New-York tribune., 1908-06-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The United States forest service has issued a
pamphlet giving details of the extent and i'm
portance of the white pine blight. The blight first
made its appearance In this country about FIVE
years ago. and although 1t has become distributed
throughout Central and Southern New England and
has reached New York great damage has yet
been done. The situation" SAYS the pamphlet,
'is not which calls for alarm. but simply for
wa tchfuiness and further investigation. Every
one is urged to send to the government all the
information the subject. together with specimens
of affected twigs 1t is particularly desired to
learn as much possible about its distribution
and its appearance and development during the
coming Such informa ton will help greatly
| in determining what the trouble is and the best
| methods of dealing with it"
My" exclaimed little Billy. as he gazed at the
lithograph. I'D like to be a giraffe. Just think
how easily you could rubber over the baseball
That's all right" replied Tommy, but thers
is another time when you wouldn't want to have
.!Mhen HSis 1fs IS ,haaFa & S'Faffe
| why In the mornings when your ma begins to
scrub your neck with soap and water."-Chicag go
David Rankin a member Of the Missouri delega-
tfon 10 the Republican National Convention, is
said TO be the largest individual farmer i'm the
world He the oldest delegate in the conven-
ton. having passed his eighty third year His
farm in Atchison County Mo. comprises 25 900
acres $4,000 being given the cultivation of
and tie other 1000 to pasturage. Last year
his crop reached over 1000 900 bushels He
has 10000 cattle and $4,000 hogs. 'T made nv
first start" said Mr.. Rankin with Just S1OO
began buying and driving cattle to market on a.
small scale sixty-One years ago. That was from,
Burlington, Iowa. and Chicago my destination
I sold those cattle at spot less than two blocks
from where the Coliseum stands Mr. Ran
kin is feet inches tall
oldum-Persevere, my boy. persevere! There's
only one way to accomplish your purpose and that
Youngman-But suppose your purpose is to re-
upon unthinkingy y?IFhfad dephia Press Sat uo"h
The Canadian government is starting a vtror
GUS campaign for the Improvement Of tobacco
Two years ago a tobacco expert. Felix Chareau
was brought from France to what were the
possibilities OF Canadian tobacco culture. He has
been conducting experiments in Quebec Ontari,
and British Columbia. end, Canada" a
weekly published in London. has found that a
high grade of tobacco be produced but that
the methods Of production and curing followe ed In
the past have been defective.
rs there ere anything ! can do cried an exas-
Yep" responded the small boy. promptly
Well for goodness, sake. what is tt9''
'Lemme stay up an hour longer Cleveland
Leader.
The Windsor Theatre. in the Bowery near Chat
ham Square. which has been condemned to mako
way for an approach to the Manhattan Bridge Is
the second Windsor Theatre occupy the site
The hrst one was destroyed by fire about twenty
hNe years ago ShortIy after the present theatre
was opened az German playhouse I'm 1886 n train
of politicians came to New York fro,, ,1ha,,,
over Friday evening while the Legislature was in
session. A member from what is now DE Ats..
invited party Of about twenty of his colleagues
TO go with him to The Windsor to see n good
show" ITS In my district and T want IN gtya
them ift' lie said. Every one accepted They
went from the station stopping only once TO see
what time IT was, 10 the theatre, and took the
front seats. which had heen reserved for them be-
fore they discovered that Daniel Bandmsn was
playing Natcisse In German. They sat through an
act ana then adjourned to the Atlantic Garden
where the perpetrator of the joke was condemned
to pay large liquid fine.
Figures don't lle' remarked the man who utters
aphorisms ~
That's true so far mathematics is concerned
answered the campagner. But In politics a back
number ts liable to prevaricate some. ."-Washing-
ton Star.