New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-04

THE TALK or THE DAY.

Tho Kansas City Times" has put on the robes Of
prophecy. 1t thinks that Mr.. Cleveland will yet be
a great political power and even now, it says that
the masses are gravitatng toward him as their
natural loader. We haven't discovered any signs Of
gravtang on the part Of the masses; but It IS pretty
certain that Mr.. Cleveland VIII 90 CONSIDERABLE CRAWL
taung this week
A Corner in Grain.-wife-I see that our neighbor
iiuSband~what is It this time? Wheat, I suppose ?
that las foorcd him now. And don't want yOu to
iabblc with 1t any more cthcr-uowelI Citizen.
A genial and gentlemanly barkecper' of this city
says that his belong to the following classes
somebodics rmbodics scumbodIes and bumbodies.
lie might have added that the last three classes are
recruited from the first class.
a Lost Opportunity .-Jigecrs-Darn an fgnoramus
Wlggers-whats the matter now
JiSgcB-l was calling on Huio MISS lTry laS'
oscula'ory exercises meant said She found it in
4 novel
Wicccrs-well, did you tell her.
Jlggcrs-I didn't know what Il meant unhl loolel
through the dictionary this mornng.-lIerrc HaWo
Express.
1t is suggested that as Pa Is used an abbrcyia
ton Of Pennsylvania Ma" might be used a. al
abbrcviation for Montana. good a0brevaton
for the state Of Washington it retains that
will be hard TO find for the Obvious " Wash.7 + TOO
suggestive Of a laundry TO be considered for a
moment This fact alone ought to rule out thai
name for the now STATE.
TIE DANCE or THE LADY CRAB.
She mmbed her hmsy toes,
Size luc;rrcd with wagy air,
She said Fetch freShcr shrimpS than those,
And sweep the sea beach bare
She Mnkled with complete CLEO.
She languorcd plaStly smile.
She said " The l0os'r> nave come 10 see,
Though the sea has retired awhile
She mantrcchf her lovely eyes
And slIlcd her down 20 the wave
She took TWO steps ia a bnmpione wise,
When the lapscne waters lave.
They sat IN concentrlc rows
The crabs, lie oys .,,s ana shrinpS;
While the turtle hnglcd his noso,
As the saud-hoppcIs higsed Ike imps.
But hc crabs had tho seats In 'front.'
Since the lady crab who danced
Vas cousin 10 most. ana dront
When she saw them eleVanccd
The moon shonc with Compliant light
They had never dulmned such sight
or gurb!ed beach So dlsiraired,
The porpo,c. who IMPLIED with love
For tic dancer who >urpled the sand,
Cried "Oh. for the wings Of a dove.
That might walk bc ,de her on land -
She cIrcea, She glbblcI she waved
As "A scawccd that fits with ihe tide:
She wibbl,d she pcrciel. she snathed
Like jeWsharp that Ianks on IT'S side
She snathed through 1.-THE pirouetle
Like a top whipped by hunpthil hovs
She canterned her ilippeis until they had nat
While the crabs snacked with audible noise
And the ophicerulean sea
Was mnplcued over with foam.
While tho porpoise was hurM,d 10 be
Asleep ln his cotbcd az homa
The moon IN raptlncileut hazo
shOne goleiuc-uc and Wild.
While the stars IN pIcnecin amaze
We're
There are two hundred moro stanzas 10 this heautA
I'M pocm huf az The word whoh completes The hrnhcr
line an exquisite word Of ninciy-thrc letters the c,
posters struck and lett in body Boston Courier
The Tacoma Ledger suggest, The face Of Wash
ngton A. the most appropriate device L.r the grea
seal Of the now state Of Washington.
A correspondent asks how q young man IN low,
should conduct himself toward his enslaver Watch