New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-19
THE TALK OF THE Day.

"who are the really great artists Of this
country ?" asks an art journal Well It seems
to us that the men who make the picture
of a third class summer hotel, built thu
side of a dusty road, look Like a fairyland palace
set in paradise, are really entitled TO
that distinction. We would also like 10 enter in tho
competition the men who can make an ordinary
stuffy parlor look like magnifcently furnished
drawing about 40x1O0 feet in dimensions. We
have all gaZed such pictures when consulting the
time tables with reference to the summer vocation.
But If We had occupied one Of these cars we
recognized the imaginative power Of the artist.
Fun at the Table.-An Austin man read in the
paper that the family should always be the scene
of laughter and meFrment. and that no meal shonld
he passed in the moody silence that 50 often charac-
erzes those occasions. The idea struck him 50 favor
ably that when his family was gathered around tho
table that evening he said:
Now, this sort o. thing of keeping blamed
You girls, put in an tell stories. an keep mp
agreeable sort o. talk. like; an you boys. laugh and
be Jolly, or III take and dust your Jackets with Q
The glare that he sent around the table made the
family as funny as fineral-CTeAas Sitting.
Here is a recipe for preserving ice in pitcher Of
water: " FIJI the pitcher with ice and water and SGT
it on the centre Of piece of paper; then gather the
paper up together at the top and place the ends tightly
together. placing strong rubber band around tho
coil TO hold it close. as to exclude the air.
pitcher Of ice water treated in this has been
known to stand over night with scarcely perceptibe
melting of the ce'
Not one man in a thousand said member Of
the Master Builders Exchange yesterday, car ten
why the inside Of the window panes Of building
approaching completion whiting or soap Is put on.
The query was put to several men standing near
the speaker, one contractor. second brlckmaker
a third plumber and fourth a newspaper man
To clean the wlndov,,' said the contractor.
knowingly.
To prevent people from seeing inside said the
80 as to keep Of rs specks,' said the plumber.
Give it up said the newspaper man. senten-
ticusly.
glass. You see. its this way When the carpenters
9 generally pSf in sst before the day cosetRey
forget the glass there and start 10 push the panks
been broken before the huildng was completed. until
some ingenious fellow hit upon this method Of notl'
fyng the carpenters that there was glass there.
Thcv all saw and said nothing philadelphia In.
quiger.
~The Kingston (N. " Freeman SAYS that tho
strawberry crop now being gathered in the Hudson
River Valley is the largest since 1880. The out
look for good grape crop is not encouraging. the
wet weather being against it.
johnny said his mother. "you must go to sun
day school and be a good boy ,,,
But can't be a good boy II 90 10 Sunoay-school'
What do Won mean ?" - A.. 49,
why, learn from the Democratic papers that pop
brings home that Is crime Tor the
cal TO be church member ana sunday ,G , super
lntHndpnf. !
-lNorrstown Herald
II man tries TO make bet with You that he can
live comfortably for month on cent, don't
take him up let him bluff you til he gets tired For
the chances arc that he will choose for the expert
ment one Of those cent pieces that the numatism-
lists would gladly pay 500 for
The scheme Faied-FlpsOn-" Youns was s.,s , he:
got laugh turned against himself IN ms ulue IoAs
on the Blazes Fire Insurance Company
Of
and then sent in claim, on the ground that they
had been DESTROYED by fire
Fiip,on-~ No. they had him arrested on charU
Of arson. THE Jester
The most interesting feature about the oil boom
in West CHARTERS. Penn. is the fact that an oil weu
has been the property Of the Lutheran Chureh
Resides the bonus of $500 paid 10 the church, IT 10
roceivinr a ROYALTY of more than 300 day. Con-
seaucntly a new church and parsonage are planned
the pastors salary has been raised and the church
contemplates extending financial help to the synod
| - which II Il, a member one Of the members in
entire GOOD faith has suggested this emendatlon OF
| the doxolocv for use BY the congregation:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
| Praise Him for putting oil below;
| Praise Him. We drillers give hearty thanks
Praise Him for the overlooking tanks
| Easily Identifed-Mr suburb-where on earth Is
| our hired man l can't find him anywhere -.
! Mrs. Suburb-There is somebody over in Farmer
IIayseed'S meadow, but can't tell whether It's our
/ man or not
lis he standing up or sitting DOWN.
| "Standing.' . ,,
| III ISN'T our man.r-(New York Weekly.
Puck makes Columbia College graduate who 10
,nnIvnc for a place In a business house that his
only knowdge Of the shipping business Is that IN re-
gard to the voyages OF Ulysses and Aeneas OF course
funny mans squib shouldn't be taken TOO seriously
especially in summer. But as matter OF fact the
average graduate Of Hrstclass college often Knows
quite as much about the broad principles OF business
| saltf ~
vouth who couldn't 20 college. but had TO begin nus
business career as an Office boy when twelve years Ok
| age.
| Al the Uotel-Mss Kllgore (of Georgia. want
nice room with plenty of light ana a Eoou view " - ~,
Hotel Clcrk-Therc Is very conl suite on 'i7
! second floor with a southern exposure ~. .. :.
Miss Kilgorc-N0. shouldn't care LOT Una. p'ra 20
Going 10 run for Congress very soon dOn seo WI,
! men always bring their politics INTO uer ouSn'oS''