New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
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III You mink that people ere not Ike sneep' Wsecn
me- said man to the writer, on ferrybost the other
DAY. Tho sky WIS overcast, and M 1t looked hke
rsin the majority Of the people In the cabin OF the
| boat were armed with umbrellas. 1t was Just o.
dusk when tho air Is Of that feless hue that TENDS 70
deceive one When the boat entered her slip, tho msn
stopping forward to the chains the end OF tho
dock. where overv could soc him. and raised Ms
umbrella. Tho crowd pressed forward. ard - tnoy
caught sight Of tho umbrella, raised theirs. nun
dred or moro went up all over the deck. being nelo
motonless Is the boat worked her way IN And not
drsp Of rain was falling The man laughed AZ s S.a
Now watch me again He looked up INTO snS SA "a
closed his umbrella and instantly all the others came
ssr a. one %ln
into action and out OF 1t without their knowing H.
Umbrellas and ferryboats recalled the case OF Q
solIcitous young man who crossed west-st 70 iery
| house one day when fine drlszle was Sitting down
from dark-hued clouds. He was with young woman
and to protect her from the wet was something
to call forth admiration. When he entered the ferry
house he talking To her earnestly-so earnestly IN
fact that he forgot to let down his umbrella he heio
| It carefully the young woman's head as they
passed the ticket Office while they went through the
gates and all the way down the long passageway 70
| the boat Had hurricane driven a cloud burst
against the ferry house. II could not have wet Them
They well protected as II they had been In MS
house or her house their house. for all the wn'er
knows but his faithful watchtulness never once no
umbrella above her pretty bonnet at the b risk E.0 Oh
se san Ssf s sS'S we're n ne fSs'
OF some mocking wretches aughed' o.' .m
Sn his sf PRISON S' clouds s% and fallen shove,
the two ss they crossed wesss H.. ,aS 'A'
umbrella would have remained over ner noao'
Did II ever occur TO you that the many advertise-
m.nts which you see tackled to telegraph poles four
| and Ave and sometimes feet above mans neaa
arc placed there with tho greatest facility ana
No stepladder is used by those who delight In piaS'e
ing every thing with placards telling wonderWi cures
| bargains, etc. A man comes along with bundic Oh
HE n,acards under his arm In one hand he carries
what looks like long staff TACK ID siPpcu
| tbrough a puncture in tho card or piece Oh
Tin and the crooked end OF the stan touches t'e
head OF the tack. They oeave together for the emo
the Is magnet p g scS rH SrSen Some
Another tack cngs to the magnet and Is sent tmrongn
the advertisement into the pole There It l al aGns
ahead to the next pole
Now. the interesting part Of this Is that there Is
valuable hint to women in it-that Is II we assume ~
mon are supposed to do that when woman attempts
m drive tack always drives the thumb OF her iei.
hora 10 she will get a tack hammer with magnet
in the head she can drive tacks to her hearVs co'o'
Az long as the head of the tack is affixed to Tue mum
mrr she certainly can't miss the tack loft hand be
DrOtectiOn
hinH her back And then il she misses the floor the
wall or the shelf that is !er LOOKOUT A1 any i'
that muchexposed left thumb is SAFE
c,o dictionary definitions and explanations DO
nm, shod so much light on certain subjects as the
IGNORANT man would like. Take the innocent iooN
ing ttlc word "killlck," for instance Inc veteran
scacoast fisherman will tell you In Just ten "o'u'
exactly what q "killick" is. The average po""
Easter will enllghten you as readily. But VIII
Ao IL
| " sort Of an anchor So 1t Is: and an anchor I'm
rodiatev brings before your mind the ordinary shps
| anchor nothing more. nothing less. Here Is where
tho dictionary leads you astray. "kiihcH Is gen
croll a stone so shaped that rope may DO ias'eheu
security to It Fishermen fnd mcRS So al p SDTs
the shore sto nee Is 1' Rick by the way ask
ThS tn"wT the as ~G aHyth III S
how 10 spell IT, and watch q paroxysm OF surprise
and pain shoot over his face.
Said naval officer who is so bound up in
A., na,r navy that he studies It night and day, IN
leon and out of season: You may be sure tha'
Tho eves Of naval officers watching us keehiy'
va are in a measure setting new pace. anu an ca
| tremely hot one too. when the peopo VI ''' 80.
states set out on a big undertaking they are p'r''
eure IN succeed with O great deal to spare. for-
| eioners know this we'll enough, ana are imu'eu'0''
on the mi yiye for developments. our very newest
on.bns will present all that is newest ana pest III
naval affairs and with each new snip anu T ,rsi iii,
nnTonriaion will come material advances. ms WI.
appUp in sort Of a geomcrca progression Ia
e. e III il viii be difficult to keep abreast OF US: ana
| nan To follow us. Making navy Is SO" "0'h'
t nt" +, Is a work which finally does wonders
orbe rccently enacted against cigarette smoK,
inc said member OF one OF the largest hr'i' '"''
Joufacture that article, (Which forbid their sac
70 minors and call, In New-fork at least lor INC
| ,od,,e arrest of every youth under sixteen WHO -
coucb, smoking them in public places have not hao
the slightest effect on the cirgarctte market DESPITE
these laws and the thunderngs OF the medlc peH ,o
cigarette business has grown steadily ana inc cn'ne
output OF the factories today is fully onethru B'e
than that of two years ago. Even II the laws ae'A
tho cigarette smoking minor were strictly erier'e"'
,bch they arc not, 1t would not at all influence Inc
| Trade The reason Is found In the fact thuI '"o
| average little boy who affects the paper"rappee
weed has only very limited capital at his command
he buys only the CHEAPEST aes 10 0 hm He rarely
invests In whole package, and deals Amos. Gu
whrSe Cigarettes are sold in broken lots at the rate OF
two for penny As you can eas iiSyo ~ l. NOT liable
| o exercise much influence upon the trade ~ Ersc'
1nc march OF theatrical realism goes bravely on
ranks and real fire engines have contributed III ter
| turp TO the elevation of the stage, but the jaded
| nalate OF the popuarprlce audience now demands
, something moro sensational Two managers VIII
cater to that demand during the coming season WIFI
hitherto unused effects Tie first VIII produce
spectacular drama at metropontap theatre aurihS
the fall one act OF which will be devoted TO the e1-
| hibton of four educated lions. The piece Will Do
| cut mercIlessly to admit their induction ana tney
will be strongly featured In all the advertlsiS. Ing
second manager will put a rural play upon Tie ROAD
the central attraction Of which will be real batue
| between real game cocks.
ats a popular IMPRESSION said 3 man VINO docs
| business under the treble golden spheres "that
| when bad times around we pawnbrokers have
great rush Of trade, and simply coin money In Iie
| midst of the general financial depression. But IL
doesn't work that way, and the pawnbroker dsllkes
| hard times lust rs much as the next man. When
people are prosperous they think nothing at all of