New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-04
THE TALK or The 7 1Y

A correspondent from Tennessee sends the fol-
lowing incident. which. he says. recently happened
in that State:
Teacher OF Infant Class In sunday-school-Did
any Of you children ever know hear OF any
who never commits sin in thought. word or deed?
Little Johnnie (eagerly)-I know.
Teacher-Well Johnnie. VINO IS It?
Johrnie-McKinley.
with reference to the charms which formed
that an old woman CT eighty. who IS Ell, living.
says that when she was girl Of sixteen pane OF
glass taken out OF a window in the parish
church and applied TO her chest as a cure Tor ague
n4av the e ca n9ie maxim sma simibus GU,
rantur'-'pane cures pain."-London Globe
TT is a long time" says 4 Rome correspondent
OF The Pail Mall Gazette" since We have had
such theatrical this winter Notwith-
standing the hisses-itle respectful to Queen Mar
gherita, who present-that greeted Gabriel
dAnnunzio's 'Sogno d. un Mattino 81 Prmavera
CDream OF a Morning Of SPRING., Elcanora Dusc
IS dcghtng all Rome; at the Argentine Theatre
the 'Bohdme' OF Puccni has had fresh success.
and Fregoli who made such a hit among London
nusic-hal audiences. provides entertainment Of
another kind"
An American who recently Birmingham. the
great English iron centre. found that in construct
VIZ m9o in PltfsbuTg M" cars in Pbladelpha
the boilers in Erie. the engines in Milwaukee, and
troy Times.
Let US give Goliath his due" says Blanche Willis
Howard Men editors do not exclude women's
work On the contrary. II women send in their
copy time It Is printed as punctualy as the
mems. It g'ares az you with the scfsame In
oxorable rigidty. Nevermore may you extract
from It q supcrhuous and which split IN
hntlve' Your punctuation-upon which you pride
yourself-is transplaned that you with conserna-
ton perceive you are the responsible author OF
strangers sentiments. The accents on your for
egn words are omitted or turned the wrong way.
As Liver Pills ard Beet Suet' in mammoth letters
deface A pastoral landscape do huge sensational
headings which your soul loathes. ruiely check
the purlins flow of your impid platitudcs. You are
treated precisely Ike the men. In these respects
a stony impartinlty obtains in editorial sanctums'
Awful Error-"I'l never forge, the time I took
my good old aunt from the country 10 see
shakespearian revival at one OF the theatres"
like il? found out that she would never have
zone az ali but for the Impression she had that re
Vivar meant something religious. '-(Cincnnat En-
qurer.
Jacgs-Havc you heard lately from Faggs. who
went to Florida a few weeks ago for affection
OF the throat?
Waggs-Oh. yes: he met girl down there. and
has now got an affection OF tho heart. But II IS
not dangerous; 1t will end in wedding instead of
a funeral
Walace-I want to tell you good story. There
Ferry-Get OUT There never was a certain
woman-(Cincnnau Enquirer
An American expert In mechanical science who
visited Stockholm last summer reported at that
time that De Laval not only developed A pressure
OF two thousand pounds to the inch in his steam
boilers at the Swedish exposition. but also allowed
the steam to strike the buckets of his turbine
wheel without any reduction OF pressure. That
story was widely circulated in this country. Ono
OF De Lavals engineers now writes 10 a technical
weekly in this city to deny the latter part OF the
statement He says that the expanding nozzle
originally employed to diffus, the steam Is still re-
tanned on this type Of engine
Mrs Greene-My husband is such a thoughtful
man! He always zoe. down into the basement
Mrs Gray-And lets the smoke come upstairs
MT Mrs. but as Because he alb
sent-minded, poor man That has nothing TO do
with his thoughtfulness you know.-(Boston Tran
script
The city OF Florence will on May q commemorate
the four hundredth birthday OF Hans fIolbein. The
Portuguese also will celebrate in May with mag
nihcent fetes. the fourth centenary OF Vasco da
Gainas discovery Of the Cape route TO India,
which occurred In 1893. exactly six years after the
discovery Of the New World. on June % there will
be festivities in Ancona in honor Of Leopard one
Of tho creates, poets Italy has produced who was
born there In 1898 and on Angus, q the centenary
OF Jules Mchelet, the historian. will be celebrated
by the Municipal Council OF Paris with appropriate
meetings and banquets.
Have you de ring Mlstah Johnsing7'
NO sab, | amt got no ring Fac Is pahson. !
done spec trouble Wild some o my credtahs. an
! put up de ring foh 70 cents. SOS | wouldn't have
no vallerabes on my pusson. spec itll be bout
de- thing II Lucindy puts her finger troo
hole in d. ticket Thank you, pahson. "-(Clsveand
Plain Dealer
"Beastiy nuisance isn't IT." said young at
a Chicago social gathering the other evening. ac-
cording The News" OF that city Spoke 10
that fellah over there-;ook him for n gentleman
and found ne had ribbon on his coat; some bloom
Ing head walter. SUPPOSE
oh. no." replied the ether that's Blank. the
guest Of the evening"
Dash II ALL now is it, lid the astonished swell.
Look here. old fellow. you know everybody.
would you mind sitting a, dinner and
telling who every one -"
should Hike to very much" replied the other
man. but you see / cannot. I'm the blooming head
walter
\ Pair-Perrv Patettic-Mister. I haven't tasted
food for two days.
Htrrreaves- Neither have |. Do you know any
thing good for a cold?-(Cincinnati Enquirer.