New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-25

that his name was Donkel. that he spoke WIN an
impedment. and supposed to be Dutch and
pro- Boer. The boys of the neighborhood bullied
him mercilessly. broke his windows. and led him
misera bic life.
At last finding that his business was suffering
from this unfounded suspicion he set to work and
made a little wooden carcature Of Kruger. Then
he stuck small axe the Of its head. and set
The ef1Ey his shop door with the following
sign beneath: -
was horn - vhttecha6ei. 1ondon england
Thsm's His Sentiments.
During the siege Of Ladysmith there
pathetic notices posted on tho big board below the
Bell Tower one follows: From today
every one will be placed on half rations Of bread
and pony"
.ro,ber a rrI-.,ta one tells It's own tale: For
exchange. snfthtnr in my storeroom for bottle
of Valentines Meat Juice"
A notice posted in the window OF an ironmongery
firm in johannesburg. in September. 1899 affords
serio-conic relief to the grim realities OF war:
war save your windows war:
" "''d Sa and az Lorest Cost
When the allies entered Picking after raising the
siege Of the legations. they saw some odd things
IN the way OF notices Most OF these were printer
upon flags prominently displayed in front OF shops
and private houses One in ''pdgin' English seems
to betray guilty conscience:
We good people.
please don't shoot
We talk of the sleepy Orient. as compared with
the busiIing business life Of the Western word.
but Oriental shopkeepers not half so sleepy as
we imagine. Some OF the notices disT ayed In the
windows Of Chinese shopleepers are veiy good
samples Of phrasIng calculated to catch the public
eye and fancy.
Goods dispatched expedtiousy as a cannon
ball runs Another in small letters. on =
large board, Parcels done up with such care as
loving wife bestows upon her husband; while
third asserts that customers are treated as po-
Htely az by rival steamship companies
Claims Collected in Cold Blood is the notice
over the door of Ohio lawyer The letters are
white on crimson background. and the general
effect is-to put & mildly-startling.
The patronage OF lovers is solicited in Wiscon-
sin town by the local J. 2. squire in the fol-
lowing notice:
If a mans in love. that's his business.
n a girIs IN love. that's her business
II they contemplate marriage lhas my business
Terms liberal Time given II desired
English shop windows .ften provide amusing
tees A Rochdalo clothicr had his window smashed
by a boy with handcart. Five minutes afterward
the broken pane covered by square OF white
which hese G %rd ho I P II bold Nth lea
Handcart Don't say. Poor ~ but come in and
The broken window OF an optcIan in Bloomfield
street. +. C.. bore the following announcement one
%hY WHO Helped himself TO goods through the
fs16v OF a5o ErT win T obsS mas 'he s
over the door OF a Whitechapel tailor may be
seen this sign which displays sense OF humor
rare In the East End Send your clothes here
to be Inendcd | am deaf and dumb Least said
The Following wa. seen by the writer In a New
York hairdresser's hanging on the wall inside the
shop: . ,. ii, , 49,. 49,.
80, Co my uife II. b
II appeared upon inquiry that. the woman being
Young and extremely good looking. customers not
knowing thsf she married. tried to firt with
hor II had to throw n dude out the other day.
said the barber. so | rcckoned 1t was better 10
save more trouble. ~. =, A. ,..,
I.tinucttc must he somewhat peculiar In the back
country OF New South Wales. Painted IN large
black letters on the wooden wall of Il dancing room
i'm n mining village in that colony may be seen inc
III No nerson or persons is allowed 10 dance more
than once or twice running with the same partner
Any Young lady requested to dance Win n
Gentleman and refuses will be called upon TO give
an Explanation of the matter. This rule VIII ne
strictly enforced. $500 ~. .o,,,,,,, NAV
,ortiv main What one would like to know is VINO
demands the explanation from the fastldious
domsel-the master of ceremonies or committee
of indignant bachelors! &c .o-- .-o,,
A notice quite commonplace in itself may from r
forca of circumstances become amusing. Two
fhristmases ago some enterprising individual hung
n dainty bunch of mistletoe over the, door OF one
OF the Tvopenny Tube lifts. Immediat.ey ae pS
,yae the warning, stand clear of the gates. Inc
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