New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-19
THE TALK OF THE DAT.

Grand Rapids. wis. has probably the cheapest
telephone service on our side OF the water. from
what The Outlook has heard II co-operat tive
affair. and Is cents month for residences and 81 80
for business places is the average charge after the
dividends are set of against the expenses As an
instructive contrast 10 the grasp of monopolies
upon the large cities the Grand Rapids Telephone
Company repays study. The private monopoly
which existed in Grand Rapids when the new sys-
TEN was started offered 10 put in Instruments
rent free for three years. IN order 20 crush
FAINT rival Local patriotism. however. looked be-
yond the present. and the free telephones were de-
cned almost unanimously. The private COM
pany retired forthwith from the town, and the CO.
operative company now controls the situation No
is allowed 10 buy than share Of
stock for each instrument actually used. and thus
the control of affairs can never be taken from tho
individual members.
Enjoyment.-"Why, yes" replied the chauffeur.
the goggles are rather necessary ones thorough
c9s fbe dust hut thew hinder one SEEING neysen
who chance TO get IN the way until one is fairly
upon them. Oh. yes. indeed!-(Lfe.
A kind hearted clergyman was lately compelled
TO dismiss gardener vsno used 10 purIoin his
fruit and vegetables For the sake of his wife and
family he save him a letter of recommendation
and this is how he worded =: Il hereby certify
that A. b has been my gardener for over
two years, and that during that time he got more
out of my garden than any MN ever employed"
The man in search of a coachman looked coldly
him, and shook his head,
Il don't wish another valet" he said Il have
But, monsieur pleaded the young man. with
little 1t takes to occupy me! youths Companion
It is now said that the after whom America
named German. and his name was
Hamerich Italianized into Amerigo The ST
Louis Globe-Democrat" is delighted at the discov-
cry. 1t says: I'VE never fancied being discovered
or named by Latin. We always imagined him
sailing up and down shore in a banana cart
But Hamerich is different proposition We are
kindly disposed toward him. We know that the
hold of his ship stocked not with spaghetti
but with pretzels and favorite brew Uncon-
sciously have all along rendered homage to
Hamerich Unknowingly have built monu-
to him in breweries. This discovery ex-
plains our seeming prejudice against the Latins
Now bear them Ill will but they must cease
to taunt us with the fact that our continent Is
named for them. This is Haimericha. Nicht
wahr? Then let the maps be changed Hoch
der crosse Haimerich"
has shown her the work TO be donel-T see vou
want sort of a general girl
I.ady-Why so?
serVantz-weI anyway. one that amt too par
ticular.-(Brooklyn Life
York has a souvenir according to The London
Chronicle which might almost tempt the German
Emperor TO visit the northern capital II is the
city's great two-handed sword of state which will
figure in the inauguration of the new Lord Mayor
of York for the ensuing civic year. This sword
formerly belonged to that Emperor Sigismund
from whom Frederick HohenzoIlern exacted the
Mark Of Brandenburg in exchange for timely
loan. Sigsmund was made Knight of the Garter
by Henry V. and custom demands sent a sword
to be hung with his banner his stall in St
Georges Chapel, Windsor. The Emperor died In
14S7; his sword was taken down and offered az the
altar in payment for for the repose of his
soul. One Of the canons of Windsor named Hens
lap. thus became possessed OF the imperial weapon
Being man OF peace and also a native of York
he presented the sword to that city. where 1t was
and stin is borne before the Lord Mayor on state
occasions.
Pussy Clergyman (angrily 10 attendant on the
Tuppeny Tube)-Do you allow drunken people on
the train? -
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. but not when they're too
drunk. Just take seat in the corner there and
van'n hs all right.-lGlasgow Evening Times