New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Tammany Clubman-Our aim is to have only
tried Democrats in the Club.
Rank Outsider-Well. you don't succeed. then
for some of them have only been indicted
IT am a great coffee drinker' said certain
Memphan as he ordered ANOTHER cup; tnou en-, l
years old It happened this way: When | was
pePsia, and after gong to several physicians I
finally went to an eminent specialist, VINO. AFTER
air Imaginable Young man, your case is a simple
II you viii quit drinking coffee you will be well
within two months 1 asked him how much ms
me. At my next meal began drinking coffee and
1 have been drinking it ever since And on the
(Nlemphis scimitar.
The officials Of the Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad have decided to follow the lead
of other roads In the matter Of providing technical
instruction for their employees the road. The
school wheels for engineers. fremen con-
ductors and brakemen is TO be a part of the Rock
Island system. This step is taken on the ground
that the road cannot afford to have in its employ
any but the intelligent workmen- Arrange
ments have been made with Eastern corre-
spondence school to send one of its school cars
over the road and bring instruction to the men at
the points where they can be most easily reached.
The men will pay for their own instruction.
Curiosity ,satished,,-Bgrly Tramp-wot's tn good
of little dog like that?
He! he, Wot kin that little critter do?'
He can bark that will wake up the big dogs
{ under the porch"
Weekly.
There is no trouble experienced in making sugar
from Kansas cane" remarks Kansas paper
THE grief comes when II is put the market
ard sells less than 1t to produce. because
Of the sorghum tang. Laboratory experiments and
research to improve the quality is what is wanted
We don't want any more sugar mills until we can
/
Something new and interesting about ants was
learned by a Mount Airy florist yesterday. For a
week or so he had been b9thered by ants that got
get rid of the ants he put into execution an old
which the ants soon covered every one deserving
the boxes of seeds As soon as the bone would
the florist tossed it into tub of water The ants
as trap again. Yesterday the florist bethought
himself that he would save trouble by placing the
bone in the of sheet of fly paper. believing
that the would never get TO the bone but
would get s on Soo the ef ky ny apT while
prsed to find that the ants. upon discovering the
and built path on the paper clear to the bone
The material for the walk was Sand secured from
and when the path was completed they made their
to the bone.-(Philadelphia Record.
Former calamity howlers in Kansas are now tell
ing prosperity stories. Here is one, for instance
about old farmer who, at the point of a shot
gun, compelled creditor to accept payment Of a
note before it fell due. why did he do that?"
some one asked the narrator. 'Oh, he wanted to
stop the interest,"" the reply. John w. Breiden-
thai, the State Bank Commissioner. tells Of a
banker out in the short grass country who wrote
letter asking II there any law that would
compel him to receive money for deposit in his
bank
1T wrote him." said Breidenthal that II he had
more money than he knew what to do with. I
knew Of no law in Kansas that would compel him
to take more. You see. they were paying their
| taxes. and the County Treasurer wanted TO make
q depository out of his bank but he would be man
damused before he would submit TO it,
How much" inquired the stranger in the Board
of Trade gallery. does 1T cost 70 belong this
1T costs all the way from $1,000 to $500 seat"
The stranger marveiled at the immensely of the
Why; you can get a good seat at champion
cage Tribune.
Here is little dialogue that recently occurred
between two rural members OF the Kentucky
militia which brings out curiosIties Of
dialect:
We've bin ordered to Frankfort"
81 gad I haint goin'!"
81 gad you hev TO goI'
81 haint, and there's lots more that hain't Soln
nuther!'
81 CAD. youns swored you'd CO. and. CAD. you've
got TO co."
Il CAD, don't got TO go! We hahn. got no
uniforms and we hain't got guns and we hain't
goin, nohow We most friz last time and didn't
git nuthin to eatt'
We'll. mebbe yOuns won't go, but If youns don't
you'll git found like henr'
Knew II Was His-Mr. De Avnoo-I saw our
baby way around on a side street to-day The
baby should be kept in the park.
Mrs De Avnoo-Thats where she You must
be mistaken.
Mr.. De ,Avnoo-No I'm not! Don't you suppose
l know that perambulator that l paid So for?-
New-York Weekly.
One of the exhilaratng winter sports OF Kansas
Is chasing jackrabbits. The Kansas Jack" Is
fleet OF foot and will run away from the ordinary
rabbit dog In many localities the farmers boys
have hounds. and tho chase is about as exciting a
thing as one cares TO see. Released from the
discipline OF school, a party OF frocsome boys and
girls out on the pralries Saturdays with
! their hounds will have more fun In an hour than
the city boy or girl will have In a whole winter
glass door have desgned2
| DO You want my honest opinion7''
Yes, your honest opinion
! well, think Il would scars of ths wolf I'm
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