New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-23
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

Commander Booth-Tucker said farewell at the
Grand Central Palace Tuesday night before his
departure for England yesterday. The Salvation
Army has proved itself force to be reckoned with
in more than one great division Of the globe. and
the extent Importance of its labors are steadily
increasing. In any country in which It Is allowed
to carry on its work it is not readily discouraged
but persists steadily in its tasks.
Old Oceans Joke.-"There's, another bunch of
bridal couples that ship" remarked Father
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crossed in love pretty regular these days
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Congressman Hemenway OF Iowa, tells with glee
how eminent Eastern scientist was discounted
while lecturinG in interior town of the Hawkeye
State. The scientific man, at the conclusion of a
lecture which he had been delivering, announced
that he should be glad to answer any question in
order to elucidate such points as might need clear
ing up. In the audience was an inveterate joker
a tail. gaunt man with an anxious. careworn look
The joker arose and in solemn tones announced
that he had a question. The lecturer bowed. Il
shall be only too happy to reply TO 1t, SIR" said
he. The tall cleared his throat, and then. IN
n loud voice said: II would take 1t as a consid-
cradle favor If you would tell me whether science
has produced any remedy for warts.
MEDITATION UPON MODERN SCIENCE
They. tell us that for centuries man has made
In coping with his sicknesses-his revers and his
And when we meekly try to tell what grandma
used to do
"Pooh! Pooh!''
The face of old Hippocrates is turned against tho
The wonder is that anybody grew at all.
They tell us that the carpets and the big uphol-
The wells and cisterns and the rest of all the old
Were most unsanitary. and whoever drew breath
''ii DEAN It iou % 'Ne %
They're burning sulphur in the chest with grand
ma s quilts ana shawl -,
The wonder is that anybody ever grew at all
They tell us that our mothers and grandmothers
In fact, they roast great-grandma in some Ian
And grandma comes in. too. for criti-
Because they let their children eat so much I'M
And. Oh they Vow twas wicked that they did not
The wonder is that anybody ever grew at ALL
They tell us that the infant who arrived a month
Is handicapped by him her of this last day
Because the newer children have the vastly great
OF profting by science in it's very last advance.
The memories of childhood are the sort that should
The wonder is that anybody ever grew 5 at all
-(ChiCagO Tribune.
There is a young American achieving fame in
England in an unusual way. He is showing the
British medical men how much poison he can eat
and drink without Ill effect His menu on recent
occasion paris green. strychnine blue indigo
phosphorus and atropine. 1t was all very simple.
Each plate contained it's deadly burden OF brilliant
green and blue and white powders. One after the
other the American partook of each missing none
but deploring that he had been unable to secure
certain other things owing 10 the stringency of the
law controlling the sale of poisons Medical experts
marveled at the demonstration. Every dish
severely tested and the admission was freely made
that enough poison had been swallowed to kill
regiment of ordinary mortals
when I was a boy" remarked T. E Ryan OF
Waukesha, he caught sight OF some old pa
7 went into the Circuit Court room in Madison.
where George b. smith and l. 5: Sloan. two of the
as opponents. MIR. Sloan had a habit Of puncturing
honor. have an idea The case had been dragging
its weary length through the hours of warm
Mr. smith sprang to his feet assumed a digni-
fled position and with all solemnity imaginable
/" May It please the court move that a writ OF
to take the learned genteman's idea out OF soil
The Judge smiled the lawyers laughed the spec
sloan was effectively squelched. milwaukee Sen.
tinel.
F. V Covue. in The National Geographic Maya
zine" gives account OF how the Indians OF tho
desert obtain drinking water from the barrel cac-
tus It was among the desert hills west OF Torres
Mexico: The Indian cut the top from q plant about
five feet high, and with blunt stake Of paio verde
pounded II a pulp the upper six or eight inches of
white flesh In the standing trunk. From this
handful by handful ne squeezed tho water into the
bowl he had made In the top of the trunk throwing
the discarded pulp on the ground. BY this process
he secured two or three quarts of clear water
slightly salty and slightly bitter 10 the taste hut
Of far better quality than some Of the water a
desert traveller is occasionally compelled 10 use
The Papago. dipping this water up in his hands
drank it with evident pleasure. and said that his
people were accustomed, not only 10 secure THAR
drinking water in this way in times OF extreme
drouth but that they used 1t also mix their rneaI
preparatory to cooking It into bread
Not To Be Caught.-He-What day OF the 1va.,,
do you think the luckiest to get married ON ?''
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