New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-13
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Among the replies given at public school examine
,on in toronto recently were the following: Quebec
IS the capital of the United states u The Arctic
Ocean flows into the Mississippi" 1.-THE Pacific ocean
flows into the Hudson Bay The Gulf Mexico no~s
into the Attic ocean, AN estuary is land less than
900 feet high above the level OF the sea- "A
valley is water lying between hills Valley IS tho
top of a mountain" 81 lake is a piece of land With
water all round IT," "The product Of Canada are oat
NEAL turnips and fgs' A watershed Is snelb1
place for ships"
II is not generally known that platinum at a Whit
heat will consume any quantity Of tobacco smoke ana
keep the atmosphere perfectly clear. Lamps win .
little ring of platinum the fame are used for tbs
purpose in the East, but piece OF platinum wire
Soep is work better No one knows exactly tie
process whereby the air is cleared, as It mvataog
non smokers could hardly be imagined Heated
platinum however. only clears the air ana does noe
purify it, and hence it will not enable the sensitive
smokers.-(st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
How little the people of New-York know Of New
Yorks history, says Southern man who has been
visiting Gotham. 81 asked a prominent New-iox
politician the other day the questions that almost every
scho6lboy should 10 able to answer, yet this man
couldn't. and he was born and brought up IN New
York. too The questions were How did Wall street
get its name7 Why is the Bowery so called And
WHY is the park at Fourteenthst. and Broadway Known
as Union S1nare7 He couldn't answer o single ques-
ton His failure to reply to them encouraged me 10
tax other well known New Workers with them and they
were not any better informed than he One OF the men
Is an ex United states Senator Verify the ms'on1
has not fulfilled his ofhco yet"
His Time Was Money.-The bill Of fare was printed
in mixture of English and mongrel French .u. -
waiter" he said, after gancins over H. want "
int ~ Sn TN sah.s answered the waiter.
as there good dinner on this 3 OF rare %neoSs ~
going outside Of the straight United states language
nhoncn Cah
aThen bring it on: Here's your hush money l I'm
no lnguist and my time Is worth Slo an hour' "et
move on you!"-(Chicago Tribune
Saws a Nebraska beet-sugar man: " Here is pre-
dlcton that will sarte you, but it Will be fulfilled IN
every particular. Within ono decade the states west
~ Ohio will produce enough beetSugar TO supply the
entire demand Of the country. and that notwithsand
ing the alleged cheapness of the cane product Inc
home made and home grown product VIII suppaht mo
foreign article Illinois, Nebraska and California haFe
the best soil for the growth OF ugarproduche oes'
CAPITALISTS have great confidence In the ture OF 'S
industry and are investing large sums In it, nave
lust completed two refneries-one at Grand lsiahd'
Nob and the other at Pomona Cal-the cost OF each
being 100000 We shall begin work on another plant
at Norfolk, Neb, next month";
"Do YOU know that the average life OF crow
is 100 years" said Albanian who poses as &
killed down in Dougherty County few weeks ago
with '37' branded his back. lie was wen frae,vu
everywhere except Just DetWtell Ole
hack where the figure 81 could be distinctly seen
branded in the flesh ! can see but one meaning
10 that and that Is that one canght him ~ ls
branded the figures on his back and released nun.
But 1t is the first case OF branding bird hA''
ever known. - oo is
Terrapins live even longer than crows. one is
said to have been caught down in the savannah mNet
recently with the figures 1T76 cut In It's she'll hnu
fish, There FISH alive to-day that are Hho oSo
10 have been in existence more than 100 years ago.
I'm the ROYAL Aquarium at St. Petersburg are fish pu'
i'm there $50 years ago S-(Atlanta Constitution
"The Philadelphia Press administers severe
drubbing to that peculiar product Of NewfofK whom
it calls the Manhattan coclmey-a being who thinks
the rest of the world Of little Importance that nc
doesn't deem it worth while 10 tell the truth about IL
We won't interfere between our indignant neghbol
and the individual question. lie is an absurd per
son. who deserves TO be vigorously Jumped upon but
We fear that no salutary punishment will reform him.
| Thoughtful spouse.-Mr. suburb (after lonl
weary tramp to his nearest neighbour" Good evening
! Mrs Lawnlnower | find my wife has not returned
from her shopping trip 10 the city, and the house 4
locked up. She left the key here. presume !"
| Mrs tawnmOwer-"N Moo. she said IL was pity
yon should have 10 take such long walk for thu
KEY every time she was out she put II under tn
! front door mat NEW York Weekly.