New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-03
THE TALK or THE DAY.

w,,,er IN THE outlook" says that about zen
vcars ago n bereavcd husband In little Connccu-
cut town placed a some over the grave oi Ms W..
ON which ne had inscribed the words SAe uon'
what she could
4 Crcdnablo Average-"yes were quite proud o.
our e tow Is o nc% 81 NOR" s Wf hy Wev@ 90;
one church to y sixteen -aoops.,s ,.o tac'
lust s one. 'H,Cleveiand Plain Dealer.
A Vancouver Indian recently sho, and slightly
wounded A "scorcher" thinking that he was the
devil The Judge hated TO convict the Indian but
he felt compelled TO do So
A Rule Of Recognition-..T can tell everything tina;
man writes" remarked the discerning citizen.
III It's poetry he begins each sentence VIII o.
u IT'S prose he begins 1t with I-'"ash'hs'on
Star.
benjamin Bisse. who lives near Ballstou Spa
y Y says ne ras voted for eighteen Presidential
candidates not one OF whom was elected
As tho leading lady entered and swept the
stage with a train that the most conspicuous
par; OF her. the manager turned to the critic ana
wha, do you link Of ny new s STAN more
ike a comet Boston Courier.
The annual missionary council OF the Bishops N
the Episcopal Church will be held In Milwaukee
on October 10
"Why. papa" said Frances who was looking
at The family album. surely this isn't picture ~
Yes" replied papa. that Is. a picture Of me,
taken when was quite young ~ .
We'll" commented the little girl. 1T doesn't
look as much like you As you look new "-tfiar-
per's Bazaar
The South Ca.olina papers say that ex-senator
Irby is speaking more kindly OF Senator Tillman.
Some time ago n declared that the Senator lied
like a dog. and tnai he drby) was going t. thrash
him when they met. But now he merely reiterates
that the Senator preyarcates In a canine way.
"
mert.
Subtle Reasoning. DO you see the man and the
Yes | see the man and the woman"
do you think they are married.
mo; they are not married.
"Why do you think they are not married.
Because he has asked her II she objects to
smoking and she has replied that she loves the
smell OF smoke. "-(Cleveland Leader.
Madam" said a Cleveland tramp the other day.
according to The Plain Dealer" behold a scholar
and a gentleman. In the classics | always carried
off all the honors OF my class In Cesar
Are you familiar with Cesar"
ultimately ma am.
Then II you Will the Rublcon into the
backyard you Will find the saw lying by the wood
pile"
Madam, my Cesar Is revised version. l give
a new and improved reading Of the familiar text
When | reach that epgrammatic passage 1
come | saw, | conquered. invariably omit the
saw Good day, maam.
This is how The Boston Transcript puts 4:
Mad hulah Afghan day
up his sword and away
a kindergarten teacher was recently reviewing
her little class the instruction given the day pre-
vious The following are part of tire questions
and answers:
about various materials from which your dresses
are made-silk. wool and cotton. Let me how
terial come from OF which your dress Is made?
Marge-It once grew upon the back OF sheep.
..ha Nar % nd nhno
Blanche-My dress once grew upon the back OF
sheep and part Of 1t was spun BY the silkworm.
Teacher-Correct. And yours. Lucy?
Lucy with evident embarrassmenD-My dress was
made out of an old one " mamma's.-(Union Signal
Says a Philadelphia marriage license clerk
probably 30 per cent OF those who come to us
for licenses to marry imagine that before they can
get the necessary permit they will be compelled
to tell all their family secrets One man who
came in one day last spring was actually prepared
to undergo a physical examination. to prove that
his heart and lungs were all right. We made out
a license last week for young fellow who had
prepared with some pains evidently the following
history OF his bride. which he left with Miss
- aged twenty eight In Phil. eight years, father
and mother Both Living Both willing grand father
and mother Both dead. Mother y-hve yrs old
father sixty-fve yrs old grand father seventy-six
when he died grand mother died when father was
eighteen yrs old all from delaware Sussex co."
A hungry white horse. with the appearance Of
browsed among the banana skins In the gutter
at Clark and Washington SITS; this afternoon;
hat Of matinee girl as she was about to enter
tho Chicago Opera House. and. after Knocking II
OF her head. munched Il until il was ruined.
The nat probably worth $o. The horse
was wandering unbridled about the Chicago Opera
House block and had made several reaches for
straw hats before he got one The girl screamed
In terror, and a crowd quickly gathered, but the
efforts OF the gallant were too late to save the
hat.-(Chicago Dispatch