New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-18
TIE TALK OF The DAY.

This tho novel way that q San frhDois0o
paper gives notice of old sea captains dcath' zap
tain r. Sharp the veteran navigator, has gone aio'
where no can now live among the stars he loved 10
speak about No moro lunar observations, hor PLAN
sailing will tho old lay out to aspiring young cap
tans or macs He has let go his anchor and the caoe
is all out to the end and that has slipped through
the hawse- pipe
Two systems-stranger Tin omaha)-How much is
'D Tha. Is free S gnr sp SIR
We do not charge for It, You owe 20 cents i0r arnN'
'n0ukE En- You charge for the drinks and throw the
lunch n. in,'
@TSars a now idea to me. Down in Kansas they
charge for the lunch and throw the drinks H.
Omaha World.
An iIterate Cleveland for revcnueonly Demoeras ]"
this city goes about saying that tho opponents OF tho
president will have TO be anhcmetized' by the party
That IS the kind of harmony which exists In the DEM
ocratIc party.
There is post Office in Virginia called "'lackS
and Whites"
Our Greedy is stuck the Baptists,
That matter we all see Is PLAIN,
For while they convene In the city
But nc Greedy ssIy' is s~ Slightly in error ,s
And be will find out after while ,,,,
That the rain which comes down in sprlnkins
- "O' ~ 'i' Washington Critic.
A great many women now ride on the outside Oh
the Fiftbaye. stages, especially pleasant evenings
The drivers say that spooncy' couples seem to enjoy
the novel experience very much
Milwaukee Is City of Churches in addition to be-
ing City Of Beer.
In some sections of the West, last summer, wator
was so scarce that they had to pay so cents pslrs
they have moro water than they want, and sun COM
plain that It is fcarfully high 1t Is hard 10 SATISFY
some poople-(Sprngfeld Union
The people of tho Pacific Coast are taking consider
Eyn
be opened In August, though why should be held In
winter is not clear. The Oceanic Steamship Com
pany is taking freight from San Francisco TO Mol
bourne half rates, and It is expected that there viii
be very creditabe exhibit of California products at
the Exposition
Coming and Going" Yaas,' said discouraged sSs;
monopoly in this here community"
How is that y he was asked .
"We, Ebenczsr Smith, he's the real estate agent
down there where you see tho sign NO maara am am
Of the street and between em both, they manage TO
scoop In both ends Of the business done In the piaco
-(Puck.
its editorial page is devoted to Canadian topics, ex
cent the humorous column, which is made up from
American papers.
The clerk of the weather ought to order spring on
deck by changing May to Shall
What lie Did with It" Success in life may depend
somewhat on but It depends more fn ON
wealth and penurious habits. ,r,.,,
THAT'S s0,' said Blllson, one OF the milhonaires
When first came to this town had so cents
Now what 90 you suppose ald R TIsnn ANYBODY
that knows YOU skue, would hho" "na' ''u Jill VIII
wen, what did do with itl-
"Wby, you've got 1t yet.'-(Merchant Traveller
Russia IS very much interested in Herat. 1t would
| like to be thereat
"why, Daniel exclaimed Mrs Fogg, i" I don't see
what you have against the buffers; they are one OF
Yes my dear replied Fogg; al am aware that l,a
they are one Of the first families az nd ee hem ons Of
| the last families when any moneys TO be PAID ioi
| seeing the show."-(Boston Transcript
Helena. Mont Is not q very large city, but It has
twenty seven miuIonalres. An enthusiastic Helena
says that mlllonalrism Is disease that Is very
| catching out there.
There are now two Presidential tickets 10 the field.
They are Redstone aud Colyip, and Lockwood and
| Love-
Failing MInd-Mr. Hoffman House-Pm afwad
our poor friend ovation is losing MS mind, Rocky.
He's getting awfully careless Of the most impa"taht
MIR Rockaway Beach-Ya- as noticed tn other day
up &r. Hoffman House-worse than that I actually
| met him to-day-and on the Avenue, thlhh Vi W
| without gaiteIS!-tPucA
There is still ice In the Catskls four or five feet
| thick
Literature for tho Chdrep-Lady Ito bookseller
Have you any nice story books for children .,
"oh, something like The Babes in the Woods OF
| Little Red Rldlnshood.' -.
@We have nothing that old. fashioned order, but
| here Is something very interesting and ATTRACTIVE
Dark Daniel the Detective, the Murder In HAPPY
| Hollow '-tI.ncoln Journal
| "Pa see that Secretary Whitney has advertised
for proposals for naval supplies" said one OF four
daughters to her father who responded gruiy Well
what Of it2" Nothing special only didn't Know
but you'd think 1t good way to get proposals Tor us
| girls"
al cannot see,' said Miss Kate Field, Yesterday,
how II Is that you people rave about the climate
of San Francisco. For my part I think the Atlantc
seaboard In summer is far pleasanter than IS your
| sea coast 1t Is always so cold here . -" nv, i. Is
now the 9th Of May and declare IL Is quite chny.
But you like California, do you not = was re'poc'
| fully asked ,, -. ho,. s,avod b.ro
| so long came here for few weeks stay, ana
| have been nearly I. year upon the coast have been
| Norma to Alaska have been vastly pleasoG VIII
| ali that | have seen. | was much lhteTes,eu MIN
| The inhabitants OF Lower California. was duly
amazed AT the prosperity Of San Diego nave Deen
cbied by the cold breezcs Of this peninsula"-tsan
Franclsco Post.
PLEASE SEE TO THIS. MR. WHITNEY.
| From The Boston Globe
| American waters will be graced by nearly 1oO
| purg-ss heats this summer. lie ought to be called
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