New-York tribune., 1899-02-14
A large number OF representative business me
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.
Tho American Carnation Society viii hold It's
eighth annual convention in Philadelphia on Thurs

Tho American Carnation Society will hold IFS
eighth annual convention in Philadelphia Thurs
day.
Boston florists know how 70 turn an honest
penny now and then. by Going other things than
of the Profession reaped harvest at the time of
the funeral Of Fanny Davenport When the no. ed
patch to every well-known actor and actress IN
England France and America, asking each one II
port's bier by a floral remembrance. The majority
OF them readily accepted expeeung tna5 lew m Goi,
was generous, and he knew that stage folk are
not stingy in such things so ne stripped ms shoP
The funeral 1t was a splendid display. and tho
5sa 5S and g5sG fs5s s But the now afhS ha @
ing in and lere Is more amaZement. out nor s.. SO
sSrdoi yas charged S5l for his floral Offering and
Sir Henry Irving Beerbohm Tree. Oga Nethersole
Mrs Kendall and. in fact nearly all OF the celeori-
ties were caught by the trick-CIroy Times
A Kansas man s FIRST in the field with poem
on the capture OF Aguinado. the opening stanza OF
which runs as follows:
WIEN hen out out for siS's swae
Didst strike a snag7
Then come 70 bag.
Ny beamlsh yellow blossom.
"Jim Briggs says that the telephone banquet was
WY. everybody else says It was big success .
~ know. But you see It was this way in jim
case. All the banqueters sat around the Dig taole
Win r.. receivers at their ears 20" N'o"
vel every time an out-of-town speaker. said a
furn- thing Of course Briggs laughed. and when
BrgFs laughs he waggles his ears. and when MS
waggle they shake the receiver loose ana n,
blessed story cleveland Plain Dealer
Bishop Cheshire EpiscopaD. Of North Carolina
who q at present in the North 10 secure funds IN
aid OF his work IN the South says: 1T would prob
ably astonlsh A great many Northern people 10
know that the only town in North Carolina where
no negro may either live or foot or ground Is
settled entirely by New Englanders and that there
Is not a Southern-bo born adult among its citizens
When the rich old villain in the tank play laid
his gold at the Ioot OF tle youns sd' se tbo sta ga
for moment. partly or course, ucCtuse tuc S'@te
directions told her to waver, and party. too be-
cause she was more or less anxious 10 marry well.
Bat even In thar supreme moment heF tA'e
presence " mind did not desert her; ,.S .,,,
Ing laugh recalling that salaries had ho' Oeeh paia
curse you Kissed the hoary-headed miscreant.
s6s la5aght now Of Goadalt9s;, 6raye s'rSSng
Gonlalfo. who. when she was shiP"reecEHTa' @ @naI
ashod he~ TO spar aud held an umbIelIa owe;
her ~ keep her silk skirt from spottng' She would
give Gondafo her hand and ne woHd e; Iesf her & 70
together'-CDetroit Journal
4 Mayor in -- was returning thanks for an
honor done him. incidentally he defined an ideal
Mayor "A Mayor. gentlemen he said. should be
Ike Caesar's wife-all things TO all men
The drummer looked across the aisle The scat
beside the pretty girl was vacant. Going over he
III. this seat engagel'"
NO" said the Girl. nut am; so Il won't 10 you
any good. "-(Syracuse Herald.
John Y. Stone. Of Glcnwood. Iowa has an apple
orchard OF So0 acres. bearing $4,000 trees
A Comparison.-" Let me write the songs Of n
country and care not VINO makes It's laws. quoted
We'll" answered the man who comes from a
hats ana kissing. NOW and then think there Isn't
a great deal Il choice. It's hard TO ten which ere
foolisher. som- Of The songs or some of the laws [
CWash.ngton star.
The Havana newspaper la Lucha' IS no."
printed partly I'm English and It is having a
struggle to set Il mp. There appears to be no W.
In It's cases and the expedent is adopted of putting
two "vs' In It's place The effect Of this Is rather
picturesque as. for instance when We find the
nare of the Father OF his Country spelled Wash
ington. La Lucha" advises the American soldiers
NOT o pay the newsboys more than five cents for
the paper. that being the regular price
Impracucal-'1m afraid" said the man with the
heavy gold watch chain, that our friend 'he In
''l}ut he Is Very clever and Industrious"
yes. But he insists on getting he machine so
that n Will work before letting me put stock on the
market -(Washington star
F. Campbell Rayard. the president OF the ROYAL
meteorological Society. OF London. said recently IN
speech that statistics gathered by Elm showed
that the United States Weather Bureau is the best
Organization Of It's kind I'm tine world ana It's pre-
dlciions are the most accurate
Edlth-Who were those people hero this after
Mamma Professor Blghoad and his wife dear
The Professor is one Of the best-informed men IN
How do you know he Is? lie never opened his
mouth once."-(Yonkers Statesman.