New-York tribune., 1899-07-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Professor A. NJ. Leonard. Chicagos apostle - "
the Mission Of the Messenger OF Truth mas oS
covered that the advent Of the kissing Dug pr
sages the end of the world In thunoerou' ., 49,
suphuric discourse before large audiehce III III III
cago the other night he pronounced the my
picpes TO be the veritable locust whicn the booh
Of Revelation says shall come from the bottomiess
pit attack men with the sting OF the SCORPION,
from the effects of whose bite the Victim S""''
llnger five months and which fastens itse'i upon
those whose foreheads do not bear the seai u, ."'
Lord Professor Leonard read extensively from
the Book of Revelation, applying each verse 10
several recent calamities. such as the cyclone Al
ST. Louis the sinking OF La Bourgogne ana tne
tornado in Wisconsin. When he had nhlsheu mo
lecture two In the audience announced 'hs' ''e'
believed what he said to be true out bro'ne'
Wheeler courageous layman. sgnihed that ne
did not accept the professors theory. lhis was
tho only expression OF dissent from the new ex-
pIanation OF the mission OF the kissing Dug
.He showed me his bank book last night
We're engaged" o,-..
"rbeff,s all right. rye got the bank book
cleveland Plain Dealer.
"vanity Fair" believes II the birth OF tnird
daughter TO the Car and Czarina may De regarueu
as something like calamity to Russia. the eNo"'
is of still more serious import TO thd' ei"'"s
nbvs,oIoeist Professor Schenk. 1t will be remem-
bered that he startled the world last year by an
nouncing the discovery OF a certain method lor
determining beforehand the sex of any little
stranger"
large number OF clients in quest OF heirs male
sought the doctors advice. and among THESE were
Nicholas I and his charming consort.
protossor schenk's services were called In too
late 10 alter the sex Of the Grand Duchess Tatana
On this occasion his injunctions were strictly car
rIed out from the first, and vanity FAIR says
the result is hardly calculated to inspire commence
In his treatment
The Change She Needed-Mr. Clubman Zap lapp,ear ,n
Ing At The ark oope taSe Depressed and
tented dear l believe you require ctanse 1obn
bnt can't get It without going through the the, as
tasteful notoriety of divorce proceedngs'-'f'i''-
mond Dispatch.
mot many people know that the aVeIdse eV"' ,t'
of the finger nails is one thirty-second OF an i'o
q week or a little more than one and nan incmeS
q vear" observed a physician recently lhe
growth however, depends to great extent upo"
,ho rato NJ nutrition and during sickness and ap-
stInence from good nourishing food 1t is re'arue"
Nails grow faster In summer than IN "I"'ei. an
the growth differs for different hngers, Dei"e
usually most rapid in the middle hnger ana $40"
est in the thumb. The average time taken ior each
enger nail 10 grow to It's full length Is about four
and a half months, and at this rate man OF sew
entv wears OF age would have renewed his naiis loo
times Taking the length of each nail at nan al
inch he would have grown seven feet nine ihches
of nail on each finger and on all his fingers ana
thumbs an aggregate length OF seventy-seven rect
six inches
A little girl who trying to tell friend now low
absent minded her grandpa was SAID he walks
around thinking about nothing. and when ne re.
members It ne then forgets tnat what ne rhoVshs e
Of was something entirely different from %nat ne
wanted TO remember -(Boston Christian Register
Monroe Hedges. 1O6 years old. whipped his eighty
voar old son Hiram at Indianapolis the other day.
and nlaced him in the hands OF surgeons Inc
o. her lives in little house In Anderson. IND lie
claims the distinction Of being the man WHO uioNe
tho first spike on the first railway ever constructor
IN Indiana His ninety-nine year OLD vile uieu re-
Gently His strength and mental activity are some
thing marvellous Hiram was one Of the babies OF
the family.
DO yer behave there's luck in horsesnoe' Den
"Not bit Norah hung wan over the 5 chiiders Ite,s
cradle an II fell an bruk his nose -(Boston CoH-
mercia Bulletin.
A freight train pulled into a station on the Bos-
ton and Maine recently and ventriloquist on
the nlatform thought he would have some sport
so he threw his voice under the car saying: Let
me out: let me out"' The station agent was called
and he hastened to unfasten the door OF car.
After working for time, he got the door open ana
ont walked four trampS, all OF Wnon1 uisClalHiou
having asked to be let out. The ventrioquist had
builded better than he knew. and had stepped upon
the ride of the four hoboes. who were left behind
Not Fitted for the Work.-"That man VIII never
make a ball player" said the manager OF the cluo
''Ie can't catch anything
How do you know? . >o,,- ~.
.He was once a detective."-(Chicago POST
The proverbal slowness OF Philadelphia does not
apnlv to the undertakers of that city AS one or
the PHILADELPHIA papers has pointed out under
takers like policemen, wanted badly when they
are wanted at all. The other day an undertaken
OF that city received a summons, to which he
speedily responded only to find that an innocent
child who had been advised to have funeral for
a dead hen had taken the first step In the ar
rangement by calling undertaken. The Riley
family live at Thirty-frst and Reed The
youngest hopeful had hen and brood OF chick
ems When the mother died he was inconsoable
until boarder advised the funeral The little fel-
low ran to the undertaker's. who hurriedly har-
messed his horse and drove to the Riley residence
His coming aroused the neighborhood. who imag-
ired all sorts OF fatalities but when the joke came
out even the perspring undertaken laughed.
There's Always Hope.-Clara-I wish hadn.
heen invited 10 the reception. because now shall
have 10 give her a wedding present.
Maud-Never mind. You may get married your
self some day.-(Detroit Free Press.