New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-28
EPITAPHS.

And Scratched away the ilchen green,
Until he read Kate Kelly dead,
Age twenty-seyen;. kerosene"
He sauntered on a rod or two,
And there he found another one;
Moses MelchiZidek McGlue
Here lies below. Blew In his gun"
| He turned the corner with moan,
BY thirst of knowledge goaded,
And found upon another stone:
-(San Francisco Post.
clergyman In presence OF one OF his elders ana a
lady parishoner remarked jocuarly that very good
sphcct for discussion at the church meetings would be
How TO XIII Out Prayer Meeting" Oh" said tho
lady, the elder here tell all about that; for
he always prays to the Lord to water the spark that
| Thou hast kindled'5 When things were explained
| to the good elder he jolued in the SMILE
On the street.-Tramp- Excuse me, SIR; Will you
pIease put up the price of drink
Gentieman-Certainy, my good fellow I'm Just
going here after one for myself, and you can JOIN
Tramp-You are very Kind, but q It's all the same
| TO You I'd prefer the money. You see, i've got
ren;,lar place where know the booze, and 1t makes
| me nervous to sample stra'~e hquor.-tWa shngton
! Critic.
western Man-stranger, the place where you now
stand surrounded by solid blocks, palatia residences
| and tall spires, few short months ago was oily
| hole in the ground
Tenderfoot-How was that
| Western Man-You see, an Eastern man came along
and started cattle ranch here. But he encountered
| a streak of bad luck, and the bottom dropped out OF
! the whole business; he laid Off town and madc
| a fortune selling corner lots.
Nashville paper announced the death OF Edwin,
instead Of Matthew, Arnold and told how every one
| IS lamentng the taking Off Of the man who wrote
| The Light Of Asia"
Buffalo for the Smithsonian. acquisition by tho
authorities of the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
| ingon of a male and female living buffalo Is sub
iect for congratulations and Mr. BackfOrd, the donor
win receive the thanks of large number OF people
for his wise lberaIty. II anywhere IN the United
States there Should De ce e Oh Of tbs country
may be hoped that Nr Blackfords action VIII induce
one else b add Tb Tga % OF s be ' number
of single individuals held in state OF domestlcatlon
the Western county which can 90 lcee yaus
II sent to Washington to be bred there-tForest and
Stream.
| An earnest young clergy in Canadian church
recently moved his congregation with the pathetic
story of the drowning Of little child But the anti
climax came when by slip Of the tongue, he pict-
ured the father dragging out OF the cruel water the
| life Of HIS bodyless child"
It Is aThe Omaha Herald" which believes that
while the grumbllngs Of Matthew Arnold VIII be
speedily forgotten, his Light Of Asla' win be read
decades hence.
There is bin in the United States Senate relative
TO providing for designs on our coins. as
though there were not designs enough aready On Oo
an enabling act in the interest OF the DOCK caVassi
the parish fair committee woman or the wayde Ia
who beguiles with his dubious wares AZ seuuctNo
prces.-(BostOn Transcript
In France they are beginning to think that Eoi-
langers march has ceased to be song, and has be-
come an epoch
Mukwump means ice in the Algonquin language.
Our Democratic friends generally take mhR"uDR III
sSaIn ae f tSe MTswump in during the coming
paign.-(Norristown Herald