New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-08
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The other evening the eie.T55 lights OF Jaunita'
Cal. failed and the nexa aasai1K three suits were
instituted against the csxTSratiop. According to
Of the lawyers in the case. .he parlor was Al
the time filled by gue-tx at cnnsren's party. many
of whom made On, the opportunity Tor Illicit
kissing and romping wlAeh res,cted In the destruc-
ton of costly ornaments I'D We. harmful 10 the
moral welfare Of those preoeslt.'
o.Brien (the Fenianl in stage whisper-Are yez
in favor av invadin' Canady? 49, .,....
Casey-Oi ON that; but there's wan thing tnat
8 Brien-Phwat is it?
Casey-How the divil will We be aDe e gIt t our
dooty?-(Puck
1.-THE Philadelphia Post says that the Rev. Dr.
William White Wilson. a prominent Western
clergyman. several years ago belonged to learned
society in which there were several disputatious
members. Only once did they succeed in spelling
his argument On this occasion they had made two
three Interruptions To the last one he gave
courteous answer closing, II hope that during the
remainder Of my address 1 will not be troubled
again." Before he could take up the thread of the
discourse his chief tormentor said slowly and
solemnly:
Oh, Doctor double-u. double-u double-u,
We love to trouble you, trouble you. trouble you
The speech ended
Editor of Magazine-some Of the poetry poetry that
seem think that if their lines begin at one end
with capital letter and finish at the other end
than that is needed to make real poet.
Sub Editor-That'S right. A fellow must nave a
pull with the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. transcript
The Rev Henry Thompson. rector of ST. Mat
thew's Episcopal Church. at Kenosha, Wis. has
just sued couple of we'll known young men Of the
town for 81 each. the fees due him for performing
the double ceremony of marriage when the two
young men welded sisters
John R. Kendrick. jr., who was born in the South
and Georgia, is keen observer Of people and Gus
world he remarked the other day. Us that peculiar
type of person who describes himself as a South
h as no meanins to him at a BG Southern
gentleman is quite another matter: On my last
garrulous as he was proud of his lineage. and who
sation he said so much about Southern gentlemen
that made bold to ask him for definition of the
term. "A Southern gentleman, sah.' he remarked
with great pomp, is man who has never permit
BACKED his own boots. "a Philadelphia Record.
A correspondent of THE Hartford Courant'' in
Manila writes as follows Mail is held. often ten
days to be shipped by transport, instead of mail
steamer. and there is no proper place for the
slowing of neil transports. much has been lost
and damaged. Once several hundred sacks were
put off the mail steamer at Honolulu to wait for
transport-and did wait three weeks. 1t seems to
that the least the Government can do for the
exiles who fighting for their country is TO
that they get their home letters promptly
Dehnition.-'what is rag time music? asked
Rag time" said the young man. why. rag time
is the kind Of music In which the melody seems to
-(Washington Star.
What Is said to be the first instance OF a mother
performing the marriage ceremony for her daugh-
ter occurred recently in San Francisco, when Mrs
Kate Heussman united Miss Mary Violet Heussman
to Felix Drapinski. Mrs Heussman said: This is
the first occasion. believe. of mother marrying
her daughter. 1 desire II to be understood by
the witnesses present that have the power and the
proper authority to perform the marriage
mony, I ordained minister under State
charter issued to the Independent Bible Society," OF
which am a missionary"
Scows that Pass the Night.-Jacques leaned
over the gunwale OF the hatboat as she hoated
lazly down the Detroit River. He smoked his pipe
Pierre hung over the rail of the that up
ward bound. He also was enveloped in a hazy
smoke. In the moonlight the two boatmen recog-
nized each other. "Hlo, Pierre! How you geet
along?"
"Oh, been geet along. How you geet along?"
oh been geet along, too
How you seek fatair geet along, Jacques?"
MY fatar? Oh she geet along. She been died
last week."-(Detroit Free Press