New-York tribune., 1896-09-29

vr txrvan,s speech at Madison Square Garden
when he accepted the nomination for the fresi-
dorcv has been republishod and answered In
handy pamphlet called The Boomerang. or Bryans
Sne.cb with the Wind Knocked out" 1t is written
nv James S Barcus and consists Of conversations
interspersed between the paragraphs OF the speech
dissecting IT and pointing out it's falIacles ln's
Madison Square address has been considered tho
leading eypostion of the free silver cause. The
ease with which its arguments can be demoiished
must convince any person who studios II OF the
hollowness and weakness OF the Bryan campaign.
No Trouble for Him.-"Tak about the tecnncai
dificuIties of LISTS Hungarian Rhapsody No
exclaimed the tle MUSICIAN wlin the curIng l S gar
And with dreamy, rapt, farlway gaze ne Went on on
turning the crank Of MS hand-organ.-'Cmcaso lh'-
Old Tae-I think I'll have to give up playing golf:
the long distance around the links Is niue 100
much for ME with my rheumatism
Young Foursome-Oh. you must play real goi.
old Tae-Why. of course. Don't you?
young Foursome-Oh, yes. but our links are
little nearer together, perhaps, than the regular
Scotch links You see turned our old tennis
court into golf links.
The Czar-Hush. am sure hear the ticking OF
Internal machine
The Chicf Consable-I will order an investigation
AT once Your Highness. Don't move
All-Don't move.
Nobody moves. ,... ~ r,,.,
your Hiqhness Special Inspector McBreeks has
too much starch in his shirt 'front.' ana Il creaAs
when he breathes. That IS all
Everybody y-Ah-h-h, , ,>,
The cortege moves on.--(Cleveland Plain Dealer
SIX coored men who have just arrived in Phila-
delpha from Liberia say that that country IS any
thing but a paradise. and they advise cooreu me"
not 10 emigrate to It, Provisions are hlgh. flour
sells wholesale at sl5 per barrel and salt meat at
he
had is very bad whiskey. which is sold al cents
for half a pint It is brought there by German ana
English traders and one drink is sufficient 10 put
the most peaceful man into a lighting humor
Modern.-"And shall then look daggers?' asked
the ingenue. ~
NO " he shrieked This is a modern play LOOK
hatplns - Detroit Tribune
While Mr. Bryan in Hartford. Conn the
publishers of President Andrews's book. AN Honest
Dollar" gave him a copy of the book. In his note
acknowledging the present he addressed the pup
fishers as Gents" Even boy orator ought not
10 perpetrate such a verbal crime as Gents
Dismal Dawson-Tm trying TO git back TO me
norn old mother She amt seen me face Tor ten
The Offensive that is oTna 'he truth
The new freshmen class OF the University OF
syracuse had not been on the college campus more
,har ,vsntv minutes on Monday the first day OF
,beir college life when they had decided on class
veil and were giving II. II goes this way
Hi. hi. hi,
III. XII k
Nineteen hundred.
Domestic Science e-"Listen. Mrs Jones; some one
has invented machine by which man can near
hliTSeu Tnats good Mr. Jones; now hope they'll get
up one by which man can near n'nisei s"o'e
Chicago Record
A., engineering work which may have considerable
effect ON coastwse freights is the reconstruction
~ the Dismal Swamp Canal. which is designed 70
AFFORD a waterway between the north and south
saacoasts avoiding the dangers Of Hatteras. TINS
canal IS a historic one. having been begun In lei
and constructed In ten years largely by slave iaoo'
70 the depth Of four feet and width OF thirty-two
feet II extends from Elizabeth city. near NorfoK'
Va TO the head waters OF the Pasquotank RIVER
a distance OF twenty-five miles. there connecting
with navigable streams which reach the ocean
south OF Hatteras In It's early years It paid divl'
dends OF 60 per cent per annum. and a share OF io
stock was reckoned TO be worth one hearty map
slave The present contract calls for UNIFORM
depth OF ten feet and width OF sixty feet. ano uis
venture Is backed by 100000 OF Baltimore cap hl
The work Is TO be completed by December 81. 1881
An Obstacle.-First Chicago woman-And you
had to get rid OF fldo! .,s
wouldn't let any strange husbands come u ths
house, Detroit Tribune.
An explanation OF the recent large TRANSACTIONS
I'm silver In spite the prevailing low quotatons Is
furnished by a mine owner. who says; we are
uncovering as much of our ore az We possibly cam
so as 10 be In shape practically 10 work out our
mine within two years and before there shaii DC
n great reduction In the price OF silver y lie does
not believe in free coinage and In placing the limit
OF duration of the proposed imitation az two years
shares the opinion of all practical autprties
Best He Could Do--"What was thu nne sent'
ment that Bryan got on the other do
He said we must not drop the botgh 0. tnosos
upon the corus Of labor. y."-lChicaGo ascora .-----