New-York tribune., 1907-08-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The VINO can iooh d. a 4'-N S-N
see something more I'm II or on 1t than the me
cron oy hav which It going to make had MS
grim little Jest the other day when the L =
Salem was launched at the Fore River SHNpouHu-
ing Conpany's yards. Why. she's not oiiS
nrettv slick boat" he remarked OF the new type
- ,eet scout cruiser but she takes at one clip
TWO names of the list OF cities that won De
happy till they have 4 government "aI 'e7S'!
named after them. There goes Salem Mass anu
salem Orc. / tell you this man Roosevelt Is d
clever one" Although he was somewhat OF
fighting sailor In the last three years OF the tl'H
War and has done few things since IN that hne'
the speaker would like 70 see the list OF cities
waiting for naval namesakes exhausted t'uF :"
six or even ten. a. clip. 'Ihey 90 theSe Things
letter in other countries he says. although ne
admits that n the ships OF the navy are to pear
names OF localities. Salem certainly has s'0o
claims for consideration
always order champagne for every new patient that
Ieca1ss my boy replied the old Practitioner y:
70 make our my bill "-Philadelphia Press
r,i,,v-erg1t wears ago there arrived in Portland
ore a footsore and weary printer boy looking for
a fob This printer boy WAS Henry l. PIttock
now the chier owner OF The Oregonian' and one
o., the big timber barons Of the Pacific Northwest
In addition 10 running HIS newspaper. Just fifty
one years ago young Pittock got together $500 and
I.,,,cht a block Of ground II was away out in the
woods and covered with timber. Portland was the
home Of the Oregon pententary then. and he made
a contract with the state government 70 nave 'le
conv,ts clear his ground FOR 800. making the total
cost $500 He carried this property FOR FOUR years
,,ttn,,,t getting any return Il. and then he
married and built little cottage on one corner as
H.. ,rosp,red ne built larger house. but an eN-
ccedingly modest one. and he Is just moving from
that 70 give place 10 a modern sky-scraPer- Ihis
block which cost a total OF $500 has been leased
for pinetv-uine years. The ground rent FOR the
first ten years will be $4,000 a year and each lve
Years this Will be increased 10 per cent until from
January T. 1887 to December 81, 2o05 the annual
rent Of the block Will be sio3,56s-
Here is an article by John l. Sullivan on How
Yes. and the whole subject be condensed
into words.
Don't die Cleveland Plain Dealer
\ New Yorker who goes to his place OF business
every morning from his summer home in a
, ing car 1t various Of speed in keeping with
the noticeable vigilance az the bicycle COP has
had several unpleasant experiences this season.
He allowed his desire get there 10 obscure his
vision and the people who were riding with him.
who pay the pleasure by acting as L'oltouts.
have also failed the officers with their stop
watches on the last occasion when he was placed
under arrest he argued the point with the officer.
who maintained exasperating coolness and made
onlv one reply to all that said him. Tell it
10 the Judge \ few days after the case had been
disposed OF the officer received letter from the
automobile in which he said: You talk too
rauch-use these" A package of cards came with
the letter on which neatly printed. Tell IL 70
the Judge.
Father" said Roio. what is i pagiarist2'
a piagiarisj. my son. is a kleptomaniac who
lacks the courage 10 take aIlyti.ihs "iiGh tne po
lice could b. called on 70 protect w AshnGton
| Star
The ~Frankfurter zeitung" contributes this To the
| Gosthes last words controversy: when the poet
| Hermann Rollett. about sixty years ago. came to
Weimar he found many Of .ioethes contemporaries.
He met Kriuter Riemer. Gerstenbergk and Muller
| With them. Jenny Lind and Hans Christian Ander-
| SON ne went the poets grave in 1876. Rollstt
says of this visit: The venerable Muller who had
known Schiller and had lived with Goethe there de
scribed Goethes last hours with tremuious voice
| He asked be raised in his chair. he said. and.
poiDting to the floor said: Take good Of
Schier's letter" There nothing the floor
the letter a vision seen by the dying poet
MQIlers personality demands respect for his
tive even though Il does rot settle the question as
to Coethe's last words
i wonder why young wndrake doesn't settle
"Oh, / suppose that goes against the grain.' said
Joakley@
wis. he ylld oats."-P Philadelphia Press.
out in Beatrice Neb.. they have hit upon great
scheul. 10 make money out OF corncobs. straw.
char and other waste products Of the surrounding
farms. They are making gas from them The
new plant says a report. is not experiment on
| a small scale but a full hedged gas factory and
its product Is lighting the streets of the city and
furnishing gas for heating and lighting hundreds
of homes. Instead of paying out hundreds OF dol
lars every day to coal mines and railroads for
teriaI from which make the gas which II sells,
the Beatrice company buys up straw, cobs. corn
stalks and things OF that kind. throws them into
the reorts and the result a splendid gas said TO
have 10 per more heating power than the best
coal gas known.
Who killed cock robin:
| Il bite. This fellow. Orchard. - " sshinston
Herald