New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

lottery scandal has Just come to light at
Budapest which. according 10 a paper published
IA that city. will make holders Of certificates"
careful to how they intrust them 10 strangers
II appears that AT the December drawing the
grand prize Of loo OOO tronen was won by the
holder Of Certificate No 10. Series 2219 Nothing
heard from tho winner until two months ago
when the Handesund Gewcrbe Bank OF Baja pre-
scented the certificate and received the money
Since then It has to light that officers Of the
bank called at the homo Of a tradesman at Raia a
few days after the drawing and asked to SEQ his
lottery certificate which had been Improperly
registered" In his absence the tradesmans wife
handed the document over and It was returned
the next day. The number 2219-il. Suit
has been brought against the bank. on the ground
that numbers had been juggled with hy the bank
and that by this means the bank had acquired tho
fortune which rightfully should have gone 10 the
tradcsmau The lottery will benefit" says the
paper. no matter who wins. Thousands upon
thousands Of people viii be tempted by the fortune
whch-when they win it-no VIII get away
from them"
why do You dislike him so?" asked Mrs. Galley.
Hes member Of your club. isn't he?
Yes replied Galley, but he has no business
Why. what's the matter? Doesn't he drtnk?''-
The opera managers trust against the tyrann!-
cal stars is the subject of Z communication from
its Paris correspondent in "A recent Berlin paper.
The various details of organization dwet upon.
together with the advantages which the general
public mot only in Europe but in America ana
Australia" will derive from the movement. which
had to come because of ''the demands Of the un-
reasonable avaricous operate stars Editurally
speaking. the paper says: 1T has always been
the custom of operatic managers to secure for
their houses the best talent procurable with the
means AT their disposal and we believe this sys-
tenn WIFI continue for all times The desire to
have the best will always outweigh any trust
siderutions."
,H Nil Madison bl sggeg6I sgPPGss in Your graces
HIS Grace-fes. indeed. must get them out
some day ana and show them to you, by Jove'
the tickets Tit Bits.
Speaking of the alleged appearance in Paris of
the Archduke Johann Salvador who after he re-
nounced his imperial titles and standing, became
Johann Orth. Vienna paper says: 1T took many
years before enterprising people ceased TO find
Louis XVII. and as 1t is only about sixteen
years since the ship Margherita went down.
shall hear of the unfortunate Orth from many
parts of the world 1t should he remembered.
though. that with him and his wife on the salt
petre laden vessel In which they sailed To round
the Horn there was crew. nearly all DaImatlans
and. II some of these saved with the eccen-
trio master. as II has been reported not one ever
communicated with his former home. IL is only n
few years since German botanist saw Johann
orth on Juan Fernandez Island and insisted that
the burly. bearded farmer whom he met on the
Alexander SelSirk domain was the Austrian noble
man until 1t became known that the farmer was
a Swiss who had never heard OF Ortiz"
y tell you what" said the sad-loolslng man. its
on small income" '' ~ ave
Yes eagerly agreed the stranger but IT'S n
great deal harder for his family ii he dies on one
NNSW my nne Is insurance: let me interest you
Ehr What's your hurTy?'- Philadelphia Press
In Iceland. on certain islands near Ryckavik
the elder duck is raised In a systematic manner
1t is really more of small goose than a duck he
ing so independent OF fish and animal food as IN
be able to support itself by grazing on the seaweed
at the bottom of the sea. at a considerable dentb
1t is a splendid diver. being as much at homo
under the water the surface The great
value of the elder ducks down is well known
and owing to the birds tendency to pull out such
large quantities for lining its that II leaves its
lower breast almost bare when II is setting there
Is no difficulty in getting good supply OF these
feathers without destroying the birds In Iceland
IT is strictly guarded against intrusion The in
habitants consider 1t crime worse than stealing
deer in Scotland for any person to shoot an elder
duck.
Tommy-Does IL make any difference IL baby
takes all his medicine at once?
Babys Mother Tin horror)-Good heavens! or
Tommy-But It hasn't made any difrsrsnos-
1ppehr