New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-27
A man; a maid;
a leafy glade;
a savage dog; a father;
Then well mix up

Young man ana pup
And dad-and you have your joke all compounded
Indianapolis Journal.
The Weather Department is sending out from
Washington a selfregistering rain gauge. II is a
cylinder of iron three inches in diameter and two
feet high This cylinder is placed upon the roof OF
a house The top of the cylinder is open. AS the
rain falls float lying in the cylinder Is raised and
the amount of the rainfall is registered by cog
wheel. This wheel is connected by a wire with
register in the weather observers office. The OBJ
server merely has TO look at his register at any
time to determine the amount of the rainfall
I.ady-Has that suburban house you speak Of
maam All b the ~, upstairs BEDROOMS ms
tel. ma am.-(New- York Weekly.
In Maine the wit of the quor-dealers is matched
against that of officers OF that prohibition State.
and as a consequence there many singular
developments. The latest was the discovery by the
States officers that nnocent-looking molasses
barrel contained within its depth barrel OF whis-
key holding nnety-fve gallons OF liquor. The bung-
hole of the inner barrel opposite the bunghols
OF the outer barrel and the liquor could be pumped
out without breaking the face of the innocentook.
ing hogshead
ooh give me the man who whistles
SO cheerily all the day"
Some poets sing. like him. too;
That is, when he's miles away
A telegram TO n Philadelphia newspaper on Mon.
day from Bellefonte. Penn. announced that
Miss Eliza Dehass. the last surviving niece
of Benedict Arnold" had died in that city and had
lust been buried. Poor Miss Dehass Was she
pointed at all through her life OF eighty-seven
years as "the niece of Benedict Arnod?'
An Easy One-Not long ago an accident hap
pened to little Barbaras doll Gladys which was
thereupon sent to store where surgical attention
given TO wounded dolls When the day came for 1t
In he DISCHARGED. barbara obtained
mission to and get 1t. Barbara stood on tptoee
before the counter at the store and asked II her doll
u guess So" said the young woman , behind t,s n.
But I'm afraid can't tell which one it is In all
this lot" , ..n
Barbara confidently. Her names Gladys
youths Companion
one effect OF the fall in the price Of silver has
been to reduce the prices OF silverware. But does
the housewife who proudly displays her SOHO
silver forks and knives tell OF the depreciation IN
their value since they bought ten years
ago? How many millions of loss has domestic
slverware suffered.
Not His Observation-Disclosures Wife-What Is
the extent of his injuries doctor? 1871.
Young Physician-fiis nerve-centres are higny
disturbed madam. Give him one or these Po"ue's
but his leg-is. it broken, doctor ann.
LAS to that. madam my advice Is that you con
suit surgeon. Fee for prescription ana adVee'
S."-(Chcago Tribune.
Delaware has a big peach crop; It is estimated
that there will be 100000 bushels of peaches II
these peaches sell for so cents basket, the sum OF
81 500 900 will go into the pockets of the peach
orchard owners.
A child he played as other children do.
Mourned not the old, nor reckoned OF the new
A man, he strove with dogma and with creed
To solve the problem of the spirits need.
Then old age came and made him child,
With earth and God and all things reconced
-(The Independent
A family in Utica possesses a Bible which was
printed in London In 1880. and which Is consequently
9s3 years old There old Bibles. but this one u
remarkable from the fact that 1t has been In the
possession of the same family for generations IL
is a small book. six inches long, five inches vice
and two inches thick The binding is heavy calf
skin The heavy leather binding is worn away IN
several places showing that the book has been put
to practical use.
OH she exclaimed. as she entered the polics
station In state OF great anxiety; you VIII ne'p
me, won't you?' III. -
The officer In charge assured her that he would "
II have Just met with a great loss" she con-
tinued
What was it?' %
Diamonds. had just finished rehearsal when
Are you an actress?"
And lost your diamonds"
Excuse me. maam. but you're In the vrons
ton Star.