New-York tribune., 1908-04-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

On q recent visit to Des DIoines. Iowa, General
Grenvile NJ Dodge. soldier and railroad builder.
presented 10 the curator of the state historical
partment the original papers and documents reIat-
ing to his career There are five large army chests
filed with the material General Dodge directed
the curator to arrange and preserve everything de-
sirable except certain items General Dodge accu-
mulated while chief Of General Grants secret
service.
RUFUS Choate once endeavored to make witness
Wal" said the witness. csuSnusly. 7 should
say that man who thought he d left his watch
had time 10 go hum TO get it, should say that
bodys Magazine
Luther Burbank. the horticultural wizard. is
going TO introduce his spineless cactus to the
deserts Of Nevada He has written to DR. A. y.
Heppner. Nevada physician who Is conducting
experiments some government land near FaIlOn.
that he is preparing shipment OF the cactus 70
Nevada and inviting the physician TO Join with
him in conducting the experiment and furtherlng
the propa cation of the plant on the arid lands
of Nevada.
Life at best is but a gloomy prison" said the
So much the worse for men who deliberately
choose solitary confinement" remarked the girl
who had her trap set.-Bohemian.
Franz Kossuth Minister Of Commerce in the
Hungarian Cabinet. delivered the chief address al
F-zegler on March u. the sixtteth anniversary Of
the March revolution. He spoke with enthusiasm
of the part which his father Louis Kossuth, played
in The great drama Of IS and said: Livery
age demands nav duties. Sixty years ago men had
70 show courage and even reCdessness- To-day
1,crr1a5ga and work toward a known object are
orr duties Which duty is more dtficult-a Few
months of enthusiasm, A fight Of d few days OF
the steady patient work toward noble end /
have tried both. and I know that the latter Is
+ta more difficult if for other reason than that
it's path is strewn not with laurel 0u' WIN
thistles
THE beginner on the bicycle runs into the oo-
fects he seeks 10 avoid. t-..t,f,. o< +be
= wish I could think as charltaby VI 'i7
chauffeur Louisville courier journal
,.., ,e,,s man in a large business concern in
a. sr..goode district has been regular cocktail
s,o,,,ar in nearby cafe for more than eight years
and the barkeeper always knows What 10 SeI'e
without receiving order Yesterday the plopii
tor gave mis- fancy drink archl'ecl oLueis - ~ -
friard the regular customer by putting only coIofeu
I'D ez,aatened water in his drink At the regular
time the man appeared. looked at the ticker as
,,suaI while his drink was being mixed ana theh
steDped to the bar and performed the operation,
Tho D-onrierOr stood where he could not pe seen
..i-fr,. for the kick The man evidently remem-
berad the day took his check, gave another glance
al the ticker tape. paid and walked out without
making any comment When the caIe proprietor
went home last night he was in doubt as 10 who
had the better Of the joke anu Wo'7ieA L IL '-
not lost a good customer
Cireen-What's that maxim about taxing care Of
Fr6wr-Take care of your pennies and let the
get-rtch-duick schemes take care OF themselves
Chicago News.
Jersey City will enjoy the distinction Of
1,a,-in., the largest clock in the world PhiIadeI
rnia's big dial ana TIE huge face OF the famous
clock IN the tower of Westminster, London, will
fade into insiguihcance when the mammoth ma
chine now being manufactured for firm across
rho river is completed II moving the minute hand
from The factory Connecticut an entire fiat car
had to be used This hand marks the tape at lsi.
feet and with its counterpoise weighs one-thtrd OF
a ton Il VIII travel - inches every minute, OF
more than half a mile day. The diameter OF the
ItsI is d feet as compared with . feet OF the
PbiIadeipnia clock or the 22 feet OF the Westmin-
ster clock The weight that moves the hand
weighs 2,00o pounds and the teial weight OF this
monster timepiece approximates six toh-.
Johnny-Whst is a bucket shop, pa:
FaIher-A place where you get sUahed-ILppin-