New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-25
HE TALK OF THE DAY.

According to Ward McAIlister. who o
10 know what lie is talking about. socie,v,o - ousht
u Leu i not such as will please strict cnn~a'ace
"""o 'Ho o"uichman breaches fasting. societv ~"
tsos I"S'ihg ana In other ways tries 10 en,or p~.
rh S"o". ~ .ciefche TO the traditional rules ~ IT,.
," ~ "nual fas' Day in New England has been ~
hefy perverted, so that now it is cbarao,oss~ sun
all xmas OF sport and big dinners. oy
You carried Il" off II 'I LAT when you broke into the s,o,.
money drawer untouched ~ "Ob Mn W. ana left the
enough about that that a as I9r that loa l beg: / have heard
Batter. my "He'"-tFNegende
Inc venerable Archdeacon Depison q, ~
VINO mas Just failed in his attempt to have tho ,.n~S
BOOK entitled LUX Mundln condemned nv ,ho c ramu
Is upheld by the CONSEQUENCES that he is rO,t mI
Arcnoeacon's faith is OF the most sturdy char.cta"
io II said mat II God had declared in the RihIs
Una WV ana TWO make three or five he would bavo
believed the statement implicitly and unreserved,v ~
Sp'P Vi reason "DenisOn Contra Lucern Mnndi, /.
the way he thinks his name will 90 tbunderIr, a.
the ages. u'"n
Lous OF Truth in This" Don't YOU think von uor,.
make more money and enjoy better health eaiHt 'G IN S S00GGiiSd
.Wered ime : . heS, ! rather think ] would an,
noh, PRIDE mas nothing to do with il. / don't want
apohs Journal: ~" huia
A book with the title darkest Democracy and tn.
way ou'' Dy u. Z. and d. b. H., would have a large
sale Just now.
me manasers OF tho st. Patrick's Day parade have
male arrangements TO secure the black limiting wbicb
was ,uSed on the Government building after Sec retarv
k,,rd1 Gvs a III 1t was left out in tho rain and the
sAfido OF green.-tCincinnati Enquirer.
If you want to be in It up to the neck. to use q
rather expressive vernacular phrase, you must write
Town. instead Of "City,' on local letters. "Theys
say IL Is quite too utterly English, and its use will
show the postal clerks and letter carriers that you
know what's what. If it should happen to bother
these hard-worked individuals. so much the better.
FOR the Aforesaid they" say it is English not to think
Of the convenience OF humble and unknown tolley.
A young lady in a Northport Maine) school DOM.
Parative, worse; superlativc. dead The whole class
aItori up very much surprised and the master, with an
en9rt 20 control The sadness which he felt, arose and
sald: " scholars, yOn can have fifteen minutes for the
funeral. "-(Bangor Commercial.
says a locomotive engineer: az once had an inter
estlng experience with a quickSand. My engine ran
OH a low bridge near River Bend, about 100 miles east
OF Denver, and fell into a small creek filled with quick.
sands. A w%recking- train came up in a few hours. but
the engine had entirely disappeared. The railroad
officials ordered it to be raised, but it could not be
found. We sounded with rods to a depth Of over sixty
feet, but not a trace did We discover Of the engine.
which had vanished as completely as il it had never
existed. -Four years afterward it was found at a
uepth OF over 100 rect, and was raised. We then
ascertaincd that there was scarcely a bit OF rust on
Ii, the breaks were few, and after a little tinkering
1t was put upon the road again. The sand had kept
out the air and prevented the iron from oxidizing.,
A to Country ROads.-The last number of "The
General Manager" has a telling cartoon. Two rail-.
way olclals are sitting in a paTlor car supposed tO
lie lying through All agricultural district. They arc
looking out Of a window at a farmer driving over a
muddy road, his horses having all they can do to pull
the empty wagon. The conversation IS as follows
Why IN the world don't the farmers fix those roads ~
how to run a railroad < few weeks hence, When
the roads begin TO break up. Illinois farmers will ba
al no loss 10 see the point OF this.-(Chicago Tribune.
"The social atmosphere Of New York today says
Mrs. John Sherwood, as as good as that Of either
London or Paris. In Paris the salon Is the alllm.
portant factor In art, literature and society, and there
Is no reason why ii should not be so in this country.
The necessity for the salon IS demonstrated by the
various clubs and organizations originated by artists,
scientists and literary people. A salon would bring
all these people into one fold and, what is more, it
would keep them there. The bonds and influences of
the purely social element Of a salon such as should
BE- established would be a great factor In elevating all
interests concerned
The facility with which words are invented TO ex.
press ideas In the English language has more than
once struck me. The very latest is that Of Z" motoneeP,1
as indicating the man who handles an electric street
car. He IS not a driver. much less n {" grfpman@ or
on engineer and the new word certainly indicates
tho nature OF the employment.-(St Louis Globe Demo.
crat.