The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-13
Stray arms

DR.. F. A, McCook. the famous noun.
taineer. said Of mountain climbing, at
n dinner IN Brooklyn:
"Peaks that seem inaccessible may
be climbed by turns and twists. Noun
tain climbing IS question OF getting
around the bad places. Getting
around your difficulty-that is the Sc
cret Of mountain climbing.
Liszt, the great musician, bad the
ability TO get around things. Hence I
am sure he'd have made d good noun
taineer.
"Once, at a dinner, Liszt's hostess
cried in Mortified voice that there
were thirteen at table. :,
f" don 4 let that alarm you, madam,
said Liszt, with reassuring smile. III
cat for two
Dr.. John S. Buist. the famous South
ern surgeon, said in one Of his surgi-
cal lectures:
"It is always in rather bad taste
for a physician to boast of being busy
Physicians, undertakers and grayedIg-
allude to good times and prosperity.
There was an old man applied TO
the minister Of the little village of
Paint Rock for the post of grayedlg-
ger. His references were good and the
minister agreed to assign him to the
churchyard. He was to be paid so
much n grave.
1.-The gravedigger haggled over the
price, finally accepting it.
(" But will 1 get steady work. he
demanded
90 Steady work said the minister.
Lands sake. man with steady work
you'd bury all Paint Rock in 4
week.
Ex..i- D Wallace -rLa :. b,nd1;no
for the government the investigation
Of the Hartman railway system. tells
of a funny incident during trial in
which a certain young doctor was
called as witness.
Counsel for the other side in cross
examining the youthful medico gave
utterance to several sarcastic remarks
tending to throw doubt upon the abll.
! ity Of so young man,
One of the questions was; You
are entirely familiar with the symp-
toms of conclusion of the brain7'
~ am -
"Then," continued the cross exam.
iner, "suppose my learned friend, Mr.
Taylor, and myself were to bang our
heads together. should we get concus
! sion of the brain?'
"Your learned friend, Mr., TAYLOR
might" suggested the young physi
An alumnus of ST Stephenss col
lege said Of the late Bishop George f
Seymour;
Bishop Seymour founded ST. Ste
phens and we treasure here many an
ecdotes about his wardenship.
"The bishop was very fond Of trees
and one day, walking with young
lady, he pointed out to her. some Of
the fine trees in the pelghborhood. She
professed great interest and delight
She cried:
@ How the noble aspect Of beautiful
trees stirs up the keenest emotions OF
the soul' Then, Patting great
rough trunk, she went on, You superl
oak, what would you say to me if yo,
could talki'
"The bishop smiled.
1" Il believe ! can be his interpreter,
he murmured. He would probably say
Il beg your pardon, miss; L am
beech.
President Patton of Princeton uni
versity recently delivered sermon a
the Fifth Avenue Collegiate church, hi
subject being "Faith." /" He spoke o.
The blind faith of the client who put
himself at the mercy of lawyer II
preparing An action for trial, and o.
the confidence of the sick in intrustinJ
themselves to the physician,
ga case of blind faith said th
prescription Oftener than not yo'
cannot read it; you don know wha
il is He tells you to take 1t. Your
not to reason why, yours to do o
die. -
Whether OF not Dr. Patton meant it
there was distinct ripple throughou
the congregation.