New-York tribune., 1908-10-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

w decision recently in a Texas case. where 1t
WAS set forth that the drunkenness OF man VINO
was struck by a train railroad track cohst'u'-
ed contributOry negligence, the Court sa'o: tHeIo
vas evidence strongly tending to snow Ih'I ue
ceased was under the influence OF Intoxicating IL
,,,ors 70 such an extent to enable witness
to pronounce him considerably organized but
the Court did find that he was so alIecteu
bv uouor as necessarily to deprive MN OF l'Ie
,,se of his faculties and senses and TO make MS
attenpt 10 cross the track negligence per Sc SO
&c IN reorire a Deremptory instruction Tor the
defendant. The opinion, according to case ana
Comment" proceeds as follows: Men nave oeen
o++t,ey drunk ever since Noah celebrated the sub
stdence of the flood The ancient Germans from
whom the AngIo-Saxon race sprang, used TO pro-
-osa +bar laws in their legislature while drunk
and consider their passage while sober ana II
&C. g,,soacted bv some that their descendants pro-
nose laws in legislatures of the present oay
while in the same condition though thelr enact
want may not be considered while sober
Crotbes make the man. and want OF them
SalOme--I-te
"a, old how" writes TO thank The Tribune for
calling attention to the marching campaign OF
,sfO and its great clubs These clubs he says.
had as many members IN some towns as there
were voters or in other words. every voter was
wide Awake or a Little Giant and many
1-ouns- fellows who learned to keep step and 20
carry torch properly made use OF their knowl-
adge a few months later soldiers in the
Union army l also have my Wide Awake uni
form put away. 1t consisted of cap and cape
mot coat) Of black glazed material and swing
ing torch. The cap was of the regular fatigue
e+vYe of those days and was called later the
Piccilomini cap and after that, in honor Of the
hero of Alexandria, the Ellsworth The OLD
Wide Awake mentions also the Rail Splitter clubs
of 1860. the members of which wore blue flannel
shirts and carried wood axes He adds: In the
front ranks of these clubs always put the long,
lanky men, who carried large rails
THE CALL. OF THE PEOPLE.
Give rs the Man with an Issue that's real:
An Issue that's worthy our ballots and nd zeal; zeal,
He must win on its merits because II IS right
We want him for Governor-Hughes is his name
There are plenty can chart all the spots on the
But their brooms are too short cen to brush
They would if they could or they could if they
But the Man that want is the Man who's
He is sweeping the sun spots clean off from the
We want him for Governor-Hughes is the chap
So give US the Man with an Issue that's real, (,
The dread of the rogue and the hope OF the Just;
His slogan-"In God and the People we trust.
He's the Man Of the Hour and with ballot and
Well win him for 0overnoEmHughesi IS our choice.
The desire to produce novelties manifests itself
in the queerest ways. in artistic circles says
Figaro" and thus the famous Sevres porcelain
works recently completed and placed upon the
market dinner service the figures OF which
represent ballet dancers. They the more or
less graceful poses OF fourteen accomplished
women of the Paris ballet The centrepiecs shows
q group OF three figures in difficult poses Of the
Terpischorean art and every piece Of the table
service where such figure could be appropri-
ately placed. shows dancer IN the conventional
gauzy costume. The set made after models
by Pierre Carrier-Bellene and Gregore CaIvet
and has attracted much attention
Master-What part Of speech is the word egg?
Boy-Noun sir.
Master-Is Il masculine. feminine or neuter?
Boy (pcrpleXed)-Can't tell, sir
Naster-Is 1t masculine, feminine neuter7
Boy docking sharpl-Can't tell sir, till it's
hatched.-Wsmtern Christian AdyooatA