New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-16
THE TALK or THE DAY

THE TALh or IHE DiI.
The New-York correspondents OF a number OF
on,-or-town papers are telling wonderful stories
about the way in which the members Of the -Four
hundred in New-York are devoted to coastng this
winter.
Illinois girl in the House gallery Wednesday and
marked the Washng,Sn ea She did not slight
single r." The broad English "a Eastern peopc
affect toSR TO 3e and When let
She spoke of a brook In her home and called ia
h r s1d hts, ned she od me had
attended the opening OF Cohgress y, , sa1
ast as mot many s' great speeches as could 70
hear" Then she excused herself ana Weno amsyJ
as she said she had some tTadlns 10 uo ''' N'A'
-(Washington Post
Liverpool merchant thus advertises his candies'
without intending any disparagement to the sum-
| may confidently assert that my octagonai sperm
aceti are the best lights ever invented
Never" she said. haughtiiy. never darken my
He stood before her humbly and would have
spoken but she siIenced him with a wave OK ner
bejeweiied hand. and went on
doors painted a robin segg blue and here youw
went and grained them. know what want ana
Yearly he got out his putty knife and sandpaper
and began 10 rectfy his error-QndianapoiD
Journal
Says THE Philadelphia Record: In the church
yard OF St Peters Lutheran Church at Barren Mn
are many old hesdstones which date back oeyona
the Revolution The oldest now decipherabe bears
the date october. l75s but the name or the person
buried is illegible. on another the inscription Jo'
han Heinrich Keeinges. Mar. Is 100" Is SIN plainly
to be read This quaint verse. when IL poih'eo
out TO all visitors. is written upon the tompstons
OF Thomas Theson. sailor. who died suddenly On
September 49, 1894:
The waves OF Neptune l have conquered
Old Boreas' blasts ] did not shun
But Jupiter with his horrible shaking
Soon laid underneath the ground
And yet there is an Omnipotent Being,
And know He mercy hath;
hope that he will shew unto him
Who did die such a sudden death
II mercy He doth shew unto me-
Then will set sail again; .r.
Who doth seek His glorious name
According TO THE Inventive Age" there an
now hfty-flve towns and cities in England wn'cn
destroy their garbage and solid refuse by burning
using an average OF about ten furnaces each ior
that purpose. The combustion OF the materai u
used for the generation OF steam, by which inc
streets are electrically illuminated and other cities
are reported to be considering the proprety OF 70
duclng their municipal expenses by this means
The Woman--If there is one word in the Language
more than another that l am heartily sick anu
tired ola word that is the very block anu ",
stace in the path OF argument reason-a worn
that seems 10 me to have been created out OF no'h
ing 10 MI a vacuum that never eNisted-a worh .S
all men condsm and reminder Of her innate lack
OF logic. that word is because ana l, wiSn
goodness II were expunged from every u''"o""''
in the world.
the rhe Woman = oh-er-er-er-because.- detroit
Free Press.
few davs ago the assistant postmaster Of Pom
Chester Penn, suspected the carriers OF ha'''
stolen some oranges he had in the office. acoors
ing 10 n local paper. so he bought another s'o>H
and asked a neishborng druggist 10 inject INV
them some drug that would make the thieves s
but not injure them. The druggist injected "''e'.
and then informed the carriers. They OF 'o"
stole the oranges. and when the owner cntereu ~"
Office he found them all very sick. In little Nn"e
they were writing on the floor. Then ihe JoAe'
thought the druggist had made n mistake. ana ID"
IN him for a prescription. He prescribed '.""r''
and il took s. worth to relieve them OF theH p"''
Some OF them got little overcured by ne H'
cine or on the other side OF a norman co"''"''
but they enjoyed their superiors Joke all the s""'
4 brilliant schenfc was adopted the other DAY "
theatrlcal company which found itself sirsnu,u
az novton Ohio and its next engagement at CleNe .
land \ plan made for the arrest OF on . o'
members OF the company on the charge o. 2l'' 90,
n letter belonging 10 another member pc "a
cused was taken before the nlted ,,".. .,,,b.rs
missioner al cleveland where the other m erus
-, The company were subpoenaed as witness, so
they of course secured his acIul,,a'ii ava vas the
mos, profitable engagement they have played ins
.aasn,, hut the Commissioner H. WILING 10 bet '~'
they can't play IL on him again. troy iimeS
Apropos Of news item in The Tribune 'ne o'".
,av abou, A "shnplaster' CT the date OF l'' wv
co,rsspoudents write TO say that they nave SUI"
Masters bearing the date OF ING. ana issoeu "
burlington ~ j. They are for sfili'hs e's''
nen,e and three shiIilngs. Some OF them VIZ
nrinted In Burlington by Isaac Collins ana one "
,hem I'm Woodbridge. y. j, 10y James farNe'' p
sumably the grandfather OF the Hon 'o'".
Parker OF Newark whose son. H. wayne 49,
was recently elected to Congress. the notes
known as ''sage-leaf money" becarse they oo. o.
clean cut and handsome picture OF sage 'e'' -.
two OF them is printed ITO counterfeit u pe'
ON the one printed In Woodbridge are the "o'1''
"'Tis Death to Counterfeit
Abraham the wine merchant called az . n
v.rtsing Office or a leading paper ana ila HUI n,sr.
the big advertisement OF 1raubel t,r md i,n,ns Of
chant which that day figured IN the 'o'"
said paper. going TO appear AK .It has
"Oh yes.' unthinkngly replied the e'e'N'
10 be kept In for a month. a, o, n,eass
"In that case" said Abraham. VIII you roy,,nce-
insert Immediately below IL the folowins nr mer-
ment: abraham Isaac Jacob wine anu hyyu ~ ahovs
chant supplies all the wines named ~ .sS
advertisement 10 per cent chsaperr'-S"s"''~ -,