New-York tribune., 1907-09-18
THE talk or THE DAY

brazilian cocoanut palms live from 60 20 4"
wears and the Arabs assert that the date pam
frequently reaches the age Of 200 10 ga years
saws The Dundee Advertiser" Wallan's oak.
- pats,.,y Scotland ts known 10 he over seven
hundred wears old and there eight olive trees
on the Mount OF Olives near Jerusalem whlch are
known TO have been fourishing In 1893 Inc ye"s
NJ Fountains Abbey Yorkshire. were old trees
when In ll32 tho abbey was built and REDWOOD
in Mariposa Grove. California. is manifold cen
tenarien Raobab trees Of Africa have been com
puted 10 be over FIVE thousand years old and the
dectduous cypress at Chapultepec Is consldeted 10
be Of a still greater age Humboldt SAID 'hat tiie
Dracpna Draco at Orotava, on Teneriffe, was one
of the Oldest inhabitants Of the earth
Some people," growIed Cirouchey. make. me
y should think nearly everybody would make
you sick" replied Pepprey'
..Wei turn about is fair play you know
The Catholic Standard and Times
For years" says a writer in a Berlin paper
THE English tailors have been making efforts to
introduce garment 10 take the place Of the con-
ventionaI evening coat which we call the frock-
They modified 1t one year and ampl1ed IT the
next. From time to time all sorts or experiments
we're made with il. Fancy braids, white satin
lining brass buttons and velvet collar and cuffs
were among the departures from the set style.
but they adopted only by men who had the
courage to make themselves conspicuous In every
instance the novelty discarded and the old
made to introduce colored evening coats. but this
was also a failure All this does not convince
the taors that a change cannot be made a rep
resentatve OF English house here says: The
transition from black to bright shades was too
abrupt The bright blue and light browns screamed
too much This year we viii make dark blue.
nearly black, opera suits for men They will be-
come popular and they grow in popularity the
shades will grow lighter and within a few years
the bright coat with much braid and the court
Nth, md he He'd irf
will be evolved "
iy at the charming girl on whom he was endeav-
orng to make favorable impression.
did you ever long for death?" he asked. in a
whose inquired the charming but practical
young persOn.-Youth's Companion
The begging letters which are sent every year
from Palestine to Jewish residents of New York
and other large cities In this country usually reach
their destination some time in the penitentia
son. The addresses secured by helpers in the
places where there are large Jewish communities.
Letters of this kind received here this year
from ian old man who came to the Holy Land to
die but who must await patiently the time. and
has no money" Another letter was typewriter,
and contained pressed flowers from places of note
in the Holy Land One appeal in poor German
from woman with a large family. who knew
the Americans gave literally at this time of the
year. and hoped that her share would be sent to
her by registered mall
Hungry Hank-I feel sorry fer de lady wot lives
I'm dat mansion On de hill. She is absolutely desu
tute.
Sauntering Saul-Destitute?
Hungry Hank-Yes. Destitute generosity
Chicago Daily News.
From every indication noticed by the wardens
who spend nearly all their time in the woods. and
corroborated by people who have been camping and
canoeing in the Maine woods game is just as
plentiful this fall II five years ago. Not
withstanding the deep and extreme cold of
the winter. the deer wintered well. and there are
hundreds of young bucks and does which came
through the winter and in the best of condl-
ton. says Maine report. The summer was wet
and the deer had AL the water they wanted In the
swamps without going out to the lakes and
streams Because of this not many deer as
usual were seen by canoeing parties but the num-
ber seen indie tes that the animals are pentful.
Moose also are plentiful. more OF them than OF
deer having been seen in some localities foung
bulls seem more numerous than usual, but Few
large bulls have been
When the preacher preached at the funeral OF
Turnbulrs wife he said he had no DOUBT uat sne
had gone straight TO heaven.
Yes l heard him
Yet Turnbu keeps right on being as GOOD as
possible Chicago Rocord-Aarald-