New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-17
THE talk or THE DAY.

The Rev w II. Claggett of Taylor Tex. pres
dent OF the Board of Trustees of the Texas Pres
byteran University. IS In this city, with the oD
ject OF arousing the interest Of Presbyterians In
| the institution. There will be several noteworthy
features about the university. 1t will ignore the
| differences between the Northern and Southern
Presbyterians. 1t will be coeducaonal. the Bible
will be it's leading textbook. and other textbooks
will be the standards and history Of the Presby-
| terrain Church. There will be labor department
| where worthy students may work their way. Its
| projectors intend to raise endowment of 2VoUD
| for f. OF which half shall be contributed in Texas
The scheme Is warmly indorsed by Presbyterians
| North and South The session OF the Memorial
| PRESBYTERIAN Church OF Brooklyn has adopted
! resolutions declaring that such an institution is
needed and commencing DR.. Claggetts effort TO
raise money for 1t.
Trouble Ahead-"Mr. Mckinley is likely to see
some pretty lively times" said the passenger with
You your boots said the passsngsr With
hev nominated one man fer postmaster down our
way an the Methods;s another an they both
calculate that they will both swoop down on i'm
at the same time wouldn't t%d be h in ina! mans
(Which faction do you belong to- may | ask
the township. an she has a HUNDRED an fifty
! voters indianapolis journal
"Crerands Cloak Journal" Of this city. says that
| Richard HeaIy. of Worcester. Mass, came to New
| York last week on a somewhat unusual GRAND
He was formerly member of a drygoods firm In
this city which failed few years ago and settled
with its creditors at 80 cents the dollar In the
| mean time Mr.. Healy has been successful in an
other line OF business Worcester. and. although
he is In no sense responsible for the cancelled debt
OF the firm OF which he partner. he
considers himself morally responsible and he came
10 the city last week in order to hunt up and pay
i'm fun the creditors Of the firm who not legally
! all Knob epfi of b1G
| honor Is as fine it is unusual.
FINISHED your projecting kaleidoscope YETI"
| 1T works beautifully" said the inventor, but
| tho hardest part Is to come.
| Getting up a name for it."-(Cncinnat Enquirer
| An evangelist travelling through the West has
| nm assistant whom he stations outside the church
| while he is holding revival service inside, and
| as each convert comes forward the reviyalist sig
nails 10 the assistant. who forthwith sets off sky
| rocket. In rural communities this "skyrocket re-
| yivaIlst" as he is called is ranked with a two
| ring circus in point OF contemporaneous human
! interest.
oncr. that Won attempted suicide. Yet witnesses
testify they saw you on he pier minute before
Tankey-Ish the Of story-hic.-I s'pose didn't
know was-hic!-loaded- Buffalo Times.
In the current issue Of THE Temple Magazine"
! Justin Mccarthy offers n warning TO the member
| OF Parliament who is Dlessed-or cursed-with a
thirst for asking questions. one OF this type long
| since dead used 10 repeat with great good humor
| a story which told against himself. During the
| course Of a recess he delivering address to
his constituents, and In order to impress them with
a due sense Of his public services he emphasized
| the fact that in the last session he had put
| Ministers more than three hundred questions He
paused to study the effect Of his statement. and
voice from the furthest part of the gallery called
/ out: why what hignoran bloke you must be-.
| The veteran actor said: "Oh, yes indeed Won
certainly are quite mistaken In thinking there is
no practical difference between tho romantic drama
| ard the realistic drama. Yes. Now, to Illustrate
I have been hero In both. and In both have ga tn
! cred the heroine to my bosom, In the romantic
| drama a celuloid bosom went In the realistic
drama nothing but linen would 20 for minute
| detroit Journal
THE Denver Times says that the greatest need
OF Colorado is population III this great Com
monwealth, with it's area OF 10000 square miles IL
| TO improve In prosperity and IL to be made worth
| residing in II must nave more inhrbitants With
| out begrudging other communities their good
fortune Colorado should take some steps to let
! tho world know that there Is no section OF the
United States OF any other State or country that
| offers the inducements for happy and well-re-
munerated living that are offered in Colorado"
Infarma tion.-U pguardson-what does this word
| 'sinecure" mean
| Atom-Wei 's,ne" means without" and you
know what ''cure" means The word signifies I'm
THAT doesn't seem right. I'm reading here about
| a man who holds an ONCE which seems TO DO IA
That's all right. When a man has once had an
once OF that kind he's ncurabls. "-lChicago Trib
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