New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-09
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Georgia negro who has already thought OF
cbr,s,mas has written az follows to his employer:
.Marse Tom ef you gwine ter gimme chris mus
elf dis Christmas I wish you please sun sen ms
n overcoat Marse Tom. ef had one er dese over
coats what reach ter de groun I'd go ter preach'"
70 sundown!'
Teacher-Try to remember this Milton the poet
was blind; DO you think you can remember III
Teac her-Now. what was Miltons great misio''-
Bobby smart-He was Il poet.-(Oho State Jour-
ra
The icemans ball the other evening at Brighton,
Mass, was unique affair. The decorations ABOUT
the hail were very elaborate, implements USED IN
the ice industry being In evidence while the plat
form was a mass of potted palms and ferns ana
tropical verdure. feature OF the stage decora-
tions several ice picks and other tools stacked
together and the whole surmounted by an Amerl-
can flag.
The Boston Herald" says; IT is rnmore d that
mark the irst result Of that nippant Joke Brit
Of ng lie evidently does not
know that the nay Is IKE mat OF
That is the way that we Beers abused all the
tme-(Boston Pilot.
Apropos of the way the mules acted at Lady
smith. THE Hartford Courant' says that ION the
eve Of the battle OF Lookout Mountain In the Civil
War stampedlng Union mules broke up Confed-
crate camp the soldiers fleeing for dear life under
the impression that body OF cavalry was upon
them Unfortunately for the Federal side, the
charge Of the mules well supported And
then Bancos report Of OF bombardments
In cuba last year gave the casualties as one mule
killed.
are y9e e Fs3dn s my deo Henry
He he Is getting rich out in Kansas this year.
because the crops are so abundant. and he thinks
he VIII be able 70 indulge In few Injuries. This
and Charlie don't want that autumn mobile you
wrote about sena II out mere and III pay you
new one in the spring to be in style but the people
out here wont know whether yours is spring or
If 1t was brand ew."-(Cleveland Leader.
THE Boston Herald" says: "A man was brought
into the Springfield police court the other day
charged with neglecting to support his wife He
pleaded guilty and was fned 500 Thereupon his
neglected wife stepped up the clerks desk and
paid the fine which was promptly refunded to her
under the provision of the law relative 10 non
support cases which provides for the payment o,
the amount OF the fine imposed on the husband 10
the wife when the Court directs The law an
pears TO be based on the right principle but II
operates queerly sometimes. as in this case"
Romance and chivalry not what they were.
once the hero having rescued the maiden from,
the tower. paused in his flight TO cxclam '''
Hark' The hoofbeats of pursuers,'
s%e err The GS Ss s Of thy tsihers
Journal.
The first Parliament House OF the Beers was
under a banyan tree. under which the rulers OF the
Transvaal gathered in the early days Of the re-
public TO discuss questions affecting the country
and the tree has thus become known as the first
Volksraad Of the Transvaal" The Beers call tho
spot "Wonderboom" 1t Is a few miles outside OF
Pretoria. at the entrance to cleft in the mountain
GEORGIA COURTsHIP
Bill looked happy as could be
One bright mornin'; an says he:
Folks has been a-tellin me
An i'm son' thar ART to-day I'd way
Win the license; so. oil boy,
NMignts wei shake, an, wish me Joy.
This here Teller couldn't git.'
EGT KIT !, h, a6ga a;o that same day.
jest had saddled my oil boss
70 go canterin across
Ak her fer her heart an ham!
So, when BIZ had had his say
liz out an rid that way.
Mollie met me at the door:
shs-says she: Come income ln.'
Th Si ne t, oea my %i9 "G Tss win .h win"
Brung rocker out fer mo
On the cool piazza wide.
With her own chair right 'onsside.
In that race had the road
Talked In such wnnin' way
Got her whar she named the dav
With her shiny head at rest
On my specked Sunday vest!
An. whilst In that happy state
Bi-he rid up 10 the gate.
Well. stree! He sot him down.
cheapest lookin' chap In town,
aknowed at once I'd set my trapsn
Talked bout weather. an the Grams
An thousan things: an then
Jest the lonesomest o. men
said he had so fur to ride,
Reckoned II time TO slide,
But hollered out: ''Or boy
Nights well shake, an wish ma tovf
hant seen the woman vii
That this Teller couldn't git"