New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-03
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

The introduction of SOAP it Is said, Is doing much
10 cvilize tho people OF the Holy Land. large
soap factory been established on the site OF ancient
shechem, and the people are beginning to use 1t on
their persons instead OF trying to eat it as they did at
first. Along with the Introduction OF soap other
reforms arc going on. Bethlehem has been rebuilt
and the streets lighted with gas. Ceser@a Is
having a building boom, Nazareth is becoming the
headquarters of big olive oil spectators corner
lots in Joppa going up with rush, ana real
estate in Mount Carmel is largely held by spectators
for an advance. AL around Shechem there Is
lively demand good ap fat and the sleepy nhaDl
tants of Ramoth Gead think Of building a glue fac
tory. Jerusalem Is waking up also. 1t has street
cleaning bureau, big clocks on Its PUBIC DuildIng,'
and lts suburbs being built up rapidly. Even In
the vale of Gehenna the price OF land has gone up.
Tho ladies' of Jerusalem take all the Partisan fashion
Journals and know all about the latest style of hair
dressing
"But what in the world did you buy that piece Of
marsh for?" "Best Ia the world. sir. There's
millions In that marsh, you choose to call IT,
know what I'm about. The city Ia going to run
street through It, and my property Will appreciate
a HUNDRED per cent" "Nell, there in something in
that" eyes. and that isn't the best Of IT. shall
insist grade damages and shall probably get from
$4,000 to $4,000 on that sco.e. ] tell YOU sir,
know what I'm about; there's nothing green about
Mo "-(Boston Transcript.
Two French noblemen, the Count G. du Dore and
the Count Jean dHedonville. are on ranches near
stinkinr Water Wyoming Territory. They humorously
call the place Cologne.
TheIe Is no truth IN the rumor that tho Browning
Society OF Boston have asked Bishop the mind reaaer
to tacklo their favorito poet.
Reasoning it out Photographers Boy-No mann;
we never take pictures unless We get pay ior 'nein
In advance.
OLD Maii-But suppose pay for them and don't
like thcmi -. 49,. ,a,p 80
"Dont know, man: the ooSs Is oue pul no - 10
In soon an Will tell yOu."
49, seems to me a very queer rule you ought at
least TO guarantee satisfaction"
eyes Int you see, nam. there amt no way to
keen pictures from lookin Like the people."-tOmaha
World
English people are aghast at sentence recently
pronounced by an English clergyman who was SIT
ting as a magistrate. An old man sixty -nne years
OF age was brought before him accused of stealing a
shirt He was at once sentenced by the reverend
Judge TO five years penal servitude. 1t was fort
mate thing for tho old man that theft is longer
punishable By death.
flung stone into the air,
Where il might fall | did not care,
For who is not tempted, sometimes, to try
How far he make pebble fly 7
/ brcathed a curse into the air.
And thought that none would hear me swear;
For who can hear through twO-brick wall
The Wrlthlul words man lets 1tl!
Two days later, nearly dead,
] found a tramp with a broken head:
And heard tho osih repeated with gleo
by my youngest child, girl Of three.
-tDetrot Free Press.
The husbands Of Washington Territory arc begin
ming TO kick against their wives going juries.
ono Of them writes rs follows TO his local paper:
AMY wife has been gone away on the jury four days.
l have not had q square meal since she left. My
children crying for bread, and everything goes wrong
l am hungry, angry and all out Of sorts in every no
spect wrte this TO warn the people who advocate
womans rights in my presence again must DO very
largo man. and II ever the sheriff comes after my
wifo again he had better bring posse with him, for
nv shotgun loaded and will not hesitate TO It,"
Tho highly cultivated papers Of Boston mako
sneering references TO NewYork because the Greek
play ran here only one consecutive night.