New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-25
THE TANK or THE DAY

one o. the cardinal principles Of the Mennonltes
in Kansas has been not vote. but ii Is said that
a new departure will be instituted this year, and
thai at least four-hfths Of them Will vote the Re
publican ticket.
Bostoa broker boasts Of rather bright office
boy one OF his friends dropping In At the Office,
dispatched the lad for some cigars giving MN a
dollar bill to pay for them The boy returned win
cbasing such good ones. and passed them around.
shorty after the broker was left alone in the office
whn the re InarTo "T@ he rest Of them cssrs
Mr.. Margln."-CBoston Commercial Bulletin
-Four Chinese laundrymen in Philadelphia arc
frequently riding a quadruplet
THE time is past" said Mrs. Meekton oratori-
cary when man can assume to ord n over ms
l lad her lr"' husband gently might ask YOU
whether. when you aIlude 20 an Asiilc bo'tutd te
you have in mind the Emperor OF emma? -tNash-
ington Star.
An observing boy the other day defined a pedes
TRAN as "a Teller that gets over by bicycle"
I, Germantown there is a youngstcr twelve yesrs
old who sits at the head Of the table and says
whenever MS father is away bo F boy ms
been forewarnSd appgnred in the i room Ioa IN
hnshed the feminine chatter and annoyed his
mother not little by assuming "A tremendously
Solemn look and extending both hands over the
boord I'm imitation OF a c.ergvman pronouncng a
benedction Then he chanted. not in his clear
childish treble. but In base tones string or unn-
tellieible syllables which occupied nearly hve min
utes His mother rebuked him severely, for 1t
secmed 20 hcf that he was trying to turn her
Iadi@s luncheon into ridcule. lie became very an
CRY the rebuke He had anticipated instead
The grace. he explained. va: In ATTN ne nag
here but me and God he concluded scornfulIy.-
Uhlade.phia fecor'.
"Cld Man Hearst" who was Mark Twain's part
nor many years ago. Is still miner and is work
Ing a claim near the Black Range, in New Mexico
Mrs Putt had to get rid of my cook.
a. Ms putt-yrs SIZE used one OF my golf sticks
Tor kndling wood. and there were three Of Henry's
valking-st.cks right at nd.-(Ph'adephia North
American
The site for the acks school and pier FOR the
nronosed naval training station on Goat Island
o, San Francisco has been chosen by Captain
n,or,ns AS now contemplated" says THE San
rronclsco Chronicle" the main building will be
2oa feet long and 90 feet deep. with wings OF the
s,n,e depth and 100 feet long at each end Of the
-, building This structure VIII anord room FOR
The accommodation Of three hundred boys. with
annie r,cita ton rooms. gymnasium drill hall and
sleepirg apartments. Everything In the building
u.u he patterned after the ships which VIII be the
bom.s Of the boys for so many years They VIII
to,. to sleep in hammocks. viii have their calls
49, Quarters and their living arrangements. Just "a
.ha, anoat The dock where the Pensacola will
Ito will be about FOUR hundred yards from the bar
racks II will be necessary 10 build only two nun
dred feet of dock while II the structure was built
he
loot necessary to allow the vessel 10 lie in deep
water"
"The number OF people who speak English said
,,o Amateur Satistician. lis now u6.W0eo'
NJ, a. a wonder" said the cheap Cynic. some OF
,bem do not get on the stage. "-(Cincinnati En-
quirer.
. slx native Filipinos viii take part in the Peace
,nhuee parade in Philadelphia next week They
ara sallors on an American ship which has just
rrtved from Manila. Two Of them were seamen
loud the Spanish craft Relna Cristna when
DeU,y sunk the Castiian fleet In Manila Harbor
They delight to tel about the great fight. for. al
,houqb their ship went down under the American
,s they are not sorry that Dewey won the day
rhIs Is how one OF them described the battle Of
May ]: &C., -,
49,, abas EspagnOl!" Then. in chorus:
NAL Espagno Viva Americanos!
..rner. are some very sincere doubts" said the
c,,,nd statesman. about the desrablity or "a
0ansion and the mixed population that 1t gives
rise to-. ~, 49, ,-,o,, ,.ho $40. cornarad .,d
~ 20 listen There's AHuinsdo. = understand
~ Very reluctant about taking In all there Wild
no .St..,y Am indiana "-(WaahlnGtOu Star