New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-12
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

One OF the most interesting sights to our Christian
Endeavo visitors has been the Brooklyn Bridge ana on
more than one evening last week the NUMBER OF
men and women wearing the familiar badge. who
crossed it, was counted by hundreds. A favorite
trip was to cross to Brooklyn by the promenade and
return BY the cable cars From the structure there
was no end Of interesting objects to be viewed even
at night The slipjont in the great trrsses OF the
Bridge was a perpetual source Of interest ana wonder.
Perhaps the most attractive thing In sight, however,
was the Illuminated tower OF the Madison square
Garden which Is plainly visible from almost every
part of the Bridge. When the Christian Endeavor
people saw this they had Of beholding some
thing familiar and they greeted it friend. Many
OF them talked freely with the policemen on duty
and asked all kinds Of possible and impossible
questions regarding a structure which is famous the
world
ONLY One Breed.-"If understand you" said the
lawyer to the man who called to consult MN, . your
a locomotive on the x, Y q 2. road. and you want
to bring suit against the company for damagesi"
Yes, that's right"
The lawyer made memorandum.
"valuabe animal. presume" ..,.,,s 49,.
what breed"
Yo ~" don't knowr Was she badly injured"
"Badly nturedl Why she was killed deader'n .
mackerev
And bured'"
didn't say GnT Cne breed n @ X
cases of this kind" an.. ,
And he made another memorandum: " Breed jersey.
Value, sl50."-(Chcago Tribune
smith-Now that the street sweepes in uni
FORM we ought to have uniformly clean streets.
Jones-I am not so sure of that they may be uni,
formly dirty.
Ciothamite-Do the trains your railroad run on
time' .
eternity, some trips.-(Puck.
arhe Boston Transcript tells Of a small boy Of the
genus Boston. whose grandmother was teaching MIN a
new prayer the other night 1t in verse, and ran
thus
"Jesus, gentle shepherd, lead me;
Keep thy little lamb tonight"
@Grandma,, sad the b y, DO you say that prayerr'
"Well. not exactly" she answered; "why ?"
"Cause II you said it, you'd have TO let the little
lamb CO. and say keep the Old sheep?"
The mineral exhibit at the Worlds Fair promises to
be incomparably finer than any ever before MADE
either In this country or abroad. california ana
and claims that 1t will surely do 20. Michigan.
Montana and Missouri, too. are making specially
mineral resources, and not without hope OF win
ming the highest award Almost state possesses
mineral nS w IF dspay s best one From al
together wonderfully complete AMI valuable exhibit Is
a certainty. Then. too many foreign nations. notably
England, Will make mineral exhibits o. t3e o most COM
peie description. Canada Will occupy lO'ou square
feet for Its mineral display nan vi IL i u0'ii "
ontario province, which Intends to make an extensive
exhibit Including lead copper iron, gold graphite.
mica asbestos phosphate Of Line. gypsum, mar petro-
leum SALT terracotta clay. nickel, silver and many
varieties OF marble granite other building material
-(Philsdelphia Ledger.
Boggs-Funny how the papers are all the time tax
ing about the plant Of iron mill next thing they'll
be telling us that this strange plant produces flowers
Joggs-They do already; you may read every day
about the output Of steel blooms.
Jeannette-Does Miss Boardman get her lovely COM
plexiOn from her father. or her mother ,
Gladys (sweetly(-From her father. He's In me
drug business.-Chicago News.
The following table shows the remarkable growth OF