New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Dismal Swamp IS by no means so dismal as II
has been painted and according to the description
OF local geographers possesses features which
ought TO make it an attractive watering-pace ana
conuarium II Is not as most people imagine,
vast bog sunk low In the ground. INTO "hch inc
drainage OF the surrounding country no"s. oh
the contrary, according TO accurate surveys II Is
above the level ground, some fifteen or twenty ieet
and instead of being the receptacle Is, IN It's I'M
mense spongelike bulk gathering the waters that
descend upor &C. the source OF rivers, five of which
take their origin within 1t and flow onward 10
the sea. The swamp s entirely OF green tiihper'
there Is no decayng wood, the two principal WOODS
that grow there being the juniper and the cypress
which never rot They fall on the ground IKE other
trees but instead OF decomposing. they turn INTO
peat and In that form remain Interchangeable ana
indissolnble There Is nothing In the swamp TO
create miasma rising OF the tides ana oeco"-
position Of rank vegetables: no marshes exposed
TO the burning rays of TIE sum- All Is 1resh ana
sweet and the air is laden with balmy odors' Inc
water is tinged with the Juniper to faint wine
bue and is thought to possess valuable sanitary
qualities II IS often used by vessels going on
foreign cruise on account Of its healthfu prop
critics and also because it keeps fresh and clear
for wears Those who live near IL are not slow 70
declare that It is the heahest place on the conti-
nent and are perhaps not without reason for the
faith which is in them.
Realty Agent exhibiting fat, beamngiy)-To
nrove 70 yo, that the walls are perfectly sound:
proof / have Just run into the next fiat and
told the eIS my Wife and heard
you telling him to play very softy-Puck.
Mrs Marlla NJ. Kicker. lawyer of Dover, ~ H.
announces herself candidate for the office Of
United States Mi1ister to Colombia.
All Styles suppled.-"I wfnt poster got out" said
the commercial gentleman 60, 90, than, ~ q,
three systems: The opium. the lobster nd-ce;cream
supper and the Wef Inr ,aIoi "h'ch VIII you
In England about one In twentyone of the popu-
Iation have account In a savings bank; in
Wales one IN forty; In Scotland, one In twelve, and
in Ireland one In 100. The average amount owing
to English depostors is fl lis I'd: to the Welsh
ss to the Scotch 81 lis sd. and to the Irish is 0d
General Horace Porter in the course OF a recent
speech sad Boston is not city; IT Is state
laughter by minimizing New Workers.. who failed
10 see General Porters point. He meant that as
State. We thank General Porter.-(Boston Tran
script
II is lust three weeks before the Democratic NOV
ing at Washington and the note OF preparation is
already in the air.
Mirrors. bureaus. general crockery.
Now TO line the walks begin,
And the tenant moving outward
Snubs the tenant moving In.
How 1t Came to Pass.-"old shllark says he Is
THE old villain tells the truth. All | had when
I was a young man was ffty-acre farm and he
cheated me out Of that Then | had to come to
town to get something TO do, and got into business
and got rch."-(Indianapolis Journal.
The Baltimore City Council is considering a prop
osi,ion to make the wearing OF any covering for
the head in a theatre punishable by hne Of from
81 to S. IL It should become law a bald headed
man wearing a skull cap would be liable to fine
and you have the assurance to tell me that you
discharged your laundress because OF her belief In
divided skirts? A new woman like you?"
that she had an idea that II was the proper thing
to divide my supply OF skirts between herself and
her eighteen-year-old daughter
OH indianapolis Journal.
A farmer OF Central Branch. Kan. estimates that
one hen Is equal to acre OF land. because an
acre OF land In Il year produces twenty bushels OF
corn worth 81. while the hen. which costs less to
take care OF. lays ten dozen eggs. worth 81 80
A druggist I'm small Illinois town who reads
the newspapers was much struck with the in9enr-
ity OF fellow craftsman who advertised thirteen
two-cent stamps for a cent and a quarter" and
OF dollar The Illinois druggist decided to resor,
TO the same kind OF advertising, and placed a
placard In his window. This is the way IL read:
Thirteen two-cent stamps for ~ cents" Before
the clerks error was discovered the druggist was
threatened with bodily violence by several would
be purchasers OF postage stamps at bargatn-coun-
tsD lrices.-(Troy Times.