New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
the talk or THE DAY.

r,,4.r, %tr.rnd a hunter Of the old school has
Just died I'm Italy For hgif century he mad"
wolf hunting q business. which kept him IN com
fort and LET, "a margin for b rainy day. Whcr-
over ,lcr. waS "a wolf to he destroyed Luca ChIa-
rctti was caIe! In. and many his savage en-
counters and many the scars l"ft upon his body As
vitrass.s Ills left hand showed the marks OF
some terrible rips sustained In executing royal
commission from the present Kings grandfather.
tho Victor Emmanuel Of sistory. 50 long since as
1877 y was his ambition o" capture the beast
alive and La closed with II for the purpose. but
the wolf got left hand in its Jaws. and tore II SO
furiously that with the manned hand si'A between
the animals teeth he had to shoot IL with MS right
An Eye for an Eye.--A young lady friend Of our
her extensive male acquaintance thcr" Is a blue
eyed youth. He goes much into society, and Is a
eyes Alack, one Of them Is glass, but there Is no
need. as n says. for every one 20 know that. and
really. II seems much the cpunterpart OF tuc
other that not one in hurdred would detect IT.
ON this occasion he gS9fGG }ne yo9Hi fiiev ' We're m
takiu, tea and coffee he looked uDatterable things
startled exclamation. Her eyes liked on his with
a mysterious intrntness and horror ny h4d
settled I'm th. centre OF his glass eye and remained
thcre-he. Of course, unconscious OF its presence
The sight of that eye looking at her with a fly on
off. was too much for his companion 1t over
powered her ard she shudders when she recalls
the circumstance Answers.
The Washington star relates that u cynical
ton tho other day with former army chaplain
when a nervous looking person joined them The
former chaplain introduced the nervous man tho
cynical person in this manner: Mr.. Blank. allow
me 20 present you Captain Blank As the cap
tain profrered his good right hand TO the man OF
the world the latter drawled out: "A-h. Cap
tain Blank, eh? Salvation Army. canal boat
military
Cynicus-And now it viii s5on be time for the
dreamers 10 wake up.-Illustrated Bits.
Chicago is 20 have tho largest electric light and
power station in the world. II will consist of q
steam turbine plant and all the boilers are 10 be
equipped with automatic stolers. so that no man
ual handling of the coal will be necessary There
will be electrical kitchen, where substantial
meals will be cooked by electricity for the EN-
ployes There will be refrigerating apparatus an
Ice plant. n number of bedrooms. well as locker
rooms baths and other conveniences.
No. His Way.-Justice (steruly)-You are charged
with stealing nine of Colonel Henry's hens last
Brother swngback (aPologeticaly)-Nussah. I
sRefk rs Ss Sawuh 3 Beeaa6 IT, 6gs IT
along when goes out chicken stealin'. sah.-Puck.
The Geneva correspondent OF n London paper
thinks the done in a Swiss school sufficiently
extraordinary TO telegraph some of them to his
journal The father OF schooIboy. aged eight
living at Chaux de Fonds. sends the Impartial
work the youngster had recently been set TO work
out at the cantonal SCHOOL, Multiply 51ol SO
by 353o.2o2ol5.lo The boy obtained tho following
1S@o 6o2 153 S7 TVS 242 CTS Divide Il Al
2S3542.eHoiooo by a.5ssu4a2 After some hours
work the youngster obtained as answer 2el0555b2s
Tho mere reading Of those terrible figures should
make every small boy glad he does not live In
Switzerland.
Reassurfng.-The Lender-An right TN l.nd xo,
s., but don't forget that you owe IL 10 me 'N
The Borrower--My dear fellow / shall nsr.- e,.
get 1t as long as live.-Brooklyn Life "
Instead OF the terms port" and ..x.ar,.oar.-
which are used nowadays, they used TO tall n,
'1arboard'' and "starboard." Starboard has ,o.h
Ing in common with stars. but is really the AnyI,
Saxon steer board for steer side'' because a.,
the old ga!leys which steered by an oar m.
oar was fixed somewhat TO the right hand sdo or
the stern. and the helmsman held the nboard no--
ton In his right hand. 'LArboard'' was probably
corruption OF lower board. the larboard aid. b.
Ing considered inferior to the other
Hes proud Of being prematurely gray Hs
thinks that kalsomine effect his ears makes
him look poetic '
We'll II does 3. remind ME OF a poem"
49," When the Frost Il on the Pumpkin "-c.v.