New-York tribune., 1902-08-17
INCIDENTS HERE AND THERE.
SMALL COMFORT FOR A WOULD-BE
GLOBE GIRDLER-AN EFFECTIVE
DRINK CURE.

Some three or four years ago party of thres
college graduates started eastward from Nev-GorS
on trip around the world. In London they feH
In with another man from their college. and invited
him join the party. At first ne pooh-poehed the
idea but after he had disposed OF partcuariy
good dinner at the Carlton. he thought better Of
the suggestion The evening at the Alhambra that
followed suficed TO change his point OF view so
trely that before he retired for the night he ex
pended s37 25 in long cable to his fond parent IN
America The gist of this cable was a somewhat
encircling tour. If he not allowed to do So he
ca1,ed ,oin ms eIee b % had ebIed walked to sad
and sombre world. His head ached. his throat was
Were CO" Confused He howeve-. remembered the
cable and there. his dresser, lay the answer.
Go back TO bed was all that it said
Far away to the northward. near unto the Land
of the Midnight Sun. lies the home of the musE
that most difficult Of difficult animals to shoot
Not only is he difficult shoot. but infinite hard
ship must be endured before the hardy hunter can
come to the land where the musk OK abides
The musk OK makes his home in what IS known
as the barren country because Of the lack Of vege
table life there. He who hunts this animal does 50
in winter and with dog sedges- The principal thin9
carried these sedges is fuel for on the possess
sion OF It life itself in that desoate country abso-
luteIy depends The country adjoining the barren
country is known as the country OF the little
sticks" account of the small size of the timber
with which it Is covered. The musk OK hunter:
takes on his sledges all the fuel he can; and then
the pursuit OF the muak OK S pegns m ody q * XII 6oi =
sbIe supplied with big meal for IN that awful
then il must thawed be eaten II Is this that
Wbet f"15 meat Tlm @ os S 9 9nnnt ~ e a2d nd meat h
that frozen land they cannot eat unless II b.
imPsssibls, 80 : -,
him longer is fraugkt with too great dsngeT, tie
race 70 the country OF the little sticks begins
little sticks Is reached. death for dog and
IS inevitable That wished for land reached, the
ton while stih diffieuit is no longer dangerous
seems that the man Who essays kiIl stakes a
good deal for very little.
There is In this town a certain ciubm5n who Is
inclined take his liquor in alIopathic than
IN homeopathic doses. Not only does he lean
toward generous drains. but those drains he likes
early and often AS a natural and logical sequence,
he has usually been after p. under the indu-
ence OF the red. red wine. and for years unable
20 tell at what hour he retired the night before. AT
that is changed now He goes bed night
sober he wakes up in the morning and all be-
cause he was the victim Of practical joke.
y friend invited him to dine. and prepared FOR
his coming by attaching rubber tube to the bot
tom OF his plate From the plate the tube ran
under the tablecloth TO air bulb in the hosts
hand. slight pressure this bulb would lift the
plate a half an inch from the table. That all
there TO II, but it proved far more effective
cure than a dozen Keeleys rolled into one
The bibulous arrived time. and in his usual
state OF alcoholic good nature. After he had or
dered a dry Martini and indicated the brand o.
champagne he preferred. he launched into a good
story he had heard that day. The other man lis
tened attentivey. said nothing aad finally pressed
the bulb.
He of the Jag promptly lost the thread OF his
tale sprPsd fse - ana 5asn SJaGS1 para ana a. ths
voice OF his host broke in his chaotic thoGshts
other as he hastily drained the cocktail the waiter
brought and ordered the wine opened Yes 6Fown
picked up Hardly. however. was the story N
m fg IN tSe air Went 1h narrative It took LIBERAL
applications OF ehampasne TO bring him down D',1
spoon was visibly shaky ------.,..- -. -.
Nothing occurred dGring the b2 sfgoy5 6I I
his plate his Eayety and nerve had come oasS I 70
the interval between soup ana fish was hOwsyssr
rudey interrupted by the Jag He stared wildly Idly
reached for his champagne As he set down the
fenPion hs time 1ns P1s there Ws no do69 hat i
moved. for three times IT distinctly rose and fell
his s he " 5gred he an
matter Witt With my my plafs Sqr Pats3 t or What's f.
gasped the sufferer. for the plate by this time was
Iss iike aSy Other pIate tznt III asked the host
as he picked it up. At the same time he sePa-
guest and then he handed him the plate. This
was too much and hastily saSpins something dn
raced for the open air
Now he is reformed and a respectable citizen.
but the tale OF the dancing plate has been
told him He still is firmly convinced that that
particular evening he had touch of Where am
at. Mr.. Speaker?
Recently times have been hard the Street
that brokers have experienced difficulty In making
Office rent. and consequence have regarded
the present and the future outlook with pesss-
mistic eye
group o, brokers some little time ago were
discussing business conditions Well summed
up one, Its so hard to make money the Street
nowadays that If a skunk Strayed here I don't
believe that even he could make Il scent"