New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
THE T4LK or THE DAY.

The temperance idea is making unexpected prog
ress in Holland. Within the last few years tenn
perance clubs have been established in each higl
school in the country. I'm many OF them the mem
bership is a large percentage Of the total number
Of students.
Solved at Iast:.aJawsins- do they always
Pawkins-RecalIs,. they're so accustomed TO the
pitching OF the shp.-(cncnnau Enquirer
The teachers under the jurisdiction of certain
Board of Education in Fayette County. Penn,
must be unusually dangerous According TO "Th'
Ilttsburg Dispatch" the Board recently adopted
the following resolution: "Teachers must not make
love while employed 10y the Board or during school
hours The violation of this rule will be sufficient
cause for dismissal
Mstress-when you came here few days ago
YOU said your name was Mary. Now ma IN
your book that II is kittie. 49, , -
Cook-Oh madam. that's all right Mary Is my
pseudonyme.-( fliegende Batter
The Augustu. Harris memorial fund London
papers say, now amounts 10 more than $1,000 and
subscriptions are still expected by the committee.
Of which the Prince of Wales is member. A
drinking fountain In the crowded neghborhood of
DrlIry Lane is TO be put up with 5000 OF the
money. The rest OF the fund Is 10 be devoted 10
the endowment of a bed in Charing Cross Hospital.
for the sole use OF members of the dramatic and
musical professions.
LULLABY OF THE FUTURE
Hush my babe; lie still and slumber
Fathers watching at thy bed;
Mothers off eectioneering,
With a halo round her head.
Soft and easy'll be her cradle
When she's at the Nations head:
While with the kitchen work III wreste,
Coarse and hard Is fathers bed
Hush my dear thy food and raimcnt.
House and home Thy ma provides;
She's sumner baby darling;
Gracefully her bike she rides
Hush nv babe, lie sil and slumbcr
Father wants to go TO bed
Mother won't be home till morning
Going to make a speech, she said
So we'll lay us down and slumberr-
Slumber sweet till morning breaks.
Father then must be humping
Mother wants h griddle cakes.
-(Boston Journal.
Florida for the first time in the history of the
State Is shipping spongcs to Europe. and. Ii Is
said Is receiving good returns on all which reach
the London market. Good grass sponges are worth
from 10 to ca cents a bunch
Only an Old Mans Notion.-"Iis a woman not A
man YOU see in the moon. shouted the female
u guess she's bout right" interrupted a patri-
-, oh In the back part OF the hall that's the rea-
SON the blamed things so changeable. ."-tDetroit
Free Press.
Among the presents taken by President Faure to
Russia were toys and dolls. gifts from Nine. Faure
he
ON, however was an olive branch I'm gold for the
tomb Of Alex ander Ill 1t Of sixteen
specimens of French orfevrere taken 10 81. Peters
burg bv the President. on the ribbon attached TO
the olive branch Is the motto. PAX concepta
fermat tempus" Among the other gifts two
busts In Savres biscuit of the Emperor and En-
press. by Ratkowsky. and a marble bust OF Her
Majesty by Autokolsky.
English Tourist Din the far North. miles from
az hA
your family live here all the winter? Why. what
do you do when any OF you are i'll? You can
never get doctor
Scotch shephcrd-Nae. sir We've just to dee a
natural death.-Punch.
Foreign papers say that NJ Nerestchasn. the
Russian painter whose pictures OF the horrors OF
war and especially OF the Indian muiny are widely
known. will probably be selected the first can
didate for the Nobel Prize at Stockholm. AL
though the prize is given from the funds left by the
inventor Of explosives 1t is offered an Incentive
to 'the propaga ton OF pacific ideas" The German
Emperor referred TO Verestchagins works as
"the best assurance against war"
Positive-"we have parted forever" said the
sadly. She Is never going 10 even
write to m. again
Are yea sure Of that?' asked his sympathetic
friend. -,
letters"-(W ashington Evening Star.