New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-28
THE TALK OF THE d. z.

Tertius D. Potter of Plymouth, Conn, celebrated
his ninety sixth birthday Wednesday last with
large circle Of his relatives and friends whom he en-
ertained by relating incidents in his early life Should
his present good health continue, Mr. Potter hopes
TO be present at tho Worlds Fair in this city in
1892.
There are men Of whom It IS said tha. they would stsal
red hot stove and almost curious in the line OF
dishonesty are the ice thieves They trouble US a
good deain said a driver of an ice-wagon to the
other day. Usually they are half grown boys, who
watch their opportunity and snatch block OF Ice IN
their bare hands and run Ineir hnseS S nst ge
Without stopping As for me. prefer tOngs instcal
Of bare hands when handling ce'-(rhe Epoch.
A clergyman, in " The Advance" tells how pastor
got tired of continually praying with man addicted to
drink So at last he went to the man, read some
Bible denunciatlons of the drunkard, and got up to
leave aren't you going to pray with me'' asked
tho man, meeky. mo- replied the minister " 1
don't think you need prayers. have prayed with
you again and again, and you get drunk Just as much
as ever "Well,' said the man. " If you won't pray
for me, will pray myself" And he prayed His
prayer was: "Oh, Lord Thou knowest that / am a
poor miserable sinner; Thou knowest that I am a
poor miserable drunkard OH yes, Lord Thou knowest
that am id fool" After such confession,
am sure that this good minister could not refuse his
request
We Are All Posted-The last issue Of The MedI-
cal Review" promises a future article on What to
DO When stung by Hornet We don't believe ., any
We have all been there. The thing TO do Is TO
Jump two feet high and yell for the police-(Detroit
Free Press.
The people Of Japan are learning to enjoy other
kinds Of food besides fish and rice According TO
statistics issued short time ago. the number OF
cattle slaughtered in Japan In 1879. was 10000.
In 1855 this number had increased to 10000, in
1886 to 3o,5OO, and in 1888 to 100000.
! A writer who has made the search. asserts that
our g &c s95ns xp ne f e sae ' Sens
love The trouble is for the bashfq young man to
acouant his best girl with the state OF his feelings
| (NoTistown Herald
The European residents whose property was de-
stroyed in the recent revolt IN Chian-hing' Chna'
have received as indemnity 100000 taels or Sl' oooo'
| - &c rather remarkable that this was paid by
neither the Government nor the province Out Oy 1e
| officers of the city. The Governor was assessed
| sso 200 the Governor of Shanghai the same, While
the minor officials paid the remainder in proportion
| TO their rank The British Consul, whose house was
entirely demolished, received 100000
Defining the species.-Jones struggling with
| tough mOrseD-waiter what do you call this plrof
1onosrAba! Eastwood i-Burlngton Free Press.
Thu balance in the treasury of the Theatre of
| Bayreuth amounts this year to 100000 marks or
| about $4,000. This will be devoted to the pro-
| duotion Tannhauser next season Inc large
amount IS due in part to the refusal Of Herr BcZ, Oh
| Berlin and Frau Materna, Of Vienna, TO accept any
| reward for their services. number Of other per
formers refused to accept more than half OF their
usual fee The entire expenses this year reached the
sum of 326. 600 marks including fees, cost OF pro-
| duotIon and side issues" The income was 53l,oOo
marks. More than 10000 people attended the
| cerrorrnancd, The share of the Wagner family
| amounted to 81 900 marks.
suspciousy Poor-Editor of Daily Newspapers
| this poem original
Poet-It IS Why 800 ,,..,,in,
Nothing only it doesn't seem to mean anything;
fSuspicousiy)-You aren't trying to palm OIL an od
| monthly magazine poem on me- are you"-Cllme'
| The Germans are distinguished for their love Of
| titles me climax In this direction was reached a
| few days ago in Darmstadt when the Grand DUKE
! created a man Court sauerKraut Cutter" Here
after he must be addressed, according to CUSTOM as
= Mr.. Court saucr-Kraut Cutter" and he VIII Dc
| offended unless the title is used.
Steward he said feebly, in the small hours OF
| the stormy night, trying 10 turn over in MS oeftn
| Steward, what's that!'
| "TEe sailor deck, sir"
| eyes, but what did he say Just nowF
| "'All WE'LL sir" - 49,,
| MY what a Harp And then he turned over and
moaned a NAL dc mer moan !-(Ocean.