New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-21
The TALK OF THE DAY.

Over tho main door OF houses IN baxony tncre IL
often stone on which is engraved tho name Of the
builder and his wife. And the beam over the
main ooor is frequently engraved some such sentiment
as this Pray, Lord my house and set those OF
others on hre7l
According to "The Rochester Democrat Con-
necticut restaurant keeper has doniestcated sea
gull, which was captured down the harbor some
weeks ago We read that Z" no has very robust
appetite and win eat two quarts Of clans at meal
aud then call for moreD Tho spectacle of sea-
gull clamoring for clans is that an ornthologist
who has any enthusiasm for science would 90 far to
see.
Brought to Terms-Housekeepe sec you have
a very good reference.
Appllcant-Tls Tho Teddy was so name she
didn't want TO give me no reference at hist, but
toad her I'd get mo brother Mikes syen boys 70
foller FER on the strate an yell white horseP VERY
tonne she whit out wild her red hair-lNew-fo
Weekly.
certain California millionaire wrote his own viii
so carefully and clearly that none Of his relatives
could break IT. He was not a lawyer.
This is what Mr.. Darwin said about some critics
OF foreign missions They forget or viii not remem
ber that human sacrifice and the power of an idoia
trous priesthood; system Of profgacy unparalleled
in any other part of the world; ipfantcde eonse-
Quence Of that system; bloody wars, where the con-
querors spared neither women childron-that all
these things have been abolished, and that dishonesty
lntemporanco and RIGHTEOUSNESS have been greatly
reduced by the Introduction of Christianity. In
voyager forget these things is base ingratifude
for should he chance TO be al the point Of shpwreck
on some unknown coast, he will most devoutiy pray
that the lesson Of tho missionary may have extended
thus far
Woman's Ignorance.--wlfe-K you want 10 get
An office why do you spend all your time In saloons
Husband-The Office should seek the man, you
wItc1ISh never heard of Otnces seeking men in
saloons - - ~
know about politics. Philadelphia Record.
The photograph business in Indiana has received
black eve A Judge has decided that woman need
not nay for photographs II she is not pleased with
them.
oh, sing Joyous chansOn
To Baby Arson.
Who's playing ball so.
And Kicking also,
In foreign climates curious,
Hes hal a saturnala
Struck
HJl hammer many liner
Hsn knock grand three-baggor
IL tho land of the Amahaggar.
sultans and beys and begqms
WIII be very proud When he comes
He'll gladden. king and kaiser
And make them s0mwhat wlSer'
They'll lind that he's no tyro"
Tho sphinx, too, viii say, may be,
0- ''' -tChicago News
Speaking of Senator Ransom, OF North Carolina,
The Waterbury American" says: A poor man who
dresses well and Is in debt is not, IL seems to US,
solsIv on account Of this combination worthy TO DO
held in especial honor We prefer for instance such
a combination as that exhibited by Senator Dawes,
who had been in public life FOR forty years, and
Is vet poor we'll dressed and not in debt"
A Wichita, Kan, clergyman has been asked to re-
sign because his sermons TOO long and clergyman
IN n neighborng town has been asked to resign be-
cause his sermons arc too broad Apparently, a
sermon to be popular should DO short, narrow and
shallow.
cbndren's intultIons II not always trustworthy are
.roouently very amusing. little fOur-yearaid up
IT, Worcester County was riding with her father the
other day, when the odor OF TOBACCO smohs Vas
,nsV Papap she innocently asked, what's
,bot which smells like Boston F-tCongregauonalist
sTbe springfield Union thinks that no one who has
ro. had tho theological measles can appreciate
pobort Elsmere' BY the way, Robert Eismere has
inst been sent TO jail in Minneapolis for drunkenness
va hope TO be pardoned for cmarking that IL srfkes
49, - this moment that Stryker IS far more striking
nsr,e for medIumlstlc purposes than such an In
,nI,c,tous combination as Dss Debar.
ro,lce that @The New York Sun" suggests Mr.
!, q SARGENT professor of arboneulture In Harvard
University as being the one man III lhe United ststcs
noSsesslng the qualifications ioi % sne ahean
pon, hoianIc garden IN NewH0rk ms may be merely
new new hat Rosfon NAV well be looking 10 IL that Mr.
Srssnt does not 90 10 New-York Ho Is too valuable
man both 10 the city and 10 Harvard 10 Dc suffered
to 20 without strenuous enor' OenE ~Aoe W re'ai
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