New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-19
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

A Western man tells 1.-THE ST. Louis Republic"
that Eastern peop,e talk much moro loudly than
r., noon,e ~ tho far West. 'If you ever heard an
Indian talk" he SAYS you will realize the force OF
what saw ] never real Indian that spoke
much above n whisper. He Illustrates exactly what
I mean The Indian lives in quiet and solitude
His atmospherc is not filed with noises and tym-
parum- piercing sounds. Consequently ne does not
have 70 elevate his voice in carrying CONVERSE
ton Your city arab. the counterpart Of the Indian
talks loud enough when he comes to Arkansas TO
he heard in the next county.
An Oklahoma farmer wrote 10 a friend in the
Eas, irving to give him some idea OF the soil out
there He said they have 10 NOW the grass Off the
sod floor to find the baby. one family near him
had twin babies with only cradle. and the kid
who had 10 sleep on tho floor grew twice as fast as
the other Where the soil is richest man dare
not stand on foot any length OF time, lest one
leg become longer than the other and bother him
in walking. -(Edmonton Republican
Joseph Dupuis French Canadian. OF Kankakee.
ILL.,. who got married the other day, is nlnety-two
years old forty-seven inches in height. and is as
vivaclous a boy.
Interosting-'I find the American farmer so
rttrestng" twittered the poetess.
II manage 70 extract a good deal OF interest out
elderly. doublo-chnned gentleman, who, as It after
ward developed. In the mortgage business
Cincinnati Enquirer.
There is n business man In Philadelphia who is a
terror to stenographers account Of his rapid de-
livery and fondness for long words. The other day,
in order to test the accuracy of a stenographer
whom he thought OF engaging. he dictated the fol-
lowing at n very rapid rate:
I'm promulgating your esoteric cogitation ar
ticulating your superficial scntimcntalities and
amicab.c philosophical psychological observa-
tions, beware of platitudinous ponderosty. Let
But he got no further, for the poor amanuensIs
broke his pencil in the effort. after which he got
IN wiped the perspration from his forehead and
quickly left the office.
METAMORPHOSIS
oh. he preached 1t from the housetops. and he
whispered II by STEALTH
lie wrote whole miles Of stuff against the awful
curse of wealth:
He shouted for the poor man, and he called the
lie roasted every King and Queen who dared to
He holered for rebellion and he said he'd head a
band
To exrerminate the millonaires. TO sweep them
He Yelled against monopolies. took shots at every
Ard swore ,e'd lie an Anarchist 10 grind them in
He stormed. he fumed and ranted. TIL he made the
rich men vince
But an uncle left him money, and he hasn't shouted
since
New Orleans Times Democrat
Authorizations are sometimes Objectionable MS
for instance when the Tennessee Centennial Ex-
position il referred to the Tenn. Cent. Show"
Which Was the Better !-"Brothcr," said the min
ister gently you should read your Bible more as
siduousy. Brother Borroughs-your next-door
neighbor by the way-ncver lets a day pass with
cut a perusal. at east, OF his copy of Holy Writ"
He may rend his Bible all right" said the de-
linaucnt but he always borrows my newspaper -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
There H. such thing as an emotional trunk ac-
corlIng TO The Cincinnati Enquirer"
I'm have 20 ask you to pny in advance" re-
marked the hotcl-keeper.
Amt my trunk good?" asked the new bonrder
II fear II is a little too emotional"
Emotional"
Eyes. Easily moved.
An Interrupted Rcvere.-She standing alone
on the beach. gazing p@nslvcly on the ocean.
A youth approa chcd-then paused
mo" he murmured. IL will rot disturb the cur
rent OF her thoughts. She is communng with the
gods'
Then she saw him and turning toward him, said:
II say. mister. How fur does this here mlllpond
so. an whar bouts does stop at7"-(Atlanta Con-
stiiuton-