New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Two venerable clergyrnen who were travelling In
an elevated train in this city the other day no.
ticed a beautiful little boy, with the typical an
gelic face. seated opposite them with his mother.
"Ah, me-" exclaimed Of them. will we ever
be pure and innocent In the next world as that
dear little boy opposite?' His companion was just
going to make suitable reply, when the dear
| little boy broke out follows. in a voice that
could be heard all through the car: Mamma. II
had pistol I'd shoot those two old crows
across the aislc!"
loafer. that have never betrayed anything you
! told me
We'll want to know how you could ,L1 publish irs
a Of ha ae e e sph ns You
very well that the dispatch didn't come until about
sad f the edo R lady @ sent Us the pct
three weeks in advance (Cincinnati Enquirer
After little Johnny had come out OF church. some
one asked him how he liked the sermon Pretty
WELL" he replied. THE beginning was very good
! and so was the end; but 1t had too much middle.
PrecCclty-Mrs. FggITomWEy s%or Etc today Tisre,s
time enough for him to begin swearing when he Is
grown up and married.-Qndanapolis Journal.
The printer of THE Figaro Of London. was
| recently fined IS being "a rogue and vaga
bond" according to the terms Of an old law which
so defines person who publishes lottery scheme
Once upon time a gentleman resident In H ny
derabad saved rattlesnake from death II mao
grateful and a beautiful friendship grew up be-
sGR hn G r spd his me in India he brought
the rattesnake back with him to LONDON, aila 40
his house one rn, night he heard great noise and
rushing into the snakes private apartment round
Of its body and was rafting rs tan Out OF win in
dow to cal gon hnk ,ba ad s ons can Gi ' be
true because there are no rattlesnakes IN tha ma
Papt 81 a b Broke up the
don Queen
When a railroad company starts TO lay three
hundred or four hundred miles OF new &-pound
steel rail. as the Baltimore and Ohio Is doing IL
costs money for ties, spikes splcebars' etc Inc
Baltimore and Ohio has adopted certain track
standards, and. according TO the book, 1t takes
1873 81 tons OF s5-pound rail for mile OF track
Ties are laid "a inches from centre to centre
making 26iO per mile. Four spikes per Tie calls
for 80 kegs or 10 500 spikes weighing 900 POUNDS
or three tons In each mile Of 3Dfoot rail- are so
complete joints requiring 7oi splicebars ana LUZ
bolts The Baltimore and Ohio uses what Is known
as tho continuous rail Joint splicebar." which Is
supposed to prevent low Joints, the bane Of
trackmans life.
years reaching the conclusion" she sand, thought.
pyg pp IDs sqgs mos, n %@K as %G '
When did you discover 1t ?.., ST.. ,,o,.oIo
tire Instead of going ahead and hxing H. ne s "a,
down for half an hour TO- see II II woudh se' 10
The Atlanta Constitution" relates story which
illustrates one phase OF the negro problem
A negro rented a farm from man who had
store but for everything he needed during the
year the renter paid cash
At the close OF the season he mad me crop vi
hand and plenty OF money in sight The rent was
maid in full and no solicited another years lease
from his landlord.
You can't rent from me no more said the
landlord I'm done with you for good"
Didn't pay you for all got?" asked the negro
"and amt ready to pay you in advance for an
other year,
That's lust where the trouble comes In. re-
piled the landlord YOURS too fond OF payn
cash What I want in my business is niger
that farms on credit
81 come to tell you" said Usage City tenant
IN his landlord. that my cellar IL full or water,
well responded the landlord Indignantly; what
do YOU expect get for 80 n month"; cellar lu's
Of eer?'-tWichita Eagle.