New-York tribune., 1885-03-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Boston is agtated over the fact that some ill,s,,
persons-presumsbly from New-York-pronounce ~
butus with the accent on the second syllable.
There are twenty ways Of cooking a potato. and ,,
hundred and sixtyive ways Of cooking an egs ne
culture ends for there Is but way VI swailo.,U
either Of them.-lLowe Citizen.
Small speckled trout como up in the water OF ann.
aresan wells in Nevada 1t is supposed that they com.
from subterrarean lake.
The expression "Thank my stars!" Is rarely h...
from the mouth OF theatrical manager We do MOI n,
tend TO know why we simply state the fact-(Bosto.
Transcript.
Jinks-" How Is your new. paper getting aloar,.
Great Editor" Booming, my dear sir; just boom.ss.
Jinks- You surprise me: DID not know 1t sacSs
Why we've had to drop the Sunday edition eyenas
edition and morning edition, In order to give our vho
attention to the semi weekly"-lPhladelphia Cali "'
A few days ago that form OF mirage known a. aloo,
ing up" visible in Toronto "The whole breadth a,
Lake Ontario" says The Toronto Globe "was visible ana
an ice phenomenon, unprecedented, probably in N.
memory Of man. greeted the sight The lake. which eva,
in the severe winter of 1ss3s4 free from ice ar.
cept in the oflying bays almost entirely covered
Three streaks OF blue the first apparently about
fifteen miles out from Shore and the last about ten %
down the lake. showed belts OF water each apparently
few miles wide. larger open piece Of blue also oreaehsd
out from Humber Bay for distance El,ewbern All
sfaof
up huge cake gnng in the sunshine Several hou,e.
on the water front at Niagara and the American Pot
across the river visible. On the Sunday preyous
the air was clear and the spray Of Niagara Falls was ao
seem"
only think of Less than three months ago Colonel
Henry Wetterson was calling Uncle Randall q Phade-
phia tough r'[ Philadelphia Press.
They have big men down in Texas. One day thi,
week" says o Corsicana editor, I'VE noticed on our
streets man whose height immense. to say the
least Of it. At the suggestion Of friend watched
him get into buggy the bottom Of which we discovered
to be cut away that he might lower his knees sufficiently
to see his horse After he had settled down, his rese
blance to jack knife was mpressng"
An agricultural journal Spring 4 the best tims
ties on yonr neck any other portion OF anaony
in the fall don't wait until the sprhg to move H. There
is n good reason why you sh0uldnt-and you Will dis
cover what that reason is soon after the bee aght&
NOrristown Herald.
The stories that come from Washington about the
Presidents habit OF early rising do not correspond with
the repeated failure of his messenger to reach the White
House before the Senate adjourns Mr. Cleveland shoi
have his clock turned ahead few minutes.
The Hebrew race hold together the world Oyor which
is one of the reasons but the only one, for the
derfu vitality of that scattered nation The Russian
neone have tregte the Jews most crey aud the Car
returned uncivzed answers to remonstrlnces made by
Sic Moses Montefore and other leading Hebrews. Now.
when the Car trying to borrow money he finds tho
drawn tightly.-lWorcester Gazette
Most people suppose that Navy officers when away
threeyears' cruise foreign station forget all about
the girls they have left behind them" and spenl
greater portion OF their time in pleasant excursions on
shore They not only spend much Of their time when
off duty in writing long letters for the next man'
home but Saturday night passes that does not lind
them assembled around the messabe talking OF home,
calculating the weeks AMI months or years, that must
eapse before they return and drinking over glass Oh
wine the health of their wives and sweethearts'
Miss Louisa NJ Acott said To he still suffering from
the writers cramp thought the writer's cramp was
usually In his pOcket.-l Boston Post
The rumors OF a in Europe are God-send to tho
the Democratic papers which do not know what to say
about the President They load up with the Eastern
question until the word Is passed to them what to say
about the Democratic situation.
The Gaos describes the nature Of the revolver panic
in tile form OF an anecdOte At dinner party male
guest hcstaes whether to seat himself on the e or ts
right OF a youthful beauty Pardon me, Malen0'
sec" he politely remarks, with an evident AR Oh niue,
cison but would you mind telling me on wnich sue
Won wear your revolver l"-l London Globe.