New-York tribune., 1901-08-24
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Well the world is near the end again. Professor
Ludwig Morenburger is the latest advance agent
ot that highly exciting event. He has a novel way
~ bringing Il about This planet. he says mas
Jumped its orbit and is wabbng AROUND in space
ike a drunken man. This irreguarity. the profes-
For explains causes the summers TO become hotter
and hotter and the winters TO be colder and colder
Before Ions. ne thinks nobody will be able 10 make
the transit extreme 20 the other. and then
the human race viii expire.
Il thought you said that girl you introduced me
90 was from Boston
Well, isn't she?'
Why. / asked her il she was follower of En-
erson, and she said. What teams he playing on?
Chicago Journal
a complete skeleton of the hoplophoneus
sabre toothed tiger" says The Pttsburg Commer-
cal Gazette" has been unearthed by the Carnegie
Institute field party RI the fossil beds OF Nebraska
and will be mounted in the Carnegie Museum. 1t
will be the only specimen OF the hoplophOneus
placed exhibition. and will be an invaluable ad-
dition the local paleontologica collection. The
hoplophoneus prehistoric animal that in
ha bted the territory now forming the eastern slope
of the Rocky Mountain system. II was about the
size Of the Bengal tiger. and somewhat resembed
the existing representatives OF the family
Henrietta" said Mr. Meekton. do YOU remem-
Der the moonllt evening when asked you TO
Il trust. Leonidas. that YOU going to be-
Not bit Of IT. But often recall the occasion
with interest. can never quite understand how
ing impertinent. '-(Washington Star.
ConsuI-General Osborn reports from Apia. sa-
moa that on July l the German Government be-
gan the issue OF German money the legal tender
OF the colony. Heretofore American money had
been used The rate OF exchange for gold as fixed
nv government proclamation is 2042 marks for IL
and 20 % marks for s.
NFap Of -TO hrar
greatest reader the Corners. An that haint all:
~ Lee-Yew bet he does! Now. last week ter my
certain knowledge he answered two advertise
ages OF love powders an book on hypnotism. an
he also 81 ter feller In New-York for seven
teen ways ter git rich In three months!-Puck.
There is an interesting story behind the special
star charts which the Equipment Bureau of the
Navy Department is having printed for use in
NAVIGATION Miss Mary Proctor the astronomer.
daughter of the astronomer, took TO publisher in
New-York a plan for childs astronomical cal
endar and together they worked over the plan.
Finally the publisher suggested; why cannot we
make a simple star chart for children-not one
clustered up with stars invisible almost, but one
/ containing only the more prominent ones? And
ubv cannot We make these charts so that the stars
/ visible at any time during the year may be easily
found by a chid?" 1t is this chart so simple that
a child can it. which the department has
chosen.
! sue-She has designs on him.
/ ReUe-Snce when?
Sne-Oh ever since he consented TO wear neck
RE that she Philadelphia Record.
War Department reports indicate that there Will
be a great extension of the telegraph service In
| Alaska this season Captain William X Aoer-
crombie with a large force of men, Is constructing
| the military road from Valdes, on the southern
coast 10 Circle City on the upper Yukon near the
boundary of the British Northwest Territory. Al
the same time the military telegraph line Is oeing
alan hat III
aver before the completion of the wagon road the
telegraph facilities over the entire distance from
the Gulf Of Alaska to the Yukon will be In opera
tion.
The Captain-why yes. we can tell when storm
! ia approaching. There are weather prophets AT
-. -, - a,,an n,
sea as those on land.-(fuek.