New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Kalamazoo Council has under consideration
the dredging OF Kalamazoo River from the city
Of Cooper. a distance OF several miles. for the
deepening OF the bed in some places and the re-
moval or saudbers in others. Particular attention
Is 10 be paid that portion OF the river within the
corporation which has never recovered. even with
times help. from the choking Of the channel re-
ceived during the hoopSkirt OF forty years ago.
when every cast of crinoline found It's way 10 as
near the middle OF the stream as a wounded and
outraged male member OF the household could
throw Il. Those old hoopskIrts there yet. save
the comparatively few raised out by fishermen
With hook and line They arc there by the thou
sand. plague and pestIlenee breeder
ToNiAfYs Suspicious
NY daddy says that. when he was
4 boy, he never cried
Ner run away from school to go
IT, cut Gu, 'i1''i'; lIeklp n'nst never failed
(VVeH maybe daddy didn't, then
But gran ma says he didD
Ny ~, daddy st1, brass gots aoISt lot 2GOgt SiSSn
10 was a boy. Gee. but they must
y been mtst angels thenD
He says he neve- dared TO peep
Tsn Rsneaih ns ybs the Sot: sSkeP9E S6f aa shvw,y
Ny granma says he didO
IT never tied a tin can TO
sd. \ d9ss 9sSoy tail / IN in my nefer afeI carved
Ny initials with knife
In great bis glarin' capitals
Chats what nc told sollumly-
But gran ma says he didO
''I never cared for circuses
An brass bands an sncs tsihss a,An
An tops an devil slipgs,,
never waited after school
TO lick some other kid"
(IIe says ne never done those things
But granma says he didD
Say. but my gran'ma mighty wise;
She knew my daddy when
lie little ruqt. an says
He says he never cut UP none
The times he was kid
u know l ought 10 hleve him. but
nv grau'ma says he ddo
-Qowell Otus Reese. in Leslie's Weekly.
Not long ago company OF American soldiers
were "hking" in the Philippines, and when Sun
day night came the captain halted the column for
a rest and the chaplain decided to hold a service.
The chaplain hadn't a candle 10 read service by.
and an oblisinS private hunted one up for hul.
Then the private started for his tent but the chap
lain halted him, asking If he wouldn't turn In and
help with the singing. Music not this pTi-
Yates strong point But he had lot Of respect
for the chaplain, he halted took station close
to the minister's elbow, and. converting himself
into candestick. said: See here. chaplain. /
can't sing hell OF lot but can hold the candle.
Go ahead with the services-I cen help that much =
Mechanical ExpIaration.- ensincer, seeing a
ahead. hastily applied the airbrakes and stopped
b But he was not quick enough. Tho locomotive
ran the little animal down ,.,..
He returned even more hastily
'eyhat Is the matter. conductor asked an
anxious passenger. rs anything wrong with The
"only temporarily, ma'am" he replied. It's
er-On a dead scenter.' r.'-(Chicago Tribune
II is rumored that members OF that mighty com-
bination OF capitalists the ROthschds, propose to
spend 1OO0O00 francs In the setting up in Paris Of
dwellings for wage earneTs. IN which the rentals
shall be extremely me derate and out OF which tho
owners do not Intend to make any pro9ts. Similar
work has been done IN the Peabody buildings in
London and In various extensive enterprises OF tho
sort in a nunnbu. OF leading cities. bat every a6-
dition upon large scale TO the comforts and con-
veriences In the homes CT people Of small COM
nensation for hard work-people. Tor instance who
resemble our faithful and industrious cleaners OF
the streets--is be welcomed heartily.
MY husband IS rstast fs awSgs 9SS mniata1s ms
member that your husband Is married "-Crown
and Country
Although the print cloth industry in Fall River
NAV be crippled temporarily by the strike Of many
thousands OF wage earuers against reduction in
pay and although that city Is highly Important
centre of manufacturing. It should not be forgotten
trat tbera ere vast numbers OF and spIndles
elsewhere in New England. in The Middle and the
soutbArn states Even a big strike in one COM
,r,,rt,v IN Massachusetts, involves only san per-
centaee of American mills Ir Mains and New
Hampshire in Lowell and Lawrence, IN Rhode
island and Connecticut and In many immense IN
dustrisI plnnts In the Eastern end Southern Com
menwealths of the Union there Is no alarming
decline of activity In ths eon:L mptIon or the Ia
mons American staple. This is no time Tor dis
courueement for hated breath lowering brows.
Iazv Hasl<ins-It's no use. lady. Everywhere I
go I'm refused an de folks say my story Won't
"sht Mrs werlmeant-wen. perhaps your stories sa-
| vor too much of your own indiv.duaiity.-Uudse.