New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-14
THE Tux or THE Dli.

The Buffalo Express" quotes a young negro rs
follows: I'VE suffer no, the hands Of the
moneyed power that you have heard 50 much or
recently. but at the hands OF tn" lahoFing people"
IT is impossible for negro to obtain other posi-
iions than those OF the barber. porter. plasterer
or domestic servant. because none ~ the other
branches OF labor open 70 him The railroads.
the greatest Industrial organization on the conti-
nent employ In the Northern States over 10000
men. and yet there IL but one position. that OF car
porter. open 10 the negro owing 10 the Influence
Of the many labor organizations that will not let
negroes into their societies or work with them IN
any other position.
Bacon-Do You remember you prophcsicd that
young Bowman would he heard from wh'n b" got
little older;
Egbrri YES. hcieN" do remember saying
Wen. your words have come true. He's moved
next door 20 mo. and has taken up the cornct
y onkcrs Statesman.
The Geological Record gives the following as
the approximate number OF the different living
species the earth Mammals. 2.i0o. reptiles
and hatrachians 400 tunicaia COG brachiopods,
l50 crustaceans. COCO. myrlapods 500. echino-
dorms 5000: coclenorata 1000: proozoa. 6loJ, birds.
lc5n. fishes. l2.oo arachnids 1000. insects. 10000:
mollusks 5000. bryozoa. l.Sn; vcrmcs. GEO.
spongcs 100. general total. 5000 distinct species.
Mrs Wallace do believe that a woman could
wear her dresses almost TO rags before her nus
Mrs Ferry-That is not the with Mr.. Ferry.
He notices the dnginess OF my clothes before do
ginning to talk about how scarce money l.. and
how necessary II will be for us to economze.-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The centenary celebration OF the birth Of Schu-
bert will take place on January 81. in Vienna and
Berlin The festival In the Austrian capital will
he DEVOTED entirely TO Schubert's works and there
will also be an exhibition of his autograph manu-
scripts. In Berlin the celebration Will have
unique character The composers opera. Die
dered. several members Of the royal family taking
part In the performance
Emotion. She The young lady next door has
eloped with her music her.
Hc-It isn't possible,
she-Why isn't II possible? DO YOU know tho
parties
Hc-No: ! meant merely that it's too good to be
true.-tPuck.
An American traveller In tho island of Papua
says: "The basis OF exchange Is arrack Java rum).
one-half gallon OF which IL reckoned equal to one
days work at fishing or rattan-cutting; no money
is used. When this nectar OF the Papuan enters
home. every occupation is dropped and the
family dcvotcs all it's attention with enthusiastic
energy to it's consumption. Their efforts never flag
while tho rum lasts strength remains The
suting stupcfacton lasts for days. but on re-
covery the family cheerfuly proceeds by pcrse-
vering industry to acquire the means OF procuring
more Arrack IL without rival as the most viii
famous ntoxlcant known. and It's only competitor
Together. they are simply irresistible"
At the Metropolitan.-"Iod whispered the
heroine. Something tells me we are being fol-
lowed"
The hero laughed lightly.
impossible" he rejoinod.
But the woman's intuition right.
Two men In the second gallery were consulting
the libretto-(Truth.
'"rhe Boston Transcript thinks the election OF
Mckinley "A confirmation of the old tradition that
the American people like their Presidents to have
only one Christian name. The first five Presidents
had no middle name. and when Mckinley II In
augurated he will be the seventeenth President
without one The list includes George Washing
ton John Adams. Thomas jefferson. James Madi-
son. James Monroe, Andrew Jackson Martin Van
Buren,. John Tyler. Zachary Taylor. Willard FIJI
more Franklin Pierce. James Buchanan Abraham
Lincoln. Andrew Johnson Grover Cleveland and
Benjamin Harrison
In Muigans Aey.-Mary Ellen Casey-Myrtle
Mcguire, We needn't act dis grceabul an stuck
up cause yer fathers got a job on an ashcart an
yer brothers. got year in the pcntentary. cause
when yer brother gifts out he'll pull yer pa off'n
the cart an break his back fer disgracin tn
family by workin. an then you'll be glad L GIT
back In our set.-tJudge
THE Hartford Times says: Some OF the Hart
ford troey-cars Oh city and suburban lines are
made with slass-protected vestbule or apart
ment. for the protection OF the motormen In winter
II Ia Il very humane. indeed n really necessary
arrangement In winter climate like ours It
worked very well last winter and the tine Is now
at hand when it's usefulness will again be tested"
The Alternative--"John / wish you would buy
the family"
out that costly fur Jacket you wanted to wear
with your new silk dress You have to choose
JGorsags. as It wers."-<Chicaso Tribune