New-York tribune., 1903-11-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A plant for making silk from wood erected near
Sydowsaue. Germany. is at present turning out
fifty pounds of skein silk day. which product can
be increased in quantity TO 1000 pounds. The silk
is soft in texture. and creamy in color. Each
thread is made up of eighteen single strands. A
single strand is hardly perceptibe to the naked eye
In strength It is but one-third that of the real silk
When woven into pieces, the new substitute is said
to have the appearance Of real silk. The pulp un-
dergoes chemical process. and is pressed through
very fine tubes by hydraulic pressure. forming the
single strands which go to make up the thread.
An Oriental Love Letter-English is put to
strange and eloquent uses in the Orient Here, for
instance, is letter addressed to native gentle
man by youth seeking the hand of his daughter:
Dear SIR It is with faierng penmanship that
l write to have communication with you about the
For some remote time TO past a secret passion has
firing bosom internally with loving for your
gnitude of my extensive Jurisdiction TO cruelty
structcd in my withinside but the humid lamp of
affection trimmed by Cupid's productive hand still
nourishes my love sickened heart. Needless would
it be for me to numerically extemporize the great
confagration that has been generated in my head
ostion to your pregnant mind you will con-
S26aenv to y ender bosom m and eye6g eq
into your family circle. Your dutiful 5on-in-
law.'-(Harpers Weekly.
While the Spanish war was on foot disquieting
reports went flying over the country that the camp
ing ground of United States troops at Chicka-
mauga was almost pesthole. Thorough investi-
cations since that time have proved that the place
was wholesome enough. The spot not insult
able. but the precautions for securing the utmost
cleanliness and the best sanitation in the camp and
its vicinity were invariably thorough. The per-
centage of the sick rate excessively high. But
that may have been due to some laxty of discipline
lu certain quarters and not to unwise choice of
location.
Many people who at the Yale-Harvard game
on Saturday wondered what would become of the
bo1to
dunn and guessed how far they would drift. An
example Of the drifting powers of these balloons is
reported from Pennsylvania at a Pennsy-
vania cattle show in September liberated young
balloon with his name address on it and asked
to have it returned by the finder. Recently it was
sent back to him from Biddeford. Me
TALE WITH A MORAL.
Twas a gloomy glade mid the lowering shade
And every decent creature slept
For the gray of dawn had scarcely crept
Ger the morning sky But bark!
The drowsy chirp of the Early Bird.
To the ground he fits. where he lightly sits,
Then hops with movement gay
''Cheep-cheep, te-whti" and he flaps his wings
'Oh. am the Early Bird he sings
But. though he carols it through and through.
His joyful warDle does not ring true
Lo! twig that lies beneath his eyes
And there comes from under his very feet
a faint fine sound that can't repeat
And the glade is ster than still can be
At thought of the coming tragedy
''It is up to me-" sobbed the worm. "to fee,
Were I not such sleepy thing
But But the bird was wo65iy ~ on Ii,s his feet ct
And his head fell under his wing.
And, sweetly mingled. there heard
The snores of the worm and the early bird.
-(Harper's Magazine
The Sultan's notion of a hrst-class newspaper
correspondent for Macedonia is who will
write to order and like scurvy politician. seem
TO see the things he does not" 1t in that
way that the Russells. Stanleys. MacGahans and
Blowitzes made anything like it. the
Grand Turk might know If he knew anything about
Occidental Journalism, its methods and conditions
and the OF persons it sends abroad to repre-
sent IT,
a Provident Mnd.-He-I think I'll 20 and speak
TO your father at once. He can't do more than
kick out.
she-It seems pity risk it, dear. in that good
subtitle.
In a year not favorable to some other crops
Michigan, with other Northwestern States not so
definitely heard from. has a harvest Of sugar beets
to overflow all her storehouses and keep her farm
ers on the top of prosperity Uncle sam.s
teacup need not want sweetening for the present
season. any rate. and the beet goes on spreading
in commercial and agricultural Importance year by
year. growing up toward the dignity OF the wheat
sheaf and the cotton bale emblem OF ma
tional prosperity.
A Danger Signal.-At a wedding In a church. no.
ticing the dim religious red light that burns over
the chancel. Teddy asked his bachelor uncle as
that a danger signal, Uncle Tom?" and Uncle Tom.
Posal, was heard to reply. hYes,"-LipDlncotts 8
Magazine