New-York tribune., 1909-04-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

e,,,,,e y, the streetcars and elevated railroad
trains of Chicago is to be prohlpiteo Dy Id" -
the recommendations made to mayor ouSse @ ~
the C1tv Council by the city traction expert MIL
1ard a tJereley are carried out. In his ahhual
report of the work of his department the pacto,'
expert declares that smokers are q common ilui
ssnce and should be suppressed Inc ofoliiS-iO
prohibiting splitting floors and platforms ana
cars will never be efectualy enforced until smok-
ing is abolished according to Mr. Hereley
..v-bs+ does your husband like for his break
@Anvthing I haven't got In the house "-Cieve-
land Leader.
.aTbe export Of canary birds to the United States
from this district during the year 1903 amounted
In ,aIue to $3.50 S5S' writes Consul Thompson at
Hanover against sl36S54 in 1907 1t Is estimated
that there are than Ave million Gagged piros
in the United States. The ordinary house canary
will eat twenty-five pounds Of seed year, which
renresents cost for each bird OF 81 80 1t will be
seen that this luxury represents an outlay on the
mart of the American people OF S7,5oo0o annuaIiy
for seed alone
HAS YOUR son had any success as lawyer
We'll no, to tell the truth he hasn't he mas mas
he has never been elected to the Legislature or
appointed receiver for AWNING; 0F ft Begins
look II he may have TO ceL exc 9arad Our
II will be forty-four years tomorrow that the
hody Of Abraham Lincoln reached chicago on 'lo
70 resting
,,ears also since President Johnson issued MS
,,,ar,ation Offering a reward Of 100000 foF
~. arrest of jefferson Davis. In the same proc
1or,ation with the award $4,000 each was OF
>ered for the apprehension Of Clement I. CIaS'
Jacob Thompson. George n sanders ana De- pe
erly Tucker. and $4,000 for the arrest OF III
lam c. CIeary. Nine days later DAVIS was C"P'
ured in Irwinsville. Ga
A snow furry in April is stll looked upon as
IN
Diates cups and all sorts OF dishes are placed
20 .DoS Se'f IS caFefniIy collected and bottled and la
belled April snow. for use as an eye wa water a 1t
lated eyeiids and styes
Mild excitement was caused Inter den Linden
in Berlin few days ago By the appearance OF
a coal black negro girl who was leading by
the hand a little daughter Of American FAM
iIv visiting that place There are several nun
dred negroes in the German capital but they are
all men. and many persons who saw the woman
had never before negress. member OF
the American colony in whose presence the sub
tect was discussed said that several years ago
he was also surprised in Berlin because OF a
negro. Il was looking display OF pipes in
a show window and. turning around, saw a negro
standing beside l had friends nor
quaintances in the big town at that time, and
was glad 10 have a chance to speak to some one
so began n conversation with the black man by
saying. A display He stared bankly at me
and said n German. 1 don't understand What?
Don't understand. Aren't you American?
Why no. l came here from Africa. How should
speak English II perfectly natural, but
to see a real negro who could not understand a
word English and who spoke German perfectly
was a greater surprise to at that time than
the black nurse girl could have been to the peo-
pie OF Berlin"
AS they passed fruit stand Brother Dekey said
Apples de de fall Adam"
Yes replied Brother Williams, but, praise
God. dey tastes mighty good"'-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Lieutenant Calvin F. Titus. 18th United States
Infantry, who a bugler the first to
scale the walls Of Pekng when the American
troops relieved the legation from the Boxer siege
in 1900 will become a chaplain in the army. His
valor in the Chinese campaign brought MIN
medal OF honor and appointment to West Point.
from which he graduated In 1905. few
months ago he resigned from the service in order
to enter religious work in civil life, but has de-
cided to do work in the army. first becoming a
ordained minister. Titus was born in Iowa in 1879
Little Tommy Whacken was taken by his mother
TO choose a pair of knckerbOckers, and his choice
fell on a pair to which card attached. stat
ing: These can't be beaten."-Current Literature