New-York tribune., 1902-06-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

land going, Here Is Boston man writing to "Ihe
Spectator TO protest against the use In that jour
nal of the word expect" followed by Vero IN the
past tense. THE Spectator" rises to the defence
of its usage and this week publishes couple OF
letters supporting position One writer quotes
from the examination papers OF the scotch hou-
cation Department. authority equal 10 the
French Academic in tn. matter Of correct Eng
lish'-whatever that may mean!-this sentence
THE Sultan expected he had got King Richard
The other maintains that I expect you have lost
a tenant is natural abbreviaton for I expect
to hnd you have lost tenant" We expect this
is an Angcism. but 1t will require careful con-
sultation Of the authorities of Boston. Chicago
and Indianapolis to learn whether there Is good
usage IN this country to support it
poPPER AN BRIToN. TOO
with Acknowledgements to Mr.. Kiplins9
AS wus ridn' over the veldt. thinkin' O. Eng
seed man / had fought against got up in the
He was shouting Three Cheers for Edward Rex
and to i'm 90 are you 49,,
ses Tn pr,o, Brtton' toon ma'e''y' Sri'on-D0pper
Now, is EngHsh ISM, the Board ss School SORT and
E isn't one o. the ole De veres. . isn't a
'E.s sort o boom,n Britatrcan-Doppsr an
Briton. too.
e doesn't think much o. the foreign coves who
swore they would help him aght ..,..,,
a" religious iaii sii light:
But e kind o. gifts on with chaps IKE US, VINO Hdsc
An e isn't ashamed O. the Union Jack-Engllsh
Now there's croakers who sez e will rise again.
ina. were maxim igish Ei Gbsssd stsw. D. We, and
IT isn't. ole Burgher. you SIT, -oo,,sr
e card a lot O. confounded bosh ugly O. you
An e. oniv woke, UP just now to know 'e's a
E's fought is way to Britannias arms; she's cud-
An. sez .z" e I'm licked. but feel set up-Dopper
Now you'll find if you treat i'm same as l. steady.
That EN- stick to the flag. and Ell do the same
For the war it as doubled is self-respect-e's
Doppei aN -QLondon Globe.
The Scottish Patriotic Association Is doing val
liant deeds against the 'ntolerable usurpation" In
volved in VII after the name of Great britain
ruler The preceding six Edwards were sovereigns
of the tight little island before the union with
Scotland. Hence the queer coronation medal struck
off by the association On the side that pears the
portraits of the King and Queen s the following
iasand. "Kfne Edward First-not Seventeen
Britain and the British Empire-oueen Alex
andra."
Dehned-'ePa." said the little mosquito what
does perseverance, msan ysg,cS the wise old in
secf 6ndg g eI hole In wire screen
philadelphia Press.
The Rev W. W. Lucas negro minister, secre-
tary of the Negro Young Peoples Christian ana
Educational Congress, preached sermon IN Macon
Ga recently in which he told In an original ana
forcibe way some homey truths to his race He
said. I have decided that the only way TO get rid
OF the Jim Crow is to get rid OF the Jim Gro"
negro. If | could use 100000 bars or soap on ehe
unwashed negroes that travel on trains ano nans
around depots would solve the negro prooiem
=. hon, % ner cent Lazy ragged. barefeet fellows.
longing for silver slippers and long white robes and
counting themselves worthy, neglecting 10 provioe
home for their families on earth and yet claim
irp house not made with their hands in Gods
heaven! The white man is trying TO make this
earth blossom as a rose and the negro is getting
ready to die! The white man is organizing business
ENTERPRISES and the negro organizing socleties 10
turn out at their funerals! Now. object to
500 funeral for a so cent negro. The negro eats
I'D and dresses away all he makes. One square
meal on Sunday sweeps away all the wages of the
week He reminds me Of the mule which ate the
Shipping tag from his leg. An old negro exclaimed
Gee dat mule dun eat UP his whar-he s-swine!
That's what the negro does. He eats up his living
The Mobile negroes welcomed and appauded his
words as if they felt their vital truth.
A hunting party of ladies and gentlemen were
detained by storm at the hut of Virginia back
barrassing paucity, of knives:
guests called in commanding tone to her young
daughter. Fetch some more knives. sairey; you
no. nam they're all all thar! Ra Tha5s Big
'Bunty.' "-Harpers Magazine
Engineers say that tunnel under the Strait of
Canso. between Nova Scotia and Cape Breton,
would be impracticable and ambitious bridge
over the stormy waters is projected. The cost is
expected to approach $5,0o0.000 Bridges our
East River vastly more expensive. but no great
outlay for approaches will be required in Cape Bre
ton. 1t may be predicted safely that the problem
Of dealing with huge masses of pushing. josting
people at either end of the Nova Scotia structure
will not overwhelm the local authorities for many
a generation. They fortunate
King. 1t was on a Sunday when in the winter of
1871 he contracted typhoid fever, which neary cost
him his life. On Sunday he took decided turn
for the better. to the intense relief of the nation
On Sunday he slipped the staircase in Lord
Rothschild's house and injured his knee. On a
way station Also, IN last Sunday his ma jesty
found himself disabled oy chill caught at Alder
shat-London Chronicle.