New-York tribune., 1905-02-07
THE TALK Or THE DAT.

A remarkable ChurCheS Deen
effected in india for the first time religious
bodies of both America and Europe have united
in the organization of "a national church. In the
union just accomplished the Presbyterian Church
I'm the United States of America. which. through
its board OF foreign missions. has had important
work in India for seventy years takes prominent
place. Other American churches in the union are
tho Reformed (Dutch) Church and the Presbyterian
Church of Canada. European churches included
the Church of Scotland the United Free Church
OF Scotland. the Presbyterian Church of England
and the Presbyterian Church of ireland. In all
there eleven different bodies of Presbyterians
working in India, ana they nave thirty-three pres
byteries. with 332 churches and nearly 5000 corl
rnunicants. There has for some time been Pres
byterian Alliance of India. and at the meeting
Gently held in Allahabad there formed pro-
visional general assembly. A confession of faith.
constitution and canons were adopted. and the new
Church definitely launched. Missionaries of the
various countries have found great advantages from
their association with another in the alliance.
and they confidently look for even larger benefits
from the fuller union now accomplished
IN DEFENCE OF A FRIEND
No will not hear him sandered-there are many
He has virtues and know II. though they're rather
If We get upon that subject we're not likely to
agree.
I must really stand up for him. though it's likely
His mere casual acquaintances who find nothing TO
I am careless of opinion. for I call the man my
friend
At the same time l candid and I'm willing to
That his honesty he never yet has carried to excess
1 would hardly trust him with the things OF value
l possess.
1t is just sort of laxness, he is not to blame
His word. of course. I know can't depend upon
In plain terms, he's a liar-tha. his best friends
must admit
He is very avaricious, he would sell his soul for
He obtains lot of pleasure from another per-
He is trcacherous ungrateful and most horribly
profane.
He is somewhat of bully though his courage
And it certainly is wearisome to hear the way he
brags-
And intemperate! really have no patience with
his jags.
But you need not in my presence get your hammers
Some one else might in your absence say the Same
And in spite of eli his failings. he's pretty de-
cent 1nap. -CChicago News.
Richard Strut. a of Lord Raylegh. has in
vented a clock that will run for 1900 years The
motive power is small piece OF gold leaf. which
is electrified by means of very small quantity of
radium salt. The gold leaf bends away from the
metal substance and keeps moving under this in
iuence until it touches the side OF the containing
vessel. At the moment of contact 1t loses its cleo
trical charge and then springs back and is again
electrified and the process is repeated. It is
thought that thoroughly reliable clock could be
made with the use OF radium salt for $1,000
What reason does he give for not paying his
wife alimony?"
HE says that marriage is lottery and hence
alimcny is a gambling debt"-(CoLier's Weekly.
reader sends 10 THE Buffalo commerciar' this
arithmetical puzzle: Take the number OF your
living brothers; double this amount; add 70 It
three; multiply the result by five; add to the
Der OF living sisters; multiply the result by
ten; add number OF deaths OF brothers and sisters
substract 80 from the result. The right hand
figure Will be the number OF deaths; the middle
figure will be the number of living sisters: the
left figure viii show number OF living brothers
And these figures never lie.
Gladys.He tells me you have designs upon HIM
Ethel-Did the wretch say that?
Gladys-Yes He said your image engraved
upon his heart.--Judge.
San Francisco's bug wagon the Board Of
Heaith's latest enterprise aiming toward the ex-
tinction OF all forms OF germs and dangerous
bacilli. had practical test, according to Tho
Chronicle" OF that city. The various varieties or
germs were placed on cards and buried In the CEN
tire OF pillows and mattresses. which wero placed
In the sterizing box. Steam 10 the auoun,
OF thirty pounds pressure was turned on, and
after twenty minutes it withdrawn and
formation OF chemical gases was allowed IN enter
the vacuum. Whether the germs met instant dsatb
cannot be determined until after post morten,
which is now In progress at the city laboratory
The sterilizer the first OF its kind to be built 4,
self-propelling and has speed OF about five miles
an hour. Tho machine resembles q steam road
grader somewhat IN appearance. ana weighs near
ly four tons
Result OF the Collaboration-The yartou, autho
OF The Beautiful Snow. had Just evolved that
eenie meenie. mimic. mo-. TO see who has to stand
Tor It." They did 50. and the lot fell upon-~but
open an old controversy flChicago yribuuN