New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
This is the way the slaves of tho South express
profound thought in simple language at praisc-meet-
mgs:
"You say you're travelling to the skies,
Then why don't you stop telln' lies,
Nps. my Lord ~

"You say you're travelling to the skies,
Yes, my Lord!
Then why don't you stop tellin' lies,
Yes, my LOrdl"
The Panama Canal Company having advertised for
800 laborers in the Bahama Islands to go to tho
Isthmus tho Governor Of the Bahamas has issued a
Government Notice" warning tho people of tho
deadly climate and the insecurity OF life and property
the Isthmus
"Thoy eat horses in France" observed Joggins
"snt IL horrible :"
81 think you ought to be the last to say So" re-
joined sn0oper.
GLOW i thatl"
You have been known to consume great many
sponp yourself. It'd Bits.
"1As Montgomery Advertiser" thinks that some
thing must be to bring white people to the asri-
cultural stricts OF Alabama. 1t declares that there
is not now enough efficient laLOr in some sections
TO maintain the production OF tho soil at its past
standard "Nor has the loss" it says confined it
self to decay in fences and houses and exhaustion Of
the so l. but society has gone backward churches are
not nourshing and schools are mere remnants of
their former selves" The trouble seems to be largely
due to absentee landordism.
Henry George says that men ought not to work
than four hours cay. This VIII explain why
he starts a weekly instead of IL morning paper On
the later he would have to occasionally work about
thirty 5 K hours day. In an emergency the fore
man and the "devl" can run tho weoAy.-(Norrls-
Town Herald.
A man in Ontario "can repeat perfectly 1GG chap
the Bible, 90 psalms ana every Collect cps
tic and gospel in the ecclesiastical year, according
TO tho English Church Prayer Book" remarkable
memory Dut he tell the date Of the last slugelng
match between sullivan and Tug Wilson! somo
men can name the day and hour the ark landed IN
MI Ararat and unable to tell how many times
the bicycle record has been broken this year-lNor-
rislown Herald.
According to "Tho Washington Critic" pretty
Philadelphia girl who is most fluent and frequent OF
speech came over TO Washington not long ago undor
the escort Of one OF our society men, VINO Is known
his conN ersauOnal silence.
"Nell, Florence" said the young lady whom sho
was visiting when the two glr,s had moment To
themselves what did you think OF Lieutenant y Z"
"Oh, delightful, charming" exclaimed the fair
Phiiadelphian lie Is the most entertaining man
l ever met. Why, 20 you know, before We had gone
fifty miles from Philadelphia, my throat was 80 sore
i could hardly speak"
A correspondent, who has heard that the Indians
are TO DO given land in scNerdlty, Writes TO ask
whether se> crafty Is State or Territory; but owing
to the crowded condition OF our c0iumns shall not
be able to answer hlm.-,BOaton Transcript.
"uave you mems gloves 2" asked a gentleman in a
Boston glove the other day. ave have gentle
mems gloves" the freezing reply OF the young
lady who presided Leh nd the counter.
Tho Faith Cure-L tile Dot-l beard your mamma
tell my mamma you were getting to BIO awful good
boy.
Little Dcb-Ycs, am.
She said she knew what you wanted for
Christmas cause she hean you a-prayin' for them"
eyes; 1 prayed real loud 50 she would. "-(O Omaha
World.
wealthy lady OF London who recently died, left
$500 to "A poor cicrgym and $4,000 TO Home for
Dogs
Bluffum is possessed of broad. catholic spirit
There Is nothing contracted about Bluffum. lie was
reading tho other evening the card Of woman in
the newspaper, in which she demanded that women