New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

1.-THE news item that of the giant trees in the
mark at Wilhelmsh0he crashed 70 the ground while
the imperial family were guests at the castle
saws Cassel paper. does not convey TO the reader
how nearly the mishap might have been tragedy
The Kaiser's little daughter the Princess Victoria
Louise was walking with the children of the Grand
Duke Of Wtrtemburg at the time. and the great
chestnut tree fell with laundering sound immedi-
steIv behind the children and in the path which
they had Just traversed The Kaiser heard the
crash on the tennis court where he was playing
and rushed to scene, where he directed the re-
moval of the tree.
Kindly Old Gent-Don't all those papers make
yo Ist tibe BovSNo doesn't read en- sur.Punch.
Fan baths are the latest remedy employed by the
Boston City Hospital physicians IN the treatment
NJ tvDhoid fever. Heretofore the Ice plunge was
used and Ia-ient whose temperature had reached
the danger point soused in a bathtuo hIed
with broken ice until his teeth ratified This treat
,nent after q time was found to be too heroic as
the shock was too severe and pneumonia some
times developed Then ice wafer sponge baths
we're s,,bstituted but tie fan baths, the doctors
declare are Just the thing. The patient Is spolseo
off with Ice water first. then sheet that mas oeeh
soaked II ice water is wrapped about the oo0J 04N
more ice water IS sprinkled On the sheet ne GU
rent Il n elective fan is then turned on nm SC
that he is chilled by tie rapid evaporation caused
by the breeze Recent experiments have proved
this measure highly auccessfuL
Torp,d Tro-las-I'm a great adrnirer Nv Mark
Twain pal He's fayrite author. ---,+.,
Tornid Thomas-Dunno; but often read dat he
does ali his work IA bed-Puck
Reports Of hazing have recently been coming
from the Naval Academy II seems that the upper
class men have been amusing themselves by having
the ''pebes'' indulge IN pie races That is one OF
tho old tine honored customs at the academy,
said p naval officer. in commenting on the reports
of hazing. Tn my day, when l was a 'plehe. we
were required 10 have pie races every day that
oie was Ia. Dessert. and that about four days
in the week. C-. class men Of C7- able would
boast to those OF another that they had cham
pion pie-eating plebe.' Thereupon both tables
would pick out their best plebe pie eaters and n
race would be ordered. Frequently wagers on the
result were made between the upper class men OF
the Two tables II a plebe got suIky OF did not
nut ur a good race he visited with some PEN
atty Generally an upper class man would give him
q chapter or two Of seamanship to learn and have
him recte It next day I don't think the pie races
ever hurt any one. and the plebes' enjoyed them
as much the upper class men. but they were
never allowed to show their enjoyment
slrappy-when married you had no idea you
Mrs sErapPy-The very fact OF my conserving 1tt,
20 be your wife should have removed any douot5
you had that point-Illustrated Bits
A recent number OF the "Nepszava" Of Budapest
contains letter from Morris Rosenfed In which
lished about me. Are the sorrow and the distress
caused by my blindness not enough? Does the fact
that my six children suffer not cause me grief
enough? had benefactors and co-religionists who
befriended me. They gave TO me In keeping with
their modest means. had fallen into the hands OF
usurers who took my house from me and turned
me- with my family. into the street But
the full measure OF sorrow had not yet been
reached III viii spread the rumor OF my DEATH
so that the little friendly aid might be withdrawn
7 am forced to declare that I alive. although
death would be better than present conditions
My works have been translated into all
languages but never did receive cent for them
Now that my death has been reported the pub
fishers send flowers for the grave of the blind poet
But thanks from and from my children will so
only to those who have deprived themselves in or
der to help us"
waiter. n dozen oysters"
..Rnt there isn't no r. in the month. sir
rs this spelling bee or restaurant y cA-
Me-Up.
Ono Of the most remarkable rainfalls on record
was that OF a thunderstorm in Suva, Fiji, on the
night of August s. 1906. a report has been made
to the Royal Meteorological Society Of London that
the fall was continuous from p. m. until sunrise
of the following day, and that the rain gauge
holding 1875 inches. was overlooking at 10 p. M
again at . a. m. and third time at a m This
is an actual measurement Of more than thirty
seven inches. Besides the unknown overflow, II Is
supposed that there a further loss OF about
II per cent account of the height OF the gauge
which was twenty-five feet above the ground The
opnion is that not less than forty-one inches OF
rain must have fallen in about thirteen hours
An American official in England tells the follow
ing as illustrative of n well known Scotch charac-
teristic
Upon his accession to the throne OF Norway King
Haakon VII appointed colonel In chief OF n
certain Scotch regiment While dressing for parade
duty an enthusiastic subaltern was communicating
this information to fellow soldier
i.NIcI0onald :" said he, have you heard that the
new King OF Norway has been appointed colonel Of
the regment?'
''Indeed?' queried the Scot That's a vera fine
thing nowi But VIII he be able TO keep both Jobs?
-Harper's Weekly.