New-York tribune., 1908-07-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


stitious persons who believe in the thirteen hoo
doc should have nothing to do with quarter
dollar for the unlucky thirteen is mucn IN eVl-
dence on the coins of that denomination He mas
noted that on the face Of the coin there thir-
teen stars and If it happens to bear the date 1903
those figures total thirteen. On the reverse side
there are thirteen stars above the eagle. thirteen
letters In the words "E Piuribus Unum.' which
appear on the scroll held IN the eagles beak: thir-
teen horizontal bars the shield, thirteen arrow
heads held In one claw, while the branch held in
the other claw has just thirteen leaves and the
letters of the name. quarter dollar at the bottom
count up thirteen. Some future President says
1.-The philadelphia Record" may take it upon HIM
self to alter the design of the coin. but this is not
at all likely. for there is good reason for the de-
sign embodying thirteen articles so frequently. III
asmuch as the states which originally composed
the Union were thirteen in number.
PREFERENCE,
A chap may have a touring
OF sixty horse or so.
And scorn to hire French chauffeur
Yet. though ifiong it it be boHndless Joy
Me for quiet seat with her,
Right back in the limousine
Chicago recently launched a frebOat which the
CITY proudly believes TO be the most up-to-date
craft of its kind in the world. She is the first
floating fire fighter to be propelled by electricity
and is to be equipped with turbine pumps capaple
of throwing 5000 gallons minute. The nozzies
standppeS Will De IdIiseu dDOut IiiO SOA4SA -
the craft. fourteen feet from the deck This Is
TO prevent the handicap experienced on the old
boats where the hose connections are on the FORE
castle and the stern. hard to use when ngntlg
a bIaze close to dock Another innovation is the
use of "spuds" long legs running down to the
bottom of the river, such be seen at any
time on a dredge BY their use the boat can be
uoored in the middle of the river, while her entira
crew gives attention exclusively to drowning out
blaze on shore
Tn order to succeed in life" said the experienced
person, you must not be afraid to make enemies
Then answered the tractable youth, you
would probably advise to put in some time as
a baseball umpire. ."-Washington Star
A Berlin paper quoting Nature" says that
New York is the third German city in the world
in point of population. with $4,000 Germans
il is exceeded in size only by Berlin. which has
about 1000 900. and by Hamburg which has $780,
600 The other large German cities are Munich,
$40 900, and Dresden, 500. 600" This article
called to the attention of DIR. Maurice BaumfeId.
the director of the new German theatre in New
York by a Vienna reporter, who wondered how
one theatreecoud supply the demands of so large
a population. up TO this time" said DR.. Baum
field "one first class theatre has been enough.
This may have been partly due to the fact that
the young people not sufficiently interested in
the language of their parents, but 1t certainly
largely owing TO the location Of the theatre. My
house will be In the residence district where
there never was a German theatre before and I
hope when I come here again I will be able to
saw to YOU that German theatre is no longer
sufficient for the third German city in the world"
smart Irishman was leaning against a post
when a funeral procession passed. Who's dead?'
some asked.
Il don't know" answered the Irishman but
presume it's the gentleman in the coffin. ."-TitBits
The era of { "cubless cop" has dawned for
Chicago The Toledo idea-advocated by the late
Mayor Sam Jones-that policemen do not need to
be armed with clubs and revolvers and things of
that sort is being tried IN Chicago This applies,
however. only to the tfafc squad of three hundred
and fifty men, who like New York's crossing
guardians. really have no use for police heavy
artillery.
Hobo-Durin' Yer afternoon nap, Willie, you wuz
smilin' an cooin' like a tree-mont sold baby.
His Pal-No wonder. / dreamin' l had a
job "a dsmonstrator fer y brow 'ry!-Puck