New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-13
THE TALK or The DAY.

Tho footway In tho middle Of the Brooklyn Bridge
IA a first ratio shooting ground. Tho hundreds %
gulls flying up and down the East River daily III
yariably follow a midstream course, passing IL"
feet above the Bridge and Offering excellent tase~
for expert pistol shots
Much in Name-Omaha Man-Think Dakota Will
'oT DAKOTA Man-Tnere IS only one trouble about It,
and that t The name a Upper n sW9 n 1SMst
:" settle That by both taking new NAMES, ro, ono
Good Idea splendid idea! What would you suS-
e0S"' Well, call tho lower half simply Kota That's
pretty enough name"
Yes Then cali the upper half overcoata''-'oma
ha " orld
As read the lists given in tho daily paper; o
mcnts, curiousy reminded Oh inc t man iD
By certain Mr. H. Who was aISo few Years ago,
at his Vermont home. Mr. II. was proud old ieilS%,
that MS early rns With the advance
of years he grew from being formerly the Ios' poaai
Of men in his social affiliations, to be the most ex-
elusive of conserv atives To sgnaze this advance
mont, he deter mined to give party 10 wnlV d oHy
the very best people Of ni the aa IN bis Sak1
abroad the old gentleman met an acquaintance VINO ,
to said Mr. H. with that modesty
born of conscious merit, oh that was only smah
affair, but" he added with obvious PRIDE all tho
Illicit were there.p-(Town Topics
There have been many foolish strikes, but we do not
recall any more whimsical than tho one In Philadel-
IhIa whore several hundred cgarmakers have quit
work because tho firm refused to continue The practco
OF giving each workman three cigars day IheSe
men arc determined to have their perquse' or starve
I'm tho attempt. Perhaps 1t may occur to our Demo
cratic friends in, Congress that this is case for In
vestigation
ing Washington society for brief afternoon: lie
presented to sharp witted girl and stood before
her, grand gloomy and peculiar Then he uttered
two three syllables, Il beg pardon, Mr. Hard.
%9o6 s sao Ssa sSe ped WITH angud sur
prise. "well, really, now, I'm SO glad don't you
know, thought you only spoke e~-York'-lWas ash
ngton Critic.
East Poultney, Vt, writes: a am living in the
house In which once tho printing office whore
Horace Greeley learned his trade.'
Bereaved widowcr ito Office boy).-There IS the
obituary notice of my wife, VIII you see that the
oaico boy-Yes, sir. Do you want it Illustrated
-(Epoch
All the effects Of ninety mile an hour Mount Wash
ington breeze offered to Bridge pedestrians by
the northeast winds o. February. An experience Of
ten minutes tho central span almost equals that
Of the White Mountains in intensity and It costs only
ono cent.
New-Yorker I'm Bostonl-Can you direct to
Salom-st1
oacor-cort'. YOu, go through Province Court to
Washing onss., skin through Cornhi until you como
to the straight part circle round Scolay Square 'till
you find an outlet, and inquire again That's as far
my beat gocs-CIld Bits
Our own "Tim' Campbell IS getting to be ambl-
tlous. He now wants to know why no would not
mako goood Speaker pro Tim He would, he
would
Tho NewJersey notion Of game and fish protection
Is to build Chinese wall around the State and admit
strangers equipped with guns and rods only on
payment OF an admission tax. Tho practical work
Ing OF the nonresident game law In ono part OF New
Jersey has been actually to give over the five lower
counties into the control Of non residents This prn-
\ clple Of exclusion has just now run mad senator
ROo of Gloucester County, has Introduced q Dill AT
Trenton. requrng nonresident sportsmen to pay q
fec OF S25 in addition to the gamo society licenso
Senator Roe believes In the wall system ana no bo-
lleves in building tho barror high. with the ancicnt
device OF brokon glass on tho top and modern barb
wire strung along tho faco.-(Forest and Stream
Prince Bismarck says that no does not fear tho Rus
Sian bear tho French eagles tho British lion. But
he Is careful to say anything about the American
hog His silence Is striking tribute to the genius OF
Chicago and Cincinnati.
have frequently alluded to " tho eternal fitness
Of things" exompfed In the names OF hotel mon,
but here IL extraordinary exception to tho rule.
Mr. Henry Neversleep, Of Nashville, ia the RIP Van
Wrinkle to whom ! rotor He slept so soundly tho
night that burglars entered his room, removed
every thing In 1t except the bed and oven stole tho
pillows from under his head and the casters from tho
bedposts. Mr.. Neversleep should at once apply to
tho Legislature for change OF namc. II looks ~ u