New-York tribune., 1896-12-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

monthly publication devoted to the home ana ior-
eign missionary operations OF the Congregational
churches in the United States. II Is attrac'iVeN
printed. ably edited. and furnished to churches a.
the cost OF 10 cents year. 1t is Issued from NO. %
Bible House. In this city.
'You nigh, put thar" said the bersayed cay hus-
hand TO the rural sculptor. "tSat she dieo peace
full an that we wouldn't call her pacK'
anything else? u,n
she never spoke a cross word In her life"
Fem % decf an dumb an OF quiet an retirin'
natur"
wen you might throw In little scrIptur Jest
say: Her children rise up an call her Betsy -
ATLANTA Constitution.
On an ordinary dirt road. according to The
philadelphia Record" "a horse draw three
times as much weight ms he carry on his back
On a good macadamized road the animal can pull
three times as much as on dirt road. while on an
asphalt pavement the power OF the horse Is multi
piled 10 such degree that he can draw .eiSh
times as much n dirt road, or thry-threc
times az much as he can carry on his back, What
tho road traffic OF cities owes TO the street raii-
WAYS is illustrated by the computation that on
metal rails horse draw one and two-th'rds
times as much as on the best asphalt pavement;
,our times as much as on Belgian blocks. nine
times as much as on cobblestones. twenty times as
much as on an earth road. and forty times as much
sand"
she-Would you love me Just the same dearest. II
I were poor instead OF worth n million! .
He-I have registered solemn VOW never to dis
cuss the financial question again.-Detroit FREQ
Press
Mississippi paper says that nearly all the atro-
cious murders in that State have been committed
I'm prohibition counties. and adds: "Blind-tiger
whiskey prompts men to deeds that are fearful to
contemplate In Iauderdale. Lafayette and Sun
flower counties terrible crimes have lately been
committed. all these counties have voted dry.
An ul,terate young man once got friend 10
write a letter for him TO his sweetheart. The let
that an apology was due to his sweetheart for its
lack OF tender nothings. II was as follows Pcase
the mildncss OF THIS here et,eT as 'ne s"hp
can't blde any soft soaping-it allus gives him the
spazzums. Bits.
Tho proprie,ors Of an English medical nostrum
announce that on n certain day they Will send up a
balloon over London from which a number or
checks will be thrown. varying In value from IS to
go which will be cashed at the ofiico OF the con-
Tut,,c-Thc professor nnds II impossible TO get
away from his work.
Tuttle--Yes ne went to the seashore and the first
thing he struck was n school OF hsh-(Texas sitter.
Dr. j. l.. NJ Curry has some good advice for the
South Speating at Shaw University. Raleigh. ~
C.. tho other day he said: III you will go from
Weldon to Wilmington will venture that you can
fnd from ten to nifty people at every station stand
ing idly by whiting sticks and chewing tobacco
They do not know how to do anything that requires
skill They cannot even make axe-helves. A short
time ago I saw at n station In North Carolina n
bundle OF axe-helves and upon asking where they
were from was told that they had been shipped
from Kansas No other State has so magnificent
supply OF timber. and yet wa buy axe-helves from
Kansas and wagons from Northern States. We
must get out OF that"
A lady on entering the kitchen early one morning
saw n plate and knife and fork. the former OF which
had evidently contained rabbit pie. The lady strong.
y suspected certain OF nnVng ns nsca
Mistress-Jane. what's become OF the cold rabbit
p,e that was left?
',J 'Jane~Oh. I didn't think It was wanted. mum. so
| gave II to the dog. .
Mistress (sarcasticaly)- the dog use a knife
Jane cunaba shed)-Not very we'll yet. mum. but
I'm teaching him to-(Tit-Blts
The game of poker has become a political issue
in West Virginia THE Richie Gazette has come
out against Colonel George NJ. Bowers. of Berkeley
County n candidate for the coectorship OF Internal
revenue I'm that district. because he is charged with
knowing how to play poker. 1t says: '"roo many
Republicans look with righteous Indignation upon
this terrible sin to countenance II In public Of
fetal"
lie Overreached Himself; Nav" said Tommy
81 amt workin' the good little boy racket this
Christmas; not much. ] tried i las, Christmas"
Ibid they get onto you? asked Jimmy.
Nav they didn't git onto me. but they thought
I was in earnest. an went an bought me dinky
lot of Sunday school books an set o chessmen."
-Qndianapols Journal
Reports from Kalamazoo Mich. say that great
deal Of Kalamazoo's celery crop lies rottng In tho
trenches In the fields From one-third to one-half
of the crop will bs total loss to the growers. Its
value is estimated at from $4,000 to s25OoO0. The
reason for this. growers say. is the small demand
for celery throughout the Northern States during
the months OF October and November. The lack
Of market Is ascribed to political disturbances.
A "Teazer"-Referring to a railroad whose oper-
aung expenses always exceeded Its earnings, an
opinion OF the United States Supreme Court says:
Counsel says that 1T Is familarly known In Texas
a teazer and II II passes beyond this In
teresting but Improbable stage, even It's friends
will be surprised We are not advised, and we can
hardly be expected to take judicial notice of what
is meant by the term 'teaser, but II clearly as
closed by the record that this was an unprontapie
road."-(Case and Comment