New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Tho new charter under which the city of New
YOU will be gov erned after tho end or this year IL
document which will require much study and
construction Every lawyer and every politician
will find it necessary to consult frequently the
charter and related acts The Weed-Parsons Print
ing Company. OF Albany, has published valuable
compilation by Mark Ash. Of the NewYork Bar
which includes the new charter. with notes. to-
gether with appendices Of the Assembly districts
and wards OF the city. the building laws Of
the different sections continued in force, the ar
cles of the Constitution relating to cities and the
Colonial charters bearing upon the affairs Of New
York City.
The professional beggar is nothing If not in
gcnous in connecting an up-to-date story that -
likely to touch the sympathy. and the pocket. 4
any one incautiOuS enough TO listen. Inc attest OF
these narratives sprung in the cafe of hotel
| I'm Chcstnut-st. one evening recently. man who
was shabby bu; neat walked up TO group or
gentlemen. l was on my way to the KlondilSe
with 500 in my pocket. and it has been stolen from
une | have now no prospect of getting supper or a
place to sleep unless you will assist mo | am GO
ing 10 work az winter ana save enough TO ake me
- the gold feld1 IN the spring. | Will not forget
record Of the names and addresses or al VINO ai
- IN my great miSfortunc.' He took out sOiled
down the names OF all present one of the men
handed dine - him and ,old him TO- run aW va
Press
The wives Of three well-known citizens Of Fort
Scott. Kan-for the first time in the history of the
State-have been drawn TO serve upon the jury.
Unless the Court excuses them. they Will be obliged
TO deliberate with the other talesmen regarding
testimony which may not be pleasant for them to
hear Under the law Of Kansas, all taxpayers who
are electors eligible for jury service. The
there vote in municipal elections. Jury
service is certainly not one Of the most desirable
results OF the agitation for womens rights.
The lIitch-"You look worried" said the IMPROVE
dent mans friend. 900
about getting check cashed."
Why. that ought to be easy" ,, .
enough when YOU get started. My trouble Is that
! can't get ANYBODY 70 write the check. "-CWash-
nslon star
Some exceedingly mdic rous answers to examinl-
ton question ~ young pupils are recorded in
The Boston Traveller "In training school for
girls" SAYS the journal. zone maiden said that
robin had web feet and that sparrow had eyes
on both sides Of it, head enable 1t TO around
a corner In political and legal lore the pupils
We're all at sea one said Bill IS permissible
when II Is allow "a to pass the first time; IL is
retrospective wher It has To be considered again.
Charlestown said to be a naval arsenic chill
dren too. give some queer definitions. Backbiter
was said to be n flea. Blacksmith is "A place where
they make horses because YOU can see them mailing
the feet on. A horse is an animal with four legs,
in the cold Little sins are cracked command
ments The nest egg is the one the hen measures
by The four seasons are pepper, salt, mustard
and vinegar and stars are the moons eggs
"Thc toad story in The star: two weeks since.
is my excuse at this time for telling OF the iierndon
toad" said 4 War Department clerk TO star
reporter. Il live at Ilerndon. Va. and know OF the
one of the best known Of the residents of ierndon
had and has pet toad which he has kept about ms
about his farm, and though toads generally do
their travelling at nighttime this toad is active at
since he decided to give the toad to friend who
resides in Washington. The toad was carefully
boxed up and taken In the cars In less thS t wv
weeks afterward the toad surprised us former
owner by aPpearng on the Earn r5 o b il ha
either swim the Potomac or cross over The
stdry' we can show him the toad. Its toenas
were completely worn or ny me long nlst'h'' u''-
An interesting phase of French literary enter
prise is related by the "Gauois" as follows: Some
months ago Paris newspaper ordered story
Of adventure from a well-known novelist The
price agreed upon one frame per line. The
novelist straighiway hunted mp an old man AZ let
ters-the unknown collaboration Of many more IA
nous authors who agreed 10 write the story fer
- centimes III e. When the work had reached its
second part I'm the course OF publication. The novel
+t learned that his old Client was seriously III.
fastening 10 his bedside. he found him dying. In
agony FOR the fate OF his story, the novelist rushed
TO the ohi,e o; the newspaper got hold OF some
back numbers m order to pick up the threads OF
the romance and brought 1t TO a speedy end in
few brief chapters. Then he went TO the office
with the manuscript.
"Whats that asked the editor.
"Nhv the continuation and end Of my story.
ooh then you want to change H. | suppose: be-
cause YOU know. you sent in the last chapters
three days ago
Admirable sef-possesson on the part Of the nov
eist prevented disaster and he finally evolved this
.xplouation: The Cd man whose price Is
confines "A line had himself sUbiet his task 10 "A
third writer ~ 10 centmes. ard thus the work had
been finished IN .afety,
II IS stated on German authority that the as
founding number Of two million glass eyes are made
every year In Germany and Switzerland. while ono
I,r, rrh nous, manufactures three hundred thousand
glass asd sonnet times red lines are painted on the
inner surface to simulate the veins. IN" largest
ar. exposed to fire. and are consequently liable 10
lose an eye. An artificial eye rarely lasts more
than five years as the sccretions or the lachiyma.
glands cloud the surface ~ the glass -'ohio state
Journal
\ sinister prediction, comes from Vienna Pro-
fessor Fab announces that on November Is. 1899.
comet viii strike the earth The calculations Of
the meteorological set sufficiently complete
10 inform the world whether the violence OF the
shock will reduce the planet to dust. or whether
II will be enveloped in an atmosphere o. poisonous
gas, which will kill all living beings.
Waste-Doctor- YOU must know. ma'am, yopr
husband won't live twcnty-fOur hours longer
Goddess. gracious" CALCULATED the broken
gone and prescribed medicine enough Tor hNe udys.
- Boston Traveller.