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New-York tribune., 1898-01-23
TIE TALK or TIE DAY.

THE Churchman" (EpiscopaD sharply critcises
the election OF Bishop Dudley of Kentucky.
general secretary OF the Episcopal Board OF Mis-
sons "Why" It asks. should a bishop be taken
from the sphere Of work for which he has been set
apart by the Church. and diocese be deprived Of
It's ches pastor. even temporarily that he may de-
vote himself to such affairs only Incl
dentally within the scope Of episcopal responsi-
bility?"
night. What's the majter?'
Just now I'm staying at home good deal"
Yes; my wife is visiting her parents "-(Gauois
Miss Ida Sharp Of Camden County. ~ j. says
that when in a trance the other day she
transported TO heavea. While she there the
Saviour put wreath on her head. On the other
hand, Mrs. Jessie Schofeld. pf Evansville, Ind.
has Satan while in state OF trance. She
tells he- friends that that disreputable person is
covered with scales like fish, and tnat. contrary
to the general belief, he habituay swims In the
Bezuchet Is far from believing in the infallibity
Of science as 10 prognosticating the future course
Several famous Doctors" he said predicted
that my father-n-a law would be carried off by
stroke o. apoplexy.'
wei. he was killed in railroad accident
Fisaro.
A feature of the National Stock Growers Con-
ventlon In Denver, Col, on January 81 will be q
barbecue the menu Of wnici will consist of eight
beeves four buffalo. six elk. ten antelope. four
bears forty sheep. ten pigs. two hundred opossum.
ten barrels OF pickles half ton OF cheese. forty
barrels OF sweet potatoes three thousand loaves Of
bread and four hundred kegs of beer.
Fergusor-But how do you know there is any
money in the thing for you?
Nidderman-Oh. there's no doubt about it's being
n good thing. The men who In IL making
hand over nst.
Ferguson-And how do you know that?
cided TO let any body come in who wants TO? Isn't
thar the way with all successful enterprises?
supposed you knew as much as that,-(Boston
Transcript
A well-known writer recently visited his old home
in Georgia.
Don't you know that man on the postofice
stens?" a citizen asked an old inhab.tant, indi-
eating the author.
..'rhe feller with the beaver hat on7"
yes"
Il can't say as does" said the man. after he
had looked we'll at the author.
well, that's So-and-so-who used TO live around
here he's a great man now
"Onpossble" exclaimed the old inhabtant. how
could he @, er mount ter anything? Why he use
ter tote water ter my mules!
Argentine-"Paw." asked the little boy. what is
a silver Wedding?
Alter thoughtfuy stroklng his magnificent
beard the Chicago Populist answered: "A silver
wedding is when a woman has been married SIX
teen wears to one man"-(Cincnnau Enquirer
4 man living IN National City. Cal. has inserted
The following unique advertisement in the local
papers:
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23
prp,RLIcly CLrB'S SuOKER.

Some four hundred and nfiy people were -, -
emf I'm the course of last evening az the smoN''
given By tho Murray IIn Republican CLUB az -
quarters. Broadway and Forty -second-st Inc V'D'-
rooms we're decorated with the American Coos,
banners and other campaign relies. and addi''o"''
rooms adjoining tho clubs apartments "e''
brought into use for the accommodation OF '"'
guests The entertainment OF the evening wa"
furnished by Jacob 5chuster either solo'st a.
..o,,,,r,oa hv an orchestra OF five pieces. Master
j. Sullivan boy soprano and violin soioist h.s
Renwich harytono. Ralph smith. TENOR 'ac rd
Moustakl. general entertainer; ROBERT o"e'"'' 49,"
John q. Winters. accompanlst = - Murray
Martin Maucr Is now pres ;ent OF ti'e.&~e,,r ti'e ~ ry
TGr Entertainment Committee IS r. J. 80 Fno'; ~ a
chairman: John G.. Winters. John .. fotn, ,t,.,tSn -,
efoNcu and samuel Johnson. The retui1t 81 c,'' an.
Of officers Will take place At meeting 0" jan
....rA
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

