New-York tribune., 1901-03-30
THE TALK OF THE D1T.

An Eng!ishwoman who has been spending the
winter in this city tells this story in an English
paper; one day she took refuge In a Fifth-ave.
drug store during rainstorm. and going up to the
young man who presided at the soda water counter
she asked him. DO YOU think I could possibly get
hanson cab9' He looked az me- she said 'and
seizinr tumbler in his hand. No, ma am he said
but / mix YOU a horses neckr He thought
] was mad. and thought he was rude but after
all II was nothing. for one Of the most famous
drinks in America is literally called horses
neck. and as I subsequently, found. It is extremely
good. II is composed OF ginger ale with the entire
rind OF lemon and well iced. and as the man
thought my hanson cab was a drink he imagined
horses neck would do quite as wenr'
=. Hardware Dealer-what was old Krankey kick
CleTk-He wanted ten pounds OF nails Said he'd
wouldn't trust us to deliver them. e" he Said n'Sef
Hardware Dealer-Surly old codger. I hope he'll
Clerk-Oh. took care of that threw in an
extra ten pounds. and he never knew it-(Philadel-
One OF the latest postofice frauds now being in
vestigated by the postofice authorities at Wash
ington is that OF doctor who advertised TO cure
deafness for SIS 90 without fail To those who sent
the required amount the doctor forwarded 200
pills. with directions TO take each day and on
no account 10 miss day. or the charm would be
broken and it would be necessary to start all over
again. As the truth OF this claim cannot be put
10 the test until the end of about ive and a haIf
years the authorities puzzled what course 70
take.
Judy. and got into terrible tangle shopping
How
'I owed her 10 cents. and borrowed cents and
then % cents.
Then paid % for something she bought "
And she paid 30 cents for something bought
and then we treated each other to ice cream soda
She says still owe her a nickel I"-Detroit Free
Press.
There are not" says THE Eldorado Glan1 Re
publican. five gallons Of whiskey on this townsite
outside ot private houses There is not place In
town where a man buy, beg steal a bottle
OF Deer And Yet the town is full Of whiskey
reform talk that the election will turn on this
question The ways OF reformer are past finding
out
Mrs Sheridan! see that. Mrs. Nation has been
would be ashamed TO pay big bills to dressnakers
Mrs. Argyll-WeiI / saw her when she was in
Ghicago % and l can't blame her for feeling as she
does about h-tChicago Times-II Herald
solder in the Philippines writing home to St
Joseph. Mo, says; when I first came to Cebu IL
was certainly very much rundown city and far
behind the times. but they have got far enough
along to play golf and football. There Is also a
bicycle club formed here and it has over five hun
dred members. A bicycle which costs one in rhe
States S25 can readily he sold here for I59
pesos OI ESQ soiu AIT money, you understand, iS
reckoned at Mexican value in silver a peso being
worth 90 cents Twenty-Five schools are Low
running In Cebu. and there is a large attendance
al each. | presume this will cause them to look
forward TO the blessings Of a democratic govern
ment. There Is noticeably A large number now
who wear clothes who did not year ago saw
at that time We'll TO do business men whose voar
ing apparel consisted Of 'G-string' and a smile
This Is yet true OF a large number but those
Americans who are in power here are after the
coming generations"
Charles Stewart; a porter in barber shop at No
feast yesterday with great splendor. He was
slave in the old days ''befo de wah., and does not
ranged his calendar so that his birthday ALWAYS
laIIS TS on racsnTion tIT Was bs,d IN j., spring
Stewart Is employed and his guests were all white
people. White women. in garb Of Mattresses served
long. and hundreds OF people called Misses Ola
Dun Mary Madison and Jessie Duff acted as
hostesses-(Denver Post.
The American Institute for Bank Clerks ts +bs
name OF a school for the training Of hnanciers
which is about TO be organized in Chicago. The
institution is to be conducted under the ausni...
of the American Bankers Association. which ar ~,
annual meeting at Richmond. Va. last fall apn-o
priated $4,000 to the expense of organizing
the school Instruction will be given in the science
of banking. and bank clerks will have an opportu
nifty to repair deficiencies in their primary edu-
cation.
II would give you my seat sir said the fair
in the 70 but ae Ts9 s@ Tns re haqgag 70
through matinee performance of Rantem. the
Never mind. madam. said the pale man. taking
actor."-lBaltiuore American.