New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-07
TIE TALK or THE DAY.

A wedding writes n Camborne England CORE
spondent. was TO have taken place the other day
IN one OF the outlying villages. but the bridegroom
when ordering the carriages was probably some
what excited. and stated that the happy event
was TO take place a week earlier than was really
arranged. The carriages were sent to the village
at the appointed time. when the drivers
greeted with. why. man. thee'rt come week too
soon.' much 20 the enjoyment OF a few people who
had oongregated there.
THE MAN WHO FAILS.
Sometimes you sit and ponder on the days that
The days whose rosy hues were wont to blind
And wonder why the plans you made IN youth havu
And here. at middle age success can't find you.
The ghosts Q. old desires. old ambitions and old
Rise up and face you tn the gloom Ike troubled.
awcsome dreams:
You sigh DER what you have not done-so hopeless
And gaze upon the futuro-thnt's behind you'll
You realize with sudden aches about your heart
That nothing now 10 history can bind you:
That stiiI the world. your oyster. Les at your
That thousands DO not listen 20 or mind youl
That YOU are just an atom IN the great gigantic
And not human power that the centuries win
IN fact a very ordinary. mediocre man.
With very brilliant future-far behind you
There IS nothing so disturbing as a backward look
In n sbroUd for dad ambitions Il will wind you;
It doesn't do TO worry; Il were better to stand
T, t*'1ts IN pIav a small part has assigned you.
Whz. Il you have 10 stand aside and % part OF
That cheers the man who did wiz out7 Make your
You needn't be a nisanthrope. (althoush you can't
Because you have future-sar behind yoqi
Cincinnati Times-Star.
A company has been formed 20 exploit Victoria
Falls IN the Zambesi and will build a hydro-elec-
Wit
plying power 10 the wauke coal fields Buluwayo,
the GweIo sebakive and Hartley gold fields. all OF
which are within 800 miles The falls are over 400
feet high and. while the total amount OF energy
running to waste at Niagara IS IOo.c0 horsepower
the corresponding figure for the Victoria Falls IN
the wet season is 90 OCo.Oo0 The railway has now
been completed 10 within seventy miles Of the
falls and will reach them before the end OF March
woman's UndeveIoped Sense Of. Humor-'"The
trouble with you women" he said rs that you
81 know IT,. she adrtted. It suppose ought
to think being married 70 you fs,c,S ose R.So9g
Herald
In the nature OF things. Russias present condi-
ton would subject her naval concerns 20 criticaI
attention the world over. While her sea power
was not brought trial. IL might pass FOR what II
pretended 20 be; not so when weighed IN the bali
ence NJ action and found wanting a writer n a
London Journal points out that the Russian feet
has seen no hghting with equal foe for two
centuries past-nct since tho days or Peter the
Great. Her naval officers up TO recent years put
IN their service comfortably on shore. making only
little trips about the coast with an occasional
voyage 20 the Far East IN order TO qualify for the
pension and steps IN rank given for sea service
In spite Of all efforts to revive something Ike
naval past. Russia can point TO only TWO occasions
In modern history when her ships were In action
One WAS the destruction OF tho Turkish squadron
at sinope when the number OF vessels was eCtai.
though tho latter we're greatly Inferior In size and
armament The other occasion was In the Crinean
War, when the Black Sea feet Gid Russia excel
lent service. but hardly OF the kind usually de-
manded OF the ships OF an imperial navy. when
she sank her finest ships like cal barges to block
the entrance TO Sebastopol The writer goes on to
say that OF the % that extremely nice COM
plicaton OF scientific mechanism. the modern bat
tIeship the Russians have absolutely no experience
In action" They have had some of late In East
ern waters all going TO confirm the validity OF the
criticism.
As 10 the New y.-Suburbanite-You don't
think they ever lived In the snburo,s 1eI9Ies ., q,
leave they treated the matter as indlnerently as
though they could get another one WITHOUT any
and Country
For a risky and exciting and proftable-if you
survIve-mode OF earning livelihood. new Aus
traIian industry be confidently recommends
II is the collection Of snake venom. substance
that like radium. is valued by the grain A pound
IL II is said TO be worth 5000 IL IS in active de-
rnand bv chemists II Is obtained from three spe-
cles-the death adder. the brown adder and the
tiger snake The reptiles must he caught uninjured
and X goes without saying that the industry de
mands considerable knowledge and skill In capt
urC Tiger snakes are the best. for they carry
most venom Snakes still numerous IN the
Australian bush.
Crude Impression.-"What is civilization IN
CURED one simple savage.
"CiviIizatfon" answered the other lis something
mat prevents people from annoying one another /
without saying Excuse me-. or killing one anotner
without a rOOd political aSOn'-(WaShlngtOn |