New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

"The Chicago Times-Herald' says that fuflhs w
coming winter there will he an army OF 'o"o '"''
ENGAGED in the remaining pine forests OF Mime
sota Wisconsin and Michigan cutting logs lo' "'
,,rte, The present supply Of pine lumner l. III
eso,ert m r,set the demand. and II VIII not ne
MANY wears bssors consumers VIII oe "'"e'" -
20 out OF the country to get any conslne'aoie ~
trles NJ white pine. In 1892 the three "h'Ue P"'
c,o.esNnneeofa Michigan and Wlsconsin-"ere
cutting at the rate Of 7GowrD feet alnua'.s,
uboh ,hov had six years later reduced to 5''V""0"t
feet To-day the country IS back on the Dds'8 ~
ccnsurnpt;on In 1892 and the basis OF producUo" ~
1905 and IT will take some time to make up uie
difference Of 800 10000 feet. The forests OF Ni'
gar and Wisconsin are now so nearly eNhauS''u
49,, .bo,. can never make It up and the entire
burden will rest on the Duluth and Minneapohs
districts in Minnesota. For the next ten years
these two districts probably produce as mu'h
nine as they are now cutting. AT mat time the
end Of the white pine timber in the united states
will be in sight
Men who are particular about their SHOES VII IL, De
ln,1rested in a novelty which Is being SHOWN oy
Chcstnu-st dealer in the form Of a perIumea , iast
or course every man who taxes priue IN S yben
fhov are not being worn. but this new arranscnrht
fumisates them well. The forward ana lover
narts OF the lasts are followed out, the openings
extending the sole 30 as 10 allow me oot'V -
Holes in the upper portion Of the last permit ~ the
fumigatiOn of the uDpers OF the sloes a. Nc4' 10
/ the sole II uliduflpANd iNN~N'''
PETER Pleerse Boer, Of wynberg. Cape Colony,
married the widow OF the eighth Earl Of stamford
IN 1892 She was n Miss Solomon, whose mother
was an African native. She married the eighth
Earl Of Stamford (before his accession TO the tue)
as his third wife. As her husband succeeded 10 the
carbon Of Stamford without the estates. she has
always lived In South Africa, although she retains
the title by courtesy
Unsophlsticated voter-Do you believe IN munich
pa Ex T~.s Poticlan-Of course do Doesn't
this municipality belong TO me and Mike o Fla
herty?-(Boston Transcript
Robert has positively declined to learn to spell.
Womanly intuition admonisheS KohertS mamma
that Robert will doubtless say s9melnhg very
bright If pressed. and she accordingly argues with
"AH great men learned to spell when they were
little boys, she say - ,a A,o . .
rainier s for r'' 8 Week replies Robert
or course Roberts mamma loses no time IN tele-
has happened and bidding them send their best re-
porters right up.-tDetrot journal
The little band Of religious enthusiasts who went
recently from Missouri to Palestine expecting there
TO witness the second coming Of Christ, are IN a
bad way. The pilgrimage the result Of tract
written by Mrs. Ida Dickinson. called THE city OF
the Great King" II convinced some farmers in
Bclham Township. Mo. and others in Michigan
that II they went to Jerusalem they could see
Christ come again in all His glory and that the
IdlluINl NNuil nc tdubHN Ap ~ iiliis iu' pr
grms were headed by Mrs. Dickinson and her hus-
band They sold all their possessions and started
for Palestine little less than year ago. \ letter
has just been received from them The pilgrims
are crowded into one small house. They penni-
less and i'll. but they still hopeful that the Lord
Will come and they are waiting
Fudiy-But what makes you think that Scales IS
not much OF a musician cha, 10 ..o,,.. .,...,
rendering selections upon the violin? a really good
payer is satisfied with playing pieces Boston
Transcript.
THE wife Of poor Government clerk" says
Mainly About People" had long been yearning
for the possession OF a green parrot At last a fine
specimen was obtained for the OF Is It
to be delivered during the morning the purchaser
requested And It came 10 pass that servant
lass from the depths 81 the country opened the
door 70 the parrot delivering youth. She knew
barnyard fowl when she IT, but parrots had
not yet appeared on her horizon Her mistress
was out and there was not a soul to instruct her
In the code Of ethics applied to parrots. rs II
FOR tho table, the general asked Without
doubt was the wicked reply Whereupon the
parrot was at once dispatched. plucked. trussed
and put into the oven He was Just turning
beautiful brown when the mistress OF the establish
ment returned and the evening the little
servant from the country was back among the
ducks and brakes OF her own village green. wiser
and sadder girl
The Automobile is a dandy
cab that's very high roller;
But truly | hope that I'm Venice
They won't have Autogondoa.
And WHEN I'm in Paris egad. sir
You know that I'm nauen OF a Quaker
trust that the Bots de Bologly
VIII not an Autonacre
But when I'm at home with the baby,
The Autokd-carrage IL strapping
II takes all them youngsters a-rding.
While dady INDUCES IN mapping
-(iarpers Bazaar