New-York tribune., 1906-12-12
THE TAIN OF THE DAY.

Philadelphia complains OF a scarcity OF Christ
mas trees. One day this week sixty-slx carloads
Of trees were received for distribution. Each car
was closely packed and contained about five hun
dred trees making total OF nearly thirty-1ve
thousand. The chiefly spruce. and sell at
wholesale for from $50 TO S25 a hundred. according
TO size These shipments from Maine. Yer
mont and other New England States. Trees are
going to be this year.. said a dealer This
is due 10 the fact that the pulpmakers have been
buying up all the supply. spent two weeks
hunt before I found the trees have here They
will retail this year for not less than 81"
The hero of story which has been told of Arch
bishop Ireland is really that witty churchman,
Of repartee and whose churohly devotion made
50 deshtf1y written in Rr his reminiscent nt' voIume f me-.
MY People OF the Plains
Where in hell have seen you?" demanded
evening IN the crowded single street OF d mining
To which, the Bishop suavely retorted. to the
shouting delight Of the bystanders:
What part OF hell do you come from. sir?"-IAfe.
The famous leaning tower Of Pisa was not origi-
nally planned at inclined position. According 20
the architects idea II be straight. but when
the third story was reached the structure began
to sink at side. Seeing this the builders de-
Iberately adhered 10 the inclining position. but
diminished the slope of the upper stories s to
keep the centre of gravity we'll within the walls.
This style Of building followed by other archi-
tects. and Bologna, in Italy, there two
other towers similarly constructed. being
" one hundred feet higher than the at Pisa.
the other being about the same height, but with
far greater inclination
A countryman bargained with California pho
tographer for half-length picture OF himself
half price and when the artist delivered a fine
view OF the subject from the walstband down the
victimiZed sitter INDUCED in remarks forcble
than pOlite-Phnadelphia Inquirer.
Some timely advice is given by the "Crt de Paris"
''Frenchmen,' it e1horts drink only boiled
waterl'' This advice Is good but the following is
even better: Before stepping into train make
that Russian grand duke travels in it,'
Further: Before stopping at a hotel make sure
that It does not harhor some Russian grand duke"
There is to-day nothing dangerous than a
hotel in which a member OF the Cars family has
taken quarters. patron sits in the reading room
in the dining when. bang! the shattered
window panes fly about and the ceiling tumbles
down In Justification of this exhortion TO pre-
caution the paper calls attention to the fact that
the train between Bordeaux and Cette in which a
Russian grand duke travelling TO Biarritz
ran off the rails and two passengers lost their
lives: that simultaneously bomb exploded In the
simplon tunnel after grand duke had passed
through.
But your associations on earth have not fitted
you for this place.. protested st. Peter TO the new
"Id like to know why not" answered the other:
''as a distiler haven't had lot 20 do with re-
fined spirits?'-Boston Transcript.
Slippers are TO be more expensive abroad. The
other day at a meeting held in Berlin by the Free
Association of Slipper Manufacturers it was re-
solved. account Of the rising prices OF the raw
materials. 10 increase prices 10 to Is per cent
NO matter what we do. there is one class Of
people who win always b, after US.
"Posterity.''- baltimore American