New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
THE TALK or THE DAY.

care of the Corporation. II was rebuilt by the
executors OF Sir Richard Wilmington ana again
during the Mayoraty Of Bedford. IN l''o' the
structure being pillaged and burned by the NO
Popery rioters before its completion. 1t was pres
emily restored and assigned to its old uses ana
now winds up It's history OF five hundred years
subslstng hereafter only in the pages OF OLD novel,
lists and memory. The Jail. in Hawthorne phrase,
is the black flower OF civilization and II "oulu
be hard to parallel the nisrtude OF vanishing
Newgate
The only difference existing between ourselves
a nd the Americans is that they occupy themselves
with ma teria interests and the organization o,
public wealth, while We write verses on liberty anu
sonne,s 20 the moon as a solution TO our very ter
restrial problem We are supporters ana followers lS
OF ideals and the muses. while they are Stanc zen
DEFENDERS upon reality and earthly things We are
Of heaven and they are 81 The earn n change our
tastes and ambitions and temperament.-OLa Lucha'
Havana
II Is estimated that there are 100000 cyclists In
Germany each one OF whom had to pay TAX Oh
20 cents TO have his name entered and to receive
A number for his machine. together with a ooos
which he must carry about him. as II CONTAINS
description Of his person.
Missed the Po,nt-Coming down on the street
car the big red-faced man was talking Tor tne
bencf, OF ali board in telling OF ,itiie ANNA,
he had bought for his boy to drive and dlatins On
Does 5Gs t belong to the eauus aslnus, family
asked the scholarly and quiet appearing man
NO sir, II belongs to me. - ,o,.or
turned n halr-(Detroit Free Press
An insurance company has applied 20 the Maine
state authorities for information TO the number
OF persons killed or injured while hunting In the
woods last year. with the view OF issuing new
form Of life and accident policy especially for
spor,smen. There were thirteen fatal shooting ac-
cidents I'm the Maine woods In 1881
Hard on Daddy.-'My papa makes pictures. and
he a painfer." said little tot proudly 10 an
MY papa" declared the other. as she swelled TO
the limits Of her tiny proportions. makes busts
and he's a-hes a-he's buster. that's what he
is."-(Detroit Free Press.
A Greenburg (Ky) storekeeper has on exhibition
what he SAYS IL the largest shoe made for
woman II IL the exact size OF sixteen pairs that
were made for n mother and 1--WE daughters, natives
Of Tennessee Il measures 1872 inches in height. Is
inches In length and inches the widest part
OF the sole
THE. NArrY BICYCLE GIRL.
Before she got her bicycle she sometimes used 10
The beds and wash the dishes. and help her mother
bake. -,
And once she di the washing. though It almost
broke her back.
But now she's got her bicycle she doesn't do
About the house. but day and night she's always
on the wing. r.. ,.,
She's done, dozen centuries and more I've heard
While her mother does the washing, sweeps and
dusts and makes the bread
She looks exemey na,y in her brSf bicycle b s Ss
Her health was never better brown and rosy ia
But her mother. n you'll notice ls looking worn
and thin. Csomervie Journal.
An up-to-da,e tortuno-teller in England employs
A stenograp her. and furnishes her patrons with
typewriter copies Of her predictions
when They Knew Him-"There are plenty OF
women who would be glad to get me- he said -,
them would care 10 keep you after she once had
He outdoors to say what he wented 70 say
after that thrust He felt that he couldn't do JUS
tice TO It in the house.-(Chicago Post
On the death OF Regina Dlexner. which recently
occurred at Werschetz. In South Hungary AZ tho
age OF III years her relatives inserted the following
notice IN the local paper: Filled with grief We
inform all relatives and friends OF the decease on
August % OF our beloved mother. mother-n.aw
grandmother great gra ndmother. great-great
grandmother and Observation-Disclosures
This was signed by three sons. two daughters
thirty-nve grandchildren. ninety great grandch-
dren. twelve OF the fourth and three OF the hfh
generation.
Incapactat ed.-"rm sorry, said Wandering
Mike but can't take that Job you offer me In the
factory"
Why not?"
mghtn't hear the whistle blow at quitting time
washington star
Slgnor Alesso Coradini an Italian pianist is said
TO have invented system OF arranging piano
chords so that they cannot lose the tension I'M
parted to them get out of tune on account OF
the weather. The invention affects all the chords
alike and preserves their harmonic distances from
each other In such way that. though II may be
possible for the whole pitch OF pianofore TO rise
or to fall. II is impossible for any single note to
get out OF tune. The apparatus is simple. and Is
said to be applicable to all kinds OF pianos.
Papa" said Tommy Tredway
answer only one more question to-day. SO be care
ful what you ask"
YES. papa"
why don't they bury the Dead scn7'-(Harper's
Bazaar
The railway system in the United States en-
poys 80 900 locomotives $4,000 passenger-cars and
5000 mall and baggage cars. These figures seem
large TIL the number OF freight-cars is stated.
which is 10000. A passenger train consisting
81 locomotive. tender baggage and six passenger
cars, with their contents. Ia estimated to weigh
about 1874 tons. Freight trains sometimes reach
"A weight OF $50 tons An ordinary passenger-car
costs from $4,000 to $1,000 and a sleeplng-car any
where from $4,000 to $4,000. The system with
Its gigantic equipment is practically the growth Of
a single generation. With the additions Of an
other. quarter or half a century posterty ought
to stand and gaze at Its stupendous proportions.
But II will probably be gradually educated out Of
all its capacities Of wonder We have been out
OF many OF our own
Loves IimitatIons.-Smart Tramp-P Please num-
folks you sets chair at the table fer y'r hus-
band at every meal, yet he's been dead a year
Wdow-Yes. A medium told me IL did that his
spirit would come and occupy H.
THAT was some time ago. | guess.'
Yes. Why?"
cause medium told me only yistiday you was
very FOOLISH 10 Keep up that custom cause hls-
band had met Queen Elizabeth and Helen OF Troy.
an Cleopatra, an'.an Venus, In the spirit world,
an married EN- all
The miserable brute Come right in and I'll
give you all his clothes and his watch and every
thing the old fool left"-(Nev-Yark Weakl-.