New-York tribune., 1909-01-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Writing to THE Boston Transcript on some
personal characteristics of w. c. Brown uhe ne"
president of the New York Central, a corfeSpoHu-
ent tells this incident illustrating his courage
Your readers may remember about twenty years
ago a sUitchnen's strike in St Louis. The switch
men had tied up all transportation In the yaros'
and armed with rifles, they dehed any man 10 AT
tempt to handle any cars there Brown came down
into the yard went right past the switchIneh ,
shanty filed with these fellows armed and deter
mined TO rule and going to a switch. he took hold
Of f. moved the switch and signalled the engineer
Of the locomotive to come ahead That was the
beginning OF the breaking Of the strike and II
showed Browns pluck.
soft turneth away 5 eSSted sdgsd the the
Simple Philadelphia Record
Camel steaks and roast camel are new dishes in
Paris which have become popular because they
were served at several dinners recently where nov
elites are usually introduced. People who saw two
ships Of the desert decorated with ribbons In front
Of a butchers shop in Paris naturally asked ques-
tions and only those who had heard Of the new rad
were not surprised to learn that they were as the
pIacard on one the animals stated; For slaugh-
ter orders prompt delivery taken here 1t
was at one of these novelty dinners in Paris that
Welsh rabbits the real cheese kinds. were served
as a substitute for the game course.
James. as l passed the servants hall to-day
YES. my Iady--when would that have been my
LADY,
oh. YES my Iady-that would have been Jane,
my lady.'-Punch.
recent number Of the 'Wiesbadener Kres-
blatt" contains this advertisement: Who tell
ma the name Of the aeronaut who few over the
RiedaIe on "Wednesday evening. about o'clock,
and enptied bags of sand which fell and buried
the delicious dessert of tarts, cream and compete
which were part of The dinner of my master.
actor at the Royal Theatre in this place." The
fact that the name Of the actor is not mentioned
caused the editor Of the paper to look upon it
genuine. and not an ingenious advertising dodge
Cigarette smoking kills germs said the con
:.Weil,S answered Miss Cayenne Il don't ap-
prove Of germs. but think the Society for the
notice Of such horrible death-'-Washington Star.
A dispatch from Rome to the Paris Figaro. on
New Years Day SAYS: On this day Tommaso Sal
vini celebrates his eightieth birthday The pupil Of
Modenas, Sdlvini won fame in his own country as
early as 1S4S and then received the laurels due TO
greatness the world over, making his most sue
cessfu appearances in England and the United
States Even the young generation keen to
take up and become enthusiastic over stars.
admire and veHerate Salvini. and see I'm him the
guardian Of the grandest heroic tradition. Only the
dreadful calamity which has befanen our country
could have prevented suitable celebration at the
venerable actors bueU retro
The celebrated soprano was in "a middle of her
solo. when little Johnny said 70 his mother.
does that man HIT at the woman with his stick?''
He is not hitting at her" replied his mother.
Keep quiet
well, then. what is she hollerin' so for?"-
Success
According to The Denver Post a marble-ke
material. declared he a great advance
other artificial stone, is made from the waste
Stag of blast furnaces, mixed with little lime
The Stag Is crushed and powdered. one-seventh
part quicklime is added. and the mass. made
into a paste with water, is pressed into moulds Of
metal. The blocks formed drying, have the
consistency of chalk They placed in iron
cylinders from which the air is pumped out and
then replaced with carbonic acid and after a few
days in this gas the hydrate of lime becomes
donated binding the into a rock of great
hardness. The finished stone takes high polish.
Stranger-How is the best way to reach the
automobile track somewhere around here?
Natve-Follow your nose mtster.-Chicago
News.