New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An interesting relic of the Civil War was shown
yesterday by New York lawyer u some friends
II is the title page OF wartime song entitled,
When This Cruel War Is Over" Over the title
on the highly colored and illustrated sheet the dat
October 30 1865" is written. the word When
is cancelled. making it read. This Cruel War Is
over and beneath IS the proclamation of Presi-
dent johnson. cut from The Tribune of that date
in which the President desgnates December as a
day OF national thanksgiving to Almighty God for
His favor in delivering the nation from the bloody
war in which 1t has been engaged and for it's con
sequent blessings"
An IrIshman on his way home late at night asked
4 pedestrian the time. The latter. thinking he was
a dangerous tramp waiting for opportunity To
snatch his watch, swung his heavy stick and
knocked the Irshuan down. lie remarked to the
tTika oge man IN, ro+ GS!9GH ana thAIs how
tGet ana .Hooed ms smarting head, SAYING. Bedad,
an hour earIier!'-Dundce Advertiser
The "Phonographsche Zeitschrift'' in a recent
issue describes a hearse with funeral music at
tachment." The hearse is in all respects like those
now in use. but has in addition arrangement by
which the driver may from his seat on the box
turn on funeral march. The sound reflector. -
says the writer rs placed that IT cannot be
seen, and under ordinary weather conditions the
solemn strains of doIeful music will float back
toward the carriages in which the mourners are
seated" The same paper tells this story: Some
people went from Berlin to u village near by 10
attend a funeral With the intention OF adding
some music to the services. they took with them
one OF the modern little machines for reproducing
music and what they thought the record for
Fine feste Burg" sung by a chorus of men
After the village parson had delivered his ad-
dress goes the story ''the machine was wound
up and touched Of. when. 10 the CONSERVATION OF
all. 1t appeared that. instead of the good old Ger
man hymn the horn gave forth "A melodIous chorus
from strauss's Gypsy Baron The phonograph had
been loaded with the wrong record. 1t was a dread
fuI mistake. but for the time II made the people
forget their grief. and the hymn could have done
no more"
Mrs Pgs noeS these here submarine
Mr. Wayback-,3Yee 3!e don't say? Wonder If any Nv
rheumatic Specialist" or Patent Cuurn Peder"
Puck
Sir Frederick Treves. in recent address to the
students OF the Royal Dental Hospital and the
London School OF Dental Surgery, reminded his
audience that this was OF crazes. Everybody
is on a Diet he said Some people drink at
meals. some drink before meals. some drink after
meals and possibly some drink under other cIrcum-
stances. Some eat meat, others do not touch f.
and some live on diet OF water and II these
people were little more careful about their teeth
they would not need to be so careful about their
Diet
Science has proven" said the professor of as
tronomy that there is no water at ali In the
moon. What do you deduce from that?"
THAT there is excuse" replied the fresh
man, for its getting fun regularly."-Phiadei-
phia Press.
1t is not generally known that there is a room in
the British Museum set apart exclusively for forg-
cries. In the time the Museum has been In exist
ence many spurious articles have come into its pos
session. In some the object has been on view
for some time before the forgery discovered
The public is not admitted to the in which the
articles kept
Nervous Old Lady Ton seventh floor OF hOteD-Do
you know what precautions the proprietor OF the
hotel has taken against fire?
Porter-Yes mum; he has the place inshoored for
twice wOt it's worth.-Cardiff Times