New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-03
THE TALK or THE DAY.

A policeman stood In Fourteenth-st. the other
morning at about o'clock looking at tho strange
movements OF man who was examining the fencs
around the statue of Washington In Union Square.
The man walked around and around the fencs
again and again seeming to study every part OF H.
At last the policeman went TO him and asked
him what doing. I'm so glad you've
come" he said. Those fellows that was win
have gone off and left me in here and can't ma
the way out.
once upon time goat. who was about 70 par.
take of a poster, bethought him TO ooserye ,hs
trend of the jest which il was designed TO deplc,.
'Ha, ha. he laughed. IA Ia rhst ns p ,onsS
rich. | guess I'd better not eat II. win inns TOUCH
of indigestion I'm havng."-tDetroit Tribune.
The ST. Jamess Gazette" SAYS that the gold
plate OF Windsor Castle consists Of about 1000
pieces 1t is kept in the gold pantry. which Is an
iron room situated the ground floor unfer ITO
royal apartments. The clerk Of the pantry s"e'
II out i'm iron boxes and receives receipt for |"
1t is carried by special train. under escort
guard Of soldiers and delivered to the ou''e' ..
buckingham Palace. He gives receipt for H. anu
IS responsible for while it remains at the paiae
The same formalIties are observed IN taking II
hack and all persons concerned are glad when "
Is once more restored the safekeepins OF ,n'
gold pantry The total value Of the piste ~ ~ =.
department Is nearly f2c0,Ooo a great osai u -
dates from the reign of George ~ ou' a,iio"s ~
antiquities are some pieces when were '""s ~
the Armada.
Rbald Testing all hagPeInefd ' b0tiered and
iattered hobo explaned the citizens VINO piSHeo 81
him up Just Ter fun you kro% Ter Pie sdyoca.
ting of the free coinage OF soap. ,ors Journal
they'd take it serious -undlahaPoNS
According 70 a lady who has lived in Jerusalem
for forty years, the Jewish population Oh ma ~,
is increasing twenty-five years ago sne soy -
There were only between l5.coo and 10000 jews N
lo.-c No
found outside the magnificent walls the gaze -
which were closed at night. Since then many
changes have taken place, and the heore" pop-
lation-manly on account OF the increase VI
Jewish immigration from Russia-no" st"huo o. =
tween 5000 ard 5000 Whole streets OF ho"se.
have have been built outside the walls OH '"e ~
Of the ancient suburban districts. which for nun
aroas - ysars have remained deserted il is not
howover only in Jerusalem itself that the jew
ohourd. hut throughout Palestine they are ouvns
farms and establishing themselves IN a surp''Se"
rapid manner. In Jerusalem they form al pieSe"
larger community than either the Christiah OF '"'
Mahometan
An Unanswerable Argument.-Mrs NocasSS oa
don't why you can pe ,i nmr ,ncome IL YOU'D
MIR Nocash-Huh. Look at Lighthead. He saved
IN M 70 oco and went to horse yesterday oss
on the wrong horse and lost every cent OF M f SI
n ne ns ali had. too but it wasn't enough 70
hother about.-(New-Y York Weekly.
A report OF the Tuskegee (Ala) Institute TOT
colored Bows and Girls. just issued. says "Ihe''
are 375 boys and 375 girls In the school at an ave-
age OF eighteen and one-half years. none unue'
fourteen boy in the cotton-feld earns ~ ce"'.
a day. He graduates from the school ana ea'h'
ot his trade or as school teacher, II % gay,
gain of 81 10 a day. or for a year. say 81" worn"
days $780, A girl In the cotton-held earns . ee'''
n day. When she graduates from the scnoo' 90
can earn at sewing 81 day. gain OF 10 GEMS 80
day over the cotton-hcd. or for one year VI
working days, 1926 gain for the 'o ooss "
girls in one year OF s2S,l25. or In twenty ''"''
more than 100000.
A Dialogue OF To-day.-That he resiIeu a., =" erin
country was proclaimed by the SIZE OF me- orSSais
sack and by the utter absence OF ehtenVh ts shoe.
between the buttons OF his trousers anu ,sda ~ the
tops He had taken his stand IN the , iio and
cable-car tracks by the side or the III, ,hare,'
after waiting 4 few minutes caheu
to a gamn who was crossing the stev' v,,o was
'sWhat's chasin yer?'' asked the Do, ,nyenils
a panful reminder OF the decadence VI '1'N
courtesy. x,.... 7 v.nt 10 know
Amt nothin' chasin me, VIVA. "
In how ter cit a Fourteenth-st ca'. oh, still an
That's easy. You jes' stana lis sJt-hut youu
you'll Git IT, You may git II In the hse~-'
git it"-(Washington STAR