New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

A Union soldier, George Middleton. OF Chicago
has sent to Colonel W. b Holdeman. of LOUISVILLE
KY a contribution OF $50 toward proposed hlohu-
nent to General John H. Morgan, the famous Con
federate cavalry leader. Mr. Middleton serVeu
through the war as a private in Company f. 30
Regiment Indiana cavalry. He Is now weallhy
theatrical manager. Last summer niohunisii'
given by him honor of the soldiers buried III te
cemetery of his native city, Madison. Ind, was deo-
icated Governor Wilson Of Kentucky was the chlef
orator and soldiers of the Indiana and KENTUCKY
national guards Joined in the ceremonies
Whats the difference between valor and discre-
.:Wen. 10 go through Europe without tipping
would be valor?"
And TO come back by different route would De
discretion. Louisville Courier-JournaL
Under the title "A Genuine Daughter of Amer
lea the 'Koelnische Zeitung," of Cologne Whlch
recently sent a special commissioner on a tour Oh
observation to various American cities orters 10
the German public appreciation OF life ana man
ners in Chicago. says correspondent OF Inc
News" Of that city. The German critic writes:
ANY who wishes TO understand chicago must
understand its ugliness- 1t is ugly. Ihls at nrsO
IS the strongest impression upon the NINA OF tle
visitor A cloud of smoke and dust enveops MIN
and follows him even into his hotel room. Dirty
houses stand upon streets whose pavements are as
broken and uneven as rubbish heaps IN a stoHe
quarry The clumsy elevated roads throw the chleI
traffic of the streets into darkness Nowhere IS
with adornment
crying annoyed you Hes been cutting his tefth IT,
Topfoor "a crusty bachelor)-That IL ne te l1G
Of letting young child have knife to play Win:
Boston Transcript
NervIand's special legislative committee on auto
mobile regulations is out hot-footed atter tha1
dangerous nuisance the 10y rider. JOY TlolhS
must be stopped" says Colonel Sherlock Swami, a
member of the committee This reckless driving
Of mobiles does more TO create prejudice
against autonobng than anything else WhIe
the committee appointed by Governor Crothers TO
draft an automobile law has until the next Legs
ature to finish Its work It has already decided that
the severest penalties shall be imposed on chauf-
feurs and other people who use a car without the
owners consent"
bargain in mofors}If don't say she's much to look
at, but yor should see the way she takes takes hill.
Friend (callously)-Up or doWn.-Punch-
"a prehistoric Mordeca! Brown" says The Chi
Cago Evening Post" "att-ed in bronze brace
let tossed wooden ball bound in bear hide,
striking out Frank Chance, attred In an airy
suit of doghar, in the first ball game ever played
in America, according to indisputable evidence
which has been obtained by Professor Frederick
Starr of the University Of Chicago after eX-
tended examinations Of the earthworks Of the
mound builders in Ohio. The Chicago archseolo-
gist and ethnologist told his students that in some
Of the mounds he had found remains Of the balls
used IN the flrst games playeu on 'the CohIllehI
of North America, while IN others long heavy
implements were discovered which could be moth
ing but bats. These profound revelations set at
rest the long discussions between Philadelphia,
New York and Hoboken to what city was the
birthplace of American baseball. The game, like
many of the Presidents is a native OF Ohio
Going TO the North Pole IS no pleasure trip
said the sympathetic friend.
Well" ansU cred the Arctic explorer 1t reminds
me somewhat of the average pleasure trip. Every
body So anxious 70 start and so glad to get
home. Washington Star.