New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-04

thers who made a curious deal with a furniture
store She bought from the store enough goods TO
outfit boarding house. agreeing with the pro-
pretor that she would pay Cor them out Of her in
surance money when her husband died. But the
husband. who was sick. got well. and the furniture
man had 10 Teplevin the goods. He thought seri-
ously Of bringing criminal suit on the charge Of
false pTetences. All OF which shows how obstinate
and dsobging some husbands are.
Badness AS A BOON
Our daily life Of one great truth
Fresh ard insistent proof produces
The oldest most unlikely things
Thus even for S' 3se Sadess I head uses
The E. Press Ts. is now use recording:
moving advertising boarding!
Men with polished frontal dome
>, Meath hats no longer seek 70 stow it'
scored M,R Prize the per- pras nsh Of 70 ss soar
Or with the warning. stencfed gcyly-
Let those who'd shun a poll ike this
Good heads Of hair, may now become
A deprecated Superiuity,
Whereas Uranium ike an egg
M&y Prove P5Si 4st annuity TnnH STAR,
Anew in life Grant brothers;
And may shave their heads
To be the prop Of widowed mothersi
The great field Of crystaIllzed salt at SaIton CAL
IN the middle Of the Colorado Desert is 26i feet
below the level Of the sea and Is more than
as snow and when the is shining its brilliance
is too dazzling the eye The field is constantly
supplied by the many salt springs in the adjacent
foothills.
A few years ago well known lawyer reniitted
n b W an g b WbiS6
returned with the brief statement
Two moths 2 passed before hearing from the law
yer again when he apologized for the delay SAYING
counterfeit two-dolar bill. but hope the one now
inability to discover what the objection was to the
ever saw."-(Philadelphia Ledger.
bright little Buffalo miss Ave years old. went
out TO dinner the other evening for the first time.
When she returned home she was asked II she had
been a good girl and enjoyed herself "Oh. yes
she replied. "only didn't pray out loud like those
people" Pray out loud? What did they say?'
why they said: o Lord forgive us for what we
are going TO eat!
A politician, upon his arrival az one OF the small
speech the following day, found that the two So
Not having telegraphed TOR accommOdations. the
politician discovered that he would have 70 make
He was Compelled for that night to sleep on a
on it. As the statesman is a fat man he found his
inprovised bed anything but comfortable
peared in, the dining room in the morning. ''how
'Oh. fairly we'll" replied the statesman. non
chalantly but looked like a waffle when got
The residents OF Tlalpam, Mexico, complain that
the public clock OF that town Is useless: repairs
are made every week. but every week the clock
gets out OF repair and can never be kept In good
condition. This perhaps for the good reason that
the Tlalpam clock is probably the Oldest public
clock on the American continent. IL was installed
at the cathedral Of that city IN the year 1857; in
1870 IL was donated to the council OF San Augustin
de las Clevas now Tlalpam. when II was installed
there and set in motion. Since that time It has
This clock. therefore, has told the time for 2f7
years. and IL is but natural that It Is tired and
wants 20 be sent 20 a museum
Tired Tatters--Dis paper tells erbout Teller wot
died frIm ennui.
Weary Walker-wot's dat?
Tired Tatters-Its de feelin' wot comes 20 a man
when he gifts so lazy dat loann's hard work.-Cchi-
cago News
In a mountain near Elko. New. there IS an in
exhaustible supply Of pure soap. according 70 The
Kansas City Journal" One may enter the mine
with butchers knife and cut as large piece as
he wants. II is beautifully notified. and on being
exposed 20 the air hardens somewhat The noun
tain OF clay Is OF fms texture and it contains
boracic acid soda and bcrate OF lime Its color is
given II by the iron and OIner minerals In its
natural state IL is rather strong in aIkal and re-
moves ink and other stains readily AT one time n,
was used in all the Iavatores OF the Pullman cars
but as soon as the fact became generally known
the cakes were carried away by travellers as SOU
venirs The railway company could not supply the
demand. so IL was forced 20 discontinue It's use.
THE EsoPUs VERSION.
cam ns' not 81 oratery's fiigh lsa ana GRABBED
But they. while their companions gabbed
Were keeping mum with an their might