New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-29

The Youths Companion" tells story Of John
Bates. Yankee who was noted for his aoiiy 70
hold his tongue The gift approached genius but
John was keenly alive to what ne considered its
Observation-Disclosures Of course he said nothing
about it,
He made mattresses for a living. and one day
native Of the village came into his shop and said;
John. what's the best kind Of Mattress
.Husks." said John. and said no more
Twenty years later. so the tradition runs the
same man came again to the shop and asked what
in Bares's opinion was the best kind Of a mat
straw" said John.
straw? You told me husks was the best"
John gave a despairing sigh. I've always ruined
myself by talkn. said ne.
They have the goIi craze awful bad in Chicago"
They do The men golf caps with dress
suits and the women wear golf capes with low
esdfe hs a5 ~ Td dersym 6
by mistake got his Collins Made Easy mixed up
cleveland Plain Dealer.
DR.. Calvin 5 Ellis. who died in 1888 left $4,000 to
nav the tuition and room rent Of any Of his de-
scendants who might elect to 90 to Harvard The
legality of this oequest has just been established
after Il sixteen years contest Meanwhile several
Of DR. Ellis's descendants have been graduated
from Harvard and there none left to profit
by the will
Sue Brette-The tragedian made hit last night.
Yes In the banquet scene, when he starts to
carve the property duck two fellows stood up IN
on. and the traged.an shouted: Rubber" '-(Yonk-
crs Statesman.
Mrs William swartwood Of Mountain Top Penn.
recently gave birth to her twenty-hfth child
Rnl-Dd you hear the latest from the Filipnos'
SAguinaido has named his dog Atkinson"
-CYonkers Statesman.
Moses Thatcher the Salt Lake millionaire pur-
chased nine years ago forty-thousand-acre ranch
In the southwestern part Of the State OF Chhua hua
Mexico. and he intends 10 20 into stock raising
upon it on a very extensive scale. The land
originally bought for the timber and this has been
cut of
You say SAID the brides father as he rushed
passed off without hitch"
well" asked the editor OF THE Belleville Ban
ner' what's the matter with that statement"
Il want you understand" declared the newly
made father-in-aw that II your account We're
true would not have permitted my daughter TO
don't you forget itr'-(Chcago Tmes-Herald
The Christian Scientists Of Chicago threaten to
withdraw their children from the public schools
unless the study OF physiology and hygiene is made
optional
He put his arm, around her waist and Kr.
II you don't stop in-we-in half an hour
-(CathoAc STANDARD AMI Times
THE CLOsE-TIME CITRATE
ca speaker at the Rrminsnam Conference alarmed
News) '
Time was when Love and I were well acquainted.
Time was when half the parish schemed and
To win smile from lips that they called sainted
10 Of
No garden party was complete without me.
was the first Of eligible men.
And charming girls in dozens hung about me
AL me- was an open curate then
Time was when thrice a day the postman brought
me
Socks sachets silken slippers for my feet
And dainty notes from ladies' who besought me
To lend my sermon-"tt was quite too sweet
And offers came from widows who were pining
To which some soft refusal / would pen
Expressing thanks. but gracefully declining
An me- was an open" curate then
But now. alas get no Invitations.
The charming girls about me hang no more
No longer do they work me choice Obatons
ne isithless postman passes by my door
Have ne'er party where 10 make my bow.
az at nome unheeded and unsought for
An. me! am "close-time' curatc now.
punch.
writer In gorest and Stream" says that the
criminal tendency is manifested TO a greater or less
extent by all the lower animals. and he has com
piled "A list OF eighteen crimes which are commonly
committed by birds. beasts or reptiles The ndict-
mont includes murder parricide fratricide. suicide
theft. kidnapping. highway robbery poygamy and
drunkenness.
Literary Note-The denizens OF the forest
p, We must make the porcupine president" said
Brer Wolf His style is run OF good points"
ommend reptile friend OF nine lie can put up a
rafting tan '-1Catholie Standard and Times