New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY

Ni.s soulful-My dear congratulate you on your
engagement to Mr. Bullion; but am so sorry No
doesn't write poetry III. ,,o,r,
Miss Getthere-It Is true he doesn't write poe"':
hut as writer OF checks he possesses ''''nsu''"'N
ability and so I think I'll get along very'~e
"Ah" said the old printer. who had JUS. eoms
down 20 be waiter IN cheap restaufa any; fpha.
lie old times Here | am distributing p' -""'
dcphia Record
caaxooks-If the people OF the Viking age eou'd
have foreseen this age. what do you suppo'e ''s'
would have said about nE IT., a..
tho hiking age.
hav. nv nina made up that Will have )ourha''
"! wSat duties will you undertaken asked the adj
ri be an exchange editor d,i tnnk ,na AZ
I've concluded to do exchange work wh ne S yUi
take two or three long articles ana ns S os q hod il
about aBB dress patterns" -(washington star
Young Joblo,s-Mr. Bullion. | have come 70 'e"
Won that your daughter Is all the world 10 me-
OLA Bulon-You're another OF those fellows VINO
want the earth
..I don't understand you sir
why the world Is the earth. isn't IT, and as my
daughter is all the word to you doesn't IL io"o"
that you want the earth?'
"Well yes II you put II that way"
Stacy Marks anecdote OF the money-iindng r dos
which he attributes to Landseerr IS as.s rasisr
in the presence OF sceptca friend ND % nore II,
the hole Of fs Ths he In" SAID
while returning by another road without .mr,ner few
Before me he joncd the two there
were no signs OF note. the scep'cat ,,em, anI
sn sovereiens were concealed under his tongue He
had found the note, been 70 the pa"Ne' ""N ~
changed II for gold.-fThe Spectator
..rhe Buffalo Enquirer tells this story whic"
NAV or may not be true "A most pltitui note was
that pinned-not pasted-on the once wal u, o"e -
the regular department editors OF The courier
ahout two weeks ago II was an appeal for aid oy
one Of the women who were to take charge ana san:
rye got whole column and a half to write ana
only two weeks TO do II in.
Rail Repartee-Trolley Car Conductor-setue now
or get of. . VIII. 4, ,.o, ,,ks mo for sir,
Conductor-Fr' cents same as anybody else.-tin-
dianapolis journal
One OF the strangest collins ever told OF Is tha'
for which the British War Department is said 10 D.
responsible The story is that workman ens"seu
in casting metal for the manufacture OF oruhanoo
AZ the Woolwlch Arsenal lost his balance ana EEL
into a caldron containing twelve tons OF molten
s,ea, The metal was at white heat. ana the man
WAS utterly consumed in less time than IL taxes ~
tell OF H. The War Department authorizes he,' .
conference and decided not to profane the ueau ~
using the metal In the Manufacture VI
and that mass OF metal was actually buried anu d
|,hrrch ~ England clergyman read the service for
tho dead over II.
A Boom In Mercury.-"Where are you going ior
Amt going anywhere for the summer Don't nave
to- Summers right here. isn't t?'-tbos'oh pea0o"'
Figaro" OF Paris, proposes the following eou'
OF rules for wheelmen and pedestrians: Every pc
destrian is to be supplied with bell anu s'sA.
horn which he shall sound on crossing s"e..
whenever ne espes cycle on the horizon AZ
night the foot passenger shall carry on his preas.
n lantern containing a lighted candle France sha'
be entirely levelled. In order TO save Cyclists '"o
ANNOYANCE OF hill-clmbing The tax on cyclists
shall be abolished. and tax on pedestrians sna''
be substituted Any foot passenger who. by his
awkwardness and want OF attention. shall occasion
the fall OF cyclist by allowing himself to be run
over shall be liable to fine OF 100 francs and for
repetiton OF the offence shall be transported to .
mountainous region"
dow OF the postoffice and laid two pennies on ths
shelf The clerk Looked for OF serss no
When a man lays down two cents he wants Two,
cent stamp. OF course" Not always bus
that's the Inference. After this when you see two
stamp is wanted" Next day the same man called
and put down so BILL and before he could speak
THE Government doesn't issue any" ANY whatr'
Any thousand-csnt STAMPS Sorry cant %fco%,t
stamp" You did. Whenever man lays down
so bin. the Inference y that he wants one 81 those
amps but as s ala they ARE not on. wsS
face. but Ave minutes later returned and droppet
q cigar on the shelf and good-naturedly guered
shaker replied the clerk 's ana the two became
frisnds.|Detroit Free Press.