The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-10

tic avenue terminus as site for an
immense freight depot.
Within the last two or three years
New York has erected large number
of substantial and costly school
buildings, but the need for more is
constantly increasing. The board of
education is now considering the adj
visibility of asking for 100000
for several more buildings.
The vexed question Of getting a
cocktail on Sunday is not so difficult
to solve, if one knows how to go about
it. This is proved by young society
physician who few days ago wrote
the following for a thirsty friend:
R: Sp. junipert comp. o., Ext.
cusparias ii. 20 drops; Sacchari 20
grains; Misc. Fiat potus; Sig. Pour
over cracked ice and laugh before
taking.
No building in the course Of cree
ton in New York has proved Of
greater interest than St. Johns cath
elral, which will not be completed for
forty years yet, although small army
of laborers are daily working upon it
Work has just begun of moving the
TWO huge, columns from the pier at
East 135th street to the cathedral at
1l5th street, and it will be long and
tedious. Instead of the enormous
truck which has been specially de-
signed to cart the sections of the col
umne. being drawn by horses, the
truck will be moved, 200 feet at a
time, by means of a winch. An an
Choir will be imbedded in the roadway
to hold the pulley, through which a
wire cable will be run. 1t will take
several days to cart each section to
the cathedral, and it will take thirty
horses to draw the empty truck back.
The truck alone weighs $1,000 pounds
and the large sections of the columns
weigh ninety tons each.
Probably the most remarkable of
all Brooklyn streets is Myrtle avenue.
There Is not a thing in Manhattan
that can be compared to 1t unless it
is the Bowery and only In a few
things is there any similarity In that
This BOwery Of Brooklyn is one of the
longest streets in the borough and it
. a mass Of old-fashioned buildings
| most Of them Of the tumble-down
variety. Nothing like the Myrtle ave
| nue. merchant can be seen anywhere
out side of Dickens novels and it is
possible to get any old thing-but
very few new ones-On the avenue
| and always on your own terms.
Reports just issued show that the
| Presbyterian church has not grown
SO rapidly in membership, but It's
| members have given most literally to
mission work. Last year near a mil
| lion and a half dollars was given fol
home missions alone, the largest in
the history of the denomination. On
| the other hand the contributions OF
Episcopalians for mission work are
decreasing. at least in the diocese
around New York
| Rev. Reginald J. Campbell. pastor
of City Temple, London, sails fol
| England today. DR.. Campbell is ar
enthusiast over America and has beer
so pleased with his trip to this coun
4, try that he talks of making another
visit newt summer. 1t will perhaps
soon become fashionable for English
and continental divines to spend thei1
vacation in the United States as it is
| for Americans to go abroad.
| Tammany leaders are counting pop
ularity by giving their followers ant
families outings during the ho
months. 1t costs pretty penny tt
charter a steamboat and provide re
fTeshments and entertainment for five
or six thousand people, but is a pay
Ing investment and nearly all the
a, leaders, not excluding Chief Murphy
himself, have done it.
Mrs Closefst-Oh. do give me {
new bonnet, my dear! 1t will set al