New-York tribune., 1901-05-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Chicago broker recently found postal card N
his morning mail reading follows: Dear Sir:
Please buy five thousand shares of Peoples
Gas at 95 cents and sell the same at 81 To- After
deductng your commission you may remit the
balance In a registered letter. Yours very respect
fully Mrs Blank. p s.-My future patronage de-
pends upon the promptness with which you act in
executing the above ORDER
Old Brown-How hate to hear a young chap
telling what he is going to do In the future!
an old fellow tell what he did years ago-(Boston
Transcript.
A speaker at the recent annual dinner of the
National Association for the Prevention OF Con-
sumption says he in church in Normandy
this notice posted: Avoid splitting in the church
much possibe"'
Helping Him.-Mr Observation-Disclosures since
you ask me. was thinking of consulting fortune
Miss Coy-To find whom you will marry, Ell?
Mr.. Backward-Why-er-yes. +
Miss Coy-Why not ask me and save the fortune
teers fee toward the price of the ring?(Philadel-
phia Press.
"One day" writes American in Havana. II
came across old Cuban woman sitting dscon-
solately a rock near MORO Castle. She told me
In Spanish that for three days she had had moth
ing to eat but loaf of bread and coffee. She
looked it. I gave her Spanish dollar. and then
followed in her wake. She entered the first cafe
she to and bought drink and n cigar.
couldn't help laughing to her she walked
chased with my money. She seemed perfectly
tented The Cubans. even the women. would Their
smoke than eat. They take only meals a day
breakfast about 10 o'clock and dinner at In the
afternoon"
There is a vegetarian restaurant in Boston which
advertises in the papers follows: Shall we say
to eat? Mo- Go 10 the -- Dining Rooms and
learn the why. Have some of the meat
substitutes"
fraIf Han. rfrdar ,-,I,, 81
dollar" said the very rich his
=, Perhaps not" answered the young man I'm
but obscure consideration. II Is like the atom or
tho molecue; very interesting for purposes OF
practical proposition. Washington star
Mirrors that one can see through" says The
Philadelphia Post ARE new invention already
coming into use. They are OF so-caIled 'platnIzed
glass being backed with compound made OF s5
per cent silver and per cent platinum, and. op
tIcslly speaking. they exceedingly curious and
interesting. Looking into a glass of this kind
finds first reflection: II Is a mirror and moth
ing more. At the same time a person on the other
side directly through IL. For example. a
glass of this sort placed In front Of the prescrp-
tion desk In apothecary shop perfectly conceals
the prescription clerk and his apparatus Thus
the privacy of that department Is secured while
his part the clerk i5 able 10 survey the shop
and see everybody who comes in just as If the
mirror were ordinary glass. II is transparent to
him. but Is like any common mirror from the point
of view OF people In front. Il Is easily seen that
glass of this kind is likely be useful for good
many purposes. II can he put in the doors of dark
bathrooms. or of any other rooms where privacy
is desirable and light is wanted"
Maria why don't you throw away that rusty
old scoop shovel that has been standing in the
Because Bessie intends cover IT with gold leaf
has some idea OF saPvn % ha ana m siad she
peoria Herald-Transcrpt