New-York tribune., 1905-03-31
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

| To the mastery of the elements of geology by
college student certain amount of field work is
essential Several universities in the United States
have accordingly arranged for short summer
courses of that character. and still larger num-
Der or institutions have agreed give credit for
study conducted under other auspices than their
own. The most notable innovation this year is
the arrangement of intercollegiate course, be-
ginning July and extending through five weeks
The students who take advantage of the chance
t here offered viii visit different locality each
week and will be under the direction OF five in
structors In succession These men are Profe. sor
W B. Clark, of Johns Hopkins; Professor W. NJ
Davis, of Harvard Professor T. c. Hopkins of
Syracuse; Professor H. p. Cushing OF the Western
Reserve, and Professor ]. BarreII of Yale. Any
body who is desirous Of obtaining further nforma-
ton about the plan undoubtedly do so by ap-
plying 10 of these persons.
SPRING SONG
The spell that by winter was spoken
Is broken!
Spring laughs at the winds that in revel
Dishevel
Her locks. for she cannot remember
And takes, with no fear of annoyance,
Her joyance
The willows whose bough tips were leaden,
Just Tedden:
The orioles whom - love % fires embolden.
The woods. through the winter eorsaken,
To song. and ali life feels the leaven
OF heaven.
My loved one, would could capture.
The fervor. of Natures apostle,
The throstle
And sing you his love songs invasive.
To win you. and crown my endeavor
! Forever.
| -(Curtis Hidden Page. in The Independent
THE Evening Star" of Washington. one of
| the hest known newspapers in the country is now
! issuing a Sunday edition. The first number came
out last Sunday, and consisted of ffty-sx pages
and magazine. 1t fine showing for new
paper,
| MOI Negotiable-"Do you ever look back Blobbs
on tRe days of your hoyhood; the dear faces in the
hom$ the moon shining the river. the hills the
"NP," interrupted Blobbs, brusquely 1T doesn't
,iD$esnt pay what?"
| Dividends .'-(Chicago Record Herald.
| When you go TO consult distinguished physician
! WHOSE time is precious it is well 10 be clear and
! prompt in your statements. advises 1.-THE Buffalo
/ Comrhercial which adds: "A young woman who
/ vas flow and confused in explaining her wants In
the ahte-room of busy Buffalo physician the other
day was hurried into inner office. placed in
/ chafT and had her stomach pumped out with the
neatness anG dispatch that with daily prac-
/ tice. While prescription was being written
/ the astonished young found her voice and
managed TO make it known that it was her sister
whose symptoms she had tried to describe"
Watch outF' warned the picknocket as he
PP4l@e' PigeT the sen'l'mans tmepie'e--(Prin'eton
! It is ninety miles from Key West to Havana,
with a railway terminus at the former place where
trains OF could be ferried over without break
ing bulk making the round trip inside of ten hours
/ II is proposed TO build a railway through a
part of the Everglades and across the keys a dis
tance altogether of l20 miles much OF IL under
water. but not very deep water These outlying
islets form chain stretching into the Atlantic
with channels between them varying in width from
few hundred feet to several miles In all twenty
islands available for the extension hut no less
than forty miles OF elevated work must be built
above the water. not counting the trestlin9s be-
. tihc American" calls the plan the most notable
which has ever been conceived in railway engineer
ing. The extension will be one of the costliest
pieces OF work a mile executed But il is
/ feasible and will be worth what it costs When II
Is done Cuba a winter refuge will be little
further OF in point of time from dwellers in this
rigorous latitude than Northern Florida
THE NoRsK NIGHTINGALE
To ban. or not 10 baH-dis har ban qvestion.
IF IL ban nobler for a common geezer
To stand for all dis crazy heartache teues
/ or else to yumD in river in lax
10 STAND, TO yump. to drown--dis har han turf
To tenk ten, Cat cat ven yu push ypre head in under
! Yu ant com op at all Ay tai yu dis.
II ialiers knew yust vat dis game would be
~ We could tai var We ban ant 10 go
After die, ant 'fr9f5
+! But tenk about all dis sulnbtSr i.L-
, And all desc little Yisgers dey call inns
( Apmplng around and yabhing va with forks
Val, den We say IL ant use TO die
Until our time ban
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