New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-12
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

And YOU were at Lees surrender" asked a
Georgia citizen Of old darby, according to The
Atlanta Constitution.
YES, subj dar.' was the reply
well what did Grant say when Lee gave his
sword up?"
He give It ter one his mems. en- he say: 'Doan
let Ginrul Lee git holt er dat ergin. He been
raisin' de debbn wild 1t for TO- years Go long en-
hide it frum him: he's got ter whar he's danger
Gus"
famous bandit who was in prison The robber IN
formed the President that his laTess IRE was ~, IN
result Of having work 10 do. The President no
Grated him. made him CHIEF OF Police or ms native
district which WAS one OF ee od he held Sricti
accounta BILE for all robberes in his district FROM
that day 10 this not one has occurred.-tCleVelahd
Plain Dealer.
The Municipal Year Book OF Berlin shows tina;
one woman In that city, forty-one years old. is
the mother OF twenty children In 1896 there were
five families with nineteen children sixteen with
eighteen seventeen with seventeen thirty-two with
sixteen sixty-three with fifteen elghty-three with
fourteen and l25 with thirteen. Two hundred pairs
OF Berlin parents counted dozen children each.
the mother in one being only twenty six years
old A mother of eighteen offspring was thirty
FIVE years old. while women OF twenty-;hree and
twenty had borne eight and five children respec-
lively.
Tommy came in from bicycle ride Of half an
hour and stood over the register TO warm himself
anatomy to see Il he had frozen any OF them
We'll" said Mrs Tucker, I'm venture to say say
10 go out riding on his bicycle such bitterly cold
no. wasn'tr' Indignantly exclaimed Tommy,
rubbing his nose with his coat sleeve Not by
Flow many others did you seer?
one" said Tommy still indignant-(Chicago
Tribune.
Twelve hundred clergymen OF the English Church
have united in recommending book called "A
Book for the Children OF Cod The spirit Of the
hook NAV be inferred from the following passage
in t.: The Catholic Church is the home Of the
Holy Ghost II is His only earthly home. He does
not make His home in any Dissenting sect. Some
times people quarrel with the Church and break
away from her and make little sham churches Of
their own. We call these people Disorders and
their sham churches sccts. The Holy Ghost does
not abide-does dwell with them"
You can testify TO the assault OF this defendant
on the person of this boy. can't your asked the
attorney Of the witness in the justice court
Well do you swear that you saw the ASSAULT"
"Nossuh, kent swar dat, boss.
What, I thought you were present when the
Il wur, ledge an they wurn't no 'saultln' done"
wy dattar woman, Lndy Brown. tes' natchully
busted dis boy open wild six-foot pank."-(Atlanta
Journal
Two clergymen who were invited to a ball that
took place the other evening in Knobnoster Mo
"queered" the whole performance by appearing in
full clerical dress and reading chapter from the
Bible. after which they prayed for the dancers
The guests say they wouldn't have minded so much
If they had read the chapter relating how King
David once danced before the Lord But for
reason the reverend visitors chose another chapter
The queerest case have had in my practice"
said the dentist. occurred the other day. when
woman came into the ONCE and wanted me to buy
using them for eight months and that they had
given her good service but the times were hard
teeth were her only valuable possession"
She might have added" remarked the listener
that, having nothing TO eat. she no longer had any
use for teeth'-(Buffalo Express.
A theatre-going correspondent writes to COM
plain that ''the critic OF The Tribune gives full
praise everything that DAILY does and
damns everything else" This Is false as every
Intelligent reader Of The Tribune knows Days
Theatre is universally known and recognized as the
leading theatre in this country. and il is the only
theatre in Ncw-York to which Intellectual and re-
fined persons.-persons Of good feeling good breed
ing and good taste-can. at all times resort with
out risk OF being annoyed and offended by prurient
filth vulgar folly. Days Theatre Is usually
devoted to tho production 81 the plays OF Shake
speare. and those the best plays that exist IN
the English language. The further statement OF
the correspondent that DAILY surely produces
some dreadful stuff" is both false and silly No
theatrical manager OF our time has made greater
sacrifices or determined efforts than have
been made by Augustin DAILY TO maintain the stage
In dignity. purity and beauty.
Could Not Understand It.-"There's ono thing"
said the practical Joker that could under
stand
What Is thatr
why. when can pick out such genuinely witty
comic valentines 10 send To my friends they
should make such laundering and brutal selections
to send to me. "-tWashington Star.
Calino was present at the recent production OF
D'Annunzios La VILE Morte." In Paris, accord |
Ing to the Figaro" OF that city.
IT'S very curious" he remarked: they said IL |
was by an Italian author"
Yes: II Is"
And yet there wasn't word didn't under |
stand!'
Willing-"1 want you to make me a Newmarket |
coat" she said TO the dressmaker.
But 1t Isn't the prevailing fashion to have |
lengthy wraps"
II don't care | am invited 20 a whist party,
and the gentleman who is to be my partner told
mo to be not to forget my long suit"-(WsAh- |
ington Star