New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
THE TALK OF THE DAP.

(r7renoerton wash0. by order OF the Secretary OF
the Navy a few days ago. has aroused the citizens
of the town TO a high state OF feeling They nave
o1A 40 far as TO threaten several members of the
Town Council with coat OF tar and feathers ana
expulsion beyond the town boundaries, beheV1ng
them to be responsible for the Navy Department
order From time to time the Navy Department
has had occasion to complain because the en-
n1oves at the yard and sailors from the ships were
demorallzed by the liquor saloons, gambling places
snd other vile establishments that we're licensed
By the Council Promises were made that there
should be an Improvement. but the Council re-
fused to revoke the licenses of the places com
plained Of Only g. few months ago appropriations
for improvements. amounting TO nearly $L'o"'o'o'
were made, among them one for Sz5o"p TOT d
torpedo boat storage plant, On account OF the
long stretch of coast the Pacific with only TWO
naval stations, and these several hundred miles
apart provision for storing torpedo boats where
they can be quickly modified for any operations IN
that vicinity is considered Of much importance
The other improvements were regarded TO De nluch
needed but from their titles II IS certain that they
are only the ordinary. usual and necessary I'M
provements to naval stations.
BROTHER ARTIST.
T.We have regularly attended the Academy now
for many wears but never do we remember such
poor show OF RogTa faey ac Of aors 10 an9 0
their customers. .''-(Tailor and Cutter-l
The Tailor leaned upon his goose
What portraits painting men produce"
He sobbed. from year to year!
These fellows make their sitterS smile
In suits that do ,,4td,f5 not it, ~, -. stvls
Is not tho thing /. bit.
-oh. Artist Tn an artist tool
I bid you use restraint
AID only show your sitters do.
In fitting coats Of paint;
In vain you crown those errant seams
T With na5 SlaeS sy fea be the oeH stf Of deans.
But dreams are not Material
Senator Stewart OF Nevada. tells story of
Mark Twafn's youthful days as a reporter in Car
son City It was his duty evening to report
meeting Of the City Council, whose president was
a ponderous statesman given to sounding words
and intellectual confusion. A motion was made
To expunge from the records a certain matter
which the nresding officer was extremely anxious
should not become part Of local history. The
notion having been seconded. was eagerly passed
''The matter has been ordered expunged," de
clard the presiding councilman gravely, "and the
clerk will proceed-to expunge. It should be et-
fectfvey wiped out obiterated and totally de
stroyed" He paused TO notice the effect OF his
sentence of annihilation. Where, gentlemen he
asked. will YOU have the expunged matter de-
posted and placed?
Mark Twain caught the attention OF the couhcli-
man nearest him. Let the expunged matter be
worn under the chairman's hat" he suggested:
no one would ever think OF looking there for
anything.
Anxious to EseaPeTees o res: .,19 am going as far
y didn't know you were 50 f2nd q Of 35 nature ggt
I'm not. but ! want to see II can ger away
from the breakfast foods. '-tChicago Post
The purchase and distribution by the federal
thorites of herds Of Siberian reindeer In certain
ports Of the enormous territory Of Alaska have
been already, If official reports be trusted. Of
no inconsiderabe benefit to natives Who have suG-
fered privations from their reckless eStermina-
ton of game in earlier years These simple chill
dren Of barbartsm need constant watchfulness and
care
The Cynornis ludovtcianus Is the long scientific
name Of the short prairie dog which has been over
large areas Of the Western country, moro Of a
nuisance than many people imagine. Until re-
Gently he spread over siXty-eIght counties in Kan
sas. say nothing of his occupancy elsewhere,
damaging local crops to an extent not IN keeping
with his unobstrusivs dimensions. All kinds Of
posons were tried on him in vain till the recent
discovery Of a new one, its constituents not dis
closed which sweeps him off the earth, root and
branch. to speak, leaving of his hide and hair
neither bark animation, a good riddance of
this damaging rnarmot, which. with its companion
in sin, the pocket gopher. has cost the Western
farmer no end of money hy its ravages.
A Young Anatonist-Some DAYS ago two little
f6eae f9ET OF 9 sao6s 9d 9sht s heard 9e @
listened intently to the conversation when the elder
boy. with an air Of superior knowledge. said alb
ruQty:
know for certain. 1 dor'
It's bones with the people offF'-G -G4ippincotts.
The Huka Falls-the Niagara of AIaortland-
which the New Zealand Government has an idea Of
turning TO account for the generation Of electric
power, OF the head reaches of the
Waikato River, a few miles from where the great
stream flows out OF Lake Taupo. Lake Taupo lies
very high above level. and the Waikato has
its beginning through chasm in the
rocky wall OF the lake. Flowing through this
passage the enormous Of water is whtrIed
at last over the huge precipice at Huka and tha
falls form Of the grandest sights in New
Zealand On the report of expert. the VelIine-
ton government expects to get electric mower
enough from the Huka Falls TO supply the whole
of the North Island for all purposes.
AN OLD FASHIONED GARDEN
Strange is II not? She making her garden
Planting the old fashioned flowers that day
Bleeding hearts tender and bachelors buttons
Spreading the seeds In the old fashioned way,
Just In the old fashioned wav. too. our quarrel
Grew until, angrily, she So free
Planting indeed bleeding hearts for the two OF us
Ordaining bachelors buttons for
Enyoi.
Strange was it not? seeds planted in anger
Sour In the earth and, long, decay
Wthsred the bleeding hearts, hlighted the buttons
And-we were wed-in the old fashioned way.
-uIeslie's Monthly.