New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-23
THE TALK or TIE DAY.

Rochester papers declare that the Episcopal
Church of the Good Shepherd in that city Is pro-
ably the most ritualistic Episcopal cnurcn IN .ne
country 1t has a confessional box. and the sacia-
ment is reserved for the alteration OF the iai'hiois
Really Grateful-"Return my MANUSCRIPT ,, II ySS
but | beg OF you not 10 ada that mea""seSs
Il assure YOU, sir said the publisher, with ds.
nhed courtesy that when we nave sos ,nroq bs
with the reading Of one Of your manuscripts thas
phrase is by no meaningless '-CCnicaso
Record.
According to Tine Washington Post Congress-
man Bryan Of Nebraska, the other day received
letter from his wife. nclosing oeautiiul por'la's
OF John VI. Thurston. Sena;or-eeci from Neorasha'
against whom Mr.. Bryan was the leading candidate
as the favorite OF fusion party or the State
The portrait was arranged in the shape or badge
and on it written the significant WORDS IN
Mrs Bryan's Handwriting Worn by your WIFE"
Mrs Bryan was of the committee wnicn super~
intended the public reception of Mr.. Thurston az
Lincoln. The receipt of the letter seemed to AFFORD
Mr. Bryan considerable amusement.
Unfortunately Put-"Unce." said the impecu,
Nous nephew you ought to go and see the new
MAY You would just die laughing"
later there could be heard the sound Of scratch-
Ing pen as ne altered his will for the forty-fourth
time.-,cincnnati Tribune
Arthur e Whey writes the following letter to
The London Times" from Cape Colony: Your
issue of october % came to hand by last mall res
nortng the extraordinary cannibalistc feat OF the
boa constructor in the Geological Gardens ihis IN"
ciient marvellous though 1t was, is capped oy ans
other which is well authenticated In this neghoor@
hood Near the ostrich farm of Mr. Maler" =
large blacksnake was recently killed As 1t appearea
unusually fat in proportion to its length 1t was cut
omen Inside Il was found a yellow snake almost
a. long as Itself Inside the yellow snake was founo
a good sized b!acksnlke, In which were thirty ess~
each OF which contained young snake, apparently
not much the worse for its temporary entomo-
ment. This makes, therefore, a totai OF 'hrS-'""
snakes inside one snake.
Good Strategy-At the session OF the School for
Mont commissioned Officers OF one OF the companies
stationed at Fort Wayne The following auest1n W. ~
an Instance OF IT," After studying for a moment or
two. the sergeant gave the reply; When In battle
and you are out OF ammunition ana don want tSe
enemy know It. 1t Is good strategy 10 keep right
firing. '-(Argonaut
THE Boston Transcript says that OF the lio IN
habltants OF the little town of Chilmark on the
island of Mar,has Vineyard. thirty-six. or aiS"st
exactly one-quarter, are congenitaly ueai anu
dumb The town records show that two OF the
original settlers OF the place. away back In the
seventeenth century were deaf and dumb. ana the
infrmty has thus been transmitted TO our own
day. This hereditary influence SHOWS no plan Ok
uniformity in It's workings deaf and dunno parehts
having children In full possession OF all their senses
and vice This peculiar community, smut IN
the social and political influences OF the time. ana
does no, differ In grea, degree from the thousand
and secluded villages which dot our Ne"-cnS-
land hills and shore line. 1t affords. however am
pie opportunity for the minute investigation OF notn
tho soclolosist and the student Of evolution ana
physiological heredity
Not every one in the world has great-grand-
father; but little Oracle had and she was very
fond of him, too She liked 10 study the network OK
all delighted
him discourse the Good Book from Adam to
one evening he telling her about the Hood
and Noah And his steam yaSh o very very very ss
ller than her great-grandfathers birth was neon
ceiyable. so che asked =. -. u,, ,,y.
Oracle looked puzzled Well them, she ASKED
why weren't you drowned?"-( Boston Budget
There is a woman living in the sinnamahonns
Valley Penn, who was born an Orr. and by mar
riage she has in turn changed her name to Barnes
Callahan. Rix Enos. Robinson. Elder and now
Bailey Each OF her six dead husbands had been
soldier in the late war. and she married the his'
one in 1863 when she seventeen. Ii is hardv
fair to say. either that these husbands were eA.
actly SIX for not one of them had all OF himself
left VIII IN succeeded TO the title OF HUSBAND 70
this admrer OF the military. Three OF the hus'
bands had only one leg apiece; one had only seven
fingers, besides being short 4 Leg another wooe~
and won the widow with one leg ana one arm.
and the sixth minus an eye ms one u'se
three years ago las, May. Her present huspahu
nor a va,eran OF the war and has all his legs
arms fingers and eyes. Mrs. Bailey Is not yss
forty-nine. and is the mother of twelve ch''ore"
two each by her soldier husbands
Had Her Tnere--"Ha." she Kissed or gaspe'
be more crcumstant!al ,.,
She held in her hand a long black mar. 90, ,,,,A
| Whose Is it?' she demanded TO KNOW ''".
II your coat sleeve =, -. . ,orscL,us
In his own rectitude. $1,000.
But 1t Is black, and mine Is oiond .o., last
"Of course But this one got on my eoo' '"~'
| week." -. ,.a. s,or. IL
Bafiied, yet unconvinced. she strooe H"~
, m.-(Indianapolis Journal