New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-09
TIE TALK or THE DAY.

TIE TALK or THE DAY.
There is nothing new under the sun, says The
Worcester Gazette" not even a round billiard
table A Boston manufacturer years ago placed
two OF these tables In public room In Washing.
ton-st, In that city They were perfectly round
without pockets, and although their shape made
them look small they probably had about as many
square inches of surface the carrom table Of To-
day The rounding OF the cushions must have IN
creased the cost OF the tables. No new rules were
needed. but the angles all changed. and al
first the game interesting for that reason"
DR. r. a physician OF Montpelier. vas IL the
habit OF employing W. he vas not known he
pretended to have lost his dog. ana ordered the
Of s louis to whoever should bring 1t to him
The crier took care 10 me ntlon al ,he uties ara
OF residence He soon became The talk OF the town.
do you know" says one. "that famous phyn.
clan has come here. very clever reno" ne must
he very rich for ne offers q louis for finding hls
dog" The dog was not found. but patients were
U.ondon Telegraph
Mary NJ seeley and Jason Hodges. OF Province
town. Cape Cod. have been engaged TO be married
for forty-three years. But the engagement was
broken last week because Jason pulled corkscrew.
out OF his pocket along with his handkerchief
Miss Seeley says she is glad the discovery was
made because she had had her suspicious for thif'
ty-hve years.
WHEN THE BABES HAD ToNsILTM
When the babes had tonsiIitis Lord but what .
The father OF all poets could tell IT half y
1t was hustle for the doctor a, Z o'clock at night
And scurry to the drugstore before the mornings
Then. baby's pills a, Z and ,tother ones es, at T.
Prescriptions next in half an hour, cont oe
minute late. -. ...
And don't forget the powders. and the iron f0r
And IL" pep,onoids at eaung-tme to take the place
OF food.
And when the darlings walked and cried '"A'
with went pounds on one arm. on the other fifty
And keep the house warm all the time and don't
Ard don't mix up the medicines Why didn', 60
with babys pills at T. and 'tother ones ats
Prescriptions then in half an hour don't be .
And ', don't forget the powders. and the iron for
And peptonoids at eating -tme to take the place
The doctor brought them through all right ano
And both are strong and rosy now and both are
He showed most wondrous skill think as doc
tors often do. - ,vs5
With babys pills at !. and tother ones a.
And don't forget the powders and the iron for
IL.
And peptonoids at eatng-tme to take the place
OF food. -tbuHaio r'AP'e''
Miss Ella CIementine Rogers. who has been prom
inent In the temperance movement for years
having great success Ia circulating the ''o'e
Leaf Pledge Card. Its object is to promote tenn
perance by making individuals temperate !" VI"
spirit OF the English couplet;
There is a public house that every man can Close
I mean the public house just underneath the nose
,h.
she-Yes. and the diamond on top is heavenly
He-But the ring that comes ia'e' WI" ~
shc~So,o suppose the heavenly patton; part %l'' %
over by that tme.-tkate Fields Wasnihs'o"'
The Sultan OF Turkey has ordered that French
hereafter shall be a compulsory part OF the Souse
In Turkish now at colleges. Heretofore IL II sow
foreign languages In these institutions were lot
hidden.
were playing on Saturday in front OF an Episcopsi
church. The rector suddenly came out OK ms OF
sonage and told the boys 10 be quiet III HUM ~
That is all right mister" said the boys: the
Lord IL not here to-day. He Is down the street -
the Jewish synagogue '-Jewsh Messenger
The population OF London is said to be Ss'Ss"
and increasing at the rate OF 10000 year i"'
city therefore. has a population OF about m''O.
and a half more than Scotland and million mo'
than Ireland.
She held herself so still to catch what ne VA va
mutterlng In his dreams that she hardly prea''s
That's me-" she thought to herself, as .hs.'
was no occasion for her TO think OF any one els.
Mary must have that new wrap even sho oslary.
DO have to take II out OF the bookkeepers sat 20
II is too bad. too. He Is the only support VI
All was stiil again. She lay there and thousn'
He's Just as mean as he can be- she .n H."
INJURED II don't believe he was asleep al an
indianapolis Journal
Tho London Telegraph tells an amusns ~" ,s,
dent OF a recent Sunday service In a .o.u
church. young man who took up the cohec"oAs
before starting put his hand in his pocket ans
naced as he supposed, a shilling on the pia'e' o.
then passed II round among the eohs'eerh ~.
which included many young and pretty girls ~
Girl. "a they looked on the plate all seemed 90
topished and amused, and the young man. 'aN.
a glance at the plate. found that he had pun, ~,
stead OF a shilling. a conversation lozehse w I'D
with the words, "Will you marry me- ~ -.
,etters staring everybody In the face, ""'' 20
OF the congregation had capped II oy So"
lozenge on which printed. name the ""'
There was a precocious youngster on s ,hs pas
railroad train yesterday who turnisnvII, ,rother
sengers with considerable Amusement. n ..oncernins
desirIng 10 ask the conductor question III, when
Changing cars. told her only son TO nal, Mn, Win .
he passed by. The blue uniformed man ian mother
punch soon appeared xc,aimsa the young SCION 10
a voice loud enough to be heard a., , I'D iil bs
The conductor who was az 5usy ny; sstsfy mammal
net FOR as the conductor reached the enc o. had
car he exclaimed In lSun Were the chicken
scsS " or assem- sss r:
the mother Of the enfant terrible rem Tsr%"yelles
abe was In the wrong car-tboston A's