, tho swazle Induna now visiting Eng
| land. Is a ruler Of the African East Coast. near
! Delagoa Bay. and Is sovereign OF considerable
! shrewdness and perspcacity. He Is not so fat as
! Cetewayo who visited the same country about a
decade ago nor has he the medltative and poetical
| qualities which distinguished that pinguid. cham
pasne- tipping sovereign but he is equally shrewd
and observing, and finds no difficulty In recognize
ing the dominant and conquering quality Of tho
I English race. They arc very different, no says
from tho Portuguese whom he has seen at Della
goa Bay, and he intimates that It is rather
pleasure to be trampled on by such superior
people. He is not quito so important SOW
ereIgn as the King Of Slam; but Is much
greater curiosity than that ruler VINO has
lust gone back to his dominlons. his parting
sped by John Bull with at least as much ardor as
his coming was welcomed The Swazie belongs 10
a class of sovereigns reaching back into an I'M
known antiquity but which Is rapidly passing
away and will soon be forgotten The railroad Is
penetrating their territories-one to Buluwayo was
opened only the other day-a1d in the glare OF the
locomotive headlight their royalty shrivels up ana
ia blown away like the persisted lear Umhopisa
may be the last of the line OF the lndunas not SO
long no the procession OF the Pharaohs though n
dynasty OF respectable length and quite respectfully
represented In the present wearer OF Its royalties
Rritain will send him home stayed with her hagons
and comforted with her apples. and In all her East
African complications can henceforward depend on
him as an ally worth his weight In alligators or his
cubic displacement In wildcats
Tell me. dear am ! the nrst man you ever
kissed?' ,.o ,a. r,o,r and sus.
picious enough to ask me that observation-disclosures
apols Journal.