New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
THE TALK OF THE DAY

General Juliug Latscher Won Iauendors b,a -.
ceNed the appointment Landesvert eidigung gsnin-
lster. The Austrian general who has been bur
oened with this formidable looking title is described
aS d handsome man, who looks much too Young 10
nave been born In 1916. His father and his Two
pFothefs' according the ''Ilustrirte ze,+,1np~
were general officers before him. and he has been q
soldier since his boyhood when hs entered the
cadet school In explaining the title his nosaphar
says 'hat the Imperial War Office is the highest
Heeresyerwaltungs sbeh6rde administrative hodv-
ior the whoe army. but that there is also an Aus
ulan ana Hungarian war office. and Won Ilauen-
oorf duties lie exclusively with the Austrian CON-
tnlseht- There is another Observation-Disclosures
horde for the Hungarian forces
The Japanese worship ancestors"
HoW ioolfshl BY the way have you baard tba
Louisville Couuer-JourTal.
II there be any noticeable falling off in the cat
pop''4auon hereabouts II may without doubt be at
rlbuted TO the growing OF cat fur 'aThe PfiIa-
oeiPha hecord' says almost any kind of feline Il
seems. Will do for this purpose even the bac.
fence variety. If 1t be sufficiently we'll nour.had 70
make the coat heavy and smooth Tho oeIts sre
o'a mere trom 10 TO 20 cents each. and the s.cur-
iie Vi H'eHn Is something of industry in Phta-
deiphia- The skins are however sent to France
"heFe they are dyed and whence they return IN
'h's country as popular fur The skins OF Maltese
cats are sometimes used without dyeing Good ca.
SKIN looks very much like squirrel and is used n
similar way, being especially popular FOR hats ars
hat trimmings ~ a~'H
The New England Mator-ws have = r,,sar,, go
Of Of snaes sSshd y % sir that has the finest COLLECTION
Ihe Kentucky ColoneI-We Southerners sinh
OF %osa 1es he.9F eIP9se our Private affairs to the gaze
AT WanEamumu Bay. the northeast coas, Of
me" ~ Ne@'ahd' whales are caught in big steel nets
Inc nets Popular Science siftings' stateA are
made of three-Guarter inch wire rope In six-feet
mesh. and have barrel buoys along the edges tn
hold them close To the surface. A whale cruising
aiohs the shore strikes the net and gets his head
thFohgh mesh. and instead Of backing out h.
rushes Forward and entsngles himself I'm ths wIra
ropes he may carry the ret away from its an
chorage with the momentum OF his rush but ,l,a
buoys impede him. and instead of heading out TO
sea ana taxing the net with him the whale
ulrashes aoout furlously and soon gets the wire
ropes round about his fms and nukes Tbs s,tmaI
thfashes around until worn out, then the boats or
the hsherrnen creep in upon HIM and N. harnoor
ana lance are used When the whaIers give cha.
III ''ie oia iashoned way nowadays power launches
aIe usea instead OF rowboats. At wansamuuu
all tho parts OF the whale are utilized the hone.
and refuse being converted into fertilizsrs
snsIetpn amt the & CIR! yog are snssged to swim3
MedderiyaBecause, II she can. you ought TO be
shut-Buffalo Commercial '"'''
According to The Jewish Outlook" the Jews Of
recent elevation 10 high office of some of tha n.ons
OF that persuasion. There is a certain fncon
eruity In the fact" says the writer that in the
united states the freest country OF the globe and
.he oidest republic. the Jews do not occupy, at
least not politically the position thew do tr GA
european lands The number OF Jews in tbs
uhiled states Congress is small. when compared
with the number of Jews In tho parliaments 90
other nations Even In Russia there were in the
iast Douma proportonately more Jews than are
In the Congress of the United States Tb. go
IS the case In Germany. Austria Hungary and
france. where IN the paraments Jews are nrom
lhently In evidence In Italy. with her small lew
lsh reputation there is large number Of Jews in
iar'ahieht' and the most important positions In
the Italian Cabinet OF Ministers are held bv Jews
who' moreover, take interest IN Judaism"
Reporter-Well I've interviewed her
6uItorDpid che talk without restraint
Reporter-I should say nit! She wouIdn,t ray ,
word until her husband came in and toid bar? "a
Keep still-Phadephia Inquirer WIZ ~ ~