New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-13
THE TALK or THE DAY.


~. ...u. Freie Presse" OF Vienna, on tho gay
n, u. conn.caiion a week or two ago. appeared
=, ia afternoon edition as "A single sheet TWO PnK''
h.a,,rx The following notice AZ the heAd OF us
columns:
Washington correspondent tolls hs: In ~ M, iiss
Of questions n I,,rer, was ms "ilcase explain
IN ho,y vou came into the tlNll SttNl'',o ,,ye
one OF the watehm.n 9n 1'' county Of Indiana
wrote the following reply b"' WI"
' sSEed mile. 70 v n the ca G9" on the sea- ha
,,r,o-e and ohio. waterbury America"
.r,.,,v.. evening edition OF The 'Neue freie
pas... Ma, been couHscatcd by order OF 'he "oS a,
an, fmp.ral Public Prosecutor Inv
az ,', ,,,.r Ma WAS our report q to-days pro
,.,nys in Parliament. As tins report "''u ''
1T, mar, Of the connscated edition. inc P''S'",
second edition can appear only IN a mu'n ~, ,,
s,ye md we content ourselves with p''"'."H " ~
o',g the few items OF the days news whi'h are
lntercsting enough TO claim at'eh'o" o"''-
Parliamentary proceedings
r,,r,e1 in a fur coat. with his hands deep IN ms
Blfi.a ~ man passes on the boulevard a
pocHrH,s s,rsu,ms handbills Very politely but WIN.
out Jak,Ib m,s kndiy. my friend But win You have
tho ro"dncss TO throw II on the slde""'A 'o''
scif?'-Figaro
Tn. German woman proclaims h'r emh'''l'V''
49,, o,lv nv going FOR academic degrees IN coWPe-
.o' o' ',rr tho men but by engaging In all sorts
/ al
-, ,1,s IN ike rivalry. recent Official report
.bovs that there are In Germany "othe" e''-
r,ov.J a. chimney sweeps, b as skaters az gun
r,u;,,. III a. coppcrsmiths $40 as farriers ana
r,Il,rs 800 as masons. as stonecut'ers ana -'''
| I'm marble slate and stone quarrleS
Something Poished"G got no uso ior root 99 9, II
and all those rough games" said con Mann sh ni
INK his Sicar the other corner OF ms mGh'n s nm
! il GOOD enough for me Cincinnati Enquirer
..rhe ogden Utam Commonwealth says mat
uhuo !, Is true that polygamy still exists III 'tah'
W." .r,h.los4 diving out. II afrms what
! IA, heen doubted that the Church no longer iaNors
| :, od thos, Mormons who return to polygamouT
| connection. do so with more or less secrecy u
think. that the Mormon people desire ana re''iy III
! tend that the practice OF poSR""y "''o'h 80
.h.lI cease though minority cling TO It with htH
! ,,s,t, b.roism setting an example 10 malcon-
! ,, ,;.uti, husbands who often find a single vile
,n,. ,,, many for their powers OF management and
! discipline.
no cut the leaves Of q book OF, say four hun
drrG page properly requires at least httetn mn,
| ,rl,s which VIII do It much better than IN,
| ordinary reader can. aud do II In hiteen s'cVuus
II a thousand persons read the uncut GoPl'5 NM
| ia a Gear waste OF sixteen hours plus me Ia
definite time taken up Ia hunting for paper ~ ,
ter Paper-cutters. as IL well known. nave m,S me-
ferrous elusive powers OF burrowlhS under paper
or hiding in books. Consequently halfpln OF eyer
the finger II used TO tte consequen, 1ela'rhrht OF
the pages. Tho only use OF uncut leaves IS 10 nm
| "A
| a papcr-cutter on tho piazza or II summer hottl
| Perhaps II may serve ~ "a check on reviewer wh(
| cannot read "A book without cutting the leaves bu
| even he might cut the leaves without reading the
| book Publishing books with uncut leaves Is Z
silly homage to antiquity. ana Is n fnshon Wlthou
| an excuse. unless. indeed. the book tx unbound
| -UIHrtford Courant
Young woman recently found herself alone
| with a Young man In the compartment OF an Eng
| lish railway train. During the progress or th'
tourney he looked at her In n curious way, and sh
| al once concluded that he had murderous designs
| upon her. Finally he approached her. and put hi
| right hand IN his overcoat pocket Was he feeling
for IA knife or a revolver? Springing to her fee
| the frightened traveller faced him In despair
What do YOU mean ?" she cried. half fainting witt
fear.
He bent toward her smiled grimly. and said:
Excuse me- madam | offer you ten Thousand
apologies II have alarmed you. Such thing wa
furthest from my thoughts but the fact is hav
TO aIight at the next station. and since you eli
tered the train you have been sitting on my hat"
Tobacconist-If you'll keep quiet about IT, I'll tel
YOU how | manage to make money out or cigars
When n man comes In and asks me for good olga
| | invariably recommend that brand that costs m
| the least. 1t Is great scheme.
| t'ustomer-That's What idiots they must nj
be! by the way | want you to recommend goo
| cigar TO me ~ o,..,.u. ,,. $500 =.
| take ono Of these Customer goes out) Only on
more idiot. that's aii.-(Boston Transcript