New-York tribune., 1897-07-11
THE TALK or THE DAY.

"The Guthrie oOk:a) Leader says: George 4
Turner. our genial restaurant keeper. was mar
ried last Friday to Miss Ida Davis. the beautifu
and popular young lady who has been posing -
The Vanishing Venus n the spectacular living
pictures at Reeves Broth.rs'.
Bring me-" said the gentleman with the Gamma.
Gael countenance as he pointed 70 'nc Sm sform. M
ers "Why do you call them informers. Caseyr
asked his companion 'Bedad they wear tn sreen
they GET into hot water."-Detroit Journal
1.-THE Boston Transcript thinks that the two
most attractive places In the country for conven-
tions are New-York and Boston.
Bnrers-And were you married on time'
Gnger-Oh. no: had to pay the parson cash.
Yonkers Statesman.
The Italian hand organ grinders in London man
age to make money out Of being fined. The proc
is follows: The organst denes the law
against playing at certain hours is run In. fegns
ignorance of English and insists on having an In.
terpreter The latter Is invariably compatTiot IN
league with the Saffron H!ll gang HIS zee ~ ~
3d. and II the organ man Is fined 2s sd-'he usual
SUMS remain to be divided between the TWO con-
federates.
Destruction of Powder.-'I wonder" said the man man
is destroyed daily in useless sautes There must
be lot said the riySous girl oSsr Bua s.Pp1s es:
same. indianapolis Journal
St Louis man has discovered new disease.
which ne calls telephone nausea The other day.
after sending telephone message his face gre.
pale his lips twitched. and he pressed MS haho
against the pit OF hs stomach
I'm dcathly sick" he remarked to friend'
.telephonng does IT, Every time talk through
one of the things I'm overcome with nausea. which
seems seated right in my stomach sometimes "
is an hour so before recover.
THAT Is Just my fix exactly" said his frlend
II am made i'll every time | use the telephone
\ fee as I would faint.
A Heartess Creature-"Nel waIllngford is un:
Knowing mat her sister and two geneeme,nn
hear every word. she led Charley Jossling on to
propose TO her on Sunday night ana the" feiu'e"
him."-tCleveland Leader
THE Buffalo Express says ut IL true in some
quarters that the continual display OF the Amer
lean flag on schoolhouses and other public buildings
has had an effect exactly the OF that hoped
for The intent TO make children love the nag
more to increase their patriotism In certain
school districts of Buffalo. where faded. tattersd
flags fy the children appear to have less respec-
for their Nations emblem than ever before ~
miliarity breeds contempt.f
An old-time Lord Mayor CT London, whose sport
ing experience was limited rode forth one day TO
join the city hunt in the fields about MaTy,e66ohhe;
Placed by his escort under tree. his Lordship
heard the hounds give tongue In the al on a. hs
the sounds 1qa kss Comes me- this way
my Lord"' The Lord Mayor rose TO the occasion:
ahe at Sim"s SIn come thank my God fear him nOt!'
-(IIousehold Words.
A fine 2s-inch telescope for visual purposes was
set up in the Royal Observatory at Green"'ch
about two years ago. and 26-inch glass 10 %
used only in photography is now In place there
also The second instrument Is the girt OF oir
Henry Thompson, and recent tests indicate thaf u
possesses excellent qualities. There are now In
existence half a dozen larger refractors than the
largest Of these but no other observatory In tns
world has two glasses OF such size
rustic in Suffolk being asked the other 6as
REPLIED that they were going to have new resur.
rection ground The interrogator suEmsed that
this meant q cemetery II turned OUT nov"
YER to be a recreation ground.-London Irutn
"The Chicago Tribune" publishes letter from .
correspondent who says that the first paper called
THE Tribune" was published in Portsmouth. ohsa
and was known as THE Scioto Tribune Com
menting on this '"The Tribune says: THE writer
unauestionaby makes out valid claim Tor -The
Scioo Tribune as the first Of the Tribunes. though
IT was named for Rienzi. Bulwer's hero the lass
of the tribunes STILL there Is not ground Tor the
slightest belief that the name applied to the Ports
n outh paper ever met the eyes OF Mr.. Greeley be-
fore he established The Daily Tribune In New
York in 1sfl Nor was IL by Edward ]. Ryan
WIEN he established The Weekly Tribune In CHI
cago In 1889 1t is only fair. however. 10 say that
Mr. Hamilton first applied the Buwer name TO an
American weekly paper Mr.. Greeley is entitled to
weekly and weekly paper. which caused hundreds
Of others to use the same title, though II Is also
true that Mr.. Ryan used II first In Chicago ana In
any State west Of Ohio. and for two years before
Mr. Greeley employed 1t in New-York The Ports
mouth paper may claim the name by right OF
original discovery In line descent the 'Tribunes
are The Scioto Tribune Ryan's Weekly chicago
Tribune The New-York Tribune and the present
Chicago Tribune The name however VIII De-
long IN the popular estimation to the papers which
n
tiquariln .esearch-the 'Tribunes' OF Chicago ana
New-York"
Aunt Mary-I hope you did the agreeable thing
when Mr Sweetser inflated your tire. -
Mabel-Yes. auntie; and the proper thins-a kss
for a blow, you krow-(BJston transcript
..rhe Syracuse Post" says that prayer was the
topic In certain Sunday y-school class In Syra-
cuse last Sunday One little boy who had felt
very smart during the class hour was asked u
he prayed every morning.
II do in vacation time" he answered
"How is It you don't do It the rest OF t,e tirnef"
asked the teacher.
"Oh. cause when there's school we pray III tue
school In the mornings.
well" asked the teacher again. don't you
think there's more need Of praying In the morning
than at nght?
NO" was the reply. "'cause at night you have
awful dreams"
II don't believe women sit around and say mean
things about one anothers dress as much as '"eS
used to-" -, -.
They don't They ride around and abuse one
another's wheels. ."-tPittsburg Chronicle
A horrible story OF religious fanaticism Is re-
rorted from ONell. Neb. The Rev. Reuben
Beackim the pastor Of a negro church near that
town is urging his hearers to put out one OF their
ewes and in order TO emphasize his teaching no
has put out one of his own eyes He declares that
the Lord approves OF one-eyed men In Matthew
vi 22 g. in which It is stated that III thine eye
.A,n t,xr
light"
Mrs Humbugg (whose husband manufactures
natent MISUNDERSTANDING have just dscoverede
new disease, - r, su, rh., ,u