New-York tribune., 1903-04-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

No more striking example Of the precision re-
duired In engineering undertakings can ne touhd
than the boring Of the famous st. Gothsrd Tunnel
through the Alps. Work begun simultaneously
at both ends nearly miles apart. Foot by FOOT
the rock was blasted out under the guidance Of
men who relied primarily on instruments whch
they carried with them as the work praceeaed
When the last sheet of rock was broken through
and the men Of each end shook hands 1t was found
that there a difference of level Of only four
inches and that the true line had been sWerEeo
from only eight inches, Still more remarkable ac-
curacy may be expected of the engineers whe are
now boring the simplon Tunnel through the Alps
Humor as an Extinguisher.-"The Sheffield Daily
Independen In giving an aeeouns ~ Sood 96 gea ~ for
hunorisO soon had three PoSerIpi @pb JESUS o' 'e
Gibson Bowles, an English politician, is wrought
up over the progress of temperance in England 1T
is impossible" he says. with alarm. ''to walk
through the streets of any English town without
seeing that temperance is making fearful strides
There is something very pretty In the employment
of the phrase fearful strides in sennection with
sobriety.
He inspires ''The London Globes" poet Win the
following verses:
QUAFFING AND CHAFFING.
1.-THE praise of beer and wine has been sung by
every poet from Homer to HoTaee, from Shakes
peare Alfred Austin--.''ElNIr. Thomas Gibson
Bowles.j
When Homer sn2te his bIoomin' @ . Tyre.
OF love- those poets did not tire
So long as eoRiously they dpPled
And Shakespeare greatest of all bards
Unless reckon Amos Cottle.
Pad Mistress L9ge his his klnq ~ regaras e as.+,.
And Alfred Austin tunes his ear
To amorous dittes light and merry,
Not on Sir Wifrid's ginger-beer.
But on Sir Someone Else's sherry.
So, let US all the aewgg B9yles.
And do as all good thirsty souls
Do when they're generously drinking.
And whether we shall ever write
Poems to please aeFee ere s reviewer
Mecenas. otherwise the Brewer.
President Andrew Johnson lived at Greenville a
town of 1.Se0 population. and one Of the oldest in
the State about sixty miles northwest of Knox
vile. The building he occupied for a shop when
following his trade still stands, and the old sign is
allowed to remain in its place over the door, read
ing "a. johnson. Tailor" Every now and then
some old citizen turns up one of his receipted bills
for making repairing garments He left son,
and the Patterson family, the descendants OF his
daughter, still occupy his former residence
A pretty snub delivered by a professor to very
bished n a work Of fction. Dogs1natisfn said the
turty' It may similarly be said OF dog Latin that
it is chiefly used by pups.-(London Globe
An aide de camp of the King of Greece suffers
from the length of his name. He Is Pappadia-
mantopoulos In the ordinary course of things the
gallant colonel would accompany his Hellenic
majesty on his travels abroad every summer. but
his name was found to leave a train of dislocated
jaws in the royal wake; moreover. ii charged
two words in kilograms and mutiIated by
telegraphists beyond all recognition so he is now
left at home, and a gentleman of the name OF
Thorn takes his place in attendance on King George
his annual visit to Aix-les-Bains and Paris.
Should you happen to be in the vicinity of the
other violently, and yet dspassonatey. don't at at
tempt to interfere, for the peacemaker will not be
to the Smaller boys Of the school and demonstrates
f6w fl6 @ not eng beTa spped Us With e little
money. as a rule; still make bets with each other
Of an athletic nature ri bet You ve kicks sHois Is
one Of the faXarte @ wagers and the 9=er takes his
boy being kicked by another. rest assured that he
Is merely paying a debt of honor.-(PhiladeIphia
Record.
Payne & Smiths Bank, has recently been merged
into the Union Bank. The bank has been in the
Smith family over two hundred years Thomas
Smith, of Nottingham, in l6sS-fve years before the
foundation of the Bank of England-undertook IN
addition to his business of mercer. that of banker
such was the high esteem in which he held by
the merchants Of his own and neighboring towns
This esteem is heightened in effect when it is re-
called that il only in the previous reign OF
Charles I that London merchants. accustomed to
depositing bullion and cash In the Tower fer safety
had Il seized by the King TO the amount of 100000
The year l75S marks the partnership OF Mr.. Payne
and extension to London. Nottingham and else
where and Just before the nineteenth century
dawned a Robert Smith was raised TO the Peerage
as Lord Darlington.
4 Case of NECESSITY" Why. all moneys
gone!"
s,Jk1baf under heavens did you do that for?'
.syghy' knew you wouldn't let me have IT II
asked you"-(Lifs.