New-York tribune., 1908-12-07
FORGETTING TO FORGET.

oh, sad was the fate Of the Crossps sedate
Who thoughtlessly told all ne te kne"
He sat ia far , away in sGFT9wfI sgfTgS9n Sfate to view
PRAY tell us Why you are so pensive" they said,
What memories sad come TO fret?''
'of the things forgot to forget
They tell me. with tears. how the faraway years
But With an inteiigence trained. it appears.
Your feelings need not be so bad
M Ny mind is with trouble beset;
They are tracing deep wrinkles of care in my brow
Inc 'niiisS -'' SO' - washington Star.
A manufacturing concern In which only one-half
Of the employees work in the daytime has twenty
four-hour clock in the timekeepers office, by which
the work record IS noted The business day be
gins at 1 o'clock in the morning, and when other
clocks indicate midnight this factory dmepiece
shows that It IS "A O'Clock. The men who go TO
work at the time ordinarily known as s p m are
recorded as having started at Is o'clockN Ihe
people In charge Of the work say that this change
in the tme<eepng method has prevented many
errors and although IT took the men little while
to become accustomed to 1t they now speak OF il
and 16 O'Clock IN matter Of fact way and without
the smile which at first the strange figures pro
voked.
Ever been in jaH?"
Countless times. But that's no detriment to
man In my business"
And what is your business"
I'm chauffeur. Louisville Courier-JournaL
THE Westerly Or. - Sun rises to remark that
Frank A Munsey Of The Washington Times.
instead Of being a pioneer in his scheme OF a
Sunday afternoon paper in the capital is really
copying after ct least two other newspapers The
Sun" writes the editor, claims to be the originator
of the Sunday afternoon edition business, except In
the case Of a New Orleans newspaper, which has
been printed seven afternoons each week for good
MANY years We are ready 10 give Mr.. Munsey
credit for being the first IN wide circle of period
ical literature but he is out of it SO far as the
Sunday afternoon newspaper is concerned
Strangely enough. it's when a man comes right 10
the poi9t that he is considered Philadelphia
Record.
Dr. Paul Haupt professor of Semitic languages
at Johns Hopkins University celebrated last week
the twenty-hfth anniversary OF his acceptance of
the chair. Professor Haupt was called 20 Johns
Hopkins by the late President Daniel c Gilman
after serving a member OF the Faculty OF COT
tfngen. He was graduated from the University OF
Tetpsic IN 1878 with the degree OF Doctor Of Phi
losophy.
"A man VIII bad disposition" said Uncle Eben.
doubts a bout whether his usefulness on some oc-
casions pays foh his troublesomeness on others -
Washington star
A Daniel has come to Judgment in the Vermont
Legislature with d bill intended to guard news
papers against takers 1t makes the giving OF
false news to a newspaper with intent to deceive
punishable by fine ranging from 8 to SO for eaeh
offence I'VE hope that the Vermont lawmakers
will lose no time in making the bill statute,
saws The Boston Transcript" Its enactment
will fill a long felt want of Vermont editors and
blaze the way for the relief Of those OF other
states"
How much fuel DO you compute we shall need
on our motor trip" -,-
We'll suppose We say two gallons OF gasolene
and three gallons Of Scotch h-'-OuuhS-