New-York tribune., 1907-01-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

In the State Of Washington a railway bridge had
been destroyed by fire. and IL necessary TO re-
place It. says THE Dundee Advertiser The bridge
engineer and his STAFF were ordered in haste the
place TWO days later came the superintendent Of
the division. Alighting from his private oar he
encountered the old master bridge builder. Joe -
said the superintendent, and the words ouivered
with energy 81 want this Job rushed Every hour 9
delay costs the company money. Have you got the
engineers plans for the bridgeT' 'T don't
know" replied the bridge builder 'whether the
engineer has got the picture drawed yet or not
but the bridge 10 up and the trains is passin'
over IL
The Dad-My son. I want to tell you that tho
:, secret OK my success as It must be OF any mans.
The .son-shl Dad don't care TO hear other
to take advantage OF Information % gained mat
way Say no more-Cleveland Leader.
An article under the head Baseball In Vienna IN
a newspaper OF that city will be read with much
interest by persons In this country who know
thing about the national game. The game has
become 80 popular. says the writer. that II will
soon be a rival OF lawn tennis Mothers who OBJ
jeot 70 their daughters taking part In the violent
sxeroise which tennis demands will have OBJ
lection to the game that account. Baso-
ball was originally. like cricket a mans game, but
in the SOS Englishman named Hill changed
It so that women might play Then II became pop
ular In America. where amusements always ar
AoA'h00 81 tlaI women may take part In them
sinoe then baseball has become almost the national
game there" The writer then gives a long de-
scrpton as to how the game has been improved
In Vienna. where Il is played both In the open
and indoors" According to the description the
game does not bear the slightest resamblanos to
American baseball.
They say that old T!tewadd. after he has had a
rs that sof Well. I'll invest Is cents toward 4
9SSrhal 9SSl to exploit the Courier
''The grape of grapes for tho table is grown in
Belgium. and under glass" says The London
Globe" 1T is in Arcadian rustic spot that this
ideal culture ouTishes but IN the wfdeawaIxs ust-
ropolitan suburb OF Hoeziaert, naar Brussels Here
there is whole region OF glass-nothing but glass
over wide vista Tho spectacle is one OF the
shows OF the country for amateurs and sight
ssers alike. A good many lovers OF table fruit
whose interest IN the subject extsnds no rlrthar
than uhe dessert stand. will probably be surprised
70 learn that Il is from native hothouse but
Tom Hoezlaert. that the great fruiterers in Ion
don. Paris The Riviera. Vienna, Berlin 81 Petars-
burg and. mirabile dictu! even New York receive
the bulk OF their winter supplies Every Friday
"uhorecs or chests OF choice fruit, admirably
packed. are dispatched to the United States alone
me price at HoezlRert Is a minimum OF I'D a
pound on tho vine, with "a added for packing
The choicest punches those that weigh about
two pounds"
- Her husband left her fortune on condition
iinsi isnt .as hSgan' marry again. and
ousy or engo."-Detroit FIRES Press
new application OF the motor cycle to military
service has been invented In Austria II concerns
the quick laying OF telephone and telegraph wires
In front OF the cycle is installed cylindrical roll
or reel upon which the wire is wound and a man
sitting IN the moving car lays the wire. by means
OF long pole. either IN the tops OF the trees or
II there are none. in bitches or cutters With the
new apparatus three miles OF wire may be laid
in twelve minutes.
Jimny's got a great scheme to get out o. school
when the days are ht for skating '
How does he work it?'
He goes out an washes his face an the feacpa-
thinks he's i'll an sends him home e''-Tft- tsIr