New-York tribune., 1906-11-05
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
The duck shooting season on Chesapeake Bay,
which is now open. bids fair to be good one ac-
cording 10 advces from Baltimore. Ducks are
plentiful on the flats and good many canvasbacks
have been seen. The other kinds OF ducks are not
as plentiful as they might be. but are numerous
enough TO provide good sport
THE JOYS OF CUDDLETIIE.
As the evening shadows, gather.
When my baby. dressed for Dreamland.
Comes and begs of me 10 hold him
On my knees and ''rock-a-bye"
AS the purpling sun sinks lower
Ahd I the he esaddIeg sidadnIinff e Tss'Gra s neaTer
AS the freight softly glows
And across the dUsky portals
Ghostly fickering shadows throws;
And two dimPed arms about me
All was ever richer necklace
Placed about ones neck than thisF
Soon the dropping dropping lashes
Cover up eyes of brown
Ao9 On IaS ns I19stsp bTesst SINKS inks lover down
All. ' the he sweetness Vi6 s:' Of the pleasure
Making life one golden rhyme,
With a dnpled babe to fondle
When ii comes to cudd!etime!
Shop assistants and clerks In retail and whole
sale houses and similar establishments in England
often endure great hardship on account OF the sur
vivaI of the uedisvaI 'living-in' rules, by which
they eat. sleep and work all under the same roof
A determined effort is now being made TO do away
with the evils Of the system. An employer boaros
and feeds a staff of 800 assistants. He decides to
reduce the cost of breakfast to the extent OF one
penny a head per diem. This economy in house
keeping gives him additional profit Of $3.50 a
year on the cheeseparIng OF one meal alone The
unfortunate assistant. who can leave If he doesn't
like the food provided" must deplete his meagrs
wage 10 buy extra food to satisfy hunger. or to
tempt the palate to swallow the unappetizing fare
provided by the firm
Jewels and Mrs sneeIer is the guilty party
% a 1ou ea@ d9n t6n msa1 Ga to m She She Uttered tn.
cook IS and the maid s. week. and now she's got
them."-Phaadelphia Press
The English postoffice telephone system now pub
fishes every Monday in the daily papers list OF
the new subscribers added during the previous
week This adds to supplemental directories which
are published much more frequently than is the
here.
The little toy gator Is grinning again
From his place in the curio store;
The hnd the sda hTs
There is Joy in the heart Of the hosiery man.
That his dreams are Of shekels. and waking ne
The Tourists are headed for here"
The Panama hat has been hidden from view.
The mosquito bars folded away ..,,.,, 49,. nIso.
OF chiffons the mulls and pique
The automobile kings are Florida bent.
There are carloads Of oranges journeyins north.
But the tourists are headed for here
The decoy ducks once more hoat stolidly eyi
The mountain resorts forgot;
The circus and oarnivals come back again.
The H'Ie small boy is dreaming ef turksy and pie
For Thanksgiving time is drawing near;
oh, It's dreary and cold save IN Florida now
co ''' ''D''''' Florida Ttmss-Uniou.
When Professor Luigi Rava appointed last
month as Minister OF Education IN Italy. SONS
German newspapers said that he was Jew. The
following letter to the editor Of 'vasslo Israelit-
ico' In answer to inquiries on the subject shows
that the statement incorrect:
Casale October 8, 1905. -
Dear Sir: Professor Luigi Rava. Minister OF Pub.
on one The foreign papers which called him a Jew
neer sT'' ViftoTs Ravs, Jew Who holds the postien
Of director general OF the department. OF primary
instruction in the Ministry OF Public Education.
The government of Victoria. Australia. has appro-
priated $4,000 for the making of roads by prisoners
through the bush in unsettled parts OF the state
Each prisoner who does his work well will be paid
a regular daily wage. the amount to accumulate
until his release. when. the Premier saws he
will have respectable with which 10 make
a new start in life" The Labor party is expected
to oppose the substitution Of bond for free labor
THE OLD SHEEP WAGON.
have heard men long for a palace. but want no
For wealth is source of trouble. and iswsllsd
crown is load:
I'll take my home in thu open. with a mixture of
sun and rain
Just give me my old sheep wagon on the bound
less Wyoming plain.
With the calling sheep around me. and my dog
with his head on my knees
float my cigarette smoke on the sags-scentad
prairie breeze;
And at night, when the band Ia bsdded I creep
like tired child
To my tarp In the friendly wagon. alons on the
sheep range wild.
have had my M of mankind. and my oollis's my
only friend.
And I'm waltingt here In tho sasebrush. for the
judgment the Lord may send
THEY'LL ind me dead Ia my wagon out here on tho
hilltops brown.
But reckon I'll die As sasy "a / would In q had
'e~a -psayss Republican