New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Brigader General George H. Torney the new
surgeon general of the army. is Baltimorean by
birth. THE Sun" says Of him: He achieved his
principal distinction. perhaps, in the work of san-
tation following the San Francisco earthquake and
FIRE calamity April. 1905 He then in com
mand Of the hospital at the Presidio and all the
details OF the army's medical relief work fell to
him. The sanitary conditions Of San Francisco
were made safe within one week after the disas-
ter. This work won for the new surgeon general
enthusiastic public praise from the Mayor of San
Francisco. the Governor OF the state. officials
of the citizens relief committee the Red Cross
thorities, Surgeon General ORenly and even secre-
tary Of War Taft. Mr.. Taft has borne this record
in his memoC since"
our sales of Indigestion tablets are falling off
rapidly, said the proprietor of the patent medicine
establishment. We must do something TO counter
ate Of chng mot dishes d9r the the
tising expert.-Phiadephia Record.
The proprietor Of restaurant I'm Munich has
adopted novel method Of paying his walters. In
stead of receiving fixed salary each will be
paid according to the number OF miles which he
covers in the of his work.
Have you ever seen the prisoner at the bar?"
Yes. judge. and he can drink like a nsh.H-Har
per's Weekly.
Captain Herbert Winslow L. s N who IS ex-
ecutive officer at the Charestown Navy Yard is
a great stickler for the honor of the service The
other night he did sentry duty for half an hour
low discovered that an entrance gate had been
deserted by the marine. He Immediately assumed
the mans place and had some minutes wait before
he secured messenger to telephone for a marine
relief. Until the post manned by a new ma
rine guard Captain Wnslow stuck out in the
cold and drizzle
Gyer-There goes "a the weather seldom
Myer-So? Who is he?
Gyer-He's a government weather forecaster-
Chicago News.
A souvenir of the Civil War came into the hands
of a delcatessen merchant en- the East Side a few
days ago which showed how scarce small change
must have been In those days. 1t a green
Scent postage stamp, enCased in thin metal
frame the size Of old copper cent. The face of
the stamp protected by a disk OF mica. On
the reverse side the improvised coin was stamped
Coed for three cents" This queer substitute for
money was given along with other small change by
a woman who said it the last OF a number of
similar pieces which she had owned for many
years. and the man who took the combination
stamp, mica and tin for three cents in speaking of
It. said: The woman looked If she was pros
porous once and was sorry to give up the piece"
y suppose your motto is business before pleas
''No. sir" answered Mr. Dustin stax In my
opinion when business is good there is greater
pleasure Washington Star.
Stories about umbrellas" said a New York
physician, when that useful article the subject
OF discussion ''are fish stories. and
often test Just severely the credulity Of those
who listen TO them. This is true A patient
teIephoned hour after he had been al my office
morning that he had left his umbrella on the
hall rack would I that IT kept for him?
Ny servant found it, and that evening while we
were at dinner he called got the umbrella and
came in to thank me. Then he told long story
to how he valued the umbrella because he had
carried it long time, and It just the right
weight and showed dent in the silver handle
which had been made by his little boy when he
used 1t hockey stick. I wife smile
while the story being told. She understood
my wink. however and said nothing. But
when the had gone away with the umbrella
under his laughed. for had recognized
the umbrella which I had carried out and never
brought back more than three years ago.
BY one of dem wise provisions of nature" said
Uncle Eben. "a man dat thinks he's too good TO
work ain ginerally competent TO do work dat 'ud
amount to muffin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Star.