New-York tribune., 1899-02-15
THE TALK or THE DAY.

| Reports from Nebraska indicate that the fruit
crop OF that State is almost wholly destroyed by
the intense cold It IS also said that half OF the
Georgia peach crop and probably the same propor-
ton IN the southern belts Of all the peachproduc-
ing States have destroyed by the extremely cold
weather Of the last few days In the warmer sec
tion many Of the trees had begun to boom under
the influence OF the intense sun Of two weeks ago,
and wherever the frost has struck those blossoms
black buds tell the tale OF dead trees.
THE OPTIMIsT
Mighty cold In February.
An a fellers nose is blue mighty blue,
An draw a little higher
To the roarn' warmin fire.
While tn coal bills mounth higher'
Though tn mercury ain I, TOO
Mighty cold in February
An a teller feels tn chils, bitter chills;
But rs sweet { SIT an ponder
on tn DAYS a-cOmr' yonder
When again wen gayly wander
Pckin flowers among tn NILS.
NIFTY An h foa Thd ID comes With swish sudden swish
But We know tn passn hours
Bring us nearer to tn flowers
Buds an blossoms soon be ours
An tn time fur catchn hSh
An' tn winds do naught but blow. chilly blow
Soon Will bring forth bud and blossom
An tn baImy winds will toss 'em
In III Maytimes golden glow ,,.or,d- tIo-ola
familiar with life in the Philippines says that
"Filpino" means person OF pure Spanish extrac-
tion horn in the Philippine Islands. The people or
mixed blood are Mestizos, while the Spaniards call
the aborignes Indians" The same writer says
that the Indians Of Luzon hate those Of Panay
while both are cordially hated by the Manometahs
OF Mindanao
Literary Note Your Majesty said the ,.II Prime ne
Minister this is the page who has been remiss IN
~ ANA exclaimed the King well have to bring
"''f He e. he' laughed the page "a noble jest I'll be
Thereupon the Kings sofened for he M mar,
yelled that man 80 young osS Touu "'Ne ~ ""
Joke.-(Cathollc Standard ana Times
FIFTY walnut trees IN Cass County. Mich. were
recently sold for $1,000 cash. These trees nave now
been felled. and will be shipped to English buyers.
The largest tree was feet in diameter at It's
base. and will YIELD lumber worth from 800 to
1900
Teacher-You should always be frank and not try
TO hide any fault you may have commltteI. Now,
were playing on the ice when you OUGHT - n.y. n.y.
been hurrying home. what would you say TO your
johnny guess you don't know pa; He wouldn't
give me time To say anything u'ltH MS arm sol
tired.-(Boston Transcript
A French court has just made decision that es-
ta5lshes the point in France that when a bicychst
IS attacked by a dog and In attempting to drive 1t
off meets with injury, the of the dog is
liable The plaintiff in the case lost his balance
in chastslng the dog that pursued him, fell on.
hurt his left wrist. and smashed a valuable
cigarette case that he was carrying in his pocket
He claimed damages Of 800. and $40 was awarded
10 him.
one OF the pleasant ways Of kindergarten teach
hs dqsn Is draw 70 se11 ScGrs ustratns it, The other
day" said kindergarten teacher. Il read my little
folks the famous poem Of Little Boy Blue which
'Littie Boy Blue. come blow your horn. ..
The sleeps in the meadow. the cows I'm the corn
WSere's The little boy that tends the sheep?
"one Ittle girl finished her picture IN twnkdInS
and brought IT. to me ce bHyycork Si bi where IS
les i,oy under % the haycock said Minnie"GIar
per's Bazaar.
A High Church stranger who was visiting rural |
church in England recently inquired: Have you
mathis in this church,?
oh no sir" said the rustic verger 'oilcloth !
right up TO the chanceL"
A short time since two young women entered a |
tramcar I'm Manchester England, and found only |
sta anding room. one Of them whispered to her COM
panon Il am going to get seat from one OF these !
men. You Just take notice ., Ill,
MN nv S, dear Wr Green how delighted am to meet
you! You almost stranger, VIII | accept |
your seat? Well. % feel tired. heartily admit!
The sedate man perfect stranger OF course.
quietly gave her his seat saying:
sit down. Jane my girl; don't often see you out
on washing day, You must feel tired! Hows
r." The Young woman got her seat but lost her
An ingenious Englishman has figured out the cost
NJ an hour Of government since the beginning OF
the century In France the figures show alarm
ing tendency to increase. Under Napoleon hour
Of government cost OOO francs; under Louis
Phiippe $50 o0l. under the Second Republic l03 900;
under Napoleon ILL., 2G 600 from 1870 1880 S01O OOO
on account OF the raising OF the average by the
cost OF the war with Germany. hut from 1880
1890 tho cost was 1900 francs an hour \ French
paper remarks that this seems to prove he undc-
STABILITY OF paying a government by the hour or
by the day: payment 10y the piece. according TO the
work done Is the only way it thinks.
clothes and the Woman Should one refer to a
bicycle as him. 'ner or lt?'
" Her of course"
but why 10 YOU make it feminine"
Because soon discovers that the hXlngs cost
more than the framework '-tChicago Post.
The phrase in par,ibus inhdeum" s no longer
applied by the Catholic Church to bishops Of ex-
tinct sees because I'm most cases the people or
such sees. though not Roman Catholics. profess
some other form of Christianity and the Pope
wants To avoid hurting their feelings. Such prel-
ates will hereafter be called "episcop ttulares"
'utuar bishops"
Canon Lyttolton told an amusing story at Glas-
gov the other day concerning Professor Jebb The
me mbers Of the recent Educational Commission. |
upon which both Professor Jebb and Canon Lyttel-
ION served, were discussing each phase or the re-
port that they were going send to Parliament. to
determine whether II expressed sufficiently the
The phrase, the teachers OF England highly
trained and Intelligent set OF men. was read out;
some or ne members OF the Commission demurred
10 the adJectves, but the writer OF the sentence
'Poke up for them. Professor Jebb whispered to
ne canon that they would apply equally well 20
which the phrase was speedily