New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-01
THE TALK or THE DAY.

"J,m" Orr. who is ore Of the most brilliant. YER
satile and Independent reformers IN Kansas. 30 :,
working for the passage OF a law "hic" WI"
compel every man to refrain from so'"s VI ,,so..
other mans note without first getting MS w'ie'
consent" And "Bir" DUFF. another rerormer.
though hardly so eminent, wants law enac'eu
prohibiting husbands from using TOBACCO wi'n"''
the written consent Of their wives. and prohibiting
tobacconists from selling tobacco to HUSBANDS ""'
less the latter c-n show such written consent
We are getting g,p a KIondike club"
were not going at all; we are organispng s.a 20
keep another from going. free r'e''
sign weekly newspaper ONCE u. on,
VILE Ca reads Newspaper Business Iaush'
Here Editors Graduated in Three weeks LOT .ne
Cash. Make an Editor OF Yourself on Keasonaoe
Terms" The sign excited the curiosity OF ''S',o'
to the town, and ne went In and caiieo Oh '"e
editor who proposed to do 80 much for the country
In so short time.
Yes. SIR" he said. in reply to question: VIC
do what say We has graduated twenty eu-
itors In the last year an they're all runn'h nour-
ishin newspapers an abusin OF the GuVer mei'''
All you needs ter enter the class Is pair o scis-
and s."
class 'in your composition on George Washington
yG9 say va me ig no aoI Sn ehopae1 II down with
hatenetT :. ., ,, .,,, r couldn't smell
M,
'hatchet' "-(Chicago News.
writer In THE Ladies Home Journal says
that one may meet as we-dressed women In 81
IBERIA as are to be found in any European city.
The social forms that exist In the large cities Oh
Russia observed In Siberia, and the fasnionaoe
people OF that vast province enjoy life to the rni
Mr.. Aliens pictorial article on I'm Fashionable 81
bera' will present really attractive picture OF
land which the public mind has always associated
with cterility DerDetual cold unrelieved human
suffering
Sullivan man whose young son had bad symp-
toms OF klondike fever offered him the necessary
thouss nd with which 10 start If he could transport
Hardwood Hill on the Air Line roaG between FEB
ruary IS and March 30. without the aid or horses,
desired. and three square meals State-ofMaine
and woman-cooked. every day, The young man ian
looked at the blocks, then 10 the east. shook MS
head. and decided to go to school-tLewston (Me)
Journal
In accordance with the suggestions OF the Road
Inquiry Bureau OF the Department Of Agriculture.
five experimental free rural-del,very systems Will
he instituted for he purpose OF finding out what
kind OF roads will give the best results.
Il think will have to buy you dictionary"
YOU needn't bother yourself; never use EN-
replied the typewriter,
NO. sir; looked at one wunst and-would you
believe it?-every word was spelled wrong"-
what is a furlough?" asked Columbus (Ohio)
teacher.
1T means a mule" was the reply Of Mary.
"Oh no." replied the teacher at doesn't mean
mule
Indeed. It does" said Mary. IT have a book at
home that says so"
WELL" said the teacher, now thoroughly inter-
ested you may bring the book 10 school, and
well about IT.
The mex. day Mary brought the book. and In
some triumph opened to a page where there was a
picture OF a soldier standing beside a mule Below
the picture were the words: Going Home on His
Furlough'
Summer vlsitor-You must take lots of comfort
in Winter from that great 1r;p ace We don't hev
much time; I'm busy chopin wood for II most OF
mae mae shes Busy put i, il on the rerruth "
1T Is entirely Just" says The Waterman"
that cergymen should be taken sharply to ac-
for tightening their utterances In after-din-
ner speeches with stories touched with profanity.
The main advantage that they gain by the use of
such expressions arises from the sense OF surprise
tina. they should fall from their lips. Incongruity.
be sure. Is sometimes a valuable rhetorical de-
vice but (. Is far dearly purchased by contra
dieting the most solemn professions through the
irreverent use. even by quotation of the name Of
the Deity"
recent dinner in New-Haven is thus alluded to by
The Register" The remarks OF Governor Hast
ngs of Pennsylvania the Sons OF the American
Revolution banquet yesterday brought painfully 70
mind the well-recogniZed lack OF familiarity with
the Bible the present day. To suggest that Mary
Magdaene the mother OF Christ UNI
fortunate bunder II must have been a slip Of the
tongue but It fell painfully on the ears of those
PRESENT. Hartford Times.
What is your favorte pct among animals7" asked
one Boston woman OF another. according TO The
Traveller" And the enthusiastic reply Man"
The Populist paper at Lincoln gives some account
OF the prosperity which has come TO Uncle Billy |
Baker the pleasant old fellow who for three terms
represented the With District in Congress. He has
two fine farms upon OF which he is feeding |
two hundred and Atty head Of cattle. and, besides |
he owns and occupies fine home In the town. |
Uncle Billy demonstrated the OF the belief |
that n Congressman could not live decently and |
save money out of his salary. His expenses in |
Washington but little. II any. than the !
excess sum allowed him for mileage and postage: |
and had II not been for the necessity OF contrbut-
ing literally 10 the campaign fund In his district he
might have saved nearly the whole OF his sa.ary OF
5000 year. He was poor man when he entered |
Congress and he is now worth about Sl7.0oo-(Kan-