New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-13
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

James Pinnock the English explorer and travel
Ter who is visiting Honolulu. says: When one
remembers that 1t is only some three years since
the country taken over by the United states
the great strides that have been made In so snort
a time simply marvellous The NUMBER OF BANKS
merchants Offices public schools and colleges give
me- as an Englishman. most exalted idea OF what
Americans do when they mean IT and put
their minds money and hands TO 1t with a will. L
hear of one large mercantile firm here which only
opened it's new Offices and warehouses a few days
since the buildings of which cost well on to
slCO0Oe0 and which buildings elegantly and
extravagantIy finished as the best banking house
in London"
sheIWhat does game Of ping ping nsS cost? hon,
cost = for plate glass for c sa so to ap6
the eye Yonkers Statesman.
Judge Pennypacker, of Philadelphia, tells story
which shows the readiness Of the PENNSYLVANIA
Dutchman to obey those IN authority:
In 1864 Sheridan under orders. burned every barn
from a valley above Staunton to certain point
below Winchester. A band Of angry rebels followed
this raid watching for chance TO pick up any
stragglers Among others who fell into their hands
was a little Pennsylvania Dutchman. who quietly
turned his captors and inquired:
Vat you fellows going do init me7"
The reply short and sharp:
Hang you
we'll" he said meekly. "vatever is de rule"
into roar of laughter and saved his life.
Mrs Newiwed-I don't see why you want to raise
9hg eri's q ICE mere was ''e' crop ''llS
but the ice WASN'T quite as cold as it oughter be-
and it melts Observation-Disclosures Press.
young woman Of Philadelphia, who has beauti-
full red hair is the teacher of a Sunday school
class On a recent Sabbath the rector made the
announcement of a hymn to be sung. and. rising,
ayed pedled
Now said he. "ready-sng.
small and precocious youth in the young
woman's class said:
..Why don't you sing Miss Frisbee?"
Me? Oh / never sing replied the teacher.
smiling her prettiest.
But exclaimed the boy, 1.-The minister says
you must Didn't he just say Now. Reddy. sing'?'
Sweet Girl am loved by two men. and cannot
make up my mind which to marry. What would
Old Lady-Get both to insure their lives in your
M sn na then %aa "9 OF
Weekly.
The Westminster Hospital facing the entrance to
the Abbey. claims to have the best site in London
from which to view the procession, and as stand
to accommodate two thousand people is to be erect
ed, and 25 guineas seat has already been Of
fered by some applicants the hospital Golfers ought
overflow.
You talk mighty Glib about the corruption In
this ward" interrupted saIlow faced man in the
you got any permanent investments in this ward?"
Yes. have! Numbered the orator. Fellow
citizens I once lent that man a dollar"
He was not interrupted again--9Chtcago Tribune.
The professor OF chemistry in certain college
asked student the other day: Now. suppose you
called to a patient who had swallowed a
heavy dose of oxalic acid. what would you admin
ster?'
II would administer the sacrament" replied the
student. who is studying for the ministry takes
chemistry only because it is obligatory.
DO you drink cofree?" asked the doctor of an
aged patient.
Yes was the reply.
Coffee" continued the NJ. D.. is slow poison"
Yes, very SLOW" replied the old man. IT have
tASan 1T daily for nearly eighty Yeaxs"-(Tit- Hts