New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-04
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Don't promise too much" said the professor IN
a medical school II knew a physician OF rare
ability who promised patient whose legs ne had
tus, amputated that he would have him on his
feet within two weeks.
Mr.. Holliday--So you think you would IKE 70
Don't YOU think It better for you to seek more
humble place at first" .,., ,,a-o "a
Srn,v sir If SS have az To, iHa ,op Surely
would not have me crowd the worthy men VINO
are lower down.-(Boston Transcript
Some idea OF tho bestowed upon the prep
aration Of "Die Mestersnger" at the Paris opera
NAV be formed from particulars supplied by the
Gaulo,s' Tho artists ensemble rehearsals began
on September t. and those for the mise-en- scene
six days later. There were twenty-seven IN al.
The chorus rehearsas on tho stage numbered
fifteen and with thirteen other sectional ana hVs
full rehearsals the number OF 'seances Is oroush'
up 70 sixty Tho performances have been highly
successful financially. the receipts on one evening
recently having reached the sum OF also francs
y, uoro., paren.s-"My opponent" shouted tho
orator has seen At to refer 20 the fact that my
mother took In washing She dd bo ane wha' Is more
After that there was nothing TO do but cast 2
vote for the man wso'e .I piren attention to
duty.-Ondanapolis journal.
William J. Connors tho proprietor OF The En-
ou,rer" and The Courier Record" OF Bunalo. de-
nounces as ''mallcously false the report that ne
is about to sell those two papers
Fa,her-Comc young man. get your coat on and
o' Tnmmy"You're not going to lick me- are you.
DIET tell ,S you v tn' % gsG Ss
but Though. yo %as ws S@y GONG S
settle with hm.-(Chicago News.
Tho total damage to forests by fires in Minnesota
this wear will not be moro than 1900 Ihis'
says the Chief Fire Warden rs an Improvement
over last year: and considering that the s'aho'hs
timber In tho State. At low valuation. Is worm
slo0 10000 the amount OF damage is small. The
nr,ncinal work under the Fire Warden law Is pre-
vention Each year some Improvement ought 10
be expected and made In the fire warden service
and such result will be greatly promoted throush
a manifestation OF public interest In the proper
care OF our forests At a low hgure the 'a'ue'
standing. OF the pine that will be cut in Minnesota
this winter Is 10000 When sawed into lumber
q, the mills It's value will have increased TO slo.-
oO 900. Of which increase so per cent. or Ac""o'
represents labor. These figures only In part mol
cato the impor lance OF our forest resources"
A clever workman in cutlery factory In Shelf,
field England has recently made dozen pairs OF
sss han haif grain That is about the weight OF
postage stamp Each par was n,d a he SvuS
lying on a piece OF white paper they seemed no
larger than Aeas.-tIardware
Examiner Ito green candidate for a place on the
police force)-what would you do II you had TO
arrest a drunken able-bodied, East Side bruiser
who on the hshtY
What would dor
Yves what would you do?"
"How do I know what would do! I guess the
nrs, thing I would do would be to walt and see
what he was going to do
TOMMY want to make name for myself In
the WORLD I to be hero =, , . A..
Mother-The dear boy! And why 90 you want 10
Dc ram narV heroes have bully time and
never get a, K the heroes ever read
Transcript
Logic Ciass.-Professor-Mis c.. give me an ex-
orrIa ~ n true conclusion drawn from two false
premises.
Miss C-Logic is an easy study That's false
don't like easy studies. That's false. don't like
logic That's true.
Glass dismissed
Serious Misundersta nding.-"Oh. ! had an awful
time with that hackman last night
Tell us ~ - . a.. .. s,,,.o,.
something saxS n to warm s up with willis he was waiting
for the play TO end and he took 80 much tnsu ne
to to nsht me because he thought he had driven
me two miles Instead Of one."-tcincinnau En-
Qurer.
German Captain Won Ostrowski would no doubt
have been socially "Ostrowskicised' II he had not
oho,,.rosd Captan Won Haine for undue attentions
% hi. wife Now no Is shot. and tho amenity and
sweet reasonableness Of the code are again vindi'
Gated.
A correspondent sends the following Board
School anecdote: . ,, ,.,
Truthful Tommy at tho back end OF the class.
signals eagerly,
Teacher-Well! ..,,
TO 20 on strike when Pharaoh wanted to sweat EN-.
With the foregoing We may couple the infnnt
Sunday scholar who said that Mosess mother
'smacked him for three months that being his
INTERPRETATION Of the statement that Moses's
mother had been hiding him for the period