New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
TIE TALK OF THE DAT.

new railway track LAYER. with a crew OF forty
men. will lay two miles Of track day The track
layer has a hugo crane. sixty feet long. which
projects forward over the road and hauls behind
Z train OF sixteen hatcars loaded with ties and
rains. A continuous double line Of cars moves
constantly rollers and carries the ties with IT,
Both rails and ties are seized at the proper time
by the machinery and placed on the road IN front
Of the train where they shortly form part OF the
track which It passes This device is said
20 be tho most expeditions we'll economical
track layer IN tho world
Knock. and the world knocks with you:
When you roast good and loud
You viii find that the crowd
Has a hammer as big as your owui
Troy Times.
The London Chronicle gives the pronunciation
OF a number OF names OF places in England where
phonetic lazness' has made tho spoken name Of
the town far different from the written name The
eccentricites OF pronunciation great as those
involved in calling the family Of Cholmondeley
Chumley and Coquhoun Coon According to The
Chronicle" these the local pTonunciatIons:
Rhudbaxton is Ribson. Woodmancote is Udden-
muchat. Sawbridgeworth is Sapser, Churchdovvn ia
Chosen. Sandiacre is Sen1iker. Chaddenwychs is
Charnage. Happishburgh is Hazeborn. Salt FIeetby
is SoIlaby AImondesbury is Amesbury and Congress
bury is Coomesbury. OF places better known liver
stone is -oUstn and Hurstmonceaux Is Horse
mounces.
movement KuroPatSn's best chance 10 escspS WI
be to shinny up the North Pole and pull the pole
up after hlm.--(San Francisco Bulletin.
The proverbial politeness Of the Japanese has r.
suited in the development OF a number of neat
little customs. One of the best is the manner IN
which one hostess gets rid OF an unweIcome guest
She does not hint that the time Is about up for hts
stay or that she is going visiting soon but sets 70
work preparing dainty luncheon which she packs
In little box. ties up with ribbon and paper and
hands TO the guest some morning. II isn't an in
suit. either. it's Just hint. and one that is al
ways taken
Man. the MISUNDERSTANDING Uncle George
haven't anything ht to wear.
in the height Of fashon-Boston' on TrSn
Belgium is getting up an Antarctic expedition
with DR.. Henryk Arktowski as a member OF t.
who thinks the automobile can be worked into the
scheme. and writes paper in a Roman Journal
about it The machine would have 20 be built
very strongly. and a special model to take
apart Wnen necessary. and work IN very low tenn
peratures. The theory brought forward is that
except at its rough edges the ice cap OF the
Southern Pole is smooth mail. and that once
mounted on II a machine would go flying TO it's
destination like racing Panhard Long ISL
and road Probably the south magnetic pole
Is no great distance from the coast OF Victoria
Land and the run might be made In short time.
The late German expedition there started In from
Termination Land. further off, finding no thor
oughfare' and making failure Of II. except in
so far as it instructs Dr. ArktowskI 20 keep or
that route with his automobile where it could
not be made TO work in any manner. Experts IN
Antarctic exploration favor the notion that he
will have TO fall back the customary dog trains
and drivers. and It win likely come 70 that. tho
Southern Pole meanwhils remaining coy and
Shy OF the attentions Of discoverers the northern
one has always been.
C Aunt oI Hetf1oh tc1 yes those swell folks dress for
Uncle HiraEn-They do? Well Pd be satisfied
70 eau IN tne same old clothes pervidsd j had a
brand new appetite-(Pues