New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

1-s +,a onnronrfa+e title Of "a Soldier Of Con-
science" volume has been issued IN ineiii0lS %
the late Edward Perkins Clark. Tor many yeas
a leading editorial writer THE New-York even
Ing Post" and before that a member of the stan
s,,ccessivelv of The Springfield Republican. Inc
PHILADELPHIA Press" THE Milwaukee Senunei'
"Ieslie's weekly and The BROOKLYN Union
The volume contains an excellent photograVure
nort-ait of Mr. Clark a sketch OF his life, poem
dedicated to his memory by Louis Howlano' tne
address made at his funeral and tributes extracted
from private letters and newspaper articles II Is
issued from the press of THE Brooklyn Eagle.
well" said the New-Yorker: taunting!ly, you
don't see any sg F0TPng P 3 Gaf clever
scheme Of yours"
70 IKE Keep tearing your streets s up so the grass
No matter what other crop may possibly at times
fall short we may be sure of ample addiuons 70
The big hocks of English sparrows in our cities
Tbev multiply with amazing rapidity And what
ar,us5nglv aggressive pugnacious and inpudent
little creatures they are, and what tremendous
noise they make every day from sunrise to sunset.
with their almost incessant "cheeping ana
chirping!
Inft-The Railway King was TuTioug GITIH;-o,. so.s
DISMISS him. he roared. This is the second
tir7e Th9t he has missed a good chance to insult
the public. He hasn't the ability to be president OF
a coal road
But just here a report of twenty people being being
killed in collision vas lala 6e4ore f th1 o,,nb -
his anger.-(Life.
The French have found a reason for the popu-
larity Of the cakewalk in Paris. The thing Is
French! One Of the negroes at the Nouveau
CIRQUE interviewed by Paris paper. says that
the origin OF the dance French According to
this latest account some of the French refugees
from the court of Marie Antoinette introduced
the minuet into New-Orleans about the time of the
Revolution. and It the native imitation OF the
most fashionable dance in Europe that was after
ward developed into the cakewalk.
Ny subjeck this month is ants. There is 2 kinds kind
live in little hills of sand. and with their married
sisters hole Two % STAY K m ZIP kaow aboa my n Johnny d
Green.-St. Nicholas.
How about the %" in golf? Do you pronounce
it or don't yo1? If you take It as seriously as some
of the English you will plunge into the deeper dis
pute as TO whether 1t is a Scotch game after ALL
Falranno Squire writes to ''The London Times
.AIr Webster claims the game. and its name. too
as something essentially Scottish His grievance
against US is that we pronounced the letter 7 IN
the word golf He says: do not count polka
as an instance as it is Polish word Now. there
he gives himself away. Suppose that golf is not a
Scottish word Suppose that-well. I may well
out with it-suppose that golf is not Scottish
game. AS matter Of fact the word golf and the
game of golf are both essentially Dutch. The
name is from that of Dutch game played with
club and ball. The word golf is from the Dutch
word koIf which club, bat. golf
stick The game was played in Holland before cur
Queen Elizabeth began TO reign" Nice to be an
antiquarian! You pronounce it so! The Assyrians
spelled it with a cuneform which makes your pro-
nj notation late corruption. What is the San
scrit original of "kolf," golf" and Club?
'he life of this clerk was just threescore and ten,
Nearly half Of which time he sung out amen
But his wife died one DAY. so ne chanted Amen
second, he toe to9kmshe ied PhTd % them
Thus his joys and his sorrows were TREBLE but
His voice was deep bass as he sung out Amen
On the horn he could blow as well as most men,
30 ms nor s bis s5e after az thresscora s1s ,
The trumpets shall him TO sing out Amen"
-tLondon Globe.
DR.. Hamer in a report aerated waters in Lon
don hazards the opinion that plain water is less
drunk than formerly. 1t depends On what is meant
by formerly" Water once in disfavor with
the medical profession Sir William Vaughan in
his Natural and Artificial Directions for Health"
pronounced that water Ought seldom 10 be drunk
Another doctor admitted that II might be healthy
for children but not for men-"except some odd
abstemous among e thousand perchance. de-
generate and OF doggish nature. for dogs of
nature do abhor wine" Indeed. the recommenda-
ton of water as beverage the hallmark OF
the quack. and even Wesley, In his Primitive
Physic" wrote Of II with caution: Drink onfv
water if 1t agrees with your stomach: II not good
clear small beer"
Jasper-Gayboy seems TO be prospering nowadays
Jumpuppe-1 don't why you think so H:x
wife and family are wearing any better Clothes
Jasper-Very true. But he is smoking better
cgars.-(I4ite
Captious critics of the naming or American thor
oughbreds may possibly at times carry their au,t
erative Swinburnan censures too far. Sad Sam
for instance. is a vile name for racehorse And
there many other unconscionable appeliations
In the Jockey Clubs registry OF names But pro
sale. unimaginativ breeders ought TO be held
too strlctlY-to account.