New-York tribune., 1886-02-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

After ALL when 10 comes a thorough gOlng riot any
ordinary sized town in Mexico give points to Lon
don For instance, cltzen OF Tula Tamaulipas thls
describes the present situation in that town. The pre-
feet ana three Others killed W th bullets the Judge
escaped mracuously; the police bd in their homes
all the stores coscd is on the streets and
any who out is ia danger OF being shot by
the PIonunoiados. In short having La Commune
OF Paris"
Telephone Bell expects the tine will come when peo-
po by electricity we'll they now hear. It
will bo an extensive sight il Bell gets the patent
Waterbury American
That good old ecclesiastical word carnival Is being
very much ovorworked. An enthusiastic citizen Of
Halifax y. =. now proposes that carnival be
hold that city And he insidiousy bids for tle sup
port OF AngomAniars hy reminding them THAT Halifax
contains tho Only gaIrsun OF British soldiers North
America" It would be- good scheme to have "a
cnrnivni IN Halifax. racUId snap came it could
bo turned into a win er carnival
Some persons want the date Of Thanksgiving Day
changed OCTOBER H. the anniversary OF the discovery
Oi America The proposition viii not he received with
much favor. Columbus deserves no honor II America
hadn't been discovered our people wOud not now wit
the nanseatg spectacle OF people who were born
10 this country ,rylns to pass themselves OF as
fotoisnors.-l lNorristOwn Herald
In "A restaurant after the Mlkado" He: "wcll,
suppose will fried oysters usual" She: Don't
say fried oysters; call them something lingering
boiling OIL" lie UAiling to catch aside: Great
scott! She's goin' to order one OF them expensive
dishes"
When Blackburn was frat running for Congress, he
O1dnton, Ky. After the prelinin ,rios mad been ar
ranged tho sheriff consulted his watcn and discovered
that not quite II o'clock the hour fixed foI the
execution. Turning 10 the prisoner be said You have
teu minutes vet TO live; there anything YOU desire to
SAY In the meantime e. The prisoner sulenly replied
not. At this instant Blackburn SprAng from
mis- scat aud advancing to the edge OF the sco said:
II the neman Will allow ms MS remaining ten min
utes VIII he Ilai To anon"ce myself candidate 'or
the prisoner iuerectcd: Mr. sherin. won't stand
few minutes when It's death or listening TO one OF joe
BlaCkburns speeches Flip the trap and 10. me 60"
The gopd narurud sheriff Obeinsy hipped the trap"
and Il next Instant tho desperate swans into eternity
-san Francisco Argonaut
Mrs Magdalen Miller, OF Greenve. Penn, is ninety
years OF ago. and hale and hearty that she walk
four miles through the she has been tobacco
smoker for seventy years.
Gam Jones proposes attacking the stronghold of tho
Powers Darkness the 10Th inst lie will begin in
Chicago that day. and remain long as he receives
encouragement Tho reh -lous status OF Chicago de
pends Ia a great extent existing OF the
market II sam strikes the Bug city when the markets
favorable aud leads of with tue right "gamOit. he
may mako "a sensation and possibly reform few ballot
box stutcrs.-lSt LOUIS Post Dispatch.
It Is rather suggestive fact that there has been so
much talk about the shifting Of the literary centre from
Boston since tho poet Squire left it.
Evangelist Moody refused So 900 TO sit for his pho
tograph lie was probably AFRAID II would get into the
illustrated daiiies portrait Of some famous murderer
apOLs Tribune.
The people OF Connecticut are engaged in vigorous
fight against the native wildcat and tho English spar
After few decades they hope to redeem thestato
from its primitive wildness.
Somehow those Boston girls carrying bags of ashes to
sprinkle on slippery sldewalki attract more attention in
New-lOrk PAPERS than III Boston, Who has
-lBOstOn Transcript.
Who would think 1t : In material. unromantc Chicago
there said to be hundred and fifty tenant
less because they haunted CHICAGO will learn One
OF these days that 1t can't kill hogs with mpunity.
Rutland. Vt. is enjoying loan exhibition, which is
.oL in 1898. the chair factories the last
tnry must have run on full time to provide Washington
with chairs Judging by tho number OF those sat In
still eXtant. -lBoston Transcript.
On Holy InnDconts Day In Antwerp boys and girls
dressed up like and women and are for that day
allowed bo the masters OF tho house. Here America
many LITTLE folks are masters all the year around.
Tho Provincetown clergyman who has written to the
superintendent Of tine Lie saving Service at Washing
ton, suggesting that horse horses be added the
equipment Of the stations has hit upon decide lily prao
tca idea Anybody how useful the services
OF horse mgnt be made In lime OF wreck IN holwng
haul boats aud otlcr apparatus, tautenine lnes
ing exhaustion OF the at the stations in various
ways. 90 Boston Transcript
new novel Ia called For Mamios Sake" 1t is not
written by Willie Black ="r HuShlo Conway. Granite
Allen is the authOr.- NOrristOwn Herald
Tho papers OF and Kansas are hotly discuss
Ing the question whether not tho woodchuck is bird
Or RroundhhOg.
James," said Tunboy, sr., 1T IL ton minutes
past \. told you To be IN the house at precisely"
4" But wanted Que more sltief said Jimmy
" one slide, sir. You the sliding path |
too much, sir You may GARY your sled INTO tue attic
FOR the rest o the winter and your skates too SIR Aud
will out OF the house evenings more, nor
have any company In the house, mako any noise
whatever and Will go TO bed at O'Clock, and"
Don't you think, pOp,' interJected Jimmy, that
the punishment hts the crime too much T.
Jimmy sliding usllil-llIArtfOru Post.
very gifted writer IL Is said ho answered the adver
tlsem ont OF Chicago nrm oherug good prices FOR
short stories by mailing them Tuey wrote hin back
that they ploased with IL and would pay him 500
for It, but ha send them $40 to nave IL copied
type writer Ho readily complied, and now he Is won