New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The nttcenth annual meeting of the Jewish HIS
toricaI Society will take place In Newport r. l.
on July and 3 In tho call for the meeting the
secretary says: This meeting will be important
from several points OF view Newport IS n most
appropriate place for a meeting Of the society
containing II does the oldest synagogue stand
ing in North America and what IS perhaps the
oldest Jewish burial place there" Papers will no
read by DIR. Cyrus Adler. Edmund II Abrahams
]. Cassute jr.. N. Darneu Davis. ]. Graham Cruik-
shank. Albert NJ Friedenberg. Or Henry Friellen-
wald. DIR. = A. Hilfman. David r Helnemann
Professor J. II. Hoander. Leon Huhner Joseph
Jacobs. Max J. Kohler, Samuel Oppenhern Rosa
lin S. Phillips and the Rev. b. II. Rosengard.
Much Of my success in life" said the million
alre. was due the advice OF my friends
rs 1t possible" exclaimed the skeptical person
listened TO it-but never followed it."-Chicago
News.
Twenty years there thrty-six square
rtggers out OF Searsport. Me. Now there are only
two under Searsport masters. and one of them is
due in New York from Hong Kong to he made into
a coal barge Naturally Searsport feels that some
encouragement to American shipping is necessary.
Does Barkers wife dress nppropriateIy?'
runabout Life.
Tho thrifty Scotch authorities of Aberdeen do not
believe in letting anything go to waste II oc-
CURED 10 them that the equipment of their electric
tramways was necessarily Idle for part of tho
night, and they looked round TO see how IL could
be utilized AS n result of their COgitati0ns two
large brushes belonging 10 the Streets Department
recently fitted to one of the corporation
tramcars and arranged that any width Of
street from seven 10 fourteen feet might be swept
The experiment Is reported have proved salts
factory.
But" asked the young doctor, why do you al
ways order champagne for every new patient that
comes TO your"
a., Because my boy replied the old practitioner
I can judge by what the patient says whether
or not he can afford IT, That helps me when
Chicago company has made for a sawmn1
what is believed to be the largest single leather
belt in the world. 1t is OF pure oak bark tanned
leather 81 inches in width and three plv in thck-
ness. and weighs just 900 pounds. The belt is
ia feet long 1t took the centres of the hides of
225 steers to make it, and each piece of this
leather was separately stretched before being
placed in the belt belt nearly as large has haan
running for many years spinning mill in
Ghent.
- II had no idea when 1 penned this little child Of
"The poem shows It, madam. Houston Post
United States Consul T. ]. Albert writes from,
Brunswick. Germany In regard to preventing mir
calamities. He says: THE terrible disasters
which have recently occurred in the coal mines
of Germany and France have directed the alter
ton of scientists especially in the former country
TO introducing methods OF protecting the r,irers
against a recurrence OF such calamities or ot
least of diminishing far possible the loss OF
life. One measure contemplated is the construc
ton of safety chambers, shut off from the rest or
the mine and protected against expIostons A
conduit CT compressed air is introduced into thesa
excavated rooms. and should the conduit be de-
stroyed vessels bottles filed with oxygen
stored in these chambers. will supply the neces-
sary air. Preparations are already being made
for the introduction OF these arrangements in the
mines in the region Of the Saar."
Eva-You seem to have great deal OF trouble
with your automobile. What do you call it7
Jack-True love.
Eva-True lover Gracousl Why?
Jack-Because true love never did run smooth
Chicago News.