New-York tribune., 1908-04-09
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Difficult subjects require careful handling and
for this reason room clerk womau's hotel
must have special qualica tions. one OF the many
applicants To- approaChva clerk Of this class a
Young. prepossessiuE woman who. few days ago,
walked 90 the desk and deSitatiuglv asked II a
room could be had "a moderate price Would you
like q q dollar ana q half a dave With a
startled look she replied. 81 want three dol
lars veel" We have rooms at that price but
none Vacan- You that the office is full
guests. and il is not probable that we shall have
such room YOU desire until one of guests
dias-or gels married" Sweeping the Office with
her eyes, tho -ouuE woman replied, sweetly. 'Oh,
then il is hopeless,
Briggs see 10y the paper that the. Russian
uoaai debt BOW amounts TO four hundred and
yweutV-tve billion dollars.
thizs with fle-LHe.
in recent lecture at the Harvard Medical
School pr Maurice Il. Richardson act forth the
absolute need OF resorriug TO the knife in certain
cases The idea that the surgeon lacks sensbiIltv
and is more or less Indifferent To- human suffering
ana may even perform an operation when not
absolutely necessary no declared TO be all wrong
He said that the contrary shown by the fact
that tie surgeon IL constantly laboring 10 make
hjs profession UNNECESSARY. by preventing the re-
curreuce of The diseases for which he operates. as
we'll bv cUdOavoriug 20 cure without resortius
20 operation a popular deusiou that the surgeon
Is snpiy looking for an opportunity to keep busy
all The time" DR. Richardson added results In
persuaded ny friends not to submit to oper
alton, until IT is 700 late 70 save the patient"
II notice she bowed 10 YOU. Is she an old ac-
O sort of distant relation She was the flrst wife
Of my second wife first husband. .'-Chicago Trib-
An American tourist in q recent letter gives q
description OF the great clock which has lust been
completed for the Rathaus or Munich. The clock
says the writer, lis only one of the features. and
not of the most wonderful. There is a monster
chime and moving figures represent ID combat
Jetwecu mounted knights, d national dance an
ancient night wltchman angel OF peace. a clown
. and cock After the hour has been sounded the
chimes play a national song. then two figures
which stand near the dial strike the hour again
urtA heavy sleuges- Then second song is in
. toned ON the bells and the tournament begins
While this is in progress a third melody is PLAYED
. and tine group OF figures representing peasants 40
through the motions Of the Schafier dance The
clown makes grotesque movements and the cock
crows. Tn the night hours tbe watchman appears
after the hour has been sounded. A lighted Ian
tern rs iu uiS hand and ne disappears around
an angle OF the towe- his bUgle sounds a well
known call and with its last note the angel of
peace appears
.stmpEns refuses 20 have. his fiat papered.~ re-
Whats the .nattor now7" inquired the owner.
Judge '''s' 'S II Is
I'm "a batch ot of1cial documents from the Philip
pines recently received appears evidence that some
o[ ucle Sans servants over there ar not averyc
10 adding biJ here and there 20 their official
salaries. An executive order by Governor General
smith calls attention to reports that municlpal
officials. FL number Of cases. have made 81 "a
practice 20 sell current unused postage STAMPS AT q
profit ar times when such stamps could not be OBJ
tanned at fae local postoffice" The Governor Gen
eral orders the practice stopped and adds tb,t
violations OF this order will ne considered Sufi-
ceut cause for appropriate administrative discl-
pline."
fIook-I understand ne married q cool million
COOKIES. out hes complaining because he
hasn't been able TO thaw out any Of ILLUSTRATED
Bits.
Secretary Metcaf Of the Navy Department is
giving attention to the question of the pra actict-
bility OF using oil instead OF coal as fle Tor
surface torpedo boats. and interesting experiments
will be made this summer along this line II has
been estimated by officers that radius OF oper
alton Of torpedo boat would he increased at lest
- per cent If oil substituted for coal as fuel
An added advantage coal would be the facility
with which oil tanks could be hled Extra oil
tanks could be installed In a mother ship and
naval officers say that would be an easy matter
10 transfer the liquid fuel TO the small war craft
even In heavy weather.
Some people" said the Rev Mr Goodman .csn
never be made 10 appreciate the value OF religion
That's right replied Manchantz. the uer-
chant, they don't know how catch the church
trade at aiL'-Philadelphia Press