New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Consul O'Hara at San Juan del Norie Near
| aqua says: -Four hundred bicycles in Nicaragua
would bring about more wagon-road improvements
in five years than have been made during the coun-
| try's 400 years Of civilization
| His Motive-"Blame it, / wish bicycles would 50
out ii,, Of +, fas shI9
so / could buy one cheap "-(Chicago Tribune.
Lord Sudey has an apple and plum orchard Of 10
acres at Toddington. in the county Of Gloucester.
which in some seasons has yielded him profit Of
$4,000
An Inviting Method.-Roadsde Jim-Wat caused
de boke ter croak?
Ragweed Reggie-Drinkin er quart o milk punch
after eatin' er lot O. lobster salad.
Roadside Jim-Golly, he must er died happy
washington Times.
The nomination of Bryan and Watson bids fair 10
change the facial character Of Popusm In tho
South and Southwest. Many Populists in those
parts OF the country have shaved off their boards
Destinv-"Yes" an, wered the savage woman
sadly "civilization has indeed brought MS woes
Rum? Yes there's rum and then never, until
became civilized. knew what It was to keep SIXTH
and shirt waist together behind
Her lips trembed.
Yet destiny was writ, and it was vain 10 repine-
Detroit Tribune.
Tho Daily Capital" of Frankfort. Ky. for many
years the official Democratic State organ has come
out as a straight Republican paper and is advoca-
ing the election OF Mckinley and Hobart. This
leaves the Democracy OF the State capital without
organ.
..Tf Won don't give me a quarter" said little Wic
I'm going 10 tell about YOU kissing sister" .
But hadn't thought OF kissing your sister,
You amt" said Willie. puzzled Then wonder
what she told me to say that to you FOR! INDIAN
apolis Journal
The managers or the Spiritualistc camp-meetins
which is to open at Aetna. Me. on August 81 an
- Shf in Z
watha. Moses Hall and the Crime of % have sisni-
fed their intention ofIbeing present
Very Up-to-Date-"Many years ago" said tho
jubilee orator. EFT said of us that we were the
inhabitants OF a one-horse town To-day we stahn
with the stigma removed As we look forth On our
streets and see the merry bicycle and the disnied
gasoline carriage speeding to and FRO We gay WIN IN
conscious pride that one-horse town no
longer The last horse has been banished ana We
are modern. up-to-date. no-horse town OF the
first class. '-(Cincirnati Enquirer
The Baltimore American" says that the settle.
meat of the boundary line between Maryland ara
West Virginia which affects a cone-shaped strip
Of land claimed as part OF Garrett County No.
three quarters OF a mile wide at the base and thirty
seven miles long, tapering to a point viii prooapy
be taken up very early at the next term oil INC
United States Supreme Court, and definitely settled
Failed but Oncc-"Dont be afraid Come risht
in-my wife's out Have a little something he''
Good heavens man. you've got the wrong bottle,
Look at that label Don't you see its marked
oh. that's all right That saves it from the hre5
girl. My own invention, you know. Clever ish | ~
Never failed but once"
How was that? go ,,,-,-, plain
Hired girl couldn't read"-(Cleveand pam
Dealer.
Recently a priest in the West of Ireland oe'
nounced certain songs that had become popular N
the parish and told the people that they must "0'
sing them Il don't know their names, ne eN
Of, lpn
mean. and in Gaze YOU don't I'll whistle theiE ans
And he whistled them to his congregation
1t has Just been discovered that the house -, ~
Vaucluse Provence occupied by Petrarch wnen y.
exile still exists When Petrarch retired to no
solitude OF Vaucluse he had bidder farewell 70 h Ng
pomps and vanities of this world. lie who nas
dazzled the Court by the splendor OF his costume
was entirely without ornament. and his S Sn,y u
ury was the library In 1863 Pe'r9rch lei. Of n:
village Before year had passed brlgahnss ~, ~
stolen everything OF value aH sSs discovered that
the foundations Of the house were so SOFIA u hs
progress OF the hre was was, Prarcb French home
-(The Gentlewoman
A business of Farhaven. Wash writes a.
follows to a friend in this city
The Republicans OF this part Of Washington are
wide awake and mean to make strong hgnt Tor
Mckinley and Hobart The Mckinley Club OF faH-
haven, organized July 81 has already more IMAM
hundred ana twenty-five Hl'H'ciS' anu ''fN
to enroll fully two hundred. The county is to 10
covered with clubs and. I'm cooperation with tho
County Committee every possible mears VIII be EN-
ployed to awaken the consciences and inform mo
minds OF voters"
you're rot looking bright to-day Uncle Ben
What's the trouble?" .A.,.
Bout dis heah votin' business. suh-da' : WHAT
Voting business $50 49,
Yes sub. You see. dey's got 4 new man UP u'
fer manager en- he took en- had me rested hasc
vote twice TO hr'akfas'.
"Well% .,,. ..o or
EN- W lie | wuz lock up In de & a dhouse TWO ,,,.
fer freedom
"Well?' -, -.A,,i,
.en M, helm dar to vote FER 'um. des nachully
los. two roln' dollars en- all dey custom In dc Ies
tions ter come po' man doan stan no mo s 49,
In dis country dan a grease SPOT on baked 3os'
sumw-(Atlanta Constitution