New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The trustees and faculty of the Thomas :. clark
Memorial School Of Technology. Of Potsdam.
" T.. have issued invitations for the founders day
exercises on Saturday evening. November g. Tho
ceremonies Will mark the eleventh anniversary Of
the institution. The address will be delivered by
the Rev. Richard Mitchell sherman rector OF Trim
ity parish, Potsdam.
The mule kicked him sky high" says Georgia
obituary. but We have no word To whether he
broke In not''-Atlanta Constitution.
\ large number Of plants which usually
looked upon az harmless possess poisonous prop
critics says The Dundee Advertiser" Those VIII"
employed in picking daffodils and narci~sus
frequently suffer severely from troublesome skin
affection known "daffodil poisoning. The most
trying feature OF this aIlmeut is the sus all gath
erings which form under the finger nails. II is
said that minute crystals of lime exist in large
numbers I'm the juice of the stems of the pretty
blooms and that these responsible TO- th"
poisoning Regular daffodil pckers are accus-
toned to rub their hands with oil and work talow
in underneath their finger nails before DaGiuninS
their work. The bulbs of the White Roman nya-
cinth have similar unpleasant properties
Mrs. Hatterson-Is Mrs. witherby a good bridge
Mrs Catterson-rhe hest one in our church.
Life
boy of seven and his sister. two years younger.
the pets of happy couple living on the West
Side. They have exceptionally large playroom.
and this has been for more than a year meet
ing place once every week for number OF chill
dren who live in the neighborhood. The visiting
children brought their toys occasionally. which
were carefully stored in a closet When the baby
club meets the nurses take the toys from the
shelves and Sit around and watch the little men
and women play. The seven-year-old host must
have listened attentively 10 stories IL bank runs.
for day last week. when his friends had as
senbied usual and the toy closet was TO he
drawn up.u. he planted himself in front OF the
door ana aid. Lets play bank There was no
objection. and then he said 1T is hard times
and We can't have all the toys All we can have
to-day is the cars and the tracks: next week we
can have some more. but that's all TODAY" He
emphatic that tears were shed and
railroad all the children played that DAY
The little man explained to his mother later that
he heard his father say banks did that way and
they were lust playing bank"
There are some verses I wrote. said the inno-
cent young man. laying the paper rhe EDITORS
desk; YOU may give me just what you think they
are mt %f'fH have no, the authority to give yeu what
they deserve replied the man with the pen. Re
member am an editor, not a magistrate Lon
don Opinion.
Consul william c. Magessen. writing from Bag
dad. in Asatc Turkey, calls attention to a vast
irrigation programme in that arid country and to
the present demand tor pumping plants. Mesopo-
t;ma a garden spot, watered by rriga-
ton from the Euphrates and Tigris. But the canals
have fallen into ruin, partly. perhaps because OF
wars. causing neglect of the canals. partly because
the forests cut off, causing the water supply
to fail, and partly some say because aIkal.
accumulated in the soil, In some irrigated re-
gions of the Western States. But modern inhu-
cnces arc at work 1t is said that Sir William
Willcocks. an engineering and irrigation expert 10
seeking to bring back the regions to cultivation
His two principal projects estimated to cost
respectively s200O0Oo and s17Ooo0o his calculations
showing a probable return the outlay of from
Is to 10 per cent Bagdad is the centre OF the area
which II is proposed To rrigate
Bah! : thought you said this q good day
for ducks
so it has been. We haven't hu<< any of them.
have wers-Ilustratsd RitA