New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Saws a Transvaal correspondent OF THE Chicago
News: When de Heer Tosen takes Mrs Tosen'
young Master Tosen and Missile Tosen INTO 'ne
store at nachtmaar time. their predatory haoi's
come into full swing But long experience mas
given the storekeeper his so when missile
| quietly annexes a silk handkerchief and young
hopefur conceals a sjambok under his coat the
merchant makes no comment, but merely adds the
articles onto his bill at about four times the orui
nary price What's this handkerchief you nave
put down at Is. Sd? have had no handkerchief!
exclaims the Boer. oh. missile has the handker-
chief And this sjambok at a sovereign? ON.
Master Tosen has that The bill is paid without
demur The storekeeper knows only too well that
to hint at such thing as shoplifting would cause
him TO be boycotted by all the Beers around Inc
Boer and the Outlander storekeeper are. on the
whole pretty we'll matched. for. II the Boer an
nexes from the storekeeper the latter often plays
II pretty low down the Boer"
they forge Written excuses from their fathers and
stay away from school to-day. 49,. ,o,,
WITH faxen curs my father spells too well" .,,.-
Saying he he STss to good @a ana
This shows how seemingly trihing clicnmstanSe ss
sometimes affect lives most profounoy.-(De-
trot Journal
THE Amsterdam On. " Sentinel" which has
been a Bryan paper since 1896, has repudiated him.
Just now the papers are full Of dispatches" or
war correspondents. Which is the right way 10
P sh p Ss is very positive on the point
uniform English spelling he says IRON the ii 1he
c 2t ne was with dis but in
Dictionary the word was somehow or other entered enter
wrote dis, which is also the spelling OF all the
authors cited BY Hm hS ns has sas snce dis 6
patch is to he preferred as at once historical ana
In accordance with English analogy "-oLondon
Standard.
When somebody asked clergyman why he re-
sigred a pastorate In which he was prosperous and
boIovad he repl,ed sententiously, "A bilious dea
conf" One man who. miserable himself mistook
misery for piety and was bound that everybody
else should be miserable also, had so soured the
atmosphere and made religion so forbdding TO the
Young that the pastors work was thwarted at
every turn. and his nerves at length gave
way under the strain. The Waterman" remarks
that when all other liver cures fall perhaps dose
OF sound church discipline might do good There Is
no reason why all the other members should SUI
fer because one member is I'll tempered or mistakes
sanctimoniousness for sanctity.
A new use has been discovered for seaweed vast
quantities OF which drift up ana down h ne SosSt
has been regarded as having no value But II mas
tories along the coast where oil Is made from
menhaden will now manufacture fertilizer by mix
oil making. New England has already tried it; II
/ is estimated that the value OF seaweed used In
ss5 600 Its use is necessarily confined TO within
short distance Of the coast Some farms IN New
England are fortified entirely by the use OF sea-
weed II is quite likely that menhaden hshing
NAL T S be usf@ viii be- dseharged at
nsh factories located In the vicinity Of Cape
Tenopen.-Phiadelphi Record
According to George f. smthers. the United
States Consul at Chung King. China In the de-
partment called Yung-pei. Chih-i Ting, gold Is
found in abundance by washing in the valley near
the city The Inhabitants Of the neighborhood keep
large hocks of geese to work the gold fields for
them When the geese found TO be very heavy
they are killed and their maws emptied OF the gold
contained therein. A flock Of geese is sometimes
worth a good deal OF money but geese dressed
ready for eating very cheap. indeed-from Is &c
20 cents each
Excessive Economy. Because the King was poor
and needed TO retrench ne consolidated the posts OF
poet laureate and commander OF the troops thus
Tut the very next day war broke out. and the
Kings arms everywhere met defeat ..,o..,
why" demanded the yellow newspaper, don't
you pitch your battles In places which are strate-
For the reason" replied the soldier and poet.
that nothing rhymes with the names OF the places
which are strategetically strong!
Now at last the King perceived the unwsdom OF
| trying TO be too economcal-(DetroitJ Journal.
within Ave years from the present time"
marks The Kansas City Star" the Philippine
Islands will have the best government OF any land
in the Orient-a government that will give the
strongest protection to life and property that will
develop TO its utmost the capabilities OF the ma
tives not only for self government but also for
the acquisition OF wealth. and that will accomplish
more In twenty years than has been done In the
last four hundred years TO make the Islands
prosperous archipelago filled with happy and
prosperous people. Yet there some foolish per-
sons In this country who have wrought themselves
! ar.thi hatta No., shn
sion OF the principles OF the American Government
this rich Pacific archipelago Is a menace 10 the
stability OF free government this continent"
Several members OF the Scottish Reserve. before
leaving for the Cape. were entertained at fare
we'll supper the other evening by their fellow
workers In Dundee Now. boys" said the chair
man. after appropriate speech, treat what Is
the table you would the Beers" As the
feast ended OF the reservists was observed by
| the chairman slowing away a bottle OF whskey In
| his pocket.
! What's that ye're daein'. TamT' shouted the
chairman good humoredly.
oh" replied Tam. TO the great amusement OF
all. I'm only obeyin orders. Ye telit us to treat
| the supper as We would the Beers. and, ye ken
| what we dinna kill We TAX prisoners"