New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-07
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Grsening apple tree is st standing on the farm OF
Solomon browne at Mount Hygeia. in North
Foster II I. The tree very old one when
the farm was sold In 1901 The seller Informed the
purchaser that II pity the old tree was go
ing into decay az u produced the best fruit OF any
tree IN the orchard. Tho purchaser determined to
see how long he could keep Il alive. and II still
survives after almost another century has been
added to rs venerable years. But II shows signs
OF nnal decay. and tho parent OF all the famous
Rhode Island greetings. which has set its CRAFTS
on tho orchards Of almost all the world will soon
he but a nclghborhood memory. II IL doubtful II
there Is q moro famous apple tree to be found In
all Pomona's groves from end TO end Of tho earth.
boy came into a Euciid-sva car day Or two
na sale od X m %ssr %
What's tho matter with your voos'" Inquired a
Got hoarss. ysllin' fakes" replied the boy
promptly Ana sy p,,, man nan IN tho car bought
Tho place OF beer In German education 10 being
recognized In Munich. four OF the student corps
erecting $4,000 cubhousss adjoining the new
Hofbrauhaus. At tho opening OF this years IIof-
brau book beer season nearly ten thousand quarts
OF beer were drunk n Sunday afternoon. the beer
having been tested the day before by 500 officials.
headed by the Governor Of Upper Bavaria and the
Finance Minister.
Could you suggest some suitable badge for our
How would pine knot dor asked the cheerful
idiot.-Undianapolls Journal
Arrangements for the celebration OF the semi
centennial OF the Will!amsport PENN Dickson
Seminary so far completed as 10 indicate that
tho event will 10 the most important In the history
OF the institution. Bishop Bowman. the senior
Bishop OF the Methodist Episcopal Church. and
Bishop Vincent. OF ChautauQua fame; General ]. +.
Rushing Of Trenton, y. j.; Governor Hastings, A.
torney- General Mccormick. Judges Rhons Metzger
and Furnt T. H. Murray. and DR.. @. Il. Reed OF
tho Same State: d, A. DO Almond. OF Missouri. and
many other distinguished men will bs present and
participate. President Mckinley has assured the
committee that no will be present II public BUSH
ness will allow Tho forty-sx classes will hold
reunions and largo numbers OF old students will
join them The special Jubilee exercises will begin
Tuesday morning. June H. with addresses Of
welcome by Mayor Mansel OF wIlllamsport and
President Gray OF the Seminary, and close on
Wednesday night with A banquet.
Inch JHck GecIHgg his wsy5 wish We wer. 1000
name"
Jane (heping him alons)-Oh. your last name IN
good enough for me-(New-York Weekly
Tho Eastern Shore" says The Baltimore New,"
casting or tho cloak Of ridiculs with which other
sections Of tbs State have clothed It. is about TO
assume tho attitude Of n literary centre II Is
about TO prove TO the world that tho traditions
which have associated It solely with the sand crab
n centre OF brains, a home Of culture 1t IL up to
date. J. Polk Racine whose name. for all ANYBODY
knows 10 the contrary. 10 destined to shine beside
those OF Rudyard Kiplng and Richard Harding
Davis has written a work.. and he proposes TO
have It published In book form. Violet Miller n
Gamblers Daughter: or The Terrible Murders Mt
Cat Swamp is tho thrilling title that has been
selected for this rising authors and matchless
effort and It is to be presumed that tho tragedies
depicted therein will !mmortalixe the denizens Of
tho 'barrens' and bring Cat Swamp into as fair re-
nown as the Wessex country. as that latter land
appears under tho gloomy realism Of Thomas
Hardy"
No Wonder. -watts-.There is ten-year.old boy
Potts-What Ia his name?
neutrality-suspicious. something Of tho
kind.-(ndianapolis Journal.
According to Russian iinguist. English. Rus
sim and Chinese will be tho only three languages
IN use two hundred years from now. During tho
twentieth and twenty-nrst centuries the whoie Of
Continental Europe and of Asia. with the exception
Of China will have adopted the Russian language.
English will be spoken in Great Britain, Australia
Africa and America. and Chinese will be tho Ian
guage OF tho Celestials and tho Oceanic Archi-
pclaso. There at present go distinct languages
spoken-s9 European. ia African. LIS Asiauc. III
Oceanic and AZ American while in tho Russian
Empire alone sixty different tongues are found.
sister and George gone?
Father-rve sent them into tho dark room to
develop their observation-disclosures Bazaar.
Tho women Of coffeyville. Kan. recently made
up a package Of useful articles for each member
Of the local company Of volunteers and sent the
whole to tho camp at San Francisco. A copy OF
tho New Testament went with each package, and
OF the recipients objected to the gift. He said
he wanted tho Old Testament. because there was
much moro war In It,
Not sad.-"I have heard" said the mother that
your husband Is q sad gambler"
mo, mamma" answered the bride. 1T In the
other men who are sad."-(Cincinnau Enquirer.