New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-13
THE talk or THE DAY.

the daily papers puDlSntu III h'''"S'
Greece are the ora GIour), the "Plinshensa
,pocereration) "Ncai Ideal" (New Ideas. "Aion
F,ra) ..Toil" (Mcrning) and "Telegrafuf cine
Tclegram). There are also two weekly papers pub
lshed in the French language. the journal
a. Athencs" and lie Messenger dAtheres. lhesc
two newspapers are designed especially for the
onlightcnmert instruction and perusal OF tourists
and resident diplomatsts. The two papers pup
ushod I'm the ancient Of Sparta arc tho Pelo-
nonnisiakos ASter' and the "PeloponnisiakoS Eos
II is the custom of some Greek newspapers 10 pun
lsh uncorroborated news only as advertisements
the persons in interest paying for the insertion at
regular advertising rates.
How Is Digges getting along? l haven't seen
'"aWors9 than usual" was the reply in tones of the
deepest sympathy. very hluCH "NiSc IMAM usual
fU Are t'' YOU sure of that
.Gertain | recently had my salary reduced. and
I can't lend him nearly as much as used TO- -
washington star
A Michigan evangelist is inspiring unwonted zeal
for salvation among his multitude OF hearers He
portrays hell as large hall. at one end OF when
walking match is going on. while at the other
Bob" Ingersoll Is delivering lecture on Gene
sis
H they again d d shs Gqss0n
seems to be a difficult problem -
s like Women E Gad are say 80 " IN the
Government We would settle 1t IN )ifty-
sheIWHy. abolish the office of ex-President, of
course-Judge
All the Indian tribes had rain-makers. and some
are vet left This Is one of their methods of oper-
alton A large body of Creek Indians had gathered.
all decked out in their best finery Two elderly men
retired a short distance and seemed TO be mumbling
to each other something Ike prayers or lnvoca-
tons; after some time fire was made on the bank
Of the stream, when the two rain makers gave an
order and a young man plunged into the river.
which was there very deep. When he came up he
had blue catfish in his hand. which one Of the old
men took and threw into the fire. the tribe looking
on I'm perfect silence Then there more mum
bling accompanied by various contortions and ges-
ticulations when the gathering dispersed 1t raincd
that night. Perhaps. the whole. the Indian rain
maker Is more generally successful than the civil
tied ono occasionally appearing on the frontier in
times of drouth, the former having shrewder and
more experienced forecast of weather probabilities
and putting in his incantations ut the right time.
When the tempest broke the roof OF the barn
struck the tcnderfoot the chest, haystack fell
on his head and cord OF WOOD pinned his feet To
the ground.
1T reminds me-" he sighed. of sitting in
crowded trolley-ca when " goes around curve
-tDetroit Journal
4 country Kentucky physician received the fol-
lowing letter the other day: AT Home. Feb. B.
1Sf-Dr --: has been mending M till three
DAYS ago and he has the collie bad that he can't
eat are drink any thing 1t is heavy aiking In breas,
and stomach and side ! have gave him asohtetv
and camphor. pepper ton. turpentine sauts he has
IL worse at night. lie Graves something To eat all
the time and la eat nifty harty such as cornbread
meat molasses sweet milk. please send him some
thing TO him. He drink nine cups OF COTE
day"
Fuddy-It sometimes pays to be superstitio,ls
Duddy--In what way for instance?
Fuddy-Why, there's BoreWe. When he found
that II would cost him $500 for a LIQUOR license he
gave up the Idea of opening saloon and started n
drug store instead The 49," you understand
frightened him: the druggists license cost him only
81. They say he sells more LIQUOR than any three
saloons In town, boston Transcript
one good reason for disbelieving the story about
Grant Brambel selling his patent on a rotary steam
engine to foreign syndicate for s67OooO has
already been mentioned In The Tribune There Is
another: The American Machinist' has ransas ked
the Patent Office procured copy OF the patent
and pronounces the invention IAN absolutely in
operative device In other words, II won't run
when steam Is turned on. The Machlnist" mis-
chievously suggests that II was sleepy eye" ex-
aminer who allowed the patent to issue
Them eggs is mighty derned old" remarked
Uncle sway back 10 the waiter; I'll bet thems the
Jays OF ancient Rome I've heard tell of."-(Ne-
braska State Journal