New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-30
THE TALK or TIE DAY.

The Hexham Gas Company of England has
adopted a penny -n-the-sot meter ny putting
nennv in the slot a customer gets twenty-five
and a half feet of gas. The company sets up the
machine and furnishes the necessary ilxtures and
a priller free of charge. If desired, pennies may
be put continuously into the SLOT untii inc ihdex
POINTER registers $50 feet of gas. In this way
customers pay about s. cents thousand feet for
their gas. or 10 cents a thousand more than the
regular price, the extra charge peing LOT 'ne use
of the fixtures ard the griller.
Economizing on the Corpse.-"The Marietta
1orrDay savs that while an excursion train to
Alabama was waiting at the depot negro ap'
Chased a ticket for himself Then he said to the
Dos. ] want 'nuder round trip 'scursio" ticket
The agent opened his eyes in asonishm;sn r An
tex Sm ev tiSksi h0r
didd vcsterday and / want ter take de corpse down
to Montgomery and let de family view the mains.
EN- Dis will be heap cheaper den fur de family
to come up here.'-(Atlanta Constitution.
"The Hartford Times" says that the first Mug
wump on record by his signature Is 10 be found
in the Connecticut State LIbrary--so far, at least.
as his signature goes-in a deed conveying lndian
lands "AIugwomp." as the word is there (and
doubtless correctly spelled meant, in the Indian
language big Injun"-brave warrior. leader.
mighty important fellow This particular Mug
wump was a Connecticut sycamore of apparently
some consequence.
THAT CONGRESS
It's a curious kind o Congress, with a curious k'no
Could get there in minute, an they're maxim 1t
mile; .,..,...
An they're provn to the country that they neither
An that speeches won't make peaches, an that
Amt
Cheap.
It's a curious kind o Congress. for it fuses an
Like man who's got the money but keeps stavin'
An desS. re or P haf asleep sS '"s '''' ~
An that speeches won't make peaches. an that
Amt
--(Atlanta Constitution.
Sandy, newly arrived)-Sandy. me boy. and what
will ye have for your breakfast this morning.
DonaidEAnd what for dinner?
Donaid-And what else will you have besides oat-
meal?
-(Boston Courier
The Maharajah of Mysore has decided. ii pos
sibe. to put an end to marriages between children.
or rather infants in his kingdom. He issued an
edct recently forbiddng girls under eight years
and boys under fourteen 10 marry. In the future
man aged fifty or more dare wed a girl under
fourteen. The edict has aroused much opposition
In Mysore but the ruler is said to be an energetic
man and capable OF executing regulations which
he is pleased to promugate
1t is told of c. p. Huntington that recently.
upon his receiving small package. relative
discarded the paper and Irvine, throwing them into
and. continuing his talk with some gentlemen
present apparently unconscousIy, took the paper
care Of the string. placed them both in drawer
clas
that between that and extravasance there was
hardweres Store in California and paper and Irvine
were not readily obtained and ne probably aG-
cles-(Hardware.
During the last year in England $4,000 was
paid for rare postage stamps at various auction
sales.
BE iabers" said the OF Erin the other day.
they towed us whin the Dimiocrats came in power
they were~div a shtroke OF worruk have done
for a fortnight "-(l3oston Transcript.
According TO Dutch Government report just
issued the labor question Is practically unknown
I'm the Netherlands. Strange It may seem. the
Dutch workmen like long hours and content 10
live forty cents day. The reason why they
prefer long hours to short Is because they can
thus work in the slow and leisurely manner that
suits them best and can indulge their national
conscience in the matter OF thoroughness: and they
are content with low wages because they know
how to make them go long way. The Dutchman
is not fond of striking and gets we'll with his
employers. resenting state interference in his
lations with them as calculated to imperil that
freedom and independence for which his ancestors
fought nobly The only thing that in any way
resembles a labor question in Holland is con-
nected with the introduction OF machinery, which
puts the true Dutchman out of gear altogether.
forces him to work briskly and even makes him
discover that old-fashioned wages are not quite
up TO new-fashioned ideas.
IN AUTUMN TINE.
In autumn time
The rivers sing in muffled rhyme;
The bell rings with a mellowed chime
And clear The cool. gray mountains climb.
In autumn time.
In autumn time
The golden pumpkin pies are prime.
Ana Ana f ssi,s OF raisns How With rhyme 49,
one gill Of Georgia" for dime,
In autumn time!
-(Atlanta Constitution
According to "The Chicago Tribune" there are
80 900 people In the United States who have
vet seen the Worlds Fair. But The Evening
Journal thinks that this estimate does not take
into account the fact that large number OF record
ed admissions to the Fair OF people who have
visited It more than once, and 1t estimates that It
least g. 100000 people have not visited the Fair
The Better Machine.-"what do you call that
there thing you rid up here on? asked me
farmer man OF the youth who had stopped to get
a drink of water at the we'll
It's bicycle"
Seems to me-" said the old man, that I'd
druther have a wheelbarrer. Wheelbarrer's some
thing you can sit down in and rest when you git
tired OF pushin' the thing. "-Qndianapolis Journal