New-York tribune., 1886-01-21
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Political excitement is reaching a dangerous point In
London. All the dogs are ordered to be muzzled, no
opera glasses viii be permitted In the House OF Lords on
the opening day and nobody without blue ribbon can
stand front OF Westminster when the Queen passes
Il has been discovered that old monk predicte
years that 1886 Il 10 be year OF gloom ana sorrow
In which the w0ri1 Is 10 come 10 an emu ne .o a ~
not permit such things to worry u.s. We cannot recall
the winding up Of earthly Things. according to the pre-
dction OF some old fraud Baseball promises to rage
ls6 Is unte as likely to bo AS from horrors
tue one that preceded It -lNOrristOwa Herald.
Here Ia side light question OF Indian extermna-
ton from The Boston lrans,ript "The extermination
the Apaches would give the deathbOw to the hdeous
word hostiles' tor when there are no more Apaches
there Will bo no occasion for General Crook to write
dispatches ana he IS the Iatentee OF the word IL
would probably then disappear"
There is danger that the project Of erecting an edue
trian OF Paul Revere Boston may fall through
The City Council has failed TO designate site Tor the
statue and opinions divided between Copley Square
the North End and Charesown. Copley Square being
tho most favored. Mayor oBrien invited number
OF prominent citizens " NEE; him Tuesday ana dis
ouss the matter.
sLFIGHING SONG.
Not after the customary manner bat written with
some regard to the facts
In silence and slow
Ly DER tue cold snow
We go raspingly seraping tonight
The sleigh bells don't jiDg
Lca lng-we don't slug.
And the silver moon doesn snlne otishe
It's cold and It's dark.
Not "a single warm spark
or life seems left In us now.
My lett il froze-
\. and likewise my nose.
N I wish was back home, wow
The old nag is played out,
rm begInn nY To doubt
fho1l have enough strength TO pull through.
And the girl at my side
Doesn't sHagSle AS she ought 10 40.
She insists shall drive
with both hands-Man alive
when tried once To giveher "a kiss;
With IN a ssaSaiSH9a soss Of her hsad, sai SAi"'
And suffered On. p.ppardou me, Missr
She's cold ana she's gum.
You would think she was dumb,
IfyOu never had seen her before.
But she Isn't. oh. no
Don't misleHd yourself so
And tomorrow she'll talk all the more
It's beginning to snow!
We've got ten niles TO go,
And lash old Maleppa III vain.
You may kick me all day
II I ever 80 sleghing again.
controversy is going on in Boston as 10 whether it
ia correct to say "A man lives IN street" or on
street" one writer suggests that neither is right, and
that literally correct ono must say man lives OF
q street"
Even editors sometimes unreasonable. The editor
OF Georgia paper said In recent issue OF his paper:
II the man who sold five dozen rotten eggs just
before Christmas Day DOESN'T IN aud make them
good wu will him what the penalty is for cheating
and swindling." Just as II any could make that
Kind Of eggs good!
"who is that handsome young woman that sometimes
waits on the table asked anew boardor Is sho tho
You mean the lady just coming In with the syrup
Yes; she's very pretty amt she i-the daughter of
:" Why no that's tho bO riding missus herself"
Tho DOarder's inquiry and his dattering COM
her personal appearance soon reached rho oars
OF the andlady and that boardcr tenderloin
and has tho ares aud sunniest room in the house
boston Courler
The noble game OF baseball sceases bepayed
In some portion OF the fair domain OF Uncle Sam Just
now they having it In San Francisco.
She must have strayed In from Boston, are seemed to
have everything her own way completely.
BY the way" she inquired OF % gentleman who
calling, pave you heard Gounods sacred trilogy,
"N,n.o didn't er-er-I don't exactly HIN. What
ogy was it that tins or Mors ctr
Grand slump OF tho unfortunate gentleman In tho eyes
Of the Boston maid Hartford Post.
According to the London papers Canon Farrar looks
quite well despite his visit to America Oh WELL you
know he peror tribe OF natives while here,
who didn't allow hin wander about alone where the
wilder savages might have popped at him with n
poisoned But then t only by good luck
he escaped beiug torn to pieces by wild beasts
bitten by Newark dog.
Jesse Wood tells good story OF farmer whom he
at the breakfast table morning in the leading hoel
Nashville.
When the waiter handed the rustic the bill OF fare he
glanced over IL and remarked:
Johnny, just bring 'em all in I'm gosh burned
hungry, aud Just got In Nashville"
Tho waiter grnned. aud, after being gone for few
minutes returned with dishes that made "A great semi
circle around the Strangers plate lie counted them all
over and then. with doubtful look. remarked:
Looky here, waiter. don't any pie and I'm
mighty fond OF pie. too"
say, mister don't set p!o for breakfast at this
hotel Only have pie for dinner"
The cOur try gentleman with look OF disgust, turned
to Mr.. Wood and said
Nelgh6or this Is n - Of q hotel"
"Wnyr
Two dollars O day and no pie l."
Doc BaIntord. clerk at tho BnrDet House. tells
similar story of who stopped at tDe fremont
House In Chicago -lClnclnnau Enquirer