New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


arbs Boston Courier tells of dog that for some
,,,,o nast has been in the habit of leaving ms
Roma ON Thursday evening and remaining away uniii
saturday morning. Tho matter was hnahy ih'eyu
gated and it was found that he spent Friday VITA
. neIqhboring family where meat was eaten on 'nA'
day fish only being eaten In his masters FANNY
The Cause of the Delay.seip eT spes IoSnq ''
Dolphin sailed for the west 'ON'' VI
GlernR-SSSS ss basn,tf Those COMPOUNDED mission
aries have delayed her, i suppose - -. 4. .b.y,ra
C-No, SIR, the missionaries arc All hsh'' 'N'' "
8. G.-whaSs the trouble, theni 80. o.. rum
C-rhere's strike at the distllery ana tho rum
hasn't come down yet.--(Boston CouFler'
reputable author says that the skull Of John
rhsasb known as Blackboard the Virginia pirate Oh
1918. IS in the possession of virginia iatnS' III '"'
form Of a silverrimmed drinking cup
s,rns NJ Ipsbriety. Young Walter Cat a medical dln,
| nor1STbsm doctors use a lot OF wine, but spoSo
0ld Waiter-Dunno about that. I'm thnHih tney 10
| gettln' pretty tight ALREADY
No but they're beginnn' to agree.'-CPhiladepha
Record.
MI DAD. a t,garos savs that The Illustrated Lon
Ar Nevvsp viii erect an exact reproduction OF shaAo
no,rs,s house AZ stratfoIdon-A Avon for us he%l-
orar,ors NJ the Paris Exposition this year The III
tenon Is to make the copy complete IN every de'~h
Progressive Pronuncatlon.-Mr. culture-Do you
| IIka Rider Haggard -, ,,..aar Heard
| MfeN
some OF bis desert ptons grand as seems rom
| Mr. Culture-Ahl They aIe suPe''' W
| New-York Weekly.
! hill bas been introduced in the Alabama Legslat
Iuro prescribing the study Of state history III quo
public schools
An old co,or.-Tom-A new coat ehl What
color DO you call II sea- Spa5 taiorNo dun brown
| I guess.-(Yankee Blade
! s.vs The Cambridge Daily: "In every Presi-
donf,a election the contributions 10 great missionary
| enterprises fall OIL This Is very curious thihg' anu
| there are several explanations inc suPPor"'s Vi
those charities are many OF them politicians ana 'hey
subscribe so heavily to campaign funds hat ihey can
mot make their usual contributions ior religious WorF
This accounts for part OF the re'uouo" IN eiesf
| den,iaI election years. The remainder OF the DC
| .aaa from tbt, case IS due TO the political excite
80, among the people. and the difficulty OF fixing
nIo"s 80 % the people upon more than one thing
at time"
uoman who went out Burmah as missionary
converted native Is so tbe nsxt hatch Of female
r arrived, the male NATIVES e9ok 70 we
Troods-again Illustrating the aAom t MAJ . sTr
nroSsry alton Is the first law OF hatuic -VNorrS'o"
Herald.
n, oourse the Philadelphia bartendors arc agin'
a, nonosed antitreatIng law. And already one OF
them tells how no will get around IL. III mah'
= combinations he says, " with streetear coinps"S
and keen a bucket of small change on hand. "hen
,,,,oan brings crowd in to treat he viii irst step
% ,he cashiers desk and have his notes converted
w., email coin. Then he will distribute these to his
",A The man who wants beer VIII get cents
St,v 10 cents lemonade 10 cents, cocktail 10 cents
Wa, 81 an through the list Each fellow VIII pay
Co.. Ma avn drink and thus you see the law VIII DC
ss,,d,v IN enforced There cannot be a law made 10
arayert a man from giving away his money!
oa..o &c one thing about our German-Amerean
, LnDit that we must admire, and that Is the calm
c~terior no has shown during az uiS taih aoou'
e eauop No city except New-fork has as large
nauoa, ,,onulaton as Chicago. And yet no German
a. Go'thI NE eIty has made any exhibition IN ali thls
nuahalloo with which the American could lind faut
There Is no more voDe s a u ~ ~ sr,eeVyeS
~ ,Lts troube / tried H. on bet. | said every
Hing mean that / could think OF about Bsmarcks
,ncrtnence but this barber only smiled and agreed
Nm itnh vas a tam fool, but wasn't My brud
40. rrae runnn' nit der council negst spring already
nm" md vas mid um.p-tchicago Mall
A Massachusetts, lady boasts OF having made 79f
pies during the past year.
Ar ! T. Child Minister from this country TO Siam
10 credted with good head for business. He was a
home In Missouri on leave o1 absence when .hl
presidential election look place. ana as soon ~ t'
asnit WAS announced he started back 60 his pos
~ prg,,olt on tho opposite side Of the globe tn,
Tourney will occupy several montnss anu ater h'
ets there ID will be several mOnihs before kn0wlau
chsnee Of administration win reach him officially
~ an, thst ,eauro about three months for bis rcsg
nstnn IN reach Washington and his successor, whei
annointed viii want TO take some time for prepaia
aoan.yhie Mir Child will DO performing the duties
ana drayvina The salary Of Minister moro sensitive
,nss reht have become discouraged sc the election
pleasant sea voyage and about nine months saar'