New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-02
TIE talk or THE DAY.

Ex Mayor F!tzscralI Of New Orleans has per-
,u,sed the Constitutional Convention not TO sep
nrate tho New-Orioans municipal elections from
state elections Commenting on this. Pho PIC
c,v,,re' saws: II the reflection give any COM
fort 20 the convention II Will have the satisfaction
Of knowing that 1t has dealt heavy blow to
tho Democratic party New Orleans Is Demo-
cratic city: but its people have risen up more than
once - hurl from power administrations nxed
upon them In the name OF Democracy.
\ contrahand Enclosure What is tho charge
against the accused. sergeant
'ronspring to aid the enemy
lie was detected in tho act Of registering a
letter n Cadiz containing lump or nara coal -
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Speaking 81 the rapidly ~ thought an English
scientist saws that ~ the skin be touched re-
peatedlv with lgh, blows from small hammer.
the brain will distinguish the fact that the blows
are separate. and not continuous pressure. even
when they follow another as rapidly as one
thousand IN second.
She DYED Maud What, Miss Odglrl died when
she found her hair was turning gray? From the
effects of tho shock. suppose.
May-No: they found empty bottle in her
apartments.
Maud Laudanum7
May-No; Undergraduates
A correspondent 81 The Philadelphia Inquirer
tells this story: Il remember Webb Hayes once
telling me a delicious story about the President $
first appearance on horseback The Hayes boys
were Younger ~ course. than younS Mckinley.
but had that feeling ~ jealousy that bright boys Of
ton or twelve sometimes evince toward lads barely
out OF their teens. william Mckinley had been
promoted, said Webb Hayes. and to make his
first appearance on horseback. We boys were with
father in West Virginia and. as the young second
lieutenant IN rather nervous condition. made his
first appearance on n rather ridiculous looking nag
with bohbei tail. remember my brother and I
getting behind some trees and maliciously yelling
BILLY Mckinley on hobtail horse ."
Force Of Hablt.-"Poor Nivins, He can't forget
his early ways"
Il heard some one say he handled gofsticks as
II they were pckaNes
Worse than that Let him have his stick in the
blows t. Cincinnati Enquirer.
bicycle oIlIng has become a profitable industry
I'm and around Paris. The 'grasseurs pour bcy-
clettes" as they called are. more correctly
speaking oilers and usually post themselves at
the bottoms OF hills When a bicyclist approa ches
they offer to oil his machine before he makes the
ascent up one OF the sopes-at Suresnes or ST.
Cloud for instance. They also dotted along
the level roads ready for custom. and contrive
fair share OF the money by the end OF the
day The oilers are chiefly elderly men. but not a
few lazy youths have joined their ranks and COM
pete with them In petty industry which is
sometimes lucrative.
Explanation Dcmanded.-"Yassr." said Mr. Eras-
aw S soer III be regsr Bra "o" DC no
"Mistuh Pnkley" responded Miss Miami Brown.
is you usln' slang. Is to onderstan' dat yous
gwineter jine de flynn squadron?"-(W Washing ton
Star.
Sir william Van Horne. the chairman OF tho
Canadian Pacific Railway says OF that road: The
service OF the Canadian Pacific Railway will only
be complete when, take a passenger at
Euston Station. London. place him OF our
own cars and land him In Yokohama. without
transfer to any other line This We expect to ac-
compllsh by 1900"
LAWYER Well. aunty, what can do for you,
Aunt Ebony-I want deevo'ce from ma husban
What has he been doing?'
"Doln? Why. he done got REIGN. an we Amt
had a chicken do table fob a month."1New-
York Weekly.