New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-10
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Very few ever ask themselves where the humble
but useful clothespn comes from; few ever heard
of Rryant's Point. Me-. and yet q man there has
been quietly turning trees into cothespins for
years and supplying the world with them. aInsssins
in the process as comfortable a fortune as many a
man makes in a more pretentious business in some
money centres. His name is Lewis Mann. and he
began with a capital Of $780, with which he pur-
chased an old disused mill and began the manu-
facture of clothespina To-day he is the largest
individual maker OF this very necessary article In
the world
TRIUMPH OF INTELLECT.
have q most intense respect
/ always had-for intellect
wonder. to a great extent.
At any rare accomplishment.
envy those who scan the stars
And know how far 1t Is TO Mars
Likewise the scientific stfrs
Who read Egyptian hierogyphs-
And yet that's easy, I suppose
To any one who really knows.
If should try. I'll bet dime
That could do the trick in time.
But when you come to something hard
Just figure on a railway card
A folder with its Tvs, and 'ars'
And complicated section bars
It's "z's' and ks and "e's" and AS"
Its shameless disregard OF days.
It's columns filed with figures dense
Arranged without lick OF sense.
Its junction points and signal stops
They make me Just mad as hops.
Yet men there are have no doubt
Who really make the darned thing Quit
And that, indeed is where find
The triumph OF the human mind.
Chicago News.
'"rhe World and His Wits" says that the beauty
DOCTOR has begun 10 discover a demand for her
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shop girls. milliners. dressmakers. and those in
other situations-try 10 retain as much possible
a bright look OF youth. from coquettish desire
70 preserve their good looks. but simply under
the grim pressure OF otherwise inevitable loss OF
employment.
Having no primer this week, the editor and wife
especially hard on the devil. which was oursef"-
Fort Gibson Post
An Oklahoma paper tells this Some few
days ago two Oklahoma City real estate men had
a German farmer in tow and carted him into the
country 10 see a farm which has considerable low
land and where overfows are frequent They
passed barn where the high water mark was
about eight feet above the ground
And what is thatr' inquired the farmer.
One OF the real estate men. who is ever ready
with answer. looked up at the water mark and
said,
That's nothing It's where the hogs have been
brushing up against the barn"
mer broke tho atmosphere by saying:
1T DO not want the farm. but will buy all the
hogs like that you possibly scrape up
John Bull Renamed.-rhe half Americanized John
Bull should be renamed Jonathan Bull-Truth
THE London Chronicle has a couple OF good
anecdotes of children:
There is always something extremely refreshing
in the way children with the magnificent courage
OF ignorance seize upon a grown-up expression and
apply IL they please. The little girl in the hos
pital did this with great success II the ques-
ton OF the death OF little brother that had taken
place recently enough TO make his sister still
subject OF reelected interest. 1T was all along
eatin' too much Ice cream and ginger nuts, she
narrated with JUNCTION 10 the doctor who tend
ing her. Then she smiled beatihcally IT was a u
beautiful death. doctor" she wound up piously
little boy was on his knees recently at night.
and auntie. staying in the house. was present.
1t is a pleasure" she said to him afterward. Ito
hear you saying your prayers well; you speak
earnestly and seriously. and mean what you say.
and care about IL" ABR he answered. "ahl but.
auntie' you should hear me gargler'
A Bloated Pluralist.-Burglar Bnl-One latchkey
one Hote, ehY What price this ERE skeleton key.
IN constituencyi-Punch.
They had lively scene in a court Algiers
when thirty thieves were brought up for their SEN
'ehces- The judge had just sentenced the prison.
ers when a notorious thief flung boot at him.
~ MT the presiding judge squaTely on the nose
making the blood squirt. This signai 20 the
other prisoners. for Immediately storm Of boots.
caps and other articles hurted through the air,
ana amid the confusion the band OF thieves made
dash for liberty. The gendarmes had 10 draw
their swords before order could be restored All
the prisoners caught and lined up again be-
fore the Judge. who them all three years more
at hard labor for committing An outrage on tho
msgistracy.
Everything In Its PIaceL-"I suppose" said the
young who is studying politics. that ought
10 give thought political economy.
w hat forI' rejoined Senator sorghum Iollti-
sconony's ali right for lecture in parlor. but
It's no good on tbs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS StaS.