New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The two self-propelling railway cars acquired in
England by the Khedive OF Egypt have arrived in
Alexandria. One for the Khedive's personal USE
consists of observation room, sitting rooHi
bedroom and offices; the other for his stan, CON
tainJ sixteen second class and thirty third class
places and a baggage compartment Each car II
about sixty feet long and is provided with four
cylinder benzine motor OF one hundred horsepower
attached TO a dynamo transmitting the electric cur
rent to two motors fixed to the axles.' The maxi
mum speed of the cars is forty miles an hour The
interior Of both is decorated in brown morocco
while the outside is white varnish Trials are no"
being conducted under government engineers Inc
cost Of the train about SJo,Oo
.rverrthing seems to be going wrong" sighed the
poet Il asked the maid at my lodgings nus morn,
ing what had become OF the paper that u e'' ''9
on my desk. . - ,o ,,a,or
| "'Oh sir she said, I thought it was waste paper
and threw it in the waste paper oasRe.' hadn't
NO said ]. IL wasn't waste paper. ! na
written ANYTHING on IT yet'"-Youth's Companion
A laundryman doing business in Bayonne unuer
the nrme Fong 10 cold United States commissioner
lCor,o,,or fexv DAYS ago that he was a German and
mot Chinaman His case recalls that OF Wing see
who some years ago came TO New York from san
Francisco to the big city before returning u h
native land where he hoped to live on the money
which he had savtd. He wanted to learn niue
English and rented room on the East size over "
store He was a quiet man of good haoits anu sun
made himself useful in the store. where he gave MS
time in exchange for the language experience H'ei
civ roon,hs ne was ready TO 20 TO China, and ai'er
all arrangements for his trip had been made Tie
went 10 Chinatown to show his English. lie was
surprised to find that his Englsh-speaKihg cou"''
men did not understand him and finally learned to
his horror that he had lived In a German d'S'ric'
and had learned German by mistake.
81 think the discussions have had concerning
ex are beginning TO have their effect People are 10
longer foolishly prudish' A., ,,.,o, =,
Boston, speak Of the legs of tripod yesterday. -
Chicago Record Herald.
In q restaurant in the Wall Street district where
stock ticker attracts large crowd OF Interested
men at the Opening" hour every morning "a Souiis
Japanese has become one of the regulars ana MS
remarks when the various tape-wlse orac'es ho'd
forth have afforded those who watch the eager group
no little amusement The questions why " l. H.
continues to sag and the possibility Of cut in the
dividend Of O. p q. seem easy OF solution to hin
az they are to veterans like Mr. Near Broke or Mr.
Has Been Mr. once Rich said to him recently
BET YOU a cigar A. b. c. goes higher before it goes
down."
NO" he said no gamble-only speculate" and he
pointed a nervous finger at the ticker.
Clubleigh (at Individuality wife Is very i'll and
the doctor says she must have no sudden shock
Clinton-Then what are you doing here al the
club at this hour?
Clubleigh-I'm afraid to go home before the usual
time lest give her shock-Boston transcript
"The British Weekly" tells pleasant story or the
bride Of Prince Arthur of Connaught At the corner
OF Orchard street. In London. is seller OF news
papers with whom certain woman exchanges reg
ular Good morning" In the crowd on the royal
wedding day she found herself beside him. and very
spruce he looked. She hailed him with. And so
you've come to see the princess' Yes" he replied
and then with an excited flush, told how, late the
night before, a parcel had from Portman
Square to his home. 1t was new suit sent by the
Duchess of Fife-a navy blue suit with white
stripe-to In honor of her wedding day.
81 never can believe a word that woman says"
ITS rather funny. She said the same thing about
you yesterday"
dence in any one who talks about another behind
her back?"-Chicago Record Herald
1.-THE Bohemia which is unknown to the geog-
and exists only certain quarters Of Paris
celebrated week the one hundredth birthday OF
the founder OF that strange domain says the Paris
"Annales" "Auguste de Chatillon's artistic achieve
ments would have made him famous. but as
the founder of the Bohemia of Paris he will live.
His portrait Of Victor Hugo. painted in 1896, and
portraits of Theophe Gautier and Alexander
Dumas attracted attention, and a large painting of
an incident in the American struggle for indie
pendence found its way to Washington, but the
artistic world remembers these less than the eccen
trcities OF the Bohemian who never kept an en-
gagement, had no idea of the value OF money and
who when Paris beseged I'm 1870 did not
know the nationality of the besiegng army He
was so modest that when he died. in 1881, his per-
sonality was almost forgotten by the Bohemia
where his spirit still lives Il
The workman engaged in excavating opera
tions-. e.. he was digging.
The wayfarer Of the inquisitive turn OF mind
stopped for a moment to look
my man." said the wayfarer at length, what |
are you digging for?'
The workman looked up.
Money" he replied.
Money, calculated the amazed wayfsrer. And
when do you expect to strike it,?
Saturday" replied the workman. and resumed
operations.-Tit- Bits