New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The word "smog'' has been added to the Ian
guage to describe the combination of smoke and
fog which SO often darkens London streets
New Position.-'Is your son going to play foot
mo; hsii be the left end on the Glee Club
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Balloonists say that birds fight is limited to 1875
feet above the surface Of the earth.
tn that tells ysz not worry has e Sbn9F
just got through wid a mop NV %orrylh oF - OoU'
t. begin ut.-(Baltmore American
At strohbeck. Prussian saxony. chess is part
Of the regular school curriculum. and every boy
and girl carries a board and men
HIDDEN POWER.
They said Ibis weakness was Dis strength
Such mystic words as .nese length
ne "Ve0 i'ii'-' cleveland world-News.
A.. ingenious electric train bulletin has been in
stalled by the Chicago and Alton Railway Com
many in a number Of its stations, ana In some VI
the principal hotels in cities ana towns lhiouen
which its trains run. The device resembles cloch
IN appearance a hand moves on a dial and IN
dIcates whether the train is time, or, If not
how many hours minutes it is late. All these
bulletins in town act simultaneously anu IN
dictate the same fact. The operator at the stae'o"
controls them all, using device similar 10 a leie
graph instrument controlled by a Telegraph Key
THE SWORD OF YAMATo.
The Land OF the Rising Sun
Yields wonderful sword;
In DAVIS distraught its blade was wrought
Hammers of strife gave 1t merry ne
While the forge OF the centuries fOaIeu-
Yamato's sons with this sword in hand
through the thick of the fight its blazing light
Burns faring path-the warrior s"a'n-
Hewing their way TO the foe
Those who follow Yamatos sword
With laurels OF glory are wreatneo 80 ,,+.
War will not cease-there shall be no peace,
Till Yamato's sword is sheathed =, e4
edwin Emerson, jr., In Sunset
MANY women resent the familiarity practised by
streetcar conductors in bolstering them against a
Jerk of the car, in preventing their aighting from
a car or in requesting them to step lively, etc
Senator yoenrose of PENNSYLVANIA, tells of woman
of this class who was rather morbid on the sub
iect One day when the motorman was putting on
brakes and slowing UP, she arose. and the con-
ductor shouted wait. Teddy, until the car stops
Don't address me, sir, as lady, she Indignantly
replied. BEG your pardon, ma'am' replied the
conductor, "but all OF US Is HaOle 10 lhaAe HAS
takes
What Causes CuresHas Bxton much st 1 faith In
when he had an attack of hay fever ne married
grass widow (Pittsburg Dispatch
A correspondent reports that everything IS Cricket
in London now In the cricket season many men
oo,rot talra I'm a stick or an umbrella without put
ting themselves into q position as though they
we're standing before the wickets Men are seen
in shops and restaurants Selling SUCKS ana UNI
brelIas and quite unconsciously nave game u
cricket on their account untl theS are TO
minded that to flourish weapons in the open Is
os+ ,,rsafa nroceeding The domination and the
tyranny of cricket is like the tyranny OF some all
pervadng popular refrain You cannot get away
from It It buzzes and it huns at every street
corner.