New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-31
THE TALR or THE DAY.


about tho inner workings of Canadian politics to read IN
certain Canadian papers sneehng references to the cor
rupon Of American politics being The legitimate ana
necessary outcome OF republican Institutions Ihe
editors themselves doubtless chuckled as they "ioVe
these impudent charges. For they must nave Rno"n
all along that Canadian political life was honeycoh"u
with jobbery and corruption. Now That the cover is
lifted from some of this jobbery and corrupuoh IL
would be decent and manly thing for these editors 10
mako an apology for their libels on this country DuV II
is not at all likely that they will do It,
A Coee for svnnotbv.-"The hardened looking wretch
In this cell. presume said the fair caller WIN
shudder, :" Is come low thief , q .o, .h dos
No miss" answered the turnkey, . e's the oeS
perae villain that killed his grandmother" w. ,oou
why, he Is the one I'm looking for! FOOT q 1ye
brought you some nice roast turkey and basket OF
s.'-(Chicago Tribune.
"We have boon offered 500 to leave the town. says
A Georgia editor. "Its the first clear money we nave
made In six years. Lord make us thankful for WHAT
we about to receive
Bridget blunders upon the truth quite frequently y:
She Is PTveSed Sd Igry oIc ao prit
ege which she never abuses The other evening as e
Oea was 90m1s Of on vd% E next door
who graduated this summer, as TO what really consul
ttes the difference between a bachelor OF afJS auu
master OF arts Various unsatisfactory attempts we're
made to explain the matter when Bridget craved per
mission to contribute the Information which she pos
had 1t from the old master twlnty years ago. said
ane he yWon he mather Of arts until he's married i
-(Boston Transcript.
"Down in Georgia" says a dealer, "you can sec the
peanuts grow and they do say that il yOu listen right
hard you can also hear them grow. But do you Know,
thew raise the biggest kind OF COOLERS down In southern
Illinois The Egyptians have use for the WORD pea
nut though They call them goOber peas IL mas
been my business to buy COOLERS in the field, and IN
milling lid three or four vines you estimate the en-
tire yield Of the patch fairly. The fine fbres OF
the roots are crowded with peanuts just as the small
roots OF the potato vine filled with little potatoes
have met numberless persons who supposed that pea
nuts grew on trees, and others who thought they came
from large bush. In fact there Is direful amount
of ignorance extant about tho little nut"
An Ounce o, Prevention" What have Won got IN
that flask JaCby - asked friend who met him on TIE
way That ~ said Jagsby showing 1t little further into
his pocket SOii That's just little antidOte for
snake bites This Is the season of the year when the
ses T eaor a aGd my wife would never forgive me
let him bite me without having remedy az NAM anu
at any hazards. r-(WashingtOn Post
aTbe Living Church, rEpiscopaD, of Chicago, which
tonight the candidacy and election Of Phillips Brooks so
hard accepts the situation in anything but graceful
way 1T Is possible IL says, "that when he fnds
himself q bishop In the church, looked up to as a
leader by motley thrOng of Unitarans, liberals abso-
ditrerentiate himself from them, and thus fulfil the
fond homes of small section OF his recent defenders
similar things have happened, and they are possible
again"
ON A SUMNER HOTEL PIAZZA.
some squeals some squeaks, some shrleks, some
Some lang some bang, some squrms, some wnggles;
Broad leeiS three cheers, brass, holiness ana BAD
Loud U talk loose walk, "Baoonse and Banners
Washington Post
Ara New Workers. a grammarless peoplel So evil
IDENTIFY thinks 1.-THE Boston Transcript" as will be
seen from the following: How long will we have to
walt for dnnerV says the welldressed and presum-
ably webred heroine of OF the dialogue comics IN
this weeks Life. The author did not mean TO make
the woman speak bad English; he was simply New
Yorker and wrote will when ne should have writ
ten shall because being New-YOrker. he didn't
know any better. 1t is odd after all. TO what an ex
tent grammar is u matter OF geography Inc educaVed
New Yorker says will we do this ana will we 90
that the uneducated Boston horse-car driver IL ne y
only to the born never mixes his wills ana MS
shalls II the thing goes much further it VIII become
necessary for rich New Workers 10 send ther sons ana
daughters to school in New-England merely TO learn
where TO say will and where TO say shal'
ComnarIsons Sc Mamma said Phil. walking Gavey
ont nj the study evidently bearing heavy mental
load "whcn you smile at me like that Your eAreSsioh
ssr6anI YOU. dear replied his mother. with double
appreciation, "do Won think you could move lls s0e'
rotary for me 10 dust behind II y ..., 81.
Il can't do it, replied he, aiter all UNSUCCESSFUL u"
tempt tits AS heavy as iridium"
Then hand me the duster." , ~, ,o,, r
Oh, yes. It's light as lhlnm nov niaS /
go and play bali with cousin VIII til dinner 'i'He
Not to-day. ! may need YOU"
Gust few minutes ~
"NO.' -, -
Mother said Phil "your heart Is as hard as
rhodum7 And he went back TO the Library 10 NUM-
some more respect-inducns womS-'F"0r
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