New-York tribune., 1909-06-19
THE TALK or THE Day.

Lincoln Gladstone. Chopin and all the great
who would have reached their huudredth
year had they lived tin 1909 lie deceutly eutombed.
each IN the country 10 whose history he gave
lustre." says Paul Herden. IN the Berlin Post ."
Some rest amid ponp and spendor. others simply.
but all decently-.lI except Haydn. whose body
lies in the Esterhazy vault at Eisensadt while his
head IL In Vienna. or course the story IS not
one but the hundredth birthday OF the composer
recalls IT, The head was stolen by q scientific
ghou named Peter. ten days after the burial
Peter had collection Of skulls which ne was c6m-
PEELED. however. to break up and the HAYDN skull
went To Roseubaum. through whom il was CON
veyed. years Eter and by circuItous route. the
Vienna Conservatory Or. Lueger. the Mayor OF
Vienna. showed great anger al a recent meeting
when he referred to the body Of the composer OF
Austrias national anthem lying In Hungary, but
was consoIed when the fact Of the heads being In
Vienna was mentioned
silence is golden remarked the man who is
fond of tIite quotations 1T ought to be. srowled
the practical politician. "its costs enough "-Phila-
dephia Record
\ plan to relieve Mayor Mahool Of many Of the
grinding details of his work has been proposed by
baltimore man. lie suggests that Vice-Mayor
be elected to look after purely formal and routine
matters. leaving tho MVor free to attend TO the
large problems Of his Office. A striking example
Of the vast amount routine work which the
Mayor Is compelled is Illustrated this
of the year. when he is obliged TO sign
aggregate seven hundred diplomas for the city
College. Eastern and Western High schools. Poly
tecnnic and Coored High schools" says The Sun"
'Did his widow succeed In breaking his will?'
Yes; long before he died '-kansas City Journal.
At a downtown restaurant a group of business
men We're discussing the weather and records were
being looked up with view T." finding a season
which was more wet than the present. The senior
OF the party had little to say until all had spoken
and then he referred "a spring season In New
York which broke all records. This was in 1881,
lac said when it ratned every day I'm May, and
that was the year when the whole Hudson Valley
was soaked as it never had been before by spring
freshets People who lived in New York at that
time knew what wet season was
Are you popular with tn the Kasa girs2 ,n,rodn,.s
me as a friend OF her sister s''-Cleveland Leader
In an address following the acceptance Of the
degree of Doctor of Laws at Jefferson Medical Col
lege Philadelphia, Colonel William C. Gorgas the
SANITARY wizard of the Panama Canal Zone said:
we have now been at work on the sthmus five
wears our average white force has been 6,449 If
We had lost a the / estimate the
French did, We would already have buried ABB
white men from yellow fever alone. We have an
average of 4,S52 Americans. including employees.
their wives and children. Al this rate we should
by this time have lost from yellow fever 1885
Americans At the end of the fifth year of work
this loss from yellow fever alone would have been
according to the French hospital figures s,46s
Americans; according to my estimate s,0s7 The
actual loss has been 10. At the end of hve years,
from all causes and in the whole force this loss
would. according to my estimate. have been 1850.
Our actual loss has been 3.3t7"
The Teacher-Do you know what an island is
The Boy-D9.o you mean Blaokwelrs Island7
why it's piece of land entirely surrounded By
guards. .''-Yonkers Statesman