New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Speaking of queer signs. The Philadelphia
Record" says: Shoes half scaled while you
weight is a new that may not be proper but
IL Is understood. is Silver Filigrees- Home
maid mince pie Is the way a Tenth and Poplar
SITS. restaurateur calculates TO make mouths water
'Sssers ground is the business sign OF a South
Seventh-st shopkeeper. 1t makes one hungry 10
read 'Holibut flaps for sale here outside an eat
ing place at Second and Callowhill sts- In Bread
Grumms. sc. a pound Seventh-st- storekeeper'
whose spoken language is evidently Of Teutonic
favor. shows that he believes in spelling by sound
Even on a Chestnut-st restaurant sign Frog
leggs' are announced among the delicacies to be
had inside"
II am sinking for the third tme." shrieked the
Are YOU positive Of this?" asked the youth who
was waiting 10 rescue her lily conceahng his anA-
'iOh. qulteT' the woman protested. For I
at this moment distinctly recalling everything in
Par y past @ If me- II we're 6n yeseraS iay that Oi NY
say no more!" cried the youth. plunging forth
The spectators cheered wildly for never in their
lives had they seen the thing more gracefully done
-(Detrot Journal
In The London Spectator" els clean and beauti-
full. 1t is doubtful whether any such delightful
residential street a observation-disclosures is to be
found on the globe American domestic archi-
lecture is as successful public architecture is
expensive and often bad but in these Washington
avenues it is carried the height OF comfort and
beauty. The green, well watered. fenceless lawns,
the grouping OF gables and oriels, the pretty
porches and exquisite trees and flowers combine
to give most delightful series of pictures. There
Is not the ostentaton Of New-York or Chicago, but
there is more charm"
board the Russian cruiser yariag. that is now
lying at the Cramp shipyards These cigarettes are
smoked by officers and alike. being dtStr1b-.
uted like bread or meat along with the other ra-
tions. They are short and slender with stin
paper mOuthpeCe. and IN JlSte are milo ana pleas
ant They resemble good deal the imported Gig
box Down in one Of the storerooms Of the
Eariag they are Kept There is a STACK & or them 9
a s soon this stack begins to diminish order
the Varag should out of cigarettes it is hard
TO say what trouble would happen on board. These
of the officers and men.-(Philadelpha Record.
George H. Stevens was elected City Clerk of
Newburyport. Mass. recently for the thirty-second
consecutive time He is now seventy-two years old.
but is still in the enjoyment OF good health and
all his mental vigor. He is a beautiful penman.
and his records said 10 be models OF transcrib-
ing. AS clerk Of the Board of Registers for thirty
years he is personally acquainted with nearly
ever voter in the city. while his knowledge of
municipal law is such that he is a valuable coun-
seor to the new Mayors and other city officials.
Charley, dear" sand young Mrs. Torkins Il
am going to on1ITac,;e1 turn 9yer a new leaf
Tn g2ipG gH1i; 70 quit being sgPsrstitiOgs have
Yes 1t is very silly of YOU"
We'll, your arguments have convinced me- You
know that new dress was talking TO you about
We'll I'm going 10 start out and buy the ma
terial on Friday just to show I'm not afraid
Washington Star
John F. Bass. the newspaper correspondent, who
has returned TO his home in Chicago after a long
stay in the Philippines and later in China says
that unless the United States send men to the
Straits and Java, where European nations are gov
erninS the Malays. for the purpose OF studying
their methods of dealing with the natives this
country is likely to go through experience In
the Philippines similar to that which England had
with the natives of India.
Unconscious Humor-"You mustn't fail m coma
to church next Sunday" said the Rev. DR. Third
ley II have arranged to have the Rev. DR. Mark
Xren oa so on to p preash @ s in the
yes yes IN preach my regular sermon; after which
open (Phiiadeiphia Press '''' VIII
What good does your money do you. Mr.. Ar
mouT? friend once asked P. d. Armour accord
ing to The Washington Star" That Is a oues
ton. Mr.. Armour replied, Il often ask myself
l was raised butcher boy learned TO love work
for works sake must get up early now as
have done all my life. and when 9 O'Clock comes
no matter what's going at home. I must get to
bed. And here am Yes. have large means as
you say; but can't eat much as yonder clerk:
l can't sleep as much. and I hardly wear any
more clothes than he. The only real pleasure can
get out of life that yonder clerk with his limited
means cannot get. is the giving, now and then TO
some deserving fellow, without a soul knowing
IT. $500 or a,00O-gtving him fresh start upward
without making the gift hurt to him. That's the
only real pleasure l get of life. And as 10 nos
sessions. the only thing 1 sometimes feel really
own are my two boys and my good name Take
everything else from me. leave me them and T
would yet be rich. 1 wouldn't care a snap for the
rest We would soon together make enough TO keep
the wolf long way from door,
a Popular Host-Traxeller-Eh? Has this hotel
changed hands? Clerk-Yes the old landlord busted
up-owed thousands of dollars to All the proyisioD
dealers in the neighborhood For every ten dol
IarS ne took in he spent twenty. Traveler-Too
oad, too bad! He's the only landlord / ever met
Who kneW now to keep a hOtel.-(New-York