New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-04
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Here is enterprising summer hotelkeeper. who
knows how to appeal to those who are weary OF
the citys noises and heat:
''Wouldst get near to Natures heart. mong the
green trees and wild birds and beautiful fowers'
Would'st breathe the pure mountain air. sleep
sound and go back home in the autumn as brown
a Philippine? Woud'st be free from restraint?
mosquitoes. malaria hay fever? Would'st pick
wild berries, eat onions, chew real spruce gum, go
barefoot on the beach climb mountains without
seeing snakes? Wouldst dance, play. walk, wheel.
row, battle, ride, smoke. read novels. eat candy.
fish. hunt. play tennis, croquet. cards. sit the
veranda or snooze in your hammock under the pine
trees? Woud'st eat three good square meals a
day we'll cooked and served? would'st have a
cool room and an A No. bed? wouldst enjoy life
beside the most beautiful lake in the and
scenery unexcelled? II so, write to -"
Editor-The reason for declining the story was
because we want nothing In a novel that is he
scrbbler-But what is the improbable passage?
Editor.Don't you say that your heroine has
pined for years with an unrevealed secret >
feature of the St. Louis Fair in 1902 will be
mammoth watch 1t will lie on its back, will have
polished metal case, just like the ordinary watch
and will be so large and roomy inside that people
will be able TO walk around in it. among the moving
wheels. 1t Will be nearly seventy-fve feet In diam
eter and more than forty feet high. with neat
little stairway running all about in It, and al the
wheels properly protected, that no one can he
hurt or have his clothes soiled. The balance wheel
Will weigh ton, and what is called the hair
spring in a watch will be thick as mans
wrist 1t will take about two minutes for the bal
ance wheel to swing around and back again. II
will he pivoted on two enormous agate blocks-sub-
stitutes for diamonds-and will be made Of brass
One OF the greatest difficulties will be in getting
balance spring OF the size and strength that can
stand the strain and keep it's elasticity The main
spring, OF course. will be enormous affair some
what more than three hundred feet In length
An Object n or,s,t,n ,,o,o-
oily, pap
That's big subject for you to tackle. Johnny:
put you might get the papers and read all about
the Kansas City hotelkeepers. - Chicago Record
In an account OF how he played before the Sultan
ana MS harern at Constantinople (the ladies
at the end of the room behind gold grating) Franz
Ondrlcek, the we'll known vioinist, Just related
that he had to submit to tho same test other
performers who have appeared at Yildiz Kiosk and
play at sight piece selected by the Sultan In this
case IT was an absurdly easy arrangement of airs
from La Sonnambula." which NJ Ondricek pro-
eeeded to render In the most serious manner, to
the delight of His Majesty. When, on one occa-
sion the famous Wilhem1 invited TO submit
TO the same test. he incurred much displeasure by
refusing to play anything so childish"
An Untam ans made that
Susie-Oh, 1 bought the ribbon I wanted instead
Of that which she wanted to sell me.-(An Untamed
The spines of the hedgehog cactus in Mexico are
sold as toothpieks, single plant sometimes pro-
ductng as many as fifty thousand. The cochineal
insect, from which is obtained rich carnnine color
is found on a species of cactus which is a native
Of Mexico but is extensively cultivated in the
Canary Islands The organ cactus is used for
fencing. its sharp spines making it an efrectuaI
barrier Perhaps 1t suggested the use of barbed
wire fences.
- Built That Way.-"The mean thing / don't be-
MOUTH - go
Well you know she has false teeth"-(Chicago
Times Herald. >~o'