New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-25
THE TALK or THE DAY

A writer IN The Boston Herald asks: rs this
hurryiug scurryus. busy, busyinc rushing eNi'tenc"
lead America idcac IN the smallest particular "
No. sonny, IL i,nt dcalic.' whatever that may Doe.
but 1t gets there Just the same. Better stop ASKING
question, and join the pocc,'ion
rhwat th".c things ycz have nailed an t'c
roof asked an lrl-hmau on "A Potomac River steam
boat.
Those are life trcscrvers II anything happens 10
the boat. you cold take one Of those and swim
ooh be Ilvius. It's mc,cn 'ud sooner dhrown than
Jump intel any such cowld wathcr A. that."-(Wa>h
inston Post
soap manufacturer gives a novel with every bar Of
soap hc sells. In the case Of soma novels which might
Dee named. there i, IDEAL proprcty in such pre-
MUM. only II a bottle Of some good diSnfcctant
added 1t would bee stu better.
Queen Victoria invited no clcrEymcn to the amateur
th"atrcals AT Balmoril. II is aid she does not ap
prove of clcrgymcn attending such performances. And
another thing ccrgymcn naturally SEQ enough horror
and gloom m their visit, among the poor and sick of
their respective parshe>.-(Norrlstown Herald
John Boyle o'Rcilly says that poetry nourished in
ireland 5000 years This is another proof that
the good old times not very good after all.
But. hold maybe it real enough poetry
ard not the scn,uous caterwaung which 50 often
passes for poetry nowadays. The Ancient Irish were
rugged and sturdy people To have any use for the
rondcau, and triocls which making the American
people so weary.
BiIl Lcahc was playing d" The Three Guardsmen" in
Indianapolis once, and had arrived at the point where
himself deserted by hi, men has 10 heat mastery
retreat through the portfolio into safety. Bin re-
treated. hpt pursued by the hostile forces. and made
dash for the portfolio Cnluchlly. the ~cahbard Of
hi, sword became cntangcd with the front II his
costume, and swung round right across the narrow
exit The actor was obliged 10 stop and loosen the
scabhard. while the hloodhr-ty enemy stood fooli,hy
with blOodthretv Yell they dashed az the place where
he had been. II j, needle, Ia say, however that the
two minntr,' truce right I'm the midst OF ho,,lHtl''
spoilcd the effect Of the sccnc.-tCncinnau Iime'
Star.
II IS whispered that will carry paraSols during
the coming seasons. It /, ordinarily difficult To fthom
the DEGREES Of fashion. but the reason for TINS par
tcular decree is not hard 10 seek. II Is 10 furnish
men with a protection from the amateur photographer
with his snap camera.
Valuable Informauon-For. the third tine little
Tommy Figg had asked his father what was the cause
| Of the desert OF sahara.
Finally the old man laid down his paper and
answered reckon IL formed when the lSiaelitcs
lost their sand And II you don't quit asking me-
50 many questions I'll see G thaI yo,f mother puts
." Nut paw. how can You see her put me TO bed If
She puts me to bed before you get homel'
And that question WaS Tommy hSt-ior that
| evening Crcrio llaute Express.
The people Of Vermont are discussing the question
who Will be the Governor of the state But the
question needn't give them any trouble. Let them
put the names of all the voters in Il box and draw
out one No matter WI" ne IS ne VIII DC GOOD
man. Might choose Democrat that wayl oh.
| II isn't likely that the name Of Hiram Atkins would
be drawn out the first time.
Quick Work." And To think said he as he pressed
her little hand to think that never saw yon before
tonight
IT IS sudden She answered, but then
YES he said, impulsively, it is the old old
story-thc old, old story of love at first sight"
." And added TO that" she gurglcd, my being a
widow. boston Courier.
prominent clergyman thinks that Colonel Ingcrsoll
would renounce his inldelity If he were 70 visit the