New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-06
a TIE TALK OF THE DAY

With the establishment OF collegiate year uasseo III
Johns Hopkins University have come class coiors
and class and college yells. BY many this Is regarded
as a descent from the dignfed position which Johns
Hopkins at first assumed But the collegiate ides'
rs opposed to tho university, pure and simple, has
made II necessary. The young men have used up q
grest deal Of the gray matter OF their Drains
In devsfng appropriate university yen. Inc adop-
ton ~ nearly all the nice euphonious yels py other
colleges and by the various Indian tribes made the
task peculiarly difficult But st last they have hit
upon a combination Of whoops that may be spelled as
follows: Hulabaloo-K'neek, K'neck, Hulabaloo-
K,neek K'neck, Hoo-Rah-Hoo-J. H. U. 'RahP
As yell this Is neat and blood curling, and Will doubt.
less rouse the ichor OF every loyal Johns Hopknsan
II II has any faut n Is that there too much raucus
DorScism about IL.
A Very Intricate Plot, Indeed Aspiring Author
I have the Ms. of play which "ouh hAe 70 Su0-
Manager-Has It good plot'
A. A.-GOod plotl should say sol why waxing
confdentaD tho plot Is intricate that tho audience
who soc ID once will have TO come every night for
week to find out exactly how things turn Out.@The
Epoch.
Tn the opinion of "The Jewellers WeekyD Q scarf
min shield that would prevent scarfpin frem getting
entangied in girls hair would be boon to man.
kind How sol Do girls scsrfpins in their
hairl Or do the young men--i But no, It cannot
DO.
some of the papers have been making great out:
cry against the green postage stamp but the color OF
the United states stamps Is less obiectiona6e than
their form They arc all unnecessarily largs The
tier and more convenient. II Mr.. wanAmaler would
give ms something on this model he would gain the
handwTfting OF the period leaves space on the
velope for washlngon's portrait at full ength-tPhHs
deiphia Bulletin.
Roy odenweller, Q ton-year-old boy Of Brown
County, Ill, has genius for days and dates. When
any date in any month OF last year. this year or
next year is given to him, he at once names the
day OF tho week on which It falls or has fallen
But beyond three years his power does not extend.
Next year he will lose all power over 1888. and VIII
then show tho same knowledge in regard to 1901,
Of which he now knows nothing The lad is utterly
unable to explain his strange power and earnot tell
how he arrives at the true answers.
A Usefu: Instrument --Musical vistor-what q
Mrs. Tiptop~Yes, do not know Of any single piece
OF furniture I have that am more proud Of than
OF NV piano. II was made TO order at a cost OF
o., I must-why, It's loekedS
"Yes l lost the key some months ago and have
forgotten to get another '-lPhiladelphia Record
Boston is again discussing elevated road, but Is
confronted with the same old dHiculty-the crooked
ness Of the streets.
JanitOrHayG you any children SIR It, Mr. K sS6y
Yss three ,drS cant lot ToT ms ssSs this Gt doosn
mako no difference "They live out in Chicago:
@Cant help II, SIR; tho owner says he won't rent 70
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(puck
A statistical nend has figured that man fifty
years old has spent three years in buttonng his
collar.
Miss sInseor-You say you are at work on book
Miss sInseer-How delightful literary work must be
| What is the name OF the bOok1
Mr.. Careful" Tho City Directory. "-(chicago Jour
nal.
Kentucky man while digging o rabbit out OF o
hole came across q keg Of whIskoy hundred years
OLD This incident will enormously stimulate rabbi
hunting in Kentucky.
He Was Right.-Henpecked Husband treading tht
| paper and rocking the cradlel-Aheml the hustle II
| going ont, see. ,,, w.,
| bet II Is and I am going with H. You take care o
| that baby TIL get back-tDoston Globe
| The singing of the song For He's Jolly Goot
Fellow at public dinners, in England, has become
such a mania that society for the diseouragemen
~ the practice Is to be organized. 1t Is always SUM
Al least once after the OF each speaker
and frequently repeated as an encore The Engiisl
so great lengths In the attempt to prove themselves
to be jolly good fellows.
| RelInda-How can Lucille marry that old fossil
| Closensti What II he is rehf Amanda-po 70,
| know that he has heart disease so badly that I'M
slightest shock may prove fatal bellnOa-Ah,, IN
| deed Amandn-Yes. and Lucille THINKS she VIII o
able TO shock hlm.-lAmerea.
Il Is surprising to be told that Boston is the creates
market in tho United States for the sale OF lottery
tickets.
| A western lecturer has at last discovered way
| Of being warmly received" he Keeps the nan y
cold that the people In the audience aso e1Hsc1h y
stamp their feet to keep them nom freeEng-(Yonkef'
| satesman,