New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-06
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

Two commuters waiting for their train to the
city yesterday morning cast their eyes up at the
threatening slate gray clouds All commuters have
a fine eye for the weather. Said one: This snow
storm is surely coming. Il won't hold of much
longer. I'm sorry. I have no use for snow"
Il don't like it either. But I have nine-year-
old boy home that can outvote Us both"
The ayes had It.
AT THE END or THE SEASON.
met little quarterback
He a bird. ne said
There some scars upon his face
And bumps upon his head
"Our bunch is to the bad" said he,
We are crippled crowd;
This morning when I looked them Ger
l swear wept aloud
How many are there on your team"
1 asked the fearful led.
How many did you have before
They put yoI TO the bad?'
Alas" said he "a few are here
And come. trust. in heaven.
Before the season opened up
l think we were eleven.
ave were sassy bunch" quoth ne.
Before got our puHback-
our centre and our fullback.
.Our right guard broke his vertebra,
our left guard lost an arm
l the only player LEFT
Who has not met with harm
sought to ascertain from him
How many were in heaven;
But he could only weep and say.
kind sir We were eleven!'
This comes from Minnesota; A swedish girl. JUS
arrived from the old country attended evening SER
vice at a Duluth church. The minister, seeing she
was a stranger, shook hands with her at the close
az the meeting and said he would find pleasure in
calling upon her soon. Whereupon the girl. blush
ing. hung her head and bashfuily murmured
Tank you. but ay have a fela'.
What the Matter was.-"Did the inquest show
"0nIv TOO plainly 1t seems that long after mid
night when his vitality was lowest ne aye some
the shock and to-day mourn his loss. -(Brook-
iyyn Life.
sam Brown. the champion bad man OF Nevada
in the old days" says Senator Stewart IN The
Washington Post" was p giant feet Inches
high go pounds and ferOcious looking a man
as ever mortal eye beheld Killing was his trade
and one winter IN Virginia city he slew sixteen
men l had been retained by client whose interests
were opposed to the desperate. and thought II
best on the day OF the trial put d couple OF old
fashioned derringers in my overcoat pocket. When
saw him enter the idea came into my mind that
he had come To make his latest victim. His
favorite weapon big bowie knife. and the
knowledge that the villain meant 10 stab me TO
death made me feel exceedingly uncomfortable
But / knew Il would never do 70 show the creature
that he had me scared. and looking him sQuarey
in the eye, | brought the pocket of my overcoat
around to where he could the fun shape OF both
my derringers. NV hand was grasping tho handle
and 1 ready shoot on the second These
pistols shot with terrific force. and would knock
down. If they did not kill. l saw his eye fall
on the weapon. Before this he had been fumblng
at his knife but Immediately he ceased. and pres
emily he walked out of the room When the busi-
ness was over found him In a saloon. taking a
drink With smile intended be amiable he
invited me 70 join him. A week later he asked me
to represent him in mining suit
Man OyerEoa rfI-TJeln' TJeIDI
Ss{trangerGPhuy don't yez swim?
"Begorry. we've got illigant chance to learn"
-(New-YOrk Weekly.
The Chicago Tribune" which has its statis-
ticans at work upon the subject announces edi-
torially that In November not lynching took
place IN this country 1t was the first month
since 1885 of which that could be said Uufort-
Unately general hopeful conclusion can bs
drawn from the cessation OF the crime for =
month. It is unexplained, mere accident an out
break Of goodness, Just there are sometime.
outbreaks OF crime.
Amateur sportsman-I say, did l hit Anything
Gsmekeeper-I think not sir There warn't
nothing In sight but the birds. slr-t.Tudge
A singular instance Of tenacty in the diRestto,
OF fish is reported from Sheffield. England IN.
fish which is n ling four feet long had what an
peared To be an abnormaIy hard liver Ru+ ,bs
cutting up process revealed something far stranger
The supposed hard liver turned out 10 be- nothing
else but a piece OF stout netting. over two wards
long and fourteen inches wide. which had been
pressed into the form of football How, this
great mass of indigestibe material came to be
swallowed by the creature is a mystery and the
suggestion that the fish caught in The TOLLS NJ
fsherman's net solved the problem of how 70 es
cape by devouring his prison walls is not cansid-
cred scientifically practicable.
The Bows Way.-Senior Partner-Ddn't vou bear
that new office boy call you Jones this morning +?
Junior Partner Yes but he's only been here a
week Give him time he won't begin 10 can ma
Bin until next week-lPhliadelphia Press NV