New-York tribune., 1899-05-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An English ethnologlst says that the name Nc
Kinlev Is OF Hebrew origin. Mac" is Scottish for
the Hebrew word Ben" son" Knley orig-
nay "Konley." is a compound OF the heore"
Cohen" priest and Levi the Levite Aiger'
whose names first syllable is recognized by any one
that ever looked into his dictionary for the IN
terpretation Of a term Of Arabic origin, prooaoiy
ho,ores 70 the Ger-Shornites, one Of the chief
branches OF the Levites. part Of whom were dis
persed with the lost tribe Of Israel
"I don't want to go to school any more on rainy
''Why?" asked his mother. - ~ a..
because l was the only boy there to-day
broke II the the %Stss5 1Seion, Of
every sson."-(Iarper's Bazar.
The Japanese town OF Jeukchan was recently dis
covered to be in unsanitary condition. conse-
ouent upon which frequent epidemlcs occurred.
The Japanese officials selected spot In the neigh
borhood that could be we'll drained. Streets and
public places were laid out upon It. Buildings were
erected and the entire inhabitants OF the city OF
Jeukchan, numbering forty thousand were re-
moved TO the new site. As the buildings were slight
wooden structures. the scheme was practicable.
Child Comment-Teacher-And then Alexander
sat down and wept because there were no more
"gr1uS mmyIts i0 ' good ting fer I'm he didn't up
agin Dewey.-Qndanapolis Journal
A business house of Aberdeen. Scotland. recently
engaged as office boy raw country youth. II was
part OF his duties attend to the telephone IN MS
masters absence. When first called upon 10 an
swer the bell IN reply to the usual query Are you
there?" he nodded assent Again the question came
and still again, and each time the boy gave an
answering nod When the question came for the
fourth time, however the boy, losing Ms temper
roared through the telephone:
Man. a. ye bin'? I've been noddln me held an
for L last hauf oor'
Mrs Yungkupple-You used 10 think II great
privilege once lust to hold my hand
Mr.. Yungkupple-And don't think just as mucn
Mrs. Yungkupple-rt you dd, you wouldn't b. be
away every night holding other nahuS a' '"' p'"e'
table.-(Boston Transcript
"The Kansas City Journal says: John Peverly
a commercial traveller whose home is in Wichita
enjoys tho peculiar distinction OF being secont
cousin to both Abraham Lincoln and JenersoI
Davis. Mr. Peverys grandfather was frst cousiT
to Lincon's father. and his grandmother was mrs
cousin to Davs's father. Thus while these srea
chieftains were In no wise related. Mr. Poverty
has blood kinship with both. he Is as tail an'
angular Lincoln"
The Teller wouldn't Tell.-Mrs. Brown-ouT Ian Ian
guage is full of misnomers. For instance me me-
a man once who was a perfect bear ana 'he'
ths Mrn man nHiey they cali "teer @ % in bank He won
tell YOU ANYTHING. j asked one tne otHei uoy
much money my husband had on deposit ana ana m ny
Just laughed at me-(Catholic Standard and Times
A story is told OF old Arizona prospector VINO
after thirty years OF bad luck hardship ana priVa
ton. finally struck 1t rich" few weeks ago II
the vlnnity Of Flagstaff. and sold half-interest II
his prospect hole for $4,000 cash. When IN
money was paid over TO him at the bank the casn
Ter. who had known him for a long time, remarke
casually: well, BILL what are you goin' to DO L
make yourself comfortable and enjoy hte' nov
you've got plenty of money!
BiI thought minute in silence. and then, as
pIeased expression frightened UP his rugged face
he answered.
IT reckon I won't eat nothn' but canned stuf
| hereafter"
That was his idea of luxury He had lived 8
long on salt pork and heavy biscuits OF his owl
manufacture that canned corned beef and tomatoe
and salmon represented to him the highest luxurte
that lie could AFFORD.
Mike" said PloddIng Pete. "dcre's only on
time when / envies de rich
| I'm ashamed OF yer Weakness. -,
II don't blame you. But when read apou
desc swels comm ell de way from Europe a
saloon passengers, I can't help feelin pang O
| jealousy. -(Washington star.
The Bloomingdae Reformed Church. OF this city
OF which the Rev. DIR. Madison c. Peters Is pastor
has begun the publication Of neat parish paper
called THE Live Church." which gives in concs
form an account OF the many activities OF tn
| church