New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-27
THE TALK or THE DAY.

THE Watchman' (BaptisD thinks that conserva-
tive Christians are occasionally just nppant IT.
their references to the Bible the radicals. 1t
saws: ITO speak as The New-York Observe" does
OF Christian ministers who toss Jonah overheard
more nonchalanty than the heather seamen. and
TO say, as n conservative writer in The Evan
geist' does that DR.. Abbott is one with the whale
in this thar neither OF them could swallow Jonah.
may he very humorous. but it is in exceedingly
bad taste"
Curious National Custom.-"T was so mad said
the vivac!ous young American lady, that could
The listening Englishman made a note in his his
recognized as nervous complain, in this country
that the natives in the habit Of taking Iron 10
counteract it"-Cincinnau Enquirer
A Georgia newspaper is going to give up
Journalism because he thinks editors are not treat
cd fairly. "A child is born" he says; the doctor
In attendance gets So the editor notes 1t and gets
o; 1t is christoned the minister gets ST. the editor
writes II up and gets 90; It marries. the minister
gets another fee. the editor piece OF cake or COO:
In course OF time 1t dies the doctor gets from s. to
So the minister gets another 81. the undertaken
gets s5 $40 the editor prints 1t and receives 5000
and then the privilege OF running free OF charge
n card OF thanks"
Old Lady-rm afraid your story Of your sudden
and your childrens illness is not quite the truth
been in this unfortunate persiton for more nor five
year. and ave said the same thing undreds OF
times. and you're the fust az ever doubted my
word afore,-(London Fun.
II an American student OF etymoIogy should
travel through Yorkshire. he would be surprised
and puzzled at hearing the natives say: Them
taters Is demicked" BY digent inquiry he would
find out that half century ago when the first
potato blight came the farmers heard II called an
epidemic" and that since then they have read
juscd the word TO their own uses.
The Countess Of Stafford has recently founded
the Flannel Shirt club, the object Of which Is
quite original as It's name. The members OF this
organization go around asking their friends for
flannel shirts to be given to poor cohvaIescents
discharged from hospitals and unpro2,vided with
lar for a fashionable woman at society function
soliciting her men acquaintances for flannel shirts.
and it's oddly makes 1t popular. Another freak of
philanthropy is the giving OF dinners to horses
horses in London a1d society has taken TO visiting
these places and serving the inmates with course
dinners consisting Of sliced carrots chopped APP
pies brown and white bread In small loaVes ana
lump sugar.-(I.ondon Telegraph
An English paper gives these extracts from
speeches recently made at vestry meetings Mr..
H. DIFF paid a man TO do job and he did not
do it, would not pay him Mr.. OC-Is Mr.. St. c.
in order in introducing fresh matter that has al
ready been decided? Mr.. d. move that we have
a survey on this day Thursday fortnight. a
SATURDAY. Mr.. P.-I proud OF my ancestors and
/ hope to be proud Of my posterity. Mr.. BIZ this
proposal Is carried the parish will stink in the
eyes OF the ratepayers.
Just as the physicians who had been In consulta-
ton seemed about to reach an agreement. the pa
Fine subject" said one of the physicians as
they gathered about the bed.
splendid" echoed another. Seems too bad TO
why should we" asked the third. "AI we have
to do Is TO get up violent dispute as 10 the real
cause OF death IN order 10 get chahce TO dis
Ana so they worked the old scheme again.-(Chl-
cago Post
THE Philadelphia Record tells OF a country
woman who recently went to n Harrisburg hotel
and asked for a After assigning her room
the clerk handed the key to the Front" and
dered him to show the lady to Room r. The boy
ushered her into the elevator and just about
to close the door when she exclaimed In voice
loud enough be heard throughout the entire
office: oh this room is too small; can't you give
me larger one?'
one OF the narrowing memories OF past Legation
entertainments in this ancient capital land We
won't specify the legation, but will merely say
that It not under the urbane Ransom himself
connosseur is Scent port which r was raspy
The Minister thought that 1t would do and 1t
Hd 30 FOR n his word WS
such port of the cornergrocery variety might as
we'll be sent TO some teetotal Jericho.-tMexican
Herald
Andrew Jackson Andrews. OF Richmond. Va
wants To be Consul-Cieneral at Havana. for the
following reasons: "(a) am widely known 90
| know General Lee: ,c) my father commanded "A
battery In the year 1872; Id ! am therefore. an
American horse. foot and dragon; (e) | will go
in a fearless manner and with the nep OF God
defend American citizens"
At Midnight. In his guarded tent, the Turk lay
dreaming OF the hours when he could hide to some
land Plain Deaise