New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The London Board OF Trade has commissioned
1,a,,+ar.pt Colonel Horatio A. Yorke. chief in
eectipg officer of railways for the Board OF trade
70 nrenare a report the "orKlhSS ol
railways with the view of adopting American
methods In Great Britain. Colonel 1orke VIII san
for New-York on September ~
Book Agent-Can't l sell you book OF dwelling
h9 Gus i eWo. haven't the money TO build a
house Besides. this town IS 100 uedu ior any
'hng 6 IN A 11T perhaps this little volume Of
tombstone designs will interest you - Ci'ic's'
News
II e. renorted that Governor Van SAINT of Mime
sofa while inspecting party OF men engaged III
drainage work IN the northern part OF the state
recently became mired in a bog ana hedftS IoS%
tic tifc rIa vas extricated by three candida ties
for the Congress nomination from the distflct.
each Of whom claims the whole credit OF the res
.Briben,'s Interested in that bill you voted for
said the hrst Councilman. 49,. -..., -,,-,-0., r
sure" replied the other don't you suppose
Did he ask you personally TO vote for It ?? -.
"Wel-er-he Just handed me note -hehhe-
bee Journal
The new lS-cent stamp which the FostoinCe De-
partnnent is about to issue will beer the likeness
Of tho Iate President Harrison. The new stamp
is demanded by the enormous increase IN Foreign
registered letters. and WIZ sausly Il long tet
want The engravers at the Government printing
Bureau who are at work on the new stamp pro-
nounce 1t the neatest piece or engraving zone DE
the government stamp WORK
q was surprised to hear OF your marriage 10
why so?' demanded the bnrIesg9e actress who
had lust taken her seventh husband - CT,
.sI.Scause YOU said you were going 10 marry Dig
iio $50 am; but he's in Europe. and won't be back
for six months. "-Phadephia FfesS'
A French writer on the automobile, Gerard
Taversne after careful study of the history Of
The case has come the conclusion that the auto
mobile was driven off the highway siAty-siX years
ago by the hostility of the raircads says l ne
Springfield Republican" But for this. he thinks
the motor wagon would have been in practical
use long ago. He points out that certain acct
dents which happened to the first road wagons
gave the railroad in England, where the steam
wagon had made its most propitlous start. d
chance prosecute and the opportunity was not
neglected. BY the locomotive act OF 1850. passed
by 4 House under the control OF the railways
after a fashion not unfamiliar in Connecticut re-
str,ctions we're made which efectually prohibited
the new mode OF conveyance Where the toll was
81 % for coach. it 81 or the steam car
riage. What proved an even more compete bar
was the requirement that mal should walk
ahead of the automobile. waving red flag. re
cuirement not repealed until 1896. OF course LIE
first vehicles were crude affairs. but 1t is likely
that If they had been given chance the result
would have been lively impetus to the building
of compact engines and a notable Improvement
of the public highways.
He-I never saw anything ike this tide. Here
I've been pulling steadily for ten minutes. and
She a,t seem 10 Mr. stroker I've Just
thought OF somethingi The anchor fell overheard
suppose it could have caught something ?--
lWashinKton Times