New-York tribune., 1901-07-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Captain Hawkins colored man. OF Atchison,
Kan, served in Cuba with the ed Kansas and
then went 10 the Philippines with n commission
in colored regiment there. Bat he did re-
turn with his regiment. He has purchased two
fine farms on Luzon. stocked them with two thou
sand head OF sheep. and besides has developed a
tobacco plantation.
II suppose II you had your way" said the tenn
perance man, you'd abolish water altogether"
there wouldn't be much prort in whlskey II we
Record.
A year ago American dollar in Brazil was
worth approximately eight milreis Owing TO the
recent appreciation OF Brazilian money II is now
worth only three and half milreis And es the
American missionaries In Brazil paid IN Amer
lean money, they receive for II less than half as
mitch Brazilian as formerly while the purchasing
power OF the money remains the same.
guard 70 keep your screen doors from banging.
Mr. Man-Yes; have IL in use already. Say.
can't you get up somethng grand by. which we
can keep our neighbor's screen doors from bang
ing?-(Chcago RecordHerald.
Miss Mary Mcdowell. of the University of Chi
Settlement. who is In London Investigating the
social settlement work OF that city, says: Not
withstandng England's strenuous and many sided
activity on behalf of the poor. do not think this
country possesses single agency of social reform
attaining the high degree OF efficiency admittedly
attained by Chicago's premier social settlement
/ TO say that Hull House I'm my opinion
copes with its peculiar conditions and surround
ings more successfully than any London settle
ment eopes with Its particular problems l have
hesitation In saying that the charities OF this
capital honeycombng every part of IL and speak
Ing SO loudly OF the innate generosity of the Brit
ish heart. accomplish more harm than good They
make the dispossessed classes stop looking for ways
OF self-maintenance and engage regularly In aims
seeking III We're asked to say In one word what
was the matter with England 1 should reply
drunkenness
I've saved heap O. time" said Meandering
Mike, complacently,
BY hurryin'?" asked Piodding Pete, apprehen-
mo: Jes' by takin' it easy Instead o. puin. up
Started out poor in de- Ss S9r pscs Py syP s Il away
manfully ever -tWashington Star. me''
William T. Bryan. an electrician of Cincinnati
says that by sending an electric current through
poor piece OF beefsteak he can convert 1t into a
tender, toothsome morsel. The electricity disinte-
CRATES the tissues and destroys Impurities
Northern man stopped at the home of an Ala
bama planter OF the old school and was cordially
and was forthwith invited to take toddy e in ac.
e9Ef %s he sas shS ssW nG Geg he'd Of hosBp
there sappSse Of get some of it and make mint
a mint sah usP Hqysn b"t YOU w,S tried hem7"
rSe @ did try the R ~es heeerase not once
but naH dmH w sna aee w went
his business took him there again. At the gate he
was mst og the oia eoore' butler on whose hat,
where's your master, sr?' ne inquired of the
old darkey.
"Hes dead. sab; died ystiddy"
Dead! m shocked What was the cause?"
why, sah, bout two years ago o. dem
Yankees cum down heah and showed old marse
how to drink weeds in his red liker, and he neyah
stopped twell he died FUN it"-ist Louis Post-Dis.
patch.
On tombstone In an old cemetery near Balti
more is the following epitaph:
Here lies a who minded not
Business not his own,
And left the money I'm the bank
With which to build this stone