New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-16
THE Talk or THE DAY.

THE TALK or THE DAY.
II IS probably not generally known that the word
dad" used 10y many children In place OF father,
l. the purest Welsh. The opening words OF the
Lords Prayer IN Welsh are Elm DAD
Hepworth--You have, decided not to enlist eh H.
Homegard-Yes under me circunS,ancss no
ton OF my mily.-tPhiiaGelphia Nor'h American
An English medical Journal has noted some curious
medical advertisements. Tho special merit or
certain mineral spring is that 1T stirs the dcrmal
fLnctionS" while II II also IAN excellent recons'-
tutyc OF animal economy and has moreover 4
beneficial effect on "the oculary apparel The In
venior Of a certain "fresh-air respIrator for tho
Use of indoor patients" observes ctically:
"Only compare the chub-cheeked country lad 'N-
Ing in fresh open air who IN spite OF scanty food
IS abounding IN neatn) with the pale-cheeked ch'ld
OF towns better fed. and secured indoors against
the brazng open air. and you will Immediately
perceive the dneren, effects produced by fresh-air
on both beings"
Professor--If you are at ell Interested in geo.
logical specimens. madam. Will you not accept
some OF these beautiful specimens ~ quartz!
Mrs Mushroom-They are almost too large tor me
10 carry. Have you any pints|-tfearSoh NechH'
An Anglican clergyman. OF British Columbia
Archdeacon Mckay. is working a placer gold claim
on the Yukon
The Poets Son.-"Why, FREDDY how diriy you
are and only yesterday you wrote verse for
papa's birthday promising always 20 wash your
hands clean"
We'll mamma, that was only 4 poetic license
-(Flt gende Batter.
''The jacksonville Fla) Metropolis" says: The
war with Spain promises to have at least one good
crect-it has frightened Southern farmers Into
planting food crops. instead OF all cotton crops as
heretofore. Reports from every section OF the
South Indicate that the acreage OF oats.
a.. 1ury
known while moro attention Is being paid TO rails
ing cattle and hogs. In many sections. II Is said
farmers have actually poughsd up portion OK
their cotton crop and put in corn instead"
'who is that I see you feeding nearly every
night in the kitchen. Mollie',
THAT'S my intended: the policeman. ma am
well n he's your intended. why don't you mar
I'm waitn' IN his appetite goes down bit.
nam e Yonkcrs Statesman
In the country. No church bells are rung there.
and no whistles are blown. local paper admits
that dogs bark at night IN Colorado Springs, as
they do everywhere else, but II adds that when
they run about they make no noise with their feet
In the sandy soil
4 Phenome non.-"It's remarkable" said Senator
Sorghum. how differ people are affected oy
Have YOU been reading medicine"
awake four nights and put every body who heard
il 10 sleep '-(Washington star.
nlnety-year-o citizen OF Belfast. Me. has just
received permission 10 remove from the Custom
House there a desk which ne bought and put there
for his personal when he was Collector o. Gus
toms over thirty years The desk had been
listed on tho inventory OF office furniture by mis-
take. and when the Collectors term expired he
was no, allowed to remove 1t. He has put In nm
application FOR Il annually since 1861
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YOU can't measure his heart by the size OF the
dlamond in your ensasement ring.
She OF the rinK--No; but can measure his pocket
by it.-tJewelers' weekly.
The Undergraduate Beige" tells OF a miller whose
house Is In Bavaria. Prussia and Lorraine. He
sleeps in Bavaria. lives In Prussia and works In
Lorraine.
At the Rcstaurant.-"see here. only got one
piece OF meat In my order to-day, always get
Head waiter-Thats so. Guess the cook must
have forgotten to cut tho piece IN two'-tF'escnde
Batter
The ringing OF the peal OF bells belonging 10 the
rev German Protestant Church at Jerusalem on
Easter Sunday created sensation In the Holy
city. they the first Protestant church bells
which have yet been heard there. II seems how
ever that the Greek and Latin friars attached TO
the Church OF the Holy Sepulchre were by no
means pleased at the favor extended TO the Prot
estants whose presence in Jerusalem is strongly
resented.
Dixon-Why is II that it is usually unmarried
women who write articles on How to Manage a
husband"
HiXon-- on you don't suppose a married woman
is going TO give her little plan away. do you?-(Ttt-
Bits
THE early settlers OF the Plymouth colony"
says 1.-The Worcester Gazette" were greatly add
dcted to smoking. which al one time became SO
common that many persons smoked In church dur
Ing service. The custom soon caused considerable
annoyance as the exercises greatly disturbed
by the clicking OF nnts and steel to light their
pipes. and clouds OF smoke In the church law
was passed In 1869 remedy this evil and pro-
hbited persons from smoking on the Lords Day
going coming from the meetings within two
miles OF the meeting house The penalty was ~
pence for every offence. Under this law several
persons were fined for smoking tobacco at the
end OF the Yarmouth meeting house on the Lords
Day"
Ncll-I thought she was going to marry Tom?
Bcllc-No: Jack
why she told Tom was willing to die for
her"
Yes, hut Jack offered to make . good living for
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