New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-14
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Most housewives do not know that sour milk is
| a preservative. Even oysters will keep In II FOR
some time A piece Of beefsteak was found 10 De
perfectly fresh after an immersion OF four or five
months Professor Ellie Metchnikon. Of the Pasteur
Institute Paris explains that the sugar In the
milk encourages the growth Of certain germs which
| form Tactic acid This acid destroys the germs OF
| putrefaction For this reason. sour milk and but
ternllk are often beneficial In allmentary disorders
which are accompanied by bacterial infection.
sweet milk will not serve because the sugar is
promptly assimilated and the friendly germs are
without slstenauce. on the other hand the casein
OF the milk remains and Tn II the bacih OF decay
multiply 1t is they which cause the class OF
symptoms known as bthousness
Customer haven't any change with me this
morning; will YOU trust me for postage stamp
until to- morrow?
Suppose should E get 5 Ke The los,
would be but a trite.-Tit-Bits'
E s o'Re,ny : now Oh one Of the longest horse
back rides on record. Attired in full cowboy dress
he is riding from San Antonio to Washington to
present TO President Taft an invitation from the
people OF Texas to visit that state this fall Mr..
ORelly will ride about 2,200 miles In all. He is
mounted a horse from the ranch or G. r.
Taft brother OF the President
This CAMPAIGN mas some unusual features
Both candidates claim the victory. spose-
Nothing unusual about that"
win. kansas city Journal
An innovation in railway train lighting has been
adopted by the Western Maryland Railroad. which
taps the West Virginia gas fields. Two of its best
trains between Cumberland and Baltimore are being
equipped with storage tanks for natural gas. If the
experiment proves a success the road plans To
only natural gas in all It's trains.
Don't chide me for carrying a revolver This
little gun saved my life once.
How exciting. Tell me about It,"
II was starving and pawned tt"-Cleveland
Leader.
However Ienitnt Chicago may be with its saloon
keepers II certainly overtender with its short
weight Ice dealers. Early in the "a set Of
stringent s"ritary rules for ice pedlers
adopted. and they have been rgidly enforced. Now
the police and the weights and measures inspectors
are hot after the crooked scale men one driver
who delivered eighty pounds of Ice TO a customer
and charged for one hundred caught in the act
and fine of $50 assessed against him At that
rate cheating seems to be under prohibtive duty.
Little wilre-say. pa. what is a genius?
lets in on the ground floor but Whom
force TO live in an attic.-Chicago News.
To increase the skill of girls and women who
have to their living the Austrian Min
istry OF Public Works is establishing female
trade school, 1t will all kinds Of feminine
handicrafts such as neediework and embroidery of
all kinds, dressmaking. millinery making artificial
flowers and feathers, designing work In gold silver
and pearl embroidery, laundry work. clothes clean
ing ana many other branches of womens work
The project includes general technical school
aeliers, special courses of instruction and evening
classes. The school will be open To girls of four-
teen and upward who shave passed through the
ordinary elementary schools. II Will be divided
into special departments for each kind of occupa-
ton and Will aim at giving a good foundation
knowledge of each kind of work. while at the
same time general education will be continued
combined with instruction i'm household manage
ment.
Yes, replied the gentleman who had been
named as defendant Sioux Falls and Reno
she is my mother-in-law twice removed '-Chicago
Record Herald.