New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-23
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

The Legislature Of Tennessee viii convene this week
in extra session. II is stated that effort will be
made to provide penal reformatory for minors, the
first intimat!on we recall that being minor was
necessarily a crime
Brica- Frac References.-Iady to applicant for
place a, domestc,-Nly goodness! This reference is
Npplcant-Yis mum. she signed it herself, mum,
after I'd been there wake, mum.
- h't mat 30 Wuii! wull! rs wan place afther
another Oi've been gcttin on that Charac ter fnr
york Week Weekly. - ~
The Louisiana lottery s in that desperate strait
when it is forced to raise its ante and trust 10 luck
on the draw
a ring on the finger is worth two in the pawnshop
-(Boston Herald
The ice problem will never disturb the city Of Ia
coma \ chcaply constructed tobogsan TO some q
the eternal glaciers by would give the city an
meXhaustible supply.
for facility of expression rather than tor accuracy In
f3 his paper mas On eDGIai M E ndt ap pemaTaS
for industry, and one Of his employers while IN wash
Mr =. You don't seem TO be exertnG yourself
much. | must confess l don't Zee What you have
icS in GG' the last G thrce ' gces t' 10 0 '' u
know it, was the reply, but I've been saving
the paper a heap Of trouble '-tWaShington Post.
The American Bookmaker' is good enough to in.
people how To remove grease Spots lllh spOtn
and sealing wax spot, and other kinds Of spots from
books, This information would be more valuable were
II not the sad fact that all Of ones books which are
Of any account invariably lent to borrowers who
are prncpled against returning them, while as for the
other books it IS Of no consequence whether they ara
spotted or not.
Cumberland Gap. KY. IS sending ont circulars 70
show What a good claim IL has the site Of the
World, Fair of -92. Jasper, Ind, IS yet TO hear
from.-(PittSburg Chronicle.
As Prince Bi,marck's views on the result Of tho
recent German elections have not yet been received
we conclude that the attempt to send them badly
scorched the cable that transmission was impossible
lie after being accepted)-And what kind Of a ring
am 10 buy for you. my darling
she-Well, Ike the one wore last year , ever so
you will be able TO buy the ticket from him at bar
gan.-Tho Epoch.
The course Of true Low, seems to run urbulently in
Blddeford. Me The local papers report an engage
ment broken by stern aren't who bHbed his daugh-
ter 10 give up young man of whom he did not ap-
prove and also the case Of youth who called az tho
police station there the other night and wanted the
officers to release his sweetheart who had been locked
in room by her brother. the fraernal guardian de-
claring that she twenty-five years Of aSe) was not Oh
enough 10 marry.
Chicago publishing house adyeTtiSe . o book on
stcnocraphy as the system adopted by the Recording
Angel. lonkers statesman.
ToiIlng Paragmpher-IIere is a bon mot that would
pass current I'm a salon of the Faubours ST. German'
Manacin; Edltor-Yo doubt. Bat what We want is
joke that Will 90 down in corner saloon OF the kuo
Bowery.
1t i, safe rule to give no wesht t. ash story
unless you can see the scales OF the
Republican
Try not the pass suggestion to some journals
who are sending Mr. Dcpcw marked copies in which
no is cdtorially doomed for President IN '92.
4 dog on exhibition at the New York bench show IS
valued at $4,000 and belongs Jointly To TWO senteme1
that city. When dogs get 10 be 80 Nalmao,e nt'
n,und SorI,fr>.. celebrated conundrum, Whittier
are we drifting - NorrlS;o"n Herald
The Grady Cadets is the name of a military COM
pany at Atlanta, Ga.
The photograph is not one of those things which
goes without saying -lbHl silah'oh Lc"oel'
Fifty.seven thousand dollars ton is the assay
from A two inch vein of tellurium ore out of mine
on Elek Creek, in oregon.
~How is the area Of circle expressedl' asked the
In round numbers was the hesitatng reply
Washington Post
Fashion Notes. Bathing suit Jokes will be cut in
much the same style a, last summer. The usual form
of cigarette case package and unlimited brevty wall
be most worn.
WHY HE'LL VANISH FRON VIEUX.
The lands of the Sioux
To the hardy white settler who likes all things niOux:
But what viii be diouN
When the frOlicsOmc Sioux
Swoops down on him, scalps HIM, and chops him IN
tiOuX chicago Mail.
1t +, all very well to have a society for the protec
ton Of children on the stage; but what we want is
good able bodied society for the protection of theatrical
audiences, say from bad actors.
German Le,sons.-First scholar with grammatic ef-
fort)-llave You the gentleman saw
second Scholar-No, have not the gentlemans saw.
but have the Ratchet Of his grandfather.-N Washing
ton star.
vermonter wants to know why some poet has
not written an epic about Lake Champlain. that
pellucid mirror of Gods azure" And unite
in asking whyl The nomenclature Of the lake Is as
picturesque as the lake itself Bulwagga Bay has
It's possibilities OF poetry. Let Vermont give the Job
TO one Of her own poets.
Tho noise made By the boom Of town is gcner.
ally Identical with the report OF neWspaper-kbhs'
hamtOn Republican,
The Catholic school question Is something that II
perennlaly agatng New England cities and villages
\ settlement Of the controversy seems 70 be sug
gcsted by the experience of CHRISTIAN Brothers
in Worcester Mass. who found the public schools so
good that Catholic parents preferred send their
children 10 them instead of TO the parOchial school,
CIeveand's Quiet Lite-A New York CORES pondent
of journal writes at cons iderable length OK
Clevcland's Quiet Life What OF 1T Did he ex
pect 20 find lin rushing about, slammng doors, blow
ing horns and yelling at the top Of his ungst or uu
he imagine him working In bOeryard In the day.
time and singing IN Bowery concert saloon evenlngs'
Hill means 10 keen him At II right aong-Texas
Sftings.