New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

David Beswick formerly OF Philadelphia, has Just
returned from Tien-Ts!n. where he went time
ago to set up woollea mill at the invitation Of
Chinese mandarin. II greatly regret the troubles
that have arisen" he says FOR I bright
there for American capital and skilled labor
especially mechanical and civil engineers. Tien-
Tsin with mills, would become a great manu-
featuring centre, because from there shipped
vast quantities OF wool much OF IL to this city. for
making carpets. At present it is Of the main
shipping ports OF China. some OF its products be-
sides wool being hides, peanuts bristles. and furs
of all kinds. 1 found the natives to be very in
telIgent people and splendid mitators. The climate
Is cold and healthy. we'll suited TO Americans.
Living is very cheap. Duck. Wild boars. deer.
pheasants-in fact all game-is the cheapest kind
OF food. while mutton. beef and canned goods
bring high prices. There are no factories north
of Shanghai except the one ran. I do not yet
know whether 70 go back. The causes Of the up
rising complicated that one can define
the real origin of the trouble
It is claimed that so much gutta percha is used
in the manufacture of golf balls that there isn't
full for the new Pacific cable.
Just think Of it! In order that, an army OF, wild
eyed enthusiasts may foozle and stymie and put
1t on the green Improvement OF world wide i'm
main unlinked and countless thousands are made
TO wait for weary weeks for news that otherwise wise
utes! Could anything better illustrate the i'm
Portance and the tightnssss of the hold the game
II is enough to make a golfeT swell with i'm,
new ball. to reflect that he is putting another clog
But all feyers run their course. When the golf
craze wanes we can save UP the gutta percha and
make the cable-(Cleveland Plain Dealer.
You should go to church Sunday" says
correspondent of ''T'he Chicago Record" If you
want to see the Nebraska and Dakota families at
their best. They come in carriages drawn by fine
horses with we'll kept harness Their faces are
tanned. and their hands show evidences OF useful
employment. The folk look little uncOm-
Portable in their store clothes. boiled shirts and
starched collars. and stand around the entrance
to the sanctuary In stiff. funereal sort OF way,
hut the grls-God bless them!-are Just as much
at home and quite able to take care OF them
selves in place another. Somehow OF an
other the prettest always sing In the choir
That phenomenon remains unexplained In the
Sunday school old and young. large and small
gather for Bible study hour after the morning
service and everybody to know as much
about theology as politics.
"I am inclined to sympathzs with the Beers"
$50 am l." answered the other When think
how they have been crowded INTO the background
just when they we're getting such tremendous
for them. ."-(Washington Star.
Nine Duperron is one of the characters to be
seen the Paris Exposition. She has a news
paper booth and sells the English and American
papers chiefly her knowledge OF our language
making her a popular figure with the English
speaking visitors. She performed the same Office
during the Paris Exposition OF 1880, when Lord
Henry Seymour. Lord Lytton, the Marquis OF Duff
ferin and others OF the 'old English Colony were
among her patrons
Mr.. Flyhigh-Of course you're we'll acquainted
with the country round about here. Do you know
Glen Accron?
Native-Aye, weel.
Mr.. F1yhigh (who has Just bought the estate,-
What sort OF place is Il. in your opinion?
'Weel. II ye saw the de'n tethered on q ye'd Just
say. Puir brute '"-(Giasgow Times.
An expert says that If the supply OF asphalt at
Trinidad should become exhausted a stll greater
bed which underlies vast area of ground near
Fort Duchesne. Utah, may be drawn upon. The
ground Is part of an Indian reservation
strategy.-"That fellow Bumbleton Is a deep
one"
What has he been doingT
why. he got the new boarder into brisk
troversy with the landlady over the reasons for
woman's mental inferiority, and under cover OF it
he sneaked second piece OF huckleberry pie."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.