New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-08
THE TALK OFTHE DAY.

Perhaps tho President wants the tariff taken on
raw materials to give his English free traoe
message a chance. 1t was about tho rawest mstera
that have for some time
The simple announcement that Wesley Rays wife
presented him with four children on christmas uay
ought to Justify prediction thst no VIII oe Sieoaoa
jaIler OF benton But when 1t Is added thai ms OPP
pOnent Is q yOungster Of twenty Who Is aiieady tho
father of five children, tho pendulum OF doubt taxes
long swing In tho opposite direction NLousVnie
CouriorJournaL
Eight Senator'S 1t is saId will ride in street.
car drawn by a white horse. Perhaps they are dark
horses themselves, and object to making 9 badly
matched team.
Prosperous Nebraska-The farmer gets about or
nearly much this winter for 1000 bushels Oh corn
this time brought 90 cents In this market and
hogs s3 25 to S3 so 1t takes time TO husk Om
it to market, and when prices arc better there IS
com pens alton tho loss OF half crop Taking
to tho farmers as did 1886 "Ths Cheftain" believes
that nneenths Of the farmers Of Johnson County are
worth double the amount they were in lceO, ana IL
Is glad Of IT, They have worked hard for 1t and do
serve prosperity. -ttecumseh Chiefuan
Tho New Years number Of The Kansas City Jour
nal' consisted of forty pages, and gave full and In
teresting history of the years progress In Kansas
City. "The Journal is worthy representative Oh
the lively and prosperous metropolis Of the kaw
"The coming news paper" told will mob
print any embellishments" We under the i'm.
preston is tho going newspaper tina. does not
print any advertisements and that that Is the reason
why 1t is going -(BOston Transcript
Tho recent death of Dean Scott. of LddeIl and
Scott fame, rec ls old anecdote OF Dean Lidde,
told by the old boys of the Blue Coat School (Christs
HOSPITAL London. Sometimes q boy would construe
ago differently from DR.. Lddelrs interpretation
giving Ltdcll and Scott" his authority The 'ox-
con being produced and tho boys appeal thus sus-
taned, tho learned Doctor would invariably exciaim'
Dear dear what Mr. Scott have been thinking
aboutl'
A candidate is already in the field In Victoria r. C.,
to I'M th seat in Parliament vacated by Mr. Shakes
peare. the new city postmaster. Inc name Oh t IN,
auenal requsition and will doubt he elected Tho
equation Of British Columbia for poe;icA pari,s
shi kespe and Thompson have already sal ior
British Columbia constituencies, and now comes
Prior.-(TOronto Mall
Tho initials Of Governor Hill's private secretary
are w. c. r., and President Cleveiands pnvsto
secretary D. S. L. Tho first set of initials are the
twentv third seventh and sixteenth letters In tho
alphabet Colonel Lannon'S initials number FOUR
seventeen and twelve in alphabetical order. These
arc unlucky combinations according to seers Inc
initials of Governor Hlls secretary Interpreted
| "wil Grover Remain n and those Of President Ceve-
lands secretary, "Davil's Sun Lover
Tho crop of washington's body servants having
died off, tn, ccaths Of their children aic now being
announced IL this Is TO DO Kept up: the niche OF thus
spacious than that allotted the Father of his Country
baltimore American
Mike Kelly, tho $4,000 baseball player OF Boston,
was so disguised with the way ball wasn't played In
San Francisco. that he shaved of his mustache and
skipped East He was especially indignant because
the San Francisco gamns habitually called him Ton
Cent Mickey"
tho European ones. Tho walters all attrcd In
whitc head to foot, with largo black purse at
the waist, and always men There Is generally
large barrel organ which gives out the latest airs.
Is wonderful how much tea Russian Will drink Tho
with y"ung russian. Tea was ordered, and ono
glass followed another with the Russian until he bad
drank seven He said he had often drank eleven and
that fifteen were not too many for an old hand Tho
tea is drank alone or with lemon, and the sugar
eaton from tho hand-tRussan Letter In Hartford
Times
Acco,ding to Q correspondent Of "Tho st Louis
Globe Democrat" tho genuine. original simonpure
Buffalo Bill" Is william Matthewson Of wichita. Kan
sas. who born in Broome County. N Y.
Berlin actor has Just made his five thousandth
| appearance In tho Same theatre
Tho Salvation Army consists Of 2,e62 corps with
| 1894 officers During tho iase year, i,slO,3s0
meetlngs have boon held, 2717ss0 houses visited,
and l4s,eo5 persons converted In Great Britain
| alone
force war is raging between tho papers Of ott.w.
tn nSs OF me .Ssus has -. Sc
| in.-tKansss city Times.
Ono Of tho foremost American trade Journals 10
"The Iron Ago Of this city. weekly roview Of ths
hardware iron and metai rade~ In all teir branches
IL has Just entered IT, forty year, and has markd
th> event BY an entire change Of form. Tho initial
| nimber Of tho nov volume bound m meat paper
covers Tho pages 40 only half tho sise they vers
| formerly, but they have Increased In lumber no"
| forty eight to 1914 The typography sad general sp
| poarance have also bssa materially Improved
Judge Lacombs holds thas n aceor may plunge
into tank Of wsssr % Tao mimic stage without In
friugng patent right cei1 plunges Into ffsstrsds
tanhs however. passassd ~ IL Democratic party
| especially i:s prsssas hsaA
Tho hoseis and saleau n West Choseee. Penn.
combined and iuorsassd the price Of whskey and
beer sold 70 ssIoeod lcoDls IAs PRICE of I'll drn -
saloon kespon aYpssr 70 lsvs ngA~ rssard ios %:
she town wssA - inpsovs1 nts veice o. whsly and
pser sold e White ess1sosss vss aAss deshlsd
oUwn Herald. . ~,