New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
THE TlLk or THE Day

A recent issue Of The London Daily News" said.
There VAS touching rehearsal ~ the peace be
tween America ana Spain on Friday morning last
I'm Basel where tho international Conference 81
Christian Young Mems Associations is now in ses-
sion. After a speech by the president. Herr Sar-
asin Warnery. the meeting was addressed by a sue
cossion % nationa, delegates from Austria. Amer
tea Belgium. Hungary Spain. Sweden and Wales.
when Pastor Luis Dc Bargas. tho Spanish dele
gate came forward 20 offer the assembly greet
ing from his fatherlani. be- broke down as h. re-
fcrred 10 the sad political condition Of Spain ~
home and her crushing defeats in the Far West
Of tho world Hereupon Mr. G. Moree the delo-
gate from New-York. rushed up 70 the speaker and
warmly grasped his hand. eNcla ming. We mem
hers Of tho Christian Young Mems Association know
no national boundarics. and We cherish no politoa.
hatreds' At this spontaneous and mpromptu scene
upon the platform the whole meeting burst forth
into storm5 OF applause"
Crimsonbeak-No one need feel discouraged about
this war business. Every one can help ltte.
sasf-HoW 50? ,
..W.n If - man can't go 20 the from and lex a
fow Spaui.rds b. can stay At home ana lick 'he
war revenue stamps '-tfonk"rs Statesman
4 recent issue Of 'The Gloucester CMass) Times"
contains the following peculiar advertisement.
This is to give notice that my wife. who LEFT my
house without sufficient cause, has returned ana Is
GLAD To- be- back again. and will not leave again in
a hurry. Jerry Amcro."
Old Fogy-l panied 10 near tnit you are
H los, IS ~ '''.' ''' '''' w ,.. ,....
how 10 play the game
0d Fogy So / am informed by the party who
won the moncy.-(Bos,on Transcript
While Sturgeon was still boy preacher he was
warned about a certain y.rago. and told that she IN
tended to CIV HIM "A longue-lashing An right
he replied. but that's a game at which TWO can
play" Not long after. rs he passed her gate one
morning she assaI.cd him with food of billings
gate lie smiled and said. Yes. thank you. | am
quite well. hope YOU are the same Then came
another burst OF yituperaton pitched IN sih
higher key to which he replied. siill smiling. Yes
IL does look rather II It = going to rain; think
| had better bc getting on" BLESS the man. she
exclaimed. he deaf As post, what's the use
OF storming al HIM" And so her rawlings ceased
and were never again attempted.
When Wilson Barrett did his "one-nlght-only'
Performance Of "Othollo' in Melbourne on Wednes-
mtIch fr",ZS. and gave rise to "A .udicrous sltua-
ton. Having stned Desdemona IN 4 busnesslike
posed to draw the tapestry together, leaving the
smothcrcd Miss Jcnrirs comfortably corpsed ON
Sr,,rI haif the audi, nee were tttcring At the
comic sight OF the beaueOus corpse in the rear sit
ting up and arranging her draperes to picturesque
Jlsnimye1' Maud Desdemona lay down and went
dead again. while Wilson Barrett continued his
rioL-(Sydney Bulletin
1t is said that the late Professor Cohn. OF Bres-
lau the famous botanst. thus opened his course
of lectures on botany: THE four chief constitu-
ents Of plants are: Carbon, G; oxygen. O, Hydro
gen. H. ana Nitrogen. n" Then writing down these
four letters. with apparent carelessncss, on the
blackboard-COIIN-he smiled. observing. 1T is
clear that ought to know something about bot
any"
Fudd, -Kwlverful. they say. Is married again.
This Is his fourth wife s nm
Duddy-kwiyerfuld better be careful lie II get
caught some day.
Fuddy--tirt caught? ~
Duddy-lcs, he'll marry woman WHO VIII i've
-(l}oston Transcript
There has been much talk recently" says THE
London Chronicle 'of clcrgymen who run public
houses. The first known to enter on this new line
WAS the Rev. Osbert Mordaunt rector OF Hampton
Lucy Stratford Avon. who has managed the
one local inn for twenty years the profits OF which
20 to local charities. The Rev. t. Wiiiett. of
Scayn.s Hi. Sussex. house ON similar lines.
and the working has reduced drunkenness to
vanishing point. for the manager refuses drink
when he thinks tho bibber has had enough The
Prince of Wales's Clergy man. the Rev Canon Her
vey also has a house at Sandringham. the only
one allowed by His Royal Hghness on his estates.
and here the same discretionary powers to serv-
ing are conferred on the manager. a further cleri-
cally managed tavern Is at Harleston. North
ampton. supervised by the Rev Canon Bury, the
profits here being divided the cooperative sys-
tenn"
"Oh. why, exclaimed the robber baroness.
mournfully, don't YOU reform"
The robber baron kissed her fondy, and laughed
What do now. he answered with much gayety
won't make any difference thousand years
hence
Yes. she could understand that for in a thou
sand years he would doubtless be somebody's an
cestor. and II would be immateral whether he had
stolen sheep or sawed cordwood for "A lving.-(De
trolt Journal.
The State presidents of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union recommend that no further ef-
fort be made to pay the mortgage on the Temple
building in Chicago.
Bacon-What do you think OF the war so far?
Egbert-Well. think II the American eagle isn't
-(Yonkers Statesman.