New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

rbev sell sabots or wooden shoes. at one store
IN Indiana polIs and the dealer says they are mace
in Grand Rapids, Mich. from Eastwood. Dy bei-
CLANS They used by people VINO WORK IN can
neries where hot solder. acid, etc. on the hoors
ruin shoe leather; by people who stand on wet
floors such as employees OF creameries and wash
erwomen. and now and then fashionable woman
buys a pair to wear without stockings when she
wishes to rest her feet
Horse on Him.-"say, Dennis. d. ye know
Jamesie came to home on a furlough?
I'm pwhats a furlough?
wagons what runs widout horse" --CPittsburg
Press.
The citizens Of Spokane. Wash are raising funds
for the erection OF a monument TO John Robert
Monaghan. who killed in Samoa during the
attack upon the British and American marines by
the followers Of Mataafa. Monaghan was popular
In Spokane where he lived, and 5000 has already
been subscribed toward the monument.
Shocking Truth-Bessie- Mamma you look
Mrs. BIZ asked the clerk II this drees goods
really all wool and he said no. 1t was part
cotton.-(Detroit Free Press
The Cairo correspondent Of THE London Leader"
has been informed that the Mahdi's body was not
entirely destroyed when Omdurman was taken
The SKULL which sent to Gordon Bey Cor
don's nephew still exists and is said to be in the
Cairo citadel
Hard to Dstinguish.-"what interests you so
deeply?" She asked.
a% ryn a to mae cn IKE IS
basket upside down or your new hat right size up
-(Chicago Post
Chicago man dog that can't tolerate
whiskers Whenever a with hair on his chin
passes this animal he sets up a most doeful howl.
and appears to be suffering intensely. II doesn't
matter whether the offender Is preacher. an un-
dertaker or a butler-all whiskers alike TO him.
have ' so manY reVolu,ons My friend replied
the South American, you forget that eacn county
You also overlook the airy facility which practice
gives. Hence your misuse Of language IhoSe are
not revolutions They are merely somersau's'
washington Star.
One Of The London Globes" correspondents in
India assumes the responsibility for the following
story: Two sportsmen who were after wound
cd tiger managed TO get separated, and at the
moment when they were some distance apart
Stripes made his appearance and bore down upon
one Of them 'Pingv went the rife. but the tiger
came on Ping! again and with blood moving
the beast sprang forward with Jaws apart Inc
sportsman saw his one chance he held the rihe
sideways and horizontally to the growing beast
and in a second the huge teeth were firmly locked
in the barrels Then did that cool headed man
calmly hold the tiger like dog at the end OF a
string till his friend arrived and dispatched IT,
Too Much Prosperty-"How are you getting
along with that scheme Of yours for procession
OF the unemployed to march to the City Hall and
demand work.
THE Sydney Bulletin" has story OF youth OF
seventy-two years. Of Launceston. Tasmania who
was taken by his poor old mother TO benevolent
asylum 70 be looked after. The poor lad had ap-
parently taken up with bad companions and fallen
into bad habits. The other day his speech was
certainly thick while from the odor OF his clothes
and breath her worst fears were aroused-shed
every reason to suspect that he had begun smok-
ing. The asylum superintendent took charge Of the
BARN and promised to let his mother know II he
misconducted himself. so that she might come and
correct him.
His Fair Propositon.-"Are you able to support
know she has pretty expensive tastes, and don
mind saying that the burden has been pretty hard
for me at times" .
That's Just the point" exclaimed the prospective
benedict. "If l marry her we can divide the ex-
pense "-(Chicago Post.
He Hadn't Seen Neutrality-suspicious. you ever
seen the seashore?
Dro-No: can't afford It. All my earnings are
invested down there, though. My wife goes every
summer.-(Ohio State Journal.