New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-05
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

"The Boston Transcript" thinks that Timothy Har'
rington is in a mood to ask the old puzzle on the
syllables Of Mr.. Gladstone's name: 1 would be my
first oIlad) to throw my second (stone) at my both
lGladstOne).
Chance for a Fortune.-seedy Gentleman-Will you
help Rams %e p e w,n wSTesii s dG you msan9
seedy Gentleman-why me ana ny NJ friend mere ,h nave =
made a wager. he be bets , me VI ; oSaijs in ag fairty , days.
I've got the thirty cents. What want 10 Know Is IL
you'll help me to a fortune by providing the quails'
Bonneville Journal.
"The Cincinnati Times-Star" makes the following
statement, but gives no facts or figures to support IT:
.On the face of the returns the women Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in the fight for representation on
the floor of the General Conference, have won. DR..
Buckley, who has fought them from the beginning, Is
apparently badly beaten. OF course there VIII DC no
iucglery. No back d~cestricts' can come In now ara
change the result. The clergy in annual conferences
have vet to vote on the question. and the General Con
ference is vet to pass final judgment. 1t Will be a
great surprise II those two tribunals fail TO raufy the
voice of the Church. TO oppose the plan OF woman
representation now is only to delay what Is lnevitaDie.
DR.. Buckley and his cowOrkers are not likely much
longer to escape q measurement OF mental strength
with able women in the spirited debates OF the Church.
Grave Cause for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Employee
fear, Mr. Toogood, l shall have 10 dispense Win your
New Clert-why, sir: I know have only been here here
"a week. Dut nave 1 uOI uurlnS tnfo ttiuC Us "AO"cH
"'I EmpIoyerr"oh. Won have been faithful enough and
capable enough, but
New Clerk-But what. sir7
Emsoyer-weI. ] saw you take a postage stamp out
New Cierk-Yes, sir, but ] put two cents in its place;
Employer-That's just what / can't understand. l
guess you'd better go.-(Boston Courier.
Says the chatty Listeners of "Tle Boston
Transcript {" What some mothers can be thinking
OF to dress their little children so scaDtlly. ii is hard 10
tell. Certainly they ere not fit to possess children.
Often the motive OF mothers in embarrassing their
children in winter ia fashion. Very many mothers
think more Of dressing their children fashionably than
they do of dressing them comfortably, in a way to save
them from colds and Group and pneumonia. In sum-
mer they cucumber little girls with dresses aching to
the ground, which are as great "a cruelty then a. thln
clothes and half bare heads are now. Those FASHION
able long dresses for little girls are no doubt quaint
and picturesque, but they are nevertheless stupid and
cruel.'
An enterprising Chicago man is said to have offered
Tennyson 81 900 10 write a comic opera.
When ! was young and green as grass.
And when they changed it seemed a farce.
TO cali for pudding DIP as SARGE;
when they are askcd to take some soss;
And intend to make . fuss,
II folks begin to call II guss.-tYankee Blade.
The Christmas number Of ~Frank Leslies Illus
trated Newspaper is q handsome issue geographically
and plctorially, and reflects great credit on its enter.
prising publishers.
In Alpine County, COL. there Is no church and no
minister, but there are four liqnor sellers and nine pro-
fessIonai gamblers, and yet the Iail has not , had an =
nut for moralists to crack but 1t looks more like o
case OF town run by law brca;ers. II justice had
full swing there no doubt that jail would be loaded
(Norri'town Herald.
Intellectual Bostonians are finding a much-nceded re-
taxation In the game Of Tiddle de- Winks., And II
is q beautiful sight to see one Of the old Brahmins Of
that town swapping the counters into the little
baskets.
Changing Trades.-"The first snow yesterday knocked
me out Of a Job remarked Dubious Dudley In one OF
the pauses, as the GROWER circled the gang.
"As 10 how ~ was the inquiry.
"well, shovelling snow has been my trade all sum.