New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-07
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Doooor David F.. Cushing Of Cambridgeport w..
has kept the store In the same place ior my
four wears and hopes to make 1t sixty years.
ITS shame the those girls play go S Sne
the philosophical mosquito axe tr,ed N rs bite her
arm last night. it was so hard 1t turned my Dill
ln"-(Harpers Bazaar.
The full name OF the smallest state IN the Univ"
is "the state Of Rhode Island ana froVioehce
Plantations" and the legal title of Its chief ohicer
Is Governor Captain General and Commandments
Chief"
Hymen ExperIt was their rst GIaFIr n anger
At the door he turned and hur.ed back one part
ing s s'T love Is blind" he said ut must be admitted
that Hymen is Hrst-class ocust'-tCnicago
Post.
A Grand ARMY Post composed exclusively OF
Roman Catholic priests has just been formed ~
Notre Dame Ind The Very Rev. father Cotp''
who was chaplain OF the Sth New-iorK soiun
teers. was Installed as commander. He enjoys a
Troral renu,ation as q prelate OF the Catholic
Church and during the late war gave absolutioh 20
his New-York regiment on the battlefield OF "e'tys-
burg General William A. Olmstead. OF this city
who will soon be elevated TO the priesthood IS al
jutan; OF the post
Mr. Dearborn-How are you getting along with
'I Dir Wabash-oh there's trouble already.
why she insists on having new so %he sno anS
-(Yonkers Statesman
A Philadelp hia tobacconist says: "One-nith OF
our cigarette sales during the last two months nave
been TO women II you were to stano az my
door for an hour or two you'd be surprised 20 see
the swell girls who como In TO make purchases
There ia a certain brand which they all seem 10
have an especial liking for II Is evident that IN
this respect they are acting In concert. There Is
O certain club OF uptown girls. smokers ciup.
which TO my personal knowledge. recently passed
resolutions adopting this particular brand as the
official cigarette OF the club
Dlsobedient Patient-Iratc Patron-You adver-
ti,e TO cure congumption dom you a;, when nv In
structlons are followed
year and died an hour after the last dose.
DR.. Quack-My instructions were not loN9weu. 1
told him to take It two years.-New-fork weekly
Apropos OF a recent order that brakemen shall
speak grammatcally and distinctly, an official OF
the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
SAYS: we wish our men to use good language. IL
makes q great difference with US whether man
use. good grammar or speaks as though he had
never attended even a district school. In order
that there may be no confusion. We have ordered
conductors to tell brakemen to say, The next sta
ton IS Chicago Our brakemen do not mako
many mistakes in grammar. but we cannot help
II II a man Is a foreigner and makes a mistake In
their sorvices arc appreciated more when they
know how to announce stations properly
Right IN His Line-"How long" inquired the
Ea~crn potentate has the young man been IN the
treadmillI H., n ..,,r.,,,c King And he told
me Yesterday that he was having fine time. al
though the scenery was get,ins % us any,
He claims he Is an American bicycle s ssorcher;
bur what that might be know not, truck.
THE Athol CAfass) Transcript tells story Of
an old citizen Of that town. Dexter Lee. who had
n wonderful power over animals One day
nedler with a ferocious bulldog came into town.
and in the course Of conversation Leo remarked
that he could the dog out OF the wagon
III you can" said the pedler. Il Will give you
every yard Of silk there is In It,
Lee said no more. but stepped back little and
drew his unde- ip between his teeth. which caused
his why chinwhsker to project into the air In an
extraordinary and alarming manner. Then ne
Axed his eyes sharply on the dog. and slowly ap-
preached the animal
Tho bulldog watched him for a moment as X
fascinated; hut presently. when Lee made a little
dive AZ him tho dog made leap out of the wagon.
and with series OF terrified bowls. bounded across
the street. and crouched there with his tail be-
tween his legs: could his master induce him to
come to him until the terrible man had gone to a
distance.
A literary man In Boston has who is to him
square hoe in the trousers OF his well-beloved.
shrieking hoe Just above the knee. How Is this?'
have two pairs my best and the other. couldn't
tell them apart so cut hole In the best. and now
] can tell en- and know which TO put on."-(Bos
ton Journal
John W. Breidenthal the State Bank Commits
sioner Of Kansas. says:
II am daily receiving letters from Kansas bank
or, about paper that have made them charge of
os bad debts being paid In full. One bank had six
quarter sections away out In the coyote country.
/ hardly considered such property asset. but
agreed tina, they should be set down as worth 500
each or 5000 In the aggregate Here is letter
nouncing that one quarter brought $500 The bank
has the other five quarters left to secure the other
400 Here IL another letter from bank that had
been abusing about its assets. II had four hun
dred acres of coyote country land. The president
says he does not propose to sell IL at q sacrifice,
and will buy II himself at twice the valuation put
on f. Some Of the banks that have been threat
enirg TO close up are In good shape now, and are
talking back to mo pretty plainly A banker at st.
John had a mortgage on everything an old fellow
had and called the paper almost worthless a few
months ago. The banker staked the man for one
more effort He put In four hundred acres Of
wheat hit 1t right and has paid of his mortgage
and much more besides"
They have queer way Of making birth and mar mar
rngs notices , IN sSms s pIasss Here Bath
IAN employee OF the Street Department went to
Portsmouth this morning. with young Midde-st
And here's a. stork Item from "The Rockland
''Hathorns Point-Mr. and Mrs. Irving Harring-
iast."-lLswiston (MeJ Journal.