New-York tribune., 1893-12-24
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Christmas Issue OF 1.-THE Boston Budgets
. besides containing many noteworthy literary feat.
ures is embel!shed by wellexecuted half-tone por.
traits OF the leading o.ergymen of Boston As Q
record os the literary and social life OF Boston
"The Budget is deserving of honorable mention.
Cardinal Rlchclieu once listened 10 an earnest
unaffected. and apparently not at all dlsmayed by
the presence Of the Cardinal How could you
preach TO me with much confdence?' Rlcheeu
asked him. in evident surprise. "Monsgnor," re-
piled the shoemaker. II learned my sermon by re-
OF which one red one and this practice en-
abled me TO preach to you'-tYouth's Companion
A Maiden's sarcasm-'I came 10 see Miss sprite.
If you would look more favorably upon my suit to-
day"
ing him from head to footD-Yes sir-I do. think
1t looks better than the old You the last
time you were here.
FreddIeMamma DO you s'pose God loves foot
Mamma-Yes. dear: why?
Freddie-Weli think what an awful lot OF trouble
# must be TO number the hairs OF their heads-CChh
cago Inter-Ocean.
Gold tipped. like Auroras chariot,
The waiter Of Gotham must be:
For money makes the waiter co.
II you don't tip. you wat-not he.
Big Job Before It-Dukane-President cleve.
land has resolved Congress into Committee OF
the Hole:
Dukane-We. having got the country INTO
hole on the Hawaiian affair. he commits TO Con-
Sress the work or getting 1t out-tPittsourg Chroni'
Gle
The life which some derects the ocean
possess is truly remarkable. one reported not
long ago which had foated at least $500 miles; but
that IL oudone by the record OF the schooner Fannie
r. Wolston Of Bath Me. which abandoned
on October 80. 1891. and Is still menace TO any
vessel that may encounter what is left OF her Ac-
cordlng to the records OF the photographic Office
she has dr,fted 6.ot0 miles. ard she has been re-
ported twenty-five times. When last seen she was
far from the spot where her crew left her.
II the Kearsarge comes her she will make
short work OF the waterlogged hulk. II can bs
little satisfaction to the men who deserted the
Wolston 10 know that than two years after.
ward she Is still afioat
Papa" said Benny Bivens. "NewYork is called
the Empire State, isn't it,
And Pennsylvania is the keystone Slater"
And Indiana IS the HoosIer State?"
And Ohio is the Buckeye s'ate'"
And If Utah is admitted will It be Sfarffass
Slater -(Pttsburg Chronicle
Members OF the old French arstocracy are no
longer 50 numerous In the French Chamber. nc
coriing to the Figaro" formerly. In the pres
ent session there two princes. three marquseA
fifteen counts six viscounts five barons and thirty.
four simple noblemen-together sixty-seven titled
members. In the first year OF the present Repub-
ic ISL there two princes. seven dukes thirty
marquses five counts. eighteen viscounts seven.
teen barons. and ninety-seven deputies with the
aristocratlc "de" before their names, making "a
noblemen In all. 1t Is predicted that in a few years
the titled members viii have almost disappeared
from the Chamber.
be a French scholar and knowing that ,,tT fSseiSn
language is readily acquired IN chllunood,
they
whom he Is expected to talk in French. Henry
aksn ssts aSrs for native Partisan The other day ne dis
covered that the barn was on fire. He ran into
the oR' Ro"aS mad"noIsse he exslamsd rushing into
the sshoorOom nj a1r WnIS tSere big blaze n
the barn. .'-(Youths Companion
A we,l-known editor OF Park Row morning pa
per, renowned much for his swearing propenst.
ties as for his brancy and illegible manuscript
was suffering severely from n sore throat last week
So he brought a parrot 10 the Office TO swear at the
printers and proofreaders for making bulls" in his
articles.
Colonel Henry Lee is the author OF the mot.
.It IL but three generations In this country from
shirt sleeves shirt tsleeves the happy coinage OF
n conversation with Edward Atkinson as they
were walking home from church in Brook!ne-
(i3oston Transcript
To Circus Men and Others:-A tame and trickV)
tiger named Dick. who can turn himself down, ana
is now training for somersaults In ring. can %
had cheap by applying AT the lndan lamp III roeA~
feminist. near Third-aNe
In the Isle OF Paluuzoo.-First Csnnibal-Did thoSa
missionaries bring any bread along?
Second Cannibal-Er-I am not sure. but hear0
something about some Georgia Crackers being ID
the outtt.-, indianapolis Journal
Does the Administration think for one moment
tbot the dude VIII complacenty submit to addi-
tona taxation on cigarettes and cosmetics. or the
Kentucy colonel TO Il further mpost on his bever-
age? Good gracious. no. Nevah sab!
Mngle-Is Knarrowsoe liberal man? A..
Nangle-On the contrary; were ne 70 near .nas
collins had fallen of per cent In price ne wouio
die within an hour.-tBoston Transcript
An Anarchist. bomb IN hand meets a plutocrat IN
n lonely road and asks him for his money or hS
life Says the plutocra,. in an attempt 10 teni'
porlZe and conciliate: 1914
MY man. | have doubt that. as Louise Mic"e'
SAYS you are good people. but you have queer
way OF showing II. that's ALL
Anarchist ,ralsng the bomb above MS heao'-
Well come-rn blow you of.
Whf, her mother read from the letter tnat t!ce
John who lives In Englaad, had lost t5W' llts
who had never her distant reat.e sAs'sncr Snnr;
why. what fat man uncle must nave oss"S
-(Philadelpha Times