New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Cutting Just boiling over with enthusiasm In ~
gard to bis scheme to conquer Mexico. There ssQ
only four little drawbacks, he says, In tho way. an
these are o lack Of men, lack Of money. tho prob.
ability Of Interference by the United States Govern
ment, and tho certainty that tho Mexican army wou
knock tho conquerng army into smihereem. ~
when tho flbusten have mbbcd o few glass q
FL Paso whfkey, they are quito sure that they 90
lick all creation. Notwithstanding.
Maud-Ihsre = that husba nd hunting Miss sharps
Mabel-Yss, she Is enjoying the fresh hsr.-tCh
Rambler.
Elias Cove of Lewiston. Mo-, absolutely sure thae
he Is the Saviour. He IL sixty long cosa
and cape Of bright rod. tall white hat with bros1
whito band and flowing ends, white trousers and
casins. He also carries white umbrella and veY
gorgeous horse blanket for cold weather. lilo makes
occasional dime by selling his photograph. on IL
back OF which s this inscription ELIAS Cove
Emanuel the Prince VI Peace. Jesus Christ, who bap-
tiled himself with the AID Of the Holy Ghost and b
the son Of Dorothy Jane Cove, who translated hh
spirit from God"
Public object lessons on dirt arc to b established
in Paris. The lessons will be given In . hygiens
museum, and they will present In graphic form the
dangers to health from dirt OF all kinds. II wouA
be q good idea to send the street cleaning bureaus
Of some American cities to Paris to attend these
object lessons.
At ono time in his earlier days Major stofah Wa
a most active and faithful member of the church mil
liant. but in later years he has fallen from grace
progress, when the Major casually referred To hh
church experience.
You don't mean to say you ever belonged to The
1 S be sss dSabns
n, man" he broke out IL used to DO the mo's
II be said any more nobody could hear II; for ths
crowd reare and the Major got ss u ao me acc b ana
the laugh came -lWashingtOn Critic.
Daniel Pratt. the "Crcat American Traveller"
out with q lecture entitled. "The Political Sit
uation in Prussia and Shhometan with Glance at the
Solar System. and Remarks upon Blaine as Poet
The dresses Of Western actress described in .
local paper "poems, and short poems. at that
"Pa, arc you a frontisrsmanl" asked little Willy
pas angel child, he nestled close TO his mothers
knee mo, my childish pnttler," responded pa Sia
ing: "Matiia, you must have been reading DINE
as Cause, Mr. smdood told sister that whenever be
saw you at the theatre you was on the irohtter
chicago Rambler.
the other day in school examination wrote that there
were two kinds of gender. "lady and gentleman"
A welldiggcr has been boring for water for more
than year on farm near Chebanse, III. lie IS nov
water has to be poured into the hole to make the
drill work 1t Is believed this wcl-dsger viii be an
Ill digger before he strikes. stown Herald
Jerome Hopkins cannot DO accused OF falling TO
He has recently written TO a Baltimore paper TO say
that "Bishop Odenheimer frequently pronounced my
fathers to be ono OF the greatest ntelects OF the
nineteenth century and 1t is certain that no othef
American Episcopalian preate has thus far given
evidence Of learning and polemic ability equal 70 thoss
displayed in Bishop Hopkins's Answer TO hincrs
End OF Controversy Contrvverted.' and In tho famous
exposure OF the late sanley's gnonnce OF Eng
Isb ecclesiastical at the time OF the Anglcal
Convention when the American Bishops were shut out
Westminster Abbey to please the notorious Colenso.
who was o warm friend Of tho Dean"
Hotel Guest-wafer, how Il thisi Yesterday, DO.
string TO make present 10 my daughter at the dinnes
table, put S500-bil in . piece Of cake and told
you 10 hand II to her.
Hotel Waiter-Yes, sab.
"But she says she got the cake and not the money
ayes. snh beg parl0n, sab | thought you IN
tended that for my fee. sah"-tOmaha World.
won't you allow me to invite you 10 drink with
me ?" asked lively youth of solemn booking man
in ministerial garb.
Young man. replied the solemn person. "dh You
ever hear Abraham Lincoln's remark to man who
invited him to drink ?"
"oh. well. you needn't feel insulted.- said the
young man. somewhat aggrieved.
"Not at ALL not at all But did you ever hear
Lincon's remark ."
"Well. he said I'll 90 you and that's what say
now. Where shall we meander l-Chicago Rambler.