New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-28
TIE TALK OF TIE DAY.

On Warren's Island of the coast OF Maine Is
being erected what is properly described as "a
palatial log cabin" II is composed OF spruce logs
and costs the tidy little sum OF $4,000 The entire
island on which this summer palace is erected was
purchased by the late William II Folweu, OF
Philadelphia. Mr.. Folwell died before the COM
petion OF the house The work is now superin-
tended by his son, William II. Folwell. jr. Some
idea OF the size of the cabin may be gained from
consideration OF the fact there are twenty-five
sleeping rooms on the second floor. on the ground
hoor there is fireplace of brick and granite the
mantlepece being OF marble IL feet in length q in
width and inches thick the whole piece OF work
weighing some forty tons.
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see.-(New-York Weekly.
According to Professor Baldwin Spencer, formerly
OF Oxford. now OF Melbourne University the blacks
OF Central Australia free from one white
mans burden" He has spent several years MAX
ing chronological Investigations among them and
one OF his discoveries was that a mother-in-iaw
was not allowed TO come within a mile of the
mia-mia' (hu) of her married daughter II she
did so the husband authorized by the tribal
law TO use his club The professor expressed ad-
miration of this drastic method of preserving do
nestle peace and tranquility.
Both suited-"Grymes and his wife quarrelled
tor SIX SIX months non over naming the baby
HOW dld they settle III
Easily. II was twins. "-(Brookyn Life
II. B. Carpenter. a civil engineer. who has lust
completed the survey of the Southern line OF Utah.
says the boundary between that State and Arizona
does not cross foot of cultivated land. II tray-
erses desert, which is cut up by great canyons
that almost impossible. The length of the
line is III miles Landmarks along the line will
make II possible for the boundary TO be located
without any dficulty In the future Just east OF
the Colorado River sandstone butte rises 1000 feet
above the plain, and the very peak OF this butte
exactly the boundary. Mr.. Carpenter named
the peak, State Line Butte. Not far from this
butte is another. which stands 1900 feet above the
plain. and named Tower Peak These two
gigantic stones will always be a guide 20 persons
who have enough curiosity to penetrate the desert
in search of the State line.
Growing suspicious:-'I wonder who it was that
said politeness doesn't cost anything, said Farm
Corntossel
We'll. have my doubts. Whenever / go to town
and some }nS stranger is especially polite to me al
from 81 to $40. accordin' to how much happen TO
rush of emigrants from Australia to South
Africa has set in and is worrying the authorities
OF the commonwealth OF the Southern Seas. The
Melbourne papers strongly deprecate the exodus
declaring that the emigrants largely those
whom Australia can least afford 10 lose-laborers
artisans. farmhands. etc Applicants for permits
to emisrate have TO prove themselves possessed OF
a minimum OF fl0o The requirement together with
the expense Of the voyage. is an obstacle to the
poor in purse but adventurous in spirit who usu-
ally flock to gold countries. The result Is that
ships from Australia are suffering from a plague
of stowaways. The captain of the Fortunatus
bound from Melbourne 10 the Cape, found that he
had twenty Of these unlicensed passengers on
board Captains usually kind to single stow
Always but when they come In battalions IL is an
other story The captain of the Fortunatus took
a drastic course He dropped all the stowaways
on the Australian coast. two hundred and fifty
miles from Melbourne.
On Dt.-The piece selected for performance In
aid OF the funds for old established dental hos
pital is 10 be New Men and Old Achars" A great
draW.-lPunch - 5000