New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-25
THE TALK or TIE DAY.

About ten million feet Of Maine brentwood will
be sent 70 England and Scotland this year for
spcols The wood Is cut in small logs in winter.
sawed at mills near the forest In spring and piled
up for seasoning until warm weather. about the
middle Of June Then the bars are bundled and
sent to Bangor by rail- where they are loaded gem
era;lv into steamships TO- the European market.
This has been one Of the most important in
dustres in Northern and Eastern Maine. and Its
expected revival ia welcomed by all classes. from
woods laborers 10 shipping merchants In the
fr1Iitbox trade also A revival is expected this year
There are now bound to Maine ports. with car
goes Of salt from Sicily. five Italian banks. and
probably ell these will get early cargoes OF iruit
boxes In Bangor for Italian ports.
Roarder-Reany. madam. I cannot wipe myself
"'Iandiady~ Very we'll ri tell the chambermaid to
bring you less water Baltimore jewish Nom-
mont.
An Egyptian papyrus which for many years had
been lying among the manuscripts in the Royal
Library at Brussels. unappreciated and covered
with dust has lately been decphered by young
Psychologist. II IS a fragment OF the Book Oh the
Dead Of the twentieth dynasty, loo s. - de-
posted in the sarcophagus Of priestess OF Am
mon named Aon Sang. 1.-THE Living" picture or
the vestal offering sacrifice to the god of the
neither worn Eliminates the manuscript.
ocd no of last o' Ash WedHesday aRoHgh the
Senate has frequently adjourned on that day out
its members. While Mr. Edmunds was one Of its
rumber he always moved for adjournment on re-
usious anniversaries. and Ir Bayard usually FOL
lowed the same custom. Mr.. voorhees, once az
tempted TO- is an old story Dur tninK YOU
from Indiana was not churohman. and his llttie
blunder caused him fcr long atterwaTd no sfna.
Attorney General Garland and Senator Vest Let
cs Game Ana no NH THIS lust because one Ash Wednes
day he arose NJ the opening or the session ana
move that the Sencte do now adjourn ont OF re-
spect TO this the anniversary OF tho crucinxon 81
our Lord" But the stenogr9phers set him right
on the record. --(Philadelpha Press.
The following items, copied from the municipal
records Of Canterbury by THE Windsor Maya
zine show that the burning of heretics in 1885 the
time of the genial King Henry Wild was an In
expensive amusement:
To bringing hereto from London.........1t s sd
For wood to burn him ..........'..''..'' IS v9
For gunpowder ..... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~
\ stake and staple ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3D.
Total ............................... lis Sd.
Doors on church pews" writes a correspondent
ARE an aborination from every point Of view. and
Il Is remarkable that they are In use in several
houses Of worship in this city AZ this late date.
They are unsightly they indicate A spirit which
Is hardly in keeping with Christian professions.
and they most serious menace to public safe
~ in case Of accident Strong evidence OF the
force OF the last-named objection Is found In the
Inconvenience and delay the doors cause when a
large congregation ia being dismissed"
so YOU come from Chicago?" said the Eastern
man. affably NOW. do you know, always think
OF Chicago as sphinx rising from the ashes 80
Chicago Tmes-Herald
new saloon just opened in Philadelphia calls
Itself the quo Nads.'
since his daughter got married. hasn't he?
Correll-Yes; you see ne nag no sooner go, , hls
have to put her husband on his feet Brooklyn
Life.
Harvard club has just been formed In Toxic.
Japan.
No Puzzle TO Him.-Two men one MIS-
sissppI man, the other resident Of 81 Paul were
pine annexation. The scene was cigar divan on
Fourth-st Said the Mnneapolltan'
1T occurs to me shall be likely 10 experience
great difficulty In mastering the pronunciation OF
some OF our foreign possessions around Manila
such Pacs O a
MPa Dilao, Caloqean. Mariquina Paranaaue. San
Felipe New san Pedro MacatL' etc
Not at all on my part" promptly answered the
oh well possibly YOU are banking on a cracks-
Jack education
Not in the least"
Globe
The Kansas City Journal says: Mrs. Maggie
Ferguson is the only Independence In the
Klondlke on the night OF November IS II 40
degrees below zero where Mrs Ferguson Is. She
throw ont some water and It froze before Il
reached the ground and popped like pistol" And
Tho Chicago Inter Ocean" remarks: Frank FL
ton who has Just returned from the Klondlke coun-
Try says he saw well dug one hundred feet deep
IN Dawson city through solid frost"
Aha Ma, exclaimed cheops. the pyramid build
er5 put the finishing touches the great structure
VIII now convince these insurance compa mics
that II Is possible to construct an absolutely fire.
PROOF Office building. "-lPhiladelphla Record.