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

Is
wake I'D and come out OF his hole. If the sun shies
:, vii, no a had augury according to the old story,
for the hog frightened by his shadow, VIII "hsk
hack into his hole to sleep during forty more Gays Oh
winter. But II the day be cloudy the little oeast
nothing dauned, will sally abroad, thus aiNou''o,,e
that the backbone of winter has been broken III
the matter OF being a weather prophet says an
official of the Weather Bureau, 1.-THE groundhoS MA!
no MI, down as an impostor This idea Is only one
Of those numerous and quaint supersu'iohs the
origin OF which is lost in antiquity
friend who is just now engaged upon the Am M
bridge local examination, in the course OF wnch ne
has looked H o
flowers cued from mostly arid Was re ex O ,he
erude. "Monsoons, writes one are me narr.es
% Of another With fuller and
length a mountain range They are innap nt
by the nS no eSes they are cannba and
on their fathers and brothers, ana speha dscrihs
life 1 d0RF aD Of Xsmena Small boy writes
menfa is between the Tfrates and the Tigsessa
TaS Of he small head Of the echo the phrase
about being between the devil and the deep sea-
~ land the massacres OF Christians are now being
cairried on there" The land the" is delicious-(St
James, Gazette
Colorado College. at Colorado Springs, has sue
ceeded in raising endowment fuhd OF szooooV' anu
IFS future is now assured DR.. D. X. Pearsons, OF
chicago whose benefactions to educational institu-
lions have made him wei, known, gave $4,000 OF the
amount.
shed over the surerngs Of the destitute observed
Uncle Allen Sparks nd mem 10 ihe
And then" added Uncle Allen. as the idea grew
upon him, you won't need to shed them. '-(Chicago
Tribune.
negro was sentenced to 100 years In the penen-
t!ary in Chicago the other day for burglary.
S6e5 hat
more than five thousand starving people here in the
city" ,, ,,,.-os,,r,,e" said The conservative
man. THE men you have seen at the restaurants
and lunch counters feeding themselves Win 52r n
hands were not starving IL IS just d hapi'' -'i"-
dlanapos Journal.
The horseess carriage has thus far stuck TO city
streets and country highways and has kept off the
railways But the managers Of well-known steam
railroad company In France are having three OF Its
freight wagons equipped with means Of self-propul-
sion. different type Of motor will be tried on each
Trouble with His Notes.-It was an hour or more
There furious ringing gin At the do do9rnell w
out OF a second-story window.
What do you want?"
This is where Mr.. speecher lives. isn't it?'
"Yes | am Mr.. Speecher."
You delivered an address before the Advancement
of Mankind Club this evening on The Dead of s6'?'
You spoke Of a noted man named Alcibades Nc.
Gi9Hbsn%.F'
Was he Py co,s:,an, or wn Roman cathOc'
'That's all want TO know. I'm the Shorthand
porter that took down the speech, and cou'ln tie
twenty-seven he entered the ministry or monastery
Ever SO much obliged to you. Good night"'-(Chi-
cago Tribune.
First Deacon-Wel. anyhow. you must admit that
old Lipservces creed is sound.
Second Deacon-Yes all sound.
Before the Speech from the Throne is read when
the houses resumed in the afternoon by the Lord
Chancellor in the House Of Lords and the Speaker in
the House Of commqns Is the practice in both
order to assert their right of celebrating without
reference to the immediate 81 cause Of summons This
standing order In the House Of Commons the same
the Following resolution passed March %, $685. That
the first day Of every sitting in every Parliament
S Gns @ and % he onss s es
mons Sir Reginald Pagrave the Clerk OF Para-
"A BIZ for Eftectualiy Preventing Gandestinc
was ordered to be read second time and will never
be heard OF again till the opening OF the rex; SEES
slon.-(London Daily News
specialist in nervous diseases Is thus quoted In
"The Philadelphia Record: Did you ever hear Of
person afflicted with the drops? No Well. It's a
mos, remarkable complaint. or course. II bas its
technical name. but 1t Is commonly known az the
drops. The patients nerves may be all figh, In
every other respect, but should he be carrying a |
bundle parcel OF any kind and you should sud-
denly cry out: Drop that" he would drop 1t as
though It were hot brick. He could no more he,p
II than he could fly Cases OF this kind Are very rare
In the East but throughout the West here is some
thing In the climatic conditions wheh makes the |
disease comparatively common"
1t IL noticeable that the really independent news
papers as rule do no Dragging about their indie |
pendence They let that speak for Itself
IL Is as true or newspapers as II IL Of men that
those that are eternally pratinE about their own
virtue are pretty certain to be knaves and hypo-
critics. The Republican party the particular tar
get OF the sham independent press. but II The
Journal were Invited To pick out OF its contempt
raries group OF newspapers OF sturdy. consistent |
II would name The NewYork Trib- |
une. The Philadelphia Press and Ledger and |
"The Chicago Tribune" AMI Times Herald" and |
every OF these great newspapers upholds Re !
publican principles.
Every one OF them, moreover, like THE Journal" |
reserves the right Of individual Judgment. A party
or cause which canrot stand honest friendly |
criticism Is not worth saving. -CBoston Journal !