New-York tribune., 1907-12-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

\ cargo of three hundred reindeer purchased oy
,r Wilfred T. Grenfel, the Labrador medlcai
missionary. is the way from Norway on spe
cial steamer A large supply OF moss TO feed them
on the voyage taken aboard ana loui hap
families are being brought to herd ana care o
them The stock includes does. bucks and feihoeei
trained for travel. The reindeer VIII furn'Sf> min
TO the inhabitants of Labrador and Ne"iouioia'l'
who have hitherto depended upon canned i'ilh
rhis is especially important to the children "i'o
naed the fresh nourishng food They WILL repidCe
dogs for travelling purposes. Wilich Is d pis See
since the reindeer feed on the native nio'9
the country. while special food mas 10 DC piop
inr the dogs Governor Bond has carefuiy COM
Jared Newfoundland moss with that OF Norway
and finds the two kinds similar that mere 10 ho
danger of the reindeer going without proper ioou
ii is hoped increase the herd greatly by breeding
The imported reindeer with the native caribou OF
labrador
Msnagef tenthusasticaiiy5 iy5ENatural? why, when
appeared the dying mother last nght an on IN
surance agent who has her life insured ior 1o,9oc
and who was in the audience. actually fa1nted-
Tit Bits.
paper in Aroostook County, Me, in order to
show what has been done in that county In growing
potatoes without the OF commercial ferui1zer
cites the fact that +. A Shaw, of Caribou. recently
had returned to him letter which hs wrote to his
Parents in 1879. when living IN Washbnrn- ms
letter tells of of potatoes raised by MN IN
that year which yielded the rate of 9ss bushels
the acre no IerlulSet was uosu III SAO'"e
this phenomenal crop and. in fact, at that time
commercial fertilizer had not been used in potato
culture any extent anywhere
Stern Parent (anxious TO impress the lesson)-
Now. son. tell me why have caned you ,,
me a good lickin' and don't even know what for
Chicago News.
when lived in New York writes former
New Yorker from Berlin, there was house near
Central Park which should have borne the number
Y but hoe Of he
permission was secured to place the number 1la
or 'i5a the door I spoke of the circumstances
n few days ago. and learned that tho thirteen
supersttion was more clearly marked here. In the
instance mentioned by individual was con
carned here II was the most important corporation
in Wiesbade There is no No u bathroom in any
Of the bathhouses. no No f3 room in any MOTEL ana
no No 13 place at any table dhote At Iangen-
schwaIbach the baths under government control.
also have bath cells No. ia where they should
be numbered 10
Don't YOU think II awfuiy good of me TO help
beautify your church,"
'Oh. but then-you always do.-London opinion
why go to China hpd triumph of vanity.
as you designated the refusal of Chinese women to
confess that they were old in order to be allowed
to Use opiuul?'' writes a Paris woman. ON No
vember 2J-St GATHERINGS pay-French girls who
have PASSED their twenty nth birthday and
unmarried little cap made OF fine muslin.
the symbol of old rnaidhood- tho day approaches
titles. and their manufacture by young girls is al
ways accompanied by jokes at the expense OF old
maids strange TO relate, these caps. because
they becoming all. worn on ST Cath
crimes Day by young girls we'll as by old maids.
Now. who is vain the Chinese woman. who
will not confess her age. the French girl who is
willing TO be looked upon an old maid because
the old maids cap becoming TO her.
Mrs. Colin EarymDo you ever permit your hus-
Mrs Strongmind--Ohi yes, and then. II
doesn't hurt . ict him make fool OF himself
OCCASIONAL y.--1ustrated Bits.
Roston's fire fighting strength has been increased
bv the addition of automobile fire patrol wagon
There is tho customary seat for the chauffeur and
seat beside him for In the rear
carried the other men and the fire fighting equip
uent. In ordinary the wagon will carry four
men. but in emergency 1t can carry six or
eight. Its equipment includes eighteen covers.
axes ceiling pike, plaster hook two eXtinguishers,
two fve-foot extension ladders, sprinkler boxes
with sprinkler heads and tools Detroit door
opener and life net. All this is slowed away ir
boxes the life being carried in box under the
rear step
Might Guess Otherwise.-Dugsby-Do you know
where | an going next month? -
ZFtgsworth-Not if you lve.-SomerN1lle journal
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