New-York tribune., 1905-11-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

convention of pipe smokers was heo " wav
to combat the abuse Of tooacco' .. sr,oke
IN nreyent the abuse of topacco - o,+ion
-, M Kos the president Of the coii'ei. 49,
iforrned his hearers that it took MIN LII 7. t
and seven minutes to get through ~ ~ do,1d hard
obvious that at this rate OF going one zinc
1y smoke more than four pipes d ' ,o,rrs ~
according to M Kos, will outlast thiee +ha
80 . art,ou,ar yay-loosely, that ls' at 'i'e
,o++or, firmly in the middle and again Ioo'
tho ton Further" said he you nus .nd
vour whole min. to the process -, Ixos
determination make the true smoker NJ .,
that the object of the convention
strange as it might appear was " - - cot the
ahus of tobacco Those who smoke Slowly 60
greatest amount of pleasure out OIL tne-, ,ood and
while the nicotine is ABSORBED III ~
does not reach the lips -,
Captain Hamilton, chief ,,l,,or OF When In com
and OF small he hurred up 9af bad
his lunch nd taDG auost 0 afterward sent
down a mldshioman to to i4ok 90 look down the sky
lirht and to his aazement saw bda tne hest brown
fying himself with oaneaaer glass came p on deck Cap
tain Hamilton asked him him the fe~ reply said
the captain and is the sherTy Ike aamton
he staado fbe ioe that he allowed the
Incident to pass without 1ur'hei
Times.
Newsnaner enterprise has reached such periec
tfon I'm Paris, according to "Fhe Lonooh NioDo
hat "iAAN-
making specially of abuses and reroriiS DIS a
,,,,.-+ieer,snt have Tow remedied nearly every
scandal in the metropolis. At their own expense
they have reconstructed buildings converted an
procurable bad characters, and even enteleo INC
government offices and reorganized them until leir
representatives have been thrown out Mat.eis
have now come to serious clfmax-there Is i.'io
left To reform Paris Is reported to be becoming
the best of all possible cities Unless announcer
Dreyfus case or Panama scandal can be got up
the circulation of the papers will be seriously I'M
paired
Encores-Is marriage failure? Not II E1q you @nase e
City" answered the theatre manager-(Washing-
ton Star.
According to lie Petit Partsien' the ex-Arch-
duke Leopold Of Austria, who married Fraulelh
Adamovitch and became naturalzed as Swiss
citizen under the of Leopold Wolf!1ng' Is now
serving as a common soldier in a Swiss regiment at
Geneva in accordance with the law which requires
military service from all citizens of the Confeder-
alton. The ex-archduke, we are told, has to per-
form all the duties of his new position helping to
scrub the floors of the barracks and to sweep the
ward besides participating in several hours drill
each day. Through practical joke played upon
him by some comrades he lately incurred the
punishment OF four days arrest. but 1t was not
carried into effect, suitable explanations were
forthcoming Curiousy enough, this Swiss
recruit formerly held the rank of major general
in the Austrian army!
Measurement.-Far Bride-Ceorge, I heard
Of the passengers saying moment ago that there
tunnel between here and the next station. If
going through it. Bridegroom-It isn't much of
tunnel. dear. It's only three swift kisses long
Chicago Tribune.
A loyal correspondent of The Manchester Guard
IAN suggests that measures should be taken to
protect the Prince and Princess of Wales during
their tour in India from the designs Of the pro-
fessional versiier. 1t has in all probability
been forgotten. he writes, that when
then Duke and Duchess of York travelled through
Canada they actually threatened by a mis-
creant armed with of 553 verses which
he wanted to recte to them When the King Wis
fted India Prince of Wales in one bard her
aided his arrival with poem that began with the
inspiring lines:
HALL hail! one thousand halls!
To the mighty Prince Walesi
While another poet went into details follows:
He will beautifully shoot
Many royal tiger brutei
Ttrnng their backs III die
Shot in the apple Of the eye
It will be that the correspondents suggestion
is not so unreasonable might at first be sup
posed
Merely Trihe.-'I suppose your late uncle didn't
fail to remember you In his will?" sale the SYM
pathetic friend. You could hardly call it a re-
membTance.' replied the poor relation. 1T was
more like faint recollection. ."-(Chicago News