New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

the American Line steamship Philadelphia which
left this port on July g. At the time when the
sci sailed the Kings Illness had passed the
critical point. but still occasioned anxiety. When
the Philadelphia thirty-eght miles
Bishop Rock. in the SciIly Isles the Marconi
ceiver aboard recorded the message. The King is
doing splendid" The passengers, mostly Amer
leans from all parts OF the country received the
news with great enthusiasm. The following verses.
written on the original message blank underneath
the message. were posted on the companionway:
All han the great Marconi
And give him three times three;
The King Is doing splendid
No better welcomed message
The wireless slave could bring;
And say God save the Kins!"
American Line steamship Philadelphia. at sea. July
Is. 1892.
Skinker Road a good enough name for a
popular suburban thoroughfare OF St Louis before
that town became ambitious TO hold a great
Worlds Fair. This highway. with its simple.
homely appellation redolent OF local associations,
penetrates the very grounds OF the fair, and there
not wanting those who would change the name
Of Skinker TO Rochambeau. False civic pride which
strives forget the day OF small things and hum
BILE beginnings. and put away the redolence OF
Skinker for the pretentious sorority OF Rocham-
beau! Who that goes to a great fair whereof the
chief thoroughfare is Skinker Road would forget
its name. and who could hope to retain in his MEM
ory the conventional Rochambeau? SkilHer sug
gests the untutored grace. the unsophsticated
charm. the artless and arcadian honesty of the
town that has just 'growed up and is free from
self-consciousness 1t is pleasure note the st.
Louis poets. among whom is to be expected the lyric
passion for places and place names, are singing
unison OF protest. Writes one:
Shall the City Council tinker
With the tSa classic ssh 16rn name OF sknkerF- KIM.
To remove this quaint cognomen7
Gentle reader say. what wish you?
VIII Won agitate vour thinker
F9r or or or versus @ anSient ,Sds Skhkes hTes
Shall we name it Rochambeau. or
Since It's Sknker leave It so.
Let IL lapse into a byway?
Whether Rochambeau Sklnker
Be it named and whether sink or
Swim the memory OF the ColoneI.
To the people who have known it
Twill be Skinker Road eternal
The addresses in Persian upon letters which go
through the postoflce at Calcutta often quaint
and puzzlng. An Indian paper recently translated
one as follows: "If the Almighty pleases-Let this
envelope having arrived at the city of Calcutta in
the neighborhood OF Calootolah. at the counting
house of Sirajoodeen and Ilahdad. merchants. be
offered to and read by the happy light OF my eyes,
of virtuous manners and beloved of the heart
Meean Shaikh Inayut Ally. may his life be long.
Written the tentn of the blessed Rumzan. Sat
urday in the year 1866 of the Hegira of Proph-
et and dispatched at Bearing. Having without loss
OF time paid the postage and received the letter
you will read IT, and having abstained from food
or drink considering 1t forbidden to you, you will
convey yourself to Jaunpoor and you will know
this be strict injunction"
The famous Humbert safe passed along the boule-
wards Yesterday and attracted considerable atten-
ton. 1t removed from the Hotel Drouot on a
dray drawn by three horses, adorned with flowers,
ribbons and BELLS and conveyed to the resi-
dence of its purchaser. A large band of calico
stretched over the vehicle bore the nScrIDtion
This is the lOoooOOoO franc SAFE while on the
safe itself a rabbit-personifiCation of the ''lapin
pose par Nine Humbert'-had been roughly
sketched in chalk The men In charge did not APP
10 he q PerhaDS had
been instructed to make the best possible use OF
the opportunity offered for cheap advertisement
but in any they made frequent halts at taV-
erns, while an admiring crowd surrounded the
dray-(Pars Daily Messenger
Lord Hopetoun. who has just had enthusiastic
sendof from the citizens of the Commonwealth
promised according to English paper to pro-
cure for an English friend egg of the emu
the Australian ostrich. The emu's egg is OF con-
siderable size, and this particular happened TO
arrive when the consignee was away from home
His gamekeeper never such a colossal egg
before but he concluded that II had been sent for
purposes of incubation His report to his master
ran thus: I'm the absence of your lordshp | put
it under the biggest goose 1 could find
Trouble for the Maid-The two young men
reached the door at the same time.
rs Miss Walsingham in? they asked
The maid looked at them and shook her head
disconsolately.
She's in to av ye an out to the other" she
said at last: ''but the comm together
has got me so tangled I'm blest f know which is
her to come down an pick we out."-(Chicago Post