New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-19
The Talk or THE DAY.

They say that the girls in the more esoteric circles
If Boston are discussing the question whether the
datlve or the ablatlve is the oblique case. We
hope the dear creatures will finally settle this
mentous question, so that the Of progress may
move on.
one feature which the city and the school system
should have and which both need quite as much as
they do new schools. i, school building when shall
be the centre and distributing point OF all Information
on school matters As there is o.cy In the country
which has great number Of pupils. teachers and
school buildings there is also no large city which mas
more nadcQ uatc of reaching directing or accom-.
modating its teachers of furnishing them with desired
information on school subjects. OF lIlstrucung tHem ~
the History Of education itself an instruction wMch
Ia, become part of the necessary studies Of the teacher
to-day. who desires to become fully abreast with inc
latest educational mOvements-(school
The Norristown Herald says that. in the game
# lfe Death occasionally turns down a King. CHEST
nut dear brother. You might have added that Death
more frequently turns down Knsve, but you proba
biz thought We all knew it without being told.
~Al Is Not Lost.'-The modern child is an analyst
The small kid was playing with the scissors ana MS
kindly old grandmother chided him:
e Yol mustn't play with the scissors dear knew
little boy Just like you who was PLAYING win par
II scissors Just like that pair and he put them IN ms
eye and put his out, and he never could see any
Tie chId listened patiently and said. when she
What was the matter with his other eyel'-(san
Francisco Chronicle.
The quntesSence OF lnzlness II llueho''' w
Dutch artist who was commissioned 10 paint picture
Of Jonah and the Whale and who thereupon
painted a picture of very large whale explaining
that Jonah would be found inside the monster
There drifts down on the northwest wind an
amusing story Of the encounter Of James owen
9Conno the only yal OF o9r 9Th en- ngdnc in an
interior New-York town. o'Connor was phyHls
a,e ,n nI@ va" Hnmber cabiagcs and un,
pleasantly odOrifcrOus eggs. He stood me boinoaW-
and taunts Ophcia. Then somebody in the gallery
Interrupted the silence with NOISY lmltauo' OF
sb.brn1ar,an lines: "There's cur in the gallery
he ,hrieked. and believe II has the hydrophoba
uppcr recesSes Of the theatre
Pardon me-" answered oConnor. as he advanced
c' I gpyc c' been r a v@sttarian all my life
The audience yelled lis appreciation, and o'Connor
ended his performance without iurther interruption
philadelphia Inquirer.
Julian Ralph. well-known newspaper man 1t
this city, has started weekly three cent paper
called Chatter It's name indicates its character
is 10 be light, goSsipy chronicle OF the superficial
life Of the town. with the exception Of religion and
politics No nippant. scurrilous or scandalous mat
ter will be admitted in It's columns, and it will have
no opinions to defend aud 10 assail. With such
principles a, these Chatter ought to command an
instant success.
Iones-I say. Brown. did you know some man in
Kentucky sent old MngginS. the Temperance crank
a kcg Of whi~keyl
brown 80! i that So How did he take it
Jones-regretfully -Stra CHIT Washington star.
over hundred little Indian girls OF the Lincoln
Institute witnessed the play of the Prince and the
Pauper- in Philadelphia the other evening. and
committee Of one girl from each tribe sferward wrote
the following letter TO Elsie Leslie;
Miss Elsie Leslie.
Dear Little Friend We thought we would write
and cN press thanks to YOU for Your KIND invita-
.f.., India Girl Df
,c, the beautiful play II " Prince and Pauper.'
Iucy Gordon. sioux tribe. Madeline Warren, CHIP
pewa: Jane Eyre. Pawnec, Nellie llensell, Modoc'
Edna Faclcfeather. Usage; Minnie II. eye, Winno-
bago and Eta ryndalc Omaha
little Boston girl remarked the other day that shc
had got a piece Of bread head first down her cough
pipe.
full '''''"'"' ''''''0"'
misunderstanding room only.
n 7 get in I'll have To stand, suppoSe''
Ne,, unless come one gives yOu "A seat
DO you any men there who look as II they'd
Jump mp and give me- a seat ~
3" I'm can't say that do
Do any of them look decent enough to feel mighty
uncomfortable Il "A lady standingf'
oh. YES. all of them
Then, I'll yet in" New York Weekly.
This is what the Church Of to-day would like IA
Less antiquity. but Gospel, less ecclesiasti
csm. but more humanity, less literary. but more
practical work less dOgmas. but more divinity; less
drawing of Church lines of demarcatlon. but greater
bcrality and charity. would help work. as well
as the general diffusion Of the Gospel of Good Tdings
TO all men.