New-York tribune., 1885-07-06
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THE TALK or THE DAY.

Rev. DR.. Orrch Of Reading. TIE Rt Rev. Bishop Scar
Ss %iS ed
Rev. DR.. Watson the Rev. DR.. Currie. The season
% s IL Sy s q. R p
they will no doubt be larger The music under
d. Mccreary and other ladies' is beautiful and church
-lPhadelpha Press.
In the Senate House Greece Athens there bag
right behind the Speakers chair. This makes 1t very
handy for the Greek Senators to 90 out and
| see barbarian, while some prosy MEM
Der is getting OFT ancient chestnuts about Homer ana
Alexander the Great. Then when they come back redo
lent Of patriotism and cloves they light their cigars
at candle which stands burning for that purpose on
tribune of the people in front Of the clerks desk
yet the poet exclaimed "'Tls Greece, but living
Greece more"
BERRY BATTING.
The vender crying out his wares.
Has many trials, many cares,
But mid them ali he'll hourly stop
To place big strawberries on top.
90 through the world we sing deeds
Spread forth the flowers and hide the weeds,
Our vices to the bottom drop,
Put fairest berries ut the top.
The hawker knows what he's about
lie takes us in. and leaves us out.
With berries that are not hrst chop,
-Lsoston budget
There seems to he a wide difference OF opinion con
cerning steamship Great Easern and hef
size "a compared 10 Noa's Ark The cost Of building
and launching the Great Eastern S3,6500CO. and
| this broke the original company. new company was
formed which spent $60O.OO0 in fitting aud furnishing
her Then this company failed and a new company was
organized with capital Of $4,000 At the close OK
1880 this company Rs07l5 upon the vessel. thus
making her total cost 81 7O3575. Nothing built
can comparison with Great Eastern excepting
Soahs Ark, and this vessel could not match her,
length Of the Ark 300 cubts. her breadth so
cbts and height 80 cubits The subt OF the Scrip
lures according Bishop wilkins was 81 65-100inches
ard computed into English measurement the Ark was
JI7 feet long, 9l feet BEAM 81 7-l0 feet depth, AID
tons The Great Eastern $50 feet long, SO feet
beam, SO feet depth and 2s,oo3 tons measurement.
Noahs Ark quite overshadowed by the Great Eastern
The portIco OF the City Hail. which was DESTROYED yes
terday by the falling cornee OF tine buiing, was MS
oric In the political Of the country. such
AZ Clay. Webster, Cobb NcDuie, stephens and Ioomos
The stone steps. Here also the Hoa Benjamin IL Hilt
urng the Reconstruction perod, made one o his gran
used these me emorable words which have been siIce
quoted all over the country Fas OF my e11gfrg. ~
srritories over frecmen not slaves Augusta tGa,
sews
Ex-senator Tabor who owns the largesN opeSa house
in Denver Is having lively fight with the Dchyer news
paper He has not only refused to let them gon
their capacity critics but has given strict orders
that they shall not be allowed 10 buy tcketa
The Times Democrat OF NewOrieans Is considering the
establishing Of pigeon post from Point Eads, about
seventy miles airline. ago Ire Constitution, OF
Atlanta Ca its large light OF pigeons TO advantage
as news severa! years there was an
interesting message service from piot-boats to New
Orleans There were rival companies One had control
f the telegraph and the other obliged 10 depend
upon hong pigeons The latter II Is said gave an Ad-
vantage bringing dispatches from distance at which
arriving could be recognized by the Observer
A LULLABY SILHOUETTE.
Lay you down shut your eycds-
bars Bad Man in dol medder-
Blaekoirts nvit.in ia der crows nest,
Dey Is gone To sleep toSeidcr
Doan you wink yoar eye at me. sab.
Look out dar you Is "a psepin!
Better lo yourss'f, my hoD"y
Better dat you 10 To slecpn'.
Now You lay you down-i,s dat way
Ak de Cool Man for to watch
Oar you Is again pekin';
Now you's sho for to be cocht
Now you lay you--heah me say it
Now doan you ~unk dat eye no NOAH
Ak do Lam to come an mee' yon
Spec he's waitin at dc do.
Sleep my little picaninny,
Mudder's singn' by your side;
Doan bs skeersd besase lie wind blow+
Doan you mind dat roarin tide.
Rock.aby dc tree tops swlngin,
Doan you stir until tse DAWN:
Daddy's gone out wild lie coon dog
COMM back tomorrow mawnin .
Governor Ross took the oath OF ONCE Governor OF
Ncwscxico at sunrise Difference to Montczuuia his
earliest predecessor in that Office whose followers look
for him every day at that time.
On behalf OF the Universities OF Oxford and Cam
bridge. tho Row. Archibald White, the resident English
chaplain at Berlin has presented to the Empress Of
Germany copy OF the revised Bible bearing the follow.
ing inscriptions This copy or the r,t issue OF the Re-
vised English Version OF the Holy Bible presented
othe Empress OF Germany by the Universities OF oxford
and Cambridge. A. ID. 1850"
Tho telegrams tell that during his recent visit 10
Boston the Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks was RECALLED with
h,af rila i Kos an
was taken Fsrt Warren. We look upon this AS the
most appropriate episode OF Mr. eDdriekss nortkcru
tour. Dunn. the dark days of the rebellion when Me-
Hendricks inyeghiDg against the Union soldiers
and doing all in his power tn enbarrass Mr. Ltnc0lns
administration, u large number OF Mr.. Hsndrlcksa
political friends were cophncd IN Fort Warren. and We
can Imagine how tho indiana statesmans bosom mus
have and with conflicting emotions as hs lay
at anchor near that historic spot last week and stene9
TO the pleasing 1attriios OF the I'D Yankees"
around him. Chicago News
PROGRESS IN DEMOCRATIC PoLIrIc3.
From The As,g York sssia jcal
The ante election cry MAS. Turn the Rtscals ontl
Tho poste!cction cry was, The Onensiye Partisans
must be dismissed!