New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

.r,o,r,rr railroad ties at the rate OF sixty-Ave
~ seventy miles an hour IS going al pretty RAPID
mace when you come TO think OF IT, said an olo
railroad man in The New-Orleans Times-DeIro-
crat and men who speak indirerently or such
records simply do not think about what II means
Go into the cab with the engineer and hrenan' II
YOU want 10 get the real meaning OF THIS sort OF
thing II Is dangerous gait. Men who are olling IN
a comfortable coach cushioned chairs. probably
norinr over some book that is duh that 1t quiets
the nerves do not know anything about the oes-
perate leaps and inshoots and outshoots OF the en-
CINE as il darts along the track. Let us see JUST
how fast this IS and for the sake OF convenience
we will take the slower clip Of sixty miles an hour
in order TO avoid the Of fractions In an
English mile. the kind used in the United states
there are $3.50 feet. 100 yards. allowing three
feet for a yard. Sixty miles an hour means mile
4 minute or $3.50 feet in sixty seconds One-six-
tieth Of $3.50 is SIS So that a train travelling at
the rate OF sixty miles hour travels IS feet
every second of time that II Is running at TINS
rate OF speed Put in different way the train
is covering twenty nine yards and one foot in
second OF time A second is not a very long
period of time It is no more than the tick OF
clock though there clocks and watches which
tick a rapid rate OF speed Covering
lightweight feet cecond is moving rather rapid
ly. There but few things IN the air, away
from the friction incident 10 contact with steel
rails and upgrades that move rapidly. Come
TO think of It, man wouldn't be so very long
in going around the world at the rate of a mile
a minute. And yet men talk gnoly enough about
trains moving sixty-t1ve and seventy miles an
hour
Diggs-simkins gets good salary. yet he is near
BiggsEWhat does he do with his money?
Diggs-Spends the most OF II n uylns 10 get
something for nothing--(Chcago News
an 4 p tells this story of King Edward: Not
so very long ago. when the King was Prince of
Wales and he was better able than nowadays to
crafty his tastes tor the methods or the sood
Haroun- al Raschid.'' he was taking walk alone
in St James's Park before breakfast He found
himself followed by well dressed but crazy look
ing old He had seen and suffered from
her before he ignored her seduIousy ana Sc
vereiy and continued his stroll until ne was
Obliged to turn homeward. Then the woman stood
right before hin, and courtesied. Inc prince RAISED
his hat and tried to pass on But IN vain l
have a grievance, your royal highness. began the
stranger, drawing from her handbag Dig CLOSELY
written parchment roll. "Ach madam, thees ees
not re first time have been taken for re Pr-rrlnce
of Wales" was the reply in a gruf voice, and with
a 6,e cultural German accent. The old lady flashed
a look of deepest scorn upon the Teutonic double
of the King that was TO be. Then she put away
her nrecious documents and said loftly, with the
rather pitiful vanity of her class-the Miss Fhtes
of real life II have the honor to know personally
all he members of the royal family. and II my
eyesght were not becoming SO bad nowadays
would never have ma lie such stonishing error
as to have taken you for the Prince OF Wales!
SPARE THE ROD
In Wisconsin, u S. A. bill has been passed In
fcting fine on lsileIiieh WIZ N"eee " -
tent of their catch.
Surprise and pain our bosoms rack
And mortified feel
'Tis time TO stand upon our rights
NV brethren of the creel
The tales we tell know II we'll
Want pruning now and then.
But saw are we. and only We
Imaginative men?
Is ZONES to boast of drives golf
That travelled out of sight?
Is Smith to pirate of how he shot
Those woodcock left and right?
Shall Browns excited fancy play
Upon his infant son.
And all the marvels he performed
Although his age Is one?
And shall there be check for Brown,
No on Jones's myths?
And shall legislators pass
Unmoved those yarns of Smiths?
Shall such these say what they please.
While must pay fine?
Not only those who throw 1t should
Be taught to draw the line
-lIOudon Chronicle.