New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
THE TALK OF THE DAP.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
correspondent says that railroad companies hsvs
frequently tried to make passengers 90 in at end
OF the car and out at the other but that the passen.
gers invariably kicked, insisting on their rights a.
American citizens go In and ont Of WHICHEVER door
they chose. Individually, most Americans are very
sensible but when they become merged I'm crowd
they often act "a though they were chuckleheadsS
fools. Why IS this!
Did you\ever ask a man the time Just after he hM
inspected bis watch ard put It in his pocket II So
did You ever receive an answer before the man pulled
his watch out and took another look at #! Just
why it IS that this Is done would be difficult to eS
plain. but il you VIII ask your lricnd 10 tell yol
the time the next time you observe him scr1itinZe his
watch and snap the Id, you will find that he VIII
take another look at the dial before giving answer
Cincinnati Jimes-Star
The Omaha World7 now calls itself The World.
Herald but the exchange editors Of the country
refuse to recognize the hyphenated combination n
they didn't draw the line somewhere, they might soon
be called upon to credit things to The worid-Herah
sun Times" What with chestnuts and bad mucilage
the exchange editor has hard enough time without
adding to It the footshness Of hyphenated names.
yellow work' is the latest popular phrase for bad
work Whence do these slang expressions All az
once they are in :he air, and all who are without
respect for the purity OF the English tongue using
them. They have their day and then they vanish.
They die probably Of inanton, but their birth Is
mystery. -(Boston Herald
The Chicago MaF has some interesting information
about the Dit Of a cherublms stomach AS cherublm,
the plural of cheb IT to that there ought
to be more than one pit BY the way. what do
cherubm want with stomachs anyhow
Fond Mamma-Come here darling. What have
been playing with!
Darling Don't wememb
Fond Mamma-Your hands are perfectly covered
with dust!
Dariing-I dot de dust of dat big boob.
Fond Mamma-Why, declare the child has been
playing with the family Bibe.-(Amerca.
Apropos of the recent report about the crippled a.
nanca condition the Johns Hopkins University The
Baltimore News says: a. Not only is the institution
perfectly safe and assured in its usefulness. but has
recently been made resduary egatee by the late John
W. Mccoy, and Baltimore has living philanthrops'
who may yet supplement Johns Hophnss endowment
with a million or two Behind him are other bat-
mere nabobs with souls in them. Our city has .
grand roll of publlc-spirted citizens who will moi
the Johns Hopkins University suffer even If there
was danger of such thng.'
The materials for Cronin Jury may exist some
where in the world, but they don't seem to be IN
the vicinity Of Chicago.
Georgia hen had in her gizzard twenty-seye
horse pistol cartridge shells, six buttons and piece
of lead Unless the hen also had the horse-psto
concealed about her person, she was not prepared e
prevent her nest from being desp9iied by Inc mid
night marauder.-N Orristown Herald
IT Is DIFFERENT, NOW.
The summer girl is back agair,
From far or Spirit Lake;
And from her belt like an Indians pelt
Hang the hearts she USED 10 Dreah.
We alred on piazzas. and
Beneath the galights gare
We danced away with hearts so says
Or whispered on the stair.
And DER the surface of the Lake.
Until the nights grow old,
We staid aflOat in lealy boat
And caught our death OF cold
But vacation ends all things do,
And l returned to town;
But she passes by with a stony eye,
And corrugated frown.
For she's maiden highly born,
Possessing wealth galore;
And / am clerk with property smrF.
-(Cmaha World
The dudes Of Scranton, Penn are drinking corn
beer,7 and they say it is real nice
Who saves up for month for personal treat
and then shares it with the whole family? Woman
Who turns deadly i'll the sight Of blood. yet stands
TecEessy n It's rain IN me on war thar of So5e m
may have tdbtS for dinner Woman: sne a., Is
a heroine I'm danger, coward wheh loOhlhg uhuer 'no
bed.-(San Francisco Report
The cricket on the hearth! ~ exclaims testy old
fellow in The Boston Transcript" " pshaw ono
might with equal sense go into ecsaces over the ny
on the head the mosquito in the ear or the hea De-
tween the shoulders Most people will sympathlZo
with this outburst. The cricket is noisy h''h
nuisance, and is only toerable when described I"
secondhand by some moons truck poet.
"Why DO summer Roses Fade ?'-Mr WintermsnLL
All Miss Somers there IS light along the sky Wnler
heralds the coming of the melancholy DAYS lnueeu
thew arc already here for me. the hotel closes 10
morrow and YOU Will be going back 10 town. low,
ever, / shall soon be returning there myself nas1
bcen your unfaing partner. Miss Somers IN so many
of the seasons pleasures that-but / trust YOU VIII
give me opportunity to continue our acgu''n''"'
May l not count on seeing You before long! Dan.
Miss Somers-Oh. certainly. Mr.. Wlnteinan. ~"
saws We shall come here again summer aiIer ny. sa
tbs bir hotel is built 80 You VIII know where to ma
me, you See.-( Nlunsey's Weekly.