New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-02
TIE tax OF THE DAY.

OF silk thread and an infinite amount OF patience
were consumed by Miss Amelia NJ Redel. OF Mar
shaIltovn Iowa. in making black lace dress she Is
showing 20 friends in Chicago. Miss Redel con-
ceived the idea Of handmade lace dress SIX years
ago. and Immediately set TO work to carry out that
idea Last week she finished her task The waist
and skirt each are in one piece The design was
worked out over foundation OF cambria
Automobiles are not nearly safe as the good
old fashioned family nag.
Mine Is far safer.
Sure: our good old family nag whenever my
wife went ID, Sy bn, T o v sG TsSp but 1 my
by them as II It had never seen them-"-Houston
Post
India is developing a promising tobacco growing
industry. which the government Is fostering IN
every way possible. even 20 the extent OF estaDlsh
ing n government farm TO be devoted exclusively
20 tobacco research. in the Gangpur district OF
Bengal. one OF the most important producing areas
in India The development OF any industry under
government assistance is much more rapid than
under commercial stimulus. Extensive plant breed
ing ana seed selection work can only be done on
a large scale and II carried on by the government
me results shared by the small farmer as well
as the large syndicate while II the work is car
Red on under the direction and at the expense OF
anv commercial body the results are often kept
as secret as possible. and Il Is only by Judictous
seed selection that the small farmer can maintain
profitable competition
Mrs wlckler-Dear mel how all the necessaries
wickler-No. they haven't al gone up.
Mrs Wickler-Well, should like you 70 msntion
one sRas s4s NJ Bits
London is suffering from an epidemic OF nerves.
due TO a plague OF wornout motor omnibuses. noisy
steam Iorries and traction street trains. which
making life wellngh intoerable In many parts Of
the metropolis according 20 The Express" On
four days every week from two hundred 10 three
hundred people treated IN the out patient de-
partment of the Hospital for Paralysis and Epi-
leptics, Bloomsbury. and their ailments are mainly
the result of the noise and hustle OF London streets
Most OF the patients are clerks governesses. shop
workers and solicitors and doctors who have
found the strain too much for their delicate
nerves" says The Express THE ordinary rattle
and din OF motor omnibuses have increased ten
fold since they began to deteriorate owing TO
usage but the worst offenders undoubtedly
clumsy steam lorries. with their iron shod wheels
sometimes these Gathering vehicles haul three or
four grooming wagons behind them and the noise
they make is not only deafenng, but unnervin.
TO a degree
Rambling waggles11I was robbed last night. and
reckon that about hftythree articles were stolen
from me EveT5ything | had IN the world,
Rambling Waggles-Yes; a pack Of cards and n
cortscrew-'Ttt- Bits.
The extent TO which the narcotic habit prevails
IN the French navy illustrated few days ago
by the proceedings of court martial at Brest
The defendants were half dozen seamen OF ordi-
number Of robberes. All the men victims of
the opium or the ether habit. both combined
and were in the habit of bemuddling themselves
daily with these drugs and the Tobberies had been
committed 20 crafty their passion. Severe SEN
fences passed.
A LUCKY SUCKER.
There's a cry of distress the ticker;
The bears and the bulls blue;
There's rather promiScuouS sorrow.
In fact, through the whole blamed Zoo.
But stay There's a note of gladness
Mid the cry OF the Street fOrlOrn:
The swish of unsOught sucker,
The bleat of lamb unshOrn.
When prices began 20 tumble
And found new holes each day,
longed to get In at the bottom
But hadn't cent TO pay
They. whispered OF wealth in copper.
And limited at B. & o.
And / sighed fingered my pocket
Where nestled dime So
Then the crash! For once was lucky
What comfort in the thought
Yes it's true that / a sucker
But couldn't afford to be caught
-GARRET SMITH