New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

ION Saturday night" remarks the Petit Jour-
nal Illustre" Of Paris "in the London streets one
meets numbers OF men walking Automatically then
teeth clincheG their look fixed They 90 not SING
nor speak word but suddenly fall ike logs IL IS
a miracle that they do not fracture their skulls
on the pavement To these men, In the oars VI
vlrtuous England. has been dispensed for the sum
Of n penny a pint OF an atrocous mixture COM
posed of the dregs of bottles and CASKS OF sit
whiskey absnthe, etc do not know the name OF
this horrible concoction, but have seen It's ter
ible effects.
Great Things and small.I"Women are very hard
to s6s an sS their
ways too. have known some Of them TO agree
perfectly about how the Alaskan and venezuelan
boundaries ought to be settled, and then get hope
lessy rascble over a party wall =" ashihs'oh
Star
Holt County Kan, paid for 175 wolves scalps
last wear commenting on this, The Maitland
Herald says: 1T is said that the Indians coud
scalp an enemy without killing him. and the scalp
would grow back again. Is 1t possible that TINS
method is being practsed on the wolves oi iioi'
County? Even If 1t Is. our few struggling wolves
will be taxed pretty severely Tor niue anu haii :"
produce l75 scalps a year They will have to hump
themselves to keep up this marvellous record
More Modern.-"what is that you are reading
"A book got odt Of the Sunday school library
paw" -, ,ooL Tho good little bow
dies in the last chapter and reforms the BAD
Not much Maybe they did that way When =: sr you
were boy paw but this good boy makes 81 SU ~ "a
600 and has the bad boy working FOR MIN at
cents a day."-(Indianapolis Journal
THE band of the 10th Kansas" says The Kan
cas- Citv Journal" lis arranging to go on tour OF
the State with a programme OF martial airs ana
Philippine pieces II returns from the
war This band has not been compromising or
ganizaton by4any means. 1t gets out on the firing
line and plays A Hot Time whenever II mas q
chance. and when not playing the boys have en-
gagged themselves in soldier duties at the front Up
to this the band has lost one killed and three
wounded and proportonatey this Is as much cas-
ualty as has been suffered by any company In the
regiment The tour is a happy suggestion, and II
is sure to be tremendously successful"
Wsqy pa is every word II vs the d,i ts w5
n new one comes into
Wie-Whats the last word then, pa?
Pal don't know. Go ask your mother-(Chicago
News.
The last issue OF The Star OF Hope" published
and printed by the inmates Of Sing Sing prison.
contains the following paragraph:
"superintendent Of Prisons Collins was guest OF
the Warden on Wednesday. The Star OF Hope
having met his most sanguine expectations, he has
decided TO give the inmates OF both Auburn and
Clinton prisons the benefit OF II. Consequently, be-
ginning with the issue of July 49, it will be en-
larged to sixteen pages same size FORM as a' pres
emit"
She doesn't care for operas. the drama or the play.
She doesn't care for houseworkshe isn't built that
sbe doesn't care for dancing for flowers for
She doesn't care for bloomers-she doesn't like their
She doesn't care for pcnics. they freckle her and
The only thing she does care for is marriageable
man Chicago Record.
Think" SAYS The Kansas City Journal" 'of a
Kansas sunhower blooming in far-on Luzon-the
first American flower OF any sort TO spread Its
petals In the Oriental sum- Writing from Manila to
his folks in ottawa. Harry Heck. member OF the
10Th Kansas who Is detached services In the head
quarters telegraph Office says: L believe have the
distinction OF bringing the first American flower over
here | brought some sunhower seed and planted
It In pots One OF the plants is in bloom and the
rest have buds on them
81 confess this Philippine problem puzzles, me-.
remarked the man with the hgn ior n ptnl,ni
McKinley's place" The man with the short neck
jumped up and him be- by sd ss are he
first and only man have seen yet who couldn't take
gH hold oft of d PnnR@s s"d jerk the
THE Gardiner (Me) Independent says: 1T seems
to be a fad with Of the boys and girls to get
into the lower entry leading TO this office, shut the
outer door and proceed to do large-sized counting
act There Is a photographer over our sanctum.
and perchance some time he may be able to get
a snapshot at this interesting entry tableau. and
when the picture appears in The Independent you
will be liable to recognize IT
A Kansas boy with the Regulars going TO Manila
writes thus TO his folks: For time this morning
we were very badly frightened because we thought
we were lost one OF the sailors told us that
the captain had neglected to wind up the compass
the night before that II had run down and that no
body knew where were or which way to sail;
After a while we found out II was one or those fool
sailor Jokes "-(Kansas city Journal
Mr. Sleepy is the name OF one OF the most wide
awake citizens OF Phillips County. Kan
Uncle George-No Tommy isn't bad He's
what | call a good boy. When he asks liberty to
40 out 10 play and It Is refused him he never makes
any fuss. -, -. /,
Aunt Hannah-And sits right down in the house
Uncle Oeorse-Oh, no. he goes right out and has
his fun iust the same IL he had been given per-
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