New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-24
THE TALK or THE DAY.


There are eleven daily newspapers In China nine
printed in Chinese one in English and one In
French
Not Plain.-"Mabel." said the girls
mother that young man writes very nice letters.
Why mammal
forward to the time when he viii be 'oscatlng in
a hammock or 'oscuatng in a hammock'"-
washington star.
The Rev. Mr.. Funk. OF Wichita, Kan, went out
the other day a crusade against whiskey Joints"
During his absence Of the pursued "jontists"
went his barn. stole his horse and fled from the
country He left a note In the stable saying: IT
you want men Of my business to get out OF Kansas
SO bad, surely You will not regret the loss OF your
horse. You have lost horse and jontst,
but you have gained victory for God and morality
and you ought to be satisfied" The Rev. Mr.. Funk
is not satisfied and he wants the ''jontst" ard the
horse brought back by the police
Vital Statistics -Tourist-Plenty OF boys dying
Rubberneck Bl-Naw But they has been sew
eraI fresh guys died with them yaller shoes
The people of North Woburn. Del. are raising
money 10 erect a monument In Wilmington In honor
OF the Baldwin apple. on the monument will be the
following inscription:
This pillar erected in 1895 by the Rumford His
torica ASSOCIATE ton marks the estate where IN ls3
the Wdsiesax San discowerei the first Pecker ap
pie. later named the Baldwin Exact spot 20 feet
west 10 degrees north.
It was called the Pecker apple because Of the
great number Of woodpeckers around the tree when
discovered Samuel Thompson and his brother
AbIjab grated a large number Of trees from the
Pecker tree. Colonel Toamz Baldwin, the we'll
known engineer. did great deal 70 make these
CRAFTS celebrated and the apple was therefore called
after him.
An American in Paris is DESTROYS OF seeing an In
terstate and international code Of manners accepted
don clothes YET dreaming OF the stars and stripes.
ne encountered two Of his fair countrywomen at q
araps the wall lifting his bat with whatever Of
Gallo grace and Yankee aplomb he could muster At
who had passed him scornfuy. by nlutter TO her
companion. That's just like a Frenchmdn. always
trying 10 fiirt with youi'-(BOstOn Transcript.
whether It be the atrocious wickedness OF boys
who do not regard the seriousness OF the crime in
throwing stones through the windows of trains
passing through the Fourth-ave. tunnel or whether
/, be the vile work OF deliberate scoundre. 1t
would be a righteous disposition OF the Individual
or individuals who thus put the lives OF the per-
sons In jeopardy to send him or them 10 state
prison a, hard labor for few years. IL Is almost
q daily occurrence that car-window Is smashed,
and one or more OF the passengers injured more or
less BY a stone thrown from Of the openings
In the tunnel and smashing through the window.
on Wednesday evening stone was thrown through
the window OF the smoking-car OF the New-haven
train leaving the Grand Central station az eW
D. m. and a passenger next to the window had Ms
face cut with splinters OF glass. On Friday even
ing stone was thrown through another window
on the same train making perfectly round hoe
about three inches In diameter. Fortunately Tor
the pa ssengers ,he window last struck was the ono
a, the rear end OF the opposite the water-tsnk
In both Instances the stone-throwing occurred at
about Seventeth-si.
squa,ter"YOur dog has just killed one 81 my
confound you | saw him nst night with you az the
station" "Yus, We was mates then Due me IA
II ever yer let yer hunger git the better OF yer
morals again you an me part company
see he's on his own hook now. -(Sydney bniie'iH'
when was farming in Carolina" says an old
Connecticut fellow Il got ahead Of Providence IN
the hailstone business After had planted my crop
OF tobacco rugged mp line OF poles the entire
length OF the field. with ropes stretching from
pole 20 pole and 10 those ropes attached cio'n
material not stiN crinoline nor so nex'oVs
as cambria BY system OF puleys any one STAND
ing az the edge OF the fed could pull the main guy
rome and IN five seconds the entire crop would %
covered by this curtain or awning. / was taken III
about this time and my physician told me must
20 10 California for my health. so went. bur De-
fore going | instructed my wife how 70 work
my device and told her that whenever she saw
storm coming 70 cover the crop
And 50 the hail never damaged your topacco'
inaulr.d the little man with the chin whskers
mo sir never touched IT, But. then, you SEE
he added Ieisurely taking long pull at his
cigar there wasn't any tobacco TO rum Tor every
time a storm came up my wife drew the curtains
and the crop died from drouth
Johnnie dear" said his mother. who was trying
10 .nculcate lesson in industry, what 90 you sup
pose mamma would DO for you If you snouid come
TO her some day and tell her that you loved your
studies7" Lick me for telling falsehood said
dear little Johnny with the frankness or youth.
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