New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-08
THE TALK OF TIE DAH.

An advertiser in "The London Tines Oilers Tor
money consideration, Of COURSE, to cure Souhs men
who are about to propose Of bashfulness' s'rAns'
people, those English.
Tho National Game.-At the baseball game: MS. Miss
d ITs'i ,bo Sai or S the bat! ''N''
De Smith-The ball, OF course. . 81. . bat,
Miss Travis-And don't they ever 80 out on os''
Ibc smlth-NO, never. Y,,. h.,-d
Miss Travi,Tp%G,l,i pa docs does P sry%1S
Judging from tho funny men Of the Boston papers,
tho poverty Of a man in this city Is gauged by the
number az dogs he keeps. This Is an old Chestnut
but It ickles Boston newspaper reader every time ne
sees It.
A Judge or Art.-Bobby ito his sisters-Is Mr.. Do
nTh9cad your beau l Judge OF lobby But why do
BoO9yoh The no r SIa me PAINTED Your portrait to
paint his house.-(Drakc's Magazine.
A Denver man has started paper called "The
Frog, He SAYS its circulation will soon jump; but
he must be mistaken, for the frog being coiooooded
animal, has very llttlo circulation.
There Is an old neress IN Clark County, Ca, Ca:
a short prayer she clothes herself in long, hover.
en- gS SS S Ps and falls Ssecp Two cOppe
arc PLACED the table beside her 20 put upon H.
sspss OF The oconec River and believes she IS going
directly Heaven She Is angry Ss3Eon S.r eSRre sTs
as she wakes each morning @a mus ne'so'i ~''''
columbus Enquirersun
Thus far the Johnstown disaster poetry has been
prctty mediocre. when poet makes corpse rny me
With forks. II Is somewhat hard TO feel thrill OF
emotion IN reading his lines
AT THE GIRLS COLLEGES.
Standing with rclur tant feet,
where tho brook and river meet
Arc this pretty graduates sweet:
IN Ror g0wn+ Gr s' Done aSq IN 't taau
what a dainty beauty n.y. SNOW n0Mcb thew know,
A"n-''A'' -'''''' washington Critic:
| A Sunday school paper published In boston tehs
prctty stiff story about English sparrow II Is 10
the effect that Boston small boy recently gave some
| sparrows a very hard cracker on which they couIa
makr no impression. After picking at II in vain for
awhile one OF the spsrrowS took tho cracker In his
nm and eying with II TO the horsccar track carefully
,aId II on rail Thon all the sparrows waited until
car came along aud crushed t. when they few to the
snot in great gIec and tho pieces. Now this story
| may be true; but II any sunday-school boy should
refuse to believe IT, hope he won't be disciplined
| for his Incredibly.
| THE SUMNER PICNIC-nEFoRE AND AFTER TAN
qyo@ caoi T ,SG sp RsD ske ToT bright.
| thousand mental Joys are born
To MI The. heart with viii do'!Eh n.
| The incense from the Tree crowned hils,
| The babblc of tho woodland rtlls,
The wild birds song which Erandy trIlls
And AL the forest arches 6lS;
| Tho mystic whisper OF tho trees,
The trowsy hum Of honey bees;
| A srCnr designed the gods 10 please,
a dream Of happiness aud case,
That all our being thrills.
o. weary. dreadful picnic nlGhtt
| almost wish that ! werc dead,
| Pm looking like a perfect fright, .
And filled with aches from feet to head.
It's ralned necessarily since morn,
| NV clothes arr wet aud stained and torn
| I'm feeling mEerably forlorn,
| I can't now think why ! was born.
| The woods full NJ begGar's hce,
| We drank rain water without ice:
| And dinners fun Of ants aren't nice;
| Hereafter a picnic device
| VIII catch mo-in o horn. ,.,,,