New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-24

Civil Service Commits sion to Local Examining Board
at Custom House-Make inquiry and report whether
Collector Hedden violated the Civil Service law III
making removals and appointments
Answer OF pooh Bah" A. ID. Parker private secre'
tary and adviser Of Collector Hedden, and chairman OF
tho Examining Board to tho Civil Service Commission
j. NJ Comstock excharman OF the Board mas vioia'eu
the law furnished to eligible ist OF cand
dates. which thereby used. violating the law myself
THE FLY.
On. the fiy's riser carly
Now q days,
And he max the sleeper sdrly
With his lays
lie is very. very fresh
And he has an eye forhesh
10 amaze.
He's most persistent fellow
You may kick the bedstead melIoa.
But you cannot brighten him;
He'll return with greater vim
Byand-by.
Well he knows perfect sleeping
And he Knows When he is creeping
How immense
Is your rage, nut still ho goes
Ger the flesh that you expose
And through rents
If he thought that you would strike him
With your list. go
or FIX IL yC a.y Wste up just ike him.
For the names OF lazy men
He has written with a pen
columbus Dispatch.
s. W Wesley the cowboy evangelist, is bigger man
than sam" Jones in tue great Southwest Il was
born" he SAYS In Missouri. but when was three
year.oe rz to the enornity OF the fact an went to
Texas. one dark night satded gray nlly an rode
out into Texas YES, sir. 1t was my third birthday
WAS brought up on the frontier an until year ago was
q CO gboy. Every one knew me. was branded all over
with the devils irons; yes. sir. Oae day year ago.
things ben corpse-ike the frontier dropped over
iaat
ton had several so to speak. Happened into meet
ing one night and there was Major Penn an evangelist
firm red.hot Bible into crowd. Before that Pd been
a sort OF Maverick, knockin around without no owner
but that night the Lord jest as,oed me- branded me an
SAYS Now you caper my ranch, an I've been adoin
the very same. Why, y year ago didn't know Mat
thew from Mordeca int rye sorted things out. II any
man can lump a quotashun from the Bible that don't
know why P-TIl swaller my hat cat him boodr raw
Jest as he likes"
An Austin poet entered the sanctum OF The crosby
county clarion ana runners fW"fc"0r auu saiu W '"o
editor, Colonel snort: ,-r ,,,,.,
Here little gem I've Just dashed OIL Read IL anu
give me your candid opinion about tt
Colonel snort took the gem, and AFTER resuhge over
SAID: ,,.. ,,o. for ma % y,,a q, on,n
ion You If say it Is no good You viii not believe
IT, and If say 1t is good, I'll not believe 1t myself Inc
for me 10 do Is not 10 express any opnon d.
all don't care to commit myself.-lre1"s sitting.
In his latest prospectus the editor OF The AFt=ond
Ho,rl.r says: "Now Is the time to subscribe We have
will send to every who subscrbes for The HOTTER for
five years The machine in question can be placed in
the botton of hens AMI when Biddy lays an egg
II gently sezes he egg and Dy an ingenious device
stamina upon it tue day Of the month on which 1t was
laid Then little spring flies out and throws the hen
of the nest before say Jack Robinson, after
which bell rings notify you that an egg has been
laid When these machines are IN genera use 1t will be
no longer possible put back number eggs on the mar
ket Walk up to our sanctum gents and when you lay
down the dust five years you take horne one OF
these wonderful machines. y. B. The Editor OF The
Prler lies as usual when he says that were drunk
last week"
It's said that the fine and aromatic tobacco OF CUBA
ia growing scarcer every year. and that its degenera-
ton Is due to exhaustion OF tho land and the abuse
u, Peruvian guano as fertilizer. The United States
produces yearly about 2O0000000 pounds and to make
cigars 100000 pounds Of tobacco for hes are bought
In Cuba
The Rev. DR.. Bartol OF Boston. told the Concord
philosophers tho other day that he would not abolish
nell n he could lie thinks II is good gymnasium for
the saints.
In this city. long bank director asked the
whether you inquired in GOdward or manward sense
rrnlled the cashier. 4" MAYNARD. OF course said
the director :" In Godward sense remarked Tue
cashier, Mr. is very good No. l. No man IN the
church can pray louder. Bat in msnward sense am
sorry 10 say that he tricky Ii Is suiicien, to say