New-York tribune., 1896-01-29
TIE TILK or THE DAY.

r,e ranoncsc Government has just placed orders
for 1900 Watches not 10 cost moro IMAM e - eaon
They arc 10 be distributed among the otncers anu
men who distinguished themselves in the late war;
and are 10 take the place OF the meihs usua''
awarded at the close of national hostilites.
Very Ilkely.-If Jameson had known that LauTs. lt.
ate Austin would write such poem ABOUT h'S i'1s
he would have walked.-oi'oston courier
Tho other morning the beach for mile or more
near ola saybrook. Conn, vas covered IN spo''
with hundreds Of fine softshell crabs. Inc hshe'-
men were unable to account Tor the pheno'"e"o'
but they promptly turned 1t 10 gooi account py
gathering in the crIstaccans and shipping them 10
tle markets
An Advantage.-''What advantage do spiritualis"
Their hrst wives always advise them to marry
aga.n."-(Chicago Record
The Office hoy went up TO the composins-room to
90, = nroor of a certain galley. When Il was given
% him he Vas asked II 1t was all riSht ana he
replied that 1t not, because the letters c'a
not show I'D oh that is because the mail has
not yet arrived" was the explanation.
THE CAVALIERS LAMENT.
| cannot tune my mandolin
Ny Iadys smiles fail to win.
Havana.
For ,ust when begin 10 sing
The insurgent bullets round me rms,
Ard snap" goes every blessed string,
Havana!
My lady from her lattice shrinks'
OF shells and flashing swords she thinks.
The wild Insurgents and rip
would not make n skyward mp
And So my love. I'll skip, I'll skip
ATLANTA Constitution.
Captains wives who sail with their husbands havs
their own trials end troubles, but there Is one IN
which they VIII have the full sympathy OF tner
sisters on shore \ recent instance Of how this
particular trouble comes up has just come 10 'sh,.
4 few days ago the bark Hattie q. Dixon arrived
AT Baltimore from China. and Captain sou'harus
wife was compelled TO decline an invitation 10 dihe
ashore because sine had been at sea for seven
months. and was afraid that her gowns and hats
all out OF fashion,
Tckled Their vanity-"This Is about as hne q
collection Of autographs Of notables as have ever
seen" said the casual caller. How in the wore
did Sr TO ,Ee Ee' SSa explained T sen.
every one Of them new book win g., tne sedusst
that he would be the frst 10 ilsctloe MS ha"'e'
Indianapolis Journal
In talking with an American about tho different
conditions of women In Japan and the United States
a japanese diplomat once said: When marry
take a head servant; when you marry you become
one" man who recently visited Japan quotes
remark In a somewhat similar vein made by
Japanese Interpreter Il sat one day he SAID, at
the door of a dining room in n hotel in Toxic where
all kinds OF foreigners staying, and watched
them as they came in. The Frenchman came in Win
madame on his arm. Then the Englishman came 10
so (mitating a pompous. self-mportant personase.
And his wife? Oh. she came after him IKE 'h''
(dramatizing a meek and timid woman followingr
And the American husband? The American hus.
band? Oh he's in 1t. Madame sails In aheao
of him, and he just walks behind wherever sns
goes"
Not Borrowing Trouble.-"What do people mean
by When ignorance Is bliss ,or,arsnce
society doesn't know there is beer In the "e''"
rareb.t."-(Chicago Record
How III luck will sometimes follow sea eap'As
Is shown by the wreck Of the schooner "i'i
Wilson, which was run down and sunk oy oa
N tow of a tug one night week or so ago. W..
s,e was at anchor between the Handkerchief a"s
Shovelful Shoa lighsh.ps. off Nantucket ai.ho"e
her lights burning and she was NOT III VI.
regular track OF vessels. II was the hrst Trip "
capta,n Gayton in the Wilson. he having only =
fe0 weeks before lost the schooner Neiie ClarA o
Grand Manan. at the entrance to the bay W
Fundv The schooner VI. j. Chadwick ran into the
sunken vessel on the next night and tore the nas~
out OF her.
George Ford the well-krown basso. sings IN ~
choir of St stephens Church Mr.. Ford although
one would suspect il from MS ananS
IS grandfather. and last sunday ms h'n Th rttle
son attended church for the first time Inc III LII.
chap, who is only four years Old VAS masramnG
very much impressed with the strange surrHdn nd hs
restrained from makine. known MS mp'edsS mn dawn for
a shr H. childish treble. Mr. FORD was "s uomss ~
solo ard after organist WOOD mar haI pof Iof The
youngs,er caught sight OF him for the ,s' ."hhst hst
and Jumping up with grin Of reeoEn,.0n nss Halle
grandpop!" The congregation Uttered Nr.E9c. ~. ESss
grew very rcd. and the solo was postponso'SS" "'~
dcptia Record.