New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-06
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE Dutch Reformed Church of the Transvaal,
says 1.-The Rochester Post-Express. lis divided
into three denominations the Dopper Kerke. the
Erformde Kerke and the Gereformeerde kerke
The government of all three churches closely re-
sembles the Presbyterian in form. President Kruger
belongs to the Dopper Kerke. the adherents or
which include many of the oldest and most intiu-
entail families of the republic. The characteristic
OF this sect is its excessive conservatism Inc
services very plain in form. There Is no music
save the singing of the Psalms. and Sunday is ob-
served with very great strictness. The krformde
Kerke Is a direct contrast to the Dopper herke,
and holds by far the most latitudinarian doctrine
to be met with in the Transvaal. General Joubert
belongs the Gereformeerde Kerke. which has the
largest roll of membership. The Rev. w. j. Under
wood who lived for ten years among the Beers,
states that es per cent of nation belongs to
of these three sections. No Boer can be married
unless already enrolled in the Church This, no
doubt, accounts for the fact that the Boer offers
some perplexing contradictions TO the student of
morals"
Say. mister" said the man who was too strong
it is? don't ask you for money but l m starvin
you please to give a fellow lift to get something
sorry can't do it," the other replied. but CIV
ing fellow lift is not In my line I'm an d anG;
-(Chicago Times-Herald
"rhe Philadelphia Record" says: THE steam
ship Highleld. which recently sailed from this
port for Havana, took out part of brewing plant
which is TO be erected in the Cuban capital by an
enterprisng American firm. Cubans are said to
be very fond of beer preferring 1t even to cham
payne, whskey and other higher priced liquors,
because of its soporifc effect them In the
warm climate of their island a little beer makes
the drinker drowsy, and he drops off to sleep and
forgetfulness Of the time which too often hangs
heavy his hands. The beer now sold in Havana
is a German product, but Americans think that
they better entitled to the trade. The foam
ing liquor will be brewed in the same fashion
in this country, and the promoters of the scheme
say they know of no reason why they should not
be entirely successful"
An irish Preroga tiye.Cassidy (readngl-Th, divil!
Rooshia, France Garminy, Austria and Italy
going to pitch in and lick Englaind . .Ao,- -,
business and let the Oirish attnd to theirs!-(Puck
ut rains a great deal in the Puget Sound eoun-
try" saws man from that part of the Union
in THE Washington Star" land heard a funny
incident not long ago about it. Some chap had
come from the Mississippi Valley TO take up his
residence at Whatcom. Bellingham Bay where
there are very high tides. When the boat landed
him at the end of the long pier extending
the tide flats the water was low, and the new
man didn't notice anything but wide stretch of
sand between the boat and the town. 1t in
the evening, about dark and raining. and he
went to the hotel on the front str Get and stayed
there going to bed without having gone out for
walk The next morning when ne got up he looked
out and the tide in, the water coming up
close
waters for an instant, and, throwing up his hands
in astonishment. he exclaimed: Gee whiz! but 1t
must have rained hard last night
Then he hurried downstairs to the office to
find out II there any danger from the flood.
and the clerk smiled four five times and gave
him some much needed Information"
SIC THUR AID ASTRA
AS through the Strand at eve we went
The Strategst and l.
We taught the generals their trade,
We threw Won Moltke in the shade,
We knew the reason why.
Oh. blessings the good conceit
That never need be shy,
That could each difficulty meet,
And every peril spy.
For when we came TO Charing Cross
And would have passed thereby
A Brompton bus did see
Came at us-bang-
And where we?
The Strategist and IL
-(Punch.
The town Of McAlester, in the Indian Territory
has population Of more than seven thousand all
of them squatters, who hope that eventually the
Federal Government will ratify their title TO the
property OF which they have taken possession
They have no Mayor Town Marshal no Alder
men, no police. There never was a survey of the
ground made for town purposes Yet they have
haatIA AN.A Sid