New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-24
SUPERIOR WISDOM.

Th WTo was as so BfS,y pa Tad once
Il talk too much; the habit brings
Great sorrow my head
The gentle cuckoo is you'll ind,
different sort Of bird.
lie speaks but seldom. and, Of late.
-CWashington Star.
The Hurontario Canal project is again being ag-
tated in Canada. It is TO be ship canal between
the Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario.
4 mistress told her maid Bette that she must
not always do things on her own responsibility pus
first ask permission rhe next day Betje W ,hnSat
is busy eatins up the duck: must send her away
or not"' tkihcriki
When an American sets out TO do thing ne likes
y do Il. Mr. Perkins. who wished to poard ths
steamship Teutonc at Queenstown, missed the ten
der 50 he took a rowboat AMI started after the big
ocean flyer. He had exciting chase, but he man
aged to climb the rear Platform 50 to speak,
amid the cheers of the other passengers.
Conditions Altered.-"say Rugges, you haven't
been AZ any meetings of the Slnge-Tax Club for
wS or three months BTen , fcK some vacant town
lots | inherited lately from an uncle. -tOh.cAso
Tribune.
Great Indignation is fe.t among the scuptors ana
art dealers OF Warsaw over a recent rescr'p' OF
the police Of that city. The guardians OF the peace
in obedience to orders from 81. Petersourg VISITED
all the stores ard studios and destroyed all 'he
busts Of the Polish heroes. Thaddaous kosciusIA'
and Josef Powniatowsk, which they could ilhd'
All scuptors in the city were obliged TO sehd
written communication 10 the city oihclals pFoHS-
Ing not 10 make busts statues OF the TWO men
In the future This is one way Russia has aiop'eo
OF trying to suppress the Polish National spirit
Il : not probable. however. that it will accom-
p!ish its purpose.
Whore IL Fails-Watts-Wha 10 you th!nA OF
this theory that man is what he eats? -
Potts-It doesn't always work 10 perfection tor
instance. when Congressman cats GRO" Il "''"''
a cuckoo OF him.-lnd.anapolis journal
In the current issue of The Pennsylvania Maya
zine" IL very unhatterng description OF Benjamin
Frankin's wife is given Ii is taken from the diary
of Daniel Fisher who Franklins secretary Tor
a short time she on the floor at nelghDor D.
She assumed the airs of extraordinary freedom
and great humility lamented heavily the misfor-
tunes of those who are unhappily infected Win
too tender or benevolent disposition, said she oe-
lieved all the world claimed privilege OF troupino
her Pappy $50 she usually calls Mr.. Franklin WIN
their caamities and distress. giving US sehe'ai
history of many such wretches and their ihpe'"-
nent applications He mentions the turpu'e"oe
and jealousy and pride of her disposition anu
the violence OF her invectives. Pointing 10 i'"lA
Inns son. one day. she exclaimed: There soe' ''
greatest villain upon earth"
The Harmony Grove Echo says that there was
a marriage booked for last THURSDAY I.sn. }" .n
than tw-nty miles from Harmony nroNe', me
"Wednesday before the wou.d-be groom sent N''
following message 10 his nancee; a., ,i, ,on
Il am Il horse trade. tto~ Wou.u ~ 80 -
TO put or the marriage until can make the tdIe,
Sorely disappointed. hut not hope!ess' sue ''"'
Fir Won are certain that the horse you are Try
ing 10 trade for IS not mO0neyed or swih-Syea, %
cot the lampus or s'umsHINo ,r nner the sad.
de of course | viii walt but, on, NetItss, ~ -,
waste moment am dying e '0 mi1 tne TO "I haye AND
kcep,"-(At!anta CONSTITUTIONS