New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-15
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Charles H. Clark o. 1.-THE Hartford Courant." now
travelling in Mexico. writes: lone custom prevails
on this road that The COurant has long urged for
Connecticut Wherever they kill a man they put up
black cross You see them all along the road; here
one. there three; az one snot are fourteen Take
Connecticut with its LOO grade crossings and lis
annual butcheries, and before long we would nave
such array OF crosses that the grade crossing
would have to 60 Here, OF course. the road is the
rarity No fence pens in the railroad II anything
is on the track the engine removes It, train hand
told that trip. being late, they hurried and
in consequence killed three steers and five burros
In eight hours. All along the track are skeletons
stripped by the turkey buzzards and whltened by the
sun. But cattle as plenty as they are big down
this way.
Jmmy,-I heard Tommy Jones was i'll nearly all
Johnny-Yes and. what's worse he got we'll just
In time to go to school.-(Boston Traveller.
Judge Mcmahon, Of Michigan, in answering
petition for an Injunction against the Flint and
Pere Marquette Railroad strikers 70 prevent them
from going railroad property to persuade work
men 10 quit. has decided that the strikers have "a
right TO use persuasion by legitimate means"
The only injunction issued by the Court is TO re-
strain the strikers from destroying property
The Difference. -Stranger-There seems to be a
Sunday law in this town"
Resdent-Yes sir II you want to get shaved.
you will have to walt until Monday.
Stranger-Oh don't want to get shaved. l want
Resident~Come with me-(New-Yorl Weekly.
Jaggs-By-the-way when are those two pugilists
going fight?
Waggs-Great Scott man. they have been fight
ing for the last three months, according 10 the
rules of the new journalism
She-You are always talking about the fashions
Now. honestly do you think you would know the
LATE fnS
liners?
He-Certainly
She-How?
He Guefuly)-By looking at the prices.--(Comic
Cuts.
Warren F.. Burton has just sold the Burton
House. Hurley. Wis for $4,000, of which 5000
was paid in cash and the balance in postage
stamps. the number being 100000. This is prob
ably one OF the most remarkable business transac-
tons ever recorded in the West and will call re-
newed attention to the widespread interest in
philately
me: she controls my very being When | speak it
is with her voice. You couldn't let me have s. until
tomorrow. could you"
Heavens! this must be the touch Of nature Of
which the poet sings'-(Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs Mary Ann Reed. who died at the Hartford
Retreat for the Insane the other day at the Of
nnety-two had been in the institution for fifty
two years. She the little lady" referred 10 by
Charles Dickens in his American notes. Inc
passage relating to her is as follows: 81 am an
antediluvian, sir | thought the best thing TO say
was that had suspected much from the first
Therefore I said so. 1T is an extremely proud and
pleasant thing, sir, to be an.ediluvian. said
the old lady 4 should think II was. aam.'
reioined The old lady kissed her hand. gave an
other skip. smrked. and sided down the gallery
In a most extraordinary manner. Her delusion was
a pleasant one, and she always amiable and
doce."
There is one thing about me- am not afraid to
"Of course you are not afraid. but you ought to
be ashamed."-(Cncinnati Enquirer.
The city OF Detroit gives Its testimony in favor
of the use OF antioxln in the treatment of diph-
theria Since May, 1896 when the Board OF Health
began to furnish antitoxin free. the number Of
patients treated with the remedy has been 31f. OF
whom A. died. or i67 other patients not treated
with anttoxin. 1863 died And so the following per-
cenages are obtained: Death rate among diphtheria
patients not receiving antitoxn treatment, $780,
death rate among diphthera patients receiving anti
toxin treatment 125S; percentage In favor OF anti
toxin treatment % 80. The total cost of providing
the antitoxin and distributing 1t on call was
1924 As.
Probably in Training.-Uncle Allen Sparks had
just paid haf-dime for two rather indifferent
III YOU charge like that when you go back to
fight for the fatherlanu, my lrlenu II" Stu 10 tne
young Greek in charge OF the pushcart you'll
soon drive the blamed Turks back into Asia
Chicago Tribune.
A book publishing firm In Boston recently re-
celyed a letter from teacher In Southern state.
In which she said: Some of the patrons OF my
school still believe In the old theory that the earth
IL fiat and does not revolve around the sun ard on
lts axis They teach their children this which
makes II almost an mpossiblty TO Instruct them
In geography They have challenged me 20
debate IT, They propose to argue their side of the
question from a Bible point OF View" She wanted
the publishers to send on the best proofs OF the
earths rotundity and rotation"
Irresistible Eloquence.-"We had n unique pro-
posal contest and Madge got the prize"
'How did the young man propose to herr
''He Just walked In and threw big solitaire dia-
mond ring into her lap"-(Chicago Record.
Professor Noble. the well-known plant physolo-
gist OF Saxony. says that he has produced. ION a
commercial scale, pure cultures Of the different
bacteria which are efficient In affxng the nitro
gen Of the air In n form available for plant food.
and he has them for sale In small glass bottles.
II is said that soil be inoculated with these
organisms for the modest sum OF 81 % an acre.
Professor-Sly Anna couldn't We JUST as wen
postpone our silver wedding and celebrate II az the
same time as the golden wedding? ! don't ike 70
be interrupted In my work 30 often.-lfleEehde
Blatte-