New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-19
THE TALK OF THE DAP.

Blshop Fowler must have recently been reading Mr.,
Bryces amusing skit 81 Dream OF Conquest in
which it is shown how easily Chinese feet might
devastate our coasts II looks II the good bishop
was inclined to take humOr too seriously.
severe Dlscpline.-wcsern Undergraduate Don't
you abominae college discipline $50 unnecessarily
severe, you know
Eastern Undergraduates, beastly What are
Western Undergraduates me Sec I can't 10
member hut two OF them Just now. One Is that no
student shall burn the college buildings, and the
other is that under prOvOcatiOn shall a student
shoot a professor-( burlington Free Press
"what great event happened in 1902 asked
Boston school teacher referring the Centennial Fair.
Whereupon bright boy answered. Tho National
Baseball League was formed then"
Heard in a Street Car.--Daug hter-Dont speak to no
of Mr. smith, mother i never could love such .
man. The husband that desire Is one who is above
atmosphere of moral exaltation.
! Mother-NOnsense, Ellen; you are pursuing VIII
-(BOstOn Transcript
The first hearse ever used in Brunswick Me-, has
been standing for many years in the barn OF the
town almshouse Last week it was purchased by
two Canadians who put small stove and several
blankets in it. and started with 1t to make tour
through Canada.
Mr. Goodcatch calling on the eldest sster-why
Johnny how you growing! you IL DO d man
before your sister, If you keep on:
JOhnny-You bet l WILL sister ii never DC man
If she keeps on being twenty like she mas TOT ~s
Then there was trouble in the househod Lawrence
American.
"The Boston Transcript wonders what the fost
office authorities would do II some one should Try
N send four pounds Of hydrogen gas through the malls
Next thing some crank will take IL IN his head TO Try
the experiment
scboolground Repartee.-Tom Bigbones-Get out OK
my way, you little snipe could pick you up ana
P"SW viii Wisecroft-If you did. you would have moro
brains in your pocket than you ever had IN your heS-
burlington Free Press.
IN 10 said that the owners Of the fremont Theatre OK
Boston, anxious TO determine the correct prohuhel%
ton OF tho name of their house, recently coh'ued o
professor of English literature at Harvard who DECIDED
that II should be pronounced fremont, the being
short and the accent on the last syllable Perhaps
ha is right remarks The BOSTON Transcript ou'
as the word is not English, but Is hhc speon'oh
of Bostonese Latin his Judgment IS not lhiahioie'
In the fancy Latin of these days 10 wouiu DO
But for years and years hackmen have shouea az '"o
| railroad stations fremont House without losing
license"
"what have you for me this morning SAD sad
| Rlinkins. as the letter carrier approached some
thing important; l suppose -, nos,., cards One Of
them t an invitation to the meeting of the TawkTawk
Club and the other IS from your we ans ''N
10 meet her at the maln."-("ashihstoh |aP'ah
- " London News reporter the other day dis
covered a man. a stevedore London, who wouidn't
take lin No thanks he replied when the reporter
offered him a shilling for a slight service, Il woua
rather not I am teetoaller, and like TO feel inde
nendent even In strike times" That man couid naAe
fortune by coming TO NewYork and exhibiting nini-
/ self In museum.
Well Ycntilated-Young Teacher-Now that we hsvo
orrood non terms would like ~ ask few questohs'
| rs the school building well ventilated . -, H..
TrIstee-It ought to be. There am put Iour
ligbts of glass the whole Darn WlbS'-ibutiibe''
| Free Press.
The democrats of Ohio fond OF referring TO the
| couo,ror of that State as Fire-Alarm Foraker
Nevertheless the rings found on tho Democrano
! side of the fence
ue Heard 1t AlI.-"Mr Nice are you mr. asked
| urle Johnnie Toddle the other evening Oh MS sas"
''s Why no. Johnnie; what makes you ask sueh a
au Oh because I heard sister say to mamma thas
SHE thought you must be SICK 10 thlnh sue n. :,
! Traveller.
State senator Gibbs, of Georgia, one'of the old nre-
eating fossils who stil survive In that STATE declares
that there is not room enough in this country lot mo
| Yankees and the negroes. Maybe not but 'neie
! will be plenty Of room for both when All uAo o''
! Southern Bourbons have disappeared
Theatre Manager-Then can depend on your s''
vices for the remainder Of the season hama Mayo,
! WI Hamlet Uam-Sir, may say that nave neNof
broken a contract in tho entire course Oh my P'''
s'ol TSaatro Manager-That will do, sir! shan hos
raoure your services. 1t is evident mat Sou ao ' ~
| actor r. Munsey's Weekly