j. Waldere Kirk. recently known In this city as
The king of the Dudes" is in the West preparing
TO take ffty "clubmen" to the Klondke. But the
excursion will not be complete unless few men
about town" included
Sure Sign-"Somethin' is the matter with my
liver III bet" said Mr.. Jason.
YOU got a good enough appetite. fur as can
see" said Mrs Jason
"Oh vas | eat all right an sleep all right but |
was down to the grocery to-day lstcnin to the
fcllers talk an them jokes been laughin' at fer
years didn't seem funny at all.'-tlnd.anapo IS
Journal
A citizen Of Kharkor, Russia recently purchased
A statue Of Apollo Belvcderc. which OF his chill
drcn soon afterward overturned and broke. out
OF its hollow interior rolled little bundle. which,
on being opened, was found to contain Russian
banknotes TO the value OF three thousand rubes
together with a dec.aI alton by one Chevaer
Ironun Prokheron. TO the effect that the money
contained In the handkerchief was the proceeds OF
his gambling transactions. and was designed 10
build church. The slip bore date In the year
1910 II Is supposed therefore that the owner died
suddenly and thus was unable TO carry out hts
pious design
Uncle Sam has ever been careful 70 keep secret
the movements OF vessels In commission so far
as possible and with this end In view he has just
shlpprd cargo OF 400 tons OF bltuminOus al from
IN, port 10 Dry Tortugas OF the most southery
Stands OF the United States. situated 100 miles from
the coast of Florida. There the ships tn southern
waters can take on their coal avoiding the run
10 Key West whore their movements soon he
, r. Gown to the world. In war times the Island
was well known TO privsteers ard bockade-run-
nr,s out since then Il has only been used n
uuarantinc station. Ten small islands all OF coral
formation comprise the Tortugas. The schooner
shipments are soon to be made. -tPhiadeiphia
Record.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

DAVIS issue Of "The Sum-" entitled us There
PRESBYTERIAN Church, brings us face to face
suddenly with the tremendous fact that there
really is no PRESBYTERIAN Church at all. For
the interrogative form Of the title quoted above
Is we need hardly say, simply rhetorical de-
vice to heighten the effect Of the proof fur-
nIshed In the article that the Presbyterian
Church has ceased to exist. That the pubic
will he startled at this intelligence needs hardly
be said Ii Is true That the few regular readers
of THE Sun have been prepared for 1t since
the trial of Professor Briggs, which. in the
orinion Of the Tammany-Patt organ. revealed
the doctrnaI unsoundncss of the Presbyterian
Church But 10 the public in general the an
nCuncement will come like a clap OF thunder
in n clear sky. For during the last few years
Presbytprianism has seemed to be very much III
evidence In it's home and foreign missionary
work as well rs in its regular church life 1t
has exhibited every mark of abundant vitality
Even the controversies over que stOnS OF faitn
and opinion that have sprung up in it have AT
least shown that its members are free from
the apathy and Indifference that presagc death
All these signs of apparent life, however are
POW shown TO be illusory, at the best no more
than the convulsve twitchings of the dying
The great denomination of Calvin and Knox is
dead What else. indeed. could be expected
when for years IT persstently refused 10 one!
not only God. but "The NewYork SUM-
Yet, though we are compelled TO record the
alleged death Of Presbyteransm. we must al
nit that the proof furnished by our orthodox
contemporary Is trifc unsatisfactory. lhat
is il would be if the OK cathedra statement OF
the fact by THE Sun did not really make any
proof unnecessary. In brief. II consists OF the
single fact that the Rev. Or. Shields, professor
in Princeton University. was cnthuslasu'ail!
welcomed at the Princeton alumni dinner 'h'
other evening Ordinary people vii! be p'l|zied
to understand how this proves the non-eNist-
cree of the Presbyterian Church, especially III
view Of the fact that Princeton University Is
n non ecclesiastical institution, and the Alumni
present at the dinner represented all denonllha
,ions. But the one paper in the couatry that
assumes to be nfallible in its religious pro-
nupciamentJs declares that II does prov" the
death of Presbytcrianism. and so there Is noth-
inc more to he said Multitudcs OF simple
n nded folk will suppose that they are taking
D: TT in Presbyterian worship to-day, but they
will be laborng under deluson. fostered, un-
doubtedly by some wicked Mugwump. 1t Is
TOO bad: but il Is well to face facts.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

