New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Children born between September and February
are. some authorities state. not so tall as those
born in tho summer and spring months. and the
growth OF children is much more rapid from March
till August.
and iI now Miss Pert. whose good opinion I covet,
says fool.
YOU Save 9d 10 POST E
Nevada Is to be wide open State. The lesis-
lature just adjourned repealed every restrictive
gambling and liquor law the books
Knicker-Jones and his wife are singing the MAR
Bocker-Yes: they are bracing up to discharge
the cook.-(Harper's Bazaar
Name the cavities" said school teacher to a
small boy, according to THE Chicago Inter
Ocean" The boy was very round; his body was
round his eyes were round. and his legs were
round, and one Of them drew up II by pulley
as he screwed his head on his neck and twisted
his round mouth to say: 'T-t-the head cavity the
thorax cavity and the borax cavity. The head
cavitys what we keep our brains in to think with.
in to breathe with. and the borax cavity's what
we keep the vowels in. consisting Of a, Q, T. and
u and sometimes and "
A Fortune Hunter-NIiranda-Y mamma Mr.
Fargoin knows that my face is ali the fortune /
possess.
sneaked into the room he was trying his level best
to get at her fortune.-Q9ttsDurg Dispatch.
Kentucky possesses, in the Mammoth Cave. one
OF the natural wonders Of the world. but. while
this is the largest of it's caverns. and so far as
known, the largest in the world. there hundreds
Of others OF inferior. but still OF great, size In
Edmonson County alone there are said to be more
than FIVE hundred caves. and, in addition four
thousand sink holes of various sizes and depths.
In Colossal Cavern. discovered in 1895 what be-
lieved to be the largest staIagmite in the world
has been named Henry Clays Monument" It is
80 feet high and 80 feet thick at the base The
cavern is only about mile and a half from the
great Mammoth Cave. and is said to be in some re-
spects more wonderful than the latter though
not so large
Wife binding gray hair)-I do so hate to grow
Husband-You avoid that. dear
Husband-Dye young.-Ullustrated Bits.
Smith College girls have been writing ESSAYS on
How Much Can College Girl Live On%' The
question, of course. has only academic interest
there is probably not man in the world wealthy
enough to spare the money to enable one Of them
to make the experiment.
Growell Din cheap restaurant)-Here waiter! Are
Waiter--Can't you tell by the taste?
Waiter--Then what difference does It make what
they areH-(IIustTated Bits
The Doukho6ors go back to about 1850. and had
their origin in the Russian province Of Ekaterino-
slav. The first leader of the taught his follow
that. the externalites OF religion were unis
pOrtant. they might conform to any prevailing
wherever they happened to be. He was Jealous
and pious and, laboring among his small group OF
disciples all HIS lfe wrought an enduring influence
upon them. They were early subject to persecu-
lions; Gear Alexander early in the nineteenth cen
fury sought to deliver them from this oppression
and settled them in fertile district north OF the
Sea Of Azov, where they got on well for time
were orderly and prosperous. Their new leader
named Kapoustin, was a OF talents and
authority; he appointed thirty elders and twelve
apostles, and through them ruled the sect which
prospered while he at the head of H. prr
his descendants. son and grandson. drank too much
vodka, and abuses crept in TO such an extent that
Gar Nicholas. who had succeeded Alexander
transported the whole lot to the Caucasus to mend
their manners. Those who would Join the Ortho-
dox Church might stay: the rest must 20 and did
go. keeping in general their seetarian character
istcs obstinately many QuakeFs I'olstoy
fell in with them about ten years ago and tool ~
them with much ardor II was at this time that
they refused conscriDton. and this drew on them
renewed persecution from the government Under
stress Of this. with TostOy to advise ana hack
them, several thousand of them came 10 this conn
try settling in British North America. where with
the exception Of a few outbreaks OF religions
mania, they have gone tOleraby we'll raising
wheat and cattle and building up their material
prosperity Their present director is named Veriefn
and his influence Is employed In directions pre-
scribed by sense. and to restrain fanatical
tendencies. Their chief danger in the future IL In
getting a fool for leader. Such an one might Ieal
the whole sect into demoralizng extravaganees. 10
which they are always prone
IF your husband we're to die would you pray
aof course. but at the same time ia pray sor
another. CLOWN and Country.