New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-18
THE Talk or THE d. I.

The following suggestive advertisement Te'e".
appeared in st. Louis paper 10 surgeons anu
Fno,hau Plavers-Metailic splints. q pieces In
case complete. never used. to be sold cheap. I'D
for 50. Apply. st Louis
Jobkins-I heard a fellow get of good Ting
this morning, but for the He OF me ca" '"'"~
Hobbs-It must have been good. then; for y
had been bad you would DE- sure W 20
or most Of the cities OF the United States 1t may
be said nowadays:
one sees In the ofing
Some dead on GOING;
While others Parkhurs,ins'
Machine heelers worsting
Break out In deep Growing
r,il startled through union Of Pulpit and Pew.
Bewildered officials scarce know wnat 70 uo.
-tPhilaielpha BresA
An Italian bacterologst says that OLD age -
caused by the presence in the tissues OF oia-asc
bacteria: and ne asserts that when some methoo
~ .xneing these bacteria has been discovered man
will become immortal.
rea1ing the newspaper. that in discussing cur
rency they nearly always have something TO say
about l6 TO / | wonder what II means
knowledge Il guess means Means ,nxt ne about
Is 10 against congress uo'iis any '''''s ""'N' "
washington S'ar'
New-York was slow to adopt the idea OF boxes AZ
convenient places in the streets for the recepuo"
~ large mail packages. but at last II mas TAKEN
firm hold. Seventy-fve of the boxes nave peen III
uss for some time; now the number Is 10 be IN
crsased 70 POO There will no longer be any neces-
s,tv NJ leaving newspapers and other bulky Jack
ages TO take their chances on top of the lamppost
letter-boxes.
Rucks County. which raises the finest flowers for
this city and New WORK. the most appe,zlns mush-
rooms and particularly active breed OF politicians
is soon TO have a new Industry This is nothing less
than a skunk farm. where these malodotSns M ~.
animals will be reared and slaughtered TOT tle au'
TWO farmers near ChaiIont nave ,n a. wh;ch
S nhs snc arss viii A be erected Keep nwecoms
ntruders Burrows viii be dug for the animals S IS
looked after Such farms, though not attractive 10
IN ot ars sis Rscor
on December o. 1896. will be celebrated the ffteth
anniversary OF Iowas admission into the Union -
a State.
A young minister. unexpectedly called upon 10
address a Sunday school asked, to gain ume:
children. what shall ! speak aopu us,, .ommitt.S
s e. m e" 9ns S her hand
snS IN shE,,, Hois es,s .aau'e'
Within a few months textbooks In several puohc
schools OF Boston have beer destroyed by order OF
the BOARD OF Health in localities where diphtherfa
has been prevalent. Speaking on this matter
..The Boston Herald" says: "Mr. f. {. Marshall
| one OF the retiring members OF the School board'
| il the proprietor OF drugstore In Chariesto"n'
and he has evidences OF 30 Wuch uibuecS y"
the mart of parents through the disease that no
has become deeply interested In the problem OF NO"
10 prevent its spread through the schools. and tho
result Of considerable study. inquiry and experr
| ment was embodied in an order offered by him at
| the last meeting OF the board. This order pro'
y,ded that the sum OF $500 be granted to the 'om'
| mittee on Schoolhouses. to be expended IN "'o'
| eating the sterilization OF textbooks. ~
passed by the board. The sterilization OF schoo''
books Is something new but Mr.. Marshall u 'o"
WINGED that II can be done effectively ana "'"o
iniuring the books without loss OF time. ana WIN
very little cost, although he thinks the ma''er ~
! cost should not enter into the question when 'no
| Importance OF 1t is considered. Experiments "a.
shown that the diphtheria bacillus can be destroS
at a temperature of 100 degrees. MT Ma -.
| has made experiments to show that books can 70
heated clear through at that temperature "''"o''
| injuring them.
| Some time ago. when Henry IRVING ,mmsnrmsd him
burgh Scotch clergyman came anu t'iV wsek for
| that he was to attend the theatre tnat vceum
nroductions Irving felt duly hattered anu 80
pressed himself; but the divine; shet he aid not
| amount OF stammering. confessed Una, ne hsliet
irving greatly puzzled. informed him t nat mro.
was no dancing In the plays nj The Slang OF the
| ducing. but that according 10 Tue ~ ho{h sexes
proes;sSSn he cssd the ballet and hence
| probably arose his visitors mistahe amectionate
| mans face beamed and he look gu e sst,sd with
leave OF his host, but at the door ne n,nt blank:
mssvinss and ssdssn'y r irving, why DO people
talk 90 much about your zee r,.nnisso irso0Ask
| has not been ohrouiclsd.-<eAa Sss"0ss