New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-18
THE TALK or THE DAY.

cation. do your .-uo. u,,,h or,ma.
T guess not" replied the old fellow, win ANNA
ton. "He learned me lot OF uppercu's' s" ~,
orm tabs and things that-has made me the best
man In the county,
May-I hear you are taking Lessons on the wheel
How do you like your Instructor! -, 10 such q
Ethe-Oh pretty WE'LL but then he ed Is , sarn he
queer tene a me He said II fell of again he would
MI May~And of course. you rode all right ai'er
but sse wss SO hSstste% ira
script
This silhouette from chicago aPpe"iS =" "
Tribune" Of that city:
Mabel the doctor says you drink e""'eV WV
much coffee 1t is not good for you
.Why mamma II doesn't hurt me paruc'e' anu
like II too well to quit using 1t. just couidn
get along without my coffee
And Mime. Loockes. the celebrated authority o"
beauty saws II is ruinous to the complexion
"Oh. well, IL the doctor thinks ought not TO
drink II any more I'll drop II, Of course.
English. You Know-"'Oww said the cockney;
you don't really like Juggling. them
We'll she confessed, II cawn,t really say SS,w that at
1ske NJ that if was armfuI practice (som
ervile Journal
1.-THE Cleveland Leader" tells a story OF simple
minded countryman who strayed into Cleveland
art store the other day. and appeared 10 De much
struck BY a picture entitled Lion, After Gerome
well" said the proprietor after whiie' you
seem to be pleased with that picture
Yes" the old gentleman replied. Il do sort or
like It, That's a powerful ugly ookin beast thar.
and I swon I don't knows bape Ger0me very
much for gittin out Of the way"
Getting out OF the way repeated the proprie-
tor What do you mean by that|'
Why" the visitor explained, ut says Lion after
Gerome,' don't 1t? Well. Gerome amt nowhar' to
he I he must be hidin behind one
o them stuns."
offered bail bond Of 900 If the Court would re-
leaee him; but 1t was no use
vas no use Of any talk IL bailing. "-(Cleveland
Plain Dealer
1.-THE Charleston News and Courier makes the
following statement concerning the recent decision
OF the Charleston cotton mill to employ black
labor:
"Flrst-The owners OF the Charleston cotton mill
preferred white labor. They could not get
fifth Of the white labor they needed in or about
Charleston
"second-The white labor they brought in from
elsewhere very unsatisfactory. but they kept
II for ten years.
"Third-During those years the mill steadily sunk
money, and was this year, reorganzed and re-
capitalized
"Fourth-It is wholly untrue that the negro labor
was forced into the mill by a majority OF Massa-
chusetts stockholders.
"Fifth-Ten years ago the then president Of the
company a Southerner and ex-Confederate soldier.
urged the directory to allow him to outfit the mill
with negro help and it Is now only from necessity
that negroes used.
"Sxth-The negro hands proving entirely sat
isfactory and change will be made so long as
they continue to be satisfactory"
A Safest. jeweller was conversing with friend
woman and her daughter, OF about nineteen years,
dropped in and wanted to look at some diamonds.
and the elderly caller said: II want to get stone
to match this II Is for Christmas present
dear girl" whereupon she slipped off a solitaire
ring. which the younger caller wore and handed
the 10 stone tme of Course If you viii give me little
time. 1t Is finer grade than we usually carry IN
,b T ose app nrat he re
piled, and the customer, with ELUSIVE thanks, de.
parted. II sold that stone week ago. remarked en-,
S75. The old lady Is simply dying with curiosity TO
find out what her daughters engagement ring cost
All there are tricks in all trades but urs."-(Chi-
cago TimesHerald.
1.-THE Philadelphia Ledger says that the sub
scrptons toward the purchase Of the Cope paleon-
tologcal collection for the Philadelphia Academy
Of Natural Sciences are coming in slowly and the
city will probably lose this fine collection, as II
lest the Redied Herbarum few years ago,
which was purchased py d. LOUIS LOT It's Do'a"i-
cal Garden
She Enjoyed 1t. Nevertheless-"I don't under;
to get out Of her new twsnty1ave.dollar hat last
"She doubtless found a satisfaction In the pleas
ure which It gave to other people" :. ?.
hS w ared the SO nSe sad She woud
hold it in her hand till we got to the carriage AS
tSat pe behind ns could g The
only time she wore It was in the dark carriage.
hut sSe Sss ' as sr
ton Star.
Austra's lower house OF the Reichsrath is COM
posed of 425 members, and is divided into twenty
four different political parties representing the va
rious nationaties OF the Empire each bitterly op-
posed 10 all the Others and all ready to fly at each
others threats with every opportunity They are
thus numerically distributed Young Czechs, co.
Agrarian Czechs 9; Poles. 30: German Clericals A.
German Liberals. 49,; Anti-Semites or Christian
Socialists %; German peoples party. 80; Stovenes
10: Croats II: Ruthenans II; Rumanans 8; Ser
VANS q italian Liberals, "A; italian Clericals. b;
Socialists IA; Feudal party, 81: Feudal Liberals.
pS. Feudals Of the Centre 3: Polish peoples party.
q. German Irredentists or the Schonever party. 8;
followers OF Stojalovski. the democratic priest, o.
In addition to these are the Young Czech Radi-
Gals Czech Clerlcals and Moderate Socialists. com
sistng OF member each. Besides these the
Government has a Hungarian parliament. with as
sorted parties and natonalIties to deal with There
are five different bodies of electors for the Aus
trian lower house. IS members being chosen by the
great landed proprietors. III by the towns. q by
Chambers OF Commerce. 100 by rural districts. and
IT, by universal suffrage.
Tommy had a bitter disappointment yesterday"
What was it?'
Tell about II. Tommy. -, -
'rhe paper sad our preacher wuz goin to ex-
change pulpits with mother preacher-an' went
L church, an there wuz tn same pulpit-an
mother man"-(Kaamazoo Telegraph.
The University OF oxford recently conferred the
degree Of master OF arts upon Alderman Robert
Buskell, the Mayor OF the city The ceremony
took place in the Sheldonian Theatre In the pres
ence OF n large company. This is the first time
the university has conferred the honor upon the
Chief Magistrate OF oxford
An Unwilling Witness."Bill was little tough.
I guess when he was full" said the witness. but
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