New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-10
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Chicago City Directory still continues to give
the Office addresses of business men by naming
the building i'm which their ofiice IL instead "i
giving the street number. THE Record denounces
this az a provncialsm, and an evidence that the
city does not yet realize that II is metropolis
,,u,,ui,,,r,, Discoverv weir" he exclaimed
os he nrrncted the electric light at the hotel. this
beats everything. An it comes pooty nigh bein'
WHAT do You mean" asked his wife.
see here They've covered the gas up WIN s, "a
-(Washington Star.
Governor Yates failure to visit the slaughter
houses while he was in Chicago will be taken TO
mean that he is not very fond OF seeing blood ate,
all.
on the side Of a barrel on Harlems high hill,
without any hat on his head.
Young Jimmy Mccarthy was eating his Ill
From large. dusty loaf Of dry bread
But a goat who was mnchlng on hoopskrts near by,
Came and umbled him into The gutter; ,se Owe
Boston Budget.
'IIelmhotz" says ELECTRICITY" has shown that
the fund.- Of the eyes themselves luminous, anu
he was able to see. in total darkness. the move
ment OF his by the light OF his own eyes
This t. of the most remarkable experiments
recorded in the history of science. and probably
only a few men could satisfactorily repeat 1t. for
1t Is very likely that the luminosity Of the eyes
is associated with uncommon activity of the brain
and great imaginative power 1t is fuorescence of
brain action, as it were"
Incompatible.-Wi a faint glow her usually
pele cheek the young woman traced geometrieal
Which Of the two 20 You prefer Mr.: Farow
'"S must conTess Miss TtEowe replied the
young man ha. have read very lite OF, of e naso
maiden. retreatng from him with shudder. I'VE
are Incompatible. We never could be happy to-
gether. You pronounce 1t eether. Chicago Trib-
unc.
French scientist has been using his microscope
recently the bank and national notes OF
various countries. and finds that they are the home
OF great numbers Of little organisms These. he
says, may be dangerous to health and he counselS
the fortunate possessors OF the paper money
against placing it in the mouth under any circum-
stances. on some OF the notes were bacteria and
bac in considerable numbers The professor de-
clares that the bills are n dangerous medium for
the spread of contagious diseases, and highly
praises the system of destroying returned bills
adopted by the Bank OF England-althouGh for an
other purpose. This ought to console people who
can't get bills these DAYS
Why don't you put down that heavy satchel?
You'll break your back holding it up.
Passenger recently imported from Donegal
Re COB thin little III, harses mas got all they do
I'll carry the bag mesllf-(Chicago Tribune.
VISITORS" says 1.-The Charleston News and
pearance OF the Florida exhibit and now the an
thorities have determined pitch the collection OF
withered oranges and dried figs and emaciated
guavas and seedy-looking palms out OF doors
It seems that there no one around the building
to keep it in order. and Florida has been ruled
out 1t would have been better on the whole had
Florida stayed at home rather than to have failed
TO make a creditabe exhibition OF its wonderfuI
resources.
Strange observation-disclosures does son,.
funny things began the man with the ginger
beard
The grocer almost showed signs OF ,ntero.,
while the man from Potato Creek stoned no,ry
ing his heels against the counter and prenarsd -
listen.
II was ketched in a cyclone when I was farm,
in In NebraSky that carried Inc about Mia
high" continued the man with the ginger be.rS.
but strange TO say, II didn't damage NV cio.es
none. That u.s. with one exception Alter tbev
had picked me up an poured little whiskey into
me an kinder got me round agn, they took me-
home an laid me on the bed. My wife she h bae
gun pun' of my boots. She tux one or nn,
then she TUX the other off: an then sha .a gu
wy. paw; whatever has become of your socka
| know well as I'm alvin tibet Won n,,t 'nn,
on this mornin. And so | did: but thai thera
exhibition Of the resstless forces of nature az
the paper called It, had pulled off both socts ,,.h
out dsturbin or my boots at all And that ain't |
no lie neither. $3.50
The man with the ginger beard then u,oraaroa |
out, and the grocer said to the man iron, Potato
Creek: THAT there old cuss never comes IN haro
hut what always feel like the store u,,s ,,nhio
TO be struck with lightning or somethn. -" 'inJ ,e
annapolis Journal. "