New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-01
THE TALK Of THE DAY.

Tha-cbicago papers relate some amusing Fair
Incidents "Who is this picture by" asked one
woman of another In the art gallery. ana the
answer came promptly. by Gerome. lie Is an
author too. He wrote that book called Three
Men In a Boat TO Say Nothing Of the Dog" The
Iaeoons still give Fair visitors a deal OF trouble AT
the illumination one evening, just after some sort
of water procession had passed. numper vi eiec'
trio launches swung into line In the grahu oas'"
from the direction of the north Iagoons. Anu
woman who had been trying to define the fea'ures
of the float TO her companions welcomed the APP
nearancc of the familiar launches with sign OK
relief and the words: We'll now here come the
lagoons" 1t was another well-meaning woman
who advised a friend not to leave the Fair with-
out taking a gondola ride ION the gailoohs'
4 Mighty Infuence-"Tve noticed" said =, the
yonng rnaa Th9 nas in this country
have no individual who can by ms eX Mnab" ue
termine what shall or SHAH roy "ea'i
You forget about Senator PETER
Yes | shouldn't be surprised Il he were to pus
v,hiskers out of style forever" -(Washinsto STAR
A. = reception In Chicago the other night to
tho Wor,d's Parliament delegates the Rev. Dr.
Robert Collyer of this city, told story winch
runs as follows: A farmer met a parsoh anu .a'.
10 him: II remember sermon you p'e"1"o"
twenty years ago." Indeed replied the parsoh
.'and what was the text| Il doht reiheiho'. ~
,evt hut the sermon remains in my MIND. Anu
nrav what then was the substance OF the SER
monq, well I can scarcely word 1t properly
but it amounted to this-that theology Is not re-
ligon by sight
Discouraged-"Whats de matter wid Blow
sprint" said the man with the polka-dot colisr ,,
.De prize-nghter?" asked his friehd WIN '''
Yas He amt bin sayn' word fur Ia week @ss in
wa-ash'nt'n the other day, an now ne a S~ he's
fur ong-distance talkin he amt IN IL, an he lin
s sit lob ez a deckhand tWashngton STAR
An English nobeman, recently deceased left
sso oo 70 his horse-trainer 5000 to his COOK anu
5000 to his chaplain. Knowing the hooief"a,i
&C he did the chaplain probably very mucn
surprised at the munifcence Of his legacy
First Waiter lat summer resortl-Sant seIp 81 !"
talk I'm waiting on sig-aweeh en-, e h salary down
Second Waiter-How did you get MS SA'"'' N0
fine? -. .ha, ,hat or he
wouldn't "a given nH such big up-troou ->e"S'
The sixticth anniversary of the invention-n .hs
word may be used-of matches will be ceieora'eo
,h,s yoar according 70 German papers A German
student T. F. Kammerer while serving SIX
months sentence for political crime AT rofl
Hohen- Asperg they say, made the discovery ~
that time in 1888, there were no patent laws :"
Germany and Kammerer was forced to pegih the
manufacture of the matches without governmental
nrotectlon The secrets of his discovery sooh pe-
came known and competition grew so sharp 'hae
tho former student lost his fortune. he became
discouraged lost his mind and was sent 10 'he
asvlun, of Ludwigsburg in Wuertemburg. Ihere
he died In 1891
What She Meaet.-"And you refuse me- AFTER All
that YOU have said?' he exclaimed.
because I am not rich"
W y, I'D that YOU could he content with love
in eotase he went V was o ,ree months ago
meant cottage at a summer resort you Know
Washington Star