New-York tribune., 1899-05-06
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

, ,rr,hune.' hnds that Of 162 presidents
and professors In seventeen western % on-
universities III are in favor OF eNpans'o"' IL
nosed and rs non-committal. Five OUT Vi INC - -.
professors Of the Northwestern univetsnS' -
,ros,dart Henry Wade Rogers, presided at an anu
presiue,, .aa.,rg the other day, in favor or
expansion. ,
us 7. Learning Now.-Agent--The BsrioWs i5s eS,s
haven't asked for cents worth OF OF repairs '''''
spring What do you tSd tninH Oh Rariow got house
through trade few weeks ago n ana tbst rs he has
filing the wants OF tenant OF ms oUchicago News
t,orou,ng q lecture recently delivered at scher
,. I1ou columbia University, Professor
- vaaaroori the discoverer Of "Wadamorls Sys-
ION, ~ Nnemonics" accepted an invitation 10 ap
oar before the Philosophical Cluo OF laIe I'm
versitv where he delivered lecture Oh iue'u''
evening in Osborn Hall 10 a large ana app
audience Professor WadamorL on ooth '"oSe
occasions was received with great courtesy anu
his reception. following. gave evidence OF the IN
terest and surprise MS duuieSSe anu 49,
ouent tests aroused.
The kid reporter heaved sigh and III au0noa'"
He had treated 1t to make 1t old-it certainly was
Than he glanced upon the paper and began his old
For the copy readers pench hau o ~ ~
again.
o ye who toll IN otner heius 0eSo"" '
Estate, 49,. l., 49, hours that ara
You miss the Joy 1t ohers |" ''e ''0''' '''"'
Rut Won cannot know what grief It Is. you cannot
know what pain. 49, ,,. aader
To see your biggest" story by the copy reaoer
slain.
You get a good assignment and are told to pun
And y YOU ia do IT to a column and half or there
Then he news room gets a fake" about some
dago prince who's SICK, ,.. ,.o,,r s,or,, 70
stick"
It is probable that reader has wife and child
No doubt must have a heart somewhere in his
But the the mills mills that grind exceeding fine. and take
Aren't in 1t for minute with the copy reader )
' philadelphia Press.
"The Boston Transcript" which has been strong
f. against expansion has been apparently con-
verted by Secretary Longs recent speech. for II
saws: The critics OF the President. a very small
number in our population. admit that the SOW
eregnty Of the Philippines is with us now, but
maintain that our Government had such right
in its position when the fighting began before the
ratification of the treaty. The answer is not so
difficult as the Presidents critics think. The treaty
ceded the Philippines to the United States. and II
was the duty of the President Of the United States
TO maintain Its authority in those Islands until the
Senate
let them drift. permit them to revert to Spain.
Little James found 1t difficult to commit to men,
ory the golden text OF next Sundays lesson,
and so he sent upstairs to the solitude Of his
own room where he could apply his mind to his
cation for about ten minutes he came down BEAM
ing, Mamma l know the golden text now" he
II very glad" replied mamma. Let me hear
''The Lord loveth cheerful sinner"-CHarper's S
Bazar.
The American soldiers in the Philippines have
some difficulty In reading letters from home. THE
boys were all anxious read their letters" writes
one OF them. but the question how to obtain
a light. Our squad thought they had solved the
difficulty with some gum oil in dish and a rag:
but no sooner had we a good light burning than the
bullets began singing around at a great rate.
The light put out l had plenty OF matches,
however. and I adopted another scheme. ! covered
my head with poncho and scratched matches TIL
the letter was read. although l almost sufoca ted
in doing So"
Mrs. Driver-You're hungry, Ell? What are you
anyway? A professional tramp. suppose.
Only an ammytoor. lady. l never ask for money
Something to eat and drink is al have ever en-
tered FOR yet.-(Boston Transcript.
Il write for posterity." said the poet quoted by
THE Indiana polls Journal"
"By the way" said the who is always let
ting his mind wander. did you know that the doc
tors say the human race will be nothing but a
bunch Of idiots in a few hundred years?'
Such Happy Remark-Wife OF Patent-I'm SO
| sorry doctor 70 bring you all the way to Hamp-
/ stead TO my husband.
! Doctor from Mayfair)-Pray, don't mention IT, my
| dear mada n. have another patient IN this neigh
/ borhood so I'm killing two birds with one stone
| Punch.
! "It is a Sanford man." says THE Kennebec Jour-
| nal" who has this statement sewn 10 his under
| shirt Ny appendix has been cut out and he ex-
plains his case in this way You see these are
! the palmy knitting days OF the surgeon. II a man
falls In At. fants. happens to lose conscious
ness for any reason. they cart him of TO the hos
/ p,al and operate for appendicitis without waiting
for him to come to and say what as him. I've
been sliced open once and don't banker for en-
! cores
In Doubt-"what is that bit OF furniture to whct
you cling so closely?" asked the tourist.
II don't know exactly" answered the Samoan
! "Ill have walt till this trouble is over TO be
sure whether II is a sceptre a piece OF kndiina
! wood"-(Washington Star.