New-York tribune., 1905-06-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Dominion government is about to enter
upon the construction OF gigantic military works
in the city and district OF Quebec The old citadel
is to be overhauled, and the three forts at Point
Lewis, and big guns put on all of them AT Beau
mont nine miles from the city, on the south
shore two large fortresses are to be constructed
commanding a full view Of the channels up and
down the river and costing about 100000 When
they are done Quebec can go to sleep at night
with an added sense of security, though 1t is a
question whether it will be bit safer than It IS
now and has been ever since Wolfe and Montcalm.
for the time being settled its status the Heights
of Abraham
Easy-Ffrst Shipwrecked Mariner-This is a bully
island We must get rid of these natives as soon
q" Second shipwrecked Mariner-But how?
Easy. We've saved enough from the wreck to
Pee Wee is to have Fourth of July celebration
and advertises that boys who enter the creased
MOLE contest will be searched for currycombs inside
their trousers legs.
After long, weary search the secured
How DO you Ike IKE your wsa job'" we inquired at
''rd like It pretty WELL was the reply. but
for .,0bs+ one thing; II th,t2Y
."Theyre mighty slow about offerin' mo a day
off philadelphia Bulletin.
Sable Island lies about eighty miles to the east
ward of Nova Scotia and consists Of an accumu-
latton of loose sand. forming a pair or ridges
united at the two ends and inclosng shallow
lake Tracts of grass are to be met with In
places as well pools of fresh water These af-
ford sustenancc for troops of wild horses or
ponies descended, It is supposed. from stock cast
ashore from a Spanish wreck early in the six
teenth century. Twenty-Five years ago It
estimated that the ponies numbered from five
six hundred. but at present there are not
quite two hundred, divided into five troops. A
recent writer In THE Empire Review" comments
on the striking likeness of these wild ponte. to
the horses of the Parthenon frieze and TO the
now exterminated tarpan of Tartary. They also
seem to resemble the wild horses of Mexico,
though with shagger coats, to meet the condi-
tions OF a rougher climate. The writer thinks that
these herds ought to be carefully guarded to the
end that interesting equine typo may be pre-
served.
Your money. or. your lifer. srowled the footpad.
Take me lfe," responded the Irishman. I'm
savin' me money for old age!'-(Cleveland
Loader.
recent writer in Tho National Geographical
Magazine tells Of tree growing In the Malay
Archipelago, the Andanan Islands and Ceylon,
which produces a fruit used In fishing, with results
of a remarkable character The fruit is pounded
up into paste and left In. bags night after
which II is sunk at low tide in deep holes along
the reefs. The fish soon begin to appear at the
surface; some OF them lifeIess others attempting
swim or family struggling. with their ventraI
side uppermost. In this condition the natives
have difficulty in picking them out Of tho
water with their hands
STUDY IN HEREpITY
Remnant OF peoples, long gone by
one grand DANES @ ,l, hsiT-snothsrs eye;
Someoodys feet with hands to match
A iike not--chin the same
With cast-of traits and threadbare nams;
Born to fate I'd sometimes shirk-.
over on isou9ht ft TnSn pSnuis H.' Won. ios
Dtd got . bargatn-or ala mott