New-York tribune., 1896-05-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY,

Christians who eat no meat and regard the kOu,s
OF animals as SINFUL built somewhat pretentou
church in Thrd-st.. Philadelphia. The building b
now occupied by a firm OF pork packers and san
sage makers.
The lecturer inquired dramatically: Can any oas
In this room tell me OF perfect manT' There was
dead senes Has any ~ 99e Sr he .;,.n CONTINUED @
woman in black dress rose up at the back OF the
auditorium and answered: There was one I've
often heard OF her, but she's dead now. She We
my husbands first wlfe."-(San Francisco Tines
The farmers OF oxford County. Ne, are nearly a
taking 10 bicycles The o'her day one OF them rode
three miles to the store on a wheel carrying pail
of butter in one hand and basket Of eggs IN the
other Another ashed a bag Of meal TO the handle.
bar of his wheel and rode home with the load
passing a neighbor who was returning In wagon.
From an EcOnomics Point Of yew,.It TIC sem: :
waste OF money money to buy tandem when We ha" 'Ss
That's just like a woman" re,orted Mr. Mcswst
Don't you see, Lobea. that when we 70 cut riding
with IT at night we only need one lsavanr-cN-
HEAVEN UP TO DATE.
The new arrival stared aghast.
What do mine eyes behold?
St. Peter. are those bicycles
Upon the streets Of gold?'
St Peter coughed. "Ahem. my son.
Bicycling Is no sin,
They wouldn't come without their whesA
And so-we let them i'm"
Getting Serious.-Johnnies Ma-What an ~
home for so early?
Johnnie-Teacher suspended me.
Johnnie's Ma--What for?
Johnnie-Cause 1 said the Shooter wheel was n
good.
suspension?
Johnnie-why. teachers Just bought skoots-
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The spirit of democracy is dominant In Aoeroe~
Scotland A little while before the recent city eec
ton candidate for an Office thought he would q.
on few of the leading City Councillors. he nah1
a cab and told the cabman TO drive him 10 Counc
lor Blssett. the treasurer. The Councillor |"
found in blacksmith's shop. shoeing no~
"In somebody better than this said the eS
d!date Drive me to Councillor Maiuands i"
cabman thereupon drove him to the pawnbrokaa
"Confound it," said the candidate. Drive ne y
Councillor Grey's." Il am Councillor Grey W.
replied the cabman.
An Atchison man has two daughters. One re
a bicycle and the other doesn't He has found % -
that the rider eats twice as much as tne ehi.,s ys Il
1sst II. le thinks Ssyes G sea ars good thing
wife is also a statlstician, and she ADDS 'nrs ss "
bicycle girl hasn ,S wiped z 1oa rea dsS st'n az night
the sewing machine wheels and the work fsls
the daughter who doesn't ride-tAtchis0h '"'
The point has been brought out by corresp'D1',,
OF marine paper that 1t is no wonder the Sp'a.
were willing TO assault and Insult the lhi'ea .,
Consul at the time of the adoption OF Cuban ,e..
tions by the House. In Barcelona only TWO n +.
can sailing vessels were seen last year. Anu 49,,
asked: What reason had they for behe'ins 49,"
we had a flag or a people capable OF detenu"s ,,,
ha SfQ
two American sailing vessels visited LTepVv.
1895. and curing the same year not an A"s n..us
merchantmen touched at the cities OF Hun '..,,, .a
Glasgow, Belfast. Dublin. Portsmouth h0'''a -,a
Genoa or Naples. The other side OF this pe'. ,.,,A
shown In 1861 when the merchant feet OF 'ns vu
States aggregated 5539slS tons. ana 'ne 10
seen In every port in the world where s"'p'
From Another Point OF vlew.-They .,,.ivs nsv rnsa
telling fish stories. and the quiet u"''
The idier who spends his time in thinxins w
ish questions broke the silence 10 inap whale thd
II wonder what finally became Oh '"' ..t
swallowed Jonah?' -. man but
Il don't know" replied the Quiet. mnt
have an idea as to some OF his moven'"''
u don't doubt that he hunted up ga telling tsss
aSS aow sn: sns rss'. %S n sTer Star
The negotiations now proceeding ..ss sossn
Cabinets of Hungary and Aus'r'" ssx5 N eon'
a renewal Of the dualistic system OF i Govern
plicated by q demand OF the HunsA.,u, Huns.nsr, cora
ment for the establishment or an Ai.. az nas beea
The Hungarian militia. or honved "n. .,,nal seuti'
always looked upon animated oy .n. Of srt'
ments is still without any regular co'ps M, line
lery; and consequently the empire 20. nations
of armament behind other Europea" aNA
Russia has 400 guns; France. $780, 1e, more thar
and Austria-Hungary only Ito harals aaSrvssiuiss
Italy which had l,6a0 guns oeroIe Inv pieces o.
disasters. during which she lost ".s. ~. Austhss,
artillery. The Minister OF war 0, ,.rsase Of ~
army rom $4,000 men to 24ooo@' mot 70 those y
acatIons Of military service anaiosor, s.t will nsH
trodues in France and s',Tnns sT'sry "a and he ~
nsr,.n honvea seems justified In ae"h enough y
es,abli.hment OF an artillery eorps, o, TO incrsss
vienna Government wou'a ",,,,ta.
the strength OF the Magyar '"'''' ., ~
rrusxaity.-"I think" SAID. saa '"a anyway. tina,
ddn;f have any great noPGe noP these here camP nP ts
uueuli bs a good plan to make EN- 90 that 81. =
rnttons of mine with eyes .n,iv % kin sell ,s1sp
Ismsnd = smaller than the saptRnr supRRnr Of the f''~
so.ls overall factory. or some'
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