New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-22
THE TALK OF THE DRY.

The grand jury OF Memphis recently investigated
public charities OF the city and in its official
port described visit with civic pride and literary
inspiration. Here is a gem about the poorhouse
likely to make feel he would rather be poor
in Memphis than rich anywhere else In the world;
The poorhouse the route which have all
been warned TO evade and which has been made
hideous both In and song. cannot do JUS
tice when stating surprise upon entering the
beautiful grounds of this magnihcently kept insti-
tution-more like haven Of rest than finale of
poverty Scrupulously clean. both in and out. with
It's silent and quiet old people, white and black.
lounging in the pure air OF a perfect day. would
suggest a 'siesta,' modifying the oft repeated ex-
preston Mans inhumanity to man makes count
less thousands mourn for here humanity is shown
by every taxpayer of our county. and the poor old
people Of both sexes certainly well cared for
and in good hands. AS one helpless old lady, bed
ridden for years expressed IT. 1 thank God de-
serve the privilege of being here: they so kind
and gentle to me- "
Wfgwag-My wife threatens to go on the lecture
Henpeckke-My wife doesn't need platform
philadelphia Record.
most novel advertising campaign. according TO
The Outlook is being carried on in Paris. \
French physician impressed with the evil effects
alcohol upon the nation, has started out to COM
bat intemperance by advertising. Upon b1llboards.
in omnibuses. in the newspapers and magazines on
the arrnor Of sandwich men. in railway stations
and even on backs of the fans used by hospital
patients he displays in the largest of types the
pithiest Of warnings alcohol is always poison
Beware of bitters,' Drink makes consumptives
and so on OF the repetitons of this clever
temperance advocate He gathers statistics as to
absnthe and insanity, wine drinking and various
diseases alcohol and crime and prepares adver-
tisements as deceitfuy readable as those in our
own papers which we take for genuine news and
peruse eagerly till come to somebody's soap at
the end The unequalled spectacle is thus presented
Vor aTlCa
Getting On"-A pleasant story is told of the
periences OF a young electrician sent out by Lon
don firm to fix in unCivilized land. After
the Ton man nG wrote that he was getting on ali
right The local monarch having FOUND I; out that
in smoker pool and similar mysteries Inc young
tai pals and he has been installed in excellent
quarters by his employer. His stud OF riding
dent that that boiler going to take exceedingly
long time TO get up steam-(Electriclty.
An amusing story Is told In the North China
Herald" of attempt of a French engineer to
combine scientific Investigations and railroad build
ing in Ccrea. He went around with a tape line
and measured the coolies heads Under Heaven
and above earth" said they. what can he mean
by taking the size Of our heads% Mean" said
the others hes after medicine. don't you know
that?" Later on there q skull found that
seemed 10 have no owner and the engineer sent it
home to Paris There said the coolies. that's
for medicine too and suspicious grew so pro-
nounced that fresh batch of workmen struck.
saying they would not have their heads measured
Then" said the Frenchman, you shall not work
under me" They went in body TO Yi-Tongk.
Lord High Executioner of Corea. and presented
their case by all the laws of the ancents
said vi this must be dismissed lie Is en-
ployed to build a railroad and has no authority
whatever to go round preparing his devilish decoc-
tons" Work stopped. and there was long tug-of-
war 1t was explained that it was for scientific pur-
poses that the heads were measured Scientific
purposes what kind of medicine is that?' asked
VI. mo more money for the road while this man
is in and 1 hold the strings" So the Seoul-Euiju
Railway has stopped
The Poacher's Plea.-C. J. Cornish, writing in
Country Life on the scarcity of game about
the Vale of White Horse. tells an amusing story
of n poacher caught almost redhanded. A hare
was struggling in a wire about ten yards off. The
old scamp quite equal to the emergency. When
asked account for his trespass, and for being
close to the hare. he held up turnip and re-
marked: Il that there har catched In wire
like, and pulled this here turnip, and was just
agoine to give the pore thing little victuals."-