New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-16

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smoker win ever be told he might have owned II
All this was aiming hIeh, indeed But when was
THE Manila Freedom" of December % says;
1.-THE new library of the Young Mems Christian
Association arrived the transport Thomas. and
will be open to the public the first OF the year IL
consists Of ass volumes. which include choice
literature.
This viii mark the beginning Of a new era in
the literary history of Manila. No want has been
more widely felt than that OF a circulating library
and this fact long ago grasped by the repre-
sentatves of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton in the Philippines. With the promptness char
acteristc Of its agents they set about creating a
library and the big consignment Of books from
New-York is the result Their next step was TO
find a suitable home for them. The connexions
and beautiful rooms in the Quartet Forth. created
from lot of bare stone walls and tin roof. are
the result Of these efforts Books will not be the
only attraction The leading magazines and papers
will be file and open to the public When the
boys tired of reading there will be games In
fitted up for this alone. These games-chess,
checkers. crokinoIe and others-also arrived the
Thomas. and will be ready for by the new
year.
THE building is rapidly approaching completion.
and will be ready for by Sunday. the 31st.
The programme for the day will be sermons at
n.
by the Rev. ]. s. Rodgers. New Years Day Will
be the grand opening. From to p. m there
will be reception by the officers of the association
assisted by the ladies. Music will be feature or
the occasion. and refreshments will be served. AT
$50 D. there will be a grand concert by the
combined bands of the 9Th Artillery and the 18th
Infantry. to which all cordially invited"
Mr. Beecher was on a lecturing tour. and Major
Pond his manager was sitting beside him in the the
and drew forth a small envelope. For moment
Smiled Presently he turned to his his Companion s anu
Major" said he II married a great railroad
leave of him he handed me an envelope which |
and this is what I found"
five thousand dollar bills-tYouth's Companion.
New-Yorker who was in Kimberley recently
was cured of inconsistencies by familiar sight.
nothing else than an old Broadway horsecar. still
bearing the legend. Battery to Central Park"
Phases OF Civilization-'T understand that Dom
Paul AUS smokes pipe and drinks beer great deal
come civilized enough to smoke cigarettes and
drink Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Illinois House OF Correction is about to try
an interesting experiment in the reformation Of
women criminals Superintendent Sloan has built
three large greenhouses. covering a space of four
thousand square feet, in which 1t is intended to
grow roses, carnations and chrysanthemums for
the chicago market The women prisoners VIII
work in the greenhouses under the direction of
expert horticuturist and It is expected that con-
tact with the growing plants will have a softenng
and regenerating effect the hardened natures
of the unhappy inmates of the institution.
II was over IN Network the other day" said
An official, and had experience which rather
incltnes to the belief that the elevator boys of
that town ought to establish spelling school fund
for general and individual benefit I in
building occupied by publishers, and the elevator
had disk over each gate with hand pointing
at any given time. The characters on
the disk were S-1-2-3-4-5-6 and I stumped
the s.
What Is the s for on the disk?' inquired Of
the boy, young man, when I got aboard.
"'S s.? he repeated, If he were hearing OF II for
the first time
Yes. s. I said. 4 understand the numbers OF
the floors all right but what's the s?
% oh, yes he exclaimed, he caught the idea
The S-um-er-emme see-of course. the s. Why
that stands for cellar Of course That's when you
go down below the first floor. know
But somehow didn't know and later I in
formed that the stood for street or the street
foor."-(Washington Star.