Arizona republican., 1898-06-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY. 1 Germany has 530 carrier pigeon SO
 cieties, with over 100000 birds, anl
 military authorities there strive tt
 make them useful messengers of army
 movements It is rather odd that il Austria there should be but single
 society, and no attention paid to tho
 utilities of the bird in it's relation tt army movements The routes of fligh
 followed in Germany by the military carrier pigeon society are laid dowr
 every year by the Prussian ministry o war. Flights take place from Linz St. Pollen, Vienna, and Budapest fol training the birds, which are sent i1 truck loads from Cologne. Over one
 hundred and seventy societies take part. German officers are speculatine las to what use, if any, will be made o1 pigeons by American military authori- ties in the coming Cuban campaign. Mistress-Did any one call while l was out?
 Servant-No one, ma'am, exceptin' a
 tramp. He wanted somethin' to eat, but I told him there was nothin' ready, an he'd have to wait till the teddy of
 the house got back from the cookin' school, an mebbe she'd make him somethin'.
 Mistress-Of all things! Did he wait? ?
 Servant-No, ma'am. He runned.- New York Weekly.
 John B. Parsons has been entertain ing at Stonover, Lenox, Mass, this week, a number of the clergy who are in attendance at the Episcopal con- gress at Pittsfield, including the Rev. Dr. William Grosvenor of New York, a former rector of Trinity church, Len OK. On Tuesday Mir. Parsons invited the delegates of the congress lo a luncheon at his house, afte- ~licn they assisted at the dedication ~. the new parish house which he has just com pleted for Trinity parish as a memor- ial to his wife, who died at her home, in Lenox, two years ago. The corner stone of this building was laid in the presence of the family only on July 2. 1897. The cost of tte building was $35, ,000, and the furnishings make it of still greater value.
 American armies have thus far been the worlds most fertile sources of war stories. The civil war added about five thousand titles to the nations list of books of home origin. But when the American soldier begins to embody in literature his recollections of foreign incident to the present war all war story records will be broken. and the wonder will not cease while the veterans remain alive-COllier' Weekly.
 It looks as though the United states might carry on several more wars sim with this little scrap with Spain, and yet feel no particular dis Lurbance in its peaceful enterprises. While we are freeing Cuba, capturing Porto Rico and the Philippines, and keeping an eye on lot of jealous pO- ,entates in Europe, we are booming" )ur industrial enterprises as never be- lore. Our harvesting machines are ,f our wheat fields, and the march of heir scythes .northward is evidently Q be accompanied by the garnering of he greatest wheat crop known in his ory. Our railroads are carrying more reight, our factories are tursing out nore goods, our home merchants have ,usier counters, and our exporters are ending more cargoes abroad than ever Paul Pioneer Press.
 Here is a letter recently written by l n Emporia (Kan.) school boy:
 Dear Uncle: I am very glad to 1 lear you have been promoted. I wish l
 was in your place. There were a l ,ood many men enlisted here. They l aid they were going to go at 2: 10 yes erday, and they let out school to bid | hem farewell. They were mostly Em- l ,oria boys. One woman tainted down 1 o the depot Ed Dart, one of my i chool companions asked soldier if | le could go with him to C'>aa. The l oldier said what can you do. Oh, said l I'd, can beat drum and steal chick ] ms. The soldier said come on, and Ed | vas out of sight in minute. 1 wish ]
 was big enough so I could go. All 1 he boys over to school say if they l were big enough they would enlist. You i annot hear nothing at school except var"