New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-05

WHAT Caused ALAEM ~ CITY FRIGHT
STATION-A PUZZLE THAT WAS EASILY
CNRAEFTrt.U.

An innocent looking and in fnct perfectly innocent
box which arrived ~ -. ~" hg freight -a'"'> III
thi, city III" other day the Of som" alarm
and cnnlrnoiion. /, 'mInall, formed part 81 con
:ignr.ent Of hmscloM ."r,-. t,t ~ It Wa n"f 'p'-
officially marked AID had one mrrl"d prulati'y, ~
CIV" RS" 70 >usp"Irr..
There wa, nothiu: peculiar ahp' ~" appearance ~
the box II prr',rp> two feet and . lr'N ~ on"
ard half hy "n" and half f""f IN o''
mrus'"Iis and made 81 PLAIN pm"
hu9ri, ~ tim" II Lad c"rtainrh >'rn" man
rf,ctrd article dc>l:urd f,r 'mc>'lr 'pu~irp".' and
it, ,ui ,cIilrrt career III" result - ~ ld"r'
Tran 81 iclhrr,i" drsisn. II the cwiri'> naiw hhl
b"on hlai"."d up,, II. there probably would nav"
l,sn 40 QUESTION about - prompt delivery hv no
tiag!t officials. In spit" ot ia" pcnl'iity 81 "h"h
mention has already been mndr.
II |. time 20 e, plain what that p"tnlarfy Wa. "
tr,t oh-"rvcd when the nrn ~ III" freight '''t'''
the lox Win tlc continues, which hhil'nhHv
,haractrri1", All thor dr',. A. ttr'n - M Wa
don" N slight .loud uf dr-' U.s. -""r :" emery" from
the various cr H. f. the .i"~ Il III" LoN. hd "N"f'
time ia. ho, ~, ,h,hrn 81 l1>rl"d ~" tn-t cloud
world be-. r,',"ai.r The men ia ~" f"ltN S'd''l
w>rr Fascinated is the >,rht and gi'"'"d IN NUMBER
"a TIE OPERATION performed again AID a-'h To-"
-t"ri a ,d'. distance. however. and "a'''d the
l~ld man va" rec ,l".~l' ,anp'r" WIN The m' i'N
FIRMS no hou-"hoh good. aid III" d"h'"ry
cc"i {" IA" rNIr",>uSu "ho arrived armed VIVA ~"
a,A tr-r sport 4 (" his s"n". "I"ist"ny' ~ thu
10 bath on g." box. A.i't soin' - deliver II ("
,nu 'romt 'r owner opil.r> l:"rr nd r'"n'iar- u.
rl.i ,.n ,i"n the h'A IA hl> prr'cnc' and MAKO
.,ir. vh.irr Wat lr >a'> g. 'f1''' tell v" ;'"'
powder "r ,uthin' O that Md T., that 'cr" box and
lrrhiI> tho, been .ntii' u'L,"'Hi r'n "n.
IT, d.. nm" tho elpr.>,'',n mad" IL report 10 IA"
owner aud again n tu. IN" ""i'r made hi, hp
prAr.iur u. TIE biz freight sutton. Il wa huge
place n!i ~ If. nd hustle. The Nounc MAJ. In the
nhc- near N" rn'rlucc hd heard hN"nt IN" b x b"'
II, II va. ,ryrral nd, from Ii, posi- ~ duy ne
able to think ." II IN truN calm A'i p1!'"H"phh
mhn'ci. lie srid that Mr w"l, 'a\ smith kic" All
about ii. boa. and Nr smith would j." 'i'' III S''h
Iln.e. The newcomer So ont IN III '"'r'h OF Mt
smith who was d"scr,lcd u an old gentleman with
spectacle. and gay h-:.rh A.tcr wari'rng Tmr
Of mile or ~ 'c suw person answering the nc
Srrip,i"n and inquired II hr was right
80: yoill Ind him up that way" indicating III"
direction fr,m which the Tu"sor"r had come "y'a
want to inQni,. fr the upper gentleman.
In due time, once nlos'. tho upper gentleman "V-
found Then the box. di-sr"c"d though innocent n;''
dragged forth from It's hiding place and exposed {" the
lgh, 81 day. enough when II Wa fV'd M men
from the ground and allowed 10 AL back aSh'a
LITTLE ,rld Of dn,t escaped fI'm thu crabs IN me
side, and cover. BGt vi" ""h'T Wa ho' IL NV ''''
SURPRISED alarmed
q" Tha,'s my bon s,lr~ enough" said he There
va, no occasion t,r any nly,t"rv trull" ahoW IT.
The upper gentleman" seemed 10 think - too ~
.oon a, he understood the Situation. II" tried Ia ian"
u u9hilv and laugh "t = matter II no '"n>r
qucrc. ~
II the box had only been nrlrkcd. "" ShonM't
have Thought ANYTHING OF It," he remarked with
painful attempt AZ sh''.
Lut the station agent AZ NJ AID - said " Won"
not Lc tccc,. ary 10 mark every sinel" piece.
Tie upper rrutkuan' waved "r'fh "Ih"h lie
i, cou,tryIunn and no inilr..h niiu." said hc "1'h
snt ~ contempt.
AIS Will that ends we'll and II due tim" Tor me
last time he boa delivered AZ ts rghtini hr''l
nation.
To satisfy the reader, CURIOSITY II NAV De- rh''R1
TINT II rouli,i three four dozen glu," J1'H o' nun
which had been pnrh''i VITA """' i'"" anu ''' "o"'
paper> . nj, ,u, 20, u. an .1
creLn xiv ,iulp.. si.ry. after all