New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Hartford Times" declares that the free stl'
yer agitation has hurt the tobacco trade; "Only
few weeks ago." II says. everything was looking
we'll for our tobacco growers. The bright prospect
has disappeared. only for time We hope Only .
single cause be assigned for this sudden de-
preston and that cause IS sufficiently apparent.
Something significant enough may be seen Just
row and right here in Connecticut. The present
tobacco crop is admitted TO be one OF the finest
ever produced Heretofore crop Ike this, or one
approaching It In apparent excellence. has been
largely bought up while YET standing In the fields
This season not a single transaction OF the KIND
has been made public"
A. d lss3-First Old Inhabitant lin piping tones)
I can remember when they used 10 drive horses
through the streets hitched 10 wagons
second Old Inhahitsnt-That's nothing. Ny father
used to own two horses. and when was niue
boy rode the back Of one OF them for moreh
They then declared him TO be the champion liar
Cleveland Leader.
A mother complained the other day to a London
MAGISTRATE that Board School teacher required
necklace to be removed from her daughters neck
The child had worn the necklace since she was
three weeks old and would catch cold II II were re-
moved.
An Oversight These hotels don't seem 70 have rave
any enterprise" remarked the woman WHO goes
What makes you think 500"
them by the drygoods stores. | m sure tnat ho,e,
charging 81 day could get lots or "omen 20
favor It when the family goes away for the summer
II they'd mark the price down to 50 ss."-tWashns-
ton Star.
The United States Consul at Rheims. France
saws that English horse meat is put up IN cans
in Holland: and after American labels are pas'ed
on the cans. they are shipped TO France and other
neighboring countries. When horses In Englaho
have become so old and worn out that they are no
longer OF any use. they are shipped TO the cam
ming factories in Holland. About $500 horses are
used in this way every year OF course. the s'ua
is not sold as horse meat but as hne canned oeeh
New to Them.-"There a Joke in your paper
this week that heard at variety show TWO sea-
sons ago" said the di. agreeable man.
What If there is?" said me publisher Of ' ne to
variety shows."-Gndarapoli Journal
The authorities Of the Johns Hopkins Hospital OF
Baltimore have built cold storage room In whcn
dead bodies Will be kept for the use OF meo''a
colleges in winter
Mrs Mann-Hercs a pie your mother brought ii
Mr. Mann|Wnl /? Well. | guess. An ths,s
the stun II you could only make pies Ike "o'''''
Mrs. Mann-Yes as was going 10 say, your our
mother brought this IN to,day sns "a" and bought
IT, She'll be real glad you liked it-'NoS'o" ''"''
script.
The young woman OF Nashua, Iowa. VINO s'a''."
the Roies stampede I'm the Chicago Convention 'o'''
q Chicago paper about her post-conventlon l~"'e
II seems that the people OF Nashua haven "'"'
much OF her. because they are gold busS' p'
she ,,ets a heavy mail many OF the letters contain
,ry offers of marriage. one clergyman IN Iah""a.
with dark brown hair and dark slumoerns eyes
wrote her that he was willing 20 crawl tweh'
miles con his hands and knees" 10 see her sh'
,us many other similar Incidents. and Is evidently
rro,d Of the part she Is playing on the "orld'
stage
Diner Waiter there Is slight mistake , OF.
dered "A spring chicken and bottle OF '''' 49,
merry
Diner You have brought me some Pommery ..
last spring and chicken OF 1851 -f"r's "''
ger
A voung man OF Rockford Ill. who has soou
,.,or VOICE recently sang the song. oh Promise
Ne when a young woman was present III W.
boon, shc has row sued him FOR breach OF pro"'s'
~ marriage on the ground that the song WAC
proposal
former Minister 70 the United States from ,nsish
TN, found great difficulty In learning TIC
language ~ .....,al,s he said when
sneak Am.rcano | make bad blunarr tnu -. lsdes
am received at the White HOUSE. o,.rV civi; War.
tel me some,hng whsh h1peSn nT 10 myself Will DO
polite and make the sonora grand comm, say.
1t il impossible that YOU see L. lars before
You must have been born many many
III" All the time" he added Il meant aver ~, le iadss
But made . meestake say 90 ..eVntsmoth IN ash.
was pleased. Sha fe'i mu'h e'"''""~
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