New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
THE TALK OF THE Dhi'

o,-, ro,aoven of the Santa Fe freight
office In Kansas City, tells the lono""e uu,sa
, trim he has Just made through Nan''' ,,.
Tho train stopped at Larned, kan' he''u ..~or
say in a tone Of command saw an old
7 looked out Of the car windo" anu sd" on -,
- hoI5,ng q tramp who was just crawhhs ou'
fror, the trucks under car. SUPPOSE ~ -.
the Sheriff Of the county and that lie "u &C
y criminal L want you, SAID the o'u ' ., 20 -
tho tramp stood on his feet III give you % ~ "
.''o -, =, aawred on me- The old man was
. ,oh,rg farm hands for the harvest neiu :.
,or,ant later a Younger man came up anu u,e'
% hire the tramp but the older FARMER oio'. nm
owav saving the tramp was MS ny iie", y. IT,
covery and he proposed to keep MIN OF "si on
onductor told me such occurrences are common
. ,a that there are few stations a!ohs
49,, ,,re IN the grain belt but have d cro"u VI
tormers around them at train time' hop,',e ~
ob,e TO catch tramp for the har'es' ne,u. ,,.,,
r,ort or iail with tramp when he faiis INTO sue"
hands"
,ormed -"Only one ultimatum this morning
reported the st be- the matter with the mails
said sultan ThsH his s~ars se possbe he
Smself hn self That / am getting unpopular?
apolis journal
..r,,a New-Uayen Register says that n banker
IN New-York has written letter 10 Ne" li"'e,
declaring that unless Yale agrees 10 TO" No'ne,
oxt year his two sons just ready for college, sna
ha
Homan-I hear that Mldworth is reduced 10 eN-
rGGargery-There can be question ABOUT nas
left at the cafe asd pU% S%d begun eye T upon dish
of pigs feet.-(Boston transcript
= took o35 trains consisting of 25O7 cars. to trans
nor, the 1000 odd people who went to San frah-
cisco in connection with the recent Chrs'ia" Ell
deavor Convention In spite OF these ialse nsu
however THE Railway Age" thinks the raii'o"u'
chr
Will have comparatively little 10 sho" io ho,.
labor and expenditures when accounts are oai'
ns '"D ,ha rote of less than a cent mile being
too low to be very profitable
"Oi do" replied Rafferty,.
lie is the most reliable OF iyer knew ", mn,
ivsr he tells T.. anytnns s,sr ye KIN oep'
A Maine paper tells of farmer In that state
who hired two boys to help him cut MS nay anu
when the Job was finished gave each OF them a
cent for the work they had performed, ana theh
offered to harness his team and haul the boys
home for a cent apiece
An o,d gentleman in Lewiston Me, now believes
in m miracles He has had great desire to own
bors promised him the bees, providing he would
secure the empty hive. He accordingy Gla SO amu
was his surprise in the morning to find his beehive
occupied by stray swarm that az arnes Wisb
-(Kennebec Journal.
The new directory of Chicago contains isl pages
more than the issue Of last year. "The Chicago
Post" infers from this that II must contain fully
a. go additional names. Then, assuming that the
total number OF names in the book Is SSS,360. and
multiplying them by three 1t learns that the popu-
lation OF the city is now 2,6e5,OSo
She had just returned from visit TO Boston.
"Is IL true" asked an ACQUAINTANCE, that there is
an air OF culture and educational refinement plainly
noticeable III the speech OF Boston residents?'
owls around Boston hoot TO whom!' instead OF TO
whov as they do in the West"-(Chicago Times
Herald
The following curious announcement recently
made In a suburban church: This evening the Rev
Mr. Smith will preach his farewell sermon. and the
choir will render Thanksgiving specially composed
for the occasion.
1t is charged against Mrs. Lease, OF Kansas. and
apparently proved In court, that she mortgaged her
house worth $500, for 81 l00 and that the capitalist
enemy of society Of whom she thus took advantage
| was a widow who supported herself by days work.
| and that Mrs. Lease refused TO pay cent OF In
terest and made out OF the foreclosure profitable
| sae.-(Waterbury American.
An Eau Claire (Wis.) correspondent OF Printers
Ink tells of drygoods firm which advertlses that
It's store Is the coolest place in town. as the trade
winds are kept constantly circulating from aisle TO
aisle and there is such air OF polite attention.
victim OF streetcar pickpockets determined TO get
even with them so he put into his pocket pocket
book containing M Hn sp time in You rascal You've
lost the reward OF your labor lie got INTO the Same
streetcar and waited resolved to have the mrs! PICK,
minutes passed and nothing happened; and; tired e
waiting he got out having assured T. nss na sn nas Inss
his white piece OF paper was one one s wncn vn ne
| nrss -(Tlt.pts.