New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-01
TIE TALK OF The DAY.

The phrase. aworth it's weight In gold no "a,
expresses the idea which II was ntendoh =" eoo'7
For there are at least twenty substances "oHA 2,
than gold. Berylum, for instance Is worm aSa'
times its weight I'm pure gold. ana NehaniHm n
times as costly as the precious metal Iridium "a
is more than twice as costly As god Inc "AtoSs
used 10 say that platinum was the only metal a
valuable than gold. but IL now costs about the "a.
Musical Prcdlgy.-A teacher ~ one OF me Enss
wood schools was drilling the Children W aaNs
- What does IL mean Whch you &c '"7 i'''o' "
n bor or ,tavc 2" she ASKED.
" :. Forte answered one " the pupils
T." And what does the character N mean
rbere was n short period Of deep th0ught'gtsJ
on the part OF the children ana 'hvh one o'
shouted trIumphanty r.,
Eighty. '-lChcago Tribune
Some vandal has broken of a piece Of the tomhst
NJ Washngton's mother. and II Is now on eAhi@i
I'm Boston, This reminds The Transcript ot a
who used to exhibit an Interesting ola weapon VI
ne openly avowcd he had stolen from the private
lection Of a gentleman In another state Ihc 90
tion was in a large and fine mansion 10 which. In
family's absence, the public we're sometimes Nml"f
The man spoken Of was admitted to the house v
others he saw this historic weapon was seized VII
desire TO possess It, and. when the custodian va'
looking his wny slipped II inside he coal
carried It home and hung II upon bis wall a. ehd
bit NJ decoration He told his friends how be
cot IL with an air which Implied that he thought
had done a very bright thing. il DID not sea
occur TO him that II his friends did their duty ne
be informo1 upon and arrested ms tmei'
| most of the people to whom he told the storY
20 regard the whole performance as a very goOt
1T MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
HOY Will stand and hold kite
| From early morn TN late at night,
| And never tire at all.
Rut. oh I 10 gives him bitter PAIN
| TO stand and hold his mQthers skeia
The while she winds the ball. II
A man win walk a score OF miles
Upon the hardest Kind OF ules
About billiard table.
But OH IL nearly takes his lio
To do an erraud for his VILE
| Between the house and stable-
A GIRL will gladly sit and play
With half a dozen dolls all day
| And call IL Jolly fun.
| But. oh, IL makes her Sick ana sour
| IL tend the baby half an hour,
| Although it's only one.
A woman will-but never mindl
| NV wife Is standing close behind,
And reading DER my shoulder
| Some other time. perhaps, may
| Tale M the theme Of wOman's way,
is" all ''''"' ~CDetrot Ere P-s1
Now that the English cricketers have be'h
| 50 handsomely by the Philadelphia cr'eien'
! teresting to read the following paragraph "'I
London Graphic7 of last March: The ''lN"'
visit OF American cricketers 10 England has oee'
doned all efforts q bring together sumoe"w
! foam having failed The Intelligence VII hii4P
ceiyed here with regret, for cricket j. n'' '''
| things I'm which the Yankee can LICK crht.'
| decd transatlantic cricket Is about A. qp''
| amateur billiards The Philadelphia eleven ~
! ored Us with a visit few year Sine W"
unsuccessful, a result that was In sre" me-
| 10 their complete lack OF good bo"Hn'
game has never excited more than lahsuN
among our American klnsmen. with WHOM
the National pastime.'
The river must be pretty low Gown I'D
| way "The Tines correspondent WIN - Il
| repOrtcd that "A MddletOwn man VINO va IA
! horse 10 the river 70 drink wa, .'t az. 49,
| him until the New-iOrk boat ina gone wv
| ford Times
An English religious paper recently
| following remarkable advertisements.
earnest. godly young man desires a p'''o'''.
nreacher. musical voice, brilliant orsani@eI.
Of a good appearance. Blsmeie'' NE
references. Beloved by all salary L'-0
Tot the Right Kind Of stream LooA al y. "a, ~
! ,,I piyer that lies at our Feet. my soh' 80 IA.
| Father as he laid his Trembling Hand "l u 49,
Son,, Head and sent him out Into the ''-. ~
Won grow up In the Right way, my SOB -
flow like this Lovely stream - s,.,ce gsa 4
| The Boy grew up to be Cohhusn M 4
| 1pdef and is now In the Penitenta3 y. a
| mi River he had taken rs his h"I
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