made known. For our part, we frankly con-
fess TO admiration of the spirit In when Eng
land faces a momentous situation. BE OF soou
cheer and hrri defiance Mt your foes IS the
sentiment which the English people or all par
ties and classes are now illustrating
But suppose that some responsible American
statesman at n corresponding stage OF an III
ternatlonal controversy should make an equally
free use Of plain. incisive speech. expressing
without crcumlocution or diplomatic ''"ee'
precisely what he meant. What would happen
then? II is easy 10 predict what would happen
from what has repeatedly happened Already
The English press. other spokeSmen OF Eh2ish
opinion and. privately If not publicly, English
ministers woald say that the responsible Aiherl-
can statesman presumably n boor himself was
playing to n gallery Of Doors; that we had not
the slightest sense Of proprety in the conduct
of foreign relations, ana must be treated win
contemptuous tolerance until it became ncccs
sary to teach us the Importance OF civillty.
Furthermore there might he some truth in the
arraignmcnt and il might even be possible TO
derive n benefit from the admonitioD. II mas
occasionally seemed to us. and we think 10
most Americans. that little more suavity
would not have been either undgnitied or un-
profitable But now and then are reminded
by foreign example that we are capable OF
discerning our own dclinquencies and do not
need 10 take lessons in the amenities from other
nations. England knows her own business un-
commonly well. and generally transacts 1t in
n highly efficient manner. She appears to be
doing so at the present time, but her conduct
does not altogether justify the supercilious re-
proof which she is in the habit Of administer
ing TO the United States.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23
SI-ppFP FOR DANIEL FROH MAN,

\ supper was given for panlel fro"''"'' =,
NIGHT on tho stage Of tho Lyccum Iheatre'
,,,s ,,,bu,c from the members of the lyceu"
c,mnary but II did not celebrate any particular "
caslon. except the las performance OF 'Ihe r.n's
and the Butterfly" The affair was in'ehoe" 40
surprlse 70 Mr. Frohman. though whether OF no'
actually proved so Is not known The dishes were ."
prepared by the women Of the company nc
- ,,, -, -, ~. hroth were Mrs. Charles Wal
rnt, Mrs Thomas Whiffen Miss MAY Mahhe,iins ms
Miss Julie OPP. Miss Katherine florshCv M'S' Ms
Root Miss carter - Morris Miss kohr and "a M's, .,
Iamison There were thirty-four persons Riesen R -
10 s,nno- he only ones besides Mr.. frohman az"
the members OF the company being Mr LawrenVe. Me-
,ne n,,s,ness manager OF the theatre. ana M'ss
Emma Frohman
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

heathen rite Bishop Nicholson may be thought
by some to put the case rather too strongly
when he speaks of sacr!lege and curse upon
the ship. though there are many who VIII agree
heartily with him in respect to the former term.
But there can be doubt that the expression
is gross solecsm which should be discouraged
by every lover Of pure English speech.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23
DvyrP roR GorERyoR GRIGGs.

The members OF the stan OF Governor GrsSs "
New-Iorsey will give a dime: a, the Waldorf
Astoria on the evening OF February y IL "0"D'
OF his appointment as Attorney-,ienora4 4.e 1'''.
ner Will be given in the Astos Ga4.eA anu -
expected thai Vice Presiden. Hooari ann "a -.
cesell will be among those present. X = $50 49,,
the Governors stan and friends Will pGes'" ~ ''
a testimonial al the dinner
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23
TIE ORIGIN Al
HANnN MN

Still lives and loves 10 labor
Makes Door and Window Screens. Files Saws.
Sharpens Cutlery and Fits Keys.
Repairs and Polishes Furniture. Makes Store
Fixtures and Does General Jobbing
He is at rome in tn sick room to ouer con-
ISOLATION TO those who mourn. and patiently
nurses by day night the sick In body. God
bless the Handy man and keep him safe
He may be found at his old knoll on street
S. near Avenue ..
\ B-Makcs n speciality ot Church and
Sch0ohouse work
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

OF about a dozen persons sold out all their
property and set forth with the proceeds to the
Holy Land, for the purpose OF rebuilding Jeru-
salem in preparation for the second coming Of
Christ. The fund all told consisted Of about
$1,000 and 1t must have required faith
grain OF mustard seed to believe that such
sum would be sufficient to make the towers Of
imperial Salem again rise crowned with light
and restore the spendors Of Solomons Temple.
The experiment has. Of course, turned out
failure and the coonists are to return to Kan
sas leaving Jerusalem to its natural processes
Of growth and decay, as they ought TO have
done from the beginning. In starting life over
again in the homes they abandoned they are
not likely 10 find the experience acquired in
their pious exile worth anything like the money
Il cost them.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

While the centennial anniversary OF the insur-
rection Of 179S Is being celebrated in Ireland 1t
is Of special interest 10 remember that the
author of the famous rebel ballad" beginning
who fears to speak OF '9S?" is still living and
serving as Senior Lecturer Of Trinity College,
Dublin Dr. Ingram takes little note of politics
now. however. and is different as can be
imagined from the fiery undergraduates VINO
contributed the reasonable verses TO Gavan
Duny's Nation" more than hall century ago.
"Sic transit furor juventutis.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

