New-York tribune., 1890-06-12
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

Says "The Toronto World Such park As Centysi
Park is not one-haJf the benefit that would accrue
from the amount OF land cut up into small parks
The correct theory is small parks and plenty Of them
that they may be accessible from all parts Of city,
Nonsense neighbor The correct theory Is Just u
big park as you can possibly have in the heart a
the city, and as many smaller parks as can Dos
sbly have scattered all the city. Desirable a
small parks are, they cannot take the place Of Arss
central park.
She--Some one has sad rnat the nev9
sleeps, but I'm sure it looks calm enough now to b
HeeYes, all except that part astern that's axah.
you know.-tThe Jester.
Says an American lady "whe in Canada recently.
/ went into a candy store TO make purchase, and q
/ had always done at home, sampled some Of the W
rcties piled the counter. And what do you think
/ founda Cayenne pepperi At first supposed Il
was some candy made for April FOOLS day, but when
/ sampled two other piles which looked tempting and
from which, had they pleased me, should have pur.
chased found that cayenne pepper was In each piece
In order to stop customers eating candy they don't
pay for, said my companion. tell You was MAJ:
and when thought Of the In this country, whore
one is asked sample everything unknown before buy.
ing told the clerk didn't want the caramels. IN.
derstand some one is trying to annex Canada 10 the
United States. Well, my uncle is a United States
Senator and shall tell linn that unless he prevents
such thing shall go to Europe and marry French
prince. understand that they are cheap now'
They Do Things Better Now.-Minnie- has
Of the queerestlookng books 1t was found IN a
Egyptian tomb and Is in the form Oh roedup SCROLL
heffy itS think What nuisance s would Be
have to unro all paper In order to read the last
Chapter Of new novel iirst-(Terre Haute Express.
Are we creduIous people We are. Start tho
most absurd theory with the talismanc words "they
say' and about half the people who read 1t VIII never
think of doubling it. This Is especially true In rr
gard to theories Of and directions for the cure
of the same. For instance it was widely stated last
winter that the grippe was first propaSated BY tho
great floods in the fertile valley Of the Yellow River
in China which left deposit of germ-laden alluvial
mud particles of which were carried by merchants 10
Europe In dealing with this theory The Shanghai
Mercury" pitessly proves o. that there Is no grippe
in China; to) that there is no Yellow River valley
(3 that the country is not fertile al that there was
no alluviaI Deposit and 5l that no merchants trade
between this part of China and Europe
This is the season when you ask the bartender 70
mix You drink 10 keep out the neat, ana he g'cs
you the same y0g Tsvs sGSs been s
There is an Official table Of precedence in CsnadA
in accordance with which archbshops and bishops
rank next after acknowledgements AS TINS rue
practically discriminaes In favor OF the Roman Catho
lie and Anglican Churches, members OF other religious
bOdi
remarkable fact is that they do not rise in their might
rd vine ont such a relic OF mediaevalism. Ques-
,ions Of precedence are in themselves trivial but for
that very reason they should not be made TO put
,,oht on any class OF citizens In free state IL ever
canada shouId be annexed TO the United States its
archbishops and bishops would rank exacty aecoung
20 their deserts along with Methodist presiding elders
and Presbyterian moderators, or even piain every
day parish clergyme
All Was Not Lost.-A number OF lsdes Oh AaIan ~
order 10 aid the heather, got up an ice cream ie's
Vfondav The cream poisoned nearly the entire Gom'
nnity but a dollar was raised TO light up the DssA
Contnent.-(Detroit sun.
A Connecticut man has Just been fined $50 for nss'
ing a girl whom he had known for only week. I"
avery other State the time limit for kissing
variable quantity depending great deal on the sifl'
and we may add the young man. But Conneeucu'
with that desire 10 reduce everything TO sciehtinO
exactpess characteristic OF progressive people, seems
,nc,ned 10 make it exactly two weeks, no less no
more.
Courteous Concocton. .-Feedem-send over "a
pounds OF tea, will you .,..n,
SanSn SanSam Rlackest You've got. Pm catering for
hia colored wedding on the West side-CAmenosA
Grocer.
whv do all railroads have water boy to carry ice-
,v.ter through the carsi The custom began on Con-
necticut railroads during rhe war. when water WIS
carried through the to sick or disabled so@er',
and IL so commended itself to the puphc 'ha' III i'
a law was passed making the service oonsA'ois v" ~
roads running through the state.
She Wanted to See Famous Man:-diri Grsduss
So this is your editorial room, Is III
ss1 sAnd are all these gentlemen editorsi'
Which one of them is we l"-(Chatter.