New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-07
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE Columbia IS. c. Register" says: III Ad-
miral Bunce. who will command the fleet which
will conduct the mimic blockade OF Charleston this
month will hunt around Charleston he can find a
few OF the old blockaderunners still alive who
can take a vessel through any blockade his fleet
can contrive. despite searchlights and other mod
ern Inventions, unless they have forgotten their
ancient cunning"
Captain Robley D. Evans. of the United States
OF fighting Bob" was junior officer when the
war broke out. and his Virginia mother, thinking
her had not yet learned his own mind. sent
in his resignation without consulting him. The
man was out Of the Navy. But he found a way
induce the Department TO rescind its action. and
day. with slight limp due to a wound received in
Washington Times.
Professor Moses Colt Tyler. OF Cornell. said the
other evening in a lecture that while Washington's
reputation n soldier and statesman was safe,
he IN real danger from the humorists OF the
future This was owing to the fact that Washing
ton, the real man, had never been very well known
and Is now almost forgotten, having been replaced
In the popular mind by myth type almost equally
compounded OF the heroic the prisgish and the
statuesque.
The State is better, off for the heroic treatment
patriotic Kansan that the friends OF good gov
eminent all over the Nation Will keep their guns
trained on the Populst ghos.dancers. ready to fire
whenever the old bucks begin to make medicine
That Will save Kansas from bad name quicker
than in ali the syllogisms. In the mean time
Kansas is all right She is now the best agricu;
be manufacturing the raw material into the I'm.
ished product. That IL the economic salvation OF
the State Kansas is all right.-(Emporia Gazette.
Michigan woman who discusses the well-worn
question why girls prefer shop and factory work
TO domestic service says that the chief objection
to the latter Is the loss OF caste involved. One
girl who had tried both means OF livelihood is
quoted saying: II am not ono whit better now
than when worked as servant. yet now.
when go out In society, meet people OF refine
ment and am treated the same any else.
I board at a nice place and Am often invited TO
spend the evening among people who would never
have given me a second glance II / had remained
d servant"
Dissatished-"The cars go great deal faster than
they used to- remarked the woman who was look
Yes" replied the other: they certainly do. And
Il suppose 1t does But it really II you
weren't getting much ride for your money
(Washington star
A correspondent Of a Boston paper says: "As
far az have observed. whenever a food prepare ton
is put into n package with printed matter. the
printed side is Invariably placed near the article
of food, which often happens 10 be of standard
and superior quality Why not reverse the printed
slip? Printing ink is not nutritious. palatable
wholesome; and such food packages. II allowed to
remain unopened for long time and II exposed
to heat and moisture, must deteriorate In quality
and may even become unwholesome"
Priscllla-Iack is the oldest fellow lie took me
! from home he said II wouldn't promise TO marry
him he'd make me S get Sa out ba and walk back
Priscilla--No, indeed, but the horse dd.-(Truth.
1t has been stated that a bank burglar can so heat
the walls OF A safe with an electric current as TO
! be able to get inside without waiting more than
| few minutes. Certain laboratory experiments lend
some sanction to such notion. but electrical Jour
! nails oh-pooh IT, 1t Is much easier to talk about
stealing electricity from live trolley and lighting
wires than It Is to do it-hat is with safety THE
Electrical Engineer" after pointing out some other
difficulties In tho way OF such operations remarks
that men can take and have taken the current
from supply mains even more than Is required for
melting through safes. though In numerous in
stances the parties maintained perfect silence about
It after
Nerve strain--"It must be a good deal OF n strain
to a trolley-car. said the talkative man on
You bet It ls." said the motorman. IVY, when
I go along fer two or tree weeks without runnin
over anybody git so nervous l can't eat nor
slcep."-tCincnnau Enquirer.
Kendall County, Tex. which has n large German
population. voted for Mckinley almost two TO one
There are only two chattel mortgages ON crops I'm
the county, the total amount OF which is $3.50 and
last year the county jail had only sixteen inmates
Delta County. IN the same State voted for Bryan
by majority OF more than five to one. and It had
$50 mortgages on crops, the total amount OF which
was $4,000
Wsyas as sas give Teller dime
Eeonomist-Eat? guess It is to get something
to drink with.
Wayside Applicant-Any fool might guess that. |
I'say, mister, don't you know that drink Is more
than drink Why. It's food and Lodging into the
barRain---tHnatnn TranscrinL