The chief alde-de-camp Of Don Carlos ls
quoted as saying that all his master wants 10
enable him to get the crown Of Spain Is the help
OF God and His Vicar-GeneraL" Being interro-
gated as to the individuality OF the latter with
out whose aid even Divine help Is vain, ne
frankly explains that the Nicar-Generai Is no
other than-money. A potent vicar, truly!
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23
NOTES OF TIE NTlGE.

one of the features Of the vaudeville benefit for
the Actors Fund TO be given AZ Nster - Bals
On February % will be the reunion ~ dozen
favorite variety stars. They vii. come together
for this occasion only. and will appe7- IN their old
time turns" Hallen and Hart. V ard and Nokes.
Donnelly and Grard and others VIII probably take
part.
The Est Of volunteers for the benefit TO l. f.
Shaw at the Fourteenth Street Theatre Sunday
night February g. already includes many prom-
nen, vaudeville performers. Several interesting
novelties are promised for the bill Mr. Shaws
sickness is serious and his friends are making ~
earnest effort 10 procure sufficient funds 10 send
him 10 Colorado.
When "Cumberland 6l" opens at the Grand opera
House on January g. Mr. Pitou Will transform
the Hobbies into a military encampment lhe'e
Vill be soldiers and officers In uniform rlpidhf"s
cannon. stacks of muskcts and cannon oaIis, nass
OF the United and Confederate States-in iact a.'
the parap phernalia Of Will be used ~ me oeVC
ratiOns.
Among the attractions AZ Huoers four'eeH'"
Street Museum this week is Hilton the TICK oiey'
! clist II IS said that he will ride his wheel down
ladder The engagement of Nine Yucca the strong
woman. has been continued. Her feats have inter-
astrd the crowds a; the museum Giovans per
circus are also to be seen. ana Ml'e. i-lsi''..,r
gives an exhibition in the use OF tne nrOae- "a
and In fencing The double compdH! aPPe3''' %
usual In the theatre.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

Bishop Nicholson. of Milwaukee. is right in
his protest against calling the naming Of ships
christening" To christen means 10 make a
Christian OF one. or at least 20 receive one into
the Christian Church through baptism. From
the fact that at such time name called the
christening name, or. more commonly but less
correctly. Christian name. is bestC wed formally
upo1 the child the term christening has com.
to he applied unfortunately to any naming
ceremony. But not even the old and even ecc.esi-
astical authority that may be quoted for such
usage can make II appropriate to call the
smashing II a bottle OF alleged champagne upon
the bows OF a ship christening The ship IS
not thus made a Christian. nor Is It received
into the Christian Church. Moreover. such
usage applies q Christian name to a purely
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

New-Jersey Is selected as the scene of the ex-
pertinent OF free postal deliveries in rural as
tricts Why not New-York? Simply because
New-Jersey has good roads and New-York has
bad ones You may ride across New-Jersey,
from Jersey City to Camden, and travel almost
every mile Of the way roads smooth and
hard and dry at all seasons OF the year. the
drives In Central Park. And II you cross West
chester County. from Tarrytown to Croton
Falls you will go nine-tenths of the way
roads that would be a disgrace to Red Dog
Gulch
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

What Government aid should be given to the
enterprise is an open question but that there
should be a teiegraphc cable between this
country and Hawaii is beyond dispute
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

II anybody has been In doubt as to the causes
of business depression In this country during
the last few years Mr.. Frank Il. Ormsby a
Chicago astrologer. can clear up his duoitatioh
in short order. The reason simply Is that Tor
many years back 'the planet Jupiter mas not
entered a mental sign free OF conJunctohs,
"affiictions as they called" On January IL
II entered one OF those signs 'unafiicted,' and
prosperity will follow at orce. 1t Will probably
be news to a majority of persons that Jupiter
is the planet which governs affairs of busi-
ness nature and that everything depends on
its conjunctions. appositons and orbtal en-
tanglements. From the date named 1t Will have
free sailing. and everything will boom "a fore
cast which might be more encouraging II the
order to which Mr.. Ormsby belongs were propn-
cts OF more honor in their own country.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

It IS proposed to make the Sandy Hook chan
mel forty feet deep and two thousand feet wide.
1t ought TO be at least as large as that 1t was
once within the memory Of living men. 1t can
be made so again. But how big job Will 1t be
to keep 1t so? And will New-York City put
itself under bonds not to I'll it up again with
street-sweepings, as 1t did before, lin the good
"old Tammany days. when we were under the
Ring?
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

OF all men in the world, drug clerks and rail-
road engineers should not be so overworked as
10 mperil ther clearness Of mind
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

VIII nothing but buzzard dollars be received
at the box-offlce of the great free-silver ora
matte combination?
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

Mrs Joseph Drexel has cards out for dance in
honor of her daughter. Miss Josephine Drexel az
Delmonico's on Tuesday night. February Alex.
ander NJ. Hadden will lead the cotllon with Mss
DreXel
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

Mrs. J. Beers Mafett and Mrs. J. Hedges Crowell
of No 10H Fifth-ave.. will give a reception on
Sa turday afternoon next from % o'clock They
will be assisted in receiving By Mrs. AlonZo T.
Cornell Mrs. Charles Inslee Pardee and Mrs. Albert
Loeling.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Berw.nd gave dinner party
a few nights ago. Their guests included Mrs
Logan. Mr.. and Mrs J. Bruce Ismay. Miss Ber.
wind Of Philadelphia Mr.. and Mrs A. Lan.ear
Norrie. Miss Doyereux Clapp ana Alexander "
Hadden.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

Mrs Charles Phelps and Miss Phelps. OF 40. q
East Thirty second-st., Will be at home on Tue
days in January and February.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

The first meeting this season OF the Midwlnter
Club will take place at Sherry on February s.
The other meetings Will be held on February IS
March Is and April l.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

Mr and Mrs. W. Starr Miller have sent out inv!.
tat!ons for a supper and dance on Thursday night
next at their home. No 80 Fifth-ave.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-23
INCIDENTS ~ SOCIETY.

Miss Josephine Drexol gave a small card party
last night at the home OF her mother. Mrs joseph
DrcYeI. No. l03 Madison-ave Among Mss Drexels
guests were Mis- Cornea Livingston Clarkson
Miss Maxvwell Miss julia Pierson. Miss MAIZE
Delaheld. Miss Daisy Grinnell. Mss Ethel Hitch.
cock. Miss Alexandra Miss Janet Henderson Mss
Schwab. stephen Pell. James PiersCn. p Tocumgeh
Sherman, Harold Van Rensselaer, and Dr. Bishop
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-20
The Comets and War.

COLUMBIA, Mo, April DIR. Mil
ton updegraff, professor Of astrono-
my in the Missouri State University,
stated to-day hat PERKINS, comet was
always the accompaniment Of war.
Tho superstitious attach great i'm
portancc to its appearance in the sky.
pr. Ipdegratf stated that the comet
of 1898 preceded the Italian war Of
1859; the comet Of 1870 came with
the Franco l'russian war: the comet
of 1872 accompanied the war between
England and the United States. while
the Civil War was accompanied by
two comets which appeared in 1861.
During Nero's time monster comets
were blazing in the skies. \. ealami-
ty, however, has not always followed
the coming Of u comet, and the sulcr.
stition has frequently been contra
dicted. The present comet is visible
in the western sky at I o'clock =. N. |;
is the one upon which the su,,crsti.
tiouS pin their faith.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-20

W. L. Harmon, living on the
Days Mill turnpike near T%ilton, has
in use Il very curious but. convenient
hog pen. The pen is nothing more
than a huge sycamore tree, which is
hollow, and furnishes sleeping quarters
for at least twenty largc-sized porkers.
The tree has been used for the present
purpose for YER ten years, and during
that time over 1000 hogs have been
raised in it.-FHmimgsbura (hy.)
GH:rftc.
- y Delaware cobbler gave his wife
a certain sum each week for her per-
sonal use. He never inquired what
she did with it, but after 80 years Of
welded life the wife died, and in the
drawer Of an antique table the hus-
band found u bag containing gold, also
Il roll of green backs, amounting in all
to $4,000.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-20
Hints &c: 8 Christian Home.

l. We may be quite sure that on,
will is likely to be crossed during the
day, SO let us prepare for it.
2. Every person in the house has
al evil nature as we'll as ourselves,
and therefore We arc not to expect too
much.
B. Look upon each member of tho
family as one for whom Christ died.
!. When inclined to give an angry
answer, let us lift up the heart in
prayer.
8 If from sickness, pain or infirmi.
ty, we feel irritable, let us kccpa very
strict watch ovcr ourselves.
6. Observe when others are suffer.
ing and drop a word of Kindness.
Z. Watch for little opportunities OF
pleasing, and put little annoyances out
of the way.
8. Take a cheerful view Of every
thing, and encourage hope.
8. Speak kindly to dependents and
servants, and praise them when you
can.