New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-30

"The Indians" said the teacher to the Spectator.
possess a logical mind. Tue negroes do not The
fact and another together and draws conclusion or
make a comparison. The Inlians do. For instance one
Indian boys the other day asked me the meaLing
of miss. TO miss told him. Is the same as to fa
You shoot at bird or at mark, aud do not MT III you
badly; IL Is "a D,iss-it YOI hope 10 enter the middle
class next year but YOU cannot pass the examinations
puzzled air. ana he shook hls head. Then, SAID L,
lady madam; but an unmarried lady miss His face
frightened; he smiled and nodded. All! see, SAID
he. She has missed her man "-lChrstian Union.
The collapse of newspapers the Comstock has been
very marked The Virginia Enterprise has become re-
duccd proportions although at one time 1t did tue
largest business Of any paper the Pacific slope out
side Francisco. III those days Its editors were
paid prncey salaries and the compOstors thought they
we're doing poor days work when their string would
not measure $40.
"n we want to get at the genuine. unadulterated,
primitive man writes scientist we NUS go ~, o
two or three million years. But we don want TO get
at the primitive man. lie doesn't owe rs anything on
subscription account Howell Citizen.
gentleman Of our Acquaintance tells us the following
good story which goes t. show that tue average Austin
boy has sat N = Darlington would call a Jndiciods
min lie, the o1y. wantel to 90 In thinning. -,
But my SON." rcjOined the anxious parent; SWIM
ming unhealthy IL was only this morning that you
were complaining of pain in youI stomach" hal, >,
That's a., pa; but know how To swim ON my DacA'
Texas Siftings.
Poor fellow. He lay in stupor. The physician had
said that nc could not recover Inc minister Sae anu
bending over the bed. soemny remarked, You mus
prepare Tor the worst. The poor fellow whose Fiis
had been doing the cooking opened ms eyes ana sad
why, Is dinner readyf'- Arkansaw traveller
II cannot sing the old songs"
But will sim " sweet Voles +"
Washington Ratchet.
Thomas Kay OF Stockport England. has found a pro
cess for making sea drnkblc Ills process is &c
remove the by the Of citrate of silver One
ounce OF citrate silver Will make half pint OF ses
dnksbe He proposes that bottles OF citrate OF
silver he placed In the life boats Of ships
There ia one department clerk in Washington, Who
IA fair Ia assume feels perfectly secure In his position
He In the War Department. to which he was appointed
by Js nerson Davis, whine the latter was secretary OIL
War. thirty years ago. i Philadelphia Press.
The lower clergy OF the city OF Rome poorly paid
that many OF tn ia absolute penury The trouble
is there are altogether too many Clergyman in Rome
The Massachusetts, Pioitytpan says: ITO make plum
part Of the orrhardis" The Editor OF The Ptoughman
has evidently arrived at this conclusion after close con
ed to the pum-eating habit.-lB Boston Transcript
"shlver my tarry toplights" exclaimed Secretary
whitney az be crbed aboard the United states frigae
Omaha OF Bedoes Island last saturday Is this craft
a Queen Anne cottage or a renaissance OF Nantucket
washtubi Brace up her starboard bow and bring IL
around port stern Lash her rudder to her main
mxzen topmast. and II she must 20 down lot her sink
all ooors lying and her last shot in the locker-
lChlcago News.
The inhabitants of Malicolo island in the Pacific
Ocean, show their admiration by kissing. Actors who
are Kissed just imagine themselves in Macolo. and
they will feel quite happy.
We are needing rain BADLY sagely observed Peoria
father looking up at the sky with weatherwIse eye
:" Well should smile" observed his ten-year-od son.
"Why what do you know about the need OF rain r OBJ
served the parent . =,
ell YOU lust get out and skim around trying to dig
fish worms with dull hoe and you won't ask that ques
ton" answered young hopeful
And the father smiled peasant SMILE while the hoy
went on counting the marbles in his pocket Peoria
Transcript.
Tho reiterated campaign desire OF Mr. Hendricks. last
fall WAS to elected that no could see the books
which the Republicans nal been keeping Tor so many
Years We have patiently awaited the promised reyeia
lions researcher but they nave not been fOrtcon-
ing The of the Government have had no ATTRACTION
for Mr. Hendricks since he Installed as the Senatorial
gayel OF the Nation HIS time has been chiefly wasted III
seeing the officials In whom are vested the appOintve
powers-tChicago News.