New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07

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To ny, To n.y. to ny VIII ihe'
"Young fell" said she,
Now don't you be-
TOO Ny, too fly. too fly with me-"
college Exchange.
An English paper calls attention to an Interesting an3
important ruling. The Jewish law orders that OH
In. sabbath Day no fire my be knded. Touching
fire. lighting or cAtngu,hins gas lamps, olllanps OF
candle, Is forbidden. With the advent OF the electric
light there came the necessity Of ruling on the legality
or ilegallty Of turning the electric current on or OIL
Iloie,sor Crookes. well known British electrician
having given his expert testimony that the electric ise
doe, not result from combustion in the lamp that ire
and fame are not a part of It, the orthodox Jew 10
now permitted to Use the electric light on his sabbath
The Gos,IPERs.
When people git to eossipn sometimes they'll set an
Fer hoIi an hours together Jest reg'er clock
spo,e they think folks love 10 hear their neVereuih
put when samanthas talked awhile she knows enough
10 stop.
When Mrs, Jones wuz ten' ct our place the other day
Tet Mrs WI Jams toll her that her nelsbor MIS- cray,
said she never big story ellers Wdder Heath
samantn sat there quiet with heI tongue between hef
teeth.
.bs mint forever siingin' ont sech everiastn' CAB
She often "cts bad enough to near the heisnoo"
But she cI stays ct home ins'ed an tends to family
An, ucTrr tells the neghtorhoa about her home affair."
We don't take any papers, but with news we're well
Fer the pmechbor, tell IL, every birth an death an
When Mrs Jonc. comes up our walk asqueakn them
Sometimes sar,anthan say to me. Here comes tis
daily news -limhee bi""e'
In It's obituary notice OF Mr. spurgeon " The Wash
ington POST said that when entering his chufcH ons
sunday he heard 4 young man say lts u-u ho' "S''
and that he made IT the text of a powerful sermon
against blasphemy. Whcreupon correspondent VI
The Post, shows what ancient and perpatetc old
rounder this story is In lS4S, he says, the year
before Mr.. spurgeon entered the pulpit as boy
preacher was the Youngest apprentice In printing
Office the foreman of which used to repeat story
exactly Identical with the above, except that he laid it
70 the charge OF minister who had labored and died in
Erie PENN wears before, when the foreman boy.
Twenty years the story revived. with Henry
Ward Beechcr's name In IL. After II had gone the
rounds several years in the face Of explicit denials
mentioned to Mr.. Reechcr first acquaintance with
the story under circumstances which carried back v
A period before birth. lie smilnsly replied that he
was tired of denying the truth OF the story applied
to himself and felt compelled to let il run. And now
that same old lie the surface again, with Mr..
Sturgeon the principal actor; ii will die. In
the future when some dusy scholar from Central
Az II sits upon the crumbling arches Of the Con.
gcalona Library and VIEWS the ruins OF the Capitol II
will still be In circulation modified only by inserting
the name of the latest renowned preacher
The Convlct's Baby.-Early yesterday morning q
knock heard at the big door OF the Fulton County
Jail. Jauer Miller opened the door and ragged
man came in. There haggard look tho
fellows face. 1t was Jim Wesson. the moonshner,
who escaped from the Fulton County Jail weeS
ago TO go home and see his Sick baby. Pm sorry,
Mr.. Miller" he said in broken voice. " hope you
and Capn Morrow don't care. but heard the baby-s
lie stopped momeat until his lip quit quivering 80,
and then Went on 81 heard tne baby was Sick and
| thought about wife watchn' Of II at home, and |
Just had to 20. ! was sorry, an / wrote you I'd
come back. An done it. They done buried the
baby, am l come baca, an hope you amt mad"
Captain Miller did not-could not utter word
Of reproach Pm glad you have come back, jim. Z
10 sad.-lAtlanta Constitution