New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-28
THE TALK OF TIE DAT.

Tho Pev william H. Walker IS about to give up
the pastorate - the First Congrega ional Church.
Of Wilmette. III. and Of the reasons assigned
for his departure is that the women of his con
gregation do not Ike his personal appearance. The
brushing ~ his hair In pompadour style. the min
lister alleges caused his trouble. II admit he said
the other day. that I am not a handsome man,
and II is my experience that many women would
rather see good looking man than hear good
sermon"
Resnald-My father had D. D. put behind his
Jinmy-Dacs nuttln', Dey took mo father 70 de
philadelphia Record.
] r Deming. Of Shrewsbury, Mass, has been
reading The Tribune for twenty years and he has
kept most Of the copies Of the paper for that
period.
Where are You g9inF my pretty maid I'm
you my pretty maid yes Il YOU ike kind sir
nd S then g an hour Ro ev yf oPe f6r ne" his
shoulders ache from the many stoopS 70 pick up
him twice with her racket small, which left her
hand as she struck the ball, and he'll never ping
when she pinsed him them baltimore American.
The Rev Dr. John Duncan. Of Abide. Fifeshire.
Scotland. who died recently. had served sxty-three
years In the ministry. Speaking OF him the Gas-
gov cores pondent OF The Montreal Star writes:
DIR. Duncan the father O. the Aud Kirk.
that Is. the man wha had been a minister for the
Largest time. II is only a FORTNIGHT sin he
prsschin' in Creleh an no lang syne he was hepin'
curtin match. He in Abide a his life after
his ordination, an was a tayourte wi a body In
the parish
81 b anaoe ro }Gn Bitter is great dsvotee
4 should say he Why. he has named his
twins Ping and Pong. cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Countess Aida Won Krockow writes from
Germany to The Christian Register: Germans
find that II paws encourage peasants to free their
fields n
value The stones thrown into heaps by the road
side purchased by the district road repairing
commission. Poor men. who otherwise would have
10 be supported in almshouses, are hired 10 break
these stones and then trained TO the work of
repairing the roadbeds. The money to pay the men
is made by auctioneering off 10 the highest bidder
the crops Of the fruit trees that planted
both sides OF the highway when IT was built. and
which nourished well by the manure that falls
along the road and is pushed at intervals by
road tender upon their roots The purchaser of the
crop to it that his fruit is not stolen The road
commissioners have no bother about that. And. al
though the sale be by auction it brings in consider
able. Every burgher knows how much, because the
sales Of highway fruit crops are published in the
local newspapers
An Important Occasion-Uncla Ebony-I's glad
yous in, sah cause want to borrer youah cyclo-
Pedias, and a few dictionaries, and any other nice
EmPloyer-Goodness me, And you're brought
them?
Uncle Ebqny-very important occasion sab, very
impo tant Dlnah and me wants to hunt
for the baby. sah.-tNewYork Weekly.
Joseph Chalifoux. P. Chalifoux and Theophne
Bonier. Of Chicago. have formed a Cooperative
Funeral Expense Society. have had 1t incorporated
at Springfield with capital stock of $4,000. and
will send agents about the city to solicit sub
scribers. The Chafoux brothers are funeral d.
rectors of thrty-hve years experience and have
come TO the conclusion. they say. that many fami-
lies in humble circumstances and unable TO stand
the expense Of a funeral will be glad to join the
society.
The schedule arranged by Joseph Chaufoux. who
has made a study OF the question both in this
country and in Canada. where he is interested in
an undertaking establishment, follows:
Infants up TO five years of age. 81 per annum.
Children and adults from FIVE to thirty years old
70 cents per annum.
Adults from thirty to forty-ive years old 81 per
Persons from forty-nve to ifty-hve years old.
Persons from hfty-hve TO sixty-hve years old.
81 80 per annum.
cites that are souvenir of Tewhk Pacha, the late
Minister to Spain he spent his summers at Carls-
bad There he Tewhk Pacha one morning.
one OF the royal cigarettes cigarette long and
thick as cigar. of a mild and delicate favor. with
Eeypt set in gold on the paper Il like your cigar
cites very much. sir Colonel Snowden said and
some of them That afternoon there a tap on
the Americans door. and two very tall and well
formed Egyptian servants, in Nveries that were
crusted heavily with gold, entered They had with
them two huge Tin boxes sealed With the royal
saying in French, From our master, the Khedive"
admit that their like cannot be obtained in America
or Europe-(Philadelph Record.