New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-14
THE TAX OF THE DAP.

when the Bishop Of Edinburgh was IN this couutv IA
visited Bishop Williams Of Connecticut &c Miadleo
Habited in the English Episcopal costume of hnss
breeches and black silk stockings he aghted nom H.
train, and was at once accosed By Bishop williams
although the two men had never met each other ba
fore "Teu me- asked Bishop Williams, after the nrst
greetings, how did you know mess 4oh by you,
face replied his lordshp of Edinburgh. 81 have ons
OF your photographs you know But tell me IN return
how you know me7' "oh, by your legs replied Dr.
Williams, gancing with an amused smile at the vel
turned calves Of his guest. A
Bound Not TO Get Lsft-Magasine Editor-Ms
swcetllps, may I have tho pleasure Of taking yoe
sleigh riding on Christmas Day.
Miss Sweetlips-Certanly, Mr.. Stubpen, but aren't
you asking good while Beforehand
Magazine Editor-Possibly but our Christmas poea
already In type, and habit Is strong with an edH
you know.NBuriington Free Press.
There has been increase Of 10000 in the pcpa
latlon of Denver Co during the last year, the totl
population being estimated at $4,000.
Tho modern child Is analyst. Tbs small Id
was playing with the scissors and his Kindly old grand
You mustn't play with the scissors, dear hnsv
little boy Just Ike you TaG , w snS syns S, ps
eye, and he put his eye out, and he never eonid So
The Child listened patiently. and said when she so
'nt! VIVA. was tho matter with bis other eyei'-tsas
Francisco Chronicle
Tho very Democratic organs which wero ready To
howl II Mr. Blaine should get up and gst' are now
bowling at him because he doesn't get up and GET
But as Mr. Blaine has simply set out to do his duty DO
does not OF course expect TO please the Democrats
organs.
One of our Cambridge teachers tells me the follow
ing story: The scholars Of one OF my classes $500 weT
showing their knowledge OF the use OF the capital let
ters Among the words was the name OF General STan,
which was capitalized by all the scholars After The su
had been submitted, the teacher asked why certain
al and nneO M fhe
began It with capltai, she replied Because tSa
be capitalizeL. '-(Cambrtdge Daily.
A prominent Turkish official in COnstantnoph
Iamcnts the spread Of Christianity among the women
~ Turkey on the ground that IL will lead th
rurk,sb ladies to dress as inmodestly as Christian
ladies'
An Interesting Chestnut-A good story, fls trstins
the advantages Of the Maine We" Wbsp ao ss &
tawa House run by former pT9pretos; guess
TO h co. one n das 1 fRe food is COOLED csn
chew the steak and the butter will walk Ht,h9W ad
he reranda and with majestic wave OF the hand
toward the blue Atlantic and the green SHORES OF
Elizabeth said Good LORI man y, 9" rSs ses- Va
viewl What do YOU want; the ear'n LUG n" UNI "~
dumb Iewtstown Journal
The other day Mr.. Moody was puzzled at the TO
r.ptIon of a telegram which read " The queen sends
thanks But he soon learned that II was an ans~cf
TO a congratuatory dispatch which the Enghsh ooy'
IN his Mount herHoh S0h''' NN ~
Victoria
stranger-I say, Johnnie, is II against tue laws W
catch fish in that pondi
Johnnie-Yes sir. "
vouidn;t do so n Il was against the law
Ven IL may not be against the State law TO catch
Tor there sn't blessed fish IN it"-tYonkers States
man.
The Topolobamno colonists all right. Whether
they arc prosperous the reverse, they say Ooda
Country and City.-MIss sheafe-Ah, look at thai
wheat rising and falling yonder on the breeze How
Mr. Ws.pr-Ah. but YOU ought TO see It rising aud
falling In the Produce EXchange!-(PucA
Some one suggests that the new summer goods cal'd
"tramp CLOTH was so named because 1t won't wash
The Dinner Hour.-shppen Clcrke-Good gracious;
Rich why do you eat 50 fasti You'h choke yonIsei!
Richmond stratecott-"hy' can SU Do c,SaTettss
tn.-(Puck
There are enterpnsIng people in the South It u
told OF q Chattanooga man that he has been rylna
10 cross his bees with lightning bugs. so as TO got
breed that could continue making honey alb nshi
yisitor-sir pardon me for intruding into your
magnificent Offices; but are you the inventor OF the
double million masnifytng gasmetcr that is s'uuhs
Proprictor~Sir, do you mean to insult met ! am
the inventor of tho improvement on that machine
II you wish TO see the Inventor OF nc onghS !uss
America
In September. 1890 the first paper.mil In America
was erected IN Roxbopugn, Philadelphia. The INST
paper maker was wilhelm Rttenhousen, now angih
CiIed into William RlttcnhOuse II is now proposed
20 celebrate the bcentennial Of this event In Sep
TENDER, 1890. and the paper makers and the printers
OF the United States asked TO send delegates to
preliminary meeting, DO held IN Philadelphia next
September. on the advice and with the approval Oh
Mr. G. W Childs HoratiO Gates Jones. Of Philadelphia
has sent circular embodying these facts to memoe"
OF the trade throughout the United States The idea
is an excellent one, and should elicit prompt 10
Spouse.
~ say old chappe," remarked the EXQUISITE creatrS
in a burst OF confidence, d" want Ia tell you OF an
awful scrapc got into to-day. Tom was In H. 100:
We were going out 70 lunch you know and We coulnrt
find our gloves A fellah couldn't think OF going
ont 10 lunch you know, without his gloves 10 carWy
in his hands you know. and by gwacious We were
half aid we'd starve % death II was awful dont
Won know but lust as we'd about res gned ourselves
70 onr terrible fate Fwauk came along. kwaDk is
fcIIab of ilmitable wesource, don't you know, and
no loaned us his gloves We each took one, and
carried them In our hands for all the world as II
we'd had a pair apiece. II was an AWFUL narwow
cscapc nom starvation. II makes me twemble whep
| think OF it"-(Boston Transcript.