New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25
THE TALK or THE DAi'

~, honorable Calvin Farbank. OF Ansehca, ~ !,
u,no VIII be eighty years OLD next NV
onoyhat feeolo bur his declining years nav"
,ade comfortable by the kindness o' i'''" ~
over the country. Il am not a"'''p'e ,.
S.o ears" he writes "and before It Is 100 ia'e'
mr. AL o,,e ~ the chi,dren and grand
.,,a-s, If wilder Falrbank. who dyed al MayS'
rha,,,,ucu, County. y Y. many years aso' -
,h,s shall come to the notice OF ANY u 80
- ,ro coehs his grandchildren. or other persons
who know any OF them. WI We s'"''''
vii, Communicate Win me
is Nrs ;,ih'..' t. - -eturled the educated ser.
shn IS an abstract question, the lars
cannot be denied Bur m rHesni,el untii have
% se. e n Nrs smiths wsres m me ma 0
pray be seated nnti have receive
above "-,Phadeph-a llf''S'
Chicago man In Washington thus describes Wv
co,,sour, now heinz erected IN Chicago ior tns
nerocrat,c National Convention; 1T VIII cover
%, Gao snuare feet but q better idea Is con'ss "
the statement that II Is tw.ce the s'~' o. ,,'.
SQUARE Garden. In New-York Inc i''p"
will hold their Convention al ST. LOUIS J" ou"1
ing lsox20O feet, II could be put INSIDE me Oo''e
ard there would be room enough left Tor a RAGE
cor,se q football game bicycle tourney ana
c,rcus The seating capacity for delegates IS Over
one thousand and the speakers stand VIII ho'a Nv
The newspapers will be accorded Tor a'tua' wo'"
ing men seats for 80. Their desks VIII De III lro"'
O, the speaker, and not back OF hin. as mas oee"
TOO o,,en ,hc case The gallery and promenade
VII accommodate 1900 spectators The arrange
men,s for ugh, and ventilaton are perfect. rhs
location lnsurss deghtfu breeze. for the s'ruc''
IRE Is Isolated: 10 the east are the grfehs"a'us
OF Jackson Park, and within sound o. inc N'"
venton are the ripping waters OF the iaN' :
,r,nk II would be advisable for the delegates 70
bring overcoars and heavy underwear
No Deception-'I cannot deceive you, ,aisss3
the accused Of killing his VIE ana Sn sweet
young girl with the vioets passed 70 the next cen:
where was confined the confessed murderer OF MS
great grandmother.- Tribune
Milwaukee was the first city in the country to
nut district messenger boys on bicycles and the
experiment has been a gratifying success ABOUT
a wear ago the mans cement mounted the boys on
wheels for distant trips and the innovation mas
been found so successful that IL is being generahy
adopted in large cities throughout the country
Chicago Is about TO follow MilwauSee's exanpe
In this respect and other A. d. r. Offices that have
already done so are Omaha. Syracuse. N Y; Bui'
falo. st. Paul. Minneapolis and Cincinnati Inc
plan has worked so we'll both from the point OK
view Of the customers and that OF the company
that the Milwaukee concern will on April supply
new wheels to practically all the boys and IN con-
nectOn with the new outfit OF bicycles VIII give
them all bright new uniforms.
Social Inequaties-"say." snapped the busy man.
my time is worth dollar minute doAar
That jist shows the difference IN folks. said tbs
a whole years time for only IS 45"-(Indianapons
Journal.
The Chicago Chronicle" SAYS that the president
of the Waupaca and Nishna Railroad Company re-
Gently called Chauncey NJ. Depew. What can
I do for your Mr.. Depew asked letting the smile
he uses on such occasions have full swing at the
visitor II dropped In 10 you. Mr. Depew. 10
ask for an exchange OF courteses. am the presi-
dent OF the Waupaca and Nshna Railroad Com
pany | would like to have pass over your road'
and will extend the same courtesy to yourself over
my road" Depew looked thoughtful for minute
Then he said: Where is your road?' why, lts
out in Wisconsin" rs It rated in Poor's ManualT
"Oh, yes, indeed paid nice dividend last year.
Strange never heard OF your road How long Is
t?' I'VE operating sixty-seven miles th's
year" What! Sixty-seven miles. and you call that
an exchange Of courtesies and the vanderbilt sys.
tenn has its thousands OF miles," Depew assumed
his most cavalier air as he launched that question
at the head Of the president OF the =" aupaca aho
| Nishna. and then he waited for reply WELL MI.
Depew" said the Western railroad president a. ne
rose to go. your road may be iitVe longer 'h~"
mlne but 1t Amt any wider
The Corn-Fed Philosopher.-"Why." asked the
| always rise again when crushed to earth?"
the sSrnfed Of ph hi Don't how
| easy II Is TO stretch the truth?'-(Indiahapo"'
Journal.
The fftieth anniversary OF the raising OF the nrs'
flag in California Will be celebrated at Monterey o"
| July :, Thomas Brodee who raised the nag on
that OCCASION Is still living In Monterey ana WI"
repeat the performance at the coming anniversary
| THE greatest eplcures In the matter OF oysters
that | ever knew off, said Jack. the Oystermsn'
are a couple of cats pets about the house here
They're passionateiy fond of oysters and ! guess
| each OF them could eat couple or dozen :
day IL they got the chance. A peculiar thing about
| them is that they wouldn't think Of eating AZ
oyster unless they get 1t the half-shell l mlgnss
| offer them hundred sheled in a dish, but tneye
| turn up their and walk away. It's funny:
but here's another thing that shows the sasaciv
| Of an oyster.eating cat; and cats, by-he- wtiM
when they take oysters at all. simply 70 VIZ, W.
| over them friend OF mine has young MaIteSse
cat that eats oysters like iend. Once week sms
| family has oysters, and that cat seems to know
Just when the oysters coming for II goes scrT ~
| the street to the market and watches for tnS
oysterman to start out with the oysters TOT w, ~
masters house Then the cat runs along ec "S
| him. jumping up at the kettle and going tnr0uSS
ell sorts Of Grassy antics until the house rsaSns a.
The servant girl has to give the cat ooSS3 ~ ~
more oysteru kAfo~a - = satisfied "-(PhilAaeDno