New-York tribune., 1907-10-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Some curious revelations were made by Profess
Henry r Proctor at the annual conIere"cS 20
british National Federation OF Boot ana E'.o'
.,,s, Associatlons In Liverpool. Professor Proctor
cid there were leather substitutes NOR" uU'"''
-, t.,,er than some OF the cheap forms OF genuine
,catb,r such as leather shavuss pasted tohet''1' ~
make solea or badly tanned leather IN o''' MAN.
raDer boot soles were made which We're 20 u '"'90
extent waterproof and durable Ih"F' "Hu O.'''
no leather s,ihst. produced 20 replace real !e''tneI
%, the MINERS of boots and shoes, although he had
s,.n "A u.tr ~ cheap dress shoes mad" from en-
.rleved iapauned cloth which looked IKE te'l.'.''
and wore well Professor Proctor was 't7'''i IL "
,o,i3 evplan tho cause Of the squeaking in boots.
To said that Nigh: b. that tho leather upperS ana
sol.s ,,aro loose and rubbed. He added that he
Know, that one northampton hrm received Iarse
order for shoes the Amir OF Afghanistah' ana
was made a strict condition OF the order that nan
the boots were 10 squeak and the o'''e' ia'' "'''
10 be silent
Aus,ere Aunt-come Henry; satan hnds some
Henry CdesFaIriasl know -, But tod hsf of
such long time finding any 'o-u'y ~
waiting for him-Punch
Tho "Naturwssenschnftlich Wochensohrift CON
taios an article by Professor Forel, OF lVorhe'
Switzerland on the memory OF bees. In when ne
saws that experiments made by him show that 'he
bees certainly have memory for time The most
convincing proof" he says. was furnished AZ my
summer homo in Chigny. where we had many oeeS
Az a nclenboring house they placed SONS preserves
, tho air 70 cool one day. and the pots or sweets
were discovered by bee. who must have commu-
nicated the news to others, for on the next day
when AT the same hour the sweets were put on inc
window sill number Of bees came TO enjoy the
feast. After that the preserves were placed else
where and the bees. after coming once and seeing
nothing to eat. remained away. Another case TOOK
place at my own table. We take our meals IN the
open air whenever the weather will permit ana our
bees soon learned that at the morning meal there
were sweets and they came for their share Ihey
also came at tea timG but dinner when no sweets
arc served al our table they never came near us
The morning visits finally became so popular that
for comforts sake We had TO take measures against
the little guttons
warehnm Long-Akchny tryin' to find work. are
YOU? You punkin headed, wishy -washy old
man 'at saws wish a wash is goin' have fight
on his hands Take 1t back durn ye!-ChicaBo
Tribune.
Modern Mexico" announces that Mexican ma
tional exhibition on a larger scale OF Importance
than any previous event OF the kind Isl now purposed
TO be held at the Crystal Palace London, from May
to October Of next year The directors of the Crys
tai Palace have extended invitation 10 President
Diaz to authorize and encourage such an exhibition
I'm the hope OF strengthening the entente cordlale
between the countries and Of largely increasing
the commercial financial and other relationships that
have begun to rIpen The invitation was presented
by John w. RycIman special commissioner on be-
half of the Crystal Palace, through the British
Minister Mr. Tower. and is now being considered
1t offers practically the whole available floor space
OF the immense structure TO Mexico and TO assume
the entire expense after the exhibits installed
1t will be distinctive!y Mexican exhibition no
other country being allowed to take part.
"Halloa Bnlllns! Who you working for
now?'
Among those who were the reviewing stand
with Governor Hughes and General Grant at the
Sigel monument unveing an elderly man
who when the National Guard had passed and the
advance guard of the veterans had not yet reached
the reviewing point told this story: II saw Franz
sigel only once. but 1 shall always remember the
incident 1t was at Albany l don't know what
he was there for, but when l saw him he was the
guest of a number of his countrymen at place
which served them as cub-the backroom of
Godron's inn nearly opposite Tony Brady's tea
| store l went there with a message for one OF
the party and fingered while Sgel. the only live
general I had ever at that time. explained to
the little group strategic movement. With
his finger moistened with beer he drew maps and
diagrams on the round table. which the
others leaned There came lull in the conversa-
ton. Forts, batteries. etc. which had been rep
resented by beer mugs were taken up and the gen.
eral turned to me and said: We'll. little man.
would You like to be a SOLDIER I do not know
what l answered, but he said Wei, in a few
years We'll send you to West Point. and then you
will be a real soldier The kindly little speech
! made me very pro d. but / too embarrassed to
say ANYTHING l never saw Sgel again. never
went TO West Point. but did become a soldier.
De Witt is very amusing 10 watch stubbs play
De Witt-iIe has an impediment in his speech
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