New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16
THE TALK or THE DAY.

John G. Marshall, Of Baltimore. has farm In
Talbot County. Md. which he has made refuge
for birds They to know that Trey VIII be
safe on II. and large numbers OF them have made
Il their home some OF them having become so tame
that they feed with the chickens
The Lady-rn give you a good meal II you will
The Tramp-sorry, but I cannot accommodate
you, madam.
TOO lazy TO work SUPPOSE
Not that, madam not that. I would be false 70
my trust You see, I'm member or the society
for the Preservation Of the American Forests. and
we never cut any Woody onkers Statesmen.
A correspondent Of 1.-THE London Saturday Re
view says that there thousands OF able-bodied
British subjects in the United States who are out
OF work and destitute. and he thinks that many OF
them would be glad to enlist in the British Army II
tho British Government would pay their transporta-
ton home. He regards his suggestion practical
in view OF tho difficulty Of getting recruits for the
British service.
months ago re seemed very glad to sec me; and ID
after time the conversation drifted around 10
bores. They don't stay long with me-" said the
How do you get rid Of them?' asked.
II just touch a bell button with my foot, said
he, 'and there is q sudden call for me. and slip
Just then red-headed boy thrust in his head and
said Mr. Blank. they want to sec you In the back
| eft-(Hardware.
Augusta. Me- will celebrate the one-hundredth
anniversary of the naming OF It's town June o.
meaning experimentation his district, told OF the
dear old sister who prayed Lord bless our Presid-
ing Elder rs he goes from circus TO circus. II was
a ad-ookng silk hat that came to town with the
brother who arrived oyer the Lack ,S
crown down, on the seat in front of him I'm
Noticed stout woman came in and sqaattsd bon on
paneake While she was ap99g Sb have He
wouldn't fit
Express,
Here is an extract from Iowa girls COM
mencement grafton: II am human being placed
in tho midst OF great world. Far and wide II ex-
tends every side. Majestic in Its vastness. be-
wdering In Its ever-chang!ng forms, II overwhelms
by It's immensely over it bend the eternal heavens,
and far away IN the infinite realms Of space CLEAN
the lights of other worlds. And l. what am I? A
drop in the Of life An atom in the universe of
nature"
open their annual conferences With the hymn:
And are we yet alive
In certain town where the conference was held
pitaiity Every housekeeper had the table gr6aning
with fried chicken and yellow gravy. All the
eravaed epcHTes The day after Adjournment the
evening paper of the town had picture showing
two scrawny looking young ROSTERS peeping at
each other out from under the barn and them cross
Ing their necks, saying: .
To each others face?'
-(Buffalo Express.
Havelock Ellis has spent some years in tabulat-
ing the references to colors in literature Yellow Is
rarely mentioned in the Bible, and blue not at all.
Blue is not mentioned in Homer red rarely, but he
mentions yellow twenty-one times In a hundred.
Since the Christian era red and yellow men
toned most frequently but blue is referred to twice
as often since the sixteenth century before. Poe
mentions yellow twice often and blue about one
the list That the color sense is late development
| Is shown by tho fact that the natives Of South
Africa can distinguish only white and black (Which
are not coors alb and red. Blue they call black,
| and yellow red. Green they cannot distinguish at
all-confusing 1t with yellow and red both.
II IL strange that while DR. Talmage is appealing
| lne and incidentally advertise his newspaper, the
| great Protestant missionary societies that are ut
work IN India know little of the sufferings on
| their mission fields In one case, of which we hap
airy society for the relief OF the Indian famine suf
| ferers, and there little occasion for 1t that
| 1t. The picture of the emac iated nhabitant OF
| India expiring under a Norwegian pine while tur-
| key buZzards and wolves wait for his death may
be very effective 10 draw contributions, but unless
orally in league of lies It Is ptiful travesty
upon the magnificent skill and abundant resources
| with which tho British Government is meeting the
| situa tion.-(Watchman (BaptlsD.
The Women's Baptist Home Mission Society will
| meet in Philadelphia tomorrow. On Thursday the
| Baptist Publication Society will meet In the same
| city. The eighty-third anniversary of the Ameri-
| can Baptist Missionary Society Will also occur to-
morrow evening in Philadelphia.