New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-22
THE WEATHER.

All this talk about the weather.
Constant speculation whether
Must make K s 24; extremely * snST Or e ga;
And the prophets self-insplred,
Must give him an awful pain.
lie. Of course, knows at the present
Tine that IL will not be pleasant
Thursday, two weeks from today;
But lie doesn't Share his knowledge
Even With the shaps at college
They might give the thing away.
Weather prophets make him weary:
Their demonstrations dreary
Seem to him but bnzen gall:
And he most enjoys the power.
When they've prphesied shows
OF discOmhtng them all.
It 1. best to take the weather
As 1t comes; matter whether
Skies are lowering or brtgb-
Keep a good umbrella handy
Then let weather prophets handy ,,.,
Words at will-you'll be all right
Don't You bother with to-morrow.
Specializing prophets borrow
Trouble at Zig interest
This old world has been successful
Right along. through times dstres'ful-
Zeus knows bow to run II best
"One afternoon, during the great "ohla"s
Christian Temperance Union Convention IN bo''o',
SAYS Il writer in THE Detroit Free Press 81 took
II seat in front Of two talhative women on Suburban
train going ont Of Boston. They had been TO one or
the sessions OF the convention. ut which one oil tho
most brilliant speakers in attendance had spoken.
".How did YOU like her speech asked ore Of ths
women.
oh II was beautiful the enthusiastic reply
And didn't she have f, beautiful figure
Yes she did the positive reply. ana
noticed that she made Just the right gestures - SHOW
II OIL to advantage. She certainly Is handsome
And when l left the train at the third station Gus
from Eoston they were still discussing the siI'"
ladys figure and the figures Of the other promnehS
,peskcrs some Of whom must have been no' niue
chocrined had they heard how their Figures suffered
when compared to the lovely figure of the speaker
referred TO- But Of her admirable speech nothing
more SAID
At the Wrong Ce-vi,itor tat the jail" Poor.
moor man Nav | offer you thi, bunch OF nowersl
p'M Man behind the Bar" You've made a mistake.
mis-. The feller that killed his wife ana children
III ''' "'N' VIZ -(Chicago Tribune.
one day the Rev. Mark Guy Pearsc. in n tramp
through Cornwall. little village in which
tea meeting going Mr.. fearse entered the ut
tie chapel joinet I'm the tea. lie was in the moSe
uncerical of costumes which AN act OF sense on his
part but during the process Of tea one or two Of the
leaders, managed to recognize him. Whereuon one OF
them approached him and said in an anxious whisper:
BE you the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse p Yes. be- no
answered e. thought as how You Was Now. do you
sec We want u raise "A little money, and "A thought
have struck us. Now do 'ee just come out quiet Ike
and say nothing nobody. and then we will put zee IN
the vestry ard we will ~ INTO the chapel and say:
THE Rev. Mark CIV Parse, author Of Daniel ouorm,
Is in the vesy and can be seed at threpcece eac, tho
proceeds to 60 for the good Of the cause"'
WHY Her Mind Totters.-" They really fear she viii
go insane. You see SHE found diary he hspt before
lie met and married her
oh sec. And the awful revelations
Revelations nothing! II was In cipher ana sas
couldn't read a word of it."-(lndinnapois Journal.
There are two otherwise estlmable women in Az
Gibson. Kan, who are continually IuairelIng about
their complaints each trying t. prove that size has
more and moIe deadly dseas,s than tie other. Ieir
ply scians say That there IS nothing much the mit'As
with either OF them.
The Russians have made singular discovery in
Central Asia In Tur;est m. oh the night bank of u3
Amou Dairi. In a chain Of rocky hills near the Bohlaan
town of karki. arr numpcr on .rSc 49,, Mi,o
upon examination were fund TO lead 10 An underground
city, built apparently long before the christian era
According the efigie,. inscriptions ana signs upon
the gold and silver money uncathed IRON among tDe
ruins tie existence OF the town dues back To some
two centuries before the birth OF Christ.
The edhces contain all kinds OF domestic utensils
pots urns vases and forth The high degree of
Invitation attained by the inhabitants of the city Is
shown by the tact that they bulli IN several stories py
the symmetry OF the streets ana squares ana by inc
beauty OF baked clay and metal utensils, and OF
the ornaments and coin, Which hive been found
II l. supposed that long centuries th, city so
corcfuly concealed m tie bowel, Of the earth provided
an entip, population with refuge from the ncur>ons
OF nomadc savages and robbers.-(shcicd Telegraph.
There are "a few old toll bridges in Maine which Atiu
pcrpctuate a curious law. They have signs proclarC
Ing that all persons pauper, Indians and cler.
men, must pay toll on crossing.
Not on the Bench" You say this man had been
drinking" said His Honor Drinking what ;"
"WhiSkey, | suppose" answered officer Mct;0bbe.
"You suppose Don't you know wmskey. Arena
you n 1udgei'
No. yr Amer. Only a policeman
HIS Honor looked carefully at his ninion momcnS