New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-10
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

Baltimore thief stole saw-nill the other day !;
but he left the mill-dam because he thought tho
owners might want to use it when they found the
mill gone.
Although 1t has been decided that the Anti Poverty
Society longer has Prophet, 1t is probable that
there Is stu moderate profit in 1t.
gentleman recently returned from a trip through
the South has been telling OF the wonderful progress
that section of country has made within tho last
ten years, says Journal, CORES pondent. Among
mentioned tho adoption q the Northern fashion of
covering tho natural sccuery with gigantic signs.
painted on big rock this cheerful advice to the way
kansas City Journal
Ex-senator Tabor. of Colorado, is striking it rich
in his vuture mine In Tucson, Arizona. His weeks
profits are usually sent to h'p IN the form OF gold
brick. which averages In value from $4,000 to
$4,000
pocfor-wen, my dear sir what seems to be tho
seat OF your disease ?
Patlent-It doesn't have any seat, doctor
It's just jumping up and down all tho Understanding
ton Free Press.
Says a correspondent: If cannot have Mr..
Blaine for our Presidential candidate this year,
hope tho convention Will nominate Dcpcw and
Harrison. Then
With Chaunccy Depew and Harrison
We will storm the Free Traders garrison,
We will knock them all out,
And put 'cm to rout
With Chaunccy Depew and HARRISON
Poor Pulpit work-Passenger Ito strect-car con-
ductorl-DO you ever go TO church, young man
COnductor-No, sir: but l always gct load OF
people coming from church every sunday morning
50 / know all about the sermon A good many poor
sermons preached nowadays, sir-(The Epoch
When an ardent advocate OF tho universal lam
Cuagc" GETS talking on his hobby OF Volapuk, Ian
guage without q country no makes his victims wish
there was "a country without language and that
he was a native Of It.
Roast beef rare is ordered moro than anything else
In the downtown restaurants.
In Tho Century for March one OF the leading charac
terS, who Is by no means hero, COOS shooting with
ccchloadng gun: and his anlettcred host Is made
to speak OF 1t as a brltoh- loader This mode OF
indicating the pronuncia implies that the author
Of the story think, tina, breech s not oorrecy pro
nounced with tho short sound OF -ortch but wooster
says that 1t is--(Forest and Stream
Before many years, probably, New-York will havo
electric motors just like the back towns In the West
box OH the ear of Mr. Crowley tho chimpanzee,
sent the monkey Whispering into a corner The Wills
per is going the rounds that Mr. Cleveland wishes that
Mr Hill wero Mr.. Crowley, and thar Mr.. Crowley S
keeper were Mr. Cleveland
Lesp-Year Confession -she-why, what's tho
matter Mr. porknsl You seem to be wearing .
He with sghl-Yas ] don't comprehend what
ma meanthc, but she thays ath Febwuawy IS pawst,
into thum 'orrId twade.-(iiarper's Bazaar
A Chinaman named All There has just gone down
to Florida lie likes It much that he thinks he Will
stay there.
Two Glddy Youths George bancroft (anxlousyl MY
dear friend, sim vigorous man comparatively
speaking but may not live moro than forty or my
years yel and my history Is tAr from eemplota