New-York tribune., 1907-01-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

It will certainly be news to most people, says
The London Globe" that New York 10 short out
for kilograms between London and Paris and be-
tween London and Berlin However, the fact Is
vouched for. The messages received at an
agreed address in New York and are Immediately
passed on for London Paris Berlin, as the case
may be. The reason for this amazing roundabout
to time is curious New York time being
about six hours behind European time. its wire
connections with Europe are almost unoccupied
during the London forenoon while during the same
time European wires are often consested. Via New
York. therefore is short cut. but an expensive
Good graoiousl' exclaimed the yisltori hear
those boys fighting and yelling out there regular
II can't say" replied Mrs Famley. I'm rather
But surely you can hear them
Oh yes put can't tell EhHsths5r thsBTs ss my
The absence Of springs on Toe skates has been
more less Of a mystery. That they are needed
is an undisputed fact as the skater has no means
OF lessening the jaTrnG naturally incident to the
uneven surface OF the ice a New York inventor,
noticing the total absence Of springs on ice skates
expeTtTnented with them and found them desirable
in every wavs The springs placed between
the steel runner and the plates for the reception
Of tho toe and the heel OF the shoe The addition
OF tho springs also tends 70 ease the feet while
skating. besides greatly adding 10 the enjoyment
OF the sport In other WAYS.
Miss skree2her-What sort Of songs DO you like
M. suphrer-The songs Of tAa seventeenth CEN
Miss s.-How odd, Why do YOU prefer them?
Philadelphia Inquirer.
blizzard is mn American word says The Chi
oago News Tho date and circumstances Or rs
origin are obscure. Though it was first commonly
used b. tho American newspapers as a good word
for sqUall IN the winter OF lSSp-'sl. IL is
said Fut In Ha est IN
sense nearly twenty years earlier. From Eng
sh writer Of 1884 this sentence Il quoted a gem
ueInan at dinner asked me for toast. and. sup
posing he meant TO have some fun at my expense,
concluded 10 ahead and give him and his likes
a blizzard Here blizzard might we'll mean
meta phorical volley. which would square with the
evidence or "A correspondent Of an American paper.
who recalled thst IA the $Os a blizzard" was
particular kind u voLey-a rafting one Gred IN
quick succession. as opposed to simultaneous
Observation-Disclosures by sportsrnen the Atlantic
coast. who shot flights OF migratory birds from
bohlnd screens.
NegEer-I'vo put one poor devil on hts feet. any
Mira Nasgor-whom have you been foolins your
Nagger-Your next husband. madam. I've had
nay lfa insured-Chicago News
A report has been received from the Department
or Agriculture In India showing the extent OF the
war carried on az inst the Bombay locust In all
some 1900 10000 Individual eggs adult Ioqlss and
'hoppers' We're accounted for or this number
100000 were adults that would have produced an
other 5000 10000 "hoppers' had they lived This
slaughter cost about $65 coo IN awards ana saved
probably millions In the value of crops. Nature also
helped The report adds that tuari birds arrived
on the scene In large hocks and devoured the 10
Gusts greediy that the preservation OF tho crops
was due possibly las much 10 these birds as to the
effects OF human agency"
" Az yen beggar, said the American marine on
police duty at Kingston, alt. or. blawst bloom
non
You See" he explained later. these fellows
wouldn't understand good Yankee Philadelphia