New-York tribune., 1909-06-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

/ I-noccuped places In the Chicago stockyards are
10 be made to bloom Instead OF unattractye
lanes and pens and roadways and great pare
buildings the yards to present stretches or
nower beds. with here and there buildings sur
J rounded with shrubbery. The scheme originated
with J. Ogden Armour and the first fruits OF his
plan NAV be seen at the general offices of Armour
& Co. where bright flowers are In bloom all around
the building. The packers hope that the visitors
TO the yards will find comfort in the flowers and
shrubbery after they have listened to the thousand
and one grating noises which hll the air at all
hours Of the day.
"owd Georges wooden leg been giving him
Don't You be taIkn' so foolish. wHum."
Its sure enough. Is OVID woman been a-wh"p-
pin him WI it"-London Opinion
Indicative of the relief afforded to employees Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. east and west of Pitts
burg by its relief departments are figures in the
annual reports for 1908 The sum of I,3I3.S56 43
was paid TO employees or their families account
of illness natural deaths. The amount paid
on account OF accidents was Sf7.353 O5. Expenses
OF operations. which were paid by the railroad,
amounted to $3s7.39i "a. The membership of tho
relief funds in 1908 averaged 129 S Since the relief
department was established in 1856 the total pay
ments to employees and their families have
amounted S262 102 o. OF which SlOO. .4O3 81
paid by the fund the lines west. and Ss.l71.-
by the department the lines of Pitts
burg and Erie.
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because you deserve II. mind, but because 1t
The Tramp-Thank you. num- Couldn't yer
make 1t tenner an thoroughly enjoy yourself
The Housekeeper.
Pleading for a national crusade against flies in
England The Lancet" writes strong indictment
against the little winged nuisances and suggests
a home exterminator. In our experience says
'The Lancet" the best exterminating agent is
weak solution OF weak formaldehyde in water
(say two teaspoonfuls to the pinb and this ex-
perience has been confirmed by others. 1t would
appear that flies a~e attracted by weak sou-
zion of formaldehyde. which they drink Some
die in the water. others get far only as the m-
mediate vicinity OF the plate OF water. but all
ultimately succumb and where they occur in large
numbers. hundreds may be swept up from the floor
1t is consoling TO know that by this method tho
flies have died under a dose of a fluid which is
fatal to disease organisms, fluid also which Is
; !nofensve and for practical purposes non-poison-
Gus. The method at once provides OF
diminishing the scourge and of securing to some
extent what is most desirable the dsinfection OF
the slain"
Br0wnM,Mere To,Ii is young ySung Smith Miss Robinson
Miss Robinson-oh, thanks He has quite a
BToTa-pslicate {, is hardly the word. sickiy
An extensive dealer in potatoes in Bermuda has
shipped to Avoca. steuben County. N y 125 bushels
of choice variety of this years crop, to be grown
III that locaIty, the crop TO De shpped pack TO
Bermuda to use as seed for next seasons planting
This method is adopted to obtain hardy and Wig
orous seed, and in case the experiment Is as sue
cessful It is believed 1t will be 1t is probable
that it will be repeated much larger scale in
succeeding seasons. Most OF the seed has already
been placed among leading growers, who have
contracted to grow it for forty cents bushel
Last year Bermuda grower put this method
trial at Waterville. Long Island. and the idea is
evidently gaining favor.
The Dominie-Pm glad to hear you say you
weren't angry with your father for furnishing you
for something you hadn't done
Freddie-Oh, 1 got square with. him all right
I did IL afterward.-Puck