New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-17
THE TAX or THE DA z.


Az one Of the recent Moody revival meetings on TIE
Pacific Coast the customary request was made thas
those sugerns from any particularly heavy burden
should stand up and ash for the prayers OF the as
seubled multitude After few moments silence
tall meek-looking man arose, and in voice choked
with emotion asked that tho prayers Of the consrega-
ton might be offered for his mothcrinlaw. Instead
of PRAYING the congregation first began 10 litter, and
finally rosred with laughter.
The LAWS Inconsistency Mr. Noodle-waI, IL do
beat ali how the laws work. one upsettn anotner nsns
Frieni-wah's wrong nowf
Wan there amt much that isn't wrong. Hers
I've been maxim good livin' as 1uryman for yesH
and years all because don't read the papers an
ain,t eot no 'pinions, We know
No; never learned. Wall, now sot great stor
on that there son o. mne an wanted TO bring him w
bout laws ter make every boy go ter school Where's
the lurymen gotn Ter come from In the next gfney
tion' That's wot beats me."-tPhiladephia Reco'
Some one in the California Legislature has coird
tho word "difiequibbie,' meaning flank attack
question by crihcIsng some minor detail pFto-
graph Of the mental processes of the who piced
together such monstroslty would be interestis.
An Atcbison woman with a family Of girls sare1
them up with the fixed determination that ne one
Of them should ever marry Missourfan, DcIocrst,
or a man named John, and the very first ON to 20
married all three.-(Kansas City Times.
Harry (horiGed at seeing Kate putting ata cigar
ettel-Melcyi DO you smoke, hdtt
kate-NOt because enjoy IL, Harry. Iwant 70
FIJI the rooms with smoke, 50 that should burglar
break in, he'll think there's man In the hose .o,,-
Ing your lips man never smokes cigaretes-ie1sse
wise no man that burglar need be afrab of-tBos
because IL has citizen who always wars twenty
dollar gold pieces on HIS clothes in he place OF
buttons. 1t wouldn't be safe for sun . man 70
venture the streets of New-York
The geographers all at regs,iIng the geo
graphical centre of the United Sites Taxing
Islands the most western. Point Barpw, Alaska the
most northern ard Key West Florida the most south
geographical centre Of the country go miles west
Of San Francisco in the Pacific oceai. Who says We
Union.
A woman Ventura, Cal, recently msds
100000 In land speculation. This fired her with
the ambition to get up special BOOM and make
a Million II possible So she chartered train nom
San Francisco, six hundred miles away gave free
ride, free lunch, and free music 10 all who would
come. and held big sale. Bat though tho train was
crowded with people from san Francisco, no ono
would buy; and instead of making fortune she lost
twenty thousand dollars. All Of which proves that
land booms are very uncertain things.
A streetcar going west on Madison-s last Saturday
afternoon loaded with women returning from tbs
When Il one sshs d s sy he
opened the door and called sMay ~ A woman left
conductor called that name and another woman got
OF At ElIzabeth-st. he called out Elizabeth and
,wc women went ont When he called "Ada' stu
The countryman went out on the platform and said
Do you know where want to get offs
Do you know my manner"
No sir {; 1 don'ts
@pO You know all the women In chlcaso''
"well. should say not. Why7' .
NOthini. I hepr1 calIfn' them thai
have fist been gittn' OFF by their 1rst an you
knowed list where they wanted to stop an thonshs
you was acquainted with all the people IN town.
lChcago Mail
The pronunciation Of some fashionable ansf
maniac clergymen is getting to be very much Ike u
OF the English clergyman who in reading the passas
He that hath 10 hear let him hear" gives IL. 40
that hath yahs to yah. let him yah.s
A rich man in Portland, Ore. got drunk the her
who starts out to get drunk on Portland whiskey oud
naturally think he would need coffin when I got
been strong enough TO magnify his wants thiy-six
tines certainly singularas well plural {orrs-
town Herald
Florida paper says that the two REQUESTS for .
pleasant winter in Florida sunshine and aukecs.
| especially Yankees
Last week the ice and the pluner only
bestowed passing glance on the new strawerrfes In
market This week they have been hear to price
| them. Next weck-but why try to dictfe 10 tho
weather II Yonkers Statesman.
Reports OF Industrial progress in the soutern States
come in so steadily and so numerotsly as be aimose
bewildering Enterprises Of varied chsrster arc be-
ing established everywhere, for ncreasingand dvers
flying the natural products Of the country and for man
ufacturing those products the spot into finished
goods for Naturally this state Of ahars IS az
companied by great growth of protection IDEAS IN
that part OF the country AS an expDent OF these
ideas bright little paper, named The Proectonis-
has Just been started at Birmingham, Aa "intenqed'
IL says, to promote, maintain and deend the fsploA
American system OF protection TO hone capital enter
prise and labor and TO bulletin the progress OF the M
dustrial New South under the operation OK tnae
benefcent SYSTEM II is under nat system sions
that an industrial New South IS possible, and mat
fact is being so generally realized and acted upon
the most hopeful sign Of the times n all those States
The Protestant Irish Of Pennsylvania Nortn "a
| lima, Tennessee and other States have hanc III
OF which neither Ireland nor America need oe ans
They have given four Presidents 10 the United So
and more than their proportion OF soldiers ana SUI