New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

,,,.. 49,. .,or,s Of the Government the locusts
,oy. ha,n devastating the crops in the Argentine
Republ,c according to advices received oy the oS
Maria L. The Philadelphia Record suys'
UNIV DEVISED BY the Governments onlcia'' " nc
s,rov the locusts TO collect the eggs anu ou u
~, n hounty being given 10 those VINO ala ,ie
work No less than one thousand toHs o' '"o "
-, had he.n collected at La Plata alone when the
Maria l. left there 1t was with some oicul''
,hat the sails OF the Maria l.. were sUe'cheu ""e"
sbe WAS getting under way al La fla'a' as '"Vu
.,,a. az the ocusts had made tho folds OF the SANS
,A.,- hou.. CAPTAIN DUrso states that the nut
ure OF the Republic was never gioofnieF' Tue cups
ha,4,g b.en largely ruined and famine is threat
ened"
~. o,,, Cbanc.-Yabsley-Thin you'll get a
M,mase,If do It will be at the cost OF wearing
watchiess chain indianapolis JOURNAL"
ut,,s girl in st. Louis was in the habit Of say
ing her prayers to kindergarten airs When her
mother told her that God would not Ike This. she
,lI.d. .Huhl Can He hear me with all them
angels singing
o,amond on the back? 49,.
Jeweiier-That is the same price as the other'
hui I haven't any works TO MT H. ,,n.-o,,.
Miss De Faque-Oh, that makes ho ''i''
I'll take it.-(Boston Herald
r,o TROY Times tells a story Of little boy who
wo. reading I'm a Sunday school paper the story vi
a missionary having beeh cate" ~ ~ =,
pan, " he asked will the missionary go 10
heaven
Eyes my son." replied the rather
AK viii the carnibals 20 there. tooT' aueried
the youthful student
mo was the reply.
After thinking the matter over FOR some time the
little fellow exclaimed: - -.
..Weu 7 don't see how the missionary can 10 90
heaven II the cannibas don't when ne : ihs'oo '"'
cannibals.
What was tho outcome OF that squa6ole between TIVE,
IN. snnrano and the alto as TO their volcesT asked
the opera company manager. e, ,.t, ,ber, s,rI
committing 1gI notes "~tCncinnau Commercial Trib-
une.
Tb. Indians of Guiana have n queer system OF
enumeration They count by the hand ana It's iour
fingers Thus. wh-n they reach i've instead OF
saying So they cal It hand. Blk is' thereiore'
a ..hnnd and first finger" Ten Is two hands: but
twenty instead OF being -four hands, Is "a man.
Forty /. Two men" and thus they go on by
twentles Forty-six Is expressed as two men, hand
and first finger.
Scene; hairdressers shop--Young Lady (blush-
ngly)-I would like to look at some raise half'
Shopman (experienced)-Certalnly. miss What
color does your friend want?-tGlasgow News
A young English woman a graduate OF Cam
bridge is about to establish convent In Calcutta,
having become yogi. or Hndoo nun. as prelim-
mary other English additions to the sisterhood
are promised tho object OF the order being avowed
as the spiritual regeneration OF Hndoosm which
is. perhaps a larger contract than the Jealous and
enthusiastic foreign born yogis arc aware Of
Sermons 6y pleblscit becoming quite popular.
and there is much to he said In favor OF the prac-
lce minister sends out set OF inquiries or asks
a large number OF persons 10 suggest subjects they
wish treated. In this way a request programme,
az the concert ma sters would say. Is obtained that
mas elements OF popular strength. good example
who asked a numerous public OF men to send In to
him what each considered the six leading "beset-
ting sins OF men From these answers, which
rnIne in freely Or. Thompson is to speak on alter
nate Sunday evenings on the following Mems Be-
Temptation OF Riches" "Intemperance" "Sccpti-
cism' "Impurty' and "Indeclson OF Character"
Men are specially invited to these servlceS-(Church
Economist.