New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-25
THE TALK or THE DAY.

- Qd0 lHl5 leLtcI I1otO Has Ustdu,c 4 happen n
be stopping on the east side OF the main street q The
CITY, Had / happened to stop at hotel the west
side Of the street. would now be writing from Bristol
Tenn. In point Ct fact, there two cities nansd
Bnstol-Bristol, Va, and Bristol, Tenn but the Ten
nesseeans happen to have the pOstOice their sid. q
the street and outsiders know only Bristol Tenn
although half the population voSshp at the saerd
shrine OF the Old Dominion. There are some Odl
antics Inspired by an active and progressive mountain
city, with different municipal and State jurisdiction On
opposite SIDES Of the main street. Each city hu
its municipal authority enacts its own local laws st
enforces them in its own way, and each has dfern,
Stat laws regulating licenses Sunday observsnr.
schools, elections etc., and citizen committing cins
on one side of the main street be reached only BIZ
executive requistion warrant from the other State
the criminal steps the street and chooses to 70
main there
Caught Tartar.-Theodore Hallam once defended -,
burglar. The burglars wife was on the wtness-stand
and the prosecuting attorney was conducting vgonsi
crosse Examination Madam, you the wife OF o.,
mani Yes You knew he ava was a; burglar vhea
contract a matrimonial alliance with such a mans
WELL" tie witness said sarcastcay, - was getting
old, and had to choose between LAWYER and
burglar" The examination ended there.-saa
Francisco Star.
While a church chcr in Michigan church last sun.
day doing its best 10 keep mp the reputation Of
end OF the church, lot Of wasps got mad and began
singing the members right and left.
The other day, making short trip by rail, as
Listener had az ow-traveller commercial gen
tleman who was plainly Of the Hebrew race; Tho
fact his fellow traveller credtably proud Of bis
race referring to il two or three times in the course
co co the good things which the Listener was
able conversationaly to say about the accomplishment
and achievements Of the Jewish nation. The Listener
spoke of the trading talent Of the Jews he referred
to the great position which they have gained In The
only in banking operations but in the ownership d
great Journals and forth and now said he this
trading talent F bringing d them to tsm In s
dency, at least In certain branches OF trade from
which nothing will ever displace them ,,.
"Dey are coming IN de vront,' said the Listeners
shpeak Of DER drading dalent all de timer
a dalent1 No 1t is chenius. ! will dell 20.
what is de difference, in drade between dalent and
aches to sell him vot he vonts dat is dalent but ven
anodder goes into dat mans shtore and sells I'm
again. dat is chenIns and dat IS de chenIus va ny
race possess !"-(Boston Transcript.
farmer near Bristol Penn. has gathered twenty.
six pippins from apple tree, which weigh twenys1
and one-half pounds.
Some of HIS JOkes.-Frlend-T saw some Of your
Humorist (hatte-ed)-Ah, what book was that
Frend-I forget the name. 1t was book publishes
hundred years l saw Ii In secondhand BOOK
store.-(Iankee Blade,
There are three venerable trees in Washington, Go
One is a white oak, under which the commissioners
began the work of laying out the town in 1888.
second is a poplar, under the shade OF which, 10
$780, took place the first ordination Of Presbyterian
minister west of the savannah River. The third -
huge oak, under which in 1855 occurred the memorials
debate between Robert Toombs and Benjamin Ill., ono
OF the greatest intellectual contests in the history
Georgia.
A Comprehensive BiOgraphy-The will Of the S%
General w johnson has lust been admitted 70 TR SS'
few dollars Of 81 100000. General johnson was VIZ
General Bedford Forrest In seeking some points ssots
his career. He said Il went on steame. as aet
sweep and left the river as commodore of the meet
brigadier, general When 90, home had wife
pair of clutches and baby. Now We have ten Oaoe
son left his entire estate to his wife. saving she dld mos
TO make him succeed than he did himself-tChcas'
Mail.
The recall Of Father A, c. A. Hall By the supcnO'
of the Cowley" Fathers, in England, is unTef A'
regretted in Boston by all classes of people Ana NO
fact that he Is recalled because he signed estmon
to the moral character Of Bishop Brooks is harsnp
criticised by many Epscopalans who do not S@
pathize with the High Church views of Father h"a
He is conceded to be the ablest Episcopal cleryms'
in the Massachusetts, diocese and all classes oil Ono'
men look upon his removal from Boston, where w
has been doing magnificent work. as mSioru"s
But he has taken the VOW Of obedience, the'e .
nothing for him TO do but to obey The real lse' =
that Father Hall has so broadened IN his views Mss "
has incurred the bitter dislike Of a few e1fsl'
Ritualists, some OF whom have complained OF HE
the English superior. The incident has susgessc'
EpscOpaians the question whether IL Is Tor te =.
teIests OF the Church that foreign society ''"
exercise jurisdiction over American clergymen
People who ought to know better are wasting M
OF sentiment concerning the safety OF LGsaasnlsA
Peary and his wife, who went up to NORTH ~ tTo
last spring to spehd the winter. Ever oS ~ as
the newspapers speculate upon the enan chant and hs
safe return OF Lieutenant and Mrs. Peary, az. ,hnt
guessing they indulge in shows that they Know , sI
1T all OF the subject they discuss Lleutens a "a IN
Mrs. Peary are "a safe in their far Northern hone al
people in New York are and unless some great ~.
unnatural calamity occurs TO them, they VIII ms
spend the winter months further north than ss. s
Greenland every year. and the world dQesnt , H,s
north OF Point Barrow and Last Hope harbor boln
which quite rs far north a. the Lleuleha.
quarters As long rs had plenty h o. e'Ii lsre;
and a great many more comforts thah siilors us ND
and he exercises any care he won't need AN psi
year as safe rs when they went away'-lsI h'
Globe Democrat.
SAYS a gentleman who afforded the recent Me'iS"~
Conference In Washington - was amused at INC ~.
I'm which few English delegates conducted theh's,
au the hotel It reminded me OF the story tou "a,
Matthew Arnold on the occasion OF nus 's' ",s-
country When ut Cleveland he was generously cav. w..
tanned ono morning his host put before MN az -.
breakfast table among other things buckwheat 90
For long time neither he nor his wife took any IN
but noticing that his American friends ate tne% an.
great apparent relish and gusto he gnsery 'oo1 Lam
on his plate and tasted II very critically. Incn " cn.
ing over to his wife, he said: You'd better w
deah, they an not 'alf so nawsty as they iOoA
The kind OF reform most need IS thai WIZ"
not 20 50 far away from home to begin No'sSc ,r YOU
An old bachelor Is always ready 10 tell you INV
ought TO bring up your children. -. neople
Being afraid OF birthstone may make eon ~ each
behave themselves, but IL does not MAKE them wv
other. . aha comes
around when YOU have just made mle,aA1A acme 10
some thing and tells you what he would nave WV
your place. - hshlnd his
IL Is rs cowardly to talk about man po .hs DARK
hack as Is 10 throw stones at his house ~ ha lord
one way OF giving the Devil a room IN m sns nssmr
house Is by putting kitchen In the eauF9n
Horn