New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-25
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

A Western paper has just revealed the secret as
to how country editor gets rich. Here II is: A
child Is born the doctor IN attendance gets SO the
editor gets o. 1t is christened and the minister gets
s. and the editor co. When It marries the minister
gets $40 and piece OF cake and the editor gets
In the course of time dies: the doctor gets from
$ to $780, the minister perhaps gets another S. an
undertaken from S25 to $50 The editor prints a no
tce Of death and obituary two columns long and
gets COCO. besides lodge and society resolutions a
free card OF thanks and lot OF poetry No wonder
the editor gets rich.
His Observation-Disclosures cold snaps make us see
salary, the grounding does the work-(India
Journal
One old-fashioned Missourian who had been IN
weighed into buying 3OO-egg incubator advertises
the "critter' for sale
Fully MISUNDERSTANDING" said the earnest
citizen. that peace has its victories
II guess l know that we'll as anybody" re-
marked mar o the press I've victories
anybody in the washington t star Una"
The latest school story comes from Paisley, says
THE Scottish American" A teacher IN one Of the
local schools was examining a child on general
knowledge. and. talking OF languages. he asked a
small boy what the most useful OF modern
tongues The child looked bewildered. To suggest
the answer the teacher put 1t in another way.
What is it." he asked that your elder brothers
learn?'
light dawned on the little chap and he an
swered with great alacrity:
"Swearn'. sir!"
b 1t All DePe edsx The Baz99 had something
oh it's immateraI TO me what the papers saw"
terested in them to read them. Let them hammer
csm n s their care for neither their cr
But this article is laudatory"
1T says you have represented your district with
WHAT'S that? interrupted the Congressman
eageFy n d st me see the paper wonder II m
away."-(Chicago Fost.
No one who has not seen kopje. saws a South
African, easily realize It,. 1t Is not a hill so
much as the stump OF hi-what is left of It after
ages of denudation but the special feature OF Il Is
that it Is almost invariably covered with a breast
work of powders Tropical torrents have washed
away the earth and all the soluble components OF
the rock and what is left consists OF heaps and
lines of detached masses OF sandstone ronstone or
granite. The koptes are the Beers fortIhcations
and he has any number OF them.
From the stump.-The first candidate rose and
said: Il fought for YOU my friends. and to-day the
bones or my right arm are bleaching among the
The second candidate followed with: my left leg
friends lies lstless In the shadows of the Virginia
- Both Bot Of my legs" said the third candidate ARE
Then the fourth man and said: IT went
through the war without scratch. Here are two
legs TO kick Till you get 'em!-(Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
"a Billve citizen" says THE Atlanta Constitu-
tion." who happened TO get on locked-up jury
addressed the following note to the Judge:
q" We. the jury. hein hongry. an locked up eight
hours without eatn', which has been our regular
habit sence knowed ourselves respectfully ind
ourselves guilty OF wantin' TO eat. an recommend
that our sentence OF imprisonment be committed
TO the liberty OF twelve square meals a-throwin'
OF ourselves the mercy o the Court fer them
same, after which hope to find the defendant
guilty
First Senator-It seems this new member paid
SO0Wo Tor his seatl II would be a dangerous
precedent TO accept his credentials!
Second Senntor-Decidedlyi We cannot AFFORD 10
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