New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Apropos of the recent unveiing OF the monument
10 Count Andrassy at Budapest, Ludwig DOGGY
gives in the 'Neues Poster Journal some rernins-
cences of the Hungarian statesman. AS a charac-
teristto example OF the counts friendship for the
Hungarian Jew. the author publishes the follow
Ing statement made to him by his former chief In
1910: L have been selling for years all my prod
ucts through my old Jewish friend X and know
that Jared best in so doing. have less faith In
the employees OF my estates. The Jew who is a
native OF our country is not only intelligent and
honest. but he is also ambitious He 8 frugal
sober and Industrious In brief he has all the
virtues the Hungarian lacks. and last but not
least the money even the Hungarian possesses
all the virtues that the Jew still lacks I once
told this to his majesty, adding that intermarriage
or these two races would prop up our aristocracy
and make a happy mixture. Civil marriage was
therefore urgently to be desired. His majesty
looked at me in surprise and thought was only
joking, but told him that I spoke in earnest and
my opinion has not changed to this day"
,.oConnor. the. Irish politician began an after
dinner speech in Philadelphia in this way: IT
gpascbe9 confess that dread to make afterdnner
s1G s1Gh dinner as this one If know that the
no appetite 1 find little to admire in the best eff
LOTS resS,, or the chef In truth. gentlemen,
mind heavng a sigh of relief as the lions drew
murmurns Wa nlsaTing tbgTa sigh Of relief and
Speaklng to be done on this occasion, least it
won't be done by me- Chicago Daily News
Wales has found it's Carnegie in the young mem
Der of Parliament for Observation-Disclosures
Davies Not only has he given Aberystwyth Col
lege a collection OF Soudanese armor, and prom
ised TO become responsible for S15OO0 the cost OF
new laboratories at the college, but in addition 10
this he has set aside S50000 for ministerial educs
ton in connection With the Welsh Calvinistic de-
nomination to which he belongs The millionaire
is just twenty-four. and fresh from Trinity
Cambridge.
Have you never said anything you were sorry
Yes. answered Senator Sorghum; but I never
yet made the political blunder of owning up that
I was sorry."-Washington star
According to a Birmingham newspaper. quoted
by Consul F. W. Mahin. a new drug. called sto-
vaiae, has come into use in England and abroad to
prevent pain m surgical operations II does not
produce unconsciOusness. A patient who has
nerves strong enough watch surgeon operate
Whe under Its influence StOvaine is injected into
the lumbar region of the spinal canal and acts on
the roots OF the nerves entering the spinal cord
The injection produces a certain amount of shock
as we'll as occasional sickness and headache How
long the effect of this an@sthetic will last is not
stated nor whether further injections may be made
during an operation. Presumably. the duration of
the effect is not great, and only one injection is
deemed prudent. for recent instance is noted of
a surgeon speeding operation to the safety
limit in order to outstrD the recovering nerves.
Miss Vane-I don't know that man very we'll.
but 1 understand that he's been telling every one
Miss KnOx-Probably he's an agent for it.-PhiIa-
delphia Press.
Consul General r. P. Skinner writes that the sea-
level canal from Marseilles to the Rhone River ia
to be completed seven years hence at an estimated
cost OF s13 703.000 large amount of work has
been DONE chiefly under the head of developing de-
tailed specifications
That rich little Bonds kid got real automobile
Poor child! Now he has nothing TO grow up
for."-Detroit Free Press. H