New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-01
THE talk or THE DAY.

A society has been formed in Paris whose DUST
ress it will be to furnish fourteenth guest 'or
dinner parties numbering thirteen guests.
Tho nouter pigeon sweed itself out and strutted
'Falstafrr' contemptuously exclaimed the pen
"Cyrano de Bergerac" scornfuly retorted the
pigeon.--( Chicago Tribune
4 veracious Western contemporary says that
some oysters recently discovered in Puget Sound
have only one shell. They lie c.ose to the bottom
of the Sound. with their one shell turned up.
In her heart love and duty strove for mastery
NO man shall wed me-" she exclaimed. with
sufused eyes and quiverng lips VINO aoess no, ~.
promise me that If he is eyer rresrdsh 70 u have
| battle-ships christened with water -
Such was the ardor OF his passion that Algerhoh
promise he cried and fell upon his knees
| detroit Journal.
THE Gentleman's Magazine" recalls some curl.
Gus phrases of Charles Reade. In "A Simpie'o''
when lie wished to signify that two people 'u'"eu
| their backs each other in mt OF tenipe' "
| wrote: They showed napes" Describing the COM
| ploxon Of the Newhaven hshwives In 'h''5'e
! Johnstone" he says 1T is a race OF women '.'''
the northern sun peachiaes instead of rose"ooui~-
| Ing" In "Readiana" he describes seh'io"'"''
| giving lunch to two ladies at railway l's,"u
! rant as follows "He souped them, he toush-c"'0N
| encd them he branded and cochineaIeu one' "''''
| he branded
and cochineal and brandy and burnt sugar pe''s
Reade's euphemisms for port and sherry FeSP''-
t;yely) While he was preparing his series OF alu-
! clcs on old Testament characters he read WHAT ne
! had written 10 John Coleman on one occasion anu
came to this startling passage in his argument
| "Iaving now arrived at this conclusion we must
| 60 the whole hog or none
| Coleman objected to this phrase.
''You don't like the hog. see" said Reade' wen.
| pvf,r =
OF the people, but-yes. you are right; Il sciio''
| Scrptura-so out IT goes.
Trus,.-"rIere you went and told me you would a
trust Reasev with your life. and on the Streng II
! of that loaned him SO that no" you tell me Il
Vel wha, Of it? said ia trust him win IN, my ny
life and would Beasley may be beat pu' ne
| j. no assassin. 49,, Cincinnati Enquirer.
The "Ncue4 Wiener Tageblatt' says that the
dungeon in which the assassin OF the Empress
Elizabeth is now confined Is windowless damp
stone chamber. and ihat Lucchini will probably pay
for his crime By loss OF his eyesght ana his ea-
son Only once a fortnight il he permitted to Walk
in the prison courtyard Tor half an hour lie does
not even see the attendants who bring his daily
| rations at o'clock every morning.
Cause and Enect-No,cel Watts and his wife?
She to be all smiles here lately while ne looks
carewOrn.
You can notice that in most any married couple
| nowadays. They are thinking about CHRISTMAS
| Observation-Disclosures Journal
"The Toronto Mail and Empire" thinks that the
| United States comes out Of the war an empire
Despite the active opposition of large section OF
| the American people to policy of expansion th1i
would bring with it the additionally tabooed for
| egn entanglements expansion has come There
will still be formal and academic protests by many
Of the wisest and most patriotic. but the recent
| elections show that the majority Is favorable 10
| ,mperialism And We believe the spirit or the Amer
| lean people is such that they will never willingly
recede from the positions now taken They VIII
meet the responsibilities and burdens Of the ne"
| policy with determination but whether wisely or
not at first. remains to be seem
| Craharn--Old TilkIns IS dreadfully wrought up
over the election He says he knows lots OF men
| who forged his signature and he holds that thei'
votes ought be thrown out - +. .
| Morris-Forged his signature? what does ne
mean? , 49,,
| Grahan-Why they made crossmark you
know and Tilkins says that's been his signature
! for years.-Boston Transcript.