New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-30
THE TALK OF THE d. Y.

Philadelphia Is sometimes called slow town, but
Mr.. +. ]. Paxson one of her citizens, has Just made
a very live suggestion to POstmaster-General Wana
makec 1t IS 10 the effect that the Government Issue
a business mans postage stamp which Will be large
enough 10 allow business firms to have their names
aud addresses printed on It. says Mr.. PaXson :
They would of course be printed by the Government
and purchasers would order them by the thousand the
Government printing the card leaving It blank. as
tbs purchaser might desire; in case of the Govern
ment printing the card. the purchaser TO have the
privilege of selecting the type. The Government
could sell them for 80 cents hundred. say, over the
regular price. bus even at . cents apiece for the
stamps, think they would meet with more favor
than the stamped envelopes
What's the matter?p asked a passenger on a train
in Maryland as he poked his head out Of the window
j. there a COW on the trackP
mo- replied the conductor.
Then what did you stop forl"
Well there's a coupe ~ lads with ban walking
to the next station, and the engineer aud fireman
thought they'd stop long enough to hear a tune one
OF ems a hefty dancer Come out and take look
at hem."-(washington Capital.
Says Western religious paper: at Is false and
unjust that only unbeeveds have the
Of their convictions. 1t requires more courage TO
accept some tensts of Christianity than 10 reject
thedn.r The editor Undoubtedly meant well. but In
this statement az IT stands he pays the tenets Of
Christianity a very baekhanded compliment
drudgery. n she must work for living, she prefers
harder work In the shops with no better pay. II -
There is nothing funny about f. but there Is good
deal of sound common-sense aud human nature. me
e ea Ser OF nO9s N sSsn
the love Of independence inheres I'm every Yankee girl
along with good looks.-(Cambridge Daily.
A western paper CALAMITY remarks that the lady
prisoners IN jail about the most desperate lot
We have In a long time
What's the matter with Mcsllm' He has put on
airs Of late than few
mer resort lie was the only man there. He'll get
it after time but Just at present he Is 50 pulled
up with selfimp0rtance that you cannot touch him
with q ten-foot pole'-(Boston Transcript
The Southern Messiah who sells angels wings at
rs a pair. may be a crank but he has shrewd head
for business.
Charles f. Farrar. OF Canon Farrar, was in town
Yesterday. He is a tall aud musruar, 6nlt young
is more American than English however, in appear
snce Mr.. Farrar IS on his way to the Lehlgh Uni
yes where eo ne .nd so EpgowI S Afward he
viii enter the POLYTECHNIC institute ~ Troy: lie
came over ON the City of Berlin philadelphia III
qutrer.
Michigan farmer recently gave IFS hogs quantity
OF hard cider and they at showed their aiisto-
cratic tendencies by becoming as drunk as loru'
Visitor lat insane asylum)-who Is that fine looking
making stars, CROSSES ana lhluSS out vi
Attendant--Oh, he was the editor OF a chidIens
column I'm some paper Ore week he lost the answers
10 tho puzzles, and tried TO solve them himself
tMunsey's Weekly
Sioux Cty's Corn Palace for 1889 is 10 DO more
magnificent than ever. by the way, why should The
bustlng rnstling West betle this unique exhibition
with such a gmcrack name as " Palace'f Eheie
can erect palaces by the score, but live
town like Sioux City ought to do something much
better.
Not 10 BE Sw!ndled.-The Italian who runs the
peanut stand at the corner OF Woodward ave. and
tongless-s turning his peanut rooster the o'her
afternoon with slow and measured hand when an old
woman came 10 a halt and carefully observed The
opertIon. After scrutinizng the rooster from every
side she finally gave It up and remarked
No sir; yon don't get cent out OF ne loF no
such music as that Why, cant eaten han " ams
OF the tunes, and IL smells as II something " as oru
ing inside - Detroit Free Press.