New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-24
THE talk or THE DAY.

The Increasing number OF robberies III france
has led 10 the formation Of an assurance society
AGAINST losses by theft. The amount OF money PAID
10 the victims OF the light-fngered gentry depends
If course on the premiums received by the asso-
citation. II might pay such a company. 1t Is sug-
ostod IN start school Of thieves. as the more
r.,dclv the latter ply their trade the greater Is
ukely TO be the success OF the new enterprise
We Are in Favor."I should think that the
United States would be in favor OF the llsarfna
mont of Europe. proposed by the Gar, re-
marfkETfainIy" replied Gummey. In fact. we began
Il we have dsaImed Spain all right -(De'rot
Free Press.
Tho civ Council Of Cleveland has passed ordi-
ronces recurring the street railway companies to
coli seven tickets for 25 cents on certain OF their
lines.
client Is complaining in a matrimonial agency
of the choice OF women offered nm as possible
",'ient-You know nothing about these women
M rect h,T veg My house was established in 1880
and they were placed on the lists In that year
Courier des Etats-Unls
The demand 70. American apples In Germany IS
said 10 be Increasing at rapid rate. as the Ger
man housewives prefer them to any others. Owing
10 the large crop promised this season. thousands
Of barrels Will be sent To that country
Not the Same Thing lie had just finished fair
Is good dinner which the housewife had set before
him. and rose To 20. -, ., - -, .,
Not AT ali. madam" he replied. Il said saw
wood and did, too - - - 4,
Thus are the boated monopoliSts every now ana
then turned down by the weary sons OF poverty
Chicago Post.
During the trial Of case NJ Woodward. okla,
,ho other dav a witness admitted TO the presiding
Judge that he had revolver I'm his pocket. and
the Court fined him s25 The local paper says:
when the Judge fined Tom Word for carrying a
gun every Other man IN the courtroom sat erect
81 toll q
ment when n recess was taken every man made
eor tho nearest outlet and hid out his battery.
rho hest estimates place the number Of guns in
,he courtroom at the time at about two wagon
loads"
had Right TO Know.-"Is that skull you use In
the grave ggin' scene one you carry WIN you, OF
did you st Heb hgTe he de sGen~ the '"e
What DO you want to know for?' retorted the
manager of the combination OF tragic artists hliing
u 'nne7nieht engagement at Scantlnsyile. Hickory
township What difference does it make TO YOU
intruder. I'm the Coroner '-tChicago Tribune
The only military company composed Of China
men IN this country has been formed in Portland.
ore II has thirty seven members all fu-blooded
cinnamon Of American birth Seid Back. jr, its
copfain was about TO offer the services Of the or
,anlzation 10 the Government when the came
to an end.
TO the foreman Of a Grand Jury I'm the West had
b.,n presented for some public service q gold
s Of THf H GnH %%s OF fe the Grand jury oeis
were made 10y members a. TO whose watch was
most accurate. At last some one suggested That
# was impossible to decide "Oh. said tho fore
man there's no difficulty about mat There a
sun dial In the garden. and well take lantern and
decide the bets that way" There were no gold
watches IN Athens in the age OF me literary giory
reports the same suggestion ~ inspecting sun.
our own-Iearn the time OF day.-lYOu;hs Com
panion