New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-07
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A. .r,, o,r,s vere watching the war bulletins yes.
terday a vender passed by. yelling the mer''s vi
war atlas he had for sac 49,,
Name" said one Of the girls dyer thinn JIG
got the latest war news?'
Sure" replied her companion; dont yer ne'r
how loud he's yellin'?'
Embarrassed-Mr Shipper TO child Of the house,
Come and kiss me. Dolly.
Dolly (bashfuy)-You do It. mamma.-CPepper
Box
Some newspapers" says naval ohicer quoteo
by The Philadelphia Record, have puosheo
pictures OF n string Of flags purporting TO SIGNIFY
In the international signal code. Remember the
Maine This IL not right. It is Impossible 10
secure the official signal letters OF the lost warshp
Maine or any other vessel of the United STATES
Navy because the Government refuses 70 divulge
such Information. The Maritime Exchange tee-
graphed to Washington for the Maine s letters last
week for use in a flag display. and received very
prompt refusal All code books carried on warships
have leaden backs TO make them sink II lost over
board. The letters in the book. moreover are
printed with peculiar ink. which fades away "heh
IT comes in contact with the water. To make things
still more safe the letters are changed every rev
months by the Navy Department. Even on the
warshlps few officers know their vessels oniciai
signal code
And vow have brought $4,000 %" in nuggets s. back
with your she exclaimed scarce able 10 believe believe
by her husbands words.
See he answsrsd and produced the freight re-
And we can live in New-Yorkr she faltered.
"Ay. love. and be descended from kngsl" he cried
exultingiy'-tDetrolt Journal
The New Orleans Times Democrat tells this
story about the man who forgot to mail his wifes
letter: Something over two years ago on colo
winters day. his wife gave him letter TO mall
and he slipped II into his overcoat pocket IL was
addressed n a friend IN Los Angeles Two weeks
ago. during a chilly snap. he put on the overcoat.
and IN tho lining felt the long-lost mssive Con-
science stricken. and without noticing the date or
remembering when tho letter had been given him.
he rushed of and posted II. II was when the reply
came from the friend in Los Angeles that the
secret was out. The friend thought the writer must
have gone crazy 1 was CAD TO get your letter
the friend replied but what earth is the mat
ter with you? You wrote OF things that happened
two years ago and about nothing else II took
some time TO get matters Strengthened out"
There has not been a silver editorial IN a Kansas
Newspaper FOR more than TWO months II Is also
found by Investigation Of the files OF the Stete HIS
torics Department that more han ny P9puiist
papers have pulled down the name OF W J. hryan
the head OF their columns until lso-CGrard Kan)
Press.
Speaking ~ the Louisiana Constitutional Conven-
ton The New Orleans Picayune" says: There Is
n widespread. popular belief that a great deal OF
political trading has been done In the convention.
and expressions to hat effect are numerous. II not
general. One Of the notions so he'd, and It has
been numerously expressed in Louisiana news
pa pers outside this city IS that the convention has
come into complete subsection TO the New Orleans
city ring
Fuddy-Lets 90 and hear Marrow: he Il getting
Off some Of his best Jokes to those Englishmen-
buddy How 40 YOU know? You can't hear what
he is talking about.
Fuddy but can how solemn the Enslishmen
look.--tRoston Transcript.