New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The 7Uth anniversary OF the birthday OF St
Elizabeth will be celebrated at Eisenach. Ger
many next July. paper in that city says
THE celebration viii be OF a double character In
tho year 1901 the great battle the Singers took
place at the Wartburg. we'll a the birth OF
Elizabeth. the daughter OF the Hungarian King
Andrew. Elizabeth was only four years old when
she came 10 Eisenach and was then mere
child betrothed 10 Ludwig OF Thurinsen. For the
proper celebration OF this dual festival a great
committee on which every great city in Germany
IS represented. has been named The first meeting
has already taken place. and crude plan for the
three days festivities has been arranged The two
chief paints Will be the marketplace of Bsenach
ana the WHrtburg. At both places scenes Will be
enacted recalling the song battles and Incidents in
the life of Elizabeth. Wagners 'Tannhauser' and
LISTS Elizabeth will be performed and for
hIee days the streets OF the town will be with
men and women whose costumes were fashionable
seven hundred years ago"
The appetite" said the physician sis always
a consideration Of great Importance
Yes, answered the man VINO IS painfully eco
nomiGsl: II you have poor one you worry about
about the xpense."-WashnEton Star.
There are solicitors and solicitors but an enter
prising young woman out in West PHILADELPHIA has
sprung wrinkle or that peaceful and quiet
loving section says THE Philadelphia Record"
She has had number OF business cards printed
bearing her name. and under II IS the announce
ment Solicitor for DR. --, dentist" She goes
from house 10 house. and admitted soon nnds
out how many IN the family afflicted times
with the pangs Of toothache or need some cavities
filled. She presents the card. and after d little
talking soon has clinched an engagement with the
dentist. Three times out Of four she succeeds IN
making the appointment. and her commissions
amount to snug little pile
Heiress-Which would you rather lose. Jack. me-
He-You, sweetheart.
HetresB=Oh, jack
He-I would. because, don't you See dearest even
If lost you would still have your money 10 ofyer
large rewards Tor your recovery and get you back
HeIress-Dear Jack!-Philadelphia Inquirer
Atchison Kan, will soon have an underground
mushroom farm. Between Mound and Laramie on
the west side OF sth street. are two long, damp
spooky vaults OF brewery that stood over them
years ago. J. A Demond has leased these caves
He has been reading government reports on mush-
culture. and will grow tkis vegetable in the
cave" Demond says he used grow mushrooms
in Detroit and st. Joseph. and was successful in
their culture He received 30 cents a pound for
them. His first crop. II the caves prove the
right place for the mushrooms. will be ready for
market in about six weeks.
50 you claim to possess the heart of a boy7
But. really, feel just as young as I ever ala"
60 onl The fire engines went past here five
Of Emersons essays that you never S1n1s some
Chicago Record-Herald.
About seventy years ago millions OF tons OF earth
powders and gravel slid from the side OF Mount
Katahdin to Sourdnahunk stream. a distance Of
seven miles. and damned the stream forming what
Is known to West Branch lumbermen as Slide dam
says THE Kcnnebeo Journal" A repair crew Of
the Great Northern Paper Company recently had
occasion TO remove quantity Of gravel from this
deposit At n depth of ten feet they found the
trunk OF a spruce tree bent like bow. the top
held down by a bOwlder weighing many tons. The
4rDIr Init harlr md
removed by the scTaping the tree received when the
slide occurred. Another large tree with foliage in
tact found in the pit. The foliage of this tree
when first removed from the earth. Looked fresh
and green II it had just been removed from a
growing tree. but faded in few hours.
Two Irishmen were crossing the ocean On the
way over Patrick died. Preparations were made
for the burial at sea, but the lead weights Gus
tomarily used IN such cases were lost Chunks Of
coal were substituted Everything was finally
ready for the last rites and long and earnestly
did Michael look at his friend. Finally he blurted
out. sorrowfully: We'll Pat; always knew We
were goin' there, but didn't think they'd make
We bring yer own coal"-Morley Observer.