New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-11
THE TALK Of THE DAY.

Mr.. T. L. Murphy, the weather prophet, SENDS US an
other blood curdlng postal card, In which a'ter Gaining
attention his past successes in the weather prone'
business he remarks 1.-THE coming season will he a
very unfortunate for farmers as they VIII suNer
great losses from failure of crops. AS result OF this
famine will stare people of the United States In the
face" Mr.. Murphy couldn't have been more lueuotious
II he had been ioecasng the future OF the Democratic
party
In Philadelphia there licensed drinking saloon TO
every typine voters
lis your son going to become farmerr asked Mrs
the latter. My son is graduate Of the tate AsTi5i
ural College and has no intention OF adopting suci
profession. - ,Norristown Herald
Amid all the wild talk about civil war ID Great Britain
over the Home Rule question of practical interest to
notice that the proportion Of Irish In The Queens army Is
small and growing smaller. There are now In every
1000 soldiers 730 Englisbmen 17S lrshmen, 70 Scotch
men and o, other nationality Eighteen years ago the
number of Irshmen 3OS per lCOO, aud with the ex
cepton of single year. 1850, the proportion has since
then steadily decreased
Mr. Howels has evidently reading the newspaper
Of storms IN tns Wes aed
fell " as large as pumpkins" And yet We don't suppos,
the newspapers would exaggerate ABOUT Httie thlhs
like that Norrstown Herald.
From this time on all Democratic girl babies will be
christened Frankie
1.-THE defeat OF all the attempts to divide Dakota"
says Colonel " Pat" DOMAIN, "s "A triumph for me. as
well as a realization OF the prophecies have made for
the past years in regard to IT, I'm TIE TRIBUNE and
other papers. There has been any good reason
for the division the Territory II will support
the population of ohio Illinois, much less that OF New
York or Pennsylvania; and 1t will never have the
wealth OF Massachusetts or Connecticut The attempt
to give such wilderness four United states Senators.
balancing Ncw-York and Pennsylvania. has BEEN and
s piece brazen impuienco aud Ignorance that only
lot OF Territorial bushwhackers could be guilty Of
The only thing Gods earth to be accomplished by II
ia TO give n few more offices to additional gang OF
frontier bummers. United. Dakota will mako good
state Divided neither half would amount to anything.
Instead OF dividing big Territories think we ought to
consolidate Of our little severity states lie
Democrats wrong IN ninety nine out Of every hundred
national questions. right in their opposition to the
Dakota-diyding job"
It's matter for regret that the strength OF IreanPs
onneal for Home Rule should he broken by tho seces
ofcertain Mugwump Liberals ana the stuP pgo,ry
of te Ulster arrangement whose action recalls CHARLES
Levers lines describing Ireland as
The finest nation,
Fighting like divils for conciliaon,
And hating each other Tor the love OF God
= Portland OregOnian.
sure siyn that Omaha Neb, Is prosperng-ts rivals
try to parayze by roerras to Its citizens as Oma-
hogs
Tho University OF Pennsylvania has recently es
tablished limited number of unendowel POSTGRADUATE
fel.owships in political science aud history Graduates
OF any AmercaG college in either arts or sclencs are
eligible. An opportunity for the advanced study OF
political economy evil government political and con-
stitntional history constitutional ani nercantc law
and political science. will be open FREQ OF charge to the
holders OF these feowshps
Allie" requests the names OF ten books. [ here
with comply by sending her ten avorites First ON
the list the BDle then Shakespeare, longleliow's
mems Tsnny sons pOems d" Inc Language and Poetry
of Flowers" Daring Deeds OF the Blue and the Cray
the works OF William Carleton. " Don tlHrote.' Tho
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