New-York tribune., 1897-07-29
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Governor Stone OF Missouri recently received an
| Invitation to picnic set for a. m. lie OVERSIGHT
little but rather than miss the picnic bolted down
a hasty breakfast and ran all the way to the ap-
pointed place OF meeting only to find that the picnic
was set for p. m. Some practical joker had
| changed the letters his invitation.
The bright boys mother is cultlvating his bump
Now Johnny" holding up a picture card. shut
"A COW. barn. a horse" ratified of the bright
| What else?"
| "Nothn'."
| "Oh. yes: think now what did you see behind the
| cow" referring to the trees in the background.
A moments reflection. Her tail" shouted
! Johnny. ecstatically.-Chautauqu Assembly Her
aid.
| The members OF the Hills Family Genealogical
and Historical Association invited 10 join in a
reunion on Sa turday Avirn. the country seat OF
DR.. Alfred X. HIS. Hudson HIllsborough County.
| y. H.
! A newspaper report that man OF the name Of
| D. had been nned los for drunkenness was i'm
medateIy followed by a public notice by another
| man OF the same surname that he was In no way
| connected with the other. But there was echo
to this The next Issue Issue c9Rtsined %s the following;
II George De- Wno was fned M Witt lGi for being
fSu"N Dm for 9FS publicly notifying that am in no way
connected with him or his amily"-I-aw Notes.
A South Carolina trial justice recently made the
following disposal OF a case that before him
II am acting in dual capacity in this casesit-
ting a. a jury to try the facts and as a judge 10
expound the law. AS jury am unable to agree
upon Il verdict on the facts, and therefore as u
Judge | order mstral.'
The Honest Farmer.-"It's dreadfully queer said
the housewife that the potatoes yon bring should
be much bigger on the top OF the basket tnan
they. ere at the bottom" , ..,, oo,,o. o,,,,,
this way P'taters Is CROWN fast right now
lnet by the time git baskfn dug. the last one ones
is ever much bigger than the fust ones. '-tCn-
cinnati Enquirer.
we were shocked" says Georgia editor who
has just been visiting Rome. TO see city in such
a state OF decay. They doubtless had big fire
there years ago. and many OF the finest buildings
are still in ruins. Here AT home we would have
replaced those buildings in short order. Give us
America for push and enterprise"'
Inequality Woman shrleked the oratress. de
mands only equality before , the Ma law s,a ,ho
weep effectively will always have the best Of 1t
with the jury."-tCinclnnati Enquirer.
case and Comment" remarks THE conclusive
ness of an entry Of the death OF a the
records OF the court recently led 10 her discharge
when she subsequently appeared in court in Chat
tanooga The Attorney General took her by the
arm and. walking up the judges stand, said:
Here is our dead defendant ! think we had better
Try her To which the Court replied: I think not.
We have her on the record dead Rose. you will
have to go home and die. Let the former order
sta nd"
Uncle Jimmy" McGauhey said to be the Oldest
living survivor OF the Mexican War Is living at
Iawrenceburg Ky, and attributes hts long lie TO
the fact that he has chewed tobacco since he was
ten years old.
Two very gayly dressed ladies" says The
Cleveland Plain Dealer" "sgnalled the motorman
to IL; them aboard. lie stopped the car. and the
ladies. both handsome and quite distlnsuee. looked
up and down the line OF seats for vacant place.
Did the fair ladies move along? Not a bit OF II.
They cooy looked the couple over and held their
places. Then the pair concluded 10 walt for the
next ear.
AT the next stopping place an elderly gentleman
appeared the crossing and stopped the car.
The fair ladies him, and at once there
ruttering OF skirts and a general pushing along.
and the elderly gentleman speedily accommo-
dated with seat.
"Woman's nhumaniy 20 woman makes countless
thousands wonder
Already the effects OF the law In Massachusetts,
tel eomn5,er wVhtn H h, are cS'sIWIh,hg Wh the aues.
Wearing "A hat in church II II hasn't high h-priced
bird poised among IT'S ribbons and howers?-tLewls-
ton MeD Journal
\ bicycling young graduate OF Vassar. living
near buffalo recently conducted bicycling masher
10 her home and handed him over 10 her brother
ir-aw who was a constable. Before he could be
dealt with according to the law In such made
and provided. he succeeded in persuadlng his captor
to let him go. quoting "A Latin precedent TO justify
his enlargement The young lady worthily nolds
up the banner OF her predecessor.
The spunly young lady OF Vassar
Who was hailed in the street by chasseur
She flung d brickbat.
Which upset him. and that
Was the ast time he wanted 10 sass her"
y New-England divine once, preaching on the
pcrils which surround youth illustrated his sub
ject by describing the dangers to which the infant
Moses was exposed in his little wicker boat on the
banks Of the Nile. saying.
Moses was goOdly child but he was placed by
his parents where he surrounded by nnumera-
hle dangers-the fang OF the serpent the jaw OF
the alligator, the tooth OF the hippopotamus and
the claw of the vulture."
I, is a little surprising that the daughter Of