New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-23
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The chronic kicker was ct MS favcrte work again
The first thing he kicked at was the Broadway
cars say" he remarked anybody that wants
10 learn to ride a wheel need never go to cycling
school lie can just stand on Broadway and motion
for car 10 stop. The grpman VII give hin LOOK
OF scon end start the car at full speed lie VIII
get al. the pe-alln, ne wants running after the
ca"
i.t !, the F.rst McFaddsn-W'y can desc
mean by oan de Play IA aSt n ngs' but know do
play was rOtten.-(Clnc.nnati Enquirer
When the officers of the United Coas, Survey were
al work in the neghborhood OF Calais, Me, In 1885.
the Rev Charles Whittier, Of Calais, requested the
officer in charge ascertain and mark point ON
the forty-ifth parallel not far from the ROAD con-
rectiag Calais and PASSPORT Captain Ehcot' hSeo
nd marked a spot about Two miles south OF Lewis
Cove. Mr. Whittier has now made arrangements
for the erection OF A monument, which VIII be
book of red granite bearing the following inscrip-
ton: This stone marks latitude iorty-iive degrees
north halfway from the equator to the Pole
10 cotheg-lne -Husband-Fiow many
people are there In ,he next house lack OF US: dow.
Wife--I don't know; they have their washing CONC
al a laundry.-(Chicaso Record
A., English correspondent has the audacty TO in
terrogate the Board Of Admiralty upon sew
eral matters relating 20 the English Navy espe-
ca.ly ~ the condition OF some OF iu
new vessels AMI waat seems TO him an
awful expenditure" for construction He partic-
u.arly wants to know why the Admiralty
should consent TO pay $500 for the conntruc-
ton Of the hull of the battleship Terrible than for
the hull OF the Powerful. wAen the two SHIPS are
bull; from the drawings and are supposed 70
be- exactly alike The contract price for the hull OK
the Terrible is N.725,Ooo
4 Liberal Mlnd.-Wcary watklns-They amt no
H.. n.l for d sunday.
be done: don you think so? $500 ..s,
Hungry II .ssins-Leastways not no more tnan
fe- workln' on week days.-Indianapolis journal
Speaking OF humor." says sossiper in Tho
Washngton Post" most OF us fancy that us
thing the Chinese haven't sense OF, but were en-
tirelv in the wrong Dr. Macmillan, secretary or
the Presby terrain Board OF Home Missions, tod me
the other day OF Chinaman who actually per-
petrated an American pun. 1t happened al ths
University OF Montana. at Deer Lodge Inc pun
ming fever was raging among the students ana
penetrated TO the kitchen. where Ching Lee
or whatever his name was-pros!ded as COOK Inc
housekeeper OF the students boarding club went
into the kitchen one day. Ching Lee. SAID she
YOU may cook some homny for supper. Ana inc
Ch!naman, without moments hesitation. returned
For hom.ny|
A japanese gentleman. who now holds the position
of chemist in and steel foundry Just OUTSIDE
OF the city. has had his religious convictions sadiy
shattered since his sojourn in this country lie was
efforts of an enthusiastic Presbyterian missionary
there, and because the missionary wore a SILK NAT
always an adjunct of Christianity. When the
steamer which brought him TO America reacneu
hat who swore continuously. in most shocking
style. Such language from a man who was certainly
q Christian because he wore a SILK nat Upset mo
Orlentals BELIEF. and he shortly lGpsed into agnos-
m.-(Philadelphia Record
An American wheeman who has recently been In
Japan says: Heavy iron bicycles. weighing from
A. TO 60 pounds. used by a few OF the japanese
In some Of the larger cities of the Empire and when
the people hear them coming In the distance gen.
eral scattering takes place so as to give the rider
wide berth for he frequently comes in forcble con-
tact with pedestrians and sometimes coliides with
the houses shaking the nimsy structures to their
very foundations. At Toxic became acquainted
with a japanese bicyclis who occasionally accom-
panied ne on excursions TO places of interest about
the city Owing the fact tina, the roads are very
narrow ard without sidewalks. he often had the mis-
fortune to run down an imprudent spectator. and
both would roll in the mud Then victim and rider
would get up ard each would profusey apologize to
the other for the mshap. There is a japanese
bicycle factory in operation in Yokohama but as yet
the vehlces turned out are very cumbersome and
Little used"
Acquiring Neutrality-suspicious.. what is an old saw
mot the saw you saw WITH but the kind this paper
What old saw does the paper speak about?"
That's what want to know. 1t says. Every.
body has heard the old saw. never look glt
horse In the mouth 1 want to know where the
saw comes in
well there's your old saw. An old saw is an
Old proverb." .
why shouldn't you look a gift horse In the
mouth
"Because-because. It's in bad taste. It's migrate
full and all that sort of thing"
IAN what sort OF thIngT'
Why to look a horse In the mouth that has been
given TO you shows that-t shows that you are not
thinking OF the gver, but OF tho value OF the gift
What would anybody want to look a horse In
the mouth for?'
TO toll how ola Il "a