New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-22
President Taft has earned his vacation.
THE TALK or THE DAY.

An English paper. commenting on the
efficiency OF the London Postofice, says
that letter was recently received from a
Continental city which bore in lieu Of adj
dress on the envelope the word London"
and drawing Of a shield. which was red
in color and showed five intcrtwinod ar
rows Under the shield was the motto:
"ConCordla, lnteeretas. Industrial The
letter was promptly delivered TO the bank
ing house OF Rothschild. for which it was
intended The achievement seems 20 have
excited no great wonder in the Berlin
Post" which asks: with the coat Of
arms Of this house 50 we'll known. where
else could tho letter have gone? When
letter addressed Herr Schletz, Berlin finds
it's way promptly to the person for whom
IT is intended there is reason for APP
plause."
Been abroad. have YOU, RugGles?'
yep. Six months
Have q good time
You bet | did, Ramage-host ever
had"
"ITmph, How did you get back?"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Aguinaldo. former leader Of the Filipinos,
is leading quiet life as a well-to-do
farmer. according to Judge q. ". Trent.
member Of tho Supreme Court Of the Phil
ippincs. "Acuinaldo." said Judge Trent TO
"The Washington Post" has a farm Of
several hundred acres in Cevito. just across
the bay from Manila. He rarely visits
Manila and on the occasions he does 20
there II is generally as witness In a
court case. Apparently, the once noted
insurrecto has lost all political ambition,
and desires only 10 be let alone to pursue
his occupation. ] am told he IS good
farmer and that he is making money out
of agriculture He never talks about the
instruction DAYS and declines to discuss
poitics. II he were to seek an elective Of
fee | have no doubt that he would be
chosen. fer he is still popular with the
native Filipnos"
you got = raise in pay Didn't you?'
Yes. hut II didn't DO me any good
why not?'
81 tax in my sleep and my wife found
out about it."-Toledo Blade
recent bulletin Of the Bureau Of En-
tomology Of the Department Of Agriculture
calls attention to the ravages among pine
trees Of the Southern pine beetle. Says the
bulletin: Its destructive work is indi-
Gated 10y the fading greenish brown and
reddish brown foliage Of patches of dying
Young or old trees, and careful eXamina-
ton should show galleries IN the bark OF
the middle and upper portion of tho trunk
ot dying trees and marks on tho surface of
the wood. which positively identify this
insect az the cause OF the trouble. u Is
recommended by the department that the
infected bark Of the dying trees he burned
during the months OF November, December,
February, March and April
Boys will be boys" quoted tho Wise
CIV. Yes" assented the Simple Mug.
especially the gay old boys OF about
sixty."-Philadelphia Record.
Sir Joseph Porter, x. c. B.. hardly
ever used the big, big D." but if the or
doris OF Colonel George w. Goethals are
carried out the foremen and bosses en-
Moved on the Panama Canal will not need
to include the hardly" In their reports as
10 profanity No swearing, no abusive Ian
guage and no profanity will be tolerated.
This order recalls story told by Colonel
Wilbur r. Brown, who years ago was an
officer in a New England manufacturing
concern one morning the superintendent,
going INTO one Il ii' h'p"i NiilHiltSf 4l'dIu
the foreman swear furiously at some OF
his men. Later in the day the foreman
was called to the Office and told that he
must curb his speech or resign. The man
heard the order I'm silence and next morn
ing said that unless he could use his style
OF talk" he would leave the job. He was a
good man and was urged to think II over,
and although the order was never rescind-
ed the superintendent visits 10 Ne
Carthy's department were after that usual
w confined 10 the noisy end where the
machinery drowned all other sounds
whitman, ST. Ito son home from college,
Well Richard. how have things been
going with you this term
Mildman. ir.-Pretty slow. dad-eXcCyt
the cash Boston Transcript.
one Of the scenes Witnessed daily az the
Grand Central terminal is group OF i'm
migrants men. women and children-bur-
dened with bundles and hand baggage ~
all descriptions. each person wearing a tag
showing destination. and all In charge OF
an officer who herds. drives or leads them
until they are finally on the train. \ party
al about twenty reached the 42d street sta
lion OF the subway from Ellis Island yes-
tcrday and were being counted and
checked of by the agent. when a man
asked what these peasants had 10 say
about the big buildings. the subway and
the other sights" Not much.' said the !