New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-10
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

MI, s,., IN .nnointng a new Commissioner on
Pensions is worrying the editors OF the
marty They can't know what to abuse him for til
they know who he Is
A theatre IS to be reopencl in Pompen AFTER era
,snse of more than 800 years" 1t IS said thar none
10 Old company which appeared in the house Just
before it closed have been reengsged rof make
q realistic Ghost in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. herdhu'
A pumpkin Weighing 100 pounds took the hrst pr1o
at the Westchester County Fair few days ago. On
the closing Of the exhibition 1t was promptly
purchased nv a large New.Iork hoteL-(Philadelphia
Press This must been bought by some crank VINO
had been told By some other crank that small pumpkins
,r mora dieesble There is TO be seen In an uptown
restaurant a fair medium sized pumpkin, frcsh from
tbe proprietor's patch" 1t bears the legend PIC
tomorrow"
Mrs. GrIbb-Have ye any moro sugar Ike the last
- Grocer Cbrisky)-Yes, madam plenty of It, How
Mrs, Grubb-None. -(New-York Weekly.
Another electric wire-klng; and still another
subway explosion, accidentally hurting nobody Pres
entity the tmid citizen will be driven TO take refuge
in insulated boots and bomb-proof cab Ana inc
companies?
| Out into the swim at the dawn of spring;
| Each saw in the distance the pennant DIM
But players win stumble and clubs get beat
"'-O ~ chicago Mall.
The shipyards on the Lakes busy building
hirtyfve steamers of 81 $50 tons, largely OF STEEL
Among them are three of the new "whale-back'
steamers, at Duluth, MINI.
The Einel couture is to be the winter STYLE of
hair dressing IL will be entirely composed OF hair
and built up from six inches to two feet high;
The latter height will be worn a. theatres and
c6pnrcIccs II is moro wicked for TO swear
in church than in a theatre.-(NOrristown Herald
The Brooklyn nine at the door,
St. Louis the stoop;
But the Giants have the pennant sure,
While Bostons in the SOUP
rn,,a,,d Chicago Lady Ito her lawyer and admins
traton-And now remember, when l die wish 10 Dc
laid by the side of my husband ..,,.u.oo c,+ vrso
Iawyer-Y es'm; which one !-tburhhgton WI rreo
Press.
what General Hooker said about certain division
commanders necktic and the flag of truce is matched
bv the late General d. H. HIPS exclamation; " fon-
der come two companies of bngadier generals as MS
eye met the unusual sight of Confederate ue'acn-
ment passing In review, attired In new anu eoie'o'N
uniforms, neat as imported
When the boilers of tho steamer corona e%plodgu.
destroying forty lives, nothing was saVeu eAccPo ne
certificate of the United states boiler lsp ~ o
effect that the boilers were all flsht-Vdn" auA''
Sentinel.
The new "colonist sleeper lately INTRODUCED OH
the Union PACING Is the emigrants Pullman NO"
that tho emprant can for a small sum have not only
a he'd but a toilet room and towel, perhaps one
NAV look forward to golden era when the hrst-ciasS
passenger may dream OF privacy, comparative modesy
and no upper berths.
A writer in The Birmingham Age Herald regrets
,ba tbere is no real humorist among ALABAMA news
,,or,r mon RcaI bumorsts scarce, and when
a nan once gets that reputation his whole ne Is
saddcned by the effort to live up 10 l"-Ndooio
Register.
In resnonse 10 current remarks about tho alarming
,epdcncv NJ the Atlantic steamers TO rush at racing
spccd,D IT might be said that tho less time you are
at sea. the safer, and that, as matter OF fact the
Iaror and faster the steamer tho greater is the care
taken by her owners and officers in her construction
equipment and navigation
The Way to DO It-Perturbed MothernLi'tie 'ohhnic
is having rpstars with the toothache:
Experienced Father-Take him 10 the uentiSts'
p M-Wheres the money.
reaches the dentists door his tooth will cease aching
-(BOston Courier