New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-20
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Jules Verne says that his Tour OF the World
IN Eighty Days" has been worth 100000 to the
Paris theatres lie got the notion on when the
book is based in scanning n newspaper one day
Verne like Charles Reade and Sala, relies much
on newspapers. yellow books, reports and so forth.
for his subjects, and he Is member OF the learned
societies.
That nature presents no obstacles that cannot De
sIrrnounted by engineering skill and commercial
enterprise has received another demonstration IN
NE White pass and Yukon Railway route. Two
passenger and i've freight trains are now running
daily between Skaguay and the summit or Nnl.e
pass These first twenty miles Of the journey TO
the Kondlke present to travellers afoot some OF
the greatest difficulties of the whole trip, but tnete
Will soon be no of this slow and paintul toll
ing through the passes IL VII De pTSsIP'e sbH wY
TO the gold fields In n luxurious railway car. ne
line being rapidly pushed to r0T. anS resh1
trains will be running as far as Lake Bennett ny
Yukon nnparaeled in mineral wealth and natural
beauty but heretofore inaccessible, Will be open
to the world.-(L ese's Weekly
Rival dealers have put down the price OF eggs in
Plttsburg to five cents dozen. Even the pauper
hens Of Europe would kick at having to lay eggs
AT this price
His Fearful Revenge.--"Ha! ha!" he cried Re,
mich for me The end is in sight. and | can
see him now in my minds eye trying to raise
e' "F6r heavens Te sake What have you done
''' al have got him to back an extravaganza COM
| pany with a chorus of seventy; count 'em. sew
! enty."-(Chcago Post
! The newsboys of Boston required to take out
! licenses to sell papers. the documents costing .
ccnts each I'VE expect TO license two thousand
of them this year" said the clerk who issues the
| certificates the other day. Last year had
! eighteen hundred. and then the bars taken
| down altogether. and anybody was allowed TO sell
! papers during the war. l shall have a superin-
! tendent and TWO men on the street, however, and
any boy found selling papers improperly will he
reported to the Committee on Licenses, which has
! said it will take away the licenses"
Taffy. besides being a Wclshman and thief. IS
! also eYammarian. \ FREDERICKSBURG laborer the
! other day succeeded decsi,ely in putting even the
| German genderS 70 perpetual shame: they have
! number for one substantive. n you meet
he was heard to lain Tiny brother g on me rosh
no further go.-(London Globe.
Consul Twitchell. at Kingston Canada. says:
| During two months of last season the Frontenac
Milling Company had two expert mlers inspecting
-four and mills. with instructions to ind the
best I'm existence. without regard to cost a COM
plete set OF milling machinery manufactured In
the United States was selected and Is being
put in position In Kingston The capacity OF the
mill l. three hundred barrels OF -four and five hun
dred barrels OF cornmeal per day. II the ma
chncry works we'll, | no reason why
American apparatus should not displace the milling
machinery now In use In Canada"
Betrayed John" she asked, did you get that
pair Of shoes for htie BESSIE today Poor child.
She will have TO go 10 school barefooied pretty soon
| unless you attend to the matter"
No my dear" he replied u have been too busy
to-day to think about shoes. can't let such mat
ters distract my mind from business. You ought 10
attend to that yourself"
After a brief silence she said
John. do you know Mrs. Widman says her hus-
| bar IL one Of the best howlers In this town.
"Poohl Hes nothing 81 the sort, the man de.
ri hYan
| afternoon. and he simply isn't In Il with mel
! Chicago News.