New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


about the machine. Mr.. Glenn assured him tina, he
was. Boss. l wants ter you eff niger ct
chicken kin you lock in him an chicken
why, yes, Ephraim." said Mr.. Glenn. We'll. boss
I wants ter yer one mo- question. Kin you look
in dat Niger an tell whar dat chicken come from?
The Rev. DR.. Norman Macleod Moderator Of the
Church OF Scotland, has a magnificent voice An
Englshman said TO him one day: Doctor, how do
The Doctor was somewhat taken aback but an
syWeTed with dignity and some force: Think OF a
cloud, sir; dark storm cloud"
Thank you, Doctor but you need not the
voice or thunder to carry out the illustration. =
philadelphia Post
Progressive dinners appear to be popular in
some parts of the West. recent In GAINESVILLE
Wis, is thus described: AT dinner OF courses
in honor of a bride and groom one course was
served at each of six houses The first house the
party of sixteen ate some oysters put on their
wraps and started for the soup house. half a mile
away. After they filed with SOUP and con-
versation they went to the fish place and so on to
the end"
lowing lively stanzas to Lexington exchange
The black smoke pours from the chimney of the
,. The fragrance Of corn is in the breeze;
1t rises up until tears of angels spill.
The Red Dog" shines in the bottle on the shelf
When S sunni 1broa arou nfG it, il play
In my Old kentucky Home. far away.
The feud maa hides in the corner of fence
And waits for shot at his foe
Then the foeran's soul goes skitting to the hence
The Coron Sa %nere they don't shovel snow
"A. ana ~, 5ags up comfortably gay;
In my Old Kentucky Home far away
ATLANTA Constitution.
In the middle of the fourteenth century the city
OF Paris passed an ordinance enjoining the cleans
ING OF the streets and the shutting up of swine 1t
was neglected usual and a terrible plague was
upon for remedy by the King sent to inform
him. after long discussion that the plague was the
result Of hostile conjunction of the planets Mars
and Jupiter.
The tendency of most doctrines IS to be very mar
t bred In the bone as a certain little Memphis
His mother was telling him of the childhood Of
Sh hIist ana IN the course Of her story said that
The little fellow looked up at her in wide eyed
ast0nlshment and said in an awed voice:
Why, mother. 1 always thought that the Lord
was Presbyterian. "-(Memphis Scimitar.
T. Carson, the Mayor Of Brownsville. Tex. is
known in that part of the country as the per
petual Mayor" He has held the Office for twenty
one years, and he cannot get OF It, He has
declined denomination time and again. and threat
ened to resign II elected but the people have
nominated and elected him In spite of it. He was
the first Mayor elected n Texas under the new
Constitution Of 1879 and before that he had been
an Alderman for number of years.
Admiral Won Diederichs. the new executive Of
eglating parsonage depicted BY the American press
when he annoyed Admiral Dewey in the summer
of 1898 at Manila. Those who know him we'll
describe him as a highly educated, wellbred ON
while eating breadfruit for the first time one Of
his staff, who was naturalist. said
Ss AamT ngr dnSnd oil or
bread and butter fruit tree?"-( Philadelphia Post
THE Portsmouth CIe) Advertiser" saws: The
a ubO
Thursday morning land who unfortunately
left without giving her anything made rather a
bon mot when she turned around to another
waitress and said, Why. I thought they said that
for free silver"
Did you see that story about the man who got
a needle in his arm while trying to kiss a grI?'
No" she replied and then she added ferventIy:
But. thank heaven! I never learned to sew
.(ChicagO Post
pro-Engsh correspondent of THE Baltimore
News Whites follows: Il have advised MANY
British friends OF the hostile attitude assumed nv
the press OF Baltimore City toward Great Britain
in regard to the South African war. I'm to the
present have only succeeded far as my knowI-
edge goes, IN persuading the owners of five British
boats 10 avoid Baltimore port and to accent New
port News charters But l am confident that I'm
other and far important respects all this
horrid un-Amercan mean and humanity conduct
will in time in Baltimore be productive of far
reaching results"
MaximIOnly think. they have sacred fires In
India which have been burning for twelve cen
Mudlin-Guess the politicians in India mus, have
Iuii control or the nre department and use II for
Rohttca purposes and not to put out ires-( Boston
Transcript. - N'''"
Baltimore man in London says that at a re-
cent banquet Mr.. Choate sat next to a distinguished
nooleman' who during the of tho conyersa-
tion had occasion to inquire:
And TO what station in your country Mr.
Choate. does your Mr.. Chauncey NJ Depew be-
long?"
To the Grand Central Station. My Lord" readily
replied the diplomat. without a CULVER.
The noble Engshman's face clouded for q mo-
ment with uncertainty.
II m afraid you don't know what I mean addad
Mr. Choate. about TO go to his rescue But Milford
quickly smiled glad smile OF intelligence
An! see. l see. Mr.. Choater' he exclaimed
MI, Depew belongs your grand great middle
class"
stupid, isn't it?'' '0'N 50
Yes, IL is
lust see that across the road?"
hoI9 on That may be one OF mine. "-(Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Boothbay. Me-, fisherman has been EMPLOYING
MS spare time the last month In dragging the bsr-
Dor Tor old anchors which have been lost by YES
seis at different times. He has secured more than
-FOUR ana one-half tons of anchors and chains
one Dig one weighed 2 800 pounds. What he has
secured is worth about $500 not bad months
work In the duh season
Poetic Pesslmism.-Once upon a time a Poet ,,ith
mHeh sorrow. contemplated Farmer OF To-day
t an the man with the hoe! sighed the Poet de-
"Hoer exclaimed the Farmer of TODAY ..Do,,t
you you Rho" the difference between hoe and a golf
.r asre he iofted. dlgninedly and landed ON the