New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
An old Portsmouth England sopseller's sign
read as follows:
Morgan mercer and sea draper, No Sc, opposite
the Fountain Inn, High Street Sailors rugged COM
plete from stem to stern. VIZ. chapeau. napeau
flying lib and flesh bag; inner pea, outer pea ana
cold defender, rudder and service Tor the
same up -haulers traders foreshoes. lacings.
gaskets, &c.
with bags
To hold your
And chests 10 sit upon:
Clasp-knives your meat
To cat and eat
When ship does lay along"
The phenomenal weather of the last couple OF
weeks has played some strange pranks with pege
early spring there T. an odor OF blossoms IN t1s
air, and old Dame Nature seems on the point OF
may be seen I'm sheltered spots, and even butter
cups have peeped shyly out at the warm sunshine
Welsh's place at Chestnut Hill. perfect mass or
growing directly along the roadside. Dandeons
are not so unusual during warm autumn, put
buttercups very rarely seen.-Philadelpha
Record.
Transvaal correspondent OF THE London
Standard" recently had talk with wealthy
farmer who is a member OF the Volksraad. What
is this nonsense" asked the BOer NJ. p, In which
you English believe, about the earth being roundT
An explanation was given, but the Afrikander
would not accept IT, no" said he. 81 can believe
none of this new tangled nonsense. Many time
returning TO my home on the vedt have thought
over these things I have watched for hours in the
moonlight 20 see whether the kopje near my home
stead really did move but it is always there-al-
ways in tho same place And as for the sun. did
not Joshua bid It stand still7' The erudte eglsa-
tor seemed TO think the question settled when he
added finally: az do not believe this nonsense. and
I am certain Dom Paul does not believe IT,
II you are fond of your ideals you had better
pause before you compare the Beers and the patri,
archs and read your Livingstone There YOU VIII
find that the Boer began by enslaving the Hotten-
tot. and that when the British treaty stopped that
he turned his attention to the other tribes Inn
mediatey upon the proclamation OF this treaty "a
slave hunt was undertaken against the Bechuanas
of Cechele by four hundred Beers, under Mr. Pet
Scholz. and the plan was adopted which had been
ton of the Hottentots. And this is how they
went about It: when they reach the tribe to be
TO form, as they say "a shield the Beers then
cooy fire over their heads till the devoted people
fee and leave cattle wives and children to the
captors This done in nine cases during my
residence In the interior, and on no occasion was
At a public meeting in London the other evening
Lord Coleridge and Canon Wherefore spoke on
Tuesday night of CROMWELL 0he first syllable
being pronounced that 1t would rhyme with the
Rosebery spoke of "Crum- well"-the ancient pro-
nunciation Of the name.
Battle Of the Future.-Genera watching the
enemy through feldglass)-Ha! They have ordered
an automobile charge! They are at the foot
o. the slope. II they are not checked before they
reach the top OF the ridge are lost. . . They
falter. They stop! What can have thrown them
Colonel Of Bicycle Brigade Cwho has Just ridden
upl-General they can never climb ~ We have
grass at the bottom of the slope, and the wheels of
the machines are whiZzlng in vain They have no
sand We are savedl-(Chicago Tribune
THE Memphis scimitar" tells of a negro preacher
who had just concluded the ceremony which united
old negro in matrmony for the fourth time.
The silence which usuelly follows occasion Of
this kind broken by the preacher in his effort
to relieve the embarrassment Of the attendants
1T Is usually the CUSTOM" he said, for tho
preacher to kiss the bride, but this time we will
omit"
The groom gave his young wife healthy smack
and turning to the preacher said
"Parson II am usually de fer de groom to
give de parson somethln' but dis time we'll omit
and he walked away from the astonished preacher
with his bride his
"He done look kinder queer like when I met him
on De road" Mr. Erastus pinklcy was explaining.
He wouldn' look me IN de face.
You means" said Miss Miami Brown. dat he
looked sheepish."
When you looks sheepish does you look like YOU
had been stealth Sheep
Oats de idea"
well. he didn't look shecplsh He looked chick
enish OATS what he looked. "-tW Washington Star
High Church Episcopalians in Philadelphia are
somewhat disturbed the fact that the Worry
Rev. DIT. Charles William Stubs. Dean OF Ely
England on Thanksgiving Day preached In the
Second Presbyterian Church in that city But as
he Is visiting guest and not amenable 20 the
discipline Of the American Episcopal Church, no
action will be taken.
To Jan Seen the Dutch painter brilliant
practical Joke Is ascribed. Having accepted a com
mission from n notable burgher of Leyden to paint
mural picture representing The Children of
requested considerable advance and then dis
appeared to have joyous time. his patron having
also gone on pleasure trip. Stems return took
place day before the patrons and tho wall OF the
staircase had not so much as been touched Steen
simply painted II n dark red all over. What ia
this2 asked the astonished and irate merchant
That" replied Steen ia the children OF Israel
was the next question They over" was the
answer where are the Egyptians" They are
under."-Uuca Observer
Freight train crews the Northern Pacific re-
Gently tied up a division In Montana for Ave hours
while they obtained needed sleep.
BUCK FEVER.
Ouoth he Admitting | will Jog;
This costume Is ht'
fellow huntsman and dog
Were all he ever hit
--CWashington Star