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

,.,r. r,u.a.,nbia Record describes a CHASTITY
election bet which was paid in that city last week.
Thu man who lost the bet was carried In Il hearse
TO a cemetery. the winner driving. BY the terms
OF the bet a stop was made at various saio'"' "
that the defeated man might treat
ibid YOU come out we'll on your examinations!
Didn't |. though! All the Proh ed Rst.er
FOR a son -in-law right away!'-tFncgehoe pii''e''
The voters of Massachusetts, have refused 10
adopt the biennial election amendment, largely De-
cause many Of them thought that annual eiec-
tions would give reformers better opp', IN,
n carry out their ideas in legislation DINERS
..,,.h, TINT annual elections have an educational
value.
An End-of.thc-Century Child.-"Why. Frankie h;,,
what are you reading In that book about prhs'"s
W "I'm lust looking to see whether I'm being prop
erly brought up"'-Fliegende biat'e''
r,.ro ore many persons. even yet. in Talbot
County Md who believe that Bryan has peeh
elected TO the Presidency because woman fortune
teller saws So About two months ago she planted
two beans She went through the necessary III
carnations In such performances. one OF the Deans
was named Mckinley and the other Bryan They
were tended carefully, and the fortune-teller
declared that whichever came up first represented
the successful Presidential candidate. day or
two before election both beans came to the surface
the BRYAN bean outstripping the other three hours
and twenty-six minutes. Therefore she declared
Bryan would be elected by a small majority
Desperate wager.-"H you haven't been takin' a
bath. I'll eat my hat declared MT. weary ""'
Guess I'll have to own up" assented Mr.. Dismal
.'Whut dye mean by it?' ,
ELECTION bet; that's l"-Undianapolis Journal
Saws THE Boston Transcript: Now that st.
sayiour's Church in the borough OF SOUTHWARK.
London. is to have a memorial window in honor Of
John Harvard the Harvard men might turn their
attention 10 the dilapdated condition OF the monu-
ment over John Harvard's grave In Charlestown.
which since its dedication In the early part OF the
century. seems TO have been forgotten oy iiar'aru
men"
trance for several days. said the theatrical
ager do you know who he is?"
IL strongly suspect that he's scaiper repne"
the ticket Observation-Disclosures American
ON the subject OF Education in the Trades " The
Inland Printer for November calls attention TO the
,horoughncss OF German training. In contradistnc-
ton to the technical training given In the trades In
England and America. On technical schools IN
America Il says: We have a number OF technical
schools. which are thefy supported by private en-
terprise. but the good work they are doing Is not
encouraged It should be. nor is the vast impor-
lance OF their plan appreciated by workmen gerer-
ally For pioneer work In technical education the
technical club movement IL the readiest means at
hand. and the effort originating among workmen
themselves Is assured OF more favor from them
than II 1t the creature of the manufacturers or
others whose capital is invested in the arts and
manufactures. Nevertheless. the development and
extension OF technical clubs throughout the arts and
crafts Will require the aid OF employers as well as
the countenancc and good will OF the employed. and
when the fruits OF the trade club have been tasted
the establishment OF trade schools or other plans
OF trade education will be longer the subjects OF
suspicion and Jealousy. az they very largely are at
present"
Suspcious.-'If you want to be liked In a news.
paper ONCE" said the man at the desk, you must
be careful to write only one side OF the paper"
The youth with a bunch OF manuscript looked at
him slispIciously ard exclaimed
NO. you don't. ! may look young. but can see
through some things. You want me to write my
poetry on one side of the paper that you can
turn II over and the other side for your long,
wnded articles about finance. It's an economical