New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

book has been discovered IN Vienna bearing
on its title page this legend: About the invention
Of air navigation 10y OF balloons and eagles.
by Jakob Rieserer; published the expense of the
author by Hem LOeschenkohl. Kohlmarkt. Vienna.
! 1901" II Is elaborate treatise aviation IN
which a balloon is steered through the air by
eagles which have been trained and deprived Of
their talons" Minute instructions given %
how the birds should be harnessed and suggestions
are made as 10 the employment OF double teams
and relays. The Ruthor-inventor expresses the
hope that his idea may he employed first 10 expe-
dite the delivery OF letters and dispatches. and
| that persons competent trainers OF giant birds
will carry HIS wonderful idea into execution.
Servant (who has been sent TO chastise a stray
cat for stalking chickensl-I-c -couldnt-catch i'm
mum-for the nearer-I got 20 'im-the further e
got away.-Punch-
The royal picture dealer is making preparations
for another sale" says the Brussels correspondent
of a Berlin paper. THE people OF Belgium
stin muttering about the sale OF the old masters
by King Leopold, hut the royal merchant Is not
disturbed and shows his disregard by sending a
collection OF 250 modern works Its first stage
| 20 the auctoneer's block The pictures taken
from the royal residence to the museum. where
they may be by those who pay for the privi-
lege three months. and then the auctiOneer.
Leopold viii also sell all the castle furniture. and
liberal American purchasers will receive gratu
ties letters of Louis Philippe which will guarantee
the genuineness OF the various pieces
SnaggSeS-beB pardon, mlster' I'm stranger
Farmer Harrow-well. l dunno OF anybody that
wants 10 git acquainted with ye. Crurns away)-
Boston Transcript.
The dancing masters congress which recently
met at The International Dancing Academy In
Paris determined after much debate to add the
dances known Boston and double Boston, To
the popular list for the l9O9-'1O Boston
described by of the delegates as less tiring
and more graceful than the waltz and twO-step,
both of which have Increased their hold on French
dancers. Dancers must rest, however," he says
even II they will not sit down. and In order To
give the opportunity some old fashioned, slow
moving dances will be revived in the coming sea-
son. One of these is known as the 'Varsovienne'
or 'Warszawa' as the Poles called It originally
Oui grandmothers will remember the dance. with
it's slide and hop features This dance may be-
come moderately popular. but the twO-step and the
waltz will not suffer"
''TelI me-ah-are you a-er-ah-a good. careful.
dress?''
"Ah-h-h! wot dye taake me fer-twins?"-
Harpers Weekly
Blind Travellers Defence Association has been
organized i'm Manchester England. Its object Is to
fight a recent order of the British railways prohib-
iting blind persons from travelling on their lines
without an attendant. This ruling. the association
contends, Is great hardship and an unnecessary
expense for people of moderate means. An appeal
TO Parliament for relief Is not unlikely. In a letter
to the association a clergyman said that he had
been stone blind for twenty-four years. in which
time ne had travelled frequently unattended He
was of the opinion that blind man OF sound mind
and health and ordinary intelligence was not liable
10 unusual risks in railway travelling.
Noitt-He lost his balance In Wall Street-Chi-
caSo News.