New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-25
THE talk or THE DiY.

The Irish peasant farmers arc taking
readily TO the motor car. SO. too. Is the
Irish farmers wife. Prosperous harvcsts
have sent plenty Of money into circulation
through the four provinces. with new
riches come new social responsibilities ana
the necessity Of being genteel. Mike
Murphy. n contractor Of Mallow County OF
Cork celebrated one OF several repeated
business successes by presenting his wife
with an auto and French chauffeur. Mrs
Murphy read up" carefully before bios
somlrg forth in her new grandeur. Then
she invited Mrs. Hannah CLANCY for n ride
in the car. Whatever YOU do. Mrs Clancy.
don't talk 10 the 'shofer at ALL not word
or a whisper to him. FOR 81 takes his mind
Of what he is doing" So they started off
AT a rapid clip. The chauffeur went zip
around the corner, and zip around another
corner sometimes the car would bc on
Two wheels. Finally Mrs Clancy touched
the chauffeur on the back and says: Mr.
ShOfer beg your pardon: was told not
to spake to you at all, but let me tell you
that Mrs. Murphy hasn't been in the car
for the last ten minutes"
They tell me that your small boy says
som" unusually clever Things.
Yes yes. Did you hear his latest?"
Sure"
why, you never met him"
True. But I've met a lot Of doting
fathers who invariably tell the same old
silly tales "-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Speaking OF national conventions. a New
Yorker who lived In Cincinnati in 1872 said
that he was present in the convention hall
from the time when Carl Schurz took the
chair ard said: "Will this convention name
the next President or will ii prove n
fasco%' until -. Gratz Brown. nominated
for Wee President on the Horace Greeley
ticket. climbed on the platform and made
speech which no one listened to. 1T
was not very joyous OCCASION" he said,
and when II was over n lot of delegates
assembled at "A nearby beer house, known
as Atlantic Garden. where a protest meet
ing was organized. A preamble and rcso-
lutions, prepared by "A delegate who had
voted for Cassius NJ. Clay, were adopted,
and then the company listened to the music
and drank beer. The protest was never
heard from, and months later It became
known that the beer saturated document
had been found by the scrubwoman the
next morning under the table where the
drown their disappointment"
81 don't like those people at all They're
too good"
What's the trouble?'
They've kept the same maid for eight
years. and insist that they've never had a
WashWoman disappoint them" - Detroit
Free Press.
The United States Consul at Nantes.
N an
quiry is made in regard to the experiments
made at the abattoir here in electrocution
OF animals for slaughter for food. DR.. s.
Leduc, who made the experiments, fur
nlshes the following statement: I have
killed by means OF electricity a great num-
Der Of animals-oxen, bulls, cows and
horses also hogs calves, sheep and dogs
The current was OF 10 volts, and the in
tensity of 10 to SO milliamperes The cur
rent was interrupted one hundred times
per second passing each time during one
onc-thousandth of a second. See on this
subject the pamphlet lie Sommeil Elec-
trique. Mason, editor, No. 100 Boulevard
ST. German, Paris / experimental solely
with view to study of the subject. and
that is why | did not continue. The di-
rector OF the abattoir at Regensburg
(Ratisbonne) came to Nantes TO study the
question, which is followed up, / believe,
In Germany
Mrs. Muggins-Your husband dresses
rather quietly. doesn't he?
Mrs. Buggns-You wouldn't think so II
you could hear him when he can't find his
collar buttons. -Phlladelphia Record.
Under the headline, 1T Was the Last"
the Paris "Matln" tells the story Of the
passing OF the last horse omnibus. The
vehicle was one of the last 10 make way
for the motor buses which now have no
opposition except the trolley lines. The
driver wore the uniform of hearse driver.
and the women who sat outside were
dressed I'm deep mourning. Inside sat a
company OF newspaper men. All along the
route followed by the last Of It's family
the people cheered and sang. and, taken
as a WHOLE" says the writer. 1T was o