New-York tribune., 1891-02-19
TIE TALK or TIE DAY

so.iaYon Colonel Albert a. Pope, of Boston, Mass.
offers 500 In Two amounts Of $500 and 500 respective
~ 70? the first and second best essays on Country
Roads ard CITY Streets. The essays must not ex.
coed % 600 words, and should treat of the economic
ard social importance OF good roads the causes OF poor
rond, existing in much OF our country, the best sys
cns os road making, reconstruction and maintenance,
including cheaper methods suited to dirt roads as well
~ methods Tor permanent roadways, the best systems
:, trcot innroyement. the systems of taxation that
shonld be employed in both country ana CITY 70 dis
riI,c ustly the burden OF road and street improve
non. and the legislation that is required to further
,b..o ends Competition IS open to all fut'ier IN
formation may be obtained by addressing professor
Richard r. Ely, Baltimore.
THE OUTING OF THE SONGS.
In tie sweet BY and BY By,.s r,,,
When the swallow, lomewad Fly, g., ,,. A,,s
And Tho MScking Bird makes - Slus, III tie mr.
Il, +l'e woods near Home sweet Home
Till ''McSOrlcy' > Twins nave cilhiOeu ''i0 o' ~
3. Annie Rooney. "Od Black Joe,'
And Uncle Ned with US VIII go go, .,.s do Az.
Hfer Dancing the Barn. till bats 90 ny "a. r..
Then on "Paddy DufTys Cart for the woodlands We
Dut tI eh6oe partners while we're Coming Thro tN
Rye
When the Robins Nest Again
We will leave the quiet glen ,,,., u ,u .+ov.
Then we'li slowly wander down
TO the Tavern in the Town. -, It'll a., o,rav
And " Tramp Tramp. Tramp" 10 bed we'll ME away
II
The Rev. DR.. II. L. wayland thinks that sood
deal Of time and labor might be saved oy ie,oi' '
in smelling and other branches of learning ms
& csnecallv true in regard to weights and measures
With all kinds OF miles, bushels, tons, ounces gallons
and ouart not TO speak of stones, quarters, fathos
and hands. the school-boy and schoolgirl may wen
be excused for getting into a hopeless tangle.
\ mendicant approached westchester man on
the G@Ts & the oeT tn Wick d e Winchester man replied,
A. he hurried away My dear irehu' ha'c Hoo '0S
anything OF it."-Bostonlan.
They say that TOM Ochiltree thinks that Texas
i maIIcned by two burlesque plays that have recently
a,neored in this city, in which Texans were made
to do various queer things. TOM appears To %
IA. only man in town who has taken these horse
plays seriously.
Shea pretty time Of night for you to come pm hone home.
ia pretty zine 1 Sf Rsht for iot The s0 last four @ Soa
whiting for you to cor home, rvso,, awake for the
enG have fSs & b SsPS PWang mg'f for yca to 90 to
sleep.-CreAas sftings.
Never mind If you don't look like genius Professor
Goodwin Smith says that Macaulay looked moro Ike
a cobblcr than great writer.
lie Wants Ills Prce.-A West vlrginan claims to
have discovered cave alled with boxes OF goiu aiA
.uopd, and rubies-enough to load two freight cars
Inn hi. won't give II away for less than $1,000 casn
down. lie doesn't want 10 be mean. Dut ne Iu''
won't do II. that's all.-(DetrOt Free fress'
There is TO fasting and praying in Wall street,
oxclaims Lcnen preacher. Don't Know aAu' tla''
The lambs that are shorn do the iastihs' una INC
,hearcr, do the preying.
\ Custom Dying Out.-An old prize fighter at Gin
cnnau say: The old custom Of smuggling the relereo
and knocking down the seconds mt prize hght seems
The end in the nited states When prize fighters try
10 b, gentlemen the fighting part OF 1t goes all TO
Pieces. ."-(DctIOt Free Press.
II Is said that between the Island of Madagascar
and the coast of India there are 10000 islands only
COO of which arc inhabited In any OF these Islands
a man can live and support his family in prtncely
luxury. without working more than twenty five DAYS
in the year In fact, some Of these Islands, ne
needn't work at all. nature provides the food, and
no clothes are required. 1t Is strange that the great
fraternity OF lazy have not drifted TO these ISLANDS,
or ii would be If they were not 50 lazy.
The most rcprhcnsiblc of oppression Of the
lahpriug class that has recently come Ia our attention
/, that ~ the hired in Waldo County who was
discharged by a farmer because he wouldn't believe
follow the example Of Frank oiockton's hero and ad-
ycrse for a good characterization lMe) Journal.
When the Conservatives in Canada say that the
policy Of the Liberals viii result in annexation
they are really knocking the ground from under ,theii
feet II it 10 true that the Liberal policy would lead TO
annexation is simply and only because it would mako
the country prosperous For IL stands TO reason
that II il didEt do this Canadians would have no
reason to dc,he annexation on the presumption tha'
10 would be the outcome Of the Liberal policy.
When Henry NJ. Stanley was a poor unknown news.
paper reporter IN IT. Louis in 1855, lie boarded with
N.. Fcn~. who tlea kept boarding house in
Br'alway and Wash st. Mrs. FauS took more than
ordinary interest in tho young Journalist, and showed
h.m attention and k.aan,s,e, That won his highest
c.tr'm and respect. ON leaving st. Louis for the
West the same year he had photographs taken at
Omala and seat ono tD Mrs FaUs. This picture
Mr.. iaas has carefully preserved. and Il Is now
jhc cn,y one in existence OF stanley az that age.
when tie SlplCys here last month Mrs. Stanley
hoard OF tn photograph and expressed a great desire
40 secure Il. Mrs. FauS was too indspoSed to call
on the now renowned explorer and hs family but
she sent tha hot)Slaph to Mrs. stanley. with the
request. howevcr that IL be returned Mrs. Stanley
Gu,cmcHt possible to become the owner Of ii. without
avail. ON learning the high appreciation Mrs. Stanley
lsah for the picture. Mrs. raus's daughter bright
little brunette of fourteen summers who Is develop
INK wonderful talent a an artist conceived the idea
Of making n crlyon frCin the Photograph and pre-.
scnting IL 10 Mrs, stanley their return here next