New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-15

7 o,,ts,apo ~ discontinue French as one OF the on
cial languages OF the State will surprise many
people who did not know that It has been an of'-
c!al language.
Vlsitor-And your daughter painted this beautiful
Mrs Uppstartt-My daughter paint ~ No. In.
deed, Her teacher did the work. Considering whet
pay him FOR lessons. It was the Ieast ne cou'"
dol Boston Transcript
The Congregational Sunday School and Publish
,nr Society ~ Boston IL about 10 issue history
OF Obcrlln College by the Rev. u. L. Leonard
Speaking o, tho Rev Charles G.. Finney. the mrs,
pastor OF tho Broadway Tabernacle. in this city
Mr.. Leonard says: III 20 him Oberlin owes an IN
calculable debt. she does. his indebtedness 10
her Is also great beyond expression. For forty
wars the theological seminary was the chief seat
OF Intellectual stimulus and OF spiritual power
Who can measure the influence which went forth
from the theological classroom and the pulpit OF
the First Church? Hundreds OF ministers wer"
trained into the conceptions OF truth and duty ana
character cherished by this fiery evangelist. while
by the ten thousand young men and women came
under his potent spell. gained cody ideals and
motives and ambitions and inspirations. and then
scattered all the world over 20 live what they had
learned to inlpart to others what they themselves
had received
Don't you come around here with any more Of
your patent frauds" said Uncle Reuben. I've
boon took IN once. but you Amt goin' to ketch me
What's the matter" asked the gentlemanly
An rigft?, Well. mebby you call 'sm all all. right
and the lghtnin' hasn't hit EN- once'-Chicaso
News.
For years" says The Atchison Globe" IAN
At-hison woman has begged her husband TO allow
hcr TO take n cottage at the seashore. and he has
refused much TO his neghbors Indignation This
year he has consented. and. 10 his surprise. the
neighbors are abusing him more than ever They
say that he WAITS her to 60 to tho seashore 30
that she may be blown UP by a Spanish warship"'
'Hasn't tho story about his accepting big bribo
hurt that official" asked one Chinese citizen.
Not much" answered another. II seems TO mo
he Is treated with moro respect than ever. The
fact that no could get so much money Tor his niu-
shows what Il lot or IL ne must nave. -
Washington Star.
The Millinery Trade Review" says that mot 10
per cent OF the birds parts OF birds used In NIL
nery are song birds parts OF song birds. but rs
per cent arc imported from China and Japan and
are killed for their destructiveness and the balance
are feathers OF birds used for food"
First Sea serpent-say. It looks as II we
going to have pretty dull time along the coast
second ditto ditto-You may have DUH time. but
l expect to scare more people than ever.
How are you going to work IL?
Pm going to tie yellow Spanish flag to the tip
OF my tail."-(Cleveland Plain Dealer
correspondent writes thus to Tho Atlanta
Constitution: "Wlll Il man DO allowed to carry
the gun no prefers In the war? | have one that
saw service In every battle Of the late war. and
which, 10 my certain knowledge. has killed ono
hundred and twenty l carried Il notebook
with mo the first two years OF the war and kept
count TIL II got to be such ordinary thing that
| lost interest In H. But know that II has killed
one hundred and twenty. and that II Is in as good
lighting trim now AS It then have come to
have an affection for it. and II enlist hope
they'll let me carry 1t with me- It's getting rusty
and needs exercise.
Her View Of ibid you read that advertise
men, of tho woman In Kentucky who wants to sell
herself into slavery asked the fuzzy haired
II did" said tho short-haircd woman. IT don't
see why she beat about the bush. Why did she
not say plainly that she wanted 10 marry T-tlndl-
annapolis Journal
ribbon shaped photogra phic nlm. on which n
series OF pictures OF the recent solar eclipse had
been taken for use with cinematograph was
stolen In London a fortnight ago. somewhere be-
tween tho docks and Egyptian Hall. Piccadilly.
This film. the product OF the labor Of the Rev.
j. NJ Bacon, was to be used by tho Astronomer
Royal Mr. Christie to Illustrate lecture the
eclipse before tho Royal Society. He has offered
reward OF $3.50 for the recovery Of tho precious
strip. 1t is the first series OF pictures OF Its kind
ever taken.
There liz joke up ut Amherst College that 1t Is
easy for the boys 10 get In or out OF college-be-
Gates and Janitor Gates. who have been IN charge
OF the building ever since 1860. The Joke Is now
broken, as President Gates and his family left
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