New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

BalsameIo's diving ball has gone down and como
up again without killing anybody, at Civita Vecchia
II has rudder 10 steer with and propeller 10 move
IT. lie will probably "inaugurate' it with a fshbau
four but they can't dance because the whole inside
Is only feet in diameter.
The one flag and one tongue condition Of the world
does not seem 20 be Immediately desirable; The fight
ing that must decide which tongue ana which nag
Ian guage-( New Orleans Pcayune.
Now is the season TO notice how one man ip three
of your acquaintance asks for mushmelon. and TO
wonder why.
Miss Emerson (of Boston, and perforce literary
Mr. Blossom, what do you think Of Rudyard Kiplingi
Mr.. blossom (of st. Louisl-Rudyard kiplngf Let
me see he must be new one. j. he with the League
Of Brotherhood !-tChicago Inter-Ocean
From far Prince Edwards Island comes the startling
report that one Patrick Peters says he fly. All
right, Patrick, fly.
An exchange has an article entitled How the
BritOn Strikes the American on First Acquaintance
This Is somewhat unSeemy haste however ~ Is 70
be hoped that the American strikes back-tPhiladel-
phia Press.
Tho old system Of no delivery Of letters takes for
granted that the is the only person interested
in having a letter delivered. But as fact. In nine
cases ont Of ten the sender is much more interested
Bis, for instance. Bring on your free delivery.
A COMPARISON.
A.knOwlng that | do a. ! please,
Than to 1--we what folk, call lie Of case,
Up thar in the city.
Where the comfort Is fer any
In wakiu' hot bricks an u,in' fan,
An enOyiu himself as he says he can,
Up thar In the city.
It's kinder lonesome mebbe you'll say,
Alvin out here day after day
In this kinder easy. careless way:
But an hour ont here is better'n da,
A. fer That. luz, look at the flowers arouu
Aepn l9er heads up all tS over tRe s town.
You don't find such things a. these IN town,
Or, rlther. In the city.
As said atore, such things as these,
The flowers. the birds an the bum IOees,
An alvin nut here among the trees
Where you can take your ease an d. as you pleas.
~ Make, 4, 4 6s letter 5n the Ely y ,nn
Bout this kinder life a-bein' rough,
An I'm sure Us plenty good enough,
An tween YOU an' me. faint halt 40 tough
flames whItcomb Riley:
Consul Meyers OF Honolulu. says that Of the LA
lepers az Hawaii twenty-eght. are Chinese. Now
the time 10 set the old yarn going again that the
Chinese introduced leprosy into the Sandwich Islands
Haven't heard it for nearly year.
Most proverbs are founded fact. Perhaps thu
straw that broke the camels back was baIe-tPucR
Two full moons In July seem 10 have astonished some
ueople Whyl The phenomenon" as 10 is called,
happens about in three years in fact as often as
the first full moon falls the first or second or
early on the third day OF thirty oneday month.
This occurred for instance, IN December, 1875. Au-
gust 1879, July 1882 December, 1854, and October.
1887.
LAY OF THE CANADIAN CAPTAIN
| love Ia steal on the sleeping SEAL
And GIG him with my harpoOn
Then crack on sail In a reehng gale,
And whistle an English tune
And II IT., a brush with the cutter Rusn,
I've ri1ed cannon galore:
So | love Ia steal on the pensive seal
And hustle his pelt ashore;
st. Paul Pioneer Press
The singing shad" the public is informed, has bee
seen and heard in tho lower Delaware Bay this season
rho shad regarded as vocalist is not winning
CREATURE Those who have heard him sing report that
he merely repeats few sounds, and that MS per
formances lack expression well as variety IN
,oct no sings about as well the average elephant
wsltzes Let tho shad abandon art and suck u ms
legitimate function article OF food he has rev
equals and no superior. but as songstsr ne srie'es
av,u those who are most attached 10 him
what IS necessary when you wish 70 osat 70
,r-at ~ asked an old military man ~ fort Washing
ton l.. ...,a, ,..,ar than thu
o,hsr fellows was the reply that came arIer sons
deiberation.- Washington Post.