New-York tribune., 1898-12-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Christmas number Of Field and Stream .
magazine devoted 10 fishing. hunting, trapping and
out-of-door life is out. II is an extremely at-
tractlve publication. handsomely Illustrated ana
we'll printed. 1t contains several realistic ana IN
terestng stories on forest and lake fe OF unusual
merit and usefulness for people famiilar WIFI ''ie
handling OF a rod and gun
Mental Phenomena.-I suppose sa'd tne vis'oor oo
at the insane asylum. that you have frequent oc.
casions TO note that people under your cnafge are
enswered I the superntendent The good
sense they show or general subjects & Is amazing haHn
hoard Of q movement among the inmates to get up
a six-day bicycle race."-(Washlngton Star
Saws THE Kennebec CMe) Journal: Tho isno-
rant bigoted vanda who destroyed the slabs above
the graves OF the Spanish sailors who died While
,mnrisonad at Seavey's Island should be sent TO
Spain and given such punishment as that country
fit TO inflict l.,,.f
Johnny--Pa. why does the man run across the the
street so rapidlF! Is ~ 10 escapo oe"'e " w.
Johnny The is hn ns Il, nT to s ssyss
n that Is LAYING for him on the other side.
Johnny-Wlll II hurt the man?
otbar man off his wheel That would be very pro-
yokng.-(Boston Transcript.
The friends OF a popular preacher who recently
died In Louisville KY, undertook to raise rund
for his family. One man gave his note FOR ninety
days for a certain amount. and when the COM
m,ttee explained to him that cash was needed no
agreed to pay the note In cash X tho committee
would discount It. which was DONE
"poor Choew said the girl who was n = SYM
nathetic mood "He Just can't say no"
"iIe might shake his head. then,' said tho prao-
no poor fellow; his collar is too high for that"
-(Cincinnati Enquirer.
Two well-known temperance men OF kirKaldy'
scotand were upset the other night, when RETURN
ing from a temperance meeting. In It's account OK
the mshap the local paper remarked; fortunately
both gentlemen were sober at the time Ihs re-
mark made them indignant. and they wrote let
tor IN the editor saying so. Whercupon the editor
kent up his end by printing this apology In the
next issue OF the paper: "Messrs. - ana ----
demand an apology for our having stated that AT
the time Of their accident they were both sober.
We have pleasure in withdrawing our opservauon'
Johnny and Tommy, who the noisiest chill
dren in England hs WeIe dodrsiep suggested Tommy
no" johnny said. there isn't any fun In doing
ttrec thn, rhSts ana pag ag epi Know where
paper mans house. He works all night and sleeps
III And the pair Of cherubs started of to the spot
where the maker OF thoughts Tor seSenty mon ,n,n
brain box by the balmy-sleep process-Pearsohs
Weekly.
"rho uproar was terrific" says THE Cleveland
1aader" "There were twenty people talk
,np at once Men were shaking their fists at ono
another and women were trying to make them
selves heard by shouting. 1t was not convention
OF Prohibitionists: neither had they gathered to-
cether for the purpose Of protesting against the
seating of the new Congressman from Utah. No!
They had Just got through playing whist. and while
waiting for tho refreshments were explaining TO
one another how more points might have been
made II their various partners had not led as they
did
Your money your life| cried the u robber
The artist had c no @ S a n s no why 10 the h
laughed. lie laughed because he belonged to the
school which draws rapidly and boldly rather than
the school which draws laboriously, with great at
tention to detail.-Detrot Journal
An American who has Just returned from Porto
Rico says: "There are thirty newspapers published
in Porto Rico In Spanish There Is one at IIuma-
cno one at Yauco. at San German. one at
Asuidalla six at Mayague2. six at Ponce. and San
Juan enjoys no less than fourteen. On November
the first American newspaper was published In
Porto Rico. 1t is called The Snn Juan News and
IS n queer little sheet four pages sixteen columns
The News IL already success and tho men who
have hold Of Il are putting genuine American push
into IT, A newspaper man from Spokane. a lawyer
from my town, and @ former secretary OF the
English Consul at San Juan make up the staff.
In addition to these the paper employs a native
reporter an American as foreman for the compos-
ing ROOM apd two negro typesetters from st.
Thomas The shop as whole Is decidedly
unique"
The following curious production 10 from a book
OF hymns entitled Bright Gene:
Hear the clink OF the coins as they Jingle In tho
hand;
Soon they'll start on their way 10 some 1ar-on
heathcn land.
And perhaps IL friends will but generously
give. -
We can send some way of where our Western
missionaries live.
For vou know Won may 20 10 the praries bleak
and cold. -
And you'll find people there who possess bu: little
gold. .
And they caro- not FOR God. and religious duties
shirk.
But they're taught by the men whom We send to
DO the work..