New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-27
THE TALK OF THE DAT.

Walter Be.ant is n delightful author. He Is also
unusually well Informed in regard TO this counry-for
an Engll, hman Nevertheless. he falls into the error
o, surprising that Central Park Is in Massachusetts.
In The London Queen" he thus describes stroll in
Central Park: You must not walk the grass, be-
cause turf in Massachusetts Is delicate thing. and
easily dries up II you trampc It under foot. How
ever the gray squirrels roll about upon II unre-
proved and the American cock robin impudeny Cayes
upon the stream OF strollers. and the peacock trails
his long feathers; and the air Is filed with the
fragrance Of the white syrnga BLOSSOM
Tcachcr-what are marsup'aIs'
I,ov-Animals which have pouches in their stom-
And what do they have pouches for"
"ro crawl into and conceal themselves when they
are pursued.'-(t1garo
THE Philadelphia Record Is feeling somewhat I'M
happy. because II Lieutenant Peary or DR.. Nansen
should happen to reach the North PNle they would be
lost owing the fact that all directions from where
they stood would be south. There would be no North
East West. Well the pucky explorers In q'ie>
ton are not yet standing on the North Pole And II
they ever do succeed In standing on It, they can easily
get back the three lost points Of the compass by
walking yard two In any direction of the Pole or
jumping, II It Is not zoo high.
AT the Theatre" Here's another one Of them Worlds
Fair schemes TO get money from us, Mandy
Mandy-Sakes alive; how
Here It says two months between the first an
second acts" Chicago Inter Ocean.
Thousand, OF Americans who have climbed TO the
summit of the fimou, DrnChcnfcs Il behold the beau
ties of the Valley Of the Rhine may hear with regret
Of the death of The S7ger Of the DrachenfesD The
a~cent bard I'm his fantastic costume, with his thick.
long silver hair falling upon his shoulders and the
flowing white beard, seemed Il wandercr from the
minncsinecr- days. and In strang" keeping with the
rugged mountain whose beauties, history and romance
he sounded. Ludwig. hrber, 10 give him his real
rather prosalc name was terror singer OF prominence
SO long ago that few remember the time. But he
grew weary OF the world and built his hermit hut on
the summit Of the celebrated mountain. There, at
certain times each evening, he sang :" of the Drach
enfels" and rcapcd rich harvest from the people
who heard him Ever to the last his voice WAS clear
sympathetic and strong, the result no doubt Of his
mode Of life. But he Is dead. and the Dracheniels
has lost one OF its attractions.
An Incplent MISUNDERSTANDING these cling
stones
Proprietor OF Fruit Stand-No. THEY'RE free
Lrcin grabbing the largest Onel-Thanks!
Disappears round the corner-tChcago Tribune.
within the limits Of the United States there are
said to be than 300 mountain peaks that
coed 10000 feet In height.
Evidence OF Baclvslidng.- Do not trust him., said
one Populist to another lie is longer Of
"IIe has Shaved Off his whiskers. - Washington
Star.
The curious fact Is noted that many Intelligent
today In their comments this coun-
try. reflect the exubeiant boastfuncss for which
Americans forty years severely criticised
e We can lick all creation" exclaimed Dckcns's
American "There Is no nation on eaih TINT would |
fare attack you,' said Walter Besant the other day
IN Boston. In n similar strain spoke General Massey
II the British Army, TO The Tribune two or three |
weeks ago Our Pograms and jefferson Bricks, whom |
Dickens scored, have passed away, and have left |
Uutyv haua hoo,
ng in the consciousness Of real strength To grow
ust a little ashamed OF their braggart boastings
numerous sober and self-poiscd Englishmen are re-
cholng those boasts. II Is a remarkable and inter
sting evidence of an international change OF view.
Painfully lncorrect--"I see mistake in your paper
hat thought you might want 10 straighten up said
he man In the linen buster, who had toiled M three
lights OF stairs to the editor ~ ~
. Well ?" said the editor.
"W'y, it's jist like this You say that when The |
allOOn went up cheer arose from thousand threats
nd that two thousand eyes gazing nj the in
repld acronaut. Now, that there amt right cause |
know they was three one-eycd men In The party |
nd that only leaves on'y ,097 eyes 10 be a-gnzin;
nto space. I Flowed would like to know and |
he llncndustered man roted downstairs. Indianapo.
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