New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-11
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

roor+l,, an inuus.tive woman was taking 10
1on,es Whitcomb Riley on how poorly pSIu wa
tho profession Of literature BIT. MI my
soid she surely you have no cause TOT co'iip
, Won must be very rich man. understand
+ dollar word for al you write.
,rye-e-es madam" said Riley, with his slow oFa"''
49,. sor,etirn.s sit all day and can't think OF d
d-n word"
They say she isn't harry, commented the
neiehbor. but don't see WY e.a+fs4aa"
..bat;s right and it's her own fault II t Sne is S
ra' beaa1se she's able buy clothes that w, VIII
ha2ny. tbe other women envoUs Chicago Post
TT. -,.+,ra, staff used by Bishop Kenper in
-, tfsio,arv ysitations, forty years ago. has
been recovered ard Is now the central object Oh
interest in the missionary collecton OF 'He DIo-
caee NJ Milwaukee. Bishop Tutues tather-ln-'a"'
-, ,a+. william H Whiting, gave this rudey
~ ,,,sr, NJ the episcopal Office to mission
-. r,,aor,serd some seven miles from Lake Geneva
~ which he was for many years the malhstay.
Mr. Whiting had some skill in word carving anu
himself wrought the staff which B'shop hehPet'
and after him Bishop Armitage, always uSeo'
Pfshon Kenaper used to call 1t his shephera
49, 1,irna ana the shifting Of population LED
"a the abandonment of the mission al bloohl'elo
and +r,e crock for many years lost slsii' o.
hut tba nresent Bishop Of MILWAUKEE, nearing oL
- 7,d MT rest in his search till his enorts Were
- nth eucccss and at an ordination at
9. ,,na,,g s,ssex Of two deacons to be mission
aries he told the story
.er-na+ ,ositton viii our friend take on this mo
entous QUESTION? asE sf5a t3 Sorghum absent
Position o,ii o,ob hen take pretty nearly any posi-
ton that's Omen. progiaeo 'le'e > '1I'--'
to it, "-Washingioh o'@1'
.,-.so. cha ausrices of the British Government
+o ernarkabIe public works are being construct
w. a.. rarIx Continent, OF which little Is
-, outside official circles and those directy
i,+arae+ed eays William Z Gurus IN Inc IN
rago record Herald" "One OF them the great
irrigation dam Of the Me. - % - &C. s-s+
norTanra 70 us for several reasons In the hrst
loa - nav be studied with profit by those
engaged in the development OF irrigation systems
in the arid sections OF the Cnltec STATES 3Lu
in the second pace il is likely TO nave serious
b,rire, unon the wheat cotton and sugar growing
=, -. I,eca1Ise ii will add thousands or square
n,{Ias IA the cultivated area or Egypt ana enable
the nIantsrs Of those staples TO gro" TWO cIops
a wear instead Of one-and TWO crops ll1t VIII
10 a4,r.,,s certain. With the deep. rich soil OF
Fev9,t ana a certain supply OF water there Is no
sI'.n NM as poor cop or failure.
,.,rao - tbunders the evangelist. you
"a ny ny - u,cks mIl4lout 5tTaNs
Int VINO VENTS to UllAk bilChS' 41'tels tii5
accent as 1T rises at-d SANS Lioo~i4y I'LL '
hali ba4Ilnore AH4e-4N''+-
A nor,ion Of the first iron bridge built in England
- - The severn at Ironor.dge (SaIop), mas
-. -, The parting of the 81. ders causeI
-, IiZs a tnuudtrc4ap The bridge was erected
IN l77a and according the act If Parliament
under which it was built. the so |ereisn mas 10
nav toll before he can cross Inc act gives lHe
trustees many powers. and at the 1901 Oh tie iisI
NJ tolls snnears the following: ms bridge being
private property. every officer or soioler whether
on duty or not, is liable TO pay toll for passing
over as well as any baggage wagon mall coach'
or the royal family.
N connection with the Furness Railway centre
Of The ST John Ambulance Association recently
esrahisned the directors of the company have
given silver coronation challenge sl4ltIG for an
nuaI cQmDeLItion between the GASES held at Bar
IoY-in-t Lrnts INVERSION. Million and Moor Row.
This Is the FIRST occasion in the history or the
comnanv 1extending over a period of ffty-srx
yearsl upon which It's employees have had the op-
portunitv of acquiring first aid knowledge. and
the cause has been warmly supported.