New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

THE Talk OF THE DAY.
AZ the Sultan has Just granted concession TO-
the building Of line Of railway from Jana to Jeri-
SALEM the donkey and camel drivers viii soon have
TO look for pastures new, and the pilgrim to the
Holy Land viii not have many stories Of hard
ship to relate. at least about that portion Of the
route.
Dan. pougherty, formerly Of Philadelphia now Of
New-York, has been making vicious attack %
Pennsylvania. 1t was Pennsylvania chat ch1fstened
prsing that he wants to get even for that wicked
ubel-tNOrrfstown Herald
Some of the leading citizens Of Washington have
determined TO found National park IN tho Rock cresk
Valley, of the most picturesque localities in tia
envions of the Capital The site has been selected,
and legislation will be asked by Congress while ne
land can DO had at a reasonable price
The scene is an American man-ofwar anchored OF
Admiral, U. s. N.-Are the islanders armedi
Ensfgn-No Admiral, there isn't weapon among
them
Eyes, but it's away on leave"
The population numerous"
Enough to Ill an ordinary rowheats
Then prime tss guns and drum ny me m ar
duVl If my demands Be not complied with in twenty
four hours, they must take the Consequences
D-rrrIim-mm, prrrumm-m
Eagle screams in the distahce.-frima
A North Carolina paper announces that all u
white men except one in the town Of Sanford, THAI
State, havo Joined military company that was NJ
Gently organized there The who did not Join is
regarded suspicious character because be did net
fall In when the white mon gave the word
II Baltimoreans msled this week into fancyfng
tho old Roman popuIaoe as Infinitely intellectual
and handsoms IT really was. tho blame VIII Be
due to q hundred or two Johns Hopkins University
students who are supcs' for Booth and Barrett dur
ing short engagement In Terrapinopohs
lst Democrs.-pid you hea. bow re 2. osmg.i@
purposes the mailing-ist Of Prohibition organ IN
trick e P ssoSss vssn1 r.; @ s:1
politics; and tell you The Republican, must 81
Up early 4 they want to set aAeao OF 00s '0'' In
ist bem.-Yes, but IL was the Republicans who
'0 % DemwS-whasi Well, there ought TO b soms
law TO punish such shameful schemes Of eorr,pticn
up upa in jail HNomistcwn Herald
aLoudon Truth tells q droil story Of vicar who
recently brought large shower OF esnbarrassment
upon himself The works of George Eliot were unoet
discussion and he contributed the irtcrcsune sta"S
ment that for many years he had eu,oycd inc perT
sonal friendship of Mr. Eliot Not thousand miies
from the metropolis, in Of the river towns thsY
are now mailing solemn mention of person who, on
being asked the other day II she had ever reeo
Buchanan Reads Drifting" replied, Portions OF H.
but somehow have never found umo 10 esn y
through Allied to these literary characters Is tha
young fellow who accustomed TO boast OF ns
Intimacy with all sorts Of distinguished people soms
one spoke OF George Sand George said tia rfted
uan was a most agreeable gentleman some OF tha
most delightful hours of my Life were spent IN hs
company"
Good Eptgram.-Mr Edgar saltus vas tn tbs city
last week or Business connected with the YqbIcstio
Of ss saa Is manner
less charm that e compounded Oh sood preeans sh~
IN hao the Course Of conversation soma saids
speaking of friend: u,~
never do tho things be IS sorry for, and II be wers
man Of less conscience would mover be sorry ron
Hs T iTa good said MI saltus, after momenA
That hits OF oParac,er uss az t. vbic6 h
don't %Pa h IN sA "a Rsh 9sns that
saltus employs 20 I'LL his stories with terse, crsN
eprgrams. philadelphia Press.
To illustrate its novel assertion that this is world
Of care, The Philadelphia Calf observes : Even
the New-York booalcrs have their trials Yes soms
Of them.
he Sso B n,ss az i've ms enc s just
nss and ESs y WSn for ro yo %s Mother
I'm attend to "a at oo yOSS svs and the youns man
waited 10 hear more.-(The Epoch
Strange what queer languages spoken In this
country. Western paper in q local item recently
told Of "a regular old razooper, who, having sot
skate on, INDUCED In q glorious raxze-da&sie'"
Lecturer on Art--Beforo sit down shall be happy
to answer any questions thar any ., yvu ISustf
have enjoyed the lecture muoh, SIR, ana nas2 r,
stood il ali except few technical terms WI yor
please tell me what you mean by the words p re
snectiye fresco, and mickle an-jelof yi1caifp' "s
down discouraged). Chicago Tribune
says t. writer in The Boston Transcript I
onc. attanded course Of lectures on the Lsun nf.
,.~a g,ver nv Professor Everett at the Lowell in'
s,,,,,,. and nj each lecture I saw somebody's irsn
.ooI who probably never heard Of Virgil before ana
ho certainly aid not know anything about him sx~f
m. lectures were over Some one had gwen ner
ticket. and she used 1t conscienuousiy''
agrothor Dumley, do you suppose can ~ yom
wife to give our Young ladies' Dons ~ .omstbint
~ The sort3 Her books and magazine srseiss s s
much admired that think she must taik eensn'"''
Oh, laws my wife can't talk
sWhy what's the matter Win heir
asbe all write s-tsprngheld union.
Altar an Episcopal diocese elects . bishop. me
.,.c.ton must be confirmed by q majority Of the
s,ocsses In the case Of Father Grafton, who hss
hosn soo,e1 Bishop OF Fond Lac, several doceses'
n.,na,rr pennsylvania have declined to copnrm inc
election.
Soma idea Of the economic effects Of mid S,n'oSS
ZONE S from the statement that every day OF
. s, ~seather at this season Of the year means
100 600 tons OF coal less consumed. ms wo su ess
1000 900 less per month ana y, wU 20 ,housands
iosS az work and wages TO the hundreds OF
~ nersons engaged In mining and snlpplng 49,. 49,
handling IL between tho mouth OF tne p. v a. Ia
n is dug and the stoves and heaters III "nh'n !" "
consumed lTrenton State Gazette
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