New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06
THE TALK or THE DAY.


| Farmer Hawbuck-Hows BIZ dom now shcs
| ne went to the city?
Farmer Gee t-p-Oh, he's dom fine. He writes
that he's runnin' Egyptian bank.
why, that's q funny name for bank"
WALL spose It's Egyptian; he says It's
Pharaoh bank"
certain minister whose health had h become I'M:
large parish applied to his physician, for counsel
Go hs f. sp ou and tns o
hurt the irds."-(Chlcago Standard
number of cowboys at Three Rivers, Mich,
have discarded horses for bicycles This innovation
will make the old stories of cowboys obsolete.
At entsrta,nment given to boys club 4, a
ladies' who managed the affair, a reader was 70
recte SCOTS poem OF .'Lochnvar;" Fancy his sur.
having anything in praise Of wine read to their
pupils making alteration OF the lines:
And I with this lost love Of mine,
to the following:
And now have come with this beautiful maid,
To tread but sure drink Lemonade.
-(Boston Commercial Bulletin.
In these days Of dsobedient children, THE Bos.
ton Transcript" thinks we are coming near to
realization Of Frank Stocktons saying THE awful
spectacle Of a parent at bay"
There was one hymn Of which Parson Black wa.
s n ha a winch So se on m
sble OCCASIONS one Of these was the funeral Of
he on e SsaTS aS IN e
world, reputation for sharpness and closeness
The services were drawing. to close. Parson
Black rose slowly from his chair, and. in voice
Friends Before removing the remains Q, oS.
hcass f for ali the vin let join u
'Beievin'. rejoice
-(Boston Budget
THE Rochester Democrat says that bicyclists
stoop when riding because they are ION pleasure
bent"
THE PASSING OF SUMMER.
Across the vision of the clerk the siddy seaside
As in his alpaca coat the livelonR day he sits.
And on the dust-worn drummer's face the shadows
As in the crowded train he speeds upon his heated
The order-book Is damp with warmth. the wheels
Of trade move slow.
And over all the sweltering mass the summer
breezes flow.
In airy costume, light and free the summer girl
Her flowing tresses mngling with the play Of
She promenades the hotel porch. and on the sand
And advertises slken hose to all adrlirns eyes.
With reckless Cupid at her back. she skirts the
And by the latest rings she wears betrays the
men who pop.
Upon the oceans azure breast the yachts have
spread their sails,
And by the brook the fisherman his scanty luck
The tennis is court is gay with life. the croquet
And with immense ambition the mosquito now 10
stirred.
The early morning fly is here. the iceman with his
And while he tolls. the plumber at the seaside
spends his pile.
The dust is flowing overhead the is beating
Upon the field and meadow and the ever.busy
The countless throngs are moving with their faces
toward the west.
To where the wondrous Worlds Fair is prepared
The summers here When. later on. our steps
are homeward bent,
Why then twill be quite time enough to think
of all we've spent
-(Cothier and Furnisher.
The heart OF Russian soldier II to be.
lieve tradition. never grows old. In Roson. Russia
a few weeks ago Sergeant Prokop Dogobionko. who
about celebrate the one -hundredth ami
versary OF his BIRTH committed suicide by hanging
himself In the room where he died letter was
found saying that he had fallen in love with girl
still in her teens. She had declined to marry the
ancient son OF Mars. however and called him
odd man." The criticism too hard to bear, and
the sergeant decided to end his life. Dogobionke
fought at Beresina and Leipsic
Bright New-Orleans Boys-Little Leslie. seven
years old. the quntessence Of affectionate sweet
my dear 1t Is Gods will Then why don't God
ing to some other business" rejoined Leslie '
long s ago he ssf had it'i S.ea
praying when his mamma remarked that his prayer
prayed for brother and for you. Now, think
mad b better eT I put IN Ming for myself ,o, M
mother mother and the other inmates Of the house OBJ;
on ne Ssh the he s, they b sSp Ss he Ss
heard MIN repeating earnestly
Now lay me down to Sleep
pray the Lord my soul keep
II / should SSne q die af Sefore wake.
pray the-LOrd-m y-soul-to-take
l-want-amdrum,
orleans Pcayune
The recently published history Of Hartford Con.
gregationaism gives some interesting glimpses Of
the old days On church list from 1870 to l7u
there are four Thankfuls. two Delverances, two
Mercy. Charity Temperance. with
an occasional Violet. Sybl or Millicent, and one
Magdalene. Some OF the doctrinal poetry Of those
days would seem grotesque or blasphemous now.
For instance. the Rev. Michael Wigglesworths
Day OF Doom" represents God saying to the
reprobate infants:
What? Go to the ant?' said the sluggard;
To the picnic I'm HE and in sit BY. the pie
And there let the ant come 70 me-"
over Dy the AntnrOpOIOeical Bulldlng, says
Chicago paper, there is highly educated Indian
who speaks In very quiet way about the 'un-
civilized whites. The other day while he was maxi
Ing his toilet the curtain to his tent was lifted.
and two women wearing badges-and from Bos-
ton-stood there and watched him 20 on with his
dressing. He finally turned around and said to the
one holding the curtain:
" Madam how would you like to have me walk
INTO your private dressing room and watch you
make your toetg
She looked astonished his pure English,
Flushed and walked away. That Indian Is called
he handsomest man at the Worlds Fair"