New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-25
TIE TAIN or THE DAY.

n NJ cuiglev ? contractor. Of St. Louis, Is thus
quoted by The New-orieans Picayune
Labor is the scarces, thing in America TO-DAY
You may not have thought 81 H. bu' su'h - VIZ
case There has never been time since IS'' ""e"
workmen were hard to get. 90 not me-"
skilled labor either. I mean men who can 90 or
dinorv labor such as is required by contractors
/ have lust sent to the papers an advertisements
for two hundred men to 90 to Tutweiler' H''S',
mex Monday We are shipping ffty men ou' O.
Chicago for Georgiana. Ala. because they couIu
not be- had in the South These men are u wv
work on the Alabama and Florida ROAD
Every contractor in the country Is compIa'Hhe
about the inability get laborers. They are nos
10 be had in any section. Many are already en-
Moved I have been up and down the MISSISSIPPI
River a good deal In the last few weeks ana l
know that five thousand men could right no" De
placed to work on the river levee cohsuucuo" Dc
tween here and Memphis
Mrs Brown who has borrowed butter from t ner
neighbor)-DO YOU know Jane. hall belrNe liiln
is the same butter we paid the GreeheS VIII" u"S
before yesterday. go -, ,,, .,.Y
Mrs Brownie think that the Greenes would
pass such butter as thai or neisnDor' III '''e
It's the same.-(BOston Transcript.
The Pennsylvania recruits az Camp OTIS nave
beaten the Honolulu football team twice, and
Honolulu paper says: THE Oahu or Punahou
eleven the only college team OF the islands, Will
face the visitors on Friday and Punahou VIII
battle its best for Hawaii. while Pennsylvania VIII
spare no labor in the effort TO carry away the
championship OF the new possession
The blind devotion with which an old servant
did his duty illustrated on one occasion d w,er
his master had a dinner party. During the olnItr
Henry was very nervous and made TWO or 'hiee
plumbers. g.. o,..ros and cast angry
glances at his servant. but the poor man coud "o'
settle quietly to his work ", ~ ,od ou,s,l,,
nh
on the table ne stole timidly behind his masters
'' "Pea a sir. can you spare now? Ny house
has been Oh fire for the last hour ana nan -
answers.
4, last Speaker Reed has been overru!ed Al
recent annual meeting Of tie Daughters OF me
Confederacy at Hot Springs Ark lively dispute
arose as to wherhel the minutes OF the previous
nearing should be read before business could pro-
coed or not One daughter ventured TO quote
Sneaker Reed or the subject. but she was promptly
oyerruled and the reading dispensed WIN on the
motion Of another daughter who asserted Vehe-
nently that Tom Reed didn't kno" what he
was talking about
Giles suppose YOU get paid for writing those
Smile sure You didn't imagine wrote them
(iles-Oh. no. any one couII ten 'Hd' ~ 'cH"'"e
thcm.-(ChicagO News
The Roy william Wye Smith. Of 81. Catharines
Ontario canada. has rendered the Gospel OF 81
Matthew In braid Scots" He has followed Scott
and Burns especially the latter, who. In the opn-
ion Of Mr. Smith. has made III" AyFshiro me
classical dialec, of Lowland Scotch. The follow
Ing passages from the Sermon on the Hou''' VIII
give an idea Of the book
'Whan We vad do guide wark. lar we're l'ft
haun no jalouse what yere rcht haun Is thrans !
wi"
"Rhyne-na things over and over. incontinent. /
Ike the heather folk for they trow that sin they
speak enench they sal he heard
But We whan We fast snod yere held. and fresh /
eli we're face that ye he-na seen by men 10 no !
fasiiu'."
And anent csNdin. why soud - ha" Sic 'ark /
and care Look wee a. the lilies o the lea no" |
they grove they toil-na nor spin yet say J. that 4
Solomon in a his glorie. wasna huskit bra" Ike /
ane o thae'
II is published ny Imrie Graham & Co. Of
Toronto. Canada
heard queer expression the other day. vas .
speaking to y lady Of the fine old town 81 Wren .
:oh Yes Yes know that town rs on th2t has
those perfectly delicious old srav'yards -''oS'on /
Transcript
France has had possession ~ Tunis eighteeT [
wears and under its management the country has .
reached stage OF civilization and order which il
had not before known STAGE the Roman dominion.
and perhaps, not then. II was bankrupt when the
French occupancy began; It Is now solvent. and
its yearly receipts regulate Its yearly expenditures
In
now fairly good ones connect all Its principal i
towns and the work is improved and extended +
year by year: prosperous railway system has +
b.en introduced. the harhor channels have b"cn .
deepaned to admit the largest ships 10 the wharNei
of the city; forty lighthouses. small ana large,
he We been built wells have been sunk all oyer the
country. a steady supply OF water being one Of IT.
most urgent needs domestic industries OF all xmas .
hay, been encouraged and promoted and N" safety
Of life and property Is almost AS well assured
there "a IN Aauitaine or Brittany. France may
noint with pride this prosperous ana orderly
North African possession illustration of her .
cspabiuv I'm the way of colonial MANAGEMENT.
which she is so anxious to try on larger scale.
You haven't changed much since saw you
you mistake When saw YOU last was
Populist. anti-eXpansonist ana Tree siNerte
am now god-standard exparsionist
ITS on me Whatl YOU drink?
i've quit drinking TOO. II hicaRo tribune
Among Canon Cores stock OF stories which have
the English oathedras for background Is one
~ ,u,o country girls who. evidently enjoying
noud.v from fresh domestic service in the city
were observed by an attendant pacing fearfuly
tho atsles OF 81 Pauls Under the magnificent .
dome one OF them paused 10 gaze In wonder about
har Curious 10 see in what words her manifest
IMPRESSION would md utterance. the attendant
stolc nearer II seemed that her limited vocabu-
larry was inadequate. Not 80 her companion. Ain
/, INST grand cried she The spellbound on" re
mained silent for moment longer Then as II
,roaking IN. chains OF some strange enchantment.
sha turned upon her friend Yes" she said. slow
~ and timtdy. hut. oh dear Sarah. wouldn't
Il take iust forever to sweep this place out
MFR what would You suggest doctor for ia
nr Pilisbur,-I would suggest that YOU attempt
10 sit up with sick man aud give him NJ msli.