New-York tribune., 1902-02-05
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The st. Louis earthquake prophet will not here
after be without some honor in his own country,
inasmuch the he recently predicted arrived
time, with unexpected and unwelcome punctu-
aty. II his forecast of a second one. 20 follow In
day two. is realized IT Will set on the Western
earthquake expert against the Eastern weather
sharp in brilliant light OF superiority. The latter
writes himself down a humbUg with every guess
he makes. but goes braying like the insuppres-
sible donkey is. while the former hits the bulls
eye at the first tral making It worth the while Of
a rich and exposed municipality like st. Louis to
buy him off and shut up his alarming and dan
gerous vaticinatiOns
At Lawrence recently popular show was 6iled
old negro aunt who professes TO be a clair
voyant voudoo. a hoodoo. or something OF that
the the show the opera house would fan down. and
aroused caused MANI peopie TO stay away Further
more. the management felt impeled 10 station
fu was it Of a panic in case anything unusual
should happen. And all this took place at the seat
OF the state-where superstition is presumed to
nave & no a3iolns Pl1ee o%eSer We eInnG5 am forget
OF New England who used to burn witches for a
holiday.-(Kansas City Journal.
Katharine Louise Smith tells in THE Outing of
the need-and the opportunity-for a new national
park in North Central Minnesota There stands to-
day a piece OF ancient forested America 0n fact
the only great Northern pine forest between the
Rocky Mountains and the Atlantic OCEAN, which II
destruction.
the limits OF the Chippewa Indian reservation
along the Leech, Cass and Wnnebegoshish lakes
there are. II ready and waiting for this purpose
6l592 OF land and 21s 30 of water sur
face II is the land OF the original Dakotas and
Ojibwas-the cradle Of Northwestern story and
tradition.
Because he disosated one Of her ribs in huggins
her, Miss Nellie White wants 800 damages from
Joseph Zeigler. q cigar manufacturer OF Wilkes
White proposed seeing which could squeeze the
tghtest. and that she hugged Ziegler before he
were present
The Rev w. l.. Morris of White CITY Kans Is
trying to build church by means of the letter
chain plan. He asks contribution Of 5 cents from,
each recipient of letter. he requests each re-
cipent to forward similar request three friends
AT the end of the hundredth series" saws the
preacher, Il ask that contributions shall cease" or
course the scheme will fall down" before Il goes
very far. But If it didn't Mr.. Morris would find him
self in possession of the snug little sum of ses5 24
542' 800 s97, ,S67 72l, ,4S9,7 1874.
dragoman at Cairo. who built the Pyramids "e'
Il not know; | sink somebody make him long
WVas it Mahomet; do you think?'
,eIi No sink not M Mahomet not so long 60 All de
Was It an Englishman, do you think??'
ton seized him. ''''' 'OU'e" '''"nina
Maybe sain George make him C(Bufalo Com
mercial.
Inc Nleue hotterddmsche tourant, Of ROtter-
dam. said the other day: We have declined TO taka
notice OF the horrible stories recently published
In the German press. believing that by Circulating
these obviously untrue reports the German press
is doing a great disservice to the Boer cause and
placing valuable weapon I'm English hands"
Why do you put so many Latin quotations into
OF us don't understand them"
'Thats Just the point. Misery loves company I
to be there is some one besides myaaIf
who doesn't know precisely what l am taking
about.'-(Washington Star.
Fifty years ago Lafayette Place was one n, the
most arstocratic and exclusive residential districts
in the city, with the COonnade Hotel as its most
conspicuous architectural feature Now that famous
old structure is to disappear to make room for
business and office buildings of modern type Thus
another landmark of earlier New York fades into a
memory. They grow fewer and fewer and In no
long time will be as hard for the antiquarian to dis
cover as a needle In a pOttle of hay.
The Rectors Daughter-My father feels II very
much, Mrs Barker that you should leave the
Don't you think you might try and STAY in fiitureS
Mrs. Barker-I dursn't do IL. miss do snora
that dreadful when I'm asleep.-(Punch.
Can any tell me what meter tsp asked
the teacher of primary class in an Allston (Massl
school few days ago
Only one little lad raised his hanl The taacber
nodded. and the child said:
TITS a thing you chop meat with. My papa Ia a
butcher, and he's got two of them
New Cerk-You don't look like a man who
smokes cigarettes "ii0
Employer-Why, / never smoked ctgaretta In
my life. "
You have Just said you were victim of the
IT My clerks smoke them"-CExpress Ca