New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-05
THE TALK or THE DAY.

II Is curious that some intelligent journals shouid
EXPRESS surprise because Gunboat No. ~ Is 70 De
named Marietta in honor of Marietta. ONO. mat
town was the first settlement In ONO. ana the
honor paid to 1t Is therefore, IN seIise' co'iP"
ment To the whole West
A Kind Husband.-'Pore Jim was always mighty
good to me-" sobbed the weeping widow. with an
the beatin's he gimme. he never M me whrre tne
marks would show so the neighoors cocio see
m."-Dndianapol!s Journal
The Abbott voting machine was successfully used
IN Hudson. Mich on Election Day. II was legal
ted by the last Michigan Legislature. and its use
in Hudson was for the purpose OF testing IT, The
MYERS voting machine also worked we'll in Roch-
ester.
No Collection on sundays.-Not. long ago two
country schoolboys came upon pillar-box thing
,hev mad never seen before,
said one: This must be a Salvation Army thing.
NO" said No .: 1T amt that. because 1t says:
NO collection Sundays "-Answers.
Bryan German. Senator Jones. Henry George
and the rest OF the rainbow chasing Popocratic
leaders ought 10 get together now and organize
school OF the prophets To he sure. they are only
sham prophets. but the American people won't
complain abou; that II they had turned out 10 be
prophets indeed 1t would have meant losses to
everybody.
Confusine-"Politics must be awfuly hard to keep
Il think so. too" answered Mamie, There are
man. different Kinds o: votes 10 ook AFTER
there's tho Australian ballot. and declare don't
wonder that they sometimes guess wrong. "-tWash-
ington Star.
An old negro harnessed 10 wagon with mule.
hauling two bales OF cotton. entered Rome. Ga,
the other day Man and mule had travelled sew
eral miles through the country. The negro had
only one animal. with which he made two bales
o cotton. and. being anxious 70 market the
product OF his little patch at once he contrived
of harm inns " no
mule and taking the cotton 10 the city.
Booker-what are you up TO these days?
uackeigh- Getting up "A collection OF personal
anecdotes
all the anecdotes can. and when have enough OF
suppose YOU know that It is the regular in
ali biogrs phical anecdotes?-(Bosion Transcript.
Charles Hall Adams. United States Consul-Cen-
eral in Liberia now In this country visit. says
that Liberia is fairly prosperous. and that indus
trious and intelligent people are able TO make
good living In the country. The principal industry
Is tho raising OF coffee and palm oil. and a num-
her OF American negroes good plantations
and enjoy incomes OF rs much as 5000 year. All
the necessaries OF life be raised with little
trouble The houses are built OF lumber most of
which is imported. Most OF the commerce is with
England there being direct trade with this
country.
or the Earth. Ear,hy.-"No" said the gentle.
Ho a" AMY Myo hing en- that account today know
promised YOU. and i am sorry: but man is naught
w II realize that" said the collector
II am glad YOU do my friend
and came around here In the hope OF striking
pay dirt, but | seem to have missed it."-(Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
or Chateaubriand. Napoleon observed that he
looked like q consprator come down a chimney but
this unprom!sng appearance II 1t really belonged 10
l.
n capital preparation OF beefsteak named after him.
distinction almost equal TO that OF decoration with
the Chinese order O<sfhe double dragon which II IL
NOT on record that he got. Lord Salisbury now
appears on the menu. giving the title to an excellent
outlet and he wear the double dragon while
eating 1t. ii Hung Chang having conferred that
decoration upon him during his recent visit The
cotelette A la Salisbury may jaiiciously be COM
pared with net a la Chateaubriand not because the
personages or the dishes are In any degree similar
but because II Is interesting to consider in what
varying degrees the Minister and the scholar and
writer impart inspiration to the inventory OF the
cuisine. The stimulus Of a great name seems always
active with Them whether 1t belongs TO prince or
poet soldier sailor. viveur or other. Then there are
cotelettes la Mantenon. as well as the same 4 Ia
Nelson: the names OF Talleyrand Richelieu and
Lord Chesterfield are more or less connected with
some beautiful arrangements Of chicken" Charles
X and Sam Ward. Cinq-Mars and Cagliostro, Soublse
and Vieroy Fanny Ellser and Patti with an end
less procession OF other immortals and celebrities
have all lent their names to preparations OF the oven
and saucepan. lending an added danness and SAVIOR
to their spiceres. Now that Salisbury Is thus hon.
ored, President Cleveland would entitled to
like distlnc perhaps with some form
OF chowder, in recognition OF his piscatory as well
as his magsterlal achievements There Is no reason
why Europe should possess monopoly OF this form
Of celebration. and even Bryan Is entitled to have
a soup named after him. In which he can be I'M
mersed after the election.
In the days when II was common for the younger
son to go into the church. one OF these :oung gem
tlemen had charge Of an outlying chapel. A Gun
day or two after his ordination he found himself
there In the afternoon with only the sermon In his
pocket that he had preached there In the morning,
and so the unfortunate curate had to give 1t over
again. He began after service to make profuse
politely stopped him by saying: "Lor bless &c.
Master Charles. don't ee take on 80. We never
Listens to esv'-CTlt-BNA