New-York tribune., 1907-09-04
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

.,,r,, volumes could be written
about the intrepid efforts that have neeh iii'ae ~
,,an,, a smoker 10 cut himself OF from tie use %
,ha weed Charles b. Morrison OF Chlcago' one
~ tho most widely known Of the government
.- 30 trust hunters. is not one OF the com
mon garden variety Of smoker who can oredA ~
,ba habit II he wants to-, but OF the rare Spe''e'
-. +as actually gone and done II That took
,,Iace seven years ago after the man WHO % "V"
ss.t-, out the inner workings Of the OIL trust
had made hundreds OF attempts 10 get out ltoii'
under the cloud He doesn't smoke any more oN'
several years ago got into the hablt OF che"ihE
q cigar a habit whose grip he Is no" uyHs 10
break grip. he finds. that is far more tenacious
than that on the mere smoker
"1 freely admit" remarked Mr. Meekton' that
And she occasionally reminds you Of the fact:
Well. must n1n aqInt NJ ITssbing+on Vas star
ouaint theory is that Of French mystic. who
holds that the four points Of the compass nave an
influence on human health and wellbeing- Travel
ling uest asserts this authority. induces me1an-
cboIv: travelling eastward brings cheerfuiness'
southwark languor and trritabiluy. ana horth"aru
caImness It Is a question OF electrical currents
and the influence is felt only when travelling,
bu, also when at home. The best posture for
working is 70 face either north east says the
F-renchrnan In these positions you receive posi-
tive waves OF electricity the negative currents
coming from the other two points. south and west
the sleep is improved II setlIls II lEe lVot
Of the bed be turned to the north or the east To
sleep In the contrary position induces nightmare
and general uneasiness
apd etaIe erov,led customer at the candy coun-
ter. Il thought you claimed to keep only fresh
We do. generally" replied the fair saleswoman.
Those must have come from an old batch"-IAp-
pncott's-
remarkable contrast in bookmaking is de-
scribed by The Dundee Advertiser" colossal
atlas Of beautifully engraved ancient Dutch maps
takes three men to move It from the giant book
case in which II is stored in the great library Of
the British Museum. This monster book is bound
I'm leather magnifcenty decorated, and Is fastened
with clasps of solid silver, richly gilt II is nearly
seven feet high and weighs $40 pounds. This. the
largest book in the world. presented King
Charles II before leaving Holland in the year
1860 Another volume is the smallest book in the
worId-a microscopic gem of bookmaking scarcely
larger than a mans thumbnail. And yet this
tains the whole of the New Testament. minutely
inscribed by a German artist of Nuremberg in the
early part of the seventeenth century. The tiny
volume must have taken years of labor for each
letter is microscopcally written with fine pen.
There are 2os pages, each consisting of nne lines
and the lettering Is perfect that it be read
without difficulty The book measures three-quar-
ters of an inch by tWo-ffths
Wife (scorntlly)-Oh, I've no doubt you were at
your literary club reciting poetry I'll this hour Of
fha ight pray, what were you recting?
Husband (renliniscenty)-I think wash something
bout Chips that Pash in the Night. Baltimore
American.
The Florence ''Nuovo Giornale" recently pub
ushed letter OF Mozart's father in which the
lation between the composer and youthful
temporary is interestingly discussed Toward the
end of the eighteenth century all great and talented
men who Italy were entertained at the
home of Gorilla Olimpca- and so it not Won
derful that in April ITO. PietrO Nardni and his
talented boy pupil Thomas Linley. should have
met there the famous boy Mozart. The two boys"
the letter SAYS spent the whole evening in affec
tionate conversation On the following day the
English boy had his instrument sent to home.
and there he and Wolfgang played nearly all day.
Next morning we took breakfast with NJ Gaverd.
the Minister OF Finance. and after the meal the
bows played again. but not like boys. but rather
like schooled masters. Tears in abundance were
shed when the parting came the next day. and
a souvenir wolfgang received from his friend the
poem which their hostess. Signora Gorilla, had
written for and given to the English boy. They
never met again. Six years after this meeting
Iiney was drowned
Who won that long distance walking match?
"Sprggins."
He did? Who was his trainsrr
His ten-months-old baby."-ChtcaSo Record
Herald