New-York tribune., 1907-06-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

New Yorl's troubles its milk supply seem
to have heen exported to Vienna, where there Is a
martial famine in the fluid and much complaint Oh
the quality of what is obtainable The dairy shops
refuse to supply any new customers. and close up
early in the day when their scanty stocks are sold
out The weather is blamed for the shortage The
severe and unusually protracted winter has caused
= serious deficiency in the supply Of green food.
and the Weld Of milk has suffered in CORE
spending degree. Vienna consumes an enormous
quantity of milk-more than eight hundred thou
sand ntres day. or something approaching an
average of nearly pint head for tho whole pop
uation. Whipped cream enters largely INTO the
composition Of the toothsome cakes and sweetueats
for Which the Austrian capital is famous and
coffee the staple beverage. uses UP much cream
and milk.
Ever notice it?'. quered the propounder of ques-
tioTs on the netamegt plant sed the partv Of the
That the man with the narrowssst mind e prone
to make the broadest assertions?' concluded the
other.-Chcago News.
A NJ Chalmers. the British Consul in North
Formosa says in his latest report 20 the Foreign
Omce that the number of opium smokers In his dis
trict appears to be slightly decreasing. there having
been 133 at the end Of 1906 against 1922 in De-
cember. 1905. This decrease. however appears 10
he mainly among the poorer classes. as among
smokers Of first class opium there has been an In
crease and there IS little dminuttOn in the actual
value of the opium consumed. 1t is estimated that
per cent Of the native Chinese are smokers, the
proportions In the two sexes being one male in
every fourteen and one female in every one hun
dred.
Johnny. doesn't your conscience tell you that
Yes. mother. but father said wasn't 10 believe
everything heard Punch.
A few miles from Stella Mo-. is unique live
stock establishment. Browsing about in perfect
contentment IN a deer park is herd OF beautiful
deer. This deer park consists of fifteen acres and
present there deer the place. eleven
having already been sold this season. The young
deer are sold each year and bring $50 pair They
are shipped in August or September. a Mr.. Rose
berry has been raising and selling deer for four
teen years having as many twenty-five hand
at one time. The herd usually doubles in number
each year.
'Nonsense!' said the man of peculiar faith TO
his hoarse and sneezinG friend. You only imagine
Perhaps you only imagine that think you're a
& RE eIO1eq % & s,e b' bi bd p rr 'te f tb
ing-Philadeiphia Ledger.
\ remarkable wager on horsemanship was re-
Gently made and by a young German military
officer. The officer in question. Lieutenant Krause
Of the artillery. laid bet that he would ride on
horseback from Bucharest TO Rome. keeping not
only himself but his horse IN good condition
throughout the journey. The lieutenant has arrived
in Florence on his ride from the Rumanan capital
He is to reach Rome within fifteen days from the
start.
Dora--The wretchl To propose to both of us on
Flora-How shall we punish him?
Dora-In tell you-you accept him, dear.-PhiIa-
delphia Inquirer.
The British government is surrounding with
crecy the extensive experiments IN military bal
looming being carried az Aldershot. The army
balloon establishment is under the control OF Colo
mel J. E. Capper c. b, Royal Engineers. and
consists Of seven officers. seven sergeants. two
trumpeters and l27 enlisted The military
balloons made OF six-fod gold beaters' skin.
and usually inflated with hydrogen When un-
dertaking long trip the aeronauts generally carry
zinc shavIngs and suphurc acid with them to re-
penish the supply of gas in an emergency.
The Club Woman-You have no mind OF your
own. YOU mcrobei You're merely of those
persons who think they think!
Only Her Husband-You fiatter me. dear: often
fancy that imagine only suspect tbiuk.-PUck,
At the poultry farm of Mrs. wilks. at Bulweu
suburb Of Nottingham. England. tortoise shell
colored cat is acting the part OF foster 20
brood of seven chickens. They hatched about
q month ago. but owing 10 their mother refusing
to pay any attention 10 them Mrs. wilks took the
chicks into an outhouse. placing them in a wire
fronted box. They had not been in their new home
many hours before the cat made it her business
TO join them in the box. playing with them as
foster mother. Rarely does the cat leave them for
more than an hour. report says.
Hlcks-It costs more to live than It did a hun
dTed
Wicks-And yet very few OF us would like 10 be
the people who lived then.-Somerville Journal
-