New-York tribune., 1907-08-07
THE TALK OF THE DAY

Considering the erratic weather given this part
of the country 1907 more than ordinary interest
attaches to data covering the August "ea'ner
for a period Of thiry-slx years. says me
pbradelnhfa Record" The official records snow
tho, tho mean or normal. tenpera ature for August
has been 10 degrees The highest figure reached
bv the mercury in that period was 1Ol degrees on
August Il 1900: the lowest 81 degrees, or August
.. 1sq0 The average rainfall for the month mas
been 446 inches; tho heaviest rain for the month
was lf49 inches 1873; the smallest oi6 inch IN
1896 The heaviest rain in ary consecutive twenty
four hours was $50 inches, on August }. 1893 Inc
average relative humidity been "a per cent az
3 n m. and 6s per cent at p m The highest We
loctv of the wind was 55 nuler hour. on August
"a. 1893
II care killed a cat remember that II is a 10 /
shot you are up against when you tackle tt--FucA
THE Pail Mall Gazette tells OF the retirement OF
an Alpine guide after than thirty two years OF
uilotinR the Of the world over all the dicut
ALPINE reaches the Italian side. His name Is An
tonic Baroni He born IN 1873 when virtually the
whole Of Northern Italy belonged 10 Austria and his
early manhood spent in the Austrian army But
with the Iit~ratIon Of Iombardy In lS59 he took
service with Sardinia under Charles Albert anu
after several years OF fighting. which ended TN the
s,,bturst,on Of the two Settles he took his dis
charge In 1874 whether by choice or necessity ne
began Nfe afresh a guide Dsdaining to cohlhe
himself to his own Lombard hills. he made himself
familiar with the whole OF the Italian mountain
chain and poted his clients over all the most
difficult asccnts from Mont Rosa to Anteao. and
from the Piedmontcse ice peaks TO the dol"TniteS
OF Cadorc. He Of the hrst 10 master 'ile
risky Croda da Iago In 1882 the BerSamo section
Of the Italian Alpine Club voted him gold medal.
and last year. feeling the chills Of age growing
upon him. he retired The other day the Milan sec
ton followed the example Of that OF Bergamo, pre-
senting to Baroni a handsome testimonial In gold
This handed TO him at public dinner given
in his honor.
ONE WOMAN AND ANOTHER.
As plump as a Para1rdse ada
figure artistic
She's Gomplims9bt ,adi int to Sray aSr Maker
How women do
Said 10 me.
That she is nature fakcr!
p 81 couldn't Judge
The Georgian Bay Canal survey has been COM
pieted. after years of work and heavy eN-
penditure Of money. II is an undertaking com
parable with the Panama Canal for the rough esti-
mates Of its cost already reach a total Of s125.-
0cooOo the revised estimates. based on the sur
vev just finished. may be materially higher The
project calls for a channel with a minimum depth
of twenty-five feet from the Great Lakes to Mon
treaI bv way OF French River Lake Nipissing and
the Ottawa River. Its completion would mean the
shipping OF cargoes from Great Lake ports to any
part the world without breaking bulk How such
"A plan will appeal TO the powerful transcontinental
port on the canal is made public.
While visiting the South recently a traveller
chanced upon a resident OF a sleepy hamlet in Ala
Are you a native Of this town asked the
traveller
Am I what?" languidly asked the one ad-
dressed.
Are you native of the town.
What's that?"
Il asked you whether you native OF the
place"
At this IunctIre there appeared at the open door
the ca bin the wife-tall, sallOw and gaunt
After a careful survey of the questioner she said
Amt yo' got SENSE Bill? He yo
! before yo' begun livn' heah Now. answer him. -
Success.
Rubber was introduced into Ceylon in 1876 The
seed in 1882 In 1855 the first rubber was obtained
but in very small quantity. The planting wen. on
slowly unit! 1892. II estimated that there are al
the present time 10000 of land IN t'evICr
planted with rubber trees almost solely Of the Para
variety In addition there from 5000 to coco
acres on the Malay Peninsula. practically all of the
Para variety. The rubber plantations OF Mexico
amount TO about 10000 acres. containing about
200O0G9 trees. There are therefore at the present
time about 275.OO0 acres planted in rubber which
should eventually yield about aOoO tons yearly
about one-quarter of the worlds probable supply
May I intwotuce you fwiend2'' asked a
fashionable young man at recent dance. "He is
litewawy man. you know.
Indeed exclaimed his partner
s'Aw. yes He sent the Society News q list OF
the guests at the last pahty. and the edltah ac-
copied t."-Tft- Bits.