New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-27
THE TALK or THE DAY.


One Of the latest ideas for killing rats is a trap
into which the animal walks attracted by.an cleo
tTlc hght and display OF food. Once in he can
not get out, and electric current kills htr, IN
NIFTY or sixty seconds. The Apparatus can be so
arranged that the dead animal itself signals its
rate to any desired place. advising the Waterman
oy an electric bell or the lighting Of an electric
lamp that there is a rat carcass to be removed
Has that Teller Pinkicy returned home vstq..
GNoRe Hes been two years now howe and no
Wei. deTned II shouldn't think You'd be afraid
south Pole'-Cleveland Plain Dealer Wv
There is certain Philadelphia physician Of con-
siderable prominence who is renowned among his
riehds as the worst penman in the Quaker CITY
lie used 20 write them letters and then feel hurt
when they could not read them When he wrote
70 persons who we're not familiar with his scrawI
they frequently would not know whom the letters
were from some time ago he introduced a tvpe-
writer into hts office and this rendered the b,dv of
the letter Ineligible but did not clear I'd the dim
Guilty over the signature. Now however saws
'he Record he has had made rubber stamp
bearing his name and address I'm printing lie
signs his name in the usual scraUI but aIo,esi5e
ne lmpresses his stamp. II is a little humiIiatins
he SAYS. but he no longer has any trouble about
persons to whom he writes not knowing from whom
the letters are
hnt sad the srchant 70 the applicant ''you
You needn't worry about that replied ne man
Win me SloSe-cropped head and strange pallor II
behavior In my last laee'Catholio Standard ana
NrltiAs from Berlin. a correspondent OF The
Chicaso DAILY News discussed the alarming num-
DER or child suicides in Germany Investigation
proves that every week schoolbov kius hiv,so1s
IN Germany, and that this average has beep r,ai,
tanned for the last twenIS years. saws the CORE
spondent Opinion Is divided as TO whether blame
rests upon home conditions. such as the harshness
agement. case Is cited in which father ss,d
70 his son on the eve OF an examination IF vo,,
don't bring me your certificate OF promotion viii
not speak TO YOU again. The bow went into tbs
examination more dead than alive and luckily cot
his certificate. but investigator asks .Jvbat A.
he HADN'T" =
- Tain much uss O. arguin'.', said Ir,c,s Enar
III y9us ta!kn TO a man dat has mo sense dan Won
listen An il yOu's taln to one dat ANY Tui sC, an M
ryin to pass around SSSs Tastn yoR time
ington star. sN0a'oh' wash
At an uptown restaurant where -ood boor ,,
German dishes are the chief attractions a man
and two women evidently his wife ana daugbter
were guests one evening last week II was after
the theatre hour, and the place was alrnos, s,,II
When they had finished their bite the NO., -,
n cigarette case from his pocket handed n 10 thu
elder woman and then both began IN sr,ol-o
PRESENTLY waiter went to the table and inforr,ed
'ne people that women must not smoke in the
place Both man and woman seemed 10 he as
'Oiisnsu' ana asked why. The proprietor ad
VAheed and said ut Is considered improper" The
couple explained that this was their first vist, 90
ene couh,ry' ana the man wanted to know whether
MS wife had committed offence also by Joining
nun IN drink The dialogue ended by the
strangers accepting the proprietors invitation ~
ms apartment where his wife. who had witnessed
ene scene made the strangers comfortable IN,
onerins eisarettes and joining them IN the smoke
enc SAID TO the strangers: Il think as Won 40
when am upstairs" W
We are told, Tommy SAID the SUNDAY, d.,
s ,so tnst We should love our neishhcr Nan
Nno ls Noln nelghhcr. Tommy 'N"N'
btt tommy Tucker naaralv hlu.b.a So. -
iie,, ann sald nothing He didn't want 70 III ~
ii''ie snts hames-ChlcaSo Tribune 80 NC