New-York tribune., 1908-10-10
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

rho En1vortb Memorial Methodist Church in
CLEVELAND has decided to try new system OF
church management. business manager mas
been appointed who will give his entire uhe anu
attention to the finances of the church- As eAe0U
tive secretary he will collect the beneVolehCes'
7,,ae o4 members subscriptions, etc and pay all
expenses He will serve as secretary OF the sIahu-
ing committees of the church and Keep d IeCoiu
of their business for transmission 70 lhe oIiCi"'
hoard This it is expected. viii leave the pastor
free to give attention to the larger plans or the
work and TO his pulpit and pastoral duties Ep-
worth Memorial has the largest membership OF
all the Protestant churches in the city II mas
an extensive charity work and handles over 9oo'-
GOO in contributions every year. DR.. u N MOT
ris district superintendent strongly commends
the innovation ITO my mind" he says. "it is
the ideal of church government. I expect to see
the plan adopted in many other cities
Politician-we Will carry the country this fall
Constituent hope so The country mas peeI
supporting you fellows long ehough-fuck'
For some time naturalists in East Prussia have
been endeavoring to ascertain definitely the dest-
nation Of migratory birds. Two years ago a large
number of these birds were caught and light
metal ring with number and date stamped on II
was fastened around one foot of each bird which
was then set at liberty. The experiment. says the
Dresden correspondent of The Pail Mall Gazette
has proved successful, some of these marked birds
having been found at extraordinary distances
lake fowl. with ring date0 July 26 1907. was shot
in FL Bahira. Tunis. and a stork, with ring dated
July D. 1907, was killed near Fort Jameson Rho
desia, far beyond the equator. 1t has long been
known that the house storks winter in great num-
bers in Egypt, and that many also fly as far as
Central Africa and German East Africa, but that a
stork would fly far from North Germany TO
Southern Africa was never suspected
Fine looking old gentleman"
Yes but he never known TO give man
his word that he did not break It
Houston Post
When the Carnegie swimming pool is finished
next February, as the contract says 1t must be.
Yale will have one Of the most complete pools
in the country. 1t may not be notable Tor
beauty for the designers and contractors have had
to figure extremely close to get within the appro-
priation, and there money for frills- But
the pool will be good and one which should
meet the needs of the university for many years
bf growth THE pool of water will be 75 feet
long 80 feet wide and of an average depth OF
feet" says The Yale Alumni Weekly" The deep
est point will be 10 feet opposite the diving tower
and springboard. Andrew Carnegie gave $4,000
q year ago In February for the pool. and that
amount has been increased by other gifts from
other sources until enough is thought to be in hand
to finish the building according to the original
plans"
do you believe there ever really was such
Sure. Not single member of our high school
football team sustained n broken spine last sea-
son"-Chicago Record-Herald
A correspondent of the "Novoe Vremya,' of st.
Petersburg writing from Vladivostok, says: "a
gentleman passing the summer in Kamchatka
found while walking along river pearl shell
with pearl inside. He explored the river, and, after
searching all day, found ninety-fouT pearl shells,
of which eighty contained pearls. The analysis
showed that the pearl very valuable The
finder endeavored To interest VladivostOk capital
lists matter. but they paid little attention to
his proposition to explore the river. which ahounds
in pearl shells. He then found American capital
lists who were glad to supply him with the neces-
sary capital 10 explore and exploit the business.
and they operating under the Russian
name Of the finder"
Fred-Some girls awfuly conceited.
Jack-Why?
Fred-They'n II brag about making fool of man
that was never any t@kag eise.-Illustrated Biz