New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-03
THE TALK or THE DAY.

writer in .The Christian Union, sketches with
sympathetic pen typical New England old maid, grim
| and busque manner but having warm heart; .
hard shell saint, he fccitousy calls her. "No long
ago. lie says after the death OF proud aristocrai Of
| the town. whom she had nurscd faithfully. she sah
lie alters used to think the Lords overcoat wouldn't
| make him jacket. Guess now he knows better
Nor could Charity itself foriear smile when day
In the burying- ground she first Mcmento Mori
| cut the family stone Of local citizen. and ex
claimed Il knowed all Jem smiths darterS but blessed
If | knowed before Of them had married any
Mr.. Mori.' "
The Rev. DR.. Talmage says, There is no happiness
In this world for an idle woman Mr. Talmage should
reserve his sympathy for the OverwOrlcd woman. The
idle woman can derive considerable pleasure from a
25-cent novel and 80 poodedog- istown Herald
A Philadelphia paper says that the ouakers still
maintain their attitude of opposition to pianos, al.
though certain frivolous members Of the body try
10 whip the devil around the stump by hiring piano
instead ot buying one. What pity it is that New.
York fats and apartment houses couldn't be colonized
by Quakcrs. But that is side issue. Another evi.
dencc Of Quaker conservatism in this restless age
is the refusal Of all good Quakcrs 10 give up the
grammatical, though quaint and interesting, Of
thee Is thee well this morning! ?" is a question
that may still be heard in the more exclusive Quaker
circles Of Philadelphia.
Fogg says he shouldn't like 10 be too powerfully
good, he has heard 50 many girls declare they
man probably IS still bachelor poor thing !-tBos-
ton Transcript
Even yet some Of the Southern Democratic papers
are shouting that Gar Reed will he allowed to
carry out his IDEAS said the lawyer TO his client who
was in Jail My dear sir. they can't put you in jail
FOR what YOU have DONE "Why, You wall faced
fool was the wrathy reply, "what are you talking
about Don't you see they have put Ole in jazz
Active Fasteners -New- Yorker jcontcmptuouslyl-
Talk about Chicago being "A lively city! see bv tho
papers that under your local the railroads centrns
al Chicago have been obliged % reduce their ume
TO ten miles an hour within the CITY limits.
chicago ManThat is TO prevent accidents; .,,. ~.
people Of Eastern cities can scramble out OF tho
way Of trains going at lty ard sixty miles an hour-
do it every day .-(New-lork WeeAy'
Young man. II you don't want TO hustle 60 10
Samoa. You can get hundred Of good land
there for 81 81 and the taxes on the same will b
only 80 cents a year. You can easily live on What
grows wild on your land, that you can spend all
your time lying down and thinking what a soft snap
you having.
WHICH ROADi
II you could go back TO the forks Of the road.
Back the long miles yOu have carried The load;
Back To the place where YOU had TO decide
ry this way or that through your life to abide;
Back Of the sorrow and back Of the care;
Back TO the place where the future was falr-
n Won we're there now a decision TO make
OH pilgrim OF sorrow, which road would you takee
Then. after you'd trodden the other long track.
After you found that it, promises fair
Were but delusion that led To snare
That the road You first travelled with ss and unrest
Though dTeary and rough, most sraciOusly blest
With balm for each bruise and charm for elch ache.
-lChicaso Herald.
The friends Of Elijah Watson, OF Rusbyule. Mo-.
claim that he has held the Office of postmaster longer
than any one else now living he having been appointed
in 1912.
lie Lived There.-Miss Saneewee-My brother Is a
great traveller lie has just returned from a long
journey in the East and he has brought win MN .
very valuable collection of antiques pieces ot
Arabian armor old Egyptian COINS, specimens OK
oriental handiwork I'm carved ivory
Mr.. Granite Slabb-Funny l never came across any
o them things there.
Miss saneewee-IEave You ever been in the East.
Mr. Granite slabb-wuh! I live right daown thar in
skaOwhcgan Maine.-(Puck.
4 nice little sunday school girl of Quincy. Mass.
the other DAY defined missionary a man who
comes around 70 get money every chance 10
GETS
4 Literal verson-CIara's mother calling Clara.
Mr. Smithcrs In the parlor aud says he wants You.
clara entering paTOr and throwing herself into
smithcr,s armsl-Oh. Charlie this Ia 50 Sudden.
-(ClOtller and Furnisher.
II will he recalled that Dr. King. Bishop of Lncoln
IS now being tried for alleged Illegal rituastic prae-
tices The Bishops who irving him gave no hin.
As 10 the final outcome of the trial until the other day.
when Dr. Wordsworth. Bishop Of salisbury. made
pcec, in which he Indicated that the Bishop would oe
condemned.
Bagley-What dclicously sweet FACE the hean
artist Of the company has They zen me tal oe
ENJOYS an enormous salary, and that Ter husoahu OH
Joys life without cNcrtion: - ,,,
Bailey-les; her face Is his for'une'-''uose'
81 The Jewish Tidings,- Of Rochester publishes ps
week some interesting views OF prominent 'eWS ."
IN, propriety of holding supplementary religious
services in synaeogues on sunday. The Tldlngs
is Itself strongly in Of the idea, on the ground
that many Jews. through no fault OF their OWL ~o
unable 10 attend n, regular synagogue services vi
saturday and majority Of its correspondents tiko
the same view 1t is. however, worthy Of note t'ae
such services were tried in prominent SShasosuo
in this city some time ago, and were recently as
continued presumably because they were ho' SUE
cess
n * strange passing strange. that while the wlo.,
world IL arGast AT Russian atrocities. the LoImVi
Jewish press publishes the long advertisement .. ~,
ImnerIai Russian Government Conversion Loan' ~
rhnrge of the Rothschilds Jewish Messenger