New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A correspondent Is informed that the results OF
the exploration of the ancient city of Nippur were
given in Tho Tribune of February H.
She-Well. whatever you may say Of Mr.. Perkins,
7 think It was nice OF him 10 give his wife credit
HeNBiit. my dear Mrs Gladys you seem not to
have observed the fact that Perkins falis AZ every
thing. -(Brookyn Life.
BEYOND HIS SKILL.
He was a pickpocket skilled ut his trade.
Yet an litter and absolute failure he made
When his wife sad Pierre
Just go 10 the wardrobe In my room, unlock H.
And bring mo the key you will find in the pocket
OF my dress, hanging there'
Logic.-Thereupon Civilization argued with Saw
HFGHIS ow." It warmly demanded az you wear abso-
lutely no clothes in the morning can you wear less
"'Thus r. Is that memorable logic beats down. one
by one. the redoubts OF observation-disclosures
Journal.
When the Methodist General Conference last
spring referred the question OF admitting women
delegates 10 the several local conferences, every
body supposed that the latter would vote to admit
them But II IS said that tho proposed amend
ment Is likely to be defeated.
PENALTY.
Nebber no use o glttin' bumptious, anyhow;
Mockin bird, no sot hIssef ter slngin on de bough
An ev'y time a yuthuh bird would try ter slant a
chune,
He take it up an carry 1. an 'scourage I'm right
He put on lots OBJ airs. he did. de envy OBJ de
An a,swlngin
An a-mockin all day long.
An many bird dat humby orop' along lower
Would stop awhile ter listen an ter wish dat he
pey worried bout do human folks dat praised i'm
But dem n birds go, mo- ccntented when week or
Oar is pity foh de mockin'-bird dat caused sech
jealous rage, o..
An dey fetched I'm
An dey've got i'm In cage l,,-..,,r,. s,or
Efforts arc being made TO sell to tho Government
for 600 tho farm OF ll2 acres near Hodgenville
Ky 'on which Abraham Lincoln was born. The
present owner Of tho property Is n citizen OF New
Work. who bought It not many years ago for 5000
Tho little one-room log cabin which for a time
served az Thomas Lincolns homo stands to-day
practically as It in 1893; but 1t contains no
furniture or other relics dating anywhere near
back TO that year.
81 will no remembered" said tho Poet. when
y0Tv e erv ikeIv'" said the Plutocrat. 81 always
pay cash. "-(Cincinna;i Enquirer
Chicago is going to hold Artists Carnival" In
order 70 giyo her purely materiastic rival New
work. an obiect-esson In and tho cultivation Of
tho mind and also to rebuke tho "crude display
of wealth and imitation OF the rotten court Of YER
sailles'' in this city. In tho mean while the valley
towns Of Illinois telling Chicago that her
nroiect OF building a big open sewer across the
state IS at once an offence against art and hy-
eiene and they don't propose to stand IT,
Good Plan.-IIobson-Wha are you doing?
DEMONSTRATING my name on the iEslde OF this
IIobson-Do you think that that will prevent any
o' Dobson-WeIl If tho follow who owned this UNI
breIla before did had had his name painted inside
/ don't believe | would have had the nerve TO
swipe it.-(Puck.
4 debate recently took place In Western High
School on the question. as Ian Maclaren greater
genius than Rudyard Kiplins"'
Correct-Rural Teacher-What current event of
great interest can you s,ye me TINS morhins! o,o
Small Girl (caGerlyl-My ma mas just Waue
twenty tumblers OF Jell-tJudge'
An Atlanta (Ga) clergyman denounces beautiful
women. members OF our churches. who gamble for
prizes against the law OF both God and man. Some
of them | am reliably informed belong 10 two,
three or even four card clubs. and devote the
greater part Of every week to the wicked fascina-
lions OF games OF chance" lie has word OF con-
demuatlon for women who not beautiful; but
being a Southerner he probably believes that there
are none OF that description,
THE Ptopcr Thing BellbOy-Fcur hundred and
four says the steam pipes have burst IN his room
Clerk-Charge him for a Russian bath.-tlife.
..rhe Atchson Globe" says that the concert In
Europe is very much like church cholr-each
performer wants to be leader.
A Welsh Motor-car.-Cardn is to the Rhondda
folks what London Is To tho countryman. which
VIII explain the following:
steam roller IS returning home after It's days la
bors nj the rate OF a milo an hour accompanied by
the usual pnTs' M qs ST Wam, boh from the
Rhondda)-Indeed. now. there goes one O. them
there motor-cars, and yet they say - they makes
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