New-York tribune., 1907-08-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

III you will go TO the place in Germany where
Nelson Morris was born" said Il New York
butcher. you will find record OF a Morris fam
iy. because Morris not the butcher king 8
His German family name was changed to
Morris through a peculiar chain of circums tances.
AS a lad he worked In Chicago for man by the
name OF Nelson, and became known among Mel
sons customers Nelson's Morrts'-he having
changed his first Moritz TO Morris. Nelson's 3
Morris a bright fellow. and became popular
with the people whom he served. When he start
ed IN business he retained his nickname. and IN
time people lost sight of his real family name He
finally dropped the "'s' from the Nelson and be-
came Nelson Morris. He had the elements OF
success In him. and would have become a leader
under any circumstances. but think the adoption
OF the euphonious nare helped him"
Pa why do they call all sailors old salts'T'
Because there are no women sailors."-Judge.
There Is one thing that Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
will be able to escape his present visit to New
York. and for this indulgence he will perhaps be
pleased. There will be Swedish quarter"
through which he Will have TO let himself be toted.
Whoever heard of In the greater city7 Yet
there are places the former subjects of King
Oscar and their descendants congregate. and there
are few Swedish restaurants and some Swedish
churches in the city. If all New Workers OF Swedish
ancestry had gone down TO the sea to greet the
Fylgta her arrival they could have raised a
szeahls shout there than fifty thou
sand of them in this city. Chicago can beat that,
and SO can Minneapolis and St Paul. and the
Swedes strong in Worcester. but 1t is rare that
one hears in the East of the troubles of the poll
ticians in appeasng the Swedish element OF the
life OF the Swedish section. The people who come
from the land ruled over by descendant OF Mar
shall Bernadotte are probably quick at American
izing themselves the representatives of other
race.
THAT man who has been asking for employ
ment,' said the private secretary, says that he
AifT "He does @ eh? re1oinod Mr. Dustin stax We'll,
lust inform him that If he tries to tell II VIII
sue him for libel Immediately. y."-Washington Star
Thomas z VIII. secretary Of the American For
estry Association, with headquarters In Washing
ton has returned to Boston from trip to the
White Mountains In the interest OF the proposed
White Mountain and Appalachian Reserve. He re-
ports that timber cutting is going on at tre-
mendous rate. In place. Mr.. Win says. fires
had burned straight through the valley and UP the
mountain side Here there was nothing left but
great powders and few stumps But near Zea-
land Lake was discovered the climax Of ruin and
desolation There great landsides have left i'm
mense sashes in the mountain side Mr.. Will was
told by his guide that these had occurred after
the cutting OF the forest and as result Of It, the
network OF roots which formerly prevented the
earth from slipping having Of course. rotted away
with the destruction of the trees Thirteen of
these slides were counted. They had devastated
the country that neither trees nor underbrush
could grow.
Mrs. Johnston lover tho tub)--Doan All mex yo'
q good uvin'. Henry Clay Johnston2
have seen de way NAH mothah suppohted nah
fathahi-Puck-