New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-09
THE TALK or THE DAY.

At a popular table dh6te restaurant In Boston
tho o,her evening as a gentleman lighting his
cigar with a teaspoonful of burning brandy, there
ZANE knock at the door and on 1t being opened IN
walked two very ragged children boy ana girl
"Wot you WANT grufly asked the waiter
please. sir" said the little girl. we see the gent
swalern' fire through tn window. and we'd ike TO
see him swaler some more. If we amt IN no one :
way"
An unavoidable Servant.--"I have called 10 apply
,or tho nositon of bi-collector," said the sharp
nosed man who stood in the doorway l u''uer-
That is exactly what we want said the business
man. The last man we had seemed seemrdi u Nv '''''
bin r"-Indanapois journal
Dr. r. F. Stone. surgeon general OF the Indiana
National Guard has designed a badge to answer the
purpose of International insignia for physicians
7, ,s - hutton in the form OF a circular shield, in
tho centre OF which Is d modified form OF Maltese
cross opposite the arms Of which are the letters
M S O. H. meaning medicine surgery ops'e'-
RIGS and hygiene The button Is OF gold ana the
cross Is of red DR.. Stone believes the design rep
resen,s the history and traditions OF the profession
in the fullest sense
First Cycst--It is queer how you lnexper'e"ce"
riders always want to take SUCH long rines - $40
Second Cyclist-No 1t isn't bit Queer; we are
again-(Answers
r. Helm Clayton. the observer in charge OF the
R,ue Hill tAIass) Meteorological Observatory, ana
his assistant recently performed a novel feat OF
interest to aeronauts and ornithologists. While
making simultaneous observations OF cloud heights
they took measurements OF night OF DUCKS ana
by means OF trigonometry discovered the DUCKS
were flying 95s feet above the ground Mt the rate OF
AZ miles an hour
General oge member OF the Pennsyvadnia A 80
the newly elected President Andrew Jackson
a f,llO IN
fellow from Philadelphia. observed: ,, ,.,,.
any suggestion to so distinguished an individual
but cannot refrain from saying ina, IL Is % 1rn
personal pronoun with a capital I instead OF
General Ogle returned a look Of scorn. Sir,
said he when ] write to great man as Gen
erai Andrew Jackson, Democratic President OF the
| use as small an T. as can put upon paper But
sir. il ever / should have to write to little snipe
pages Of foolscap" Baltimore Sun
Just before Christmas all the old toys of the
children of the German Emperor and Empress are
mended and sent to various poor children and to
the chldren's hospitals. Nothing is ever wasted
in the imperial household, and the children are not
allowed to be extravagant with their toys In
fact they have fewer playthings than most chill
dren of good position, and they find their greatest
pleasure in their pet animals.
John Butts SRI want to leave my property 10
my two sons-one-tenth 10 my youngest son, Jonn
Butts and 50 70 PsI my uts SOIL
Family Lawyer-Irm. DO you think that's quite
fair? Ill,
OF reparation 20 Royal for allowing his mother TO
give him such a crackjaw name.-(Tit-Bits
man was fined s25 in St. Louis the other day for
shifting in streetcar. "A worse nuisance" says
The Atlanta Journal" than the splitting man In
public places would be hard to find. He afficts us
IN Atlanta on many occasions, and it is high time
cd nv he firm han nd of he law Wn
would like to see OF these expectorating nui-
sances hauled up before Judge Calhoun. our worthy
Recorder and made to understand that he lives
among a clean and decent people
A good story is going the rounds concerning Pres-
dent George y. Roberts OF the Pennsylvania Rail-
read in connection with his last inspection tour
over the lines OF the company. The inspection
party was riding over one OF the branch lines OF
one OF the numerous divisions of the big system
accompanied by the superintendent Of the division
The branch happened to be an. exceptionally
ting with President Roberts the car made sudden
luIch going around one Of the sharp curves, which
led the superintendent TO remark To his chief that
the engineer who built this branch knew d---n
little about engineering" with merry twinkle In
but was very young when located the road and
know better now" The superintendent was com
aware that the then president OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad had when quite young man located and
erts on the other hand. took this somewhat severe
criticism on his early work as a good Joke-,Phila-
deipha Record
The Philadelphia papers say that no other Mayor
In the United States has Offices handsome and
luxurious as those Of the Mayor OF Philadelphia.
Mrs. Gray.Mr. soule is going to preach to.mor-
row. I wouldn't miss hearing him for anything.
Mrs Greene-Tm awfully sorry I shan't be able
to 90.
Mrs Gray after saying goodby)-No wonder she
doesn't want TO be seen In that shabby old cape
again
Mrs Greene-Got a new bonnet or something I
supposc.-(Boston Transcript.