New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-09
JHE TALK OF The DAY.

who, Tonca of Binghamton reads the returns the
night Of November it Is believes that scales OF greater
dimensions than those he makes for five ton wagons Will
fall from his eyes and he Will soc a great light
Aquila Jones, Faein Jones' sam Jones. aud Jones OF
pincbanton-what a well.Inated four-in-hand they
makek
Tn tho rspion Of Puget Sound tlcy raise wheat hch
oasily brai, all creation" Recently farmer brought
into Tacoma samples OF headed wheat raised ths
ar The stalk are tue produces II two kernels and arc
Xix iee1 high from the root TIE top head The heads
are very peculiar. resembling pine conc, being thick
and ci1mpy QUO Of the heads OF average size wa;
sclc ont and the grains counted from tho one head
yerc lGl According 10 this the kernel Of wheat
yielded 900 Hump, fat wheat grains or nearly one
tluu-and fold. The yield per acre OIL thlS wheat WIS
eighty five bushels. -lBOston Transcript
Tho Tonaun campaign cost France $4,000 men and
$4,000 900, aud she didn't get much glory either.
Ont I'm Ripon Wis., local editors exchanging COM
pn,ents tho one who ahead at the latest advces
having called his esteemed contemporary
~Sct-concecd.
lf-conyctCd.
@self.aclulowleiged.
shame faced.
Sin pe-niiaded
Scion Of satan,
Whose
"vcrbose volubility
"Of
vile venom
Has pollt tod the air for years"
This Is something Ike what Tennyson makes Rosamund
call a kissing Ia the West"
Pa dear" said Hartford girl at breakfast, you
10 the horse 10 day l want TO get some autuhn
40 my dear, hut II you will quietly tell RenCld dc
Smallbrans to call again. 1t Will be an autumn leave
that Will be very agreeable to me.
There was sorrow In the madens heart but it won't
last long II Hartford Post.
Lord DuGerin has recently received unique present
from an Indian raah-a young elephant trained to cut
the pages OF books and magazines with his sk which
are fled as thin paper knives for he purpose 1t must
be rather awkward for Lord Dufcrin have the
elephant vcranda with him nc lies in his ham
mock reading the last number Of BiackcoOd. II would
be much handler for him the pages himself but Of
course he knows his own business best.
Down in North Carolina thoy tell story of VIII
bought farm for 200 and sold walnut tree on 1t
for ~, 500 This story is obviously chestnut"
TRIALS OF A POKER PLAYER.
Tho evenings are now growing long
Aud the husbands desire will DO strong
To pass" a great deal"
OF his leisure whore hon
Hear the poker pot singing its song.
He'll como homo with his face in a flush"
And his mouth full" OF business gush,
lie must hasten back straight"
To help the boys through with the rush.
And hi, wife. with her innocent ways,
But day she'll ina
She was going IL "blnd,"
And her hand" IN amaZomcnt will raise"
Her trust In her husband will wreck
With twist Of her lip,
she Will put In her "chip"
And the pot Will boil over n spec.
columbus (Oho) Dispatch.
certain citizen OF Macon. Ga. won't drink anything
but pepper sauce and the whiskey drinkers think Is
crazy.
Don't forget to let me know about those fruit trees
Jones"
No, ] won't. What did you say your post. Office
ad resS was T.
Haven't got any don't patronzc tho post-ofhcc.
You must telegraph
What no post Office address I"
Nary. | Of the that carried torch in
the Cleveland pro rcssiOns last fall. and two mouths
sworc OH going to tn" post Office and having my mail
handed to me by an internal Republican. You may
tolegraTh at my expense. "-lChicagO Herald
Ex-senator David Davis tells the following story on
hIuset: day the stump, tho end of burst OF
eloauence, no exclaimed d" know East. 10 West no
North no south" Then" said ono of his hearers
you'd letter goi home and study up your jeogerphy"
It broke me all up says Mr.. Davis, and from that ON
till the close OF my address there personal mag
nctism in my bursts OF campaign eloqucnco."
A deacon IN Western town recently died His
pastor paid visit Of coincidence to the
fcrcaved widow Sno asked the minister. il he
v Ould like to tue funeral wreath. lie assented.
She led HIM TO the lDuch-prLed mcmcnlO and
pointed out s pecllaritics In brokon voice she said:
" The rod flowers made of his red hanuels the
white ones of his white iannels. The stanlens were
made of the collin shayings and The pisis Of his beard
The berries and buds made Of the pills that
left when he died and the fcathey part made of the
was taken ILL.," All this she said withou: pause for
breath ended her CHASTITY description the treas
urcd wreath by impOrng tho bewildcrcd clergyman to
lead III prayer Troy Times.