New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-23

fact that the name of this city Is not now ana
never will be, Greater New-York?
Bobby-Pa. what is an hcir,at rat! r,,.pu.
Pa-Usually the lawyer Bobby-(Iit-bits.
A spirited heroic statue of Hermann. the typical
German prince, Will be unveiled at New oii''.
Mimi. on Saturday. 1t Is erected by the Sons Oh
Hermann a German society with lodges in nearly
all the States Of the Union
They have never sp9ken ,s since they TOOK part Il"
priya sse hSa5ica,s sj eilou 1
"oh. dear. no; something f s,. worse anna
New-Oreans is suffering from the invasion OF a
new variety of beetle. Of which fifty THOUSAND
bushels were swept from the sidewalks on recent
morning As millions OF birds have recently been
killed in Louisiana for their pumage, this invasion
of beetles is not surprising.
Fancy droving cattle and rounding them np on
bitei Hcre is q report from a New South Wales
station: Sent away seven hundred oullocKs towdru
cHee the old order chanseth and giveh place
Eight Hour Herald.
Not long ago according to English journal. an
American gentleman was found dead In a ccmpart-
mcnt Of the train from Nice to Paris. The inquest
showed that his collar had actually stranged him.
There is a point OF inhibition near the Adams
ample" and IL 1t be compressed The respiration Is
suddenly arrested. producing asphyxia. collar
which presses just little when the wearer Is up
right can press much more when he is seated; ana
If he fails asleep. congestion. followed by coma
and death. may ensue.
When Mr.. Bryan requested the Burlington and
Missouri River line, In Nebraska, to hold his train
FOR fifteen minutes to enable him to address crowd
there several extra freights waiting 10 De
gram: The Burlington and Missouri River is not
in politics: too busy hauling dollar wheaL'-tln-
dianapolis Journal.
There Is young scep;ic In one OF the public
schools of Cincinnati. according to The Enquirer.
OF that city Cold" said the teacher, with as much
empresscment II nc had just made the discovery.
cold contracts ard heat expands" Then asked
the new boy what is the reason them Alaska fort
unes shrink so the further south they git?'
pa" remarked Clarence Calpers after watch
ing his fathers efforts to entertain the baby for
half an hour, IT is kinder queer that all babes
are born POpulists. isn't IT,?
''Populists. What put such an idea as that into
why although a baby is always wanting some
thing nobody can get II for him. because II Is
always something else."-Puck
Mrs r. A. Steel. the author Of ION the Face OF
the Waters" says: Our standard OF civilization
IS personal comfort-luxury. thing absolutely UNI
known in native India. There Is scarcely any dif-
ference In the mode OF living between the rich and
the poor II you go into the house OF rajah. there
is the same bare floor and only simple platter
TO cat from, such ms Is seen in the home Of the
poorest. To put IT crudey. there Will proosp y
not he even the luxury OF wash sin and towel
for the rich man. like his poor brother. washes IN
the open and dries himself In the sun. Such IL the
extreme simplicity OF life that wealth is still buried
In India; n man may spend 1t on jewels for ms
wife but not on pleasure or personal comfort.
This simple life which fosters no distinctions OF
class has been preserved for three thousand
years by Indian civilization. but ours viii destroy
II in nifty years"
a Minneapolis man once invited friend to dine ne
with him and neglected TO telephone hls wie 10
that effect To make matters worse. both host
and visitor stopned in at the club on the way
home and consequently were late for dinner-very
late The dilatory husband undertook TO explain
his hardness while dinner was being served. ana
put up a rather overplausible defence In the line
OF business complications coming up az the very
last moment before he should have left the once.
The hostess heard him with ominous politeness
and then calmly said: Perhaps; but you reaiy
can't look me in the eye and tell that story.
Mono" stammered the cuprit; ana then as
brilliant idea struck him. but I'll tell you what
/ viii do II John will kindly look You in the eye
while repeat what | said. probably we can
make It go"-(Minneapolis Tribune