New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-19
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The managers OF the Kansas State Fair are COM
ing in for a good deal OF criticism because of
their recent offer Of 81 600 TO General Funston and
those comrades OF his who swan Luzon rivers In
the face Of the enemy's fire and stormed his works
II they will show how they did II at Wichita next
October II they will consent, earthworks are to be
thrown up and his men are 10 swim the stream
and capture them amid the frantic applause OF
many one-dollar- a head spectators. The fair man.
agement thinks this would be good business.
Muggins-what have you there-Brownng? You
don't mean 20 say y9u enjoy reading has Stun
Muggins-But do you really understand what ne
sweetlcw-of course I don't That's the beauty
of his wrltings.-(Boston Transcript.
A Kansas boy, writing from Manila. gives the
following list OF native fruits In the Philippines.
which he has tasted: "Plneapples cocoanuts. man
goes dates. lamsons sapotes. macupas. chcos. lom-
boys. guaras. guanabanos, oranges. capels and
bananas Besides these there about forty spe-
cles OF which will not take time to tell" Speaking
Of the different kinds of timber the writer
says: I'VE have the mahogany. the mancono. the
molove the ipil the yacal. the banaba the banti-
culin the mana the camegon. the ebony. the tin
dalo, the maatapay and the white tanet." or the
animals he enumerates the following Hogs are
abundant, or they call them. pigs. The javali,
or wild boar is found In all parts and deer as well
There monkeys of various species. wildcats and
cIvets Fierce crocodiles found the banks
OF the rivers and the shores OF the lakes. and the
iguana OF smaller size. also the pancan or tor
toise valuable for it's shell. Among the reptiles
are the python. the dahunpalay. a venomous snake:
the chacon a species OF lizard. found in all dwell
ing houses and the green galacgalac. OF the same
family Fish are abundant and. together with
rice the principal food OF the natives
New Way to Put 1t: Il hear that Mr.; .whin1etree
has secured divorce from his VIE, said Mr.
BIRMINGHAM HE has been mustered out OF the
matrimonial army" replied Mr.. Manchester
(Pittsburg Chronicle.
"The London Morning Post" publishes the fol-
lowing lines a contribution to the discussion
the beginning OF the century:
zone hundred pounds I'll give 10 thee
Said A to one day.
80 fetch bag. and bring It me.
And will count the pay"
When A had counted nincty-nne
That's ALL" said he to r.
1.-THE hundredth coin is surely mine
To start afresh. you see.
may nay" said b. Il short shall fall
In coin we'll years
II for Century that's all
As Andrew Lang declares.
Evidence OF AbIllty.-"And so you think Horrocks
is a man OF more than ordinary intelligence? What
has led you to form such an opinion Of him.
"As was on my way home yesterday saw
and crowd had gathered around. Horrocks
the only person present who had no scheme to sug
News.
Last year" says The Chicago Times Herald"
"the United States occupied only forty-four pages
OF the space In the worlds great annual The
statesman's Year Book and these followed Tur-
key In the alphabetical arrangement OF its contents
This year 2S2 pages and four maps are devoted 10
what amounts to n comprehensive register and re-
view Of government politics. commerce. In
dustry, social condition. resources and progress
And as II TO emphasize the new departure the new
data precede all the rest are PACED In Roman num-
erals and have a special index OF their own
Their high character Is vouched for by the fact
that they have been edited by Carroll ID. Wright.
president OF the American Statistical Association.
Such Is the revolution wrought In the Old World
attention TO American affairs by the remarkable
year OF stress and expansion through which we
have just passed"
What Tells the Story."Do you believe men show
character In the way they carry their umbreaBf'
mo; but they show lack OF character IN the way
| they carry other peoples umbrellas" -(Chicago
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