New-York tribune., 1891-09-27
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

9Cricket,p says writer in "The Christian UnionA
sis now being played by many vell-esablshed Gibbs
in tho vicinity OF NewYork. and these clubs count
among their members many clerygmen Of English birth,
who are among the best and most enthusiastic Of
players IL was one of these who the other Sunday,
following a Saturday when he had been one OF toe
victors in hard fought match, delighted his congrcss
ton by gravely announcing from the sacred DESK AM
here endeth the first innings''
so Tuer Is really engaged :, e to Miss Bond
al shonId saw so. Love at first sight, 1 presume.A
"No; not TIL second sight. You see. the first tine
he saw her he didn't know she was an heress'' Ipe-
troit Free Press.
clergyman in England In earnest address to hts
parsoners advocating the establishment Of cemetery
asked them to consider the "deplorable condition Of
10000 Englshmen living without Christian buria.'
This suggests another clerical slip "When 90 yoo
expect to see Deacon smith again :" gentleman asked
a clergyman. "Nevero replied the reverepd gentle
man solemnly, the Deacon is In Heaven
TO EUGENE FIELD.
How he writes In rhyme and prose.
Day by day,
This his secret no ono knows
That he mated to amuse Is.
(Which lie never once abuses,7,
BY the way)
Him she gave to drink the cooISO
Hippocrene.
Horace, at the smiling pool
There he threw his mantle DER him,
Dotted his wreath, and bowed before him.
That is why we all adore him;
We, mean,
Who In vain, Parnassus' heights
Try 10 climb,
Seek to burn celestial lights
We whose utterance is strangled.
Who have every metre mangled,
And who always get entangled
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HtNorrs Bull in Rochester Post Express
aThe ST. Paul Globe relates how one day. when Dalys
the turfrnan known Familiarity as 4" Father BILL" was
scaIding favorite horses hoofs an underdone Anglo
maniac sentmenalist came along and complained was
scrrelty to animals The anecdote continues, "Bi
DAILY sized him up very slowly and said Young man,
YOU are full Of prnes. That water Is not too hot IN
bet Won $40 that can hold my foot in IL for five min
utes without murmur. The dude took $50 on his
roll and laid it down the straw, and 'Bl Daily pus
a doubleeagle on 1t TO hold it down, and stuck his
artificial leg in the tub. At the end OF nve minutes
the young man walked away disguised, and as Day
folded UP the bill and returned the doubleeage to is
place in the purse little colored boy, who had been
on the verge Of an explosion while the bet was being
decided said: For de Lords sake, Mas DAILY, why
didn't you bet him than 900 when you knowed
YOU had dead-sure thingp Twan't no dead cineh''
said Bin, Day and twenty is all I'll bet on my mem-
ory; it's getting uncertain OF late years sp.slP
rancher from n backwOods d strict engaged roou
Mt n hotel I'm seattle, Wash. The house nghted Dy
electricity and the bell boy turned on the nght 10 ne
newcomers room. The farmer didn't Know now 70
extlnguish the light and. after exhausune MS neas
uncoied the length of wire by which the ng1, Iun9
and stuck the limp in the bureau drawer sinouenns
II under his clothing. The next day the lamp WIS
found slowed away there and still burning.-'fh'a
delphia Ledger.
An enterpIsing Frenchman with fancy for s'atfS'
tics has discovered that Alexander Dumas the father
is the most widely read author in France Millions OK
volumes bearing his name have been purchased by
the French people. Emile Zola. whose publishers
sell Annually more than 100000 volumes, and ohnet
0DOO 900 of whose books to be found In France,
are next TO Dumas in popularity. The statisncian
has also learned that during the last twenty years
"The Bells Of Ccrncvile' has been produced on the
stage COO times; the Journey Round the World IN
Eighty Days. and "Mascotte,' 400 times and NAM
selle Angotn and Miss Helyett,' 300 times. The
Journey Round the World in Eighty Days aud
"MamselIe Angot have earned each 2Oooooo francs
for the fortunate authors and publishers "orphem
in the Lower World 100000 francs; "Theodors
and Miss Helyett," 100000 francs. and "fin az
iecleo 900 francs II is easily seen that wnunt
in France is a good enterprise from financial pom
of view.