New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-22
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Hon. Lewis Barker, Of Bangor, Me- recently
sent to Henry p. Rolfc Of Concord, " H.. in answer
to letter Of coincidence, photograph Of Mr.. Barker,
taken at seventy years Of age. on the back Of the
photograph Mr.. Barker had written the following
original lines
Seventy swings OF LIES pendulum
many and slow 70 count;
Seventy round. the ladder OF life
seem long and tOlsome to mount;
But every swing Of the pendulum
Means Life a. well Time,
And the wider view from each ladder round,
still makes willing to climb.
Warrior Bod-A lawyer gave dinner party.
after which the gentlemen retired to smoke and chat.
All at once he got mp. took down a syord which
formed part Of trophy, and brandishins it IN the
air. exclaimed Ah gentlemen. shall never forget
the day when drew this blade for the first time y
Pray T9eTe rs da you wS a' the lawyers az %
summit n. j. Record.
OF late years it has been noticed that the shaf
caught in the Hudson River weigh more than for
mery This is probably due to the plentiful stocking
Of the river by the state and National Fish Commits
sioners.
Forgot What lie was CRYING Fora little boy
sat on the floor cfyins Aer T nning nc u sp epd
denly. he said Mamma what was crying about y
Because | wouldn't let you go out to play,
oh. yes,' and he set up another hOWl'-lBirininS-
ham Post.
some little time ago writer sent an article 10 q
magazine with the following explanatory note: II
know that you probably have several thousand articles
on hand many of them by wellhnown writers. whlle
| am entirely unknown But venture to hope 'hao
YOU will look at my article AT once, hrst because ~
is on fresh topic and is concisey put; secondly.
bccouse il /, not folded but sent 10 You between TWO
,oces ~ nasteboard and thirdly because is type
written The article was promptly accepted. and ap-
peared in two months.
sad Old Relic.-The First Assistant secretary OF
state of the Contederacy and a man who was AFTER
ward chief engineer OF M an e saary Of about 20 cents
pcr day Fifteen years ago, he was worm ToTp,oUW.
but the California boom took his last doia'-'D'ro"
Free Press
Whom Mark Twain was worth ten or twelve dollars
wool, loss thc prcc paid for meals and lodgings ne
smoked real Havana cigars. But now that he IS "or'H
million or So he has taken TO scent corncoo ppe
They s1oud BE Careful.-A heightened marriage en-.
casement in Philadelphia has been broken on 800
The young lady incidentally referred nd n She
Of hers who PLAYED sweey on the manaarln; Ss
meant mandolin Of course, but tlc lVuhs nni -. bs
NOT forget and forgive She might aitcr @ hora 10
argued, speak OF a sa"-oA ii''''' -
A, occ.n.r,c old gentleman recently knocked out
rbo,. graduating class in a Western college lie gos
the boys together the day before commencement Gnu
told them that he would give 80 10 every man WI"
wouh answer correctly two plain, every day quoS''on
The Questions were as follows What Is the origin OK
the
WHY is the human ear shaped a 1t Is instead Oh oes
ca,, Not man answered the questions corre'tN'
and tho old gentleman went away declaring tnat COZ
lcges are failure
Ola adv with temperance ideas)-No tell You III
not go down the river on the 'har'es ""'"''' ~
'i'e Younc Lady-But grandma, why won't YOU enc
is one of the finest boats ever seen on u'e ioo"'"
Hd Ldy-Maybc she but the advertiseen ;ss ss
she is saloon steamer and lust Won rloe y nv
Mind Of a boat and help the cause OF h.e,n w.h
ni"" eX,mple and that ends ii. ia rather "aih'-
Washington star
.rre Christian INQUIRER speaks Of certain eminens
mon who do the thinking for thousands Oh o'het''
common and catchy this phrase Is IL Is very oo'
,cctlonable No man. however gifted ever uoeS u'o
thinking for Others, unless they are ia'o'>' 80
nav do and often does. is 10 make people 'nihR %
nIs ,hav vould not otherwise have thought oi
,o,r dom, allow any man TO do their thinRinS
for them.
.,,,.,. pr,,shment.-Jimmy Bnks-Wuz your ma
at n,hcn She found YOU went In swimmh S"huay
D'd lo Imr w strssddles (doleullyl-wuss!
Jimmy-shut yer up in yer room' o'd she
Johnny Johnny UnmnuSsd,"what did she do that WIZ wusss
1,,n'hhn rmr not ter tell II / show yer'
jimmy jimmy taSinG y" off his hat)-Looi at that!
Ills mother had given him homemade ha'rcu'-
Lawrence American
,ccordinc to The New-Orleans Times DEMOCRACY
r,ic.te that the whites are increasing IN greater
atio than the blacks in that state. In Red kNer
nth Cor instance the increase in the last decade
hos hoen whites Az per cent negroes 273 per cent
A Novel Arrangement see. I
| owe YOU two dollar.
Merritt-les. - 4. l.. r.r
h,. i; 7 d,d I'd he broke. So III keep H. We'll eau
M nd debt square and this is a new loan How doo
| that strike you l"-(Lawrence american
The establishment of United Board OF Hcpcw
Charities is a step in the right direction. which misns
he nroetaby initiated by other religious bodies In
fact why should all the churches In this city pool
their charities speak, by the establishment OF
sort az central board whose duty 1t would be TO OBTAIN
and dnuse all ncedfuI information about those who
seek relief To be sure this is already done IN q
measure by the excellent Charity Organization society
But this society doe not ofhcially represent the
churches, and as a matter Of fact, some clergymen
have nothing TO do with IL.
Womansi Loglc.-Mrs. Homespun--I tell you mo
book isn't bit natural. The idea OF that wondn y.
| Juggling that baby around all the time! WHY, I"
| would be enough to kill her. -,
| Mr. H-i'ut she was very strong, powerful
woman. The book says so. .,
| Mrs. H.-Dh II isn't always the strong powerlHs
women tnat can endure the most guess I've nsssst t
| our children around for hours and hours ana msu'
after night when they young, slender as -.
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