New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-24
THE TALK or THE DAY.

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During the last year the sum total OF educauopal
gifts In this country nearly five million dollars
| An Unfailing sign-Miss westend-And can you
always judge Of mans character by the way no
Social Philosopher-oh. no; not by tho way he
laughs, but by what he laughs at-(NewYork Weekly.
The project of building a lighthouse on the
Diamond shosl of Hatteras, eleven miles out at
sea, has taken definite shape. sThe Wilmington
On. c. Messenger says: ~rhe placing of powerful
Light the outer point Of these fatal shoals is the
most important aid to navigation that the United
states Government has ever undertaken TO supply
and It is work that should be accomplished II It
cost five Millions instead OF five hundred thousand
dollars
THE WEATHER
The ground hog roosteth high in his hole,
-, outside there's storm and snow;
The ground hog does not care a cuss-
lie says, ! told you 500
The ground hog smiles chfdlke smile,
And rubs his back in bliss;
He sends the Weather Bureau word:
say Greedy, how is ths7'
Then Grcely goes into his hole.
And shuts it with a slam,
And what he says about the Hoo .
Hnynics wen with clam aud ram am and Jam, &C.; a
The Pittsburg Dispatch SAWS that the tyo u,nv.
OF Democracy continue to separately This 4, In
accurate. They are not soaring They are circline
around In panicstr1cken way looking for some suol
on which 10 alight
Why She Faiied-Mr Goodheart-Y svmnath,zs
deeply with your afiction. Your dauchter unSess
ssand, was charming poeoess though never saw any
Mr.: Highmnd-No poor child she was very re6ped
-tPhiladelpha Record
lntorurtan is word coming into use in the West g
70 rson rates between cities II Is an odd pee Of
wordmahing, but not 50 much as frivos the verb
descriptive OF being frivolous which The New.York
Herald is trying to force into Boston Transcript
"standstillIsn' is brsnd-new word for which the
Engshspeakng race is indebted to The Schenectady
Union.' This plain, blunt language Of ours may nos
fall nom the tongue smoothly some Of les rivals
But when 1t to practical resources how It leads
them all
Says The British Medical Journal: The remedy
for unhappy marriages seems to us to lie not In weak
enng the stngency OF the bond but in providing THAI
1t shall be entered into with adequate mowiedgc OF
all the conditions attached TO II and wn 10 sub
init TO them. For this amount Of physiological
teaching is Indispensable and there need be no din
innocent minds. We are firmly convinced that II
unions arranged In accordance with wellunder-
are should hear less Of the unhappiness failure
of marriage
Lies,' Of this city, has changed its name to To
Day. 1t hopes, however, to maintain the reputation
which It gained under its old name.
was sitting in dentists Office to-day when
fashonably dressed woman came 10 and wanted hes
and told her that her teeth were in good condition
aud that they needed no repairing one Of her a dSns
which was artificial and had been inserted not RON
necessity but for effect This fllIng she wanted re-
moved aud a diamond set In its place. she said she
was fired of the plain everyday gold and wanted
real solitaire diamond IN the centre OF nice white
,oo, ,c ,osvsrs in Chicago and tho dentist gave me
her name subrosa.-(Chicago Mall
Tho difference between President csrnot and Presi
6enelect Harrison s that the former has TO get ons
man 10 form his Cabinet while the latter can enlist
the services of every I'm the country without any
distinction of race, color previous condition OF
servitude
az thousand dollars for that little little pctSsroI
Yes,m but Il Is I'm oil, you Know, and -
az vas 7 did not think of that What an
awful monopoly that Standard OIL Company 81
-(Boston Transcript
Mr. sheppard. the president of the Pni'aaeip"'s
Board of Education. says 1t is, In my estimation.
rtstake 10 nut a woman In charge OF school, Nos
tina, would cast any reflection upon those VINO no.
hold such positions, for their duties are pertorme'
az well as they can be by a woman. but In the very
natupe OF things a man would be better Quainco !"
hold the position and TO bring up the pupis 10 ~.
way they should go, not only from an eaucaaon,'
po,nt OF view, but from moral ono as well
man can reason with boy about matters 'hat so"'
teachers would not care to talk ABOUT
CT paups Change of Bsse.-Philadephlan-l sec
stated that high Official In Minnesota wants the icc
palace festival abolished because Ia scares away u"
81 Pan, Man-That's so gives folks notion our
.I,,n,,s ~ cold YOU know Next winter we're gonf
~ make change We're going to erect bcauuisi
chinese nagoda with a lovely lake around II. ana
Syater' lilies and swans. Pretty idea, ehf
q put those things VIII neeze. ,a
"No they won't, Wen hcsl EN- Win unuots'"""'
steam. pipes - philadelphia Record.
aThe Jewish Messenger" reminds New-Yorkers thai
pabb, Jacob Joseph IS not the chief rabbi Of New
York; as some pspers have called him. 1t ssys'
ne would be rather unjust to the entire Jevs1
community of this city 10 make It responsible r'
recent Russian developments on American soil 1ns
fact needs distinctly to be emphasized; the aAy
papers have given as much prominence TO The ene.
rabbi movement as II 1t really had the suppors ~
countenance OF the great body Of Ncw-York isrsene
when II simply concerns small section, Which io"'
will lose interest rs IT grows moro Americanized'
Mrs. Malaprop has como to town az usual ~ ~
season and Is gettng In her work With the sxme a.
regard of English always characterizes net ma
ceiy circles are now laughing. over lapsus nsSts
originating with one OF tho Mrs. MS VINO sSirL
well known. Ono of her daughters, beauu". "a
HAD boon sitting 10 Q sculptor, and some one ',riIx
the lady what being done. sOh,' snc ,rvEsI
.my daughter Is having bust made OF bee s~'~