New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-12
TIE Talk or THE DAY.

There IL a certain minister in Kansas VINO mas an
eve TO the physical as well as the spiritual wefare
of his congregation. lie brought one OF his recent
Sunday sermons to q sudden close with the follow
ing words: Brethren Will now close, TOT see
that we are going to have a thunderstorm. The
congregation will Please follow me 10 pro'"e'
Soandsos field and help him stack his wheat
A colored exhortcr who holding a revival Wv u
meeting in Georgia to%m w wbo a said:.
"Brer Williams dey didn't IKE 70 sal "''"' 80"
"Dey didn't"
NO suh-dey didn't
"WniI su ii,'' YOU took an said dey wuz folks IN
dat congregashunn dat wou'd oe !" HUH ~ '''
Well decar Ter goodness exc cn ,en d di
ATLANTA Constitution.
The dentists Of Geneva. Switzerland are happy.
"a their trade Is likely to increase. BY spcciai
order of the Canton superintendent OF posto'i'ces
toohache Is no longer to be accepted at the "ehe'"
Office as an excuse for the absence OF employees
The merci.ess official who is probably pIesseo wiz"
sound molars directs the poor victims 10 nave 'i.ei
teeth extracted rather than have the service
Merely a. French Duel-"wili you d'ne VIII" ''
"Wow soon? have an engagement to fight
"sav in an hour and a half then. And s snou n
be glad to have the company OF your 'o0'"
ycIr ai tstend voTr invitation him after the
duel and doubtless will both be there' -'N"'
cago Post.
There is no doubt that the Duke OF Wellington
figured among the marshals OF France 40 ''s 40
seen in "'The French Royal Almanac OF i'io' pas
- rh D,,Lo yoe created Il marshal on September
), 1915.
colnrcd Baptist preacher who was immerslnS cant ant
ddates in the miiponn, VII you '''
Ter W iG Fl, YOU ~" want wild razor parson?
Oars man hsah Wn ny how sof Will can't hol
him down He's des baptized 9adnIs sWtny IN.
"A,oboma " saws "The Atlanta Constitution, is
M, going 70 LET Georgia take the lead In ODD opi'-
uaries. Here is one fresh from that state;
THAT he's in heaven we are sure
Though naught from there we've hearo
lie took two bottles of 'Jones's cure
And died without word.
Where the Change Vast confess I'm ,a,n goo"
deal surprised at the you've changed sf IN
said Hiram the eldest son or tne fanny az oyening
Of his arrival and looked out over the larIn vi y
which he had been brought up. md N mare r but /
haven't been so busy making money IN the piS 'i'i
that I've forgotten any,hins Pm fences made the
front yard smaller the p q pens You've cut down
han as ps ne ~ harm lot narrowed the lane that
leads out to the big road and taken about an acre
Tho. ~
o' Not much. we haven't retorted Farmer Hay
croft "'rhcm changes is al, i'm your mind lilratn'
The farm hasn't shrunk a haf-inch you've OUT
qrowed it-in YOUR mind: that's all. IN,
The hoarse raspng noise that dlsturDed lne sun
ness of the house hour or two later was causeu
hv Farmer IIaycrOft saving out the entire uPP,,t,
norton OF the doorway leading INTO hiram gu
bedroom so the young man would not nav. ~
stoop as he passed inside on his way to bed.-(Chi-
cagO Tribune.
The 1OSth anniversary OF the storming OF the bas-
tile last month has reminded some OF the foreign
papers OF the litle-known fact that that attack
was made with the property swords or the Erahd
Op6ra in Paris. This appears from statement
left bv Dauvergne who was director OF the opera
=, that time He said: M. Janssenu sent me
word last evening that a great crowd OF people
gathered in the opera house TO demand the weap-
ons that were there. He had the place opened
where they were kept They took the swords only
since there were no other weapons that could be
used The haberds. etc, We're made OF paste
hoard" This letter is preserved in the national
archives of France.
A blasted Career-Judge Packingham-l used 10
look upon young simmons as reno" WIZ ia" ="
brilliant future before him. ~ . Ao
squire P.impton-What has caused you 10 cnanse
Ind@. pnckingham-Why. the darned fool mace
srsech in orr state convention the Othet udy ul't'
Knocked me out of the nomination FOR Lieutenant
Governor,-(Cleveland Leader