New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-28

meeting of the Presbyterian church was held there,
and it was voted to allow the minister to have his
picture in the papers who was without a
job, and the congregation seemed to be so anxious
to bring this about that there were many more
votes cast than there were people at the meeting.
WHY HE HAS 1T.
He has had appendicitis
And a dozen more diseases
Which San are Se s baS In tine
He has taken every treatment
Mental science, hydrostsuc,
Operations, dopes and tablets,
Radium and cures pneumatic
And the trouble Is his habit
Is the sort that always wearies-
In bunch. and in a series:
He will chat of all the microbes
Til his friends say that to see him
Is a vision that appalls them.
Now he has another ailment-
IT'S the erl latest stylish d LlneSs
For the doctor cautions stiffness.
He must not go into details
For the fadGy yd da 2, has fhir settled lie b..
-(Chicago Tribune.
German papers report that "alum mountain
exists in China, which is not only noted natu-
raj phenomenon but Is also a source Of wealth for
the people of its vicinity. as they annually take
many tons of alum from It The mountain Is said
to have q circumference at the base Of not less
than miles, and is nearly nineteen hundred feet
high The alum is quarried in immense blocks, is
then heated in large ovens and afterward dis
solved in boiling water. From this liquid the alum
crystalzes in layers of about half foot in thick
ness which cut UT In blocks Of ten pounds each
The Chinese use It mainly for purifying water.
Section Boss-what is all that arguing down the
Foreman-why. the man operating the steam
roller insists that shall call him chauffeur
philadelphia Record.
farmer in Illinois planned coffin for himself
thirty-fve years ago, and since that time spent
many hours in trying to get lazy carpenter to
make It for him. The farmer cut the necessary
lumber on his farm hauled II to the carpenter shop
and there it stayed Two years ago he insisted that
the carpenter finish the work and he took II up.
working little at time, and only recently COM
pleting the job The farmer died the week after
his coffin finished
Now this is the life Of man.
Reduced to its lowest terms:
He eats his rightful peck Of dirt
-(Chicago Tribune.
The disappearance of the stuffed white buffalo
from the Kansas State House. whence ii was taken
by it's owner, who left ii exhibition there years
ago. recalls to 1.-THE Kansas City Journal the day
when the white buffalo figured in hunters tales.
There tradition among the hunters that
one had hung up reward of 5000 for the
skin of white buffalo. There were white buffalo
albnos such found at intervals in all
the families of the animal kingdom-but the num-
Der of those which existed In fact and of those
which existed purely in the imagination was in
wonderful disproportion. Every buffalo hunter
could tell stories of having and pursued white
buffalo. Many a hunter has been sent wild
goose chase by false reports of this character. In
1873. for example, old Ben" Garfield. who roamed
the plains. with his tall, gaunt wife for COM
panion. followed bunch of buffalo from the north
ern edge of what is Oklahoma to the sand
hills Of Nebraska thinking to kill big white bull
at the head of his harem of cows. And after
three weeks of patient stalking. Garfield did kill
the bull. only to find that he covered with a
coat of whitewash which gave him the appearance
of being white in fact An explanation of this
phenomenon would not be needed by people IA
miliar with the natural lime beds of Western Kan
sas. The habit of the buffalo is to roll in every
pool Of water or hole Of mud which he comes to-
The well known buffalo wallow." still 10 be seen
over the great plains. was the product of this
habit Canf1eld's buffalo had simply been rolling In
a bed Of the native lime which coated his hide
when dried In the sun. with kind of plaster And
doubt these lime holes could account for many
of the white buffalo so often reported by hunters.
the g nsd Ca Fff The wRO
was being examined as to the senses '''S s"iusH'
'sTo hear with" was the answer
And what are your eyes for?"
And What Is your nose for7"
ITO blow" was the innocent answer-Qlppin-
colts Magazine.
Five Paris policemen have passed their exauina-
ton as motor car DRIVERS. They viii shortly be
put on duty with fast cars. that they can over
and IL necessary. arrest any other drivers OF
such vehicles travelling a excessive speed Motor
police may become necessary in all large cities lust
as bicycle police the consequences OF the
scorchng wheelmen.
They say that, after seven rehearsals Charlie
Swmmington actually stumbled through the we'd
ding ceremony"
Dealer.