New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Damon V Clark who died in Littleton, n H. the
other day. was we'll known throughout New-Ens-
land of the oldest of the Nhlte Mountain
stage drivers. He was seventy-three years DID, and
had driven coaches and tallyhos since ne was
seventeen.
the approaching total eclipse of the sun is the fact
that on the same qate May zG IN bf tiie yea took Mace
1t was during the progress of fierce battle be
sWn sM9eH suddenly Became darRened the Incident
taken by the contendns armies as warnins G from @
mediate peace-(Baltimore News.
"a large number of railroad men," says Con-
gresham Dolliver. live in our State. and when we
consider that the railroads in the country are now
employing over one hundred thousand more men
than they did in 1885, and paying out fully $780,
100000 a year more in wages you will see what an
important railroad prosperity is to the coun-
try. The roads made good money last year. but
this has been at the expense of the farmers be-
cause freight lower than they were four
years ago. 1 within the mark when say that
there were over hundred million tons more
freight carried by the railroads last year than in
1885"
The major had rolled up his sleeves to bowl j.,
w & a., 1bs Itti Hne scars W one on vonr arms Ni
"Duels!" responded the major; "duels fought In
And suppose that large scar was acquired in
boy''1(Chicago News.
Teddy-Say Ned what do you have that Bible
your desk for?
Ned-Oh. principally for reference
Teddy-why. does it say anything about this
particular business?
Ned-Certainly; not only gives general rules but
tells all about the profits.
This is our last bootlegt" whispered the cook
''What?" cried the Arctic explorer paling 1T is
scarcely the middle of August. and the lecture
season can't possibly open until after election this
yeari''
Some one had bundered.
Rlorer called messenger & boy an and sent word out to
cue him at any time now--(Detroit Journal
'.El Correo de Sonora" of Mexico says that an
engineer employed by an American company. who
recently visited the Cerro del Mercado in Durango
says that the iron in sight this mountain
sufficient to furnish all the smeters OF England
with ore for period of $50 years. The iron which
may be obtained without excavating inch ex-
ceeds 1O000OO0O tons and the value of the that
may be taken out runs up to the astounding figure
of 99OOOON0oO pesos. at the price of this product
when the investigation made. The newspaper
cited asserts that the German engineer Frederick
Weidner, who has made careful study OF
the wealth of the Cerro del Mercado than any one
else, AYERS that it contains 1oi600i 200 cubic feet of
metal. which is sufficient to supply the smelters
now in existence or which may into existence
for centuries to come. Mexican engineers agree
that the iron mountain referred is the greatest
in the world and of the opinion that there are
similar masses or IRON In the country. which will
be discovered little by little.
Budge-Fansom is the densest chap I ever saw
A man fell out of hammock Yesterday evenine,
II was the comicaest thing you can possihIy
imagine. Everybody laughed S he Thought he
would d1e-everybody but Ransom. He couldn't
seem .sII, 10 see anything funny in it,"
Fudge-"And yet l always considered Ransom
pretty quickwitted 'ii
;, Bqdge-Well. SO did before last night wonder
II t1e Iact tilat ne was the man who fell out had
anything TO do with it.-(Boston Transcript ~
The civilization of Africa goes on apace Brit
lsh steamer sailed from Hamburg a few days ago
with one thousand tons of spirits on board for
Lagos and Southern Nigeria. Another steamer
sailing from the same port carried double that
quantity Inc spirits consisted bad gin and
worse rum and the trade is principally In the hands
OF few big English and German firms
Lady said Harvard Hasben I'D thank vou for
a meal Of some sort" N ''N ioI
one or these after-dinner speakers
Wen. lady. amt that exactly or I wouldn't ba
so hungry. amt got much as a cbest,t1t
about Philadelphia Press " " CHESTNUT