New-York tribune., 1886-11-10
TALK OF TIE DAP.

"Te Washington Critic" thfn fnlss that vreinis h mors
successful q mother Of Preshents than 80 Q mother
Of Democratic Congressman.
First Burgar-I wish we could find ono o. Henry
Geo gc's ,oks In tbis ere Library, BID.
Second Burgar-wot feri
b, .eon n "a paper yot was readin % -da} s snHs
"Never mini about gettin tho books. Jim. We
know bow he feeIs."--lOrnaha World.
Who buried Colonel Morrison3
a." says John Jarrett.
"No we." say the Knights OF Labor.
Well. 1t really doesn't matter. gentlemen, whd
did II. All Of US were at the funeral
GER cHALLgyGH.
Tho maiden sat near my arm,
Around her waist threw IL,
And then, not meaning any harm
kissed Der eer she knew it.
She threw an angry glance at me.
She 1i fro~ned VINE s and aid. "I'd Ike to ses
You just try that agani"
"why certainly, sweet maid" said,
This tine she only blushed and ssh,
-CBoston Courier.
Of Jehu And we are ned to remark that the
voice Of Huri /. turtle In our land.
"Do you go past tho Lowell deepough 7" she asked
the conductor. and be responded, Yes na'am" a:
"Ffchburg Lowell and Eastern" she sat- nnmovsbls
and silent. until fellow PASSENGER said 81 peg par
eli els stationi tn Is the nearest point al wshel"
:he replied. win much satsioess Ito 60 to q: 2:
ded "I don't know where. the DEPOT y" repleI
mat,ers" aIben why did YOU speak to N. ~ lie:
s so rhs e ost G s sa ys Why ss & ps cp a q
the seeker for the lowell "deerough." she vas milo
and haf from the station and stiil spe-l ng merry
no.thvard. but il must have beon w0eful awaken
ing the conductor when she found out whore she
was.-tBoston Transcript.
"The Boston Courier IA somewhat unhappy be-
cause PEOPLE use the title "Esq after their names.
"The cusom" il says. "is merely OF those sills
thouehtlcss Instances Of the adherence to an old
t,adltionqry usage from which all meaning has long
since vanished There IL more harm In II than
there would be in drawing the picture OF q cat at
the address upon envelope. and. for that matter,
no more good. Since every country pumpkin boz
comes on his letters at least ESQUIRE and ig-
norsmuses go even TO the extent OF adding esq
after sjr' LID or 'D.D' itself, it would seem
that the habit had made itself too ridiculous to on
duio longer and that 1t must quickly work Its own
extinct on that. perhaps, 1t is needless to expend
words in attacking the 'esq.' folly"
We are not much on paIindromes. but having just
come from the theatre We give you this: STAR
rats.-lLoweil Cit zen.
small boy of Newton. Mass. went to the polls
on Election Day and tried to vote in place of his
father. who was too Ill to vote
Hnt.-"wm you have some tonic with your
aYes. Get ne sOmo ginger alo"
Ginger a.el" O..
eyes, that pops 1 believe, when you open It,
(BostOn Courier
More than l. 900 900 wash boards are sold in this
country every year. The best wood for wash -boards
Is cottonwood sycamore, pine being TOO SOFT.
stood talking the other evening at IIenont-st.
and Temple place with party Of gentleman r'ends,
when a beautiful faced little girl poorly ana hiny
clad appra achel and begged tor a penny. ber
beautiful face doubt. IL that brought from our
pockets what she asked for Kin'lly thanking Us she
turned TO 20. when elderly lady approached and
handed the Little one fifty cent pece: Almost be-
wlllcred and looking up " the kind hearted stran-
ger she innocenty asked with tears 10 her b>autfut
ar.e ewes: "Arc you Gods m0therf" The lady
who handed the money to the littlo waf. have since
learned ia connected with OF our charitable IN
stitut ons being we'll known among the poor people
of Boston.-tNew- England Budget
1t Is generally recognized that intellectually the
modern baDy completely distances its prototype Oh
decades ago Children OF tender years are proverb-
ally brighter than they used to be: they are little
lad am gentlemen before they abandon their pima
fores But the astounding progress of babies In arms
Is worthy of being recorded. The other day was
PRIVILEGED TO listen to three mothers in council who
thus described the intellectual development OF their
hopeful ofspr ng. First M0thcr-My baby says "Ah,
COOL All cool" Second mothcr-My baby says "Gul-
loo. gulloo." Thri M0ther-My baby says "Bahhahf
Bahbahln maternal sympathy concert, indeed
Jewish MESSENGER