New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-15
THE TALK OF THE Day

A LII, has been introduced In the Connocicrt Il.
isntnre providing for the punishment Of persons M.
| send fake" news to newspapers. "The evil enr
planned Of" says "The Hartford Tmes' has certain,
grown to great proportions lately. Three Or nr.
centres OF humbug Connecticut send such tai.
| to New-YOrk papers. and TO any Connecticut pop,
that will pay for such service. 1t seems to he !.
easy way for any fairly smart chap to earn as J.
80 payment and the number Of such enterpr,,,.
fellows IS all the while increasing. They do not ~
manufacture their wonderful facts and Occurrence.
out Of whole cloth; some slight basis Of their sens
tona animal stories and ether matter may possiha,
DO hunted out but IT amounts 10 nothing and Is msH.
readable only by blowing It up into an iridsscest
dream OF Il soap bubble humbug"
susIe's mother sent her TO warren's the oth., A.
for some shocstrngs The little girl tipped tbs doos
latch and slowly walked up TO the proprietor.
Mamma sent me down for n, pair Of sahocstrinu'
| looked into the dealers face. Warren turned 10 :
bunch Of strings upon the wall and began to pul
couple ont. Then he stopped.
susie looked llstercd. . don't know, but ~
mamma wants them 10 keep.'-(Boston TransaS
| In Washington it is unlawful for newsboys h IN
paper except on the date OF issue. so II you Asrr
want to bny copy Of yesterdays paper In washie
TOP you would have to ask some one to break tn
| law
Threescore years ago. when the elder Quincy Nd
resented Massachusetts In the lower House at ws1
| ington he was noted as one OF the leaders Of u
iympatSv With Harrison Gray os John osnss
| Adams. Timothy Blgelow and others. lie was Nsn
| less partisan. and on more than one occasion gave
| mortal offence 10 both political sides Of the Housr
lie particularly drew the IRE OF John Randolph. q
snesSes Randolph arose and pointing hi. iSss
finger "a favOritc gcsture toward quincy. said ~Ihs
speaker, the gentleman from MASSACHUSETTS,, soils tie
very Garnet on which he Standardization Saturday
Evening Gazette
by curious inadvertencc an article In yesterdays
Tribune was made to speak OF the eclipse Of the aa
rs 10 occur on March 16to morrow. The correct date
| Is, Of course, April lG.
| Making II All Right.-Customer ito head waiter>-
Here. sir, this clumsy follow has spilled over half Of
| nv cup OF tea down my back.
Head Waiter ito clumsy waiter. sternly)-Brng tds
gentleman n full cup of tea in'tanly-(Texas Sitting.
An electrical expert says that 1t would be dangerous
for a woman wearing crinoine TO cross electric car
| tracks, But he does not say whether 1t would b
dangerous to the car the tracks, the woman or To
| crinoline.
| Avoiding Trouble.-Tred Citizen-well, l an glad
| found your house at last. ! forgot your street
| and number and I've been walking all over this part
Of town for the last two hours ringing doorbells and
The Other Citizen-why didn't you look in the city
| Tired Ctizen.-Oh, always hate 10 look In the
| directory. It's much trouble.-Chicago Tribune.
"The Boston Journal, says: "Of all the udi
| crous things which told Of the condition OF the
| discnline in the Massachusetts, State Prison, that
| story of the convict Booth. who having appointed
| himself chairman OF n committee to select tesuk
monia 10 the retiring warden coolly picked out head
Quarters and hung up n sign. No admittance,' which
was duly respected by the prison guards Is the moss
| amusing
willing to Share a similar Fate.-Phathead (sonle
| outing on the piazza OF bis suburban homel.A
cruel heartless GcncNloVe. lou nave succeeNeu %
| last I'm driving me 10 drink . -,
| - wavside Iramppe who has overheard Excuse
| me- mister. but would you be KIND enough 70 give ms
| Gencvieve's address '-(Chicago News Record
| Mme Allemandl, who died few day. aso In PaFA'
left "a 900 to the swiss Government 10000 70 tne
city OF Basel Sc 900 10 the Canton Basel and S4,ooo
to the Canton solothurn. The Interest OF the money
is to b. used In paying for the wedding outs Oh 'ns
| daughters of poor swiss aborers.
| Recalling the Prophet" Mary Jane" said the D.
| koa farmer his spouse, " II seems axe uyns
| the face OF Providence to name the boy E INA, ~
sounds much like the old fellow IN the bo.s U ~
| was carried away by cyclone. ooh MinA ~
a proper name at all Ter this country >'A1A'p<"s
| Journal.
| A moor widow living in village near Cobsne ms
cont n letter TO the Emperor OF Germany ashns N
| 10 give her money enough to learn trade BY vmea
| she would be able to keep herself and children. In
postscript she begged His Majesty to look over ms
| cid clothes OF the Empress and send her dress Tn
| Emperor, It is SAID will aid the woman.
The following quaint epitaph Is In an Ens'sA
| churchynrd In the Lake district:
| Under this stone. Reader, lnterrd doth I've oesuV
| a. vertues true Epiomy
| AT her appearance the noone sun
| blushd shrunke In cause quite outcome. .,,,..
| In her corccnerd did all graces dwell. god plaen
| nv Rose, Vt he might take n smell
| lie say nee more but weeping, wish may soons
with thy Deare chast ashes come 70 lay