New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Cheap commercial acetyIene gas was discovered
by accident. according 10 "Harper's Weekly
Wilson. n scientific experimental. believed that
nearly all metallic oxides could be reduced 20 n
metallic state by heating them 70 extremely
high temperature by the voltaiC In tho presence
OF free carbon. Aluminium had been successfully
reduced IN this way. Mr.. Wilson wished To obtain
metallic calcium. He therefore mixed a quantity
Of quickme with puIverized coke. and brought the
mixture 10 a high temperature by the action OF the
yoltalc arr. He expected 70 obtain a white metal.
but instead ne appeared 10 produce nothing but
Stag. This thrown into the yard. and one day
noon. while the boys having their luncheon.
they picked UP these bits Of Stag and threw them
at each other. one piece fell into pail OF water
and produced bubblng effect and "a strong odor.
This attracted Mr. Wilson's attention. and upon
investigation he found that the strong smelling gas
extremely inhsmmable. Further investigation
revealed that IL was pure acetyene gas.
THE A-oU-DAD.
The A-ou-dad. with his curving horns
Ana de sTSq IN b- asse to heart he seorns
lie sits in the lee OK the Gee-gaw tree
And eats its fruits. while the whang-bird boots:
And when he has formed plan.
That can stay the Way OF the A-oG-dad
When the fruit hangs. high he does not pass by.
But he leaps 10 a limb within reach Of him
N. and Ina hangs g. BY 6y crescent - ; horn ,.
CAS- indeed II has often donol. -
bF Has ns sPfau feS i aGs, he remains TIL he
IT'S said persistency is fad
With the acTOhatical A-ou-dad.
-CBurges johnson, in Harper's Magazine.
Tho Queen Of England has had an experience
with the foreign custom houses for the first time
in her life. and it Is said that she did not enjoy
it. II was while she returning 10 England
from Denmark, and her thirty trunks were thought
10 belong - some else in Belgium and thor
oughy searched. This Of course was n grave
breach OF etiquette. and some have suf-
fered besides the Queen.
The Funny NIan-"This gentleman" saws the
guide 10 the visitors ne IS showing through the
newspaper once: this gentleman is the funny
man Of the paper"
a neat desk, surrounded by innumerable
Al comments aai one Of the visitors he writes
No: he clips the jokes we copy from
But you said he was the funny man"
He Is. He writes the excruciatingly funny
Alleged HUmor Jaded Jests.' .Prdsumabv Cav W
and Voices of the Past Judge.
Consumption OF earth as food is said to be com
mon not only in China. New-Caledonia and New
Guinea. but in the Malay Archipelago well.
The testimony of many travellers in the orient Is
that the yellow races are especially addicted TO
the practice IN lava and Suml the clay used
undergoes a preliminary preparation for consump-
ton. being mixed with water, reduced a paste,
and the sand and other hard substances removed.
The clay IS then formed into small cakes or tab
let's about thick lead pencil and baked in
iron saucepan. When the tablet emerses from
this process It resembles piece OF dried pork.
The Japanese frequently eat small figures. roughly
modelled from clay which resemble the animals
turned out in pastry shops
His Finish have discovered the source of
The professor who had only been drawing
saay for three S days IN the great university
o'i lSlcu ~ ls " ~ VI ~
as he spoke standing upon the threshold OF the
~ , Tslu''It . ,IdnSo.. s-or,.o,
afraid you'll lose Your job.
fessor. IS It nothing TO discover the source of
And the president smiled satircaly as he re-
absolutely nothing. sir in these days WHY.
only this week the source Of life has been discov-
cred four times without attracting absolutely any
less you can discover something new and startling
a Gife. warn you 'nA' your DAYS are numbered -
There IS talk AT Nome Alaska, according to
THE Springfield Republican" Of building gam
bling casino the ice OF Behring Sea- outside
the three-mie limit This will put the casino be-
yond the reach OF the laws OF the United States
and will make the place about lawless as any
thing could possibly be.
.'Do you like going to school. johnny asked the
visitor ...uo.ao t,,, tr,,,,,,,, ,,-.,,-. e.,
like coming home, too but / don't like staying
there between times."-(Chicago News.
Santos Dumont has a No. : airshlp now. which
he thinks is capable of outsailing all the other
vessels which he has launched TO voyage among
the clouds II this explorer OF the atmosphere
meets his expectations the multtudes of spectators
at the ST. Louis Worlds Fair will look upon
flight well worth watching.
Citzen-H6w can you be tired when you do
Tramp reckon IT'S cause dere's SO much Nv it
ter do.-(F1ttsburg Dispatch