New-York tribune., 1907-11-05
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

America as Seen by German" is the title OF A.
descriptive article in German paper. One In
teresting chapter is devoted TO Wall Street After
telling about the life in and about the excbanPe
The methods OF speculation and the scenes around
the ticker, the writer says: His business activity
ano his mad rush for money does not however
make the Wall Street man forget his home OF
mat the number of street venders in the district
and their evidently .fourishing industry give am
PIE PROOF. In a short walk l saw men selling TOW
violins, cards with imitation knives and forks good
for dolls only; jumping jacks, mechanical toys live
dogs. hatpins and necklaces made of shells trick
Whistles from which water spurts at unexpected
time. hats and parasols cut from fancy colored
tissue paper. and squrming spiders and bugs made
or wire Not thing that a would buy for
himself. and still these vendors all busy max
ing up parcels to take home. have seen many
men make purchases OF these things. and I have
seen them also emerge from the subway stop at
stands near the stations and buy flowers or celery
from the vendors there roasted nuts from the
carts. Taking something home seems TO be a
habit. More remarkable than this. though. is the
fact that practically ali those who are engaged in
this street business are men and boys who speak
little or no English They Russians. Greeks
and Italians
al The Foreman an ask for were
Boggs ~ ''''' u jim
The Court-Dont you know what TO do with 1t?
The Foreman-We knowed Jest what Z do with t.
tell we diskivered wher' he'd told tn truth in
place.-Puck.
Morris Rosenfeld. 'the poet Of the Ghetto" seems
TO be having a hard time convincing those who
are Interested in him and mis- works that he is
dead. His death has been reported IN all parts Of
the world. and many OF the reports have gone into
details TO his abject poverty. his blindness and
utter misery. which made the end welcome. De-
malls Of the report always follow with the news
that the man is poor and unable TO help himself,
In recent number of THE Baltimore Comment
Rosenfeld says: The papers report dead It
seems that the world cannot wait the time show
F.gF
10 receive the first" The false reports have GER
ainly brought the poet and his poverty and illness
TO the attention OF his people and these have come
forward with assistance. And OF his
enemies think that the various death notices were
circulated in order TO bring about that result
He-Have you ever really hated a man?
She-Once. I tried for a week TO make him pro-
pose, and he wouldn't. lie was Just horrid!-LOn-
don Opinion.
In an article on snake Venom as a Commercial
Product" in ''Chamberss Journal" it is declared
that the demand for the venom, which comes from
Australia. Is growing rapidly. It is found useful
In medicine and has a valued place In several de-
partments OF the mechanical arts and sciences
There is Il constant call for 1t among naturalists
and expermenters generally. but It is expensive.
Valuing the venom by weight. IL costs by the
ounce than any OF the precious metals The diff
culties and dangers connected with the collection
of venom numerous and formidable The snake
whose venom is wanted for the market mus; be
captured alive Some operators extract the poison
by cutting out the poison bag in its entirety.
Others Eoad the snake to bite through india rub
ber bands and eject its venom TO glass plate
beneath The venom Is afterward scraped off the
glass placed In hermetically sealed tubes. and
becomes forthwith a marketable product. The
venom OF different snakes varies in strength. An
official paper published recently by DR. Tidsweu.
OF the New South Wales Health Department states
that the of the tiger snake s four times
deadlier than that OF the brown snake and death
adder
An Irish lawyer noted for HIS wit, engaged
by a lady TO defend action her husband
bringing for judicial separation. While cross-exam-
lining the plaintiff he asked
You wish leave this woman because she
drinks?'
Yes. sir
do you drink yourself?'
That's my busness!'-angrily.
Whereupon the unmoved lawyer quietly asked
him:
Have you any other busness?'-Tft-B Bits.