New-York tribune., 1898-01-01
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The books Of the United States Mint in Denver
show that the deposits Of gold for the last year
were the largest received. The total will
slightly exceed N22G0,ooo and conservative esti-
mate made by the Mint officials places the entire
OF Colorado at s22 eooon in round figures
Colorado will go far ahead Of California. as 1t Is
said to be doubtful II Caiforna's output will
touch the s1S,coo,ooo mark. Last year Coorados
output was S6,5o0000 and that OF California
$1,000 CO., while the total production OF the country
was ssl.7l7,s8
We have returned from our Kansas City trip, and
were never touched" TWO years ago fellow
town; but suppose he was not aware OF the
fact OF our presence in the city yesterday How
eosre our abo our Clothes this e having Sc
creted 10 cents in one vest pocket and 10 cents In
in the recesses Of one trousers pocket and In the
other was half a dozen sixpenny nails. which we
would stir UP every time suspclous,looking char
his attention from the real hding-places Of our
city we walked In the middle of the street.. al
though it kept US doGSnE E fGs ye 6iaTsd aSne
down Main-s,. looking at the masnifcent display
the newsboys kept yelling something about rubber
neck as they came by where we were standing:
one Of them in particular sGPPns rsnt oehna s
city cg STiT Times All about the triple Sanen in Ala
man as to whether Rubber-neck was the man
that got hung. whether he hung the other fel-
bovsaed from our ovoTcoat collar and brushed some
siiicate dirt from the left shoulder.-(Aurora Mo)
News.
Less than half the number Of persons entitled TO
vote in New-Orleans have thought II worth while
TO register FOR the election Of delegates to tho
coming Constitutional Convention, fact which
leads The Times Democrat 70 say: 1T IS not
complmeutary TO the public spirit OF the city.
and shows how large number Of persons are IN
huenced TO so to tho polls by the question OF offices
With the Offices in sight the registration Is twice
as great as when It is simply matter OF framing
a new organic law which directly interests and
affects the entire community. It seems easy 10
stir up the people over the offices, but their Con-
stution and organic law affects and Interests only
a minority OF the voters
Paul Peikey, Of Fillmore, Is still living, and is 100
years Old He took sick ana ded forty Years ago, az
coffin In an upstairs room at his home. The
funeral was ready to start, and the stairs were
handle the coffin They started down the stairway
with IT, and OF the men slipped. and down went went
and the corpse sat up and rubbed his eyes ana
asked for drink Of water and Paul Pelkey k;1
been announced and 1t is said, is not likely to be
for some time to come.-(Maryville Review
.rrbe Kennebec Journal" tells this story about
Maine man named Godsend Lufkin: HIS grand
father died before he was born. leaving IN trust
u large property to the first grandson. then un-
married but they hustled around and soon re-
moved that impedment. This queer-named inci-
yIdual was the first grandson OF the old gentleman
TO make his appearance on earth and his mother
remarked 70 the clergyman nj the baptism that
ho was podsend The clergyman understood
that was to be the name and so chrstened him.
A story Is told of the Prince de Cont whose
renufation for cruelty stood high; He was going
TO mass with some ladies. when MS paint asked
for instructions concerning poacHe' "ho nau
lust been caught on the grouhus' ., ,.
~'yive him one hundred stripes ana imprison MIN
IN a dungeon for two years. was the answer,
One lady horror-stricken, went 10 the oaliin
aftarward but he ory laughed In her face.
..Tbe prince only said that 10 keep up his reputa-
,,on His Royal Hghness came TO me directly
efter mass and begged me to see that the poor
retcb was only sent away from the neghborhood
~ TWO months and that his family was we'll
iooked after during his absence. ."-tSyracuse Stand
ard
Noarlv a thousand persons took part in a pro
gressive-euchre party IN Philadelphia the other
Svening. for the benefit OF ST. Teresa's Roman
Catholic Church
Tender. Hearted GrL-Old Milllon-My dear
Miss Youngthing II you'd only marry me could
die happy. u, NJ atu,,o, 4, yo, ,,.-a
diving id marry you in minute.-tNew-f