New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-30
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

The old Dismal Swamp Canal which connects
Chesapeake Bay with Albemare Sound. will he re-
opened for navigation in a few weeks. II extends
from the village Of Deep Creek, Va. TO South
Mills n c.. a distance OF twenty-five miles. II IL
believed that the canal will form one OF the most
! important links in the chain Of inland waterways
extending along the coast from New YORK to Flor
ida. The southern end OF the chain IL composed
OF the sounds OF the Carolinas and the protected
channels between the Sea Isles and the mainland.
while the bays. rivers and canals OF the Middle Al
lantic States form the northern end. With the
opening of the Dismal Swamp Canal the South Will
possess the same means OF cheap transportation by
barges at present enjoyed by the territory
between Norfolk and the North.
Grggs-Have you heard the news Poor old
Bnks has shot his arm of out hunting
Brlggs-Oh, Lord! What fool am! might
why, heavens and earth man. What's the
Matter? Bah! Haven't ! gone and bet dozen
bottles OF champagne that Biinks wouldn't hit
anything, -(Brooklyn iife
Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace says in The London
Chronicle" that tropical regions whole are
more conducive to health than the temperate
gions. lie attributes his own iong-continued good
health (and he Is seventy-iveD 10 twelve years
residence In the tropics when he was a young man,
and threa tened with lung disease The pure. warm
air restored him TO permanently sound condition.
He SAYS European soldiers In India have better
soldiers In the soudan stand up to the work thou
sands OF Australian gold miners endure intense
neat and Hollaners have 1ourished for generations
I'm the Dutch colonies. He believes the region on
each side Of the Equator for thousand miles to
be the most healthy and the most enjoyable
abode for man. where with the least labor he can
obtain the greatest amount OF necessaries the COM
forts and the Injuries OF life and can at the same
time develop md cultivate his higher nature But
work he adds Is necessary health there else
where.
His Official Postlon.-The Struck might have
helped you II you had stopped little sooner But
when you tell me YOU were an Aid-de-cramp IN me
The sriker-But that is just what sold
ieS.-(Tndanapolis Journal.
1t il reported in London that Spanish agent will
soon go that city to make contracts for the sup
ply OF rife and hesvy-gun ammunition. The Span
ish Exchequer IL TO make special effort 10 ac-
duire a good reserve OF ammunition. and n commits
sion Of artillery officers Is 10 be appointed TO report
upon the modernlzaton OF guns in use in various
batteries.
Tommy-Papa. what is 1t time to do when the
His Father-Tine TO go TO dinner. son.
T0mmymThen what Is II tine to do when mamma
The Baltimore News says: Picking around
through the papers of the Eastern Shore reveals
among other things OF interest that Snow HIN has
an Innshore-st.. Molar Harris is a Cambridge boy.
Mr. Polight Is fredericksburg citizen otto Koen-
rumphf lives near Greensborough Jake Kiker is
citizen OF Worton. Cecil County has Hogans
Alley Roaring Point IL In Wicomico for many years
Mrs. Mary Solloway sexton OF Emanuel
Church in Chesterville. Eikton has "a Paradise
Alley. Kent County people pay 81 apiece for pole
cats. Apes Greek IL in Somerset and Caroline
County boasts Plneown"
Little Elsie visiting her Uncle Henry In the
country Her Uncle Rob whose reputation for
| az hn no N ffa TRY Old
cupied adjoining farm. but the two families
interested in her Uncle Henry's chickens
"rhe place where your chck-chicks live" said
che. 'is called 'hennery. after you isn't 1t. Uncle
Uncle Henry laughed.
Then" continued the little maid. ~ Uncle Rob
had any chicks II would be robbery. wouldn't
Very likely" said Uncle Henry; very likely. in
deed '--(cathoic Standard and Times.
The Great West OF Canada. the Pacific Coast
country 10 particular Ia the coming country says
business man OF Seattle. Merchants. profess
sonal men and others who settling In Van
couver all prosper and just within the last year
some great gold mines have been discovered In
that country Sometimes think there must be
more gold in that country than In all Of the klon-
dixie. We certainly losing not only great
many immigrants OF desirable class. who
here for the purpose OK turning into good Ameri-
cans. and then. Proteus-like soon manufacture
themselves into loyal Canadians, but quite num-
Der OF nativeborn Americans have also crossed the
border, prospered. and settled for life in their
adopted country"
Hicks-They tell me that Hinsons wife consulted
a clairvoyant the other day. and she says the
woman's powers Of seeing into the past and future
are truly wonderful
thirty-two, and everybody knows that Mrs. Hinson
VIII never see forty aga!n.-(boston Transcript