New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-22
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

n Is said that Secretary Ayers scheme Tor sup
p.ving transportation over the Yukon By steam
snow sleds has been anticipated by the h'ohdlKe
Transportation. Express and Commercial 'ofh-
pany OF St. Louis. whose secretary says that the
company has already arranged to run trains over
the Yukon River In December.
The horse-chestnut trees are catching IT, nova
DAYS Al the hands OF small boys, or rather from
stones and clubs impelled from their hands. For
the cobbIe season IL at hand cobbie Is u curious
game The hOrse-chestnut Is suspended py "A strlhg
which passes through gmlet hole and is knotted
one boys holds out his cobble at arm Iehgth ana
which remains unbroken adds tally TO the other
cobbe. and when that is smashed Il adds TWO 10
the successful youths chestnut. And so II goes on
until a peculiarly tough nut may get record OF
several hundred. Worcester Gazets.
"rhe jacksonville Combine" says: ION the tables
OF hotels this winter new luxury will advertise
Florida and suggest the fragrant breezes OF the
nowery peninsula to those condemned py the
weather elsewhere TO I've within doors ana dream
OF sunshine and the OF the open air. For
the fashionable fad will be pineapple syrup and 1t
Will add poetry TO breakfast and glory TO the buck
wheat And we can furnish enough for everybody,
since an acre will give 1900 gallons and the supply
can he made TO III the demand
Uard.Iuck s,ories-Perry Patettic-Well. what
luck? . 49, .,s In
"oh. il might o been worse. l struck a guy
Yesterday "AN'''SN
cincinnati Enquirer.
+ C. Roberts a justice Of Lapeer. Mich. calls
himself a matrimonial magistrate. as his principal
lusincss f. marrying His card reads as follows;
"E G. Roberts the Original and only Exclusively
Matrimonial Magistrate. Offices ut the Elevator OF
First National Bank Parlors. or Wherever Most
Convenient to SWANS. Marriages Soiemnized
Promptly Accurately and Eloquently-flalh Iete-
mouv-Icgal Fee-Osculation Extra. Opponents
>-i,,f,, loia Apst
Charge Consultations Free. A Fine Line Of High
Grade bridesmaids and Groomsmen Constantly on
Hand to Assist in the Services. n. B-My Anti
Blush-ine is Warranted Effective, and VIII Not In
,ure the Most Delicate Complexion
\ Safest. restaurant carries beside the doorway
board which says that three eggs VIII De served
lin any style" for 10 cents. go
II is said that a man bringing with him trace
OF Irish brogue came into the place the other day
and called the waiter over TO him:
Three eggs FOR 10 cents?" he asked
That's right right
Wen iii have one fried. one boiled and one
poachcd and hurry en- up."-(Chcago Record.
An East End U.ondon) clergyman. who sent out
invitations TO Il jubilee banquet among the poor OF
ais parish and received seventy acceptanccs. on an
rouucing that he would have no beer lost fifty
three Of his guests and was besides guyed by the
newspapers
study of abbreviations. There is hymnbook used
in the Methodist churches of this vicinity in which
the index OF first lines has been made up with
such economy OF typographical space that words
are cut in two without the slghttst reference TO
sylabes. 20 that one mas such gems as the lo1-
We Journey through a vale of te
What glory gilds the sacred pa
thou to whom In ancient tim
-(Boston Transcript.
Thomas w Burton Wisconsin farmer. who was
l., ,,.ftI,t,
twenty feet of General Robert T.. Lee and tried for
five minutes to make up his mind to shoot the great
soldier The deed seemed too much like murder.
however and the Generals life was spared. Bur-
ton now treasures a letter In which Lee thanks
him.
Traveller 90 the ferryman crossing the rver)-
Has any one ever been lost in this stream?
Boatman-No. sir. Some professor was drowned
here last spring but they found him after looking
for two wccks.-tFesende Batter.
Secretary J. r. Ripley of the Missouri State
BOARD of Agriculture estimates tho fruit crop OF
Missouri to he worth s2J.000OO. The apples. by
son of high color superior flavor and good shipping
qualities. will command an extra price. Every
variety OF apples has done well. More orchards
have been planted In Missouri during the last two
years than in any other State in the Union. Colo
mel Ripley says
thousands OF acres are being set In grapes One
ton Of Missouri grapes VIII make much wine
two tons of California grapes. The Missouri pear
Is selling as high az 81 IA bushel. The peach crop
this year Is unsurpassed. One farmer has sold
fifteen thousand bushels. Another reports sl.65
worth Of peaches from six acres. Five counties In
Southwest Missouri have reported six hundred
thousand bushels. For fruit OF all kinds, Missouri
is admitted to lead the world
Mrs Citybrcd- Mercy! you don't mean to say you
STAY here all winter? | should think you'd die.
Mrs Country cousn-Oh. II isn't so bad We are
l.f.1 x,totta frAp
Transcript.
Somebody gives the following antithttcal advice
"Drink less breathe more: eat less chew more
ride less walk more; clothe less battle more;
worry less work more: waste less. give more;
write less read more; preach less. practice more.
Mrs naut.oa (maciously)-iou were such
charming debutante. my dear. nfteen years ago
Mrs Inglefc-Was !? | only remember you made
such a lovely chaperon for me when came out
Tit Bits.