The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-11
The Talk of the Day.

A Munich newspaper informs US that
a poor cowboy discovered a big pressed
corned-beef deposit in the Yellowstone
Park, and that capitalists are now
secretly forming q company TO put it
on the market We are able to add 10
this information. The corned- beef de
post is only half a mile from the cele-
brated natural Mustard Pit and not over
q quarter of a mile from a geyser that
spouts cool and humming ale. Wonderful
are the ways of Providence! The juxtapO-
sition of these natural phenomena re
minds us Of Maginn's remark: las 70
the mutual adaptation of cold rum and
cold water. that is beyond all praise,
and, indeed. forms q theme Of never
eeasing admiration. being one or ma
lures most exquisite achievements"
At the recent anniversary Of the
Commune in Paris. one of the thirteen
survivors OF its chiefs turned up, Mr.
AIIix. who invented wireless system
of telegraphy about thirty years ago
He found out that snail which had
once loved another snail remained in
teIepathfc communication with its lifes
companion. no matter how far apart
they might be. and so he invented an
apparatus which bore the name, Com
pass Of PasiIalinic Sympathy" He sent
a complete alphabet of sympathetic
snails to a scientist in Vienna. Each
snail was Iettered with letter % the
alphabet, and his idea was that when
he moved the mates of these snaijs
which he had kept in Paris those sent
to Vienna would move also. But the
Viennese scientist cooked and ate tn
snaiIs which Mr.. AIIix sent him. and
there was rude and uproarious laughter
In scientific circles.
and yet snails are handy in the house.
for. according to Lupton 1880, "snails
without their shells. or otherwise with
their shells stamped and mixed some
times with cheesc-Iope or rennet, do
draw out thorns. or any other thing out
OF the flesh. though never so deep, If
they be applied to the place"
We read an article yesterday about
clocks for the desk Jeweled timepieces
are pretty ornaments for the writing
desks OF women. bul man who writes
for his living should not be conscious Of
the presence of clock or watch II he
writes against the clock. the hands VIII
always be little ahead of him, his copy
win be hurried, he viii not put in print
exactly what he thought. and II he per-
sist in the practice he viii soon have q
queer heart, a short breath. a sulky liv-
er, and overworked and excited kidneys.
Better an hour glass than a clock, for
as the sand passes. you are reminded to
put sand in your copy. and the hour
glass has no definite meaning; ii merely
tells OF an hour. not the particular and
inexorabIe hour
To c. S: Blue blood" is a transIa-
ton of the Spanish "sangre azul,' at
tributed 10 some of the Oldest and
proudest families Of CASTLE. for they
boasted they had never been contami-
mated by Moorish. Jewish or other for
eign admixture The expression origi-
mated probably in the blueness of the
veins Of people Of fair complexion as
compared with those of dark skin.
DR.. Chauncey NJ Depew declares that
the man who can have natural slum-
Der every night the year round, Of eight
hours. can move the world" DR. De-
peNs engagements evidently allow him
| only six OF seven hours sleep.