New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-24
TIE TALK or THE DAY.

Municipalities in Nebraska may now aeopt the
Initiative and referendum II they so dcsirc' anu
Omaha will soon take n vote on the question. IL
the rule is adopted Is per cent Of the voters may
thereafter by petition propose ordihahceS' ~
nor cent Of the voters may compel the city govern
ment 10 submit proposed ordinances TO vo'e :"
the people SO much for the Initiative. Inc rsi-
crcndum provisions are that ordinances paSSc" W
the CITY Council shall not go into effect LOT t''''y
DAYS and II in the mean time per CENT VI '
voters petition for the submission OF any o'",'""0
IN popular vote the same shall be submitted anu
must be approved by majority to come ih'o e"','
II 10 pcr cent of the voters petition. then the ord
nance shall be submitted at speciai eiec'oh "e''
within twenty days. ordinances relating 10 '".
Immediate preservation OF the public peace ana
h, alth and items Of appropriations for current en-
penses not I'm excess OF those made the previous
wear are excepted from the referendum ruic'
A Fair OHer.-"I can save you 5000. Mr.. Money
bags" 49,
Wen. then. say you will. give your daughter
$50 600 as marriage portion.
wei. I'll take her for forty-bve ."-tiarpers
Bazaar
According to "scribner's." different stories are
told as TO the origin OF Princetons cheer' ~ '"'r"
hor NJ the class of 80 declares that the late Dr.
Woosey Johnson, OF this city, OF that Glass; III 1T
sounded the "hooray, hooray. hooray. tiger sss-
hoorn All Princeton" IN one OF Professor Scnehck
Rotations But Chancellor Alexander l. McIiii'
of the class of 81, says he remembers quite MS
t,nctly when the eth Regiment OF this city went u
the war and how nearly the whole college went
down through the Potter woods to the Ola depo.
hv the canal at midnight TO greet II AS II passed
,hroupb The cheers of the boys were responded
70 by the eth with the "skyrocket," which so I'M
pressed the youthful mind that 1t was INDUCED IN
AZ first as borrowed property and later. as time
advanced was adopted as the college cheer
The great merchant came home at night and and
sank into chair He was the yctim OF some u tg1
to comfort and sustain him. charlie" she SAID
perhaps It is not 80 BAD after a nitsrv ruined
an us it true?" replied the wife of his bosom
then there is nothing to prevent and the girls
going abroad this summer was afraid you would
be saying you couldn't afford h'-CBoston IRAN
script.
The famous steer Jumbo Of Wichita. Kan,
which had attained the weight Of five thousand
pounds. was killed the other day. and VIII be
mounted for exhibition purposes.
Editor-Mr Cose. your Jokes have lost all their
hrmor here OF late What's the trouble?
Joe Cose-I guess IN not well I've req ratner
funny for week past-(Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
A Western paper says that recent commence
ment speecb was on the subject, whence Does the
Human Soul Derive the Remarkable Power Of In
vesting External Circumstances with the Lurld
Hue Of It's Own Feelings
The Sarcastic Girl--He-I-ah-have always had
a horror of premature burial; being buried 100
soon you know.
SheEOh. pshaw. Such a thing is impossible
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Cases against George Washington appear here
and there In the civil docket recently unearthed in
the courthouse at Greensburg, Penn. No less than
three claims were entered against him during the
year 1851 to compel him to pay taxes. The hui
morous clerk commenting on these actions. re-
marked: George Washington. ESD appeareth not
to like taxes"
Mine Is a pitiabe case" said the man who had
reached the melancholy stage as he leaned against
the bar. What a. woe II IL to nave WIRE VINO
has a habit OF locking you out OF your own house
You amt one, two three with me, said the
other melancholy man. Mine has a habit OK lock-
In me n."-(Pttsburg Chronicle.
at Is not generally known" says THE Phila-
delphia Record" that the United States minis
make money for other nations as we'll as for our
own. The Mint In this city, which has list I'm
ished making $780, 600 in fve-doar gold pieces for
Costa Rica has begun work 800 600 silver dollars
for San Domingo. The designs on the coins are
often ideas of the Governments which send the
orders ana got up In such way as to
make limitations as difficult possible for the
counterfeiter. The coin is shipped In bags 10 New
regular line steamers The report given by the
Mint az TO the amount of precious metal used IS
never questioned by the foreigners"