New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-22
TIE TAX OF THE DAY.

The Editor of "Tle Rhnebeck Gazette" Is going to
ask Congress TO appropriate the little sum OF $780,
5000 for the Improvement OF the roads OF the
country with really good roads, he says every
line OF business in the land would thfoo WIN new
ufer II YOU want to help this project along. send
postal card TO tn, Rhinebcck editor saying So and
he will send IL tc Congress. The thing is as simple
as A. b. c. W, almost forgot TO say that The
Rhinebeck Gazete5 man has drafted the necessary
BILL so that Congress will have nothing 10 10 ou' V''s'
Temporal Muantur.-she (agc eighteen)-When ! %
upon the stage shallbe as star: My proua ,p.r"
c0uld never silk to the level OF common actress:
Same She ase twenty eshto girls, ant pe, nIie,
The stage managers going TO let me naSc wrens
part tonight. one OF the pages IL sioh'-'
American.
"Why dot,t you scour the whole country for
work ~ asked Boston citizen OF meeR1ooHhs
tramp. aB,cause,' was the reply, IL haven't got
the sand.'
Lady lin furniture store to new cerkl-where arc
those handsome sdebOards that you had last ,s week
Clerk (embarrassed)-Oh, lIer-l sha'eu '"''" y"
day afore yesterday, mam-lLiie'
This is a great country; peach trees blooming In
Delaware and the biggest snow storm OF the decade
raging in the West. Eli oh, yes, we know tho
decade is not yet month old.
A Connoisseur.-Y ellowy-Thats fine picture you
Br6wniy~WeiI natter myself that it is, you know.
Y.-Is it one Of the 6d masters, do you think J..
B.-Nell, | amt exactly sure, but ! am going 10
have the opinion of a friend to-day on the matter
Y-Indeed a connoisseur.
B.-Why, should say 50 Pshaw, man, ne been
in the tea business for twenty years and knows every
thing about pictures Boston Courier
II is not often that a regning queen finds herself
without single change OF dress This was however,
the fate Of Her Majesty Of Belgium, on the LIST inst
Her entire wardrobe had been destroyed In the con-
aagration Of the Royal Palace at Laeken and owing
TO the fact Of the day being public holiday, every
store in Brussels closed.
Visitor to Edtor-Could you use entirely original
poem on The Narcotic Weed y -
50 cheap don't the use.-(Lipptncotts Magazine
Speaking Of the long distances in this country, an
Englishman says "The longest railroad trip Joa can
make in the United Kingdom is about 900 miles, ana
they cannot realize that there is land where one
continuously in one direction for Week or
more When local Liverpool man starts up TO
London. a five hours ride. his friends come to the
depot to see him Of and make great ado about
his Journey. He is provided with baskets OF lunch
and all that sort Of thing, while an American IN tho
next compartment has only had a comfortable smoke
and read his paper when he reaches his destination
\ Remarkable winter.-1sso'9o Will long be re.
membered for its remarkable absence OF al that GOES
TO make mp properly constituted Winter sc"So''
Mr. John GRAY. a well-known farmer. east Of tbs
city. was IN town to-day with his second crop ot
wheat which has been grown since last summer; lie
reports that several persons were ,1 HIneIStt
i'll by cecream al the picnic OF thc hi'cu 80
sunday school last Tuesday. All are doIhs "ei' now
Isaac Blclers. who was arrested December 81 with
stolen overooat in his possession has been sent 70
N' 1t seems little odd IN January. but the tomato
crop this month IS 50 large that the m eent S See
blshel.-tTerre Haute Express
Some time ago "The Youths Companion offered
81 900 in prizes for the three best stories for girls
the three best stories for boys, and the three best
stories Of adventure The recent awarding OF the
prizes brings ont the curious fact that only one Well
known story writer Elizabeth stuart Phelps, appears
among the prke-winners. Another suggestive fact Is
that two Of The prizes for for girls were won by
men, and tive of the prizes for stories for boys wero
won bv women. This would seem 10 indicate thas
men can write the best stories for women, and vice
versa although this inference hardly borne out by
other facts.
In san Francisco some rich families are using the
Phonosaph as f0mpaRR a Gr iGk w si 'fA s ss
and plays II phonoG9ph nIt To Ey ps saw
in the Sick Chamber NoriistOwn Herald.
Las, wear there was an increase OF only one savings
bank in Massachusetts,, while there was an increase OF
twenty seven cooperative banks, gain of more than
40 per cent over the total number IN existence tho
year before There are now ninety-three cooperative
banks in that State, against IL ordinary savings
banks This large increase in cooperative banks mas
led the Bank Commissioners TO recommend legislation
looking TO their restriction, although they recognize
their value when wisely managed. Tho Massachusetts,
state Association Of Cooperative Banks viii hold its
annual session IN Boston Friday Of this week
Much in a Name.-We>teln Man docking AT a sail
inr craftl-What keeps the sail ont straight
New \ ork Host II j. held taut by the gan ana tho
boom That Heavy piece II timber az the bottom Is
r,llrJ thc boom When the wind l. fair, the boom
swings out and stays therc; but II the VIM Should
suddenly change IL might swing back with terrific force
and knock every body overheard.
Western Man-Ah! ! see now why IL Is caIled
boom. We have booms in the West, you know'-
tNew-Yorl Weekly.