New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-08
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The grea. vine Mt Hampton Court is n, last begin
ming TO feel the effects OF ge. II ia not. perhaps.
surprising since It has been hourshing since 1863
and has gone bearing its two thousand punches
or SO Of Black Iiamburgs for the last hundred
years. This year. In rs weakened condition. II IS
only 70 be permitted TO prlng t"eIse hundred
lunches 10 maturity.
Fat Citizen-Youre a pretty small chap to be
ruunir' an elevator amt you. hub' -
Tho small Chap-Yes. | guess be. They hired
me cause the darned rope broke so many times
with the heavier elevator boys.
And the fat man walkcd.-cCleveland Plain Dealer
Representatives ~ the association have gone TO
the KIondlke to organize Young Mems Christian
Association at Dawson city. They have taken
with them supplies OF Christian and current liter
ature musical instruments. stereopticon. phono-
graph and athletic appliances. They Will open
building III 1t as a reading room and have re-
ligious services. Bible classes and social gather
ings
MONEY II. is promoting thar concern for the man
ufacture Of ft-handed wheelbarrows
Black-Pshawi a man never gets back the money
he puts into such things ms that
stock himself.-(Bostol Transcript
congressman Bailey. of Texas says OF his
admirers Stands like the prophet Balaam an
enlnencc looking forward into the future" But the
trouble with Bailey Is that he is trying to enact the
part OF Balaam and the at the same time.
Forethought-'1 don't know whether to regard
this young author "a marvel OF courtesy or n phe
nomenal specimen OF assurance. said the magazine
editors assistant
What has he done?
Enclosed stamp TO be pu, on the check In pay
! ment for his article "-(Washlngton Star.
THAT famous old country gentleman the late Sir
Rainaid Knightlcy." says q. W. Russell In his
"Collcctions and Rccoll' ctions." had been expa-
tiating after dinner the undoubted gores OF his
famous pedigree Tho company was getting little
restlye under the recitation. when Sir William Har
court was heard to say In an appreciative aside
This reminds me of Addisons evening hymn
land Knightlcy' to the listening earth
Repeats the story of his BIRTH"
"Oh we'll what you worrying about?' snid the
sonal interes: in the war. have YOU? or course. !
admit that it is unfortunate to have it 20 on so
doubt OF that. So can't afford to be too precip-
ZEN do for you to talk that way" replied the
man with the red nose: but. In spiie of your as
sumption that have no personal interest In the
this CELEBRATE way the people at Washington have
what this means to me When the war broke oui |
bet fellow quarters worth Of cigars that we'd
ali right Tor you fellows that haven't any thing al
stake say let them take their time but there
are Others "-tCleveland Leader
THE Honolulu STAR said the day after the
American soldiers landed
| Uncle Sans boys yesterday? Cooped up as they
had been In the transports. given free shore leave
In town that they were strange to. among people
they did not know there was every temptation to
cut loose and show the worst side Of their nature.
But this town what probably no town has
ever SEEN and that is couple OF thousand men
given liberty and not case which called for police
reference.
"Of course. this comes from the peculiar material
OF which these troops are composed They no
riffraff sweepings of the purlisrs OF city They
are the pick and choice OF the growing Western
States Had not the call Of duty come. these youth
would one and all have been filling honorable posi-
tons and laying the foundations Of their pros
perlty and that OF the community In which they
! lived
In Great Luck.-"Bills got back from the Klon-
| dixie"
ANY luck?'
"You bet Ten thousand dollars in dust and two
fingers froze of SOS he can't be made to 20 the
war."-QndanapolisJ Journal