New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-21
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

An expedition 70 the headwaters OF the upper
Amazon III yacht of high class and much ca
pacity has just been started 1t may reasonably
be expected that long the worlds knowledge
of the upper waters of the mighty South Amer
lean river will be vastly enlarged.
WHEN MARGUERITE PROPOSED TO Me.
When Marguerite proposed to me.
And not as mankind did she plead
when na MsrsgeTi Sf PROPOSED gOsid to tom me
Her drooptng eyeiids hardly stirred ,
When Marguerite proposed to me-
When Marguerite proposed to me
She used her own persuasive arts.
And power that love alone tmpsrts.
When Marguerite proposed 70 me
But is 1t needful to disclose
How TO the occasion rose
When Marguerite proposed TO me;
-CLippinoott's Masazins.
The Berlin law courts have decided against the
claimant in an action to recover hve-cent stamp.
The plaintiT wrote to defendant, Enclosing stamp
foe reply" The defendant being a bad correspond
ent and needing five cents at the mpuent pocket
ed the stamp and sent no reply TO the letter. The
decision of the court should be welcome TO those
who are solicited for their autographs.
Easy-Miss sanford-Yes. Mr.. Fielder. I will be
yours on one condition
Fielder-Oh that's all right. entered Harvard
with siX.-(Srart Set
In 1852 some distance southeast OF Lake Nyassa.
in Central Africa Livingston discovered Lake Shir-
wa q body of water about thirty miles long and
Aftesn miles wide which has now entirely disap
peared with the exception of a few ponds in It's
bed Lake Nyami. discovered by Livingston at the
same time has also disappeared. The cause OF the
change appears to be gradual drying up OF bodies
of water in Central Africa. As marking the re-
suits of a single half century the changes named
with no doubt other equally important but not
recorded show a rapidity of mutation In those in
land waters not equaIled elsewhere in the contem-
porary geographer's survey
Boxed-They were returning from a husking bee
And were there any RED ears: aske9 me IaI5nu
dress. Il had two when pa caught that city fellow
kissing me''-(I<ennebec Me) Journal
The S0-foot whale blown ashore the Maine
coast the other day brings evidence that Its gen.
Grafton is not yergng toward extinction. 1t has
been the fashion 10 assert in recent years The
kind hearted old woman who wondered what was
to become Of the poor whales" when petroleum
came in, with Its running competition, ought TO
have lived TO see this Maine whopper. with pros
perity and racial welbeing written all it. in
spite of Standard Oil and all its expedents OF RI
valry.
hs wife think the same thoughts simultaneously,
it Is a sign that they are exceedingly consenial
congeniaI all right. for the other night. when she
S@o as s" 10 marry herr haS been Sitting there in
silence for half an hour wondering over the same
The bridge workman who can fall 1is feet. land
ing on grass plot. able to talk and walk and al
uninjurod. shows off the texture OF the North
American artisan to almost unparalleled advan-
tage. Webster said that nation with n water
fall us feet high figures TO that effect ever lost
Its liberties: and il may be said with equal con-
fdence that the country having workrnen capable
of falling that distance with more injury than
commonly attends rolling OFF log, whatever may
become of its liberties need not, at any rate, fear
the loss Of its bridge building business.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE TODAY
We shall do Sc much in the years to come.
But what have done to-day?
We shall give our gold in princely sum-
But what did We give to-day
We shall lift the heart and dry the tear.
We shall plant hope in the place or fear.
We shall speak the words OF love and cheer,
nut what did speak to-day
We shall be so kind In the after-a-wh;e.
SUI what have we been to-day?
We shall bring to each lonely life smile
hut what have brought today
We snail give 10 truth srander BIRTH
ana 70 steadfaSt faith deeper worth,
We SNAIL feed the hungerinS souls of earth.
tut whom have fed to-day?
We shall reap such joys IN the by and by
but what have sown to-day?
We snail build us mansions IN the sky,
nut what have We built to-day?
i * sweet In idle dreams to hask.
Isut mere and do Go tasks
Yes this is the thing soul must ask
- What have we done to-day 30
-tNiAon Waterman. in The Christian Intelli-
gencer.