New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-05
TIE TALK or THE DAY.

An entcrprislrg editor o. Madrid prints mis- Jour
! nal on linen with a composition which IS easily
movable by water The subscriber after reading
the news sends his paper 70 his washe7woman and
| 1t comes back handkerchief.
Mr. Gr9ba-Wotsher %hippn' ee,e Josh Josh for?
milk cans before The boarders-(Truth.
For the first time in several years there arc no
women At Cambridge University Gnsiud) this
! year In the first class in either classics mathe
| maucs.
! Burned Them i;ty-what did she do with those
| adoring love epistles he wrote?
Jack-She simply made light OF them.-(Up-to-
| Date
| The cnterpris!ng Kansan who Is publishing
| paper on Pixies Peak at height Of lil'O feet, Is
said to be clearing So to So every day. \ morning
! and an evening edition are printed Two pages are
devoted loca! Incidents, chiefly relating the ar
rival Of travellers who usually buy numbers OF the
paper As souvenirs.
Doubling I'p-Mr Moxstein-Shtop your sh,icktng
| your fingers dot way IN your eyes, key Not you
Moxstcin jr-ven do do, dis kervarter
tao times. popper.-duck
| The owner OF drugstore in Lamar. Kan. has
pasted a slip OF paper his safe with the follow
| ng inscription: Notice 10 the Proiesh: This safe
Is unlocked but the combination Is Nl.5NReiSl-" lie
carefully puts his money behind bottle back OF
the soda FOUNTAIN every night, ana Doi@NS t"dt nc
never had a cent stolen.
Mean Thing-SIiss Chst,er-1 knew you would be
| here to-day 10 see sister.
Mr.. cudler dnterrog) Intuition? .,u.,..- -,
pear on the same day that Ethel refuses onions at
dlnner.-JudSe.
The people OF Chiplcy. Ga. according TO South
| ern paper are excited over discovery regarding
their courthouse. Some old iahabitant has re-
called the fact that bottle of liquor was placed in
the cornerstone OF the building when II was erected
! A half century ago and the inhabitants wish to
tear 1t down. II would he hard 10 find place
where the contents OF the bottle would be less dan
gcrous. or is it possible that It IS the only bottle
in the town?
said the Judse-"Do you understand the nature
And the little boy looked up IN establishment as
he replied: Guess you don't know my dad Or you
wouldn't have asked that question. '-tBoston Tran
script
1t may interest men who are losing the natural
covering of their heads know that industrious
Frenchman. with patience rivallnG that of a Ch:-
nese puzze- worker has made calculation of the
number of hairs on the average human head HIS
estimate Is 1890 There are probably few au-
thorites in the world to contradict him.
suppose" suggested the teacher, that you take
a piece beefsteak and cut IL into halves then cut
the halves into quarters, the quarters into eighths
and the cighns itio siXteenths INTO what couiu tNs
&. "iiash' responded Tommy. whose mother kept
And the class in fractions was dsmssed.-(Tt
Bits.
During a recent session ot the German
Archaeological Institute at Athens. Greece" says
'Thc Ncw-Orcans Plcayune." theatre tickets 81
ancient Hellenic times were exhibited and dis
cussad. They tiny metal plates. decorated in
relief and found in considerable numbers in the
city and the Pir,eus Some of them are admission
marks 10 the Theatre Of Donyslug. In Athens, dat
ing partly from the days of Lycurgus. the orator
and statesman. about 800 b. {. These tickets either
present the head OF Minerva turned ieftward-in
con. radisnction from coins. upon which her face
Il invariably looking to the rlght-or Hons head
ar letter of the Greek alphabet. Those of the
time OF LycurguS the Oldest eXtant."
Popular Candidatc.-First Patriot-Mr. Great
second Patriot What kind o man IS he? ,.
First Patriot Us boys called on Inn last ,nsM
fer ter talk things over, and I've Sotter splits
headache this mornin'. - 49, ~,
Professor Mikucz. of Brcslau. when performing
operations has found 1t best TO use fine uread
gloves which are made aseptic In steam in the same
way as surgical bandages. "Of course" says The
Argonaut" the hands washed and disniected
IN the usual manner before the gloves are PUT Oh"
The gloves have to be changed several times uur'"S
long operations they are worn by the ASSISTANTS as
well Professor MikulIcz declares that rome Oh t'e
manpulatons rendered awkward 'F onhcu'
and that on the contrary it is easier 10 take ana
keep hold OF tissues in gloves than with the pare
hand lie further recommends the use OF res
pirator OF sterilzed muslin. In order u u'o'u u'e.
from mouth bacteria"
Curious Postofflce-The snallese S'' ~ in tha
best protected postofce in the WI W.. Tor MANY
straits OF Magellan. and has De been kep or cask
years. II consists of small pam reuoa ne in
manner SO that il aoats free OPPOSITE 70 taxa "
gsgo Each passing snip h. 'fF Ss curious postce
is 1nprqvided with hs ray s, Of the world
Never I'm the history Of the UNIQUE oincc m"'e '''
privileges been abused.-(Noiihai i"s"ue'