New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-12
THE TALK or THE DAY.


strong man was in Valley Falls the other day. and
had mis- heavy dumbbells and other apparatus
lying on the sidewalk in front OF the hotel. All the
loafers in town gathered and tried their strength
In lifting and when the sport was at It's height
the Rev. J. D. Hitchcock. pastor of the Methodist
Church. drove up and watched the unavailing
efforts Of the men 10 lift the heaviest bells At last
no got out OF his buggy, seized a 125-pound weight
raised It first to his shoulder and then put 1t at
arms length In the air. this being one OF the most
difficult feats Of the champion strong man. The
local paper says no other man in town could do IT,
and that the Rev Hitchcock is now looked upon az
a "Christan wonder.
Rather Monotonous.-"Ts your daughter having
home that she is engaged 10 the same men she met
last year"-(Chicago Record
Or Philip r. Uhler, OF the Peabody Institute
Baltimore. who has been visiting the Boston Public
Library, says: What interested me more than any.
thing else in the Boston Library was the hall set
apart for the children. 1t is about 60 by 50 feet and
contains az least five thousand volumes. carefully
selected for the Of the children. special IL
brarian with a corps OF assistants. is detailed for
this part OF the library. Their duties are to assist
Tho children 10 find what they want in the volumes
on the shelves and far as possible they guide
.he children In their selection OF reading matter
The librarians keep informed 90 TO the courses that
orc given in the public schools and when the boys
and girls come in they are ready to suggest the
hooks and magazines which Will be IN line win
what hey have been studying. As many as five
hundred children have come TO the library IN ono
day. The quarters are getting too small and me
librarians are planning TO have more room"
Aro,her Instnncc-"Maud says she is madiy In
love with her new wheel , ,,,, -
'fTuh, Another where man is displaced "
machinery. indianapolis journal
II the Cars proposal in regard 10 universal
noace should he carried ont. It would be serious
uoFfh n
hooks Of Daniel and the Apocalypse. who see IN
,bor, tho prediction OF many great wars that nave
not yet occurred.
S" bmt he was so ratified that he stepped on tho
"a, and felI on his neck."-trndianapolis Journal
1.-THE Denver Times" reports a little boy |" ask
ING his father who was about to go fishing;
..Vhat are YOU going use that whlskey for.
papa"
ITO throw on the water my SON. was the reply
Now. don't tell him stories" ehiHed IN the
mother. -, .r. -
whats the difference-he amt old enough 70
find out TO the contrary.
This was dads version OF tho case, put 'h'asi"s
b,s sunrise on his return, 20 hear the foHowins
dialogue between the mother ana the UoS d. WV
supper table; 49,, ,h
well Johnny. did you nave so'u '
papa
You bet: awful good time.
AND did YOU see papa throw whskey on the
water so he could catch fish?
Yes" was the reply. but he drinked 'le Wss'
first That was part Of 1t that cou'u" '''N
stand" ,. q,
An American with large business interests IN
Nox,co saws that there is not manufacturing i"'
/ dus,rv in Mexico conducted on business prihc'p,es
that is not paying from - TO 10 per cent On Wv
capital invested and there are any nuthoe' =,
developed fields for investment Which are
l
| 10 Americans with little capital
The man marry" said the blond widow mu''
"iie viii be-" remarked the savage eaeneo''-
Cincinnati Enquirer
A Canadian paper thus indicates the e'O'uu~
~ the Cars recent proclamation'
The Carl will build two big batie-smps'
| John Bull will build four
The Carl will build eight
John Bull will build sixteen
| The Czar-I.et us have peace.
one OF those ludicrous things that napp me other
n nht W When trolley rad le9dins with tfI
Troy ran into an open switch ana .oNi a's and
trssq by fl he mersst good luck that large naOe
! were not injured or killed ourlgnt san The col
man yar and the power turned of he ioI aO
himself uninjured and seated IN sne lie FASTENED
10 exricate himself and ina ms mar az" G nenc out
professional instinct pui,m ms he injured getting
OF ms po,ne, a m the extent oi their injuries ms
man who had landed on his neck rh IN his eyes In
a dnzed sort OF manner attempted 10 r.So notebook.
person he saw was The r% i foSe as he said Fo,
S Sspp sake, where in blazes did you COME
| SO quck?'-CTroy Press
With the first day OF the new century oeacIally
Client Austrian con. the kreutzer' u'up o,,e,hns
| ont OF circulation. after curreh'. W .,oraance
uk four hundred years. 1t is retired !" rrercv
s.oblt
~ enual value for all parts Of the emp"' =. south
! - ~. circulated freely In North as wen .sn,urv
Cermany but for the last quarter 49,
has not gone beyond the Austrian ''0'''N
.Js that fiction you are reading mus; be- re.
Rcdgate OF her husband Il think entitled The Ice
P,i nns ~ roascience.' "-(De,rot Free Press
.,o,ooro,ogists are sometimes ao,o "
IN ia, turn nm the weather. one OF 'he"' aor.
! 80. tudo,f Talk recently predicted ',,sd
s,orm for Berlin which cano u ''' - The
| hour the lightning striking three ,'.r,sA him
old school IIohenzollerns ~onid ha'o
for wizard. ,.ors
Another Mean Trick.Aoss sn nnd paid for HI:
nscbeon Then accompanied by Rivers ~
o nS the s SpiR Rivers you'd better 60 ba Ss pro-
,tie for your dinner. IL you don't wan light here
,rietor to follow you out and dun 70"
sSet, Didn't ny tc6siHs sy for 6a ven
II picked it up as we left the table, s''O
, Here 1t is ~. "a NOV the other gem
,eans cbe"k said the cashier as brVG ZINE and
back stepped up to the desk se'o'"
han1ea o nL m vent outside again. mere Il
later Rivers was nowhere in sight anu Chicago
! another unsettled account between '"'
! Tribune. ..
nh, .o,,,o,n,o, n, he founding of Gnadenhu..e.
/ Ohio as a Moravan Church settie'en ,.os will be
bv the Rev John Heckeweder. III i' dow on
celebrated Thursday September 20 .n s.r moved
which one hundred years ago. the 'ou, "a,srs had
| into the first house. which he and DIS nsp p,vor.
built on the east bank OF the MusA'"sN