New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-06
THE Talk OF THE DAI


Fables Of Gotham.-Two Citizens. while Eating their
Lunch In Beahery, became SO Interested In discuss
Ing Harrtsons Cabinet that they Neglected TO OBEY
the Injunction Placard which read Keep your
Eve on your Overcoats Noticing their Abstraction,
Poor but Dishonest Man remarked II guess Will In
dulge in a little Abstraction MYSELF AZ he said this.
no sklfully swiped the Coats. which were Of tho
best Bowcry Brand And whom Sneaking out OF the
Establishment he SoloquiLed thus with himself:
"Weu have Bagged another Brace Of Cabinet sharps:
but III Bet Five Piunks that they won't Care Darn
about the Cabinet when they find their overoats
Gone"
The Moral Of this Fable Is that when the Spring.
time comes Gentle Annie, II not long Before, sreas
many Cabinet-Makers viii Get Left.
Miss Smith Ito her friend Miss Barr. who has made
her debut at musical entertanment-And you sue
ceeded splendldly, OF course! 49,.
s sfs 'SRs
dicnce remarked that had left my voice oehino mo-
yes: but he was Immediately rcproved by some,
body else, who said Nonsense she never hsd any,
up courage Immediately "-(Boston Transcript.
Medical missionaries in China find that grees
MANY Of the more ignorant people regard them as
poisoncrs When any Of the natives show deslre
to consult the strangers, some one Is sure 10 dssuane
them by asking them the question: DO you "sn' ~
be poisoned by the Jesus doctorsf"
A Slight Advance And so you think ths you . a.
increase in your salary Mr hisors ,m nss
VIII Yes s SIR" he replied and have waited until
the new wear before speakine-'
Pm glad you DID, returned the merchant" for X
gives opportunity to meet yor York this
YEAR as you got for 366 days In 1855. Good "cfh~
ing'-(Puck.
That loyal little American paper, Tho Shipping
LIST" published at Baranquilla, Colombia sou'A
America celebrated the victory of Harrison ana NOT
ton in it's issue of November 80 by big SCREAMING
eagle on its first page, enforced by sundry whoops Oh
triumph in red ink. This Glory Halleluiah' ediuon
was doubtless duly appreciated by the American colony
IN Rarranouila trres pective of their political ala~
lions.
A canary belonging to q family at Midland PARK.
~ j. becomes greatly excited when me sAysar-
tha caee until released, We have known cats and
dogs to manifest similar feeling when the ten-ye
old son enS Cd. the s sna make axe a0 w dash for
omen door, while the cat would scoot upstairs all
crawl under bed. They knew the boy'-tNorns~
town Herald
It is suggested that the eleHymen who oogec' 20
dancing at the Inauguration ball have the matter IN
their own hands All they have to do Is 10 atteno
the ball in such numbers as to crowd the hoor MO
thus make it impossible to dance AS guardians o.
uubc morals 1t really seems thotgh they ought tn
do this.
Enthusiastic Professor-Yes gentlemen, that vas
snS was IN full activity Goethe had begun his Drills
ianf career and schiller was about TO be born-fhe'
gende Batter.
A correspondent says that not only arc Maino
herrings sold for sardnes. but that tho alleged oiva
oil in which they arc packed IS simply cottonseed
oil.
Miss Fussanfeather-oh, why didn't you ask me
during the holidays, Charlie .o.nu. alta. Oh. ho,,.
well you know, things are cheaper ai'er 'no hon~
days, dear.n-(Yonkers Statesman.
wife,
SAYS a Southern paper I" 1t may be that the Demo-
cratic party is dangerously ILL., But it will not DO
Ions before It will be dangerously we'll again. To
which may be- added the truth that when IL becomes
well at all it is always dangerously well.
A Strangers Mistake-Distngushed stranger I'm
the west-That is a. welldriled squad Of soldiers
American General-Squadl Great Scott, mani
That's an army l-tNew-York Weekly.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, clergyman recently took this
for text: Can a man with family work Tor $50
a month and be Chrsiisnn
Tho executive committee Of the Music Han Asso.
citation Of neghboring city have adopted me pan
nf personally indorsing and calling me auehuon OF
The public 10 enertalnments specially me ,h n
mttees opinion SO highly that the entertsnmeht NOT
Endorsed by them draws the largest audlehee--'Nor
rstown Herald.
refer to his fellow students as "boys' they arc all
| men, But about twenty years after hi graduation
when he meets his former companions at some coeso
anniversary, he gets tired OF rfsrrins 10 'nem
as boys
More than $50 languages and dialects arc curens
| IN India and British Burmah." This tact snoula "
| suppressed, or next thing the American mSear ~.
will be full of India and Burmah dialect storos-,oT
ristown Herald.
| Moro trouble abou. the Inauguration ball. number
| OF patriotic Americans demand that American wines
shall DO used. and Oh the other hand the "omsos
Christian Temperance Union requests that no aiconc
bey erages at all shall DO allowed at It, Perhaps "s
authorities might compromise on buttermilk
Sudden loss Of Fath.-Doctof PHI at meaer
meetingl-whats the matter with Dr. Physc tongn ns
| ITO appears to be ia a terribly bad humor-notnns
but impatcnce Feasibility and slurs every time no
wonderful progress OF medical science 10 mcnuonei.
| Doctor Powder-He has had rheumatism for SIX
weeks and all his brother physicians who were caed
| In only made 1t worse.--tNew-forh "eeAs'