New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
THE TALK or THE DAY.

"Young men from the United states s"' ~
90 "a cuba to aid the revolutionsts Is the opinion
orsssed nv General Bradley T. Johnson. OF bai'i-
80 ho has recently been in Cuba himself
..1-,o, sre moi needed or wanted by the 'upa"S
All the insurgents want are arms ana ''c"''"
The Cnbans can carry on gue'''" vain"
months 10 come. Their war II one VI wv
NJ property; the Spanish war Is OF ex,ern''"''o"
Of the Cubans Our young men VIII III" "o oPp
,,r,tv TO battle as they might expect-no c"ahce
n win military honors and renown. "he" '"e'
,,er m. insurgents ranks they will. ma them-
,,yas herded with negroes, and their military en-
yaRements will be the occasional a"ouSo""e
detached bodies Of Spanish soldiers anu '"e ue
s,ruc,ion of property throughout the cou""s
nan, % 70 cuba. my young friends. You are OF
,noro value than the whole OF the people on tha'
island There is no fighting. coud take 'he ''n
u.o,ren, there and clean out Weyler in snort
order"
"I am confident" said the Cheerful idiot That
the breakfast must have been out late laS rder
..hs milk H is looking blue; the beefsteak feels
tough the coffee is weak the Jelly Is snaky; IN, me
iii Of fare that to have any sand Is the
sfcwed prunes and even they are raInel 500 h;ch
U.re Mrs Uashcroft entered the DISCUSSION winch
,nr,me 50 warm that the butter assumed a run
down appearance. -dndanapohs journal
.1 hesan TO learn English" says Russian artist
.,r Boston one dag. while walking with friend.
I saw a street sign. oh. said what iun"y
roms for street, Kneeiand-st! pronounced
,no * you're wrong, said my friend You pro-
Wv :, .yoaIand" street The TX" Is silent
7 took the lesson TO heart The next uay went
,r,o = restaurant ! looked over the bill OF rare
Give me some 'idneys."' | said. The servitor
looked at me aghast. Finally. IN desperation
no,nted 10 the record OF what wanted on. KID
news, he said. Excuse me- rejoined. haushthy'
the * is silent
The Root of Evil.-The Kind Lady-Iell me is ~ y
not the love Of drink that makes you '"e "'e''"e'
o1 nismal Dawson-Nome. it Is the love OF money
Good gracious, DO you mea" 10 'e" '"' '"''
'c"%o b. no. / don't mean me loyin money; mean
wonldnt be SO hard fer to git hold Of 1t now
and then Indianapolis journal
Ever since the defeat of General Baratier the
Italian journals have praised the way In which
Mene;ek has treated the 1000 prisoners that were
ouartered in the different towns OF Abyssinia
Now that the treaty of peace has been signed ana
those prisoners have been informed that they are
anon 10 he transported to Italy. many are said
to have sgnihed their desire OF remaining In the
country of the Negus. The Italian Minister OF war
,ccordinp 10 the Don Marzio" Of Naples. has re-
ceived petitions from over one hundred sodIers IN
Abyssnia requesting that they he permitted 10 re-
main where they are and not be held guilty OF de-
ssrtion from the army They assert that they have
neither family nor home I'm Italy. nor any prospect
OF lettering their fortunes II they return; IN Shoa
they have found occupation at their various call
ings The Minister is disposed to grant their re-
quest but for fear Of popular feeling In italy, he
has not yet done 80
When one reflects how many Catholics there are
I'm all our large cities who are to all ntents and
purposes az much unattached as the Protestants
who make up the most part OF Mr. Moodys audi
ences there arises feeling OF regret that we Cath
olics have not some sort OF agency a. work cor,
to Mr. M0osy and hT w NOT t6 these
the church. II may be well asked might not some
one on behalf of the Church. go to them?-(cath-
Ollie Review.
I'VE recently noted the fact" says THE States
Vile IN c. Landmark. that Il Yadkn County
man boastcd that he was sixty years old and had
never been drunk and never carried a watch or
pis,ol w W. White OF this Vicinity. can show a
better record lie IL slxty-six years Old has
rIed a watch bu. never carried a pistol. although
he has owned one; has not sworn an oath since he
can recoect. and doesn't think he ever swore one;
never took chew OF tobacco In his lie and never
smoked a pipe. cigar or cigarette
A Dangerous Doctrine men, said the
orator who refuses to quit stump-speaking ARE
Hold on!" exclaimed the listener That may do
with me. II ! were to let on to my wife that
Ssn the E
next door, there wcnl Int be anyhns left for me to
Motel '-(Washington Star
The German HISTORICAL society or baltimore.
has taken steps 10 observe the beginning Of the
bundredth year OF Baltimores existence as an
Incorporated city. on December 81.
Madge-I was so sorry to-day. There a poor
woman that asked me for 10 cents to buy some
milk for her baby. She said the little thing was
starving. and l believe II was Oh. dear, how IL did
look!
Helen-And you didn't have any money with
Won Too bad,s wasn't II?
'Madge-i had only dollar. and wanted to buy
Christmas cards with that But I was awfully
sorry for that poor woman and her baby.-Boston
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