New-York tribune., 1899-03-27

panion.
In her "West African Studies" Miss Kingsley
tells this story about the famous driver ants
II was in a little village and out OF nut came
the owner and his family and all the househod
parasites peu nell. leaving the drivers in posses
sion but the mother and father OF the family,
when they recovered from this unwonted burst OF
activity showed such a lively concern ana such
unmlstakable signs Of anguish at having LETT
something behind them in the hut, that l thought
I, r,,,e+ bo tba babv In him far corner for
hoorv shreked the distracted parents and into that
hut 7 charged Too true. There In the corner lay
the poor little thing, a mere Inert blacK mass
with hundreds OF cruel drivers already s"armins
upon IT, To seize 1t and give it TO the dlstrac'eu
mother was az the reporter would say, the WORK
of an instant She gave cry OF JOY and dropped
ft instantly into water barrel, where her nus
band held 1t down with hoe. chuckhnS con-
tentedly Shiver not. friend. at the calloushesS
OF the Ethiopian; that there thing wasn't an infant
it was a ham,.
Hello. there, is that Picking ChinaT
This is Italy. We demand slice Of China
San Moon Bay will do to begin WIZ ,cpittsburg
go ana get reputatloH ii"s O'''
Chronicle
Sir John Lubbock says that Rugby boy who
was once asked. What is theodote?" replied,
"A hater Of God"
Some OF the New-York papers are again agl-
tated over the proper naming Of men who have have
S,uuiVu he d" never been reconciled to 'Yalensian"
small wonder) and solemnly declares that the
a%c wGrd added is % sfrannE saftererect It recon-
mends "Yaler"-not TO be called yaer y rogs soy
from the Cambridge college. Some people take take
these things so sefioqSy n 6u' OVER tg hear yale
man" speak Of another as anything else I ncNr4I
aeigU TJaryard man use any other phrase but 'far-
ward man They would laugh at anytnihS i tesS
Surely they have a right to name themselves.
-(Philadelphia Press.
One Of the results Of the beef scandal is an article
in "EI Tempo" a daily newspaper printed at
Caracas Venezuela. which calls attention to the
poisonous food that is given TO the American
Army. THE Yankee provisions it says, ARE
rooleta with noisonous adulteratons and are dig
cling a grave for every consumer. The butter lard
Goldfish cheese. ham and everything imported from
the United States is a menace to health
The shadow upon her husbands brow was be-
come habltual now, and It deepened day by day
Am | as dear to you as used to be- she sud
denly asked him once; for her misgvlnss left no
The man shivcred; but he would fain be candid
EveTyhng is dearer in the suburbs S than N apy E,s
and looking steadfastly down into her great gray
eycs.-(Puck.
The Earl Of Wemyss writes to "The London
Times" about "the decorative destruction OF st.
Paurs Cathedral. No other term" he says.
bv the hand OF the vandal decorators Of our own
day-the vandals in question being the Dean and
Sir w b. Richmond, r. A., plus small commit
tee OF taste" We pause for the vandas reply
But there is worse behind. one of Lord Wemysss
friends is a member OF the Committee OF Taste
and when his lordshp demonstrated with nm on
the vandalisms for which he Is responsible ne
renlied An IL YOU only knew what have saved
you from
getting
great enjoyment from collecting cancelled postage
s'SIpS Srlp Nnwr"x Nv Harold started in on that sort
Of thing but I made him stop IT, ! don anow
anything second-handed in the house-undiahap-
oils Journal
THE Homiletic Review" says: AT the close
OF the forenoon session of a ministerial conference
I'm announcing the opening subject for the after
noon session. the presiding officer stated that
Elder H would present paper on The Devil
and added: Please be prompt in attendance. Tor
Brother H has a carefully prepared paper. and
Is full of his subject Imagine his chagria when
an uproar OF laughter reminded him or the I'M
happy wltticism he had blundered into.
A. L. Dix. Troups popular Tax Receiver says
that the chickens belonging to an old negress who
lives a few miles above town froze 20 death dur
her loss. decided she would pick them and save
the feathers for her pillows. SO out to the hen,
nerv she went brought in the old rooster nrst ana
pulled the feathers from him by the handfuls until
all were of When she, finished him she laid hm
TO pick. when. 10 and behold, on her return the
unfeathcred bird standing up before the IRE
Hopping his naked wings and Growing as II II was
Christmas with him. Colonel DIX gives the name
If the darky and tells where she lives ana says
II was a common Troup County chcken-(SaVan-
nah News
The editor OF Dawson paper thus describes
the mammoth that recently discovered near
Doninion Creek: The huge monster could not be
lifted from its ancient grave, for 1t weighed from
twenty-five TO thirty tons. II measured a feet 6
inches Its right tusk broken but its left
tusk was perfect. 80 that the right must have
snaDped off in the fall which caused Its death
The remaining tusk measured Il feet inches in
length and As inches in circumference The flesh
was covered with wooly hair. about 10 inches long.
and Of a grayish-b black color. The headquarters
Of the mammoth were weighed In fashion. the
inproyised scales showing $50 pounds The neck
was short. limbs long and stout, feet short and
broad. with five toes
A Latin newspaper Is now regularly appearing In
/ Rome The news OF the day and editorial com
ments upon the politics of baEbarians may be read
I'm the tongue OF Cicero. The. paper is yet only
10 give the "Nox Urbis" for such IL it's title the
humble name OF "A magazine. But II the experiment
should prove successful from financial stand
point the ''N0X Trbis' may become a weekly The
/ contrast between the vulgar modern matter and
the sedate ancient manner Is often entertaining,
and at times extremely plquant. The "Dreyfus
] Syndicate In the number before us IL classically
glorihed into "factio pro Dreyfus constitute. ="
NJ. Clemenceau Is described by this modern
/ CicerOnian critic as "fcroX Nchemensque homo -
/ The modern Gauls said to be enthusiastically
ctus! Old classical tales are occasionally called
INTO service as Illustrations to modern Instances.
edltor-(London Daily News.