New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-08
THE Talk Or THE DAY.


ing: 60 Why is the editors waste basket like West
Minister Abbey Because he buries the poets IN II.
But does the editor bury any poets in the waste
basbetl We trow not. And We shall continue to
trow not.
Wonder II fish enjoys to have hook extracted
from his NOUN as much "a a man enjoys I i q
dentist digging at the roots OF MS m9ai7 ilV"GNel
that may be- the is more merciul to the nm Ila
the dentist 20 the man. The man never ASKS the hsl
Doe, il hurt you l"-(Bost0n transcript
Yes. that is pretty big rocking stone in Bueno-
Ayrcs Il Is nineteen feet long, eighteen feet broad
and twenty.fonr feet high, and weighs twenty five
tons. Nevertheless 7 Is poised that single per
son can set il rocking, and even the wind sets 1t in
motion.
A business Woman.-Jones TO former sweetheart
SO you are going 10 throw yourself away on Old jim
she-Throw myself away | guess you don't know
that he ha- a million and bad case Of heart disease
Gail that throwing myself 1way THAT'S what can
getting fancy price7'-lleAas sHuhg''
Here is a venerable old question for debating
societies to wrcsc with When does the last decade OF
the nineteenth cent1ry begnl Also when does the
twentieth century begini
>urpri,.d All Around-Bank President discover
ing cashier In the act OF clipping with the funds Swell
Ca.bIcr-Iy Jove. so am II Funny. ehi-(Law-
renee American.
Professor Tucker. Of Andover. Is said TO limit the
ORIGINAL thinker, II America 70 three. Jonathan Ed
wards benjamin Franklin and Nathaniel Hawthorne
This hold statement viii at once challenge contradlc
ton We all believe that the woods full Of original
thinkers in TIM, country.
THE DEMON WHO TURNS TO THE LEFT.
There are all kind, OF people abroad in the street
OF every condition and class,
some lO-tle and crowd u whenever We meet
And others 10 peacefully past.
hut there's one encounter wherever we stray
OF whom we'd be gladly bcreft.
oh WHY doesn't Providence can nun away
The demon who turns 10 the left
lie seems TO take pleasure in lodging about
TO him IT'S the highest delight
To All Your soul with horrible doubt
II he'll turn To- the left or the right
In a manner that babies your reason compete
with movement both subtle and def
He'll manage 10 knock you clear on on your rect
The demon who turns TO tho lett
There's the woman we all Of us frequently meet
Whose parasol's aimed al our eyes;
And the chufnps who persistcnuy tramp on our leet
Tury'r,. all pretty hard To get by.
Kut there's no other lunatc running around
Who 30 sadly of sense Is bereft-
No other trsnsgress0r has ever been found
Like the demon who turns 70 me left ,
-(ChiCagO Herald.
ttera il a chance for lively discussion over "a
,royincml,,n. New England woman thus writes
i'm The Boston Transcript: " I am a Yankee born
and hired. | have lived much in the country, and
never heard New Highlander say 'haow or 'caow.'
ON the other hand ! have never met a Phlladelphdn
ar Southerucr who dd not say haoW, MOUSE
.,aow.' Lay the blame the shoulders of the cul-
prlts Don't mulisn poor Yankees We guess
That We are faulty IN many ways, but we know that
~, do not commit the crime with which YOU charge
rs Now what are the fact,l Does any one here
aboutS know
Those are cheerful statistics that come from cape
cod about the cranberry crop. Ninety thousand three
hundred and five barrels Of Cranberrlcs shipped on me
cape division Of the old Colony beyond Middle
borongh and that IN spite of the fact that 2O'oOo
barrels were DESTROYED by hailstCrm As Gran
hrrric. are a profitable crop and as all the world Is
friendly to cape Cod. all the world viii be pleased L"
hear that th, crop IS bigger than any that has been
harvested there for eight yearS-(Oston transcript
4 railroad train of fifteen cars would be required Ia
convey the food and nourshmcnt which man blessed
with moderate appetite consumes IRON the time OF
his birth 10 the day when he attains the age OF three
,cor, wears and ten. such at least In the calculation
which has Just been made public by Dr. Kuneman one
OF the principal professors Of the University of Berlin
II sounded Profane.-Miss Lakcr at a reception IN
New Yorlt-O cousin why all the people swearing
drcadfully go ,
Mis-, Murrayhillc- Hush dear. don't be silly. They
are talking about Professor DamroSchS lecture on
Die Gotterdammcrlng - Lawrence American.