New-York tribune., 1903-08-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Premier Combes speaking at the Inauguration
of new trolley line in his home political district,
says that the war the French religious orders
will continue and that France needs more trolleys
and fewer nunneries and monaster1es. As the
vigor of his war always comes fully up to the
sounding phrases Of his manifesto. the future Of
these institutions presents stormy outlook. but
one quite In keeping with what they have OF late
gone through.
Rufus Choate was sitting next to Judge Hoar in
the & bar w9en G6f JSsce Se 5aw cad is be ee
justice said something which lea MT Choate 10 10
which Judge Hoar replied After all. 1 feel a
foT h S f9r dea4 sid choate
bow down t9 him as the WIG @ ln9an % qoes b PebOT9 bo
to superior intelligence."-(se Hoar, in
scribner's Magazine.
Kansas is having trouble with weeds just now,
and one of the most fantastic stories record is
told by 1.-The Kansas City Journal" which says
that the Prossa Branch Railroad has almost gone
out of business because of them. The weeds grew
on the roadbed in luxurious style, and as section
hands could not be hired. the weeds grew over the
1ails The wheels of the engine crushed these
weeds and made the rails so slippery that it took
the train two hours to go seven miles.
THE INTERCHANGEABLE HERO.
The gallant hero in the book
May fight daybreak duel
To the villain of his look.
Which is intensely cruel.
The hero-you may take your pick
If he appears as Deadwood Dick
or shines Richard Carvel.
The noble hero of the tale
The villain-this never fail
Forever gets a folling.
No matter where the hero roams.
Hes @ something N b Ig gs6ea,dn1 OF marfyT Gd,n,s,
And wicked If Nick Carter.
The dashing hero swings his sword
Or fills a page with shooting
Sure OF the hero suiting.
But-this is nothing but the truth
No matter what his mettle,
And T good If captain Kettle,
The hero may be garbed in lace
or he may fit from place to place
Scalp lifting on the prairie
But that is neither here nor there;
He's GisteRceiHn aRSeent e if he's Ps Beaucaire
-(ChicA.o T'ibune.
Turkey has race suicide question, despite the
provisions which the Prophet Mahomet made
against that contingency. Fifty years the rule
among Turks was to marry young and to eSpouse
several wives and as rule families were corre-
spondingIy large. Now all this is changed. Mar
rages are late, and in the enormous majority
OF cases are homogeneous, while families be-
coming small to a degree which has alarmed the
government The Sultan has recently promulgated
an trade on the subject, abolishing much OF the
expensive display connected with Turkish mar
riages, and condemning present tendencies as
threatening to depopuIate the empire
when I Went Fishing" when I was fishing
in the Arkansas Bayou" said the Rev DR.. j. r.
HoWerton Il saw a fish which was so game and
sod R95 As ssBBa nPff " in the air and BIT off
.'VVhen DR. Woods. eminent divine was fishing
somewhere or other" said the Rev. Dr. John w
Stag he tried TO pass his wtfes speetacles her
across small stream by fastening the glasses TO
the end of fishing line, An immense ash jumped
out of the water and was caught by the rims Of
the spectacles When he was drawn or the
water the spectacles were pulled across his face
and he was gazing reproachfuny Through Mrs.
When I was down in Mississippi" said General
r A Lee IT struck lot CT fish that were so
sporty that all you had 70 DO was to rock q boat
ana they would jump into IL and catch themseives" "
'In the Pigeon River, in this State" said DR..
Eowerton. with grim determination writ on his
face, "a was fishing, and he used sinker
big bullet that came from Revolutionary battle
hed. A large fish caught hold of his hook, and
pulled so hard that when the hook came out OF
his gills the bullet few back and fractured the
mans skull
men who live close TO that same river catch fish In
the most modern way. They no longer a hook
and line, but they lie down by the side OF the
stream with rifles In their hands. and when the
hsh-big. fierce, fine fish they are-jump into the
air they shoot 'em with rifle. ! call that fishing
some"
Charlotte CN c. Observer.