New-York tribune., 1908-06-10
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Brewers and wine growers complaining OF
the falling off In the consumption of their goods III
Vienna and particularly the brewers FROM hsuie'
recently published II appears that the Flehhese
in 1907 drank million and three-quarters gailons
less of beer than In 1906 and 10000 gallons less OF
wine and this In spite of the fact that the popu-
lation increased by 1900 About twice as mucn @
beer as wine is drunk, there having been z''ooo'V"
gallons of beer consumed in the year. against 49,
45s 600 gallons of wine. The falling off in the
quantity of beer consumed is relatively much
greater than in the case of wine. The decrease
is said TO not so much TO the CROWN III
the temperance movement as TO depression III
trade and consequent reduction IN the spenuihs
capacity of the working classes.
Guest Ito lonely looking man in the corner-
Awf;ly fa dduBt st1Btd Of sfffiT' it, don't 20" '"'lA
no man n4IO would ever dream of giving mixed up
::That's what l told m. ny " wife
.sHsrv iikeIV she's giving the partyr'-London
Opinion.
Among the passengers a train from the west
which arrived at the Grand Central station one
afternoon recently was party of four-raan WIG
on, ,uo small children-who had never been IN
New York before On the train the man was 'olo
that he would find cheap cabs at tho statioH ~
take his party the hotel, and when the tratii A
rived he gathered up mis- many belongings, ana
with a grip in hand and q baby on his arm
walked through the station. followed by his WIFE
carving another child and heavy bag. Follow
ing the directions of his friend on the tram ne
went through the station to the east end. found
the cab and told the starter he Wahted 10 so 'o
hotel on the West Side.
..Did Won come off the train?' the starter asked
Certainly" said the man, pointing TO his bur
den
Well YOU should have come the other way
The man walked all the way back, and after
r,uch asking reached the cabstand by the right
route but was told Cant serve you-the hackmen
on the street saw you come through the wrong
way Can't serve you" Then the man went pacK
to the station called friend the telephone.
said that he and his family were stranded at the
Grand Central Station, and wanted some one who
knew city cab rules to come and help him out
Pa-sometines 1 get discouraged about Willie.
Ma-What's the matter, now! . - ,.
Pa-Here he is, eleven years old, and ne can
throw outcurve yet.-NeWark news
An italian correspondent Of THE London Tines
predicts that the use of concrete in boat building
will! largely take the place of iron and steel He
saws: Large boats of reinforced concrete have
been built already in this country, and five Of
these of 120 tons and more. were on commission
for the Italian navy The first of these boats
1aO-ton barge. was built in 1906, the plans of
Mr. Gabeini. Italian who has given his whole
attention to reinforced concrete and who for many
years has been conducting experiments with this
class of material This boat which built
with double bottom and of the cellular type
submitted to severe tests in the Spezia Arsenal.
where much larger boat built Of iron and with
iron directed against it without
ducing any considerable damage to it. After some
time and in consequence of the satisfactory results
given by this first boat four of these barges
were ordered account Of the Italian navy
restaurant keeper noticed that some of his GUS
toners annexed the current days papers for an
irritatingly long time. He hit this little piece
of sarcasm. Prominently displayed on the walls
the announcement:
Those learning to read are requested to use yes
terdays newspapers" Weekly.
Dartmouth College is discussing the question of
q successor to President Tucker, whose retirement
on account of I'll health Is expected One
Of the men prominently mentioned for the place is
Representative Samuel w. Mccall, of Winchester,
Mass, alumnus of Dartmouth. A report from
Hanover, n. H, says that If Mr.. Mccall is willing
give up his seat in Congress he IS likely to
be chosen to head the college. Mr. Mccall, how
ever has not yet indicated readiness to exchange
his chair Washington for Hanoyers
Well remarked gentleman, after a long ar
gument on the question of mans superiority over
woman, lat least there Is good, sweet and
perfect thing which man can have and woman
cannot"
Never" cried his wife. passionately. Never!
l deny it! What do you mean?"
"A w1fe!"-Tit-Bits.