New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
THE TALK or THE DAY.

THE TALK or THE DAY.
The notorious Antl-Semite Deputy Ahlwardt. who
visited this country last year, has just opened
small cigar shop In Berlin.
Mrs lovely e for Realy b pDUr,nn n9% mnfn
they give us to have these delightful occasions, J.,
Mrs Toogood-Fancy how dull society would pe
without poverty.-(Boston Transcript
Forty-one tramps In Baltimore have got the bet
ter Of the law by invoking it. Being arraigned for
vagrancy the other day. they demanded a trial by
jury. AS result they were sent to jail where
they will have plenty to eat and nothing TO do for
some time to come.
Mrs. Nooly Reech,No, We have no trouble in
disposing Of cur kitchen refuse.
The Caer-What do you do with 1t?
Mrs. Nooly Reech-A private garbage man re-
moves it every day "A la cart-tPittsburg Chronicle
Mrs Eliza Pnkham Of Milbrldge. Ne. iol
years OF age last June, and she still retains her
faculties 10 a wonderful degree. She was born
at what known Soules Neck. in what is
now the town OF Lubec, in 1885, and she can re-
member distinctly the events Of the War OF 1872.
She witnessed with others the capture Of the
British men-of-war by the O'Bren brothers in
Machias Bay.
Honah.-"You Nawthunuhs" said the gentleman
from Mississippi. seem to have rome OF that @ hgn
south"
Think SO?' said the HOOSicr. Just you go
down to one OF the barrel houses and call the bar
keeper a slob II you think the high sense OF per-
sonal honor is extinct. indianapolis Journal
An Englishman recently tool, a seat at a cafe
table In Paris Fren ehman sat on the other side
Of it, He began to play with the lever OF seltzer
syphon when suddenly and seemingly by accident
Il stream OF the aerated water struck the English
man in the face The Frenchman apologized pro-
fusely and wiped off the water with his own hand
kerchef. Afte- the polite Frenchnan had gone
the Englishman discovered that his purse, contain
Ing nearly 500. had also disappeared
A Manly Protest.-"Say. Weary, hev you seen
this yer new law that makes feller hev to pay a
duty II he brings more'n 500 worth o new clothes
home with him from tother side|'
Yes seen it. It's st an Outrageous attemp ,n5,ss %
them But 1t won't work with us. me boy; y'....,,,,
"Nothin works with us. Weary'-Ccieveahd
Plain Dealer
The Chicago pa pers say that the bicycle tax will
be a boon to cyclers all things considered. The
tax, with It's accompaniment OF tags and descrip-
tons file in the collectors office Is In Itself
safeguard against theft and will assist the insur-
ance companies materially In the identihcation OF
wheels. When insured bicycle IL stolen. It's
owner has the OF another wheel until his own
is returned 10 him by the company
There is nothing Ike precision In language, and
It is encouraging to find stcklers for elegance OF
expression where they would be least expected.
On door of the public school In West Fifty
eighth-st. for instance. is notable example OF
this tendency toward exacttude. Painted on the
door is the of the lady who guards the build
ing Underneath is the word "janitrix.'
I've just worked up good story about our star
being kidnapped by bandits in Italy" said the
press agent. and the villain being caught and
sentenced to prison for life"
Won't do said the manager Some fellow
will be to say something about the severity
OF the sentence being out Of all proportion to the
There IS general interest in the proposed sample
road-buding by the United States Government at
the New-Yorl State Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion at Geneva. The sample road will be more than
seven thousand feet long About eight hundred feet
will be macadamized in the centre 10 the width OF
eight feet with rolled dirt on either side, this be-
ing designed improved country road The re-
mainder, something over mile. will be macadam-
lied In the centre fourteen feet. with dirt roads on
either side. II is proposed also 70 lay at least
two hundred feet OF the steel track which is now
attracting much attention AZ possibly efficient
and economical road. in sections where stone Is
scarce and costly. Visitors cordially Invited to
witness the operations Wednesday and Thursday
of each week. by General Roy Stone who is in
charge.
some of the old composers that they didn't live
longer" said the German critic ... u.
II don't quite see why. They are more appre-
ciated now than when they wrote"
musical idea "-(Washington Star.
A Liverpool medical man called in 10 attend
n patient seized with cholera cramps as the result
OF excessive drinking, and found together about
dozen persons, mostly young women, in a room
with full glasses before them. three-galon Jar OF
strong ale the table. and several bottles OF whis-
key which from time to time were replenshed
This remarkable session was kept up for five days
1t was in celebration Of a wedding and all had
saved up for weeks In anticipation or the event
The father pawned his watch and most of his fur
n,tire; one young fellow pawned his coat, hat and
watch. The whole party. twenty or thirty In num-
ber slept together the floors. or anywhere. the
house being a small three-roomed cottage in one OF
the streets of Tox Teth Park. When the five days
reve was ended they all proceeded to the house OF
Father Nugent and signed the pledge"
"rhose who make no use" of the telegraph con-
stitrte % per cent of the total population. Is
this % per cent be taxed In order that the
Federal Government may buy the plant ana operate
IT, lust TO give lower rates to the D per cent VINO
pa tronize the telegraph? Ii would require an out
Law of at 81 80 per capita for the Government 10
own the telegraph. THE News would welcome
cheaper tolls but at the expense OF principle
which touches palpaby the foundation OF the Gov
ernment under which we live.-(Galveston News