New-York tribune., 1908-01-20
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

London has a new society which purposes 10
ma ke war on rats. Precise data being unattsi7-
able we must have recourse to estimates OF me
minimum number of rats in a particular country.
savs 1.-THE London Express" Continental scIer-
fists think that there are AT iea7e
as many rats in given country as human oelhss-
The population of the United Kingdom peihg aOoue
fortv-fo1r million IL would therefore be recKohed
that there are between 100000 and 5o"vV" ra1S
hiding I'm our sewers beneath houses ana ID
our fields But can get closer ngures man
these Organized anti-rat campaigns have Oeeh
carried out in several towns. among them Cope"
hagen and San Francisco. The populauoh Oi
Copenhagen and its suburbs to-day Is soiii'.
over half a million In eighteen weeks one nun
dred and three thousand rats were desroSeo-
population of San Francisco is about four huiiui 0i
thousand In four months OF incessant waTLaIe
one hundred and thirty thousand rats were hllisu-
When rats are attacked they are known 10 l7d'e
the danger area in droves Assuming tnat one
hundred and thirty thousand rats ned Hoih o@ii
Francisco and that another forty thousahu re-
nained alive on the of battle. we nave TOTAL
of three hundred thousand. average OF three
rats to four people. On this basis we can sAteE
Dut the minimum number OF rats in this country
at thfrty-three million. The maximum may be MY
sixty million
rs II true there are quadruplets at Luschnan
no: only twins Luschman started that rlmoT
because he didn't see them until aIIer li hr rs
celebrating their adv vent-'-Phliaoelphia fieSS-
Monterey Mexico, IS putting on StSle t4i~70 N"'0'
according to Consul General Hanna me Oiu
s+,,Ie Mexican dwelling houses here contained fe"
glass windows he says, and the trade In VIRGO"
glass was insignificant. Six years ago there was
scarcely a store Monterey containing WINDOWS
large enough for an ordinary display Of goods and
Mate glass windows were entirely unknown Ihe
cfrv has greatly changed; all new dwelling houses
and many of the old ones which are beihg re-
modelled are well supplied with windo" glass
Nearly all OF the stores and shops OF the princlpaA
vIaTa class zhn
windows
.'Jn vour opinion" asked the member OF the in
vestigating committee what IS tne cauSe "a ''40
evident unrest among the Indians ,, -,
Comanche Pete. the noted scout blew a cloud OF
smoke into the atmosphere -, .,
Then he. took his pipe out OF his mouth
''FIeas" he answered.-Chicago Tribune
One of the enthusiastic members Of the red flag
fraternity OF New York Is baker. His earnest
arguments in favor Of socialism attracted the al
tention of some who sat near the group OF
which he in an East Sde hungarian
coffee house. and one of the party asked 10 D"
presented 10 the eloquent youth. He was much
surprised to hear that the bakers name was Scott
You are a Russian a Hungarian. are you not
the visitor asked II wonder how you came Dy
vou- name" II got that at Ellis Island, ne said
and must thank my brother for IL He came from
the West to receive me. and told the first.
thing that IL I wanted 10 get along must cut OF
part of my name He is still burdened with ScofIn-
sky. I followed his advice and cut of the insky'
and my friends soon put Oh the extra I Charies
Scott is certainly better name than Chain Scotin-
skv in this country; but 1 have not succeeded IN
convincing that man" pointing TO white-oearded
man near by. He has my old name
And who is hep
That's my father"
What did you think Of the opera
I'm quite clear about it.. answered Nj
couldn't appreciate it because had headache or
whether I got headache trying to appreciate IT.
Washington Star.
A Geneva music teacher H king is the latest
contributor 70 the controversy over the origin Of
the music OF God Save the King" In his pam
phlet King SAYS that Hell Dir i'm Siegeskranz
mas been credited TO John Bull, Smith. Purcell.
I.UlIy. Handel and Schumacher His investiga-
tion. however brought TO light the fact that it
was originally a Geneva national hymn. written
TO celebrate the victory of Geneva the troops
of the Duke of Savoy in 1902 The title Of the cong
was ''ce qu'e TAino." II sung for the first
time at a patriotic feast 1903. Four years
later it appeared in England God Save the
King" and was sung IN honor of James 1 after
an arrangement by John Bull At the beginning
of the eighteenth century Nine. de Brisson wrote
words for the melody which was worked over by
Luy into French patriotic song for the gIOrihca-
tion OF Louis XIV. Then the motive taken by
Handel for a song 10 King George of Hanover.
At the end Of the century il went 10 Germany
again, by way of Denmark. where Clergyman.
Henry Harries. took the melody for a birthday
hymn Christian VII This published n 100
II became a national anthem with eleven Verses
which number reduced to five by Schumacher
in 1875. II Schumacher also who reconstructed
the words 1T Prussian conditions. Early in the
nineteenth century the melody went back to Swift
zerland in the form Of a national song. for which
Zwissig wrote words. These translated
quickly into French and Italian. King does not
mention My Country. 'Tis of Thee
The Backer-Go it, Billy yer amt half licked
yet
The Fighter-WelI. you and the other
art. l amt greedy,-LondOn Opinion.
APPENDICITIS AND HORSEBACK RIDING.
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