New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

Langston Okla settled exclusively by coored
people is named after the late John NJ Iangston.
of Washington. 1t is of the model towns OF
the territory
That" cried the great painter ecstatically, as
he surveyed his daughters MS, - attem mp w raj
fence and the rail fence was blurred into the apple
iandscone @enerallv That. nv dear child, is not
photography-that is artv'-Puck.
A story is told OF a London curate's attempt TO
escape from conversational difficulty. One day a
carpenter arrived in the curate's room. and. pro-
ducing a photograph, said. I've brought you my
boys likeness as you said you'd like to have It,"
Citrate (rapturousy)-How awfully good OF you
10 remember! What a capital likeness! How is he
Carpenter-Why. sir, don't you remember? He's
dead
Curate-oh yes Of course, I know that. mean.
how's the who took the photograph?
IF go ter school ter-day de teacher'll lick me
m s5 cE me Fer not son ter
either ] got ter go or stay home. But II go an
muddern lick me fer not dom my school work;
an II stay home an me mudder ticks me. de
eacher'll lick me ter-morrow fer bein truant!
Gee! Guess I'll go ter eep"(Nashville Ameri-
can.
New-Mexco correspondent OF THE Chicago
Record" says THE famous turquoise mine at Ger
rillos about thirty miles south Of Santa Fee is
now the property Of the Tiffanys. the New-York
jewellers who working 1t on scientific methods.
and last year took out about twice many jewels
as 1t ever yielded before. There about sixty
turquoise mines In the Territory. the product OF
which amounted to S525,000 last year. and is en-
tirey controlled in the United States. The largest
piece OF turquoise discovered here was taken
from the Tiffany mine and was valued at 5000
The high prices Of copper and zinc during the last
year have led to a revival of interest in those
minerals In NewMexico. and several important
discoveries have been made. Copper is now more
sought after than gold. and A great deal OF money
is being invested In the development OF old mines
that were abandoned years ago"
Those Absurd Names-"what ridiculous names
they have over there ., IN the Phippines" said the
been assured by the clerk that he could have the
rha 'ne would make horse
Who ever heard OF anything so absurd as to give a
town such postmark as thatT'
Then he took the pen that the clerk had been
holding out toward him and wrote upon the register
u. Crawford Woonsocket. r. I."-(Chcago News
W. II. W. Moran. OF Manassas. Va. will begin the
Issue next month OF a new periodical to be called
"The Southern Magazine" 1t is TO be "a monthly
devoted to the best literary thought OF the South.
embracing fiction. history biography. poetry. re-
views and criticism" A special feature will be
the republication OF the leading articles OF out-ot-
print books and magazines OF the South. including
such names Hayne. Timrod. Philip Peudleton
Cooke. DR.. George W. Bagby. Albert Taylor Bled-
soc. Beverley Tucker. Lanier. John Dickson Bruins
Gayarre. Kennedy. James r. Randall and John
Esten Cooke" Among the contributors to the first
number will be Professor Kent OF the University
OF Virginia: Captain William Page Carter the Hon.
r. Walton Moore. James r. Hodgkln Dr. II NJ
ciarkson Mildred Rutherford, Henry Lyndsn
Flash. W. II. Gibbes. jr.. and Ellen henderson
SOL" exclaimed the Ohio Judge scornfully ..you
ere the Kind OF man who would try TO get divorce
from your wife simply because she had an arti-
hcia optic" 49,
1T wasn't simply that. Your Honor" said the
man, dehantly. She made life A burden TO me
ton Star.