New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-07
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

1.-THE Boston Herald" thus explains the origin ..
~, o-d "crackeriack": I'm the hot Southwest
cactus wh,skey or mescal, is favorite prescrip
tIon for lag The Mexican loaded with HeS'"'
"a much given to Castilian profanity ana i"Neo"'e,
his favorite verbal jewel being carajo' pronounced
carahoo In time gorgeous. redhueu' 'oc"e''u9
drunk came to be called a carajo tas-carahoo jag
md nv corruption a crackerjag or crackerJack
Hence all things supreme. clever. frstciass' were
by analogy termed crackerjacks
what does this mean, Bridget?' exclaimed. the the
lady OF the house, returning from shopp"e' 'o
Pnre maam the girl over the way came oyer
and said her mssus would Ike to use IL ior neIe
mile and | STINT Il over 10 her. but had trrioe
lob settin It unscrewed from the wall. ma'am' -
Yonkers Statesman.
The Cape papers give full accounts OF the inter-
esting incidents at Elandsaagte on the eve OF 'ne
battle How General Kock received the miners
With drilled chop or chops in his left hand which
he gnawed Ike dog and huge sice OF oreau
4, h,s right has already been told AT the sing
SONG" which the Beers gave at the station the
commandant called upon an Englshmah named
Gauthorp who had been brought down as prls-
oner to preside the piano. which he ala win
the greatest good humor and sang They All Take
After Me" the Dutch and English all Joining In the
chorus Field cornet Pienaar called for drinks all
round and said This is funny world. Here we
ore in the midst of war-En glishmen and Dutch
men-and yet we going TO sing together
Mrs Greene-What do you think OF man who
will grab a woman's purse In broad daylight!
Don't you think he ought 10 De sent 10 prison Ior
ever SO many years? ,,
Mr. Ciray-I think man who will steal womans
nurse ought 70 be to the lunatic hospital or
the school for predetermined. -tBoston Transcript
/ Some time ago passenger train in Arizona left
the rails rolled down the bank and landed in three
feet OF muddy water at the bottom Of the river bed
! Within the cars there some natural confusion.
| Men women and lunch boxes were thrown into
! heap and not an umbrella parcel was left
In the racks one by one the occupants Of the rear
! car extricated themselves from the mass and
sought for means OF escape. while stanching va
rious wounds caused by broken glass. Every exit
/ was jammed tight. Just then in the midst of the
doubt and confusion rose womans voice in
phatic demand: Let me out! Let me out! II you
/ don't let me out III break window"
One may safely conclude from the following story
that the good old faith OF Calvin is very much alive
yet An American lady who was In the Highlands
shooting with her husband attended the local kirk
Sunday morning but left 1t with scandaous
precPtation Fer an hour the S4od minister had
seen oSSd up aas a paaps x
yen be thinkin. ye wairthIess wastrels, that ye
coattails, Dlnna be deceivit for mark weel "a
pause of stern and holy joy). when the Trump OF
The King Of Kabinda Africa. is a Janitor in San
Francisco. welding broom In lieu OF scepre
He has lately petltioned both Queen Victoria and
| King Charles | OF Portugal for restoration to his
lawful rights which. he says. is only the matter
/ OF a warshp two Kabinda Is situated between
the possessions Of Portugal and France and IL part
| OF the Congo Free State. The King who Is known
I'm San Francisco plain James Jackson says he
left his own country about twenty-five years ago
| when fifteen years old to the world and after
going to England drifted about till he came to
! America bout twelve years ago
First Historian-Those revoutonIsts made n
/ mistake when they put a snake their flag saw
/ ing. Don't tread on me-"
Second Historan-Why thought that a strong
device.
First Hstorian-so 1t was But banana peel
would have been more NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Herald
The bridge Hope Town over which Lord Me-
thuens column recently advanced IL the most re-
markabe structure of the kind in Cape Colony Its
total length Is less than 400 feet. The bridge
at Aliwal North IL only $50 feet long Hope Town
River few huts scattered farmsteads are
the only signs OF human habitaton along the great
waterway for six hundred miles TO the Atlantic
Doting Mamma-Rodney. dear tomorrow Is your
birthday. What would you like best?
Rodney. Dear after a brief season OF cogltaton)
i think I'd like TO see the schoolhouse burn down.
-tMelbourne Times
In sentencing prisoner to be hanged for the
murder OF soldier Lord Eskgrove dilated upon
the crime as follows: And not only did you muir
der him. whereby he was bereaved OF his life but
you ola thrust or push or pierce project or
propel the lethal weapon through the bellyband OF
his regimental breeches. which were His Mai
estysw
shali sing Because Love YOU" asked Mrs.
Darcy, as she seated herself at the piano.
NO replied Mr. barley who is a brute; III
YOU love me. don't sing "-(Detroit Free Press.