New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-21

THE TALK or THE DAY.

War news by cable from China costs the English
papers 81 81 a word, and from Japan s. 90 a word
Refuting an Implied Reproach.mCount Frangpa-
mini tscion OF an ancient racep-What dli you ever
do to gain the title Of count? ,. -,
Count Smthers (or glnally from PunkVlLe han,p-l
paid cash for 1t, sir, Ike an honest m'-o' "caso
Record.
A Topeka. Kan. man claims to hold the secret
society championship OF the world. lie is an ac'
tive member OF forty-one secret societies.
..rvervtb,np that is done in this house is always
blamcd ONTO me" shifted the small boy, an III
list git,in tired OF it, I'll run away. that's What
chang OF this family any longer"-(cincinnau
Tribune.
The Hartford Times says There are nearly
1000 women in the State OF Connecticut VINO
might have voted at the town elections last week
only about 1900 actually voted That is. Que woman
out OF every fifty seyen-less than per cent Prob
ably n good many OF those who did vote went TO
the polls out OF curiosity. and will never go again
what are all the soldiers out for" asked. the
other day the dreamer who never knows what
Indeed" when asked II he did not know that the
Governor had ordered out me TROOPS TO defend
Boston against an invasion or the Japanese army
-(Boston Transcript
Since Everett p. Wheeler nominated for
Governor his friends are inclined to apply to him
what was once said OF Edward Everett: For fame
follows merit where Everett goes" This - much
nicer than The Boston transcripts" reference
to him a side Wheeler
shall have to get married when grow up"
you please. dear" answered her mother; with
smile Most women 90. however" YES. suppose
81 the 1b s a1a n"s for and
now. They say that Aunt Jane has been at i for
twenty years and hasn't caught on yet."-(Wechs.er
& McNutys Weekly.
They are more than mere puppets; they are the
material for the social history OF great monarch
and not n little OF her times also" II would be
dtcuit for any ordinary American citizen TO guess
what Is referred to In this sentence. which &C.
ours In an editorial article recently published In
The London Standard" the principal organ of the
Conservative and Unlonist parties. The material
for the social history" OF Queen Victoria and her
times Is nothing else than collection OF wooden
dolls used by Her Majesty when she was child.
BY some chance the tourist stayed to Sunday
school. A young lady with sweet face-and unless
the tourists aging eyes deceived nun; styllsh Don
sonary." Missionary. she said. is from the Latin
sionsres and seemed TO possess enough leaning
her al S" ' charsy she said 70 little urshin
with shining morning face what is missionary
"One penny Hartford Post.
Rutland. Mass Is sometimes called the Cradle
OF Ohio" because the Marietta settlement was
planned there. in General Rufus Putnam's house
which IL still standing. This colony which founded
Marietta in 17ss. was the first white settlement in
Ohio. A meeting Is TO be held in Rutland In few
days to take steps for the preservation OF the
Putnam house as a memorial Owing TO the death
OF its owner the house is now In the market, and It
Is believed that there will be difficulty In rails
ing the $1,000 required for It's purchase among cit-
zens OF Ohio and Massachusetts,
He-Iave YOU decided what to give your old
aunt for a birthday present?
poor Cd maid aid has had Very little T pleasure ali
her life; you might Just write her an anonymous
love letter.-(Humorstische Batter.
gentleman the other day tried TO persuade a
Chnaman that it is a brutal practice to retard
the growth OF womcn's feet by binding them The
reply OF the Chinaman follows: THE Chi
nee squeeze foot 1t is true: but American
woman squeeze waist. and don't know which is
worse"
less p he D sad shs Ts ySu
ring. No: father objects TO my receiving pres:
has purchased a bulldog. you know" His face
feared" he muttered "fhe Country is going ali
wrong through too much paternalism "-(Wash-
ington Star.
When the people elect Recorder Smyth to private
life on November he will have abundant leisure to
cement still more strongly the bonds OF friendship
that have for many years existed between him
and that other distinguished 1urst. Paddy Div !er.
he Will have plenty OF time on his hands to intro
duce to his friend and colleague some Of the most
eminent members OF the green-goods business who.
like the Recorder. all good Tammany men.
They were standing a street corner. waiting
for She American, he was English
She delighted In proclaiming the gories OF this
New World but he only elevated his beastly nose
and answered every remark with that irritating
phrase. I'm the old country" etc.
While they were waiting pair OF bcyclers. a
man and woman. wheeled by. The woman was
idall IN In 6a 10
"Aw" the Englishman remarked. "Knicker-
bockers.
The girl looked up in surprise. "Do you
the woman in blOomers?'
Yes. but in the old country. We know. call
EN- knickerbockers."
Miss America hardly knew how to answer his
know-lt-all manner She felt 1t would be rude to
change the conversation too abruptly, so she
simply said: by the way. do you call "a pair OF
knickerbockers singular or plural?'
The Englishmah glanced after the retreating
Sieyeisrs, plural" be said. "a. applied to mem
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