New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
THE TALK or THE DAY.

IN tho single Pennsylvania town OF FrirndsVihN
near Rlnghamton there are twenty persons o'er
niratv year. Of age and five who have passed the
century mark Mrs Mary Cullen Is loi John Gibson
100 william Derby l0? and Mrs Ellen Carey ana
Mrs Phllaney Gollen are Just over one hundred
They are all hale and hearty; the women yet knlt
stockings and DO kitchen work. and the men choP
wood and build rail fences The town mus HoI4S
an unparalleled record for Longevity and II appears
10 be harder work 10 lie there than u Is 70 get 4
living IN most other place..
He-rhe sum o. woman's happiness may be put
IN, n ,hrae Ord4 Il love
she-And tho sum Of mans happiness may also be
expressed in three words: Pay TO bearer -'Ch-
cngO News.
Southern Arizona and Mexico produce a weed
called the nariguara, which mixed with tobacco
and smoked produces a more powerful effect than
opium or any other known agent OF fumigauoh.
Under It's influence the sedate Mexican becomes
noisy a. cowboy and has 70 be lassoed ana put
IN the caaboose 10 cool of General shriver OF the
prison force AZ Yuma. has Just discovered a guam
tity OF tho substance prepared for smuggling into
the prison for the use OF the convicts. VINO pay -
an ounce for Il, and obstreperous and hilarious
while Il lasts With such potencies the mariguana
may have a commercial future before IL. ana DC
employed in wider uses OF stimulation than those
which relate 20 greasers and jailbrds. on whom It's
operation has hitherto been exclusively bestowed
Fuddy-some women are so Inconsistent don't you
Duady-For exampie7 go ..s.,
Fuddy-Mrs Finley was At the theatre the other
shed de nc III, when her husband INDUCES in the
cxpletlve he thinks he Is just horrid-tbos'oh
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whit,akers Protestant Episcopal Almanac" for
1903 which is out Is a careful and comprehensive
diees, OF Episcopal Church statistics and growth
There are at present In that church 416 clergymen
an increase OF So the previous year eSS-
churches an Increase OF Is: 6+o3 COMMITMENTS
an Increase 81 % 93S. and 1850 Sunday-scAool
scholars an increase OF 1907. It's contributions
for all purposes during the last year were $685.
ss o. being an increase OF 80 1888 05 over the previous
year
u wonder why people so IKE TO b %eaF 'q"eaNy
perhaps" said Asbury Peppers. they do SO 10
call the pastors attention 20 their soies -'Chc'h-
natl Enquirer.
Mexico has q bull fighter named FL Curita' VINO
not long ago suffered in reputation from the report
that he had been beaten by woman. This ne de-
MED and notified all the local newspapers that IN
stead he had knocked the woman down -FOUR tunes
with A chair To be sure, he had been SEM 10
,al but instead OF serving out his eight-day SEN
tence he had been let of on the payment OF nne
Thl, he construed as n vndlcaton Of his character
and Invited the press 70 lndorse H. He Is mus re-
stored 10 the society OF the bull and woman hghtng
class and no doubt ranks as burning and shining
light thereof.
your clam chowder" remarked the diner 10 the
restaurant cashier. as he paid the amount OK ne
S Sest po aha ~ ali the other
I'm what way?" asked the cashier, who did not
know whether TO be pleased or not: e.,,,.
"By its clamessness. "-Qittsburs Chronicle
An American In Germany says that there Is hard
~ city OF any size In the German Empire that does
no. have It's own distinctive postal-cArds' Wheh-
ever a great gathering Is arranged tor almost 'he
srs thing that Is done by the city Is 10 have special
| nostal-cards made illustrative OF the event
Have you completed your plan FOR Fastening the
oparifv'! :! repcd the newly ecced Senator. y
have prepared speech on the supSet Wnen sy w
=, tina annual report OF the Carlisle Indian School
| Superintendent Pratt calls attention TO the sood
! results OF tho "outng" system for the pupils Dur
ING 1897 4Ol boys and sl9 girls were placed out Tor
longer or shorter periods and the experiences were
| 40 satisfactory that he urges an extension Oh INC
! vs,em Nv charging its outing plan he says. Car
! usla can take care Of fifteen hundred CHILDREN
| ,,orr,h,. Propostion-Perry Patettic-Mister
would you give me a few pennies TOT MY poor BIZ"
Miser-He must be pretty sick II you want to sell
Hm 5Sg f fsshe gs" tHs work
| / might buy them-(Cincnnati Enquirer
In an appeal to the public just issued the Lin
coin Monument League says
..Ne aim 10 erect a monument 10 Abraham Lincoln
on tho Pacific Coast worthy alike OF the genius OF
him 10 whose memory II is to be dedicated ana OF
,he patriotism OF the people OF the Pacific states.
I'VE wish to emphasize the assertion that ours i
no local society: its members to-day can be fouho
IN every city and town west OF the Rocky Noun
tains. Our league was Endorsed by the O. A T.
state Encampment at Salinas. Cal. and by the Ma
tionsl Encampment. at Buffalo. N. Y.
Resides erecting monument. we purpose estap
fishing a Lincoln Day In the public schools OF the
limited States on February H. Already hfteef
| States have assured us OF their cooperation
Ninnesota has become famous throughout I'M
| IInIted States a potato state In 1850 tne tota
| crnn OF the State about hve million Dushes
! and was almost entirely consumed at nome IN tn'
| cities and on the farms In 1870 the crop OF tn'
! state amounted to 2i,5O00O0 bushels ana Mnneso't
| rose from the twentieth State In the Union as
| nroducer OF potatoes TO the third place rms yea
| The crop will be considerably larger than was esti
| mated AT least eighteen million bushels VIII o.
| Skinned ont OF the state. large part or the crol
| OF last year was converted into starch, ana w
price was so low that thousands OF bushels roltet
| In the ground not being worth the digging M
years production will bring from s5cooOo0 TO ~ NV
600 into the State. profitable investment, indeed
] --iMinne apois Tribuna