New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-10
THE TALK or THE DAY.

A pastor in Indiana recently startled his con-
gregntion by tho following announcement; Re
member our quarterly meeting next Sunday. The
Lord will be with during tho morning service.
and the Presiding Elder in tho evening"
I'm awful glad. mamma. that I've begun 10 go
TO school
because We have holiday every Saturohy. -
(Ficgende Batter
Tho Omaha Bee" tells OF n clergyman who was
catechizlng n Sunday school and. after informing
tho children that tho pastor OF church IL It's
shepherd. while tho members are tho sheep. he
asked. what docs the shepherd do for tho
.been7" To tho Amusement OF those present n
small boy In the front piped out. shear
them"
Ora,oricaI Innuence-"Therc." exclaimed the man
who nrrny believes that he Is eloquent Il regard
that as the erort Of my ne"
at is rather long isn't IL" remarked tho young
woman who had been sypsw,, meet Couldn't YOU
notice that II "xerts a potent influence. when
iimperfectiy dehvcred'''
VEIL she ons~S sn, nv f nSan
ington star
philip Hill a condemned murderer In jail at
ptt.burg. Penn was reading the Bible the other
dav. when the Sheriff told him that his execution
wa. 10 be postponed He at once threw tho Bible
down and III n cigarette
she-You say you haven't felt well all tho after
Ua..ive been miserable. / nte some pigeon for
lunch and 1t disagreed with me.
before YOU came home that something was wrong
with youl A.. $500. ..,,o hoo, o,o ~
them carrier pigeons that had for lunch-(Yon-
kers Statesman
Now South Wales Is experimenting successfully
Nth irrigation. having a territory estimated Mt
E, 90 SQUARE miles requiring that sort OF treatment
The water Is obtained from artcsian wells ana
tho official report upon the work declares mat IL
~ entirely succesaful. ana tnat the ""o'" ""''
can thus be made fertile
Grandmother Cooley tslnncing around on "a, a
aim attendance at prayer mecting)-Wel you
know. the happiest times are sometimes ma" "heh
Two three are met iosethe1 IT,, ,,,r,C,,.
c8Ro Inter ocean
DO YOU know your orders. sentinel? was asked
OF n not overnight Irish soldier on guard duty
recently Fort Logan. Col.
"Yis sor," the reply
KNOW the points OF the compass7" continued the
of1ccr.
'Yis sor'
III YOU face the rising SUM- your left hand would
be OIL the north Of you and your right hand to the
south OF YOU What would be behind your?
ME knapsack, ror." sententiously answered the
soldier.
s We ss sa I'd M sns ssn to
ment says that no. cotton will BE- carried on the
p"s Then wsi stay 4. home said siis. u aint
a.soin' across anything 50 wet Al the Auantic
ocean without me umbrella "-(Harpers Bazar
The mixing Of white Indian meal with hour and
selling the mixture a. pure wheat hour have become
so general In the South that the Georgia Lesisat-
ure has passed a bill requiring the words mixed
-four to be branded on each package containing
a blending OF wheat and the cheaper corn nour.
The proportion Of -four and Indian meal must also
be indicated.
1t doesn't take much to start the rabbit industry
a few rabbits and turnip patch or some other pas
ture-but II takes a mighty hustlng TO check IL
after It gets good start. We Kill about fourteen
million OF them In North Carolina every winter.
but there are more here now than there were when
Mr. Raleigh brought his immigrants over.-(Wil'
mington IN. c. star.