New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-10
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TIE TALK or THE DAY.

An improved railway passenger coach is so ar
ranged that II It falls of bridge into the wafer the
side panels roof and ends Of tho car become uscoh
neced and hoat about life RATS Ar cushio.o arc
attached the various parts to insure greater puoy
ancy. This might do very we'll If accidents were
certain to occur over water, but unfortunately they
mt.
tho other day and the small daughter OF the house
Kept walking around her and studying ner head IN,
tontly. Finally The caller became so nervous suo
'OVA We'll Ell Iannie,7 sic said what is it. You seem
to be looking for sonnet thing -, a..
WY" hesItated the kid, II was looking tor
'O" What do You meant don't understand said
Oh, mamma said you were two.faced, but don't
soc only one. You haven't got two faces, have your
Washington Critic
Senator Voorhees, is not very well; perhaps he has
Ingaliis malaria
He was Ford Of Hunting. -sportsman-Are you fond
of hunting stranger 49,. ..h,
Yes / am. Been hunting for two MONTHS
"What kind of gamol'
Debtors. / have bill against you here that must
be settled y once, or"
The biz wasn't collected (Llncoln Journal.
Never use nitric acid when cleaning glycerine
bottles A nurse recently tried this experiment and
the bottle exploded Nitric acid and glycorlne form
a lively compound called nitro glycerine, which won't
DO pounded with IMMUNITY.
reporter of evening paper at st. Paul MAKES
startling announcement thaL tncIt IL Va
500 bills. When reporter reaches me pQht Snnfe
he notices little thing Ike that thefe must W SoA'
thing wong somewhcre-tAlUany Argus
great prodigy of memory was Daniel McCarthoy,
who died In an Iowa poorhouse last winter. ne couu
repeat 200 hymns verbatim, and remembered what ne
had eaten for breakfast dinner and supper for forty
years back He could raise any number under AZ 10
Its sixth power instantly. And even II given num-
Der above 40 as for instance So he would give JUS
sixth power 400 ISL ,o00061 In very few mlnutes
What boon such man would be to Governor illl In
calculating how many votes veto OF the Iigh LlceiSe
bill would affect way or the other.
Yes bangles with monogrami arc pretty . wen out out
every month But the thing iqst at pieseht seSs
to be the photograph bangle Heres one whGh W
On ladys bracelet It's just the same as me Gld
style bangle you see except that instead Of I'M Ses
now has his photograph lndcbly printed on H. Inc
photographng can be done on any metal alth9ugn 1i
course silver and gold are most In demand IoI .s
nurpose The idea Is novel ono and Will, no doubt,
Sc popular with the far SEX VINO are mus ea law
ellcr in jewellers Weekly
One Of the best investments made In Washing
ton real estate was made by Commodore Rodgers
several years ago. it was tho lot upon "hicn nc
built his house, and he secured 1t from Henry Clay
who was great fancer Of horses. The Commodore
once brought home some fancy live stock from the
Mediterranean including all Andalusian jack Gay
tuoky but tho Commodore said I'll give 1t TO you
for your lot near the White House, Done,' sad
Clay, and the exchange was made. The property IL
now valued at $4,000. 1t was in front Of 1t that
General slckles shot Barton Key; and here Payne
tried to assassnate Secretary Seward on the night that
Lincoln was shot,
The Sermon Queston.-Curate (muslcal)-But why
do you object to having hymn during collection
Rector (practca-Well, you see, preach goou
sermon which calculate should move the people 10
AN average OF half crown eech but find during a
long hymn they seem to cool down. and IT barely
brings a shilling a head Il London Punch.