New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22
THE T1LG or THE DAY

THE TALK or THE DAY
The large number OF solutIons-nearly all correct-s
which have been received I'm to the ariihmetcal
problem published in The Tribune the other day,
Is striking evidence OF the interest taken in this form
of Intellectual diversion. Below Is published Of
the answers TO the last problem which, though little
uncertain I'm its English, gets there just the same:
Mr. Tribune: Dot man leave his money to his
shildren divide pelow. lie was hef neun, and
was glf every of that Neun hundred thserS
making zusammcn eighty-Onc hundred thalers. You
can ngur It yourself and you will find answer
korrect do desc kind Of queschlons very ofden BET
mein home in Antwerp Antwerp you know. IS I'd
Holland. / your friends, j. OTTBERG.
Feline sagacity.-" Bridget has Johnnie come homo
from school yet!'
Yis, sOrr.,
Have you seen him'7
Then how do you know he's homer,
Cause the cats hdin' under the stoves sorr'~
Time
Says a social cync The more 1 listen brilliant
conversations in society, the more like books
Two Kinds OF Squeeze" James, said the father d
the family stemly, - your school reports have beed
anything but favorable this term 1 suppose yOa
failed in your examination usuall'
NO, sIr' protested the boy. Il passed, but 10
Laura continued the father, turning to his Oldest
daughter, - think heard voices in the hall late ass
s sCans man s hsyf a S SSn II to let
II was just IL o'clock when he left, father
That's sO.p testified James, coming 10 inc IeieI
OF his sister. g at the top Of the stairway and
saw him 60 He got away at IL o'clock but 1t was q
James p shricked Laura.-(chicago Tribuna
JOHN BULL TO INSTANTANEOUS.
Vote lads, with DemOcracee,
They're for free trade. and so are wei
Free trade to US, children dear,
Is worth five million pun year.
A lament able ncongruity-the lack of contrast p
color between the of the average Democrat and
the bandanna.
1t is said that after kissing a pretty bride, Mayor
Hewitt was attacked with severe headache aud was
compelled to 60 home Are pretty girls so rare 10
IS this only a campaign scandal which does credit
to His Honors heart rather than to his head l-Bostod
Transcript.
This Democratic cry for free wool Is a lew thing
There were mighty few Democrats bowling for free
wool when the sunny South held the niggers' ID
slavery.
Here Is BIT of astonishing sense: The people q
stratford, Conn., are going TO spend some thousands
ing-place of the mosquitoes which infest the town
About New York people look upon mosquitoes as
visitation OF God, and a proposition 10 increase ting
value Of NewJersey properly by a6oshns me Sors
%O Saw e the SaT "a %cd Ia
hOOed down who should offer, at Trenton. bill fol
a commission 10 consider the means Of reducing tha
plague, which the State many millions yean
Yet TO destroy the mosquito, by retaining his Dieei,
P prom tb q mosooe these @1oTmo5
stretches of rich meadow close to This city are SUI
Well this IS amusing. Some Mexican papers ara
looking on Mrs. Belva a. lockwood as a Presidential
possibility 1T is feared" says of them that
she will be elected and this result would cause many
compiled ionsn There is nothing like going out of tho
country to get a calm view of American affairs.
Essential to success.-Young Man Ito plain old
pary)-I take it. sir, that you not a coegeb bred
Plain Old Party-Young man, was put to WORK
Young Man--Too bad everybody should have col.
lege education to succeed in life. Then you DONE
know anything about colleges
Plain old Party-Not much You sec, I've only eM
dowed four of 'em.-(The Epoch.
England knows says "The Tinn (oho) ADJ
vertiseT" DEM, that wherever the high tariff pre-
walls it takes away competitor, and for that reason
II : doing its best continue the Republican policy
restricting trade, but the Democracy is equal to the
occasion, and can fight the English and Republican
press combined" As specimen of sublimely
audacous campaign lying this is quite too delicious
Nebraska sweet girl graduate sho,c for her sraS n.
Broom" Three weeks later she received and accep.ea
offer of marriage. Here's valuable pointer ios
high school girls.-(Burlingon Free Press
Says Chicago man who has been visiting Bostont
d" \ citizen OF Boston recently told with some Az
tempt at cpgram that the Hub is turned by enlgh-
cncd public opinion, held in check By the tire OF sooa
l have doubt that this is so generally qua
1t is often turned By cranks who appear TO 20
tired. 1t is the outside public that Is tlred'
Altered the Casc.-Master-No, Pat there's no use
you're asking me for more money You're your Wv"
worst enemy. and will drink till your death ,,
Patrick Monahan-Thrue for We, sir. oi'm me own
worst inmy but the drink puts me on goo" '''''
wild mesilf-trimc.
Here are a few recent items from our eS
teemed contemporary, The Newcastle Cal| Vi aus"
traa President Cleveland, the only candidate Tor 'ne
Presidency Of the United States, has been dSiseA
reelected. Senator stanford, OF California the NO
publican candidate, has retired. The ST. Louis P''
form convention ndoIses President Cleveianu Ia
policy. sherman is the only person nouinS''u ~
Vice PRESIDENT
How to Write Dialect story-Take a n1 an hem,
sheets of white paper and write s'oi' v" '"
Get your double barrelled shot and load i' WIZ"
Pin your story up against the side OF barn; srsrs
of about twenty feet aim carefully ana e' Oo'N
II you find that there haven't been sufficient 'o"'~
Knocked out repeat the opcration'-Juue" -
Some people have a queer idea OF joke. he.',
the &" BELLE OF little Pennsylvania Town p,sod..
threw a handful Of peanuts In the face OF ". s.,
minister az an evening reception, ana thon
heartily at the Joke The minister lay "" -.
icw days until one morning the "Deho pa
parsonage, when he playfuliy' threw pas :, hi.
snds an her new hat Then he also isus"'a ~
,aro I'm, ,ho hello was furiously angry and threatens
10 the minister Iheic j. s''"
killer In that town a,
,o,,a. ,,n,r, = excellent practice. and one ~
which women generally excel They are loo loo good
serving and describing deias, he domeStc hrcsde Is
ot ,,iolceJ 10 open "a abs letter. Whih 0' Ij,ries
tho family had for dinner on Se' h,t nj the new
Ia d,rsS was made and encoscs VI. y, Tom
IN. In Of The lounge In the sitting room van
would merely say 1t was awinl lo ha 70 ,hs crays all
an wen, env o o,c having good time, write or s
Syby How is that for heart rive sa y, tss dear .pi
kind OF intelligence that pen can S ~ r., "s
tS us ham Ito uOuStASSRAhos