New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An American mining engineer. recently
returned from Santo Domingo was telling
az the Waldorf a few days ago about the
struggle for existence that some of the
legion of army generates have when the
country is tranquil. 1t was two days
trim by horseback from the coast to the
mine A friend of the engineer arranged
for A man to handle his luggage on the
way. cook, feed the horses and perform
other odd Jobs Just outside the town the
porter, cook and hostler halted his horse
and dismounted. He then explained that
he could not enter the town with his pack
until nightfdll. The narrator asked the
reason All" replied the native, Il am
general of the republic and cannot af-
ford to lower the dignity of my rank by
being observed acting as a peOn.'
Brooks" said Rivers. after long pause
Tin incubatins bit of doggerel. Give me
rhyme for practice.
You know well enough. old chap" inn
patiently answered Brooks, 81 never made
a rhyme in my life. Why, the fact is
Good" iubilantly interrupted Rivers
That's exactly what l want! You have
saved my life
Whereupon the rattle of his typewriter
broke loose again.-Chicago Tribune.
HIS HONOR AND THE FOURTH.
Stand 4th. oh, Mayor or New \ ork,
As not at all quixotic,
But rather in your common sense
AS ultra-patrotic,
For you have wisely set the pegs
To make the Glorious saner,
And every Fourth hereafter shall
By Gaynor be gamer.
". j. HAMPTON
shes a horrid child" said six-year-old
Elsie: shes forever wishing she was a
boy
Well replied Kitty, also six, I'm sure
| wish | was, too
'Of course. but she wishes it out loud. so
the boys can hear her. The Catholic
Standard and Times.
August Thonct. who died in Vienna
few days ago, was the son Of the original
Brentwood furniture maker. In a sketch
of his life published in the "Neue Frcic
Presse'' Of that city the writer says that
Thonet's father was modest cabinet
maker doing business in Germany. ON one
occasion he met Prince Metternich at
Castle Johannisberg and showed him some
samples Of brentwood furniture. which
pleased the prince 50 much that he induced
the maker to remove to Vienna and make
the wares on "A larger scale. lie followed
the adyic-. and with his sons went TO
Vienna and I'm 1865 presented an exhibit
at the worlds fair in London. The WEN
ma furniture found favor with the public
and a large manufa curing plant was cs-
tablished which is now being conducted by
the third generation.
Il propose TO open an eXcluss hotel. no
room less than $50 a day.
Don't be too exclusive. y u'll ind that
the richer guests like to have a few poor
people around to snub - Louisville Courier
journal
Among the eight thousand applicants who
are anxious to join Captain Scott i'm his
British expedition 10 ihe South Pole are
all sorts and conditions of men doctors
engineers. civil servants. clerks. army Of
fcers, soldiers. seamen. railway porters
and men of private means. The man for
the work" said an official of the expedi-
ton. lis the man who IL absolutely physi-
caily fit i'm all points, Soundness is indis-
pensable as a safeguard against illness and
"a defence against cold. Good teeth are nee
essary. with eyesight and hearing that
have no faults. MoSt OF the applications