New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

It is said that the new glass-blowing machines
will throw many slass-blowers out OF work In
| Indiana.
Yes. SIR" said the Ientlemany solicitor. the
journal represent is not only hTs;cG ,a news
1T is the only paper in the United States that
has not published a parody on Rudyard h'Pnhs
put me down for Ave "-(Clevcland Leader.
Some prison records in Indiana show an unusually
small number OF bald-headed criminals from
| which fact man with turn for philosophy has
deduced the principle that bald-hesded men are
less likely to commit crimes than men With thick
head OF hair
"shop Hostess 10 our Pet Author. VINO has
,us, srent a happy couple 81 hours d scribTg his
latest and greatest work. Go1dby dear NJ Ego
Smith Come afs naks SOON You must S9 so tTsa
G3uuch
The Rev w D. p. Bliss, Episcopal clergy
mar q Boston. Is now in San Francisco Organizing
a National League for the Propagation OF Christian
Socialism. With him is associated tho Rev. Or. l.
\ scott. 4 Presbyterian clergyman prominently
connected Nth Socialism and Editor OF THE
Social Economist" The new organization, which
iii elect officers tonight. is TO be known as the
Union Reform League.
Fall Ilouscclcaning see" said the man with
rttbior, 10 worry him that some has IN
vonted a yacht that does It's own lacking
m , SHy "':T tiai the hng could be applied TO
carpcts"- Cincinnati Enquirer.
''Thc cost Of widening the Chicago River sum
GENTLY TO secure 10000 cubic feet of water per min
ute for tho Chicago Drainage Canals" says The
phuadelph!a Record. " Is estimated to be $1,000
hv the committee OF real estate experts appointed
hy the Board OF Trustees This committee divides
the cost as follows: Real estate. S'300; purchasing
and rebuilding docks. sj.eo: dredging. $4,000; con-
structon OF by-pasSes. S9o.oN
Miss spinster-I think 1t very impolite for gen.
tlcman to throw kiss 70 n lady
MI. Fiippant-So do |. lie should deliver II IN
person.-(Oho State Journal
Rufus d Shuptrng. n farmer OF Stafford. Ala,
noticed somo time ago that one Of his COWS was
not giving her usual quantity OF milk. and. think
Ing that some OF the negroes were milking tho
COW at night. he set out to watch her. when to
his surprise. he four pigs out Of litter OF six
sitting under the cow sucking her teats He says
the pigs are getting sleek and fat. while the COW
has fallen of considerably
In the library Of Glasgow University there is a
rhyming Bible the work OF the eccentric old divine.
Ing the Sacred Book in rhyme, task which had
to some extent been undertaken by several writers,
mon and Tate and Boyds rhymins version Of the
Psalms Zachary BOYD gave fun Play Ssr 10 his inn
and curiosity though 1t has never yet been
rinted.-(Answers
Mrs Adelaide E. Sherry. a young and pretty
widow Of West Point, Ind, runs OF the largest
farms In the State. She hires and directs her
large corps Of assistants indoors and out, enter
tans generously drives the estate daily. buys
pigs and calves ships Percheron horses to Ger
many cattle and hogs to Chicago cribs annually
an average OF 1000 bushels Of corn travels ex-
tensivey and writes for publications. She has
lately returned from sojourn In the Holy Land.
and after huskng done" she purposes investi-
eating occult philosophy among the Mahatmas In
their mountain abodes m India
Henry dear what did they do with you when
they initiated you into the odd Fellows the other
""Wihy. can't tell you that, Mile. as a matter
OF course took solemn pledge never TO disclose
|" (s 50 2it-t anybody had-had told me this
iieved it: suddenly drying her tears ri set it
out Of YOU when YOU are asleep. Henry Plumdun
Edward Kemeys. the animal sculptor" says
The Boston Evening Transcript" us expecting
receive a commission for the decoration OF the 20
illogical Park In Washington. which may employ
him for tho rest OF his life. The idea Is TO decorate
the geological park with bronze figures OF Indians
and wild animals. OF life size or little larger. to
preserve the types of animal life which are rapidly
vanishing. The Indians will Re represented In 1
some pieces as alone and In some pieces as riding !
o hunting the animals. The animals VIII some /
dimes he separate and sometimes grouped together
IN the case OF a leopard killing a deer
The sphinxs Age.-The famous Sphinx near me ne
pyramids of Gizeh was thoroughly lnVesuS@ts" ~ ~
Professor Erman Who AZ recent m hont f. nrob
a6c age CarsfG researches show mat !, coTld
not have been built previous TO the Hsiwsep her
,rcni laws there was pS" originally the IMAGE Of
r all race Of whch id rs; Of the COLOSSAL work
Than mSst naY Been Ssen All
even eve lSsn hEnd,eS nc ronc lee" a."