New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-25

the circulars They will be notified by the post
office authorities that unpaid matter Is waiting
for them at the office. and. unable to tell that II
may not mean business. will forward the needed
money and then will get back their circulars and
pay for them. too Enough of that sort OF action
would tire the circular business out and do the
community lasting benefit"
armchair covered with soft and silken fabric OF
out Of red she'll" the crumbng stone that Mana
yunk masons build cheap houses OF. McGuck thus
the rock, in Jumps big your head. into the
picker. The picker blades were dued. but the
staple inch long Xix asbestos This fluffy
Became Sof n'o nGR thioh then
auarter-inch Irvine. and this point my mule took
that you see spool Of cotton. wove Il on a
hahd loom then This little square OF Gioth To- -
rock to make this little square: 1t is rather pretty
you See and it Is very durable claim It is the the
tory OF the neutrality-suspicious. Record
A New-Orleans says: II received letter
from my brother In Cape Town few days ago. In
which he says that the place IS literally overrun
with tourists, who to regard the big
spectacular entertainment. They are all around
with cameras. and great many have managed TO
push their way almost to the front line of military
operations, where they have proven very serious
annoyance to the troops. The day before my letter
was mailed five sent In under a spe
cial escort They ali claimed to be representatives
of different obscure provincial newspapers. from
which they had evidently obtained credentials
an aid to sight seeing. and after following Kitch-
ener's division a considerable distance into the
Free State they obliged to apply TO the army
for help. They could get nothing to eat and two
of them were down with fever They then
put under guard and sent back to Cape Town.
Elsewhere in his letter my brother says that Gen
eral Kitchener is the most unpopular in South
Africa. and that Cape Town full of stories about
the way he insults and browbeats officers under
him. Some of the particulars he gives very in
teresting. Among other things. 1t seems that
member Of the Generals staff lately left the COM
mand and reported back to headquarters without
leave account of the in which he was
treated He was arrested for desertion In the face
Of the enemy, but later released. and the affair
hushed up to avert scandal"
. The fraiI girl gazed steadily at the big strappng
fellow with the oak stick.
again her high pitched voice rang out
This time he dropped the stick and
1t was not threatened tragedy. 1t merely
cago News.
A comcal story is told of English nobeman
who is short sighted In a railroad train while
he was sitting next to very stout old woman a
friend on the next accosted him. Wait a
minute. said his lordship; I'll put this bundle of
rags In the rack and you sit here" And to the
establishment and horror of the gigantic female
he caught her round the waist before he realized
his mistake.
EN- Embarr arr the new minister hand
some and unmarried man, made his first pastoral
call the Fosdicks' ne took little Anna up In
his arms and tried to kiss her. But the child re-
fused to be kissed she struggled loose and
off into the next room where her mother was put
ting a few finishing touches to her adOrnment be-
fore going into the parlor to greet the clergyman.
Mamma, the little girl whispered, 1.-THE in
the parlor wanted me to kiss him.
Well" replied mamma why didn't you let him?
would If you
Thereupon little Anna back into the parIor
and the minister asked:
We'll little lady, won't you kiss me now?'
mo. l won't replied Anna promptly 'but
mamma says she wilL"-(Harper's Bazaar.