New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-22
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
.'Ths Atchison Globe says: Tho East has tired
OF her and Colonel Mary Lease is coming back 10
Kansas TO raise less corn

OF her and Colonel Mary Lease is coming back TO
Kansas TO raise less corn.
"TTonestY' h. exclaimed Honest Well rather:
He not only wSudn ses iron rom an bs
once when ne had the opportunliy.'-(Chicago
Post.
Thomas A. Edison. jr., a son OF the famous cleo
,riclan. thinks ne has improved upon The latter's
incandescent lamp In two respects He says that he
has devised n new vacuum pump which enables a
workman to exhaust ten bulbs In less time than Is
now required for one. and also that he has fresh
process for getting pure carbon nlament
Homo Help-small Daugh,er-Its most school
time, and rye nslaa m my geography 49,, ,. &.
about and IN write out the answer for you to learn.
Small Daugher-The lakes OF Africa .-
geography you careless child you just hunt I'LL
you md it-(NewYork Weekly
The Municipal Council OF Ttampes. France. hns de-
cided 10 employ a phonogrech instead OF stenog-
rapher. II this should be done Mt English public
gatherings, Tho London Globe thinks something
Ike this might result: Mr.. Chairman ahem ladies'
and gentlemen. arc met ahem on this ahem au-
spcious occasion speak up old yer cad up on this
ahem auspc!ous occasion out with It 20 TO let cm
ave It go II ole brass lungs really in the face
OF such interruption cannot go 90 don't apo-
oglze on this suspicious occasion to err etc.
A Profitable Guest-stranger--I want as
low down as you can spare.
Clerk-Gve you No 49, top story Bestcandofor-
yousir
stranger-I want to be low down, so as to be
handy TO the bnrroom.
Clerk-Front! Show the gentleman to Parlor c.
(New-York Weekly
Savarlno Mario. Of Rock Stream. ~ Y. would ap-
pear to be endowed with more than tho average
credulity Of his Innocent race nasmuch as he ser-
ously expected one Giuseppe Blanco, n compatriot
to deliver him a barrel OF gold In consideration OF
slS5 which he duly paid over and for the return OF
which he Is now suing. After whistlIng n long time
for the barrel he changed the note and whised in
comparatively modest dlmnuendo for tho return OF
the sum no had paid. But neither came in response
TO his sibilaton His business fault In the transac-
ton was In not STIMULATING that the payment for
the barrel should be taken out of It when It came
TO hand.
Taken for Granted.--"Tell mo. Rafferty," said Mr.
Dolan rs Clanty stu walkin delegnte?"
No" was the reply.
Are you sure?"
Not iv me personal knowledge But OF take II
fur granted he's roidn' In hack be this time -
washington Star.
The yellow fever in the South Is practically over
though few scattered cases are still reported. In
comparison with previous visltatons II has not
been very severe. or the total number OF cases
registered. t,2se only H6 have proved fatal In the
epidemic OF 1873 the number OF deaths was IO5s and
in 1853 they reached a total OF 5000 TerrItorally
the present one reached from Atlanta, Ga,
on the east TO Houston Tex. on the west and
on the north TO Cincinnati. New-Orleans was the
worst infected district. while Biloxi and Edwards
Miss come next. Scranton. Miss: Mobile and
Memphis. also suffered severely. The individual