New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-15
THE TALK or THE DAY.

About year ago Wichita Kan) man ~0
juryman at the trial Of man accused OF counter
feiting The implements OF the counterfeter were
in evidence and the Juror examined them closely
After the trial was over he went home and mace
some countertc.tng too,s himself. He was caught
was recently tried. and is now in prison.
A Questionable ComIliment-Cha Chung.
Ieieh~Ah' Miss Nightingale. that winter Song
was charming; It carried me back 10 the days
Miss Nightingale am 50 glad you like T.
Charley Chumpeigh Why. could actually hes!
the cattle believing the od Windmill creasip a,o sno
washington Times.
Minnesota man IS thus quoted in The WaA.
ineton Times: Minnesota and the Dakotas aN
not little alarmed over the results OF the late
high winds from the north II is feared that they
have brought the seeds OF the awful Russian thistle
with them These winds have been very hgh aHu
have prevailed clear to the Gulf OF Mexico As
result 1t Is probable that the whole OF the western
Mississippi Valley has been sown with the Der
nicious weed"
ing in Dallas when Colonel Yerger said aside 10
What makes you scowl so everlastinsiy; Cant
you smile and Look peasan, IKE MIS- rso,sd Mn
Yerger The Colonel wllted.CTexas SITTER.
An ex,er,ment was recently made in Vienna IN
order TO test the relative resistance under pressure
o. the hardest steel and the hardest stone small
cubes OF corundum and OF the finest steel wen
subjected to the test. The corundum broke under
the weight OF six tons but the steel resisted up %
rorty-two tons The steel split UP with a noise
like the report OF a gun, breaking into powder
and sending sparks in every direction which bored
their way into the machine like shot.
"Oh. would you mind doing me favorT'
with pleasure What is !t?'
kindly remove that costly mantle out OF ~
''Why pray"'
Il shall be passing your shop with my Wife -
few minutes '-tWeg~eiser
THE Philadelphia Record" says that on SATURDAY
afternoon a bewhiskercd individual who looked hks
a between Jersey farmer and Neorss"
Popuist, pushed his way through the crowd. a.
citedly asking: who's nominated for VicefreH'
dent?" "Sewall." replied man standing nesf'
Cool fer Jersey" shouted the bewhiskered man;
'Sawelps a dem good man, I'm from Jersey me
self. We raise good people over there Ana Ue
deluded enthusiast continued his way down CneO-
nut-st firmly convinced that the conventioo
had nominated Senator William J. Sewel OF New
Jersey
Johnnie tthe Office boy)Mr. Sands, the grocsrI CO..;
answer his letter about last months bill sir
Edtor-Tell him he forgot to !nclose q stamp
CTt-B.ts.
ut r. an interesting fact" saw . correspondent
Of THE Boston Transcript" "that bres practicshy
them. 1t is reckoned tina, there are at least m~''
600 species of insects In existence: and VIII any
body mention one OF the injurious species that nss
been seriously diminished in numbers by the e.
for.s Of human beings? Well. the court surnas'
not Look at the mosquito the cockroach NV
moth which attacks clothes Where are they y"
day? Just living at our expense. and sunerns
the loss OF only a few individuals killed w
can't destroy them. We only defend ourseV"
feeb.y."
conndent.-"And you think you will VIM asEes
Know We will" said the man with the @1si
tive estimate. maxim payments bicycles RICH;
at this here very minute. DO you think they woV "a
Sssn p AT ao ,ns You bet last god
dollar they w.ll"-(Indianapolis Journal
There Is in Tennessee" says traveller IN ins
New Orleans Times Democrat. "a family OF of"
sisters which presents some OF the s;ranses' ~
culiaries imaginable. These three sisters. ~ y
whom are cid MAIDS. I've together on nft-
their sole means OF subsistence. ard work es1'y
and late to earn livelihood. Two OF them W.
In the field: the third does the cooking and o'n~
homework There Is but period OF the y
when any member Of the trio has anything " -
10 any other member All during the winter spSsss
and summer they about their business WIN
seal OF silence their lips. When fall comes -
the crop Is harvested they break the silence'
then only ouarrel over the DIVISION oi uo -
When each has succeeded IN getting all tn~
thinks possible. silence regns again Until '"S -,
harvest time. The sisters have made hs ~.
themselves They are known far and nsar
deaf and dumb trples.' although TINS VIZ"
scarcely appropriate"
The fatal effects Of the use OF wnatt LIVED lcs
as "snowballs." a cheap compound q sssve a. .
and artificial havoring extracts, shou,d Ter 10 tn
warning 10 parents who allow their cn rn sxsracu
vest their pennies In these articles jag iii and
used contain large proportions OF fns Ts maNnS
glucose and they are colored win ann moi po6tvely
their use decidedly unwholesome. II hv ,tS,rsn are
dangerous. The stoqnachs OF youns sni% H,ssl oil.
peculiarly sensitive 10 poison. ~ II heccrne sd't
dcted 10 "snowbals" Just as the Sp; rh SscSmei,
the victim OF tobacco. or the 9runh a. ,sSte ~
enaaved TO his peculiar wee. mus uie srsssulta~
comes q disease that may lead to serious
(Norriotown Herald