New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
THE TALK or THE DAT.

A. II Nelson. Of Detroit. contributes 10 The
Baptist Missionary Magazine an article in which
he estimates that the cost per capita Of the con
ver;s Of the Northern B,ptsts Is A2 y. while the
of the Southern Baptists cost si4S 81 each
The Congregationalist converts cost Sl76 each.
while those of the Methodist Episcopal Church
cost but s2i ~ each. On the other hand the con-
yerts of the Methodist Church South cost 1856.
The Northern Presbyterians involve an expense Of
s297 convert. while the Southern Presbyterians
oxpend $3.50 every soul saved.
suddenly reached forward and deftly picked a
long light hair from her husbands coat
one of your own" he answered stoutly
xne M wall yanssed th h docr
atory For an hour or more the SOUND OF hr cmk
Then l'' the door suddenly opened and the lady"
prGfSsTsor c. st %si P bal 5hg 'hresn0
"Niainr' she cried. ut was beached
But he was gone.-(Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer" says that GER
tain local rector occasionally drops into form of
dialect that strikes his congregation as being
little singular say the least. In these lapses
from everyday ways OF pronunciation he let's the
vowel 81" have undue prominence. and the result
is oftentimes startling
Possibly the most amusing example OF this Pc
culiarity came in tho form of announcement
gravely read from the pulpit one sunday III the
early fall:
ION the afternoon and evening Of Friday next"
the rector read ION the grounds of Mr. and Mrs
Blanque the lydes of the congregation will hold
lawn fight.
At this abrupt announcement Of feminine bel
lgerency the women smiled family and several
strangers locked astonshed, but services swept
right along.
An Unsatisfactory Work.-Sculptor. Why do you
object 10 this bust of your husband madam?
Widow-It doesn't seem natural.
Sculptor-You have admitted that IT looks like
Widow-Yes the features are all right but there's
no use talking that statue viii never remind me
It's too quiet My husband had st. Vitus's dance.
-(NewYork Weekly
THE charm Of intercourse" says an observer in
Washington. continues at the White House. There
have been Presidents who gradually retired within
themselves or who encouraged isolation after
twenty months trial Of the worries and vexatons
OF the mansion Nothing of that kind is noted in
the present occupant. a Democrat of the strict
est set an officer IN Of the volunteer regi-
ments who had never met NJ. Mckinley until
recently came from the White House one day
last week and said. L have looked upon that man,
from my point of view, the embodiment of all
that is abhorrent In American politics. But I
am bound 10 say from my personal experience
that the Democrat who doesn't want TO become the
personal admirer and friend Of Mr.. Mckinley had
better stay away from the White House
DO you know any one in these parts?' quered
lawyer OF one Mrs. Shultz who was witness IN a
trial at Pratt. Mrs. Shutz dropped her eyes;
plucked nervousy AT her shawl for q moment. and
then blushmG. responded: sheriff Reyes over
married" Whercupon the Court hammered vigor
ously to bring the audience to order-(kansas city
Journal
Professor Lombroso complains in the Vita In
tornazionale that Italy is following the example
In
most of her shining lights in literature and art In
Cavours day Italian universities attracted foreign
scholars like SchN and Moleschott To-day we see
Italians like Pareto. Pantaconi. Mafi. Amaidi. Gal
anti exiled to Switzerland and Austria in search of
rest and liberty
Professor schwah. of Yale. says that the learned
professions absorb So per ~ the college gradu.
stes NOWADAYS whereas they formerly absorbed O.
per cent On the other hand business pursuits now
take 81 per cent against per cent IN the old days
Rock Island in the Straits OF Mackinac was re.
Gently sold BY the register ana receiver of the
Marquette tMich) Land Once for cents II
pun up a, auction in bunch with Goose. Eagle and
Haven islands and was sold TO the highest bidder
who happened 10 be William St James. OF 81. Ig-
mace 81 James bid 81 e per acre for the islands.
and as Rock Island contains just one twenty-hfth
OF an acre its purchase price was cents Green
Island another tiny bit OF land which put up
AZ the same sale brought the same price
TT was a pitch battle" ne said.
"'Pifchcd' YOU mean" she corrected
II don't mean anything ~ the kind" he replied
81 mean pitch II was a fight between tars."
-(ChicagO Post
The Toronto Mail and Empire" is in unhappy
frame or mind III II be- true" it says. that the
Government IS selling TO the United States can
ada's sealing rights on the Pacific for 10000 the
price Of f.w ~chooncrs It will follow that We arc
fafing in these negotiations just about as wen
Spain IS In the bargaining AZ Paris Such settle
mrnt ought to be- followed by day ~ national
humiliation
High old Times Tommy Didn't the ancents
have pretty high times
His Father Why my som
Tommy-rhe book says they set their watches
a ihs hultops.-lJewellers' Weekly