New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-31
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The renovated pumproom in Bath ENGLAND.
which the Duke Of Cambridge opened the other
day. is really eighteen centuries old, for It Ia
founded In the famous baths which the Romans
built in 60 a. d.. II not earlier. The Saxons de-
stroyed the grand structure in 5 and for centuries
the ruins We're used as quarry, from which some
of the stone for The cathedral was obtained. The
Roman baths were redscovtred in 1854, but little
was done with them till 1877. when the corporation
acquired them. Since that time the corporation
has been engaged In restoring them TO something
of their original grandeur. and even yet much re-
mains to be done So far five baths have been q.
cavated.
II came to ask for your daughter in marriage
sir" said the young man.
Have you money of your own" asked the care
"Oh. you misunderstood me. sir! I do not want
TO buy hcr!'-(fonkers Statesman
Although THE Bells OF Corneville' have sounded
melodously on nearly every stage In Europe. Pas
tor Brehan Of the church I'm Corneville calls at
tenion to the fact that there Is nothing but an old
tinker TO be heard in Bonneville. The pastor sug-
gests that the manager Of the Gaety Theatre should
give performance OF LES Cloches de Corneville'
for the benefit OF his church. and devote the pro-
ceeds 10 the purchase OF peal Of bells.
From Paris paper take the following con.
versation in a police court:
The PresIdent-It appears from your record that
you have been thrty-seven times previously con-
The prisoner (sententlously)- is not perfect.
-(London Globe.
THE Atchison Globe" says: 80 far. the gen.
eral prosperity seems to have blessed every
cept those who bills at this Office
IT'S not the dead alone. that lie
In the graveysrds still and drear;
Too often do the tombstones tell
~CCleveland Leader.
Some hend incarnate," says a Mississippi editor
In, of hell cfa m n
the face entered the residence Of John Jones Sun.
day night and stole the Presbyterian Sunday-school
collection"
said he came from here remarked the tenderfoot.
Did You" asked the W , sTo .,. and ;.
told us that this great place for exercise
think It was The day he left we gave HIM ten
minutes start; and followed him with rope Ex-
A Rhode Island cow died the other day from
having swallowed partially blown-up football.
How did you know. Columbus" asked enc Of the
sages OF Spain; that there was land on the other
side % the gobe|
1T was simple enough" said Columbus Il knew
na1 me 1a land on this Side to 90 rourd What
other conclusion could a logical mnd reachT
-(Harper's Bazaar.
A gentleman recently visited a p!tman in Dur.
ham, England. After a little conversation the pitt
invited MS guest 10 take Il uriHh Win hiius
but the gentleman replied that he was teetotaler.
We'll. yen hev pipe O baccy wiz u.s. said the
hospitable ptman. NO. thank you-snokng does
not agree with me-" Then hev n pinch o snufr'
NO do not like the habit" MA sakes. Hev "
a dog" "No-unfortunately, do not possess .
dog" Mercy us-ye dvvent drink. we divvent
smoke ye dlvvent snuff. ye hev no greyhoond-an'
ye caall yorsel a man.
Mrs Johnson-Am Parson Jackson ve'y eloquentf
Mrs Whtewash (ecstatically)-Am he eloquent?
Oh. my. ] wish yo' could hab heard his sermon
las Sunday bout BALKAN an de ass-yo could
almost imagine yo heard de ass a-talkin'.-(Har-
per's Weekly.
The editor OF The Murfreesboro Tenn) News
thus accounts for hard times I'VE let our timber
rot aud buy fencing. We throw away our ashes
and grease and buy soap; we raise dogs and buy
hogs: we raise weeds and buy vegetables; we catch
fve-cent fish with four-doar rods; we build school,
houses and send our children or 10 be educated.
and, lastly, send our boys out with a forty-dol-
lar gun and a ten-dollar dog to hunt ten-cent
birds"
Customer--You guaranteed 1T, didn't your
Tailor-I did.
C'ustomer-Well the only At about these clothes
was the one my wife had when she saw 'em-(Mel-
bourne Weekly Times