New-York tribune., 1907-01-24
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The annual report OF tho Surgeon General OF the
United States Army contains q table showing the
death rate IN the various armies with view 20
comparison. Under the head OF acute alcoholism
the United States army has first place. with 2s SO
In every thousand admitted 10 medical treatment.
In the German army the rate s only oO9 or more
than three hundred times less than I'm our army"
In the French army the GASES OF acute alcoholism
TO the thousand given OILS. IN the Dutch O. %
and in the British 81. which. demonstrates" say
the friends Of the canteen. that there from ons
hundred to three hundred times as much alcohol
ism in army. where the canteen has been abOl-
ished. there Is in European armies which
have no such protection
'Barney.,s wooden leg has been paining I'm OF
late; said Scholes TO hs wife.
Mrs. Barney has been thrashing I'm with it'
was the explanntiOn-Tit-Bi Bits
In speaking OF Victorien sardou's decoration
with tho Grand Cross OF the Legion OF Honor. the
"BeTliner Tagehlatt' says that the drsmatist's
biographer failed to make mention OF the fact that
"sardou is a sprltualist and a first class medium
The writer says further: Once when the gifted
writer OF 'Sans-Ge fell into the condition which
gave him view beyond the earth. he and
wrote account OF life the planet Jupiter. and
made drawings 20 illustrate what he had written.
The astronomer Flammarion vouched for this
work which described in detail the homes in Ju-
piter OF Mozart Zarathustra. Bernard Palissy and
others. The houses built lightly and showed
in their style and In the material the calling
of the inhabitant Thus the house OF the composer
OF The Magic Flute consisted OF sheet music mu-
sical instruments. etc. Flying men and women and
Intelligent animals were also by the deco
rated dramatist when. medium. ne visited
Jupiter
The Study Club were reading about Constantine
ana had come 10 the circumstance OF his having a
VIII Mrs. Ultry-MuraI.'' said the leader OF the
oeS e6ad 6e US & What she nSeTs from this
SEEM seem that the emperor must have lived In very
potic power we have sometimes ed.'-Puck.
prominent French writer deplores the vanish-
Ing stock OF the worlds platinum. says The Lon
don Globe" AL the known deposits are becoming
exhausted. and the price is going up to prohibi-
tive extent In 1916 the metal could be bought FOR
500 the kilogramme. Four years later IL had
doubled: in 1901 Il had Quadrupled. and TODAY the
price is N.2OO per klogramme. twice the price
of gold Even that is for crude platinum The
worked metal is twice as dear again. Considering
how many Industries absolutely dependent
on platinum. the question OF replacing Il by some
really efficient alloy or combination is acquiring
vital importance.
Sec here. That horse you sold me runs away
kicks. bites, strikes and tries 70 tear down the
once wouldn't part With hm r6r 1naS q 40 got him
well. you won't"-Philadelphia Inquirer
The latest wrinkle In the school system OF CIevs-
land. says 'The Springfield Republican, Is an ar
rangement by which the hair Of the boys Is 20 be
shorn at the city's expense. The departur, haeIns
with the opening OF small barber rooms In thra.
school buildings, each supplied with two stools
Pupils from the barber college" will do the work
and bring the scissors and everything else that Is
needed in the operation OF cutting the chiIdren's
hair.
Mrs Mrs Griggsxso you managed to get to the bar
gain counter for me- Did you anything real
Grisss1Yes; caught a glimpse OF myself in a
hlrror!-boston transcript