New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-06
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Last Sunday the Rev. DR.. Hills Of Chicago. de-
clared that Chicago is on the down grade morally
and materially, and 1.-THE Chicago Record" admits
that he Is right. 1t says however that the good
citizens of the city In the majority. and 1t calls
upon them to the folly of dividing lines Of
National partisanshp in dealing with local affairs.
stupidity of this Sort" 1t declares, under exist
ing circumstances. is a crime against the commu-
nifty The city can be saved from its sickness only
by the reformation Of its politics. its rulers its
greedy rich men, It's rnwise labor leaders and any
so-called reformers who act from motives less
selfish than the good of the entire community"
The Spirit of the Age,-Ie-Just listen how that
will sell for.
She-Perhaps size does She may be advertising
bargain.-(Cinclnnati Enquirer
There is a big oil boom In Madison County. Ind.
owing to the discovery Of oil wells. THE
indianapolis Journal" says: THE operations Of the
Alexandria oil field have excited the gravest appre-
henson for the future of natural gas. not only In
this city, but all the territory. The long
distance telephone In Governor Mounts office was
kept busy yesterday with messages from the gas
belt. asking him to invoke all the powers Of the
law, with all possible speed, to prevent the fur
Their waste of gas. 1t was represented to the Gov
ernor that millions OF feet Of gas were being wasted
daily by the oil prospectors. who endeavored 10
blow the gas out OF the holes drilled in order to
get at the oil beneath. The point made that,
while oil could go only to the benefit Of those min
ing It, the gas Of benefit to the general public.
fact the Legislature had recognized by passing
laws to prevent It's waste
Unpardonable Onence-Watts-It is something
surprising the way the Greeks have lost their pop
uarty
about their Selling the war correspondents horses.
indianapolis Journal.
Gadzooks-Now that you have taken to a bicycle.
l frequently see you on the Boulevard
Zounds-Well, you needn't exaggerate. don't
fall off more than once a week.
WILLIE told her my love great that my
Charlie-What did she say to that?
Wie-Told me had better blow 1t out.-(Yale
Record.
Canada appreciates the kindly feeling that In
spired Mr. Kipling TO write "Our Lady Of the
Shows" In commemoration Of the new Canadian
Tariff bill: but 1t doesn't just like the implication
in 1t that snow is the leading characteristic Of
Canada Tie following parody OF the poem is 60
ing tho rounds:
A nation spoke to a nation.
A prince sent word to a throne.
Sonny am In my mothers house.
But big boy in my own.
The tariffs mine to open.
And the tariffs mine to close
But I'm tied to my mamTy's apron strings.
Said the lad that blows his SHOWS.
In the sixteenth century the average length of a
the seventeenth century ii was forty-fve years
and eight months, in the eighteenth century forty
nine years and eight months. and in the nineteenth
ffty-eight years and seven months. 1t thus APP
pears doctors 300 in learning not TO
take their medicine.-(C Chicago Chronicle.
Booker T. Washington writes: THE president OF
the Alabama State Convict Board, s. b. Trap. Is
making an earnest effort to put good reading mat
ter into the hands OF the hundreds of convicts now
In the Alabama penitentiary, coal mines. chain
gangs. etc To this end he has asked me to aid In
the establishment of permanent library In the
various places where the convi,ts are kept II
persons who wish to help establish these libraries
will send books new old TO me- | will see that
they are put into the hands of Mr.. Trap for the
purpose named When the books sent, II
should be stated that they are for the penitentiary
library"
Observation-Disclosures what do you say TO cocktails?
Ricketts-When a cocktail is present. my dear
sir. | waste time with words.-Uouisville
Courier-Journal
curious lawsuit will soon be tried in Duchess
County, y. Y. Some time man and his wife
could not agree n name for their infant son. and
the mother decided TO settle the question according
to her wishes by having the child baptized one day
while the father absent. The father has now
sued the clergyman